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  1. RobR
    +1 for Les Patineurs
  2. RobR
    And on a more serious note …. I’ve always very much enjoyed the two scenes in Mayerling, when the four Hungarian officers come out of the curtains, successively, and accost Rudolf. On each occasion, they lean on Rudolf, cup a hand to whisper in his ear and, standing on one leg, allow Rudolf to turn 360 degrees, whilst the officer's second leg, is raised and bent in what I now realise is known as a 'dog-leg' position. Walking my dog round tonight and stopping at various lampposts and wheelie bins, I now realise that either my dog, Jim, knows more about ballet than I realised or, perhaps, the great Kenneth MacMillan may have discovered the step walking his own dog around - although not necessarily late on New Year's Day evening …… Happy New Year 😀🥂🎈
  3. RobR
    I should add that I assume, given that it’s the Royal Ballet, that all the dancers can dance all the steps of their roles.
  4. RobR
    I like an expressive dancer who engages with the audience, and the other cast members, whatever the part she’s dancing. Think Fumi as Larisch, Sugar Plum or just about any role she dances. For the men, Vadim, Luca Acri and, for both male/female, all the character artists. Some dancers; principals, soloists and artists don’t really express, facially, the part they’re dancing.
  5. RobR
    Hi Andreas, You may have an email from the ROH in your inbox showing the purchase details but, if you can’t find, telephone the box office and they can confirm details of your ticket and resend an e-ticket.
  6. RobR
    I’ve pm'd you - if it’s still available
  7. RobR
    Your pseudonym is very apt 😀
  8. RobR
    The Company and the Opera House staff; dancers, musicians, technicians, caterers, front of house, support staff, physios, security……, I could go on but won’t, have all got to get home. Many had planned to see, and are still hoping to join, family and friends for Christmas. Quite a few travelling some distance by plane, train or on busy roads. I appreciate that it’s disappointing for those who have tickets for the cancelled performance. (I should just say that I support the strikers, rail workers, nurses, postal workers and the others.) I think that the ROH has made the right decision.
  9. RobR
    In the 2007 Nutcracker, first year White Lodgers, Isabel Lubach and Julia Roscoe were (very) small Gingerbreads. Very nice to read today, fifteen years later, that one is Mrs Stahlbaum and the other Dancing Mistress, in the same cast.
  10. RobR
    I also enjoyed 'Raymonda' although some of the choreography was a little, well I can’t think of the right word but, for example, when Jean de Brienne and his troops galloped off to war, simulating cavalrymen by holding their hands to the front and dancing/prancing a galloping step - just like we did as primary school children playing cowboys and Indians. I also enjoyed the review (I can’t remember whose) when the Crimean War nurses, carrying lanterns (a la the 'The lady with the lamp') and entering the stage in line doing arabesques similar to the entrance of the Shades in 'La Bayadere' were described as the ‘Dance of the Lampshades'.
  11. RobR
    😀😀 you can’t have too many
  12. RobR
    And now sorted. Thanks BalletCo.
  13. RobR
    Just asking on the off chance someone has a spare SCS for this evening.
  14. RobR
    Yes, I’d forgotten that but, living in London, we were in the ‘last to leave, first to return’ group 😀
  15. RobR
    Yes, the children who dance; soldiers, mice and party children, remain in White Lodge until the final performance just before Christmas and return in time for the post Christmas performances. Until about 10-15 years ago (can’t remember exactly) they were supposed to return in time for performances on 26/27 December but the parents rebelled and the RB sensibly changed the schedule. The Upper School children, who dance as snowflakes and angels, remain in their school accommodation.
  16. RobR
    With thanks. 28 December now sorted 😀
  17. RobR
    I’ve pm’d you
  18. RobR
    29 December is now sorted 😀
  19. RobR
    The giant wheelchair was there and used to ‘deliver' the Mouse King (although I always liked it when he rose through the floor)
  20. RobR
    I’m looking for single tickets for 28 December and 30 December evening and 21 December and 29 December matinee
  21. RobR
    I’d been watching it for years and had no idea either that there were gingerbread dancers until my daughter (RBS year 7) announced that she was cast as the ‘Spanish gingerbread’! * I always look out for them now and they were there today 😀 (*That was many years ago)
  22. RobR
    If it is, it’ll be well worth watching
  23. RobR
    Had he watched the World Ballet Day link to her rehearsing O’Sullivan & Bracewell, he’d have realised he’d summarised it very accurately
  24. RobR
    In the absence of any synopsis or summary (and please don’t think that my comments are any form of personal transference) I got the impression from both the choreography and the dancers of an older, established couple, possibly married, going through a period of reflection or even separation at a later stage in their relationship, with MacRae or Osipova moving away only to be drawn back; a strong relationship showing a mutual and deep affection and support. I’m afraid that the choreography in ‘Dispatch’ gave me no real idea of any relationship between the dancers, romantic or otherwise
  25. RobR
    Apropos the costumes, I didn’t have any problem with the costumes worn in ‘Concerto' by Macrae & Osipova, which looked fine to me (I’ve already said I enjoyed their performance) particularly when compared to the costumes worn in 'Dispatch' and 'Prima'. And I positively refuse to make any comment on the drab dungarees, fatigues and T-shirts currently the costume of choice in 'See us!!' and pretty much anything choreographed by Crystal Pite.
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