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Stephen Beagley has been found guilty of abusing young girls and awaiting sentencing 

Daily Mail today 

On 25/09/2019 at 15:39, Lizbie1 said:

 

Multiplicity by Nacho Duato. I loathed it - to me it reeked of misogyny and abuse. Though I fully accept others will have received it very differently.

Would it have been different if the cellist had been a woman or is it the subject that reminds you of abuse, I just saw a very clever short piece of choreography 

But running a school is different , as just coaching one off I’m sure she has good knowledge of the roles she performed but running a school needs someone wth experience . 

Do we know if she is going to run her company alongside her commitment to  ENBS big ask if so as being DOD at ENBS is a full time job 

It’s Leticia Dias and Teo Dubreuil 

On 01/08/2019 at 18:37, Jan McNulty said:

 

 

Some years ago Chi Cao, now retired from BRB, did 8 doubles in alternating direction while dancing Paquita.  The late John Percival, in his review at the time, described him as the best classical dancer of the day in Europe and the USA.  Joe Caley did 8, but all in the same direction.

 

All the other performances of Paquita I have seen the dancers did double, two steps forward, double, two steps forward, double.

 

Would Chi and Joe's feats be called octo-doubles?

In Paquita there is a releve between the right and left double tours , they are not consecutive. I agree Ci Cao was a great dancer 

To the parents and students 

It has been announced thar Carlos Valcárcel Director of Dance at ENBS has resigned 

3 hours ago, alison said:

I did wonder.  Just like old times ...  Have they still got all the dancers' signed photos up in there?

I don’t know but the Shakespeare and the Harlequin was were you could meet the dancers from SWRB , as a fan I did meet David Ashmole, Alain Dubreuil and Carl Myers such nice fellows . David was taken far too early ,Carl I was told emigrated to NZ ,Alain i believe coaches and travels lot 

A very nostalgic evening with superb performances a fitting send off for David.

it was nice to see in the audience some of the original cast , Anita Landa , Samira Saidi (I agree with two pigeons a stunning lady) Alain Dubreuil,Steven Wicks .

the company had a farewell party at the Shakespeare the pub behind the theatre before travelling back to Brum 

Teo Dubreuil and David Donnelly were superb in the men’s duet 

54 minutes ago, MAX said:

After Muntagirov and Corrales, Daniel McCormick seems ready for the Royal Ballet !

 

Kevin O'Hare can we have him ?  

He has enough talent in the company , after yesterday’s showing 

What a pleasure to see a young fresh cast dancing R&J. Sullivan and Sambe so believable in the lead roles, very impressive debuts and thoroughly enjoyed Teo Dubreuil’s debut as Benvolio, a future Romeo I hope!  It would have been good to see a younger dancer dance Tybalt, after all those boys should all be of the same generation?  Bravo to all!

Thank you Jane , 

Ok then how can we find out who got US places this year . Without treading on toes .and being inappropriate on the forum 

2 hours ago, capybara said:

 

Because because it was disappointing, I’m afraid that this pairing does not really work. In act 1 Matthew postured a lot but in act 3 in white tights his poor feet and lack of leg line were cruelly exposed , Lauren I feel came out of it better . Early days let’s see other performances,perhaps coaching to put them in the right direction 

So good to see more steaming this year . Some lovely candidates ,Monique Loudiere is an inspirational coach always positive with very few words she drives the contestants to achieve more.

the commentators Jason and Naomi are so dull and repetitive especially Naomi ,if you have nothing to say just keep quiet and don’t repeat yourself (sorry but her delivery and voice irritates me ) yes we know that Elizabeth Platel is French and has the correct terminology for steps but don’t go on and on about it , a lame duck is not a step in France but how many studentsin UK or  US would know tour piqué 😃

ENBS are again doing their performance at the Wimbledon Theatre on the 4th and 5th of July.

It is the 25th anniversary of the school I hear many alumni will be there 

Chrome is working for me.

My first was Etudes danced by the London's Festival Ballet the principal dancers were John Gilpin ,Toni Lander and Flemming Flindt ,I was hooked,I loved that company always a joy to watch.

What a lovely company and congratulations to Christopher Hampson ,I saw Thursday nightI thought the company danced so well  Juliet Mercutio Tybalt and the Capulet couple were so good but I felt no connection to Romeo ,a fine dancer but I wanted more passion.Come back soon Scottish Ballet and bring us some Peter Darrel"s lovely ballets 

I have just seen a letter in the Dancing Times ,re.the appointment of the RBS new Director asking to know when and where the post was advertised as well as how many applicants there were !!!

It is not to bee missed ,saw it last year  Sublime 

What a tremendous year to look forward to ,BRAVO Kevin O'Hare.

It is Jean Pierre Guasquet who owns the rights to Fille.I am sure that this production will have been beautifully revived by Michael O'Hare,who to my knowledge is the only dancer to have danced Colas,Alain and Widow Simone ,a very fine and sensitive artist,hopefully he will have reinstated the port de bras on the jetées at the beginning of Lise's variation (Mr Grant cut them out!)

I certainly did not wish to impugn the professional competence of Miss Brown ,I got this information from conversations in the 50's with Jules Oudart who had been the regisseur of the ballet in Monte Carlo and subsequently was regisseeur of the Paris Opera Ballet