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Thank you!!

Which dates are cojocaru dancing in london, does anyone know?

Hmmm. Think I'm going to return my McRae ticket and just see Acosta / nunez. Unless anyone thinks that's a real miss? Is the McRae version better?

Who are people looking forward to seeing in Romeo and Juliet particularly? Osipova obviously but who else have people chosen to see?

Smirnova and chudin were just sensational last night. So glad I can see them do that all over again this evening. I felt that obraztsova and krysanova, while technically brilliant, didn't understand balanchine. For me, shipulina came into her own last night. She really got the athleticism and sexiness of the choreography. Rubies wasn't great but she shone through it. The absolute brilliance of the diamonds pdd brings out two things I'be been surprised by in the last couple of weeks. Firstly, why so few consistent partnerships? S and C proved last night how that trust and common knowledge of a piece adds to it. Obraztsova was constantly having to look and reach for lantratov - and no wonder consider how many different people they've each danced with. Also, why so few consistent roles? Whether you liked her or not, smirnova owned that piece entirely. Krysanova is dancing leads in every single one of the five ballets bolshoi have brought. Of course dancers have to learn a lot of roles but doesn't concentrating on a couple make it better for the audience? (Ditto the ever changing mix of soloists and solos though the swan lakes)

Oh SMIRNOVA. Wow.

The ROH tweet says simrova / chudin doing both nights, Really annoying not to see both her and zakharova do it

Absolutely agree. Alexandrova was extraordinary in both swan lake and baydere. So sad about her injury. No one else has combined her technique and style

Goodness, it genuinely feels like we saw different productions last night. Wish I had seen yours, I got do frustrated with the corps being at sixes at sevens and all the shoe squeaking. There were so many sloppy details, even the vision arabesques between aurora and lilac were late / badly timed and then snatched. Obraztsova was lovely (particularly in the final pdd I thought) but she had some pretty shaky moments. Zakharova was so technically strong and confident you could just sit back and enjoy, with EO it was all slightly on the edge. Not helped by gudanov doing some truly terrible partnering... Agreed shipulina made a great lilac fairy but did look oddly HUGE next to EO.

Yes smirnova made a very poor show of the lilac fairy variation. I do wonder wonder about the wisdom of giving a swan lake to someone that can't absolutely nail that solo. She was technically poor in exactly the same areas as bayadere act III

Phew! Thank you, keen to see that aurora Apparently lantratov now injured too.... Very bad news.

Smirnova clearly does have an amazing future, It's just how her technique is allowed to develop fast enough to keep pace with the roles she's being given. People seem to be saying obraztsova was on poor form on sat. Am supposed to be seeing her in sleeping beauty. Were her pirouette falls an injury or the role or what?

Smirnova was fantastic last night, beautiful in acts one and two. But from where I was sitting she had some real technical wobbles in act three, not holding positions or falling out of them. Lots of grabbing chudin But her acting ability was amazing. She cited vishneva as her inspiration in an article and that really came through

On sale at the Roh box office at the moment

“Masha Alexandrova was taken to hospital,” Director General of the Bolshoi Theatre Vladimir Urin told Itar-Tass. “Unfortunately, no ballet actor is safeguarded from such injuries. Masha Alexandrova had a very active creative season. Moreover, in June she participated in long guest performances in Australia, where she was the main heroine. Already in July she came to dance in London. I hope that British doctors will help our remarkable actress to go back to the homeland as soon as possible,” he said.

Lantratov got his line wrong and crashed straight into alexandrova's calf while they both mid air. Could be pretty serious

Alexandrova injured on stage. And several times the corps crashed into each other as well. Really, really under rehearsed

Thank you!

I have a couple of options tickets for la bayadere in fri (hurrah!) one cheaper with a restricted view or more expensive. How knock your socks off is it from anyone who's seen it please?

Also three of the main supporting men to cojocaru and muntagirov are Souza, gruzdev and Acosta

I know oliveira is down as second main female part to cojocaru and summerscales when it's klimentova

Oh wow... Alexandrova a brilliant odette /odile.

I wondered whether volchkov was injured. There were just a few moments where he began to shine and then it slightly fell apart again. Zakharova's odile was stunning; her odette also beautiful though lacking in vulnerability. looking forward to the rest of the season - the company had such depth, with every single solo and the corps strong. But absolutely agree about the production. The first half an hour is a symphony in sludge brown.

Thank you - in work today sadly!

Does anyone know of deals on the enb raymonda?