thewinelake
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Ha! That's a new one on me... But could well be true. Damn close-ups
How was the applause around the world. Ours was pretty sporadic and muted. Act3 pdd got a decent round.
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Benno Murs would probably go for Haywood. Iwood....
I think Nunez's lean upper body physique hampers her ability to come across soft and lovable. Did she remind anyone else, fleetingly in act III, of Kristin Scott Thomas?
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And in Muswell hill, where we have to pay a further £1.75 booking fee....
....BUT! I think we'll get our money back, as the feed died 10 mins before the end 😞
I failed to fall in love with Nunez, although her dancing was superb. I bought her Odile far more - a brilliantly smug and scheming look on her face.
Felt very sorry for Francesca for nearly falling over, but she was so gorgeous we can all forget about that.
Act 3 pretty good, I thought - LOVED the set - but wot no Russian Dance?
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This would be in a college (to be precise, we're talking Jesus College, Cambridge). I would hope that the Ball organisers would be the people who should be in the know, but I was trying to work out what the general rules are!
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Thanks - although I don't see how a May Ball is "Educational Purposes"!
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So DD is trying to put together a set to perform at a University May Ball and is looking around for music.
One question relates to licensing of music at such events. I presume that the event organisers will have some form of licence, even if just for a "disco", but how would that relate to dance background music? If one wanted to use, say, a Khachaturian piece less than 100 years old and maybe recorded just 10 years ago, how does one get permission?
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I note that Evening Standard plagiarised that tweet from Bruce Marriott!
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I agree with all that! I confess that I also had a rather frustrating day at work, and we squeezed in a dinner with maybe a glass of wine too many at Tonica in Exmouth Market. As a result, I was slightly struggling to keep my eyes open towards the end of the first half. It was a very dark ambience in the theatre, which didn't help. Both the music and the dancing were, I felt, exquisite (how fantastic to have a proper orchestra), but not understanding what was going on made the first half rather challenging. A coffee at the interval helped with the second half which I agree was easier to appreciate. I would really like to buy the soundtrack, and agree that a second trip to Sadlers Wells (or maybe to the autumn tour?) would enhance my enjoyment.
First time for us to see Rambert - won't be the last. We probably wouldn't have gone were it not for the fact that a friend was playing in the orchestra. Talking to him at the interval, I was amused by the fact that they've hardly seen any of the dancing (and probably won't!).
PS - I've only just now read the programme and wish I'd done so at the interval (or earlier)....
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Just wondering if anyone went to the preview night, or has read any reviews of it? We're going tonight...
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Well, maybe I should suggest to Wayne that he has a go at couru - I know it's normally associated with female dancers, but I don't think he'd let that stop him!
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Diagonally, of course 😉
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I was wondering rather idly how far a good ballerina could couru? Maybe 100m, maybe 1km? Don't suppose it's a recognised challenge, is it?
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Good luck from here too!
Yes, as long as you go with hope more than expectation, and treat it as a learning experience, then it should be a positive experience. Miss Lewis manages to combine professionalism with kindness.
Even if there's crying/disappointment to begin with, it can lead to more resilience and determination in the future.
We all have to start somewhere, and this is a great place to start...
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I presumed a UK premiere. So I guess a big ask! ;-) but glad to hear it comes from a good address...
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Just wondering if anyone here has seen this? A friend is in the orchestra, so thought I'd go along, but not quite sure what to expect!
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12 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:
Or even Life of Brian!
Ooops!
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Sounds like that bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail!
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I’m pretty confident on the “Don” bit ;-)
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I've heard the same. Although I guess the tricks to get a distinction must be a useful set of things to know!
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The Ballet Club does get a certain subsidy from the University and could likely afford to pay something towards a workshop. The Music faculty has West Road, which is where most of the ballet shows are performed. Very nicely raked seating, too. They're toying with the idea of having a live orchestra for their next Spring show, but I'm not sure that it won't be hard to find one good enough that's available!
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Sorry, my use of the term was not in reference to yours, but more an indication that I felt he might not be viewing this as a commercial opportunity. My involvement with the ballet club is very indirect and mostly as an interfering parent (DD being vice-president) but they do already have teachers etc. My guess is that inviting along a more famous figure will be less likely to cause the existing teaching talent to feel in any way slighted/snubbed - IYSWIM.
I didn't know he was injured. Must be so frustrating. I find it annoying when a mere sore achilles prevents me from doing my weekly Park Run(!) - I can't imagine what it's like for these guys.
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DD2 has offered her baby-sitting services in exchange. Very cute, aren't they? ;-)
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Cheers all!
For the avoidance of doubt, I wasn't going to say "Yeah, Kevin, maybe Natalia's not busy tomorrow - if we give her the coach fare, maybe she'd like to pop up and show us a thing or two" ;-)
So my questions are purely innocently ignorant! And, to a certain degree, a bit of an exploratory/kite-flying exercise.
However.... I did note that Steven Macrae was inviting questions from all and sundry by DM on Twitter, so I asked ("who should I contact...?") and he seemed very friendly and suggested that he might be on for a visit himself, if a mutually convenient time could be agreed. Boggle! No idea what fee he'd be after, but he wasn't suggesting that we go via his agent....
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Performing to modern music -licensing
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Yes, I think it's not going to be a problem. Not sure where this paranoia came from!