1 hour ago, Jan McNulty said:

Is she retiring Katherine?

I don't know. on DNB's facebook posting they just say she is "leaving" after 24 years, which would make her 42 probably.

1 hour ago, RHowarth said:

Where did you find the casting please for Best of Balanchine 3?

The info about Igone de Jongh's performances was just on the DNB facebook posting about her. I don't think they've announced full casting yet (in my experience with DNB it's not until a couple of weeks before.

44 minutes ago, Bruce Wall said:

Thanks for that news, Katherine.  I'm so pleased I will be able to see her again in the Balanchine and in the Gala.  

lucky you!!

 

1 minute ago, toursenlair said:

 

 

The most famous Dutch Ballerina of her generation is still to be admired in the gala on September 10, ALL 7 shows of best of Balanchine III in September and in Romeo & Juliet on 10, 22 and 31 October .

 

 

I saw Burlaka's Bolshoi version of Esmeralda in Bratislava (National Theatre of Slovakia) a couple of years ago and enjoyed it very much.

1 hour ago, Jan McNulty said:

I was absolutely shocked by the prices for Swan Lake in Birmingham next Spring.  The prices almost seem to be going up exponentially in Birmingham and in Leeds.

 

Just for some perspective....

I see top price for Swan Lake in Birmingham is 69 pounds (correct me if I'm wrong)

Here in Toronto our top ticket price is $240, or about 150 pounds.

1 hour ago, alison said:

I think the thinking is that "real" tennis was originally played in the streets, and only moved inside once kings and the aristocracy adopted it, when they wanted to be able to play away from the hoi polloi  

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The OED has this to say:

The addition of real adj.² seems to have arisen from a need to distinguish this game (i.e. tennis n. 1) from the newer sport of lawn tennis (i.e. tennis n. 2; compare lawn-tennis n.). Derivation < real adj.¹ (i.e. = "Royal") is apparently a folk etymology, since that adjective appears to have been obsolete by the time the present term was coined (ca. 1880).

23 hours ago, Lucinda said:

 they're not allowed by her present company

 

I've never heard of such a thing, a company banning a brand of pointe shoe.  What is their reason?

4 hours ago, RHowarth said:

Looks like Moulin Rouge: the Ballet is on on 14 July... no further information was available in my listings when I put it on record yesterday.

I think this is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production; I thought it was pretty dreadful ("If those cancan girls shimmy their ruffles one more time I'll......aaargh"

 

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Felix Paquet of the National Ballet of Canada will be joining Hamburg Ballet as a soloist.

Just now, trog said:

As do Julia Kramer and Robert Tewsley. I think there are six different pairings to be found on tube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iS4Yj_84Co

This piece was created on Kramer and Tewsley and they had a lot of input on the choreography.

Watch company class from Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris on World Dance Day, April 29, on their facebook page, starting at 12.25 pm in Europe, 11.25 in the UK, 6.25 am Eastern Time

 

47 minutes ago, toursenlair said:

it's still up on NYCB's facebook page

 

 

and it's absolutely fantastic so don't miss it! Start at 5:00 for full-on dancing. You should be able to see this even if you don't have a facebook account

it's still up on NYCB's facebook page

 

13 hours ago, Angela said:

A general request for all the fabulous information that is put up here: would it be possible to copy the direct link for the livestream in your posts, if you have it?  🙏😘

NYCB didn't give one!

New York City Ballet is live-streaming a rehearsal of Justin Peck’s Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes with Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley, and other dancers Thursday April 18 at noon New York time, which I think is 5 pm British time.

On 01/04/2019 at 17:05, HelenLoveAppleJuice said:

If it is your first time, you will be surprised by how dirty the NY underground is ... comparing to tube in London.

lol

 

 

I recommend taking the bus instead as you get to see NY above ground and it's cheaper than the subway. But the subway is better if you have a long distance to travel.

 

23 hours ago, Sim said:

I love The Frick Collection.  So many things to do in just a few days!  

seconded

you also might want to check out this exhibition

http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ballets-russes?fbclid=IwAR3Uqhcpehn30YlG9fSN4bcD5JLdx4lA9A5iOEZSBdXJIVjdhLo0VICMiAE

Hymn to Apollo

re tipping: I know this will come as a shock to the British, but 20% of the bill now seems to be standard for tipping in restaurants. I don't know if this has changed since NY"s minimum wage went up to $15 an hour a few months ago.

In Canada 15% is standard.

Le Pain Quotidien 60 W 65th St is also good and very reasonable for light meals (salad, quiche, sandwiches etc.)

https://www.lepainquotidien.com/us/en/locations/lincoln_plaza/60-w-65th-st?utm_source=google&utm_medium=business-listing&utm_campaign=

walking the High Line is always enjoyable

https://www.thehighline.org/

1 hour ago, Mimi said:

For additional, day-of-performance theater, go to the TKTS booth in Times Square (lines can be long, but they will move incredibly fast, so don't be put off; be sure that you know what you want to see by the time you reach the window).  Do not, however, eat at restaurants in Times Square, as they will be $$$$$. The last time I was at the Koch I wound up eating dinner at P. J. Clarke's nearby.  

 

 

There is now also a tkts booth at Lincoln Center, Located in the David Rubenstein Atrium at 61 West 62nd Street, just across the street from the Koch Theater. For some shows they release tix the day before.

https://www.tdf.org/nyc/81/TKTS-Live?loc=linc

For affordable but good food I recommend Bonmi on 62nd St (south side of Lincoln Center campus, near Amsterdam Av)