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  1. Geoff
    Um, a film star tap dancing en pointe: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C12OmRoJS5p/
  2. Geoff
    For many years the house was run as the London Jewish Cultural Centre (LJCC), which often mounted dance related events. A few years ago the LJCC - somewhat controversially - moved to a purpose built complex on the Finchley Road, no idea if ballet still features among their events. Since then, as you say, the house and grounds have been in the hands of a company providing private primary education.
  3. Geoff
    Thank you Blossom, thank you Candleque. I would urge as many as possible to write in, but remember not just to write to KevinOH but copy his bosses (Alex B and the board), who may be of the view that KOH is an impresario of genius and that all is well. Middle-aged arts administrators have a depressing habit of assuming their tired enthusiasm for last century’s avant garde is still exciting. There is so much astonishing creativity in the world today (I recommend Instagram Reels as sources of inspiration to aspiring choreographers) that it is miserable we have to be fed so much McGregor at Covent Garden.
  4. Geoff
    As we go into Russian Christmas, here is a gosh-well-really variation (from, I understand, the young Sizova’s graduation performance):-
  5. Geoff
    And as a PS, what about bullfighting?
  6. Geoff
    May I ask a point of information? The RBS website says: >>Christopher returned to The Royal Ballet School and took up the post of Artistic Director in September 2014. In 2022 he was made Artistic Director & CEO. So the “decade” in post has been as AD but he has only been CEO for a year. What are the distinct functions of the CEO role at the RBS and what is it about them that might make someone not want to continue after such a short time?
  7. Geoff
    A lovely backstage moment from Swan Lake has just been put on Instagram by David Hallberg: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1JHXxVpAXa/
  8. Geoff
    With regard to episode 1, the distinguished writer and critic Graham Watts OBE has tweeted (or whatever one says in X world now) the following comment: >>Nureyev partnering Lynn Seymour in the Sleeping Beauty grand pas de deux, which was fascinating if not only for the sheer speed of it - I’m guessing it was 30 seconds faster than the norm now Given the number of discussions on this Forum about the Royal Ballet slowing down over the decades, perhaps this is another reason to watch this fascinating series.
  9. Geoff
    DQ rehearsal clips from 2011: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0CCAygITSt/
  10. Geoff
    Given that it’s Christmas, here is a funny Nutcracker moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0R8sh6IJOz/
  11. Geoff
    At the time the programme was transmitted I - in a different thread - offered some other examples as food for thought. Perhaps it’s ok to repeat them here in case this could be useful: https://www.balletcoforum.com/topic/28150-should-we-stop-supporting-ballet-after-panorama/?do=findComment&comment=415228
  12. Geoff
    This would seem a simple enough fix (but of course I don‘t have the skills or experience of the wonderful ROH website team). Perhaps anyone who experiences this issue could drop a line to the (I hope still functioning) email address: customerservices@roh.org.uk
  13. Geoff
    Curiouser and curiouser. An intermittent glitch? Any system analyst would say that spotting the causes of intermittent issues can be very hard. That is no reason for the ROH web elves not to try harder to fix it though. After all, we simply want a website that works, reliably and efficiently, without the random eccentricities we are still having to put up with.
  14. Geoff
    Very pleased for Dawnstar that she has a ticket (and hope you can use it!) But not so pleased to hear about what is clearly a serious glitch in the system. I wonder if we have all been too sanguine about the mystery of the jumping around queuing times (which I have experienced several times over the last months) It seems there may be yet another issue with the website that is not being attended to.
  15. Geoff
    I think you mean your post not tweet, but thank you, there is indeed (though not very well signposted) a button inside the poster link which leads to UK info. My reading of what’s there is live on Jan 21st, encore (where available) on Feb 1. Don’t bother with the website for Pathe Live (supposedly a partner) This has nothing about the show.
  16. Geoff
    Yet another inspiration for any choreographer who wants to break out from today’s clichés and surprise the audience.
  17. Geoff
    For those who think they know their Gene Kelly, try this tv recording from 1959 (with among others the Hungarian prima ballerina Judith Dornys):
  18. Geoff
    Something different (apparently they were at the Olympics some years ago but I missed this):
  19. Geoff
    As has been discussed on the Forum in the past Two Pigeons is known to be autobiographical, or at least inspired by important events in Ashton’s personal life. A little more attention to the history of the work and what it is really all about - and “twee” disappears. But I would not be the first to observe that Royal Ballet “traditions” do not always serve works well. Performing tradition is passed on from person to person, but that risks a mechanical process leading to institutional forgetting, when some in the chain have not the faintest understanding of what is going on or may have once known but have long forgotten everything except the steps.
  20. Geoff
    You have two chances to see Cojocaru dance Aurora live at Sadler's Wells next year (she is very special in this role):- https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/birmingham-royal-ballet-the-sleeping-beauty/
  21. Geoff
    Only 13 minutes long but no doubt a treat, Sonia Arova and the Hamburg Ballet (in Cinemascope) as part of an interesting programme:- https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=469F07CD-4CB4-4420-AE07-B76C055040CE&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=39AAF44A-E88A-4F19-8669-814110DE9F3B
  22. Geoff
    Beginners question: number 4 was my pick last night, is that Lucia Moore?
  23. Geoff
    Oh yes please!
  24. Geoff
    (Acoustically speaking, anyway)? Here is what might be a light-hearted answer but which has been issued by ROH itself: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy8YH1UMxu5/ Anybody sit there regularly?
  25. Geoff
    Anyone for tennis? https://fb.watch/nTGL9D42vt/
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