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  1. RobR
    Pleased to see this photo in today's RB 'What’s on in May' email sent to all subscribers …
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    D37👍
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    Hi Amanda, I’ll pm you if it’s still available
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    I hadn’t seen that before. All three now First Artists 😀
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    I'm not sure who’s Lilac ……. but if I had to guess at Crystal fairy …..
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    I’m going on Monday 15 at7.30
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    My daughter went all the way through WL. We live in London and we brought her home every Saturday and took her back very early on Monday morning (occasionally Sunday evening) apart from exceptional occasions. It wasn’t until the last year or so we agreed that she could spend the odd weekend at school. Some children did suffer from homesickness in the early years, and the school was very happy to make different arrangements. One girl would go home both at weekends and on Wednesday evenings. WL understood that different children had different needs. We were always positive, we never suggested that we regretted her going away to school (although it would have been lovely to have her at home) and she never appeared to be homesick or anxious about boarding. Good luck to your daughter. I suspect that if she believes that you’re happy for her to board but also that you’re always there for her, it should work out fine.
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    Interesting to read the majority of posts in this thread about the athleticism of various male dancers and minimal mention of female dancers. Even before I had any particular connection with ballet, when I just went to enjoy a performance, it was the grace, co-ordination and the choreographic symmetry of the female dancers, which entranced me. David Drew, doubtless being over modest, told me (and others) that when he joined the company his principal job was to support his female partners. So, great though it is to watch all the guys jump and leap about the stage, I’m not sure that that’s what ballet is all about 🙂
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    It’s a magic fairy tale @Fonty. The cast see her as she’s supposed to appear to them. We, the audience, see her for what she is - a fairy ….. (No general posts please about Odette not appearing as an actual swan, Dr Coppelius believing Swanhilda is a mechanical puppet, Giselle rising from her grave …… )
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    I know I’ve already placed a vote but might I add a plea for Ashton's 'La Rendezvous'?
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    Thanks Rob, I’ve not come across that description before …. is that in relation to performers or the audience? I've no problem if it’s the audience but, if it’s performers, I’m totally against that. I like watching the peripheral members of the company doing their thing in the big ballets. I do sometimes go to Galas when there is no action apart from the one/two/three/four main dancers, which is all very well but it’s a little dull.
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    Hi @capybara, I’m not sure I understand where you’re heading when you say, “de-clutter the sides of the stage in terms of ‘onlookers' ….? 😀
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    Thanks @capybara, I’ve no doubt that you’re right but it’s the comparisons/criticisms that get to me. We all, or nearly all, post using pseudonyms and, while everyone is entitled to their view, we readers have no idea if the criticism/enthusiasm is objective and based on the poster being a former dancer, teacher, experienced balletomane, or if they are newbies with minimal experience. Of course, we know certain contributors have their favourites (indeed a critic’s enthusiasm for FH has been commented on earlier in the thread) but it is all very subjective as I suppose a forum like this will always be.
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    I have to say, I feel too much is made of the 'this principal is better than that principal'. I, and I’m sure many others in the audience, most of whom don’t post on, or even read this (these) thread(s) or even know of BCF's existence, come to ballets, at the ROH and elsewhere, without any real knowledge or interest in which principal is dancing which role in which performance. They come to see the performance as a whole. For my part, and some of you know I have an interest, I always enjoy watching the Corps, whether or not my favourite dancer is performing. They're drilled to perfection and without them and IMHO it really wouldn’t be much of a show although I accept that some balletomanes like, and even prefer, the little vignettes such as are the usual fare on gala nights.
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    If it’s a wish list, can I please have Les Patineurs and The Winter’s Tale
  16. RobR
    I’m hooked on pretty much any Prokofiev ballet movement
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    And I agree with you about the costumes, …. and I also very much liked the lighting, the sets, the effects, the music …… and Marianella! And I also thought that the rest of the cast were very good too … well rehearsed, very expressive and completely in character. Cinderella may not be everyone's favourite ballet, it isn’t mine, but I always come away from seeing it feeling that things are better than if I hadn’t seen it.
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    I was going to suggest it’s generally the tiniest JA, before they stand behind a tree but an inside source* once assured me that the driver had to hold a driver’s licence (for insurance requirements) so that puts paid to this idyll. *I’m afraid I can’t disclose the identity of said ‘source’.
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    Magic. The Lilac Fairy’s wand is either magic or a remote control. I think it’s the former 😀
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    You won’t be surprised if I agree with your review but I add that I’ve seen Amelia dance Golden Vine a couple of times and I really enjoyed her effervescent performance ..,
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    ….. and this from the BCF member who’s only just been posting about her wedding anniversary??? 🤔
  22. RobR
    I think @LinMMmeant a humorous laughing emoji, not an evil laughing emoji. Yours reminds me of the evil doll, Chucky. 😉
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    The school performed Kylians' 'Sechs Tänze' at the summer performance in 2015 and it was one of the highlights.
  24. RobR
    Hi Sim, I'll pm you about both.
  25. RobR
    Yes. Well spotted and thanks for asking 😀
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