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  1. alison
    The singing is standard, DQF - in fact, I don't ever remember a performance without it. You're not confusing it with Snowflakes in Nutcracker, by any chance?
  2. alison
    Me too Probably in the same universe that Eric Underwood, in a previous article somewhere, was quoted as having danced the leads in Swan Lake, among other things.
  3. alison
    Last triple bill of the season, Lin
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    Exactly. Pretty much a waste of newsprint. Mind you, there have been a number of similar "puffs", of very varying quality, in the Standard recently.
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    Best wishes to her. Incidentally, I was reading her autobiography "A Dancer in Wartime" recently. It's a very good read (although I hate it when publishers use 1.5 spacing to make the book look bigger!), and she's very specific about locations, all the places she lived during the war. It was quite weird reading about her living in Addiscombe Road just when I was passing through Addiscombe tram stop!
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    Plenty more opportunities to see Golden Hour later in the season, fortunately
  7. alison
    No need to apologise, Fonty And, no, not unless her surname is Avegno, which I somehow doubt, given that the character in question appears to be a friend rather than a parent.
  8. alison
    How could I have forgotten Tricorne? Thanks, Jane.
  9. alison
    Especially when you can see the dancer's real hair colour underneath
  10. alison
    Borrowing from another thread: " Yes, Sunday 28th February on BBC4, 7.30pm till 9pm and then followed by the Storyville presentation of the Bolshoi Babylon documentary."
  11. alison
    Hmm, seems to me this thread *really* needs to be inoculated against thread drift
  12. alison
    Choreartium is Massine, isn't it? BRB danced that at Covent Garden sometime in the early 90s, I think - although of course it's a plotless work.
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    Ian, you currently have a total of 5 posts: there's no way anyone could accuse you of "hogging" any thread Anyway, it was good to see you this afternoon after so long. Time constraints and other things mean I shall hold off commenting until I've been to all the performances in this run, but I do share your enthusiasm for Downs and Day (you must have missed her: she was the original Greta in Pita's The Metamorphosis, with Ed Watson), and was very moved by the whole thing. Seriously, folks: the programme is on until Saturday. With a special offer on tickets, and the Chiltern Railways £15 return for people living on or near that line, what's stopping you?
  14. alison
    Well, ENB/LFB have a bit of history in that department: they once did the Ashton and the Nureyev Romeo & Juliets - I think in consecutive weeks.
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    Thanks, BBB. It doesn't look as though it's gone out to ordinary bookers yet.
  16. alison
    When Janet's next on here, I expect she'll be talking about Northern Ballet Theatre's old production of Giselle: was it set in a concentration camp, or just in WWII?
  17. alison
    Exactly. Just because it's clothed in old-fashioned garb doesn't mean that it doesn't deal in eternal truths, and those are still relevant to us today. Some men (and women, of course) are still cheats and betrayers, and the message about love and forgiveness is still a powerful one. On the other hand, I suppose you could say that La Sylphide has eternal truths of the "grass always looks greener elsewhere" variety, yet it doesn't inspire people in the same way.
  18. alison
    Then even Londoners relying on trains would be struggling to get home.
  19. alison
    And now here's another one: http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/just15 Usual disclaimer
  20. alison
    Hmm, yes, here you are: http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/just15 They seem to be valid for a month. Wish I'd known before I shelled out more money!
  21. alison
    Talking about £10 ticket offers: when I got to Moor Street today I noticed outside the station an offer which is a £15 return Birmingham-London with Chiltern Trains (booking?) until 6th March. I mention it in case there is a way of reversing it and making it useful for London-Brum as well, although I haven't checked the T&Cs.
  22. alison
    Thanks. Was it last year's I was thinking of, then, or am I confusing two separate performances? I'd still have thought it was ridiculously early for friends and relations coming from hundreds of miles away to get to the ROH in time without shelling out for a hotel the night before. Still, I suppose it would have the advantage of finishing just in time for the Wimbledon Ladies' Final to start Anyway, thank you very much, Jenny, for getting this thread back on course, and my apologies for slightly diverting it again.
  23. alison
    Yes, but someone's always got to be on last. The people I'd feel most sorry for would be e.g. the extras in Infra, having to wait all that time just to walk across the stage. Yes, it certainly shows up better from upstairs. "Without constraint"? Well, not unless they abandon the practice of booting everyone out of the building ASAP afterwards. In my experience, most people are going to head off home afterwards, regardless of finishing time. Or stand outside the stage door for hours, I suppose. Exactly. And what ludicrous time is this year's RBS matinee? Am I right in thinking it's 11 am, and on a Sunday, or am I imagining it?
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    That would be a good idea
  25. alison
    Casting (now, at least) looks to me to be the same as the current run. With another 6 performances, it's a bit of a shame they couldn't have supplied a third cast.
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