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LupusMelis

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  1. I still have the ticket available and this will be Ed Watson's last performance with the RB. I'll accept £39 or nearest offer, I can't go to the performance so would like to see the ticket go to a good home https://www.gramilano.com/2021/10/edward-watson-retires/
  2. Selling 1 x Amphitheatre ticket & programme voucher for The Dante Project on Saturday 30th October at 11.30am (Watson, Lamb) Seat H-58 £39.00.
  3. Hi everyone! Oh my, it's been so long since I last posted 😂 I actually have a RB summer school related question to ask on behalf of some friends. My English student here in Budapest has been accepted onto the Covent Garden SI from 16th to 27th July (she's a beauty!) so she'll be travelling to London with her mum. They're looking for somewhere to stay for the duration, ideally as close to Covent Garden as possible - does anyone have any recommendations? Please reply or drop me a PM if you do, and thank you all in advance! Mods - Please feel free to move this post, I wasn't 100% sure if this was the best place 😉
  4. Here in Budapest there's quite a growing contemporary/contemporary ballet scene. Here's a review/piece on one company that I've gotten to know, Inversedance founded by Zoltan Fodor. They have a broad rep that includes adult peformances and kids shows (this article is on the latter). I've been really impressed with them, and not just because I train with them either, so I encourage you to check them out and give this a read http://jelterps.blogspot.hu/2016/05/Inversedance.html
  5. It was a great premier, every member of the company on stage that night danced their hearts out for us and I am SO glad I was there to see it Couple of my thoughts: - The ambiguity of Big Brother's existence didn't translate well, one thing that has always struck me when reading the novel and watching the John Hurt movie (which I unashamedly love!) was just how terrifying an idea can be. In this case the idea of Big Brother, its not actually conveyed whether he really exists but this adaptation didn't appear to take that into account. It was just a given that BB existed, it wasn't questioned at all. - I found the PDDs a little tedious and a bit too MacMillan in their movement vocab, sweepy and romantic if tinged with urgency, but tedious all the same. Since I know the source material very well I just felt that these scenes jarred with my interpretation of the relationship between Winston and Julia and they pulled me out of the piece and into mind chatter. Their union was not a political act in this ballet and for me the movement vocab for Julia was just too elegant and dignified... - Javier Torres and Hiro Takahashi were superb in their respective roles of O'Brien & Charrington. Javier was as menacing as a classic Bond villain (Bond ballet anyone?) and Charrington's isolation and other worldliness was brilliantly conveyed by Hiro, his reveal chilled me the most even though I knew it was coming! - I thought there was a nice distinction between the movement for the Proles and the party members, the Proles were more intimate and softer in their bodies. And Vicky Sibson was sublime in her role of Prole Woman (I thought her solos were just vulgar enough) - Room 101 and the resulting brainwashing of Winston Smith were perfectly pitched. Simple but dramatically effective theater! - There was a nice little motif in the score when Julia first appeared on stage at the start of act 1, and I kept an ear out for it afterwards but didn't hear it again. Like the PDDs some elements of the score just felt out of place and overall it was disappointing! I think some nice use of silence would've been more effective for certain scenes. I'm looking forward to seeing how the production transposes onto the Lyceum stage!
  6. I received an email from GBWR today. They require the full footage of the attempt to verify it I still don't have the full footage. Feels like such a wasted effort...
  7. It's no secret to forum members that I'm a big fan of Kenneth Tindall!! I got the chance to interview him last week for DanceMuse and this article is the result! http://dancemuse.org/2014/09/03/kenneth-tindalls-brave-new-world/ Hope you enjoy reading
  8. Thank you so much everyone for your support! My friends have really rallied 'round me today and I'm so grateful to them and to you for sharing my outrage and exasperation!! The individual concerned has stated on Facebook that he is leaving the enterprise, and I have alerted quite a few prominent Sheffield folk to his behaviour. Right now I'm waiting for Guinness to get back to me and let me know if the footage and witness statements I have will be enough to verify the attempt. Even though the video starts halfway through it is clear from my physical condition that I had been doing the grand battements for a while, and at times one of my witnesses does shout out the numbers of how many I am doing. I will keep you all posted when I hear more from GBWR! x
  9. I'm feeling pretty exasperated and very low right now! The full footage of my world record break has been lost and today I've been mocked online by one of the persons who lost it. Here's a Google+ post explaining more https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MelWSkydancer/posts/WmrFXn1bRj5 I have the last 15 minutes of footage recorded on a mobile phone and statements from official witnesses who were there at the attempt but I don't know if this will be enough to get it verified.
  10. Happy for your Fiz that you are back at the barre Congratulations to your former teacher! Both my ballet and contemporary teachers had babies this year, in fact Emily (ballet) brought her little girl to my record attempt and she was actually spellbound watching me...so cute!!
  11. I'm in the same corner as you, drdance! Watching 'Duplic8' was the movement equivalent of listening to a good violinist play some scales. Yes, they obviously have the facility to move, but to me their act was far from 'dancing'. I would've found more to engage with watching a yoga class than I did watching their 'performance'. Where was the soul????
  12. anaballerina, are you on Facebook? If so search for the group Cardiff Dance, it's usually updated with classes etc in Cardiff and surrounding regions. It's been quite a while since I took contemporary class in the 'diff, and Rubicon was the last place I went to but they don't seem to be running contemporary this term: http://www.rubicondance.co.uk/. Might be worth getting in contact with them, though? Earthfall usually run CPD classes and you could also give The Gate a try...
  13. Hello Dance*is*life! Here're the links to the YouTube vids: Audition: http://youtu.be/SYYrJ3DLotY Live Show: http://youtu.be/VJO4MqjYzME And yes, Les Indomptes was originally choreographed for and performed by two men (the brothers dancing in this video). Sadly I haven't been able to get hold of a clip of Shannon and Pete's performance of it to share.
  14. I'm a bit flummoxed too as to what you're suggesting, Bruce, and content is my 'day' job! Are you referring to Top10/15/20 esque style posts? Or instagram accounts?
  15. Thanks Yaffa! I've done a quickie blog post about it and linked to the last five mins of my attempt here: http://skydancermel.com/2014/08/23/boy-did-this-bitch-kick/ Sadly the course funding isn't successful yet, I didn't raise anywhere near as much as I had hoped in terms of donations and sponsorship GBWR didn't really supply much information about the aesthetic considerations only what was used on the website: 'The exercise is where the working leg is raised from the hip into the air and brought down again with both knees kept straight. This must be done with apparent ease, the rest of the body remaining quiet. Grands battements can be taken devant, derrière and à la seconde.' it makes me wonder if they even have video footage of the previous person's attempt since I've searched everywhere for it and couldn't find it. I'm so grateful to Jamie Thomson (Ballestics, Ampersandance and RBS/Rambert grad) for being my ballet expert on the day! Although we both spotted some errors with my ballet technique such as lifting with the glutes (no surprises, really given how many I was knocking out!), he seemed pretty confident that each of my 1265 attempts would be viable. Guess I'll just have to wait and see what GBWR say...
  16. I really got on my soapbox, then, didn't I?!
  17. Here's a link to Kathryn Morgan's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Tutugirlkem, it's a fantastic resource for barre workouts, training videos (including turnout and pointework) etc etc. I'm sure your daughter could make use of them over the next week or so if she feels like she needs to! Also check out Lisa Maree's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/BalletLisa. Lots of simple, follow-along conditioning videos with some good exercises!
  18. But to most of the Sky1 viewing public, Shannon and Pete are 'hidden' talent. Are they as well known to these audience members as Diversity, Pussycat Dolls, Adam Garcia etc? Probably not! Irrespective of their sublime technique, previous career heights and aesthetic beauty what these two have is completely incomparable chemistry. They dance as one and I'm sure I don't speak for myself when I say it's impossible to tear your eyes away from them. Shannon and Pete danced at the Hype annual show earlier this year and performed this duet, http://youtu.be/Z0mmWNH9CU4, I was practically in tears watching them! And for me it's that connection that they have that's probably resonating with the judging panel and the audience, they make classical ballet accessible and enjoyable for everyone who's watching them and are providing inspiration to those of us who are pursuing professional careers despite being 'outside the box'. Pete has given two workshops so far to Hype ballet students at no extra cost than our normal ballet lessons, I sincerely doubt that either of them are in it for the substantial prize money...and even if they are, they bleeding well deserve it!!
  19. They're through to the finals http://www.sky.com/tv/show/got-to-dance/video/bitter-harvest-live-show
  20. Radio Sheffield did a nice little interview with me prior to my record attempt. Being the one-woman publicity machine that I am I've made it into a little video and everything Maybe it's not too late to raise awareness/funding... http://youtu.be/3qqtDwxj1zM
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