toursenlair

I am sure that was planned far in advance of the appointment of Waltz and Ohman. These things take years.

Catriona Stewart of The Herald (Scotland) had her visit to Scottish Ballet ruined (quite the read!) https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18173666.lifetime-bans-gobby-cinema-theatre-goers/?fbclid=IwAR18P0Oi9TRtke41xwbwH5snoYUvLHPmqawi_uxmNP4lBwp2Wk7m61tO36g

This was in the links but I think it deserves a bump. Great photos in the link, and if you are near Oxford you can see the entire exhibit (freee!!) 11 February to 7 March https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/backstage-at-the-ballet-photographs-by-colin-jones-from-the-1960s-and-1990s/

Thank you for this. I had made a note about this festival back when the entire season was announced months ago, then a couple of weeks ago after the latest "upgrade" of the website, there was no mention of it at all anywhere. So I thought I must have been hallucinating when I first saw it, or confused it with last year or something. Considering I am planning a ballet trip to London in June, I wish the ROH wouldn't do this!!! Back to the drawing board.

With respect, Naomi, I don't agree. Harrison James and Heather Ogden are also a good cast.

Here is the casting for NBOC's upcoming SB shows in Washington DC, which will probably give you a good idea of what it will be like for London. I suspect the choice of SB was also influenced by the fact that they had to prepare it for Washington as well. They just did Merry Widow last spring here in Toronto but that would mean another whole ballet to rehearse again for this coming July, just after they've premiered a new Swan Lake in Toronto in June. Princess Aurora Heather Ogden (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Jillian Vanstone (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Emma Hawes* (February 1 at 1:30 pm) Prince Florimund Harrison James (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Francisco Gabriele Frola (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Guillaume Côté (February 1 at 1:30 pm) King Florestan Jonathan Renna (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm/February 1 at 1:30 pm) Piotr Stanczyk (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Queen Sophie Letendre+ Catalabutte, Master of Ceremonies Tomas Schramek (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Hazaros Surmeyan (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 1, 2 at 1:30 pm) The Lilac Fairy Tanya Howard (January 30, 31, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Stephanie Hutchison (February 1, 2 at 1:30 pm) Carabosse, the Wicked Fairy Rebekah Rimsay (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Stephanie Hutchison (January 31 at 7:30 pm) Alejandra Perez-Gomez (February 1 at 1:30 pm) Principal Fairy Emma Hawes (January 30 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Hannah Fischer (January 31, February 1 at 7:30 pm/February 1 at 1:30 pm) Bluebird Naoya Ebe (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Siphesihle November (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Skylar Campbell (February 1 at 1:30 pm) Princess Florine Elena Lobsanova (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Miyoko Koyasu (January 31 at 7:30 pm) Tina Pereira (February 1 at 1:30 pm) Koto Ishihara* (February 2 at 1:30 pm) Diamond Lady Chelsy Meiss (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Hannah Fischer (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Jordana Daumec (February 1 at 1:30 pm) Diamond Man Donald Thom (January 30, February 1 at 7:30 pm) Brendan Saye* (January 31 at 7:30 pm/February 2 at 1:30 pm) Jack Bertinshaw (February 1 at 1:30 pm)

also Ashley Wheater, AD of the Joffrey Ballet, MBE

could someone please identify her for those of us who are not on facial-recognition or first-name basis with Royal Ballet dancers past and present. Thank you.

You will find the answer here: https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2013/11/can-you-buckle-swash.html

Dear Lord, does this mean Rudolf will have even less time to catch his breath between all his pas de deux and solos?

I believe TwoPigeons was giving the price for TWO top price tix.

I'm not comfortable putting all that information (why do they need to know my date of birth?) into a site that my browser is telling me is not secure.

More details here https://toursenlair.blogspot.com/2019/10/karen-kain-to-retire-in-january-2021.html

Just to say, here in Toronto, "Friends" don't have any priority access to tickets. I do "pay several grand a year" (well a couple anyway) and this gives me the same ticket access as someone not donating a cent, i.e. I can book a subscription when they go on sale to everyone in March for the following Sept-June season. And I can buy individual tickets when they go on sale to everyone in September. So if Joe Bloggs gets to the box office before me, more power to Joe. I consider my donation as exactly that, a donation. I don't know that donors can "justifiably expect" benefits like this, but I guess the ROH has trained its Friends to think they can.

I've found with Osipova performances in the past that they're all sold out before general booking and then miraculously a couple of weeks later whole swathes of good seats appear. It's all very mysterious to me.