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    Royal Ballet Japan tour performances June 2019

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    51 minutes ago, Naomi M said:

    I was particularly impressed by the beautiful epaulement and expressive upper body of this couple, which made the drama and the dancing more eloquent.     

     

    Yes! I had noticed this with the pair of them (together and separately in all manner of pieces) and now I deliberately seek it out. It’s something I love to see because for me it makes their dancing all the more complete and takes their characterisation to a deeper level.

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    Blisters. 😩

    in Doing Dance

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    7 minutes ago, Pas de Quatre said:

    He replied that when he was in the Army they used to use zinc oxide tape to avoid blisters from their boots.  I have never used it myself, but it might be worth a try.

     

    I can’t speak for it in terms of dance, but zinc oxide tape is the business when it comes to preventing blisters while trekking and climbing. I even use it when breaking in new shoes. If the skin starts to feel a bit sore but is not yet a blister, some spray plaster (build up a few layers) and zinc oxide tape over the top works well to head it off. For a developed blister I’d just pop it if appropriate, clean it and put the zinc oxide tape straight on to it — the blister should start to dry out quite nicely through the tape. The zinc oxide helps to prevent infection. I find that the tape often needs to be held down by other strategically placed strips or some micropore to avoid it moving around; I have trouble getting stuff to stick to me, too! 

    For sale: RB Romeo & Juliet tonight 11/6 SCS £11

    in Ticket Exchange & Special Offers

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    I have upgraded my ticket so have SCS D3 going spare for R&J tonight 7.30pm. £11. It’s a paper ticket but can arrange handover before the performance as I will be there. 

     

    The ticket doesn’t say restricted view but there is a bit of one and some heads of the people in front may get in the way. Having said that, I have stood there before and had a very good view. 

     

    Please pm if interested. 

    The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, Spring 2019

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    I was at the matinee for Naghdi and Ball yesterday and loved it. Others have already said most of what I felt about the performance so I’ll leave out my general thoughts apart from that my heart was pounding (in a good way) throughout all the pas de deux! 

    I just wanted to pick up on a few things I noticed in particular. 

     

    There was a comment earlier in the thread about Romeo’s solo in the ball scene and the lack of ‘peacocking’ – I agree as I don’t feel this is a show-off moment but rather a way of Romeo expressing his delight and yearning in his newly-found love for Juliet. I found Ball’s dancing and acting to be exquisitely judged and beautifully stated. It was as if Romeo was in a reverie and he just couldn’t help himself; everything in his world had fallen away and he was caught in an irresistible orbit around Juliet. 

     

    Another moment I was taken with was the point in the tomb scene where Romeo takes the poison. I found it so touching how he lay down next to Juliet (or tried to...) in a warped, grim and final reference to the bedroom pdd. I love how the various different pairings in the run have put their own mark on what they do at this point, but I found this one to be the most affecting of those I’ve seen. 

     

    I understand the comments about Juliet stabbing herself a little late, but I took it to be her taking a little moment to muster up the courage to do it, which made it seem more realistic than some of the other portrayals. I really got the sense of her strength seeping away as she sank to the floor. It also took her a while to pull the knife out – again, I felt this hesitancy added to the realism. 

     

     

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    ROH Dining options

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    1 hour ago, RuthE said:

    That said I am a great fan of the ROH's catering at open dress rehearsals (Friends' Rehearsals).  They offer a little bowl of pasta (or gnocchi) and sauce for £5 at the bars - ideal given that dress rehearsals tend to be at either 11am or 6pm, meaning that the interval falls just when you might normally be having a meal.  I think they are usually vegetarian-friendly.

     

    The pasta pots are now £6, but I think it’s still a reasonable price for what you get. The offering has been vegetarian every time I’ve been and it’s always been tasty. 

    I wish they did the pasta pots at other times, too. If they did that and a glass of wine for a tenner/£12, I’d eat there every time. 

    Wishful thinking! 😂

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    ROH Membership - is it worth it?

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    13 minutes ago, JNC said:

    I generally find it's the more expensive seats that have less availability on general booking, as those who can afford membership (who I presume can also afford more expensive seats) have already got them.

     

    I’m a Friend. I like to see various casts so I will see a production several times. I find that most of the ‘good’ cheap seats tend to be gone by the time general booking opens (at least the ones I like to sit in) and sometimes availability for those is lacking even when Friends booking opens, but on the whole I do pretty well with purchasing tickets in the priority period. 

    I try to go to Friends rehearsals whenever I can and really appreciate the opportunity (and the pasta pots!). 

     

    I would say try it and see how you find it. 

     

     

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