Tony Newcombe

10 hours ago, Dawnstar said:

Does anyone know if BRB is doing online cast sheets for Don Quixote? Christopher Saunders has posted a photo of the opening night cast on Instagram & I'm trying & failing to identify some of the dancers in the secondary roles.

Last nights cast sheet is now available on line

I was expecting this. As a big supporter of BRB, I was invited to another supporters event at this performance and thought that the tbc meant someone from The Royal Ballet. Happily I had already booked a seat for this performance. 

Hamilton absolutely stunning as Juliet this afternoon. So much detail in her first scene Paris. Manon, Mary Vetsera and Juliet. She is a wonderful MacMillan dancer

Fracci. Coventry. Early 1960’s.

8 minutes ago, oncnp said:

 

Not in my experience. Submitted ticket returns several weeks ago and still waiting. 

Same here

31 minutes ago, RHowarth said:

Very pleased to see BRB return to Edinburgh. I might be wrong but I don't think they have visited since around 2008.

Didn’t they do Beauty and the Beast there about four years ago

34 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

 

It is a sort of a polished steel affair and is quite amazing!

 

This is not a very good picture but it may give you the idea.

 

Plymouth is a lovely city to wander around and the theatre is just down from the Hoe.  There is a Travelodge virtually next door and lots of guest houses in the roads leading up to the Hoe.

 

 

Now, there is a Premier Inn opposite the theatre. Stayed there on last visit to see R&J

Maybe a problem with the paperwork getting into Australia in these difficult times which Alex would  not have

I received an email today informing me of this. Priority booking for Dancer’s Circle members opens on Monday.

20 minutes ago, Sim said:

Marianela was magnificent tonight.  I have never seen her like that before.  I was knocked for six and deeply moved.  

I thought she was absolutely stunning on Monday night. Instagram postings seem to suggest that she has been advised by Ferri for these performances

14 hours ago, alison said:

Which still hasn't been confirmed on the ROH website - although perhaps that's not surprising, since today is a Bank Holiday?

Still not confirmed. Quite a few returns including mine

3 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

Someone said to me years ago that if graduates want to dance as much as possible they join BRB or NB because being smaller companies with similar numbers of performances there are lots more opportunities...

Before lockdown BRB would take at least one full length ballet around the country. They did at least 50 performances of Beauty and the Beast and one First Soloist danced Belle over a dozen times. These were scheduled performances. BRB has been the company for talented dancers to join if they really want to get their teeth into major rples

16 minutes ago, DanJL said:

Yes indeed and even to Cardiff, where I saw it! A really great production 🙂

I saw the Saturday matinee there. A superb performance from Yvette Knight as Aurora

7 minutes ago, jmhopton said:

Yes, Les Patineurs. How could I forget this! For some bizarre reason it used to be scheduled with Tales of Beatrix Potter. Has it been done since? Seems ages. Though I always feel slightly short changed because we don't get the proper end any more, where the curtain comes down on the Blue Boy turning and then rises again with him still turning. I think I was told that modern technology meant you aren't able to lower and rise the curtain fast enough to enable this to be done but I suspect there's a health and safety reason in there somewhere as well. There always is these days

Les Patineurs was danced during Xmas/New Year 2018/2019

Just received an email from ROH reminding me that I am attending the (cancelled) performance of The Nutcracker on 31st December.!!

2 hours ago, Rob S said:

The Mouse King collapsed in to the arms of only one mouse today so it’s hitting other species now! 🐭 

Yes I thought the fight was a bit unfair as regards to numbers

55 minutes ago, Rob S said:

I hope that bagpiper hasn’t given Francesca a headache!! ☹️

How much Covid can bagpipes spread

1 hour ago, JohnS said:

Just been catching up on Private Eye and I see Lunchtime O’Boulez is recycling old and incorrect news regarding the Arabian Dance. To paraphrase: The ballet has been revised to be more appropriate and inclusive, altering the gender imbalance of three females and one male, which carried suggestions of a harem.

 

O’Boulez suggests people might try the Coliseum and Albert Hall but I don’t think they’ll see the Arabian Dance he suggests. Perhaps his memory reflects too good a lunch?

A load of O’boulez

31 minutes ago, Sim said:

Have just come out of the Hayward/Campbell Giselle.  Beautiful and heart-rending performance.  Brought a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye. 😢❤️

Wonderful illusion of weightlessness in second act pas de deux 

3 hours ago, ninamargaret said:

Agree totally, and I would love to have seen him as Will Mossop. Very envious of Jan!

Loved his Oz ee by gum

4 hours ago, zxDaveM said:

 

that was a night and a half!

And to this day, I still can't believe Belinda Hatley wasn't ever made a Principal...

One of life’s mysteries

3 hours ago, maryrosesatonapin said:

Someone else I thought was performing well last night, but forgot to mention, is Marianna Tsembenhoi who was both a village girl and a Wili.  She danced very prettily in the first act and very competently in the second.  I think she is one to watch.

 

Saw her at a RBS open day during her year three. The students were preparing for their assessments. She danced one of Kitri’s solos from Don Q. It was quite obvious that she was a special talent. During lockdown she was prominent in quite a few streaming events

10 minutes ago, AnneL said:

I would love to see the Bussell Song of the Earth released! 

As long as it also contained Symphonic Variations. Belinda Hatley’s farewell performance on the same evening

6 minutes ago, Richard LH said:

Without attempting any review, this only being the Rehearsal, I am pleased to report that everything seemed to go very well for all concerned! Just the odd problem with some of the flower picking and throwing!  😂

Much to look forward to in the forthcoming performances!☺

One dancer probably left handed and the flower had definitely been planted

1 hour ago, bridiem said:

 

I've seen a small number in recent years, but I wasn't sure if it always happens now. And I suppose I'm thinking further back to much loved dancers e.g. Lesley Collier, Fiona Chadwick etc where it would have been lovely to have had a proper on-stage appreciation of them.

Lesley Collier received a 30 minute standing ovation after her farewell performance of Giselle. She received bouquet after bouquet until the stage was entirely covered with flowers. A truly fitting tribute to a great dancer.