SPD444

Is this still available Annamk?

I'm a friend+ and when I log in the dates are all showing "not on sale" until 3rd March I think.

Bea has put a photo of her foot on instagram and it looks really painful, just on the joint of her big toe. Poor girl.

Well, she wasn't well the other day ... but went on and that was grand.  

 

I think we all should give the wonderful Ms Takada a special welcome this evening.  She is truly brilliant in the role ... and I'm sure the combination of her good self and Mr. Campbell will be equally potent.

 

No need for disappointment ... You're seeing the wonderful dancers of the Royal Ballet after all!!!  The wonderful leadership of KO'H now means we a great cause to celebrate The Brand!  Well done him; Well done all.  

 

There will be a vast many more moments to celebrate Ms. Hayward and I very much joy SPD444 and all in looking forward to those.

 

I know, Bruce, and I will be cheering Miss Takada on and wish the very best for tonight, can't be easy for her, but still sorry Frankie is sick.

Francesca Hayward is ill and replaced by Akane Takada for tonight's performancehttp://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-change-the-sleeping-beauty-on-20-february-2017

With all due respect to Akane I am so disappointed, get well Frankie.

Following on from Frankie's wonderful performance last Thursday when I was sitting in the Amphitheatre; I was standing in the SC this afternoon round about number 54 so, although I lost the right hand side of the stage ( couldn't see the baby in the prologue ) I did see faces clearly. I purposely glanced at the girls faces watching Yasmine during the Rose Adagio and they looked absolutely thrilled for her, absolute genuine joy and how deserved it was. I have now seen two joyous performances from two ladies who, I hope, will be our jewels in the crown for many years to come. I think a word to for Gina Storm-Jensen who did a lovely job of the Lilac Fairy, no real barnstorming solos but told the story really well. How about Leticia Stock, Fairy of the Crystal Fountain in the Prologue, I am sure she was also one of the knitters who nearly got put to death, good job she wasn't as she was then one of Florestan's sisters and Anna Rose; a Golden Vine in the prologue, a friend of Aurora's in Act 1 the bluebird with Marcelino in Act 3. There is star quality there to. And finally a shout for Alastair Marriott as Cattalabutte, he really hammed up the character in the prologue and the sequence when Carabosse demands to know why she had not been invited to the christening, the Queen quickly blames the King, who immediately blames Cattalabutte was perfectly done, followed by his agony of his wig being removed, Brilliant comedy.

Only one left for me now, Frankie again on Monday. My standing companion reminded me that this will also be Osipova's debut as Aurora with the RB as, when rehearsing for the last run, she injured herself and was unable to dance - sorry I haven't got a ticket for that now.

I had no idea Frankie was so unwell, so her performance is amazing, hope she is O.K for Monday I am going to see that as well.  And Yasmin on Saturday-happy days

Can only agree with the others regarding Frankie's debut. Am I alone but I thought her Rose Adagio was wonderful, the pace, her balance and musicality was a total joy. The whole company danced beautifully particularly the younger dancers, we have some great years ahead, hope I live long enough to watch it.

I saw La La Land about 10 days ago. For all that I don't think it is a masterpiece either I am happy it is getting so much recognition purely because happy, joyous films are pretty thin on the ground these days. If its success means that more just might get made as a contrast to endless superheroes or slasher movies then I for one won't complain.

Is this in the correct thread?

As I am listening to Cerys interviewing Max Richter and playing lots of snippets from Woolf Works on the wireless, lo and behold my CD of Three Worlds arrived. Nice!

Hey Dave, what's a wireless?

I am a friend+ Which puts me further up the food chain than a friend and there has only been side slips available for the 2nd May Watson performance since booking opened for us. So all the seats have been scooped up by the people who can afford the top memberships or kept for students.Grrrrr

SPD44 assume you mean a box full of tissues??!!  Yes, I always go prepared when Alina dances Giselle! 

Yes, sorry Sim, I knew what I meant.

I will also be there on Tuesday and can't wait to see Alina again in the role in which she always made me cry.

 

If it's anything like Wednesday you will need a box full.

 

I can only echo the earlier comments about this performance, it was pure magic. Alina is just perfect, for me one of the great Giselle's of our time. I was hugely impressed with Laurretta Summerscales' Myrtha, power and authority combined with wonderful dancing. Congratulations are also due to the corps who performed as willis beautifully. Mr. Hernandez partnered Alina with great care and danced his solo's powerfully, last but not least Rina Kanehara and Cesar Corrales were just lovely in their peasant pas de deux.

Well done, Tamara, reminding us of a traditional Giselle following the wonderful Khan version. Hope they are able to film the performances in September. I, for one, will be first in the queue to buy a copy.

If you have never seen Alina's Giselle go see it. You will remember it forever.

I am at Giselle on Wednesday, hope it is available on the ROH tube channel.

I'm sure it's annoying, but it's only one performance. If it weren't for the student events and cheaper tickets, I would never have even seen a ballet, let alone become part of the community. It's gotten a lot of my friends interested in dance as well, and surely it's good to engage a wider and more diverse audience?

I have no problem with the concept of reducing prices for our hard working students, my son was one some years ago, I did help with his rent and bills but it was tough deciding where to drink etc. It's the fact that it's Osipova/Watson that has ticked me off

Unfortunately there are no discounts for Friends, the idea being that we support the Opera House rather than the other way round. The privileges are for priority booking and access to rehearsals, though not all productions have Friends' rehearsals. You also get a free quarterly magazine. It used to be the case that Insight evenings and the like were Friends-only events but they became available to all and sundry several years ago.

 

There are six levels of ROH Friend, ranging from Young Friend at £58 to Premium 2 at £2,025, or you can be a Patron for £3,509 and up. Each level of Friend has priority booking on different days over the one below, so an ordinary Friend (£96) is fifth in the queue. 

You are able to buy "packages" for either the opera or ballet or a mix of both in the stalls or amphitheatre where you get the same seat and they do offer a discount for doing it. I am a Friend+ which covers myself and wife which puts us just before a Friend. One thing I have noticed that when booking opens for us nearly if not all of the stalls circle standing tickets are not on offer, whether this means they are sold or being kept back I know not. I know this is off topic but one thing that has really annoyed me in this booking period is the 2nd May performance of Mayerling ( Osipova/Watson ) the whole of the amphitheatre is being kept for students, only the sides are available. I really don't see why students should get priority over friends of all types, we pay enough for the priviledge.

Sent a tweet to Tamara expressing my disappointment that the Khan Giselle performances at SW in September are, and have been, sold out for some time and I asked her would it be possible to have additional performances or, if not, what about a DVD

She actually replied saying they are hoping to film the September performances, so that is my wish for 2017.

Like many on here I am also really excited to be seeing Frankie and Yasmine as Aurora.

I am also holding my breathe waiting for Nat and Ed bouncing off each other in Mayerling. that could be some collision. Wow

Not being familiar with either the Mariinsky or the dancers if I were to select one which one should it be? If the Bolshoi prices are anything to go by then it will be one.

I have a question about seating at the Dominion Theatre.

Row E is the front row for AIP. "premium seats" start in Row J.

Say I was buying tix for someone who's a big fan of Robbie Fairchild (asking for a friend, you understand) and wanted to be as close as possible...

What are rows E-J like at the Dominion? Are they sunk below the stage at all?

Thank you!

According to Theatremonkey the best stalls seats are from row D to H. Very good rake from F onwards. Plenty of leg room. You can tell your "friend" that these are good seats. The theatre itself is huge.

As I have a standing ticket can anyone advise the timings please?  I have a nasty feeling Act 1&2 are back to back before intervals between 2&3 and 3&4. (Act1 being prologue), thank you!

Below is from the ROH web site

Prologue 35 minutes Interval 25 minutes Act I 30 minutes Interval 20 minutes Act II 30 minutes Act III 40 minutes

Sorry, Capybara beat me to it

Giselle - Akram

Giselle - Osipova/Nunez

Frankie - Lise/SPF/Clara/Rhapsody

Roberta last performance as Lise

Harrison Lee - RBS performance at ROH

Alina - Swan Lake at RAH with ENB

WORST

Wheeldon's - Strapless

Acosta - Carmen

ALL TIME - WORST

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I don't know for sure but I think that 'learning the steps' happens with the help of notators, repetiteurs, videos and watching others. Lesley Collier's role at the stage we saw on the film was to burnish the dancing and the interpretation.

I watched the Nut's documentary last night and would be interested if anyone else, other than me, noticed that during the section when Frankie and Alexander were rehearsing the GPDD in front of Ms Collier and Sir Peter the director cut to a picture of Ms Collier and Sir Peter exchanging a quick look with each other, both with expressions that said to me that this girl has got it. Hope it isn't me being fanciful but that look said more than any words.

I really enjoyed the whole documentary, the feeling of excitement at the school was very well captured and it didn't strike me that Darcey's appearance at the stage door was a set up nor the children's response at seeing her.

Frankie has posted a photo of herself on her Instagram account today ( frankiegoestohayward ) of life as a ballerina which is wonderful.

Olivia has tweeted that more are on the way and asks for a little patience.

Olivia Cowley is selling used pairs of Pointe Shoes on her Ballet Style blog, signed by the RB ballerina who wore them for £20 + postage and all profits will go to the Alzheimers Assoc.

Great cause. Well done Livs.

Sorry, Mods, I've just noticed there is already a thread for this under "Not Dance"  Sorry