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  1. Jane S
    I believe it will be a film rather than live, and of the Ida Praetorius/Jon Axel Fransson cast.
  2. Jane S
    I haven't watched Within the Goilden Hour yet, but so far the standout for me has been Francesca Hayward, unforgettably wonderful. Muntagirov rather good, too...
  3. Jane S
    The ones they're now wearing are almost identical to the ones the Tuesday trio in Jazz Calendar wear - but if they've ever been worn in Monotones before, I've never seen a picture of them. I too wondered if there was some Covid reason for them.
  4. Jane S
    I don't remember seeing those helmet-like hats in Monotones before - are they new for this run? Hope they're not permanent.
  5. Jane S
    The RDB recently had a special evening - subscribers only, I think - to celebrate the careers of both Kizzy Matiakis and Amy Watson (who also retires this season). Danish critic Erik Aschengreen talks to the two ballerinas and shows lots of clips of their dancing - the oldest one shows Matiakis dancing the Lilac Fairy's variation when she was about 12. It's a charming programme and is now online - it lasts for 90 mins. The introduction (a couple of minutes) is in Danisn but all the rest is in English. Also, Eva Kistrup has just posted an appreciation of Kizzy Matiakis, on the day of her last performance.
  6. Jane S
    A Wedding Bouquet (from the Vic-Wells Asssociation Silent Rehearsals - link borrowed from Alastair Macaulay's Twitter page)
  7. Jane S
    The RDB has just announced that they will be streaming the new production from November 25th. That's the last night of the live run but it's not entirely clear (to me) if it's that performance they will be showing. I would guess it will be geoblocked, though.
  8. Jane S
    Also there's now a trailer on the Danish page - looks very traditional so far!
  9. Jane S
    Lots of photographs now added, but so far only on the Danish page.
  10. Jane S
    Yes, the casting is announced. The three Sylph/James couples (all of them making house debuts, I believe) are Ida Praetorius/Jon Axel Fransson Wilma Giglio/Andreas Kaas Caroline Baldwin/Jonathan Chmelensky and Kizzy Matiakis (who gives her farewell performance on November 14th) and Esther Lee Wilkinson share the role of Madge. To see the night-by-night casting, go to this page and scroll down to the photos of the leading dancers; click on the little box saying ALLE DAGE and click on any of the list of dates that appears.
  11. Jane S
    ... a little earlier than planned: she was going to give her farewell performance with the RDB in the spring, in the leading role she created in Gregory Dean's Blixen - but it's now announced that she is pregnant and will instead make her last appearance on November 14th, as Madge in the new production of La Sylphide. There's a nice appreciation of her on the RDB site - it's in Danish but reponds well to Google translate.
  12. Jane S
    At last, Tobias Praetorius was promoted to soloist this morning - during one of the company's Brunch and Ballet mornings where they do class on stage for an audience. See it here That's the second promotion this week, following Camilla Ruellykke Holst's - also to soloist - after company class a couple of days ago. And tonight their season opens, with Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away... all fingers crossed for them.
  13. Jane S
    The ROH Collections lists the additions in the current production as: Choreographer: Frederick Ashton Act II: Aurora's Variation, The Prince's Variation; Act II: Florestan and his Sisters (after Marius Petipa) Choreographer: Anthony Dowell Prologue: Carabosse and Rats; Act III: Polonaise and Mazurka (assisted by Christopher Carr) Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon Act I: Garland Dance
  14. Jane S
    Good news - the RDB has added Rubies to their streaming list Bad news - they appear to have put a geoblock on their entire streaming collection. Let's hope it's temporary - please post if you can still see any of their items outside Denmark!
  15. Jane S
    Not even dance - partly to show the sort of thing the Danish Royal Theatres are doing but mostly for the first few seconds, which may bring back happy memories for anyone who's left a bit of their heart in Copenhagen. https://kglteater.dk/xtra/digital-scenekunst/kgl-i-det-fri/?section=33178
  16. Jane S
    The company has just announced that John Neumeier's Mahler's 3rd Symphony will replace La Bayadere next season, opening on May 19th 2021. It was due to have its Danish premiere in March this year, and was lost to the lockdown with only 2 days to go till the first night, to the huge disappointment of the dancers, who clearly had a lot invested in it.
  17. Jane S
    And now its Giselle - a recent production by Hubbe and Schandorff, with Ida Praetorius and Andreas Kaas in the leads, Kizzy Matiakis as Myrthe and Sebastian Haynes as Hilarion
  18. Jane S
    The Opera House in Copenhagen reopened on Sunday with a concert featuring the entire orchestra and a choir - it was filmed so you can see here what the arrangements look like. The stage is extended well into the stalls seating area and there is room behind the orchestra for the choir and soloists. For the audience, alternate seats in every row are cordoned off. There was no interval. On the same page there's a video showing Kasper Holten (the Theatre Chief) explaining how it's going to be - in very fast Danish but you can see the audience arriving and the cafe. There's a page somewhere with the rules and restrictions - chiefly saying that you must arrive early as the rows will be 'boarded' from the centre outwards so that no-one has to push past already seated people - easier there than at Covent Garden as there is only one block in the stalls - odds and evens are on different sides so the seat numbers go 47 45 43 ..........................5 3 1 2 4 6 ............................44 46 48 The audeince seems enthusiastic and there's a standing ovation at the end - I guess that will happen everywhere at the first post-closure performance, Would you go with an arrangement like that?
  19. Jane S
    Alison, the DTH Coliseum season which included this Giselle also showed Balanchine's Serenade, Four Temperaments (with a young Joseph Cipolla showing 'immense promise'), and Square Dance (with a caller) and Petipa's pas de dix from Raymonda (on the same bill as Giselle). John Percival said "I think I have seen nothing more beautiful or exciting on any London stage this year than Serenade as danced by the Harlem company"' but he was less enthusiastic about the Petipa. I enjoyed the Giselle film very much - the main disappointment for me was that the restricted studio space meant we couldn't see the magnificent Lorraine Graves in full cry!
  20. Jane S
    I haven't watched it all the way through yet, Bruce, but someone on another site has also noticed the same problem - so not your computer's fault!
  21. Jane S
    Also new today, the Royal Danish Ballet in Balanchine's Emeralds - until June 19th only.
  22. Jane S
    Today's streaming release from the RDB is Balanchine's Emeralds. Although they performed the whole of Jewels, this is the only piece they have been given permission to show, and unlike the rest of the company's offerings it is only available until June 19th. It is an internal archive film not made for public release. Lots of extra features about it. and a cast list, on the same page
  23. Jane S
    Well I wouldn't mind if I never saw Acts 1 and 3 again so maybe there's a deal to be done?
  24. Jane S
    The DTH Facebook page says that the Giselle will be available until 11.59 pm on June 7th - so that's all day Sunday 7th in the UK?
  25. Jane S
    Dance Theatre of Harlem announce an on-demand series, starting with their famous 'Creole' Giselle - some background features to start with and then the full ballet on Sat 6th June. This really is a 'must see' production!
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