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  1. bridiem
    I wasn't there, but I do feel as if the company have been doing a huge amount of serious full-on DANCING in recent months; i.e. Concerto, Raymonda, Beauty and Coppélia, and all at moreorless the same time. (As well as other works too of course, that may be demanding but may not require quite the technical precision and stamina that these do.) I wouldn't be surprised if it's put even more strain on them than usual.
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    Now if you'd been an opera-goer you would have turned round and punched him... Seriously though that sounds awful! Poor you and what a selfish man.
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    I hope you find a home for these, Ballet448. Might it be worth offering them to a dance library if not? e.g. the RAD library - see https://www.royalacademyofdance.org/about-us/the-philip-richardson-library/contact-faqs/faq/ and I'm sure there are others. They may not want all of them, but they might take them on the grounds that they could sell the rest and that would raise funds for them. Or they might suggest other possible recipients.
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    Sad to hear of the death of Nicky Henson, a handsome and charismatic actor. Sincere condolences to Marguerite Porter and all his family.
  5. bridiem
    My impression was that it was really just generalised Carmen-type choreography (but he may have incorporated a few moves from his production, I suppose).
  6. bridiem
    Oh dear. That must have been horrible.
  7. bridiem
    Well it is a bit confusing, the ballet being called Coppélia but Coppélia not being the ever-present heroine of the ballet!
  8. bridiem
    Well it says he's moving into 'choreography, teaching, directing and linking dance with other art forms'. So he's clearly not exactly going to be inactive!
  9. bridiem
    In case it's not just me who hadn't known/registered this: it says in the current edition of Dancing Times that 'Thiago Soares will give his farewell performance with the Royal Ballet in the title role of John Cranko's Onegin on February 29, 2020.' (I knew he was retiring, of course, but not that this was definitely his last performance.)
  10. bridiem
    If so, shouldn't that be made clear when people are trying to book for it?
  11. bridiem
    It's a light-hearted comedy, and the themes are implicit, not explicit. Personally I find it quite a relief that for once one doesn't have to engage with the characters' inner depths. At the beginning, Franz is a cheeky chappy who flirts with flirtation; at the end, he knows what's what. I don't always need to see 'the journey'; I'm just glad it's been made.
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    That isn't exactly going to make for a representative audience watching with an open mind, is it? Or is that not the aim??
  13. bridiem
    Yes, it is; in that it is about the growth of love, trust, maturity, humility, understanding, acceptance, joy, social cohesion, reconciliation, etc etc. And all done with a joyous sense of fun and humour. Qualities which often seem to be in short supply currently.
  14. bridiem
    They could borrow the costumes from the Mayerling tavern scene.
  15. bridiem
    A very small audience at the Ritzy in Brixton. If only people knew what they were missing... What a brilliant performance. Nunez was incredible, technically magnificent and so funny and believable; Muntagirov sensational in all he was asked to do. Just wow. Yes, the first act was much too dark, which was a shame. But nothing could mar the excellence of the performance. I also loved Annette Buvoli's Prayer - such beauty and grace! I immediately wanted to see her as Odette/Odile. And lovely interviews etc as usual. I thought it was so sweet at the end when Darcey Bussell said she felt so proud of the company; that shows that she still feels part of it, and quite right too.
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    I imagine that people going to this in the cinema will mainly be people who already like ballet and so are not really (presumably) the target audience. What will be interesting will be the reaction of those who watch it on TV on New Year's Day, except that we probably won't know their reaction! I understand what Lindsay is saying in her post - ballet isn't a natural art, and it smacks slightly of a lack of confidence in it to try and make it more so. But I'm looking forward to watching it on TV anyway.
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    Oh dear. A small part of me thinks those costumes are so ridiculous as to be funny. A larger part of me is angry that grown adults would produce (and be allowed to proceed with) such a thing (especially on a major stage, for major artists). What a terrible waste of time, money and resources, and what an insult to the dancers.
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    No idea what 'finagle' means, but great work by Holmes and Watson! 😊
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    Well that sounds like a barrel of laughs. I would actually like to see this in theory, since I love some Pina Bausch; but I've also hated some of her work, and I suspect this might fall into the latter category (though who knows). So in practice I won't be booking for it. It makes Mayerling sound like a Mills and Boon romance.
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    I only started watching it when Darcey Bussell became a judge, just out of curiosity, and then I found myself continuing because of her. But now she's no longer there there's nothing of interest for me and a lot to annoy me! (It's all so hysterically overblown in every way, and there are such obvious inconsistencies about the judging by both judges and public. And if the public really can't see that Acosta is in a completely different league to the other dancers, that just confirms my alienation!).
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    Thanks for posting this, Odyssey - I've 'given up' Strictly this year so I didn't watch, but I'm very glad to have seen it and I think he did what was required of him brilliantly. Talented though the other dancers are (and they are talented), he is clearly in a class of his own from the very first moment.
  22. bridiem
    I have no objection to the reception and dinner, of course - the more people able/willing to support something like this the better. It's the extra tickets for an allegedly sold out production to which I do object (especially given lack of 'clarity' in respect of previous information given out). (And the fact that they've unwittingly sent this to you, penelopesimpson, is really quite funny!!).
  23. bridiem
    Completely agree that 'creatives' need no protection from audience views - they've created something FOR an audience (one hopes) and need to be robust about whether or not it's worked. But I'm with capybara about not expressing very negative views loudly, especially if everyone else appears to be really enjoying it. I have to say that occasionally I have done this if I think something is so bad that I'm actually incensed about it, but I do then feel guilty; I don't want to risk spoiling the enjoyment of the people around me, which would be mean and would serve no purpose. (And now, of course, if it's a ballet I can let off steam afterwards on this forum if necessary!! Which DOES serve a purpose.)
  24. bridiem
    'Lilac' makes her sound like a dodgy character in a James Bond film. (Especially if she has something hidden in her wand...).
  25. bridiem
    Well nowadays there is no casting in the Friends mag - it comes out nearer the booking dates (and I think then includes début asterisks). In fact I'm just as likely to get first casting info from this Forum as from the ROH.
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