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  1. Shade
    Between strike days, work to rule days and engineering works there hardly seems any time of normal service on my line - 😔
  2. Shade
    Very interesting comments. Personally, having seen many RB performances over the years I would say that the corps de ballet has increased in uniformity and coordination so that it is a real pleasure to watch traditional ‘white acts’. I also think there is strength in depth across the ranks.
  3. Shade
    Shetland ponies can live to a good age but they can be little devils to control!
  4. Shade
    I remember seeing him being walked over the bridge. Does the Wells stage have space for him?
  5. Shade
    I think this is a fine cast for the cinema performance. It must have been difficult to choose though as there are so many fine casts! I would love to see one of each but can’t unfortunately.
  6. Shade
    Interesting reading your post Sim - I wasn’t moved at all in Act 2
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    My first viewing of Swan Lake in this run and very enjoyable it was too. Good performance from all I think. It’s a shame that with all the current fabulous male principals at RB there is so little for Siegfried to do - a waste in my opinion. Yes agree that balance was terrific. For me though I think Odile took the honours- very exciting Act 3. Perhaps I find Odette too passive - waiting for her true love to come. In contrast Odile goes out to get him, even though she is playing with him and doesn’t want him, just wants to prove that she can get him. I find this current production Act 4 an anticlimax after Act 3.
  8. Shade
    Oh I will see Cinders with my husband this time so do hope it’s on again.
  9. Shade
    Oh that reminds me of the time that I bought a Stilton cheese as a Christmas present for a friend. Came from the shop in Covent Garden and had a very strong smell. My friend had to take it with her on the train from King’s Cross. I expect she had plenty of empty seats around her!
  10. Shade
    Thanks Janet that provides more choice for dates if people are away at the end of august.
  11. Shade
    Thanks replied
  12. Shade
    Hi Silke I am interested in this ticket. regards shade
  13. Shade
    Thanks Emerald for that additional explanation. I still think the ballet was very bleak.
  14. Shade
    Yes the Dream has lovely music- one reason that my husband will attend with me. husband chooses to attend for selected performances only, avoiding the challenge of the MacMillan triple bill for example. But it hate the blonde wigs!
  15. Shade
    First time that I have seen these productions- but I had read up on them in the Jann Parry book Different Drummer. Concertantes was fun, reminded me of Balanchine’s Rubies. MYbe because of the jazzy Stravinsky score but also the snappy moves in the choreography and off balance turns etc. great cast and dancing. Head dresses awful - yes Teletubbies - not the association I expect RB was after! Different Drummer was shocking. The destruction of a soul in front of us by social alienation, abuse by persons in authority, betrayal. Mr Avis was more evil in this than Manon - hard to believe. Great performances by all. Mr Clarke surprised me an anguished performance and Marie suited Osipova so well. I didn’t see any redemption in this at all - unremitting torture. Requiem - a masterpiece and very appropriate in Easter week I thought . Very moving and Wonderful dancing.
  16. Shade
    Thanks Amelia I thoroughly enjoyed watching Shakirova - she is such a joyful dancer. Congratulations to her
  17. Shade
    Thank you to everyone who has posted their thoughts on this run of Manon, particularly on the different casts. What a triumph for the RB this run is. We are very fortunate. I too was moved to tears at the end of the Saturday matinee
  18. Shade
    Before commenting further on the matinĂ©e performance I took the time to read the relevant entry in the Jan Parry biography of MacMillan, very interesting. When Manon and des Grieux are sitting on the chairs peering at each other there is a parallel with R&J. I agree the earlier comment re the connection between Manon and her brother. They discuss - what? He promises her riches and she agrees I thought. So Osipova knows what she wants at that point. Mr Campbell and Ms Magri were terrific in their roles as brother and Mistress. However, I don’t find the drunk scene funny - was he drinking to forget what he had done? As for Mr Avis as GM, He brought his latest plaything to the brothel and proceeded to continually paw her. Very Fifty Shades. Made my flesh crawl. I would say evil. Osipova was torn between riches and love, which way would she go? She loved des Grieux but the wealth was so tempting. Of course there is only one end for a ‘girl gone bad’ and it is shocking and tragic. The tale is highly relevant to our own times - very scarily so unfortunately. Great art and artists are however, thought provoking.
  19. Shade
    Thanks Sim I didn’t know that
  20. Shade
    We gave them all a good reception 👏
  21. Shade
    Hi they were not all together, at least when I saw them but were being subject to many requests 😊
  22. Shade
    Dreaded rail replacement bus service plus dreaded trespasser on the line this morning made it a nail biting journey to ROH for the matinee but it was more than worth it. I haven’t recovered sufficiently to write about the performance but brava all round. I salute those of you who can manage 2 performances on the same day! I found it too harrowing. As I had time I made it to the stage door, quite a number were gathered there. Mr Avis, Ms Osipova and Mr Clarke were gracious, signing programmes and having photos taken. Wonderful.
  23. Shade
    Would love to see Potskhishvili live. From the clips I have seen he is a very exciting dancer.
  24. Shade
    Friday evening's performance was warmly received. I thoroughly enjoyed it, exception being the eating, drinking and giggling at inappropriate moments! The music was at a pace that gave it great impact and moved the action on. This production is one to treasure, no doubt. I prefer the peasant pdd as opposed to pds but I felt that it needed more crispness yesterday evening. In my view the night belonged to the ladies, expressive Giselle and implacable, merciless Myrthe. Fabulous Wilis.
  25. Shade
    Reading all the posts so far I am excited to go Friday evening as that fits best with work schedule.
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