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  1. Vanartus
    Me too!
  2. Vanartus
    ...Osipova was meant to dance with him last time true, but was replaced by Lamb
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    Blitzschnell comments en route back to Berlin ...loved it. Acknowledge some of the comments particularly Luke Jennings, but I felt privileged to see Hallberg, loved the Tudor and Ratmansky, like the modern pieces and Ave Maria better than I'd thought. Good on Osipova- she's a trooper and treating London to some good stuff. Careful people- too snippy and carping, and if I were her I'd decamp to NY or Munich! Appreciate what you've got...
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    Having seen Hallberg and Osipova yesterday, I'm hoping for that combo in R&J!
  5. Vanartus
    OMG - Ferri as Larisch!!! ...ok I’ll stop now.
  6. Vanartus
    I should say I regard Marie Larisch as my fave role - I remember Merle Park - the shades to her characterisation - incredible.
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    I know ...I still feel they could have come up with a fresh cast...I was hoping for Campbell or Ball plus Hayward. I’d have liked Osipova as Larisch and Naghdi as Mitzi K, and and Heap as the Empress.
  8. Vanartus
    Heavens - I thought he was much younger!
  9. Vanartus
    Very sad indeed....
  10. Vanartus
    Many thanks for this. Never knew about the RB Apollo débacle either. A friend of mine - not a balletomane - far prefers theatre and opera because he feels they are both far freeer to experiment...he feels they are more “confident” as art forms. An interesting choice of word.
  11. Vanartus
    I want to do nasty sister in My Brother, My Sisters...does that make me a bad person?
  12. Vanartus
    ...perhaps the Royal should do the Bolshoi “Nureyev” - double homage!
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    Firebird as opener to year of celebration...then....well my money's on Cinderella in 19/20...Symphonic too...perhaps BRB will team up with RB and do Dante Sonata....and possibly Façade...perhaps smaller pieces in Linbury...solos and/or pdd from Ondine and Sylvia....
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    Oh - and I am now in "hands off my Wayne" mode. Woolf Works a masterpiece! Chroma, Infra, the new Bernstein, Obsidian, Livefire...and the pdd from Raven Girl : ALL WONDERFUL!!!
  15. Vanartus
    ...in pure dance terms...
  16. Vanartus
    It's not so much about political correctness but appropriate kindness. Widow Simone works because she's ultimately a good egg. Problem with the sisters is a) the term "ugly" and b) the fact the fact that the period costumes plus the choreography aren't the strongest mix in the Ashton ballet. Ultimately they're lonely and unhappy and spoilt and etc etc but there is redemption at the end. But it's hard to make it work.
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    The Concert is funny - but ...funnily enough....I don’t find it as funny as I used to. Funny that...
  18. Vanartus
    I love Cinderella the Ballet and the score. I never particularly liked the David Walker sets, and the latest version is no improvement. And I never ever found the Ugly Sisters shtick that amusing. But the rest of the Ashton is sublime...but balletic comedy is deadly. I’m looking forward to seeing the Nureyev with POB, and the Wheeldon with DNB.
  19. Vanartus
    ...actually I’d be happy if that season were repeated each year for ever!
  20. Vanartus
    Oooooooooooooo! 😀😉
  21. Vanartus
    The whole BRB scenario is difficult. Personally I think they deserve a two week slot at Covent Garden. Or at least some sort of presence there. Yes I know the whole idea is a scheduling nightmare but I think they deserve it. I also think some items in the RB rep would suit Sadlers Wells theatre far more - the more intimate MacMillan, Ashton or any of the modern rep. I think Covent Garden kills certain pieces - Diffrent Drummer is just one example.
  22. Vanartus
    LOL - I was there too!
  23. Vanartus
    It’s interesting though that he intimated (...not sure of source) that Red Shoes would be his last created work. Swan Lake 2.00 could well be his swan song in certain respects. Perhaps.
  24. Vanartus
    Yes - I actually think Makarova danced with Nureyev in the R&J balcony pdd that night....and I mentally transposed her to DAAG...
  25. Vanartus
    Oooooooo.....interesting.....
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