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    Wanted: Giselle 10th Nov

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    I'm looking for a Stalls Circle Standing for Giselle on Wednesday 10th November.

    As I will be travelling the day that I had originally booked for Yasmine and Matty I am now trying to catch them in their first show of this run.

     

    Please get in touch if you have a good spare SCS ticket.  Many thanks in advance,

    Silke

    Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, Autumn 2021

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    On 14/10/2021 at 07:54, oncnp said:

    On the emotional front,  I got exactly what I was expecting having seen his R&J and Manon. IMO he doesn't "do" grand expressive emotion. And I thought he had a little trouble getting started, some heavy landings and just didn't look comfortable.  

     

     

    I think some of Vadim looking uncomfortable, especially when dancing with Benvolio and Mercutio, is that Vadim is a "lefty" but has to dance with "righties" hence not on his strong side.

    I remember Rupert Pennefather having the same "trouble".

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    When Is The Last Time You Walked Out Of A Performance?

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    I still very much remember that I walked out of 'Solo for Two' at New York City Center in August 2015, a programme with Osipova and Vasiliev (plus a few guest).  It was so boring and ridiculous and terrible that I couldn't stand it any longer and joined the other dozens of patrons that were leaving the auditorium.

     

    The other time I wanted to leave but at least stayed until the next interval was Osipova's and Hallberg's Manon at ROH in 2019.  I thought there was no chemistry between them, they looked completely under-rehearsed and he even struggled with some of the bedroom lifts.  I mean, seriously, how can tall Hallberg not lift tiny Osipova?  And their much hyped (by them) friendship certainly didn't translate to the stage.

     

    I have often sat-out, or left early/arrived late part in NYCB's multi-piece programmes.  I only like certain Balanchine ballet and can't stand others.  Best scenario is obviously if the least liked is at the end and one can leave early but oftentimes they are sandwiched in and one has to either endure the piece or has a chance to grab a bite to eat across Broadway in one of the restaurants.  Hurrah for NYC's rushed dining service.

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    for sale: RB School Year 3 - Sat 26/06

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    Hi,

     

    I have a spare ticket for this Saturday's (26June) Royal Ballet School Year 3 students performance in the Linbury, Upper Circle A-27, £15.

    You'll be sitting next to me, I'm fully vaccinated and past the 2 week mark, regularly take the lateral flow tests.

     

    Thanks,

    Silke

     

    Programme according to ROH website: "The School's third and graduating year will perform extracts from Ben Stevenson's award-winning Three Preludes and Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote. A new work, created on these students by Ashley Page gives them an opportunity to perform classical pas de deux with a contemporary twist.

    To finish, students will perform MacMillan's joyful and ever-popular Elite Syncopations with music by Scott Joplin."

    RB - mixed bill (gala format, plus Elite Syncopations) - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

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    Here a few photos.

    Usher on my side changed twice during first part of the evening and he forbade me to take photos during applause.  He even went over to the official photographer to tell her off, ha ha ha. So, I only got one shot of Swan Lake, and Corsaire through Dance of the Blessed Spirit weren't captured due to this über-usher. 

     

    Instagram - PDDs

     

    Instagram - Elite Syncopations

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