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  1. bridiem
    When the performance was taken off sale (months ago), the ROH told ticket-holders that 'we have taken all remaining seats off sale for reasons we are excited to announce in the coming weeks'. So have they announced the reasons, but only to those going to the performance who have (for some reason) been sworn to secrecy? Or have they not announced the reasons, for some reason...? Call me unreasonable, but the reasons given above don't seem to me to be reason enough to make it a big secret anyway. Unless there are additional reasons not yet announced.
  2. bridiem
    There are other very talented dancers who didn't join the RB on graduation from the RBS, for whatever reason/s, but did so subsequently. Darcey Bussell, obviously (as mentioned above); also Leanne Benjamin, Alexander Campbell and Miyako Yoshida spring to mind. I'm sure there are others. As has been said, all sorts of things come into play in determining who is or isn't offered a contract (and/or where a student chooses to go, when they have a choice). And yes, no doubt, sometimes there's regret later on (on one side or the other) about choices made or opportunities missed. Of course, that may also apply to dancers who do join the RB and then don't flourish as hoped/anticipated (or who leave prematurely). It's not an exact science.
  3. bridiem
    Has anyone seen any other work by Natália Horečná?
  4. bridiem
    Quite. Unsurprising that he's now producing dance/theatre in the Linbury, presenting World Ballet Day, teaching, etc. His actual performances are very (very) few and far between. It must be very difficult to maintain both fitness and motivation in such a situation.
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    I meant the fact of the King's presence (if it is a fact!). But yes, maybe any other reason is not of wider interest. Who knows?! (Well, some people do, clearly!). Anyway I'm going to the live screening so no doubt all will become clear at some point.
  6. bridiem
    Yes, that must be the case. But why not announce it, perhaps thereby encouraging ticket sales for the live screenings since it will make it an extra-special evening?
  7. bridiem

    Room 101

    bridiem replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    When I booked a ticket at Sadler's Wells yesterday, there were two add-ons (the usual processing fee or whatever they call it, and a 'building fund' fee or some such) and then they ask if you want to add a donation too!! For goodness sake.
  8. bridiem
    There have been quite a lot of royal Galas/performances attended by the monarch and announced in advance. I've even been to some of them. Maybe it's just because it will be this monarch's first attendance as monarch? Still not sure why his presence on its own would require such secrecy.
  9. bridiem
    I'm also assuming that that's what's happening on Tuesday evening; but royalty have regularly come to performances without all this secrecy, so I'm also assuming that there's more to it than just that.
  10. bridiem
    Me too, though for new creations I think 'first cast' is right.
  11. bridiem
    I think the first night cast does have some significance (and the live screening cast), but after that I really don't see a hierarchy in the order of most castings nowadays (or in the order of the SL castings above). But yes, Magri is getting lots of opportunities.
  12. bridiem
    I wasn't sure if there'd be people there either, but also I can't talk easily in noisy places at the moment because of a breathing condition. So sorry for not coming down.
  13. bridiem
    I really only have one comment about tonight's performance, which is that I don't think it was Fumi Kaneko performing down there in Act 3 - it was some sort of AI-generated entity, programmed to do fouettes of a quality and speed that would be impossible for a real human being. A word of advice for the RB: if they want this sort of thing to be plausible, they should tone it down a bit next time. I mean you couldn't even see 'her' by the end - 'she' was just a blur, spinning faster and faster and still in perfect time to the music. Really - do they think we were born yesterday?!
  14. bridiem
    I would love to see Annette Buvoli as O/O.
  15. bridiem
    I should have said 'today's' Links! Anyway, glad you've found them (and that they're so good!).
  16. bridiem
    ? There were 4 press reviews in yesterday's Links and there are some reviews above.
  17. bridiem
    I see that it says on the website that 'Part of this insight event will be livestreamed on our Youtube channel from 12noon – 2pm. It will also be available to watch on Royal Opera House Stream.' So the whole event won't be on YouTube.
  18. bridiem
    ROH ticketing is really like a magical mystery ride nowadays.
  19. bridiem
    I had misread the details and thought that Sasaki/Sissens was only a Schools' matinée! Very excited to see otherwise.
  20. bridiem
    Yes, it did. But I see from a press release from Toonga's PR company in May 2022 about a tour of his new work 'Born to Exist', he was described as the Royal Ballet's 'Emerging Choreographer in Residence'. So maybe these various terms are interchangeable. Or maybe there has been a change. Who knows.
  21. bridiem
    I have no problem with them doing it either, even though I probably wouldn't have bought a ticket even if I'd known about it. (I've often bought tickets for raffles where I wouldn't want the prize/s, but this one is a bit too expensive.)
  22. bridiem
    I haven't received this offer/email. Maybe it only went to non-Friends? Or to people who hadn't yet booked for Nutcracker? If it's for fundraising, why would it not go to all on their databases? (Not that I would actually want this particular prize; but they don't know that.)
  23. bridiem
    Thank you, @Dawnstar! Wonderful photos.
  24. bridiem
    She does rather make it sound as if all the benefit will be on the side of the company and community who will be fortunate to have her... nevertheless, I hope it is indeed a good collaboration for the company.
  25. bridiem
    And I'm deeply impressed that you still pay attention to a closing bracket in time of stress! Good for you. I hope you're home now/soon and feeling much better.
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