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Has anyone met Tamara at the Coli stage door after a show? I'd desperately love to meet her but wouldn't want to spend a fortune on tickets etc if she doesn't usually greet fans after a show, as I could get a cheaper matinee ticket to see a different dancer instead!

When is this masterclass?

Helene & Sarah at dancique are amazing!! So so knowledgeable and helpful ????????????

I recently started helping with classes at my local dance school when I'm home for the holidays; I've been told I need a DBS check, which I have to obtain myself. I rang the county council who weren't much help, so just wondered whether anyone knows how to go about getting a DBS check? Thank you

Interested

I have the cd if you'd like it x

Do any of you get people who think your child wants to be a FAMOUS dancer one day? Me and my mum had this a lot with friends and neighbours when I was growing up. When my mum told the next door neighbour that not only did I have no intention of dreaming about becoming the Royal Ballet's next Prima Ballerina but that it was never going to happen and if I was extremely talented and lucky I might just make the chorus, her response was, "Why would she just want to go through all that just to stand at the back?"

Definitely!!! It's so awkward when non-dancing friends & family say things like "So you're going to be a prima ballerina then??"

Uhhhhhhhhhh nope!!

Hi, what size is the Royal ballet Freddy top?

Also could I please see photos of the green & purple Mirella leotards? Thank you x

Interested!!xx

What is 7.5m in terms of uk sizing?

An exercise program, Frost?! Can you PM it to me please as I didn't get one!!xx

I've possibly got the cd somewhere, will have a look for you!

Did you ever watch the film Ice Princess, Lisa?? It certainly made me want to be an ice skater when I was younger!xx

Does anyone know when the casting for ENB Nutcracker will be available?? Thanks x

Have sent you a PM!xx

Out of curiosity (trying to write a review!) does anyone know the name of the step that Odile does when she extends the leg croise devant then draws it through passe to releve to arabesque? I liked how Odette danced the same step in act 2, suggesting a connection between herself and Odile...

I had a really scary experience last week on a dance course.

It was the lunch break and one of the dancers had just given herself a good spray with a deodorant before dashing off to grab a bite to eat.

The class had only just finished so I was a bit puffed still but not excessively. Anyway I felt an initial tickle in my throat after this spray and then a bit of a cough and I drank some water left over from the class however I couldn't stop this cough and then my whole thrall seized up and I couldn't take a breath in!

Luckily one of the dancers there (whose son suffers from asthma) noticed I was in difficulties and took me outside the room and sort of helped me to breathe again!

I've never experienced anything like this before and hope I'm not developing asthma at my age but I think it was an allergic reaction to this spray.

I'm saying all,this because it could happen in a theatre ....people surprisingly do spray perfume around copiously on occasions not always in the cloakroom!!

So occasionally things in the atmosphere might set you off even when you havent got a bad cold/cough etc

I don't happen to think that on the whole most people cough for pleasure or competition and for most when it does happen it's very irritating and annoying and sometimes embarrassing.

Lin that sounds awful!! hope you were okay afterwards!!!

 

I have mild asthma which seems to have flared up recently- during Corsaire on Saturday I kept desperately needing to cough, but tried to hold it in until during the applause!

 

The Stalls Circle Standing area seemed suspiciously overcrowded, there must have been at least double the amount of people standing than there were tickets for....

 

And WHY the gentleman sat just in front of me decided to noisily swap seats with his companion DURING a variation, I have no idea!!! Grr!!

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but does anyone know the running time for the Royal Ballet's Anastasia? I'm seeing it in October but could do with booking train tickets etc well in advance...

Thanks!!

Is anyone watching the matinee tomorrow?? I'll be there

Does anyone know who designed the costumes for swan lake? On the cast sheet it says designs by Simon Virsaladze; does that include both set and costume?

I have to agree with you here VickyPage. I think that the Bolshoi National Dances and the Dance of the Princesses are my favourite in any Swan Lake I have seen. It would be improved if the Neapolitan Dance's tambourines had bells though .

Yes, bells definitely needed on the tambourines!!!!

So since tomorrow is the performance of Zakharova for Swan Lake...anyone else want to join me in meeting her at the stage door?

I hope I can get the courage to do it!!

 

Where is the stage door again and is it ok to ask one of the ROH staff to show you where it is if you can't find it?

Might be worth taking a warm jumper and comfy shoes, as the wait can be quite long (I was waiting for 2 hours last night..... Sooooo worth it!! ) hope you enjoy the show x

Whilst certainly not wishing to provoke an argument, Godots_arrived, I do disagree with your point about expensive seat holders. On this occasion I was very lucky to recieve Orchestra Stalls tickets as a birthday gift, however frequently watch ballets from stalls circle standing or balcony standing- my point is that regardless of how much money I pay for my ticket, I still support the ROH and deserve to be treated with respect by its staff. And whilst I can appreciate that some people may go to the ballet for the social aspect, I- and no doubt many others- go to broaden our horizons in the ballet world and appreciate the art form, which is primarily the purpose of going to a ballet.

 

Yes, Zakharova was understandably exhausted, and spent no more than two or three minutes with me- but they were very precious moments that I will cherish for a lifetime.

 

Lexy I do find your point about people 'wanting more from her' very thought-provoking, I most certainly wouldn't want any dancer to feel that I was wanting more from them by waiting at the stage door; I waited for almost 2 hours as a means of expressing my respect to Zakharova; had she not wanted a photograph with me then I would've totally respected her decision! I only wish I could've had time to buy a bouquet of flowers to give to her, so that she didn't feel that I was selfishly asking for an autograph without acknowledging that she had already given everything she had in the performance!

(Just to clarify, Lexy, I am agreeing with your point, albeit in a slightly ashamed manner as I had naively assumed that dancers would always be keen to greet fans, so it hadn't really occurred to me that the dancer might perceive it as us at the stage door wanting more from her, I am grateful that you gave me that insight )

Amen to that, Cavycapers!

 

Godots_arrived I don't fully understand your point; do you mean that the patrons who paid for top price seats should've been treated better at the stage door? I agree!!

I agree that the woman in red was very rude though and do feel compelled to complain- had we left when she told us to, I was going to write on here to say that it was rude of Svetlana to leave without even greeting her fans, so I'm very glad that I know that the woman in red lied!!

(In fairness to the woman, she could've just been doing what she was told to, although the way she she spoke to everyone- and counted us (!!!) seemed particularly irreverent.)