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Love the look of the Afternoon of a Faun programme but unfortunately not even remotely likely to see it

I donated my ticket cost for the first performance I had booked and the email reply was worded as follows: “Thank you for converting your ticket to a donation. We greatly appreciate your generosity at this time. Your support will help us as we manage the impact of COVID-19 on our current projects and plan for the future. We look forward to seeing you at the Royal Opera House again soon.” This makes it clear that you have given a donation.

BBC Arts announces line-up for 2020 dance season BBC Arts has announced their 2020 Dance Season, which will include live performances filmed at Sadler’s Wells and the Royal Opera House as well as newly commissioned content exploring dance and the UK’s leading dancers and choreographers. The season will include: Revisor – Johnathon Young and Crystal Pite’s newest collaboration, hot on the heels of their Olivier Award-winning production, Betroffenheit. This unique interpretation of the Russian comic play The Inspector General is a fascinating hybrid of theatre and dance. Danceworks – a series of films produced in a collaboration between the BBC and Sadler’s Wells, featuring aclaimed choreographers Sharon Eyal and María Pagés, Strictly stars Gorka Marquez and Karen Hauer and company Ballet Black, who performed during Stormzy’s Glastonbury set. Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story – based on Carlos Acosta’s life; from growing up on the streets of Cuba through Cuba’s National Dance School all the way to performing at London’t Royal Ballet. Men In Dance – a new film celebrating today’s male Royal Ballet dancers, with exclusive behind-the-scenes peek at the talented cohort. Devil In The Feet – the story of Irish Dance and how it’s gone from a traditional folk dance to a global phenomenon. imagine…Kate Prince: Every Move She Makes – follows the creator of Message In A Bottle as she embarks on her newest West End production. Alan Yentob will explore the impact of her work and her politics on the emerging generation of new young dancers. BBC Introducing Arts: Dance – a series of dance films made by first-time and emerging film-makers. https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/london-theatre-news-today-thursday-12-march/

The cast sheet is there, you have to click on all dates. It lists Artem Ovcharenko as Siegfried but Odette/Odile is blank. I’ve just realised what you mean Stevie, having looked at all four performances and that you weren’t asking about Siegfried. Sorry.

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I remember this and still have my programme as well. So many starry names, I particularly remember The Moor’s Pavane and The Taming of the Shrew Pas de Deux and the excitement of seeing so many famous dancers at the same time. I also remember that the defile was a polonaise (I think to the music from the end of Beauty) and most of the dancers, apart from those in the RB, didn’t seem to be able to do the steps properly.

As has second cast Dancer: Sarah Lamb Dancer: Mayara Magri Dancer: Meaghan Grace Hinkis Dancer: Anna Rose O'Sullivan Dancer: Tierney Heap Dancer: Marcelino Sambé Dancer: Nicol Edmonds Dancer: Reece Clarke Dancer: Benjamin Ella Dancer: James Hay

Brandon Lawrence? I know it doesn’t qualify for this year’s awards but his performance as Albrecht in Giselle is one of the best I’ve seen, along with Celine Gittens, but of course he didn’t perform it in London and the critics very rarely bother to travel out of London so it won’t be considered in next years awards either. As already stated these awards would mean far more if they were nominated and voted for by the public.

She also did the presentation for the cinema broadcast of Nothern Ballet’s Dracula.

At the matinee yesterday a woman sitting in the row in front of me in the Amphitheatre was looking at her phone all through Kaneko’s solo in the first act. Luckily it wasn’t too bright, although still distracting, but I did wonder why she had come to the performance.

The dancers down for Dr Coppelius are now Gary Avis, Bennet Gartside, Philip Mosley and Thomas Whitehead apart from the first performance, which is a school’s matinee, when Jonathan Howells is still listed.

The casting for BRB’s Nutcracker at the Birmingham Hippodrome is now out. So far only the casts for the Sugar Plum Fairy, Prince and Clara have been announced. https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/nutcracker-2019

http://newseason.sadlerswells.com/

Five tickets have appeared for the 9pm performance on Thursday 10 October of the Cross Currents triple in the Linbury.

Roberta Sue Ficker became Suzanne Farrell. Also Hilda Munnings who became Lydia Sokolova. An English dancer who lived at at a time when only Russian names were acceptable in ballet, although I think with that name she would have changed it anyway.

Well I was straight on to that bill when booking opened at 9 and there was still a Buy button by the earlier performance on the Friday but when I clicked on it it came up with no tickets available. The other performances were already showing Sold Out.

Opera magazine? Quite small in size, used to be available at the ROH but I don’t think they sell magazines any more. I have seen it at some branches of WH Smith. Don’t know if they do personal ads though.

Also at Birmingham Hippodrome in November, which I’ve also booked for.

I found the following cast sheet and synopsis on the Empire Cinemas website. It was obviously supplied for the screening so why the cinemas could’t have printed them off I don’t know. https://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/_uploads/media/1862_The Northern Ballet - Victoria Handout.pdf

He played Eric Fenby in Delius, A Song of Summer not Percy Grainger. Fenby was the amanuensis of Delius in his last years. I can still remember watching this even after so many years. I also saw him as Ferdinand in The Tempest at Stratford. The only time I ever saw him dance was some time after he left the Royal Ballet when he returned to partner Lynn Seymour in the final Pas de deux from The Two Pigeons at a gala. Seeing them together in that is one of those moments I shall never forget.

I agree Two Pigeons that I also would have expected the first cast to be on on the Saturday evening. Like you I also have two performances booked with the Parma/Maslen cast and would like to have seen both casts. As I’m having to travel to B’ham for the Saturday evening I may book for the matinee to see the other cast.

The casting is now on BRB’s website for the triple bill in B’ham and Hobson’s Choice In B’ham and London. https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/unleashed https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/hobsons-choice Only two casts for Hobson’s - Samara Downs with Lachlan Monaghan and Beatrice Parma with Max Maslen.

Choreographer Kate Prince, artistic director of ZooNation, has been made an MBE for services to dance.

They do have all their cast sheets on the website going back to March 2017. You need to find search and type in Cast Sheets to get at them. At least, I haven’t found a better way so far. Also the Birmingham Hippodrome Archive has a list of programmes in their collection which goes back to when the company was SWRB but this only seems to be a selection and not complete. Also they don’t always list which ballets were performed and no casts. https://birminghamhippodromeheritage.com/?s=Birmingham+Royal+ballet&format=Programme

Not performance related but Jersey Post Office has released a set of stamps to commemorate Fonteyn’s 100th birth anniversary. https://www.jerseystamps.com/en/Shop/Detail?c=1906&r=%2F