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  1. bridiem
    I've seen no denigration of anyone.
  2. bridiem
    If this is a 'fan site' - which I don't think it is - it must be so in respect of very many dancers!
  3. bridiem
    Yes, I think so.
  4. bridiem
    Yes, I was. But I do see that the height issue just might be relevant in this case.
  5. bridiem
    I've received an email saying that due to injury, William Bracewell is replaced by Ryoichi Hirano on Mon 13th May 7.30pm and Sat 25th May 1.30pm.
  6. bridiem

    Room 101

    bridiem replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    I'm so sorry, Fiz. I send you my deepest sympathy on the loss of your mother, and I hope the effects of your accident gradually ease.
  7. bridiem
    Unlike others, I'm very glad to see The Unknown Soldier being nominated. Although far from perfect it had a lot to recommend it. Not sure how you can decide between a performance, designs, or choreography in terms of the outstanding achievement award. Akram Khan's performances are always outstanding, though I personally was a bit disappointed in Xenos as a work; the SL designs were certainly praiseworthy; and I haven't seen The Great Tamer so can't comment.
  8. bridiem
    I can't summarise a very long thread! Especially typing slowly on my phone... I was just making the point that there was actually a lot of enthusiasm for the work first time round.
  9. bridiem
    Last night, I re-read most of the (long!) thread on this forum on the work's first performances. I was surprised to see so many positive and enthusiastic comments (as well as a lot of criticism, and constructive suggestions for revision). My own comments were more positive than I had remembered in retrospect. It also clearly got a very good reception from audiences. So it cannot simply be dismissed as a 'flop', let alone a 'fiasco'. But I do hope (and understand) that changes have been made for this run, and that they address the main problems with the work.
  10. bridiem
    Wow. I would have thought that she had more than enough to do in London at the moment! But good for her.
  11. bridiem
    Presumably the pricing indicates that - rightly or wrongly - they see it as a kind of 'blockbuster' ballet. But if so that has to be matched by the marketing, which it hasn't been.
  12. bridiem
    No.
  13. bridiem
    I don't think that the opposite of 'loud and brash' is necessarily 'underpowered'. Either way, if this production is 'underpowered' I'd hate to see a powerful production... (I did see a Kirov Don Q many years ago, but I can't remember how that struck me.)
  14. bridiem
    I said it may provide real information, not that notice will necessarily be taken of said information!!
  15. bridiem
    The newsletter said that questions could be given to the chairman in advance or on the night so I assume that's still the case. I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to go, but I'm sure it will be interesting.
  16. bridiem
    In which case, what sort of rubbish data is it going to supply for the ROH??? These surveys are mainly designed to get marketing feedback, i.e. which phrases resonate most with 'customers', and so should be used in future marketing. I doubt if they ever actually give - or are even intended to give - useful information. The only section which may supply something 'real' is the 'other comments', which is less easy to analyse/break down anyway.
  17. bridiem
    Stylebook?? Unlikely concept, I fear...
  18. bridiem
    Yes - and that's not 'News' anyway - it's feedback, or whatever other word could be used. The mere fact of it being 'new' as in updated doesn't make it 'News'! It makes it appear that some very illiterate (in all sorts of ways) people are dealing with the website.
  19. bridiem
    And in any case, why not use social media IN ADDITION TO the News section of their website, rather than INSTEAD OF?? Is it really so onerous to put this comparatively small number of news items on the website too?? (Though anything about the website seems unduly onerous for the ROH at the moment.)
  20. bridiem
    I wonder why a) the ROH gives so many tickets to agencies given how popular their performances generally are anyway, and b) why this performance seems to have sold so poorly through the agencies when DQ has generally sold so well through the ROH itself?
  21. bridiem
    Oh, maybe that is what capybara meant. Though I'm still not sure why it would be 'counter-productive', since that implies an actual outcome. All we're doing on this forum is expressing opinions, and in respect of assessments of dancers I doubt if anyone posts with the aim of persuading anyone else. (And in respect of Campbell in particular, the views expressed here are not in fact always wholly positive. There are other dancers who get more consistent praise; I think with Campbell there is a sense amongst some of us of injustice in respect of casting decisions, which isn't necessarily a concern in respect of other dancers.) And no, I won't hear a word against Muntagirov either!!
  22. bridiem
    You surely aren't suggesting that KOH is influenced in his casting decisions - either to cast or not to cast - by comments on this forum??! I'd like to think we had such influence - or would I? - but I think it highly unlikely.
  23. bridiem
    You shouldn't publish changes without checking your OWN work too. They're not updating a private database - it matters that what is entered is correct. Cross-checking by colleagues should only pick up (if anything) minor typos, or editorial queries. Not whopping great howlers.
  24. bridiem
    For crying out loud.
  25. bridiem
    No, still The Young Man! So clearly just old-er, rather than old!! And yes, it would be interesting to see it with this different slant.
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