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  1. alison
    I too really liked the Violetta, but would be interested to hear about Alfredo from anyone who saw it live.
  2. alison
    How awful: I really do feel for them - and for Goddard, of course, in particular. I hope he mends well, and soon.
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    But what does it say in the programme, I wonder?
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    I spotted this when it was first announced, but was too busy to comment. I remember Ms Verdy giving a talk to the London Ballet Circle perhaps a decade ago, and being struck by what a good and fascinating communicator she was. The film Violette and Mr. B only reinforces this opinion. I wish I'd seen her dance.
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    I have to admit to being rather surprised when I read this: firstly because it's a "short" work, so that in itself seems rather unusual, and also because I couldn't see any obvious link between the subject-matter and the Bolshoi - unless of course the link is Osipova herself. On the other hand, it does have a commissioned score from a major composer, and I have no idea what the sets and costumes are like (I presume photos are embargoed at present), so it could be quite expensive, and the tickets are relatively cheap.
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    Some tickets have now become available for several performances of this bill - largely at higher prices, it has to be said.
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    Marvellous (for me, not for BRB). Thank you, Janet. Multiple bookings incoming - once I get home and have some proper internet access. And that definitely means I can stay for evening perfs of The Dream.
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    And Duck has already posted this on the Wheeldon bill thread, but here they are for completeness: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-confirmation-strapless-on-13-and-17-february-and-10-march-2016 (Valeri Hristov and Reece Clarke in Strapless)
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    Just discovered that my local WHS has done the same: and there I was thinking they'd discontinued selling it. It's surely not rocket science, though, is it? Just put it along with the opera and music magazines would seem to make most sense. But no ... Actually, this month's Dancing Times looked to me to be better - but it contains a number of letters complaining about the lack of ballroom coverage ...
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    Sorry, obviously misread "what" as "who" I've said it before (so many times), but cinemas, companies and distributors really need to get their act together on this. There's clearly a market for the broadcasts, but even now, the problems I have trying to get information about them ... Twice in a not-too-local Odeon, 3 times in 3 different Picturehouses, I've tried to get hold of printed information about what is being shown and when, and getting blood out of the proverbial stone would be easier! And they *still* haven't really got the mailing lists together properly. I did get something from Picturehouses the other week, but again it's not laid out in a suitably list-like format to make it easy to read.
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    More2Screen.
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    Darn - is Chi badly enough injured that he won't be dancing next week?
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    Room 101

    alison replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    Very sad to hear what's happened to Beth: I always thought The Jump was a good step - or even leap - too far. There are just some things you shouldn't do without proper training.
  14. alison
    In the UK? Not that much, I'd have thought.
  15. alison
    We've had discussions previously in Doing Dance about how many ballet students don't actually seem to go and *watch* ballet. And when you think of the number of leading professional dancers who have said something to the effect that it was only when they actually went and saw their first ballet that they really "got" what ballet was, and that was what ignited the spark inside them ...
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    I'm amazed: 5 of the 7 performances are currently showing as sold out! I never expected that that many people would be interested in an all-Wheeldon triple bill.
  17. alison
    Thank you for that, RippedJeans, and welcome to the forum.
  18. alison
    So, that sounds like a whole hour of intervals.
  19. alison
    She was certainly dancing with them the other night: she was mentioned in the reviews for the first night of the recent bill.
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    Excuse the mess - quotes not working here again - but: Nureyev didn't exactly respect the hierarchy, from what I remember, did he? Was Guillem the only one he promoted differently? Thanks, A frog. I could only interpret it as meaning that he had several ballerinas in mind for Sylphide, and one for Giselle, but it's good to have confirmation from a native speaker Does the POB *have* Les Sylphides in its repertory? Oh yes, I think so, from what I've picked up in recent years. The concentration on a more contemporary rep at the expense of the Classical was a feature of the last few years of the previous regime - in fact, it was going on for several years before this forum started up, because I remember people complaining about the season schedule on the old forum.
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    Thank you for that, kameliendame. What's with the different costumes? Just SAB standard wear, or something else?
  22. alison
    I was just listening to the Rach/Pag (aka Rhapsody) on the radio earlier, and really noticed the absence of dancing At least my brain inserted a lot of it - I was surprised at how much it remembered.
  23. alison
    Ye gods - £40 for the balcony! It used to be £25. Oh well, I'll *have* to pass, then. There's no way I can afford that. EDIT: And now I look lower down, I see rather more seats still in the Dress and Upper Circles than I would normally expect one month ahead, so I guess other people may be baulking, too. This gala used to specifically raise funds for various charities, but I don't think I've seen any indication in recent years that it still is?
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    I'm sure they won't all turn up - do they ever? - but even a sizeable proportion of the above ought to make for a good gala!
  25. alison
    I think it was 1933(?). 1928 sounds more like Apollo to me.
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