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This sounds very promising

Sad news, but good to have the information out this far in advance. I thought buying tickets for her first and last Juliet would mean she couldn't be injured for all of them, but obviously I was wrong Best wishes to her for a full (and speedy if possible) recovery.

I've caught them already in this run. It's a few years since they were last in London, but it strikes me that the technical standard has gone up even further for a number of the dancers. In particular, Yekaterina Verbosovich, who I've admired since she joined the company, appears to be becoming a real ballerina. I'm not quite sure why, but she kept reminding me of Marianela Nunez, which is a very high compliment. I thought they'd brought the Esmeralda pas de six before, but don't remember it being like that ... Really looking forward to the "new" Don Quixote and probably my all-time favourite, Go For Barocco, next week

This is rather remiss of us: we don't appear to have a "ballet in the cinema" thread for the forthcoming season. We have separate threads for the Royal Ballet here: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/9490-royal-opera-house-cinema-season-20152016/ and for the Paris Opera Ballet here: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/10557-paris-opera-ballet-live-in-cinema/ yet seemingly we don't have one for the Bolshoi, although I know we discussed it. Can anyone remember where it was, please?

"Major release documentary"? What on earth does that mean?

I like the "enriched" bit

But of course if you wanted to see her you could catch one of the cinema screenings, as a last resort if there are no tickets left.

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Yes, very sad.

Indeed, if that *is* the case Is there any official confirmation? I haven't been keeping an eye on how he's been doing, I'm afraid.

I have knee problems, too, and have found that ballet seems to *help* them - provided I'm careful, of course.

BBC4, this Tuesday, 9 pm: Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing (!)

BTW, has anyone watched The Next Step (CBBC), which I've just spotted on iPlayer?

Bumping: this is tomorrow night - or today if you prefer!

And again tomorrow (today, really) - I think it was at 7 pm.

Not as much as you'd think. I was about to mention Steven McRae, and Yonah Acosta at ENB, but then realised that didn't apply. We've had it with guest artists before, less so with company principals, although I believe there has been the odd case.

I quite agree, Coated. You want each one listed in a line, and individually expandable if you want further details, or something like that, I think.

Thank you, northstar, for that long and considered report.

Ah, that would make sense. I just assumed that it would be Romeo & Juliet rehearsing pdd.

I wonder if that is a reflection of e.g. the Mariinsky mindset? After all, they haven't embraced the opportunity to do live broadcasts, either.

In my day, you had to pay "adult" rail fares from the age of 14 onwards. It seemed I'd barely hit 16 before they decided to move the limit up to 16

But as I was implying, if you can find one in the same timezone ... there's already a 5-hour gap between GMT and ET or whatever it is New York is on. Going for a European company would extend that to 6 hours, minimum.

Lucky Simon, if so

I think the time zoning thing must be a determining factor here: after all, there can't be many ballet companies located in the middle of the Atlantic.