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    Then it must be my eyesight. Thanks everyone - a relief even if there may be no SCS left by the time I get to book!
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    It may be my eyesight or the colour differentiation on my screen but it looks to me as if SCS is GBP20 rather than GBP15.
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    I emailed a week ago to ask when we could expect casting to be published. The reply was that they hoped to have the information soon and it would be published on the website as soon as it was known. If it isn't published by the time ordinary Friends' booking opens on 1st March I'm going to hang fire - don't want to risk seeing the same cast twice because I've booked differrent casts for the rest of the programme.
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    Same here on both counts. Glad I'm not the only woman to get this role!
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    I actually met him in Japan and I think the topic of monarchy versus presidency may have come about because of the location.
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    Melody, this reminds me of an incident some years ago when I met a Professor of Oriental Languages from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania. I forget the context of the conversation but when I mentioned that the Queen is Queen of Canada he very rudely dismissed the notion and advised me to go away and get my facts straight. I aked him to name the President of Canada (or Australia and New Zealand for that matter). He couldn't, nor could he name the Canadian Prime Minister. He finished the conversation with the remark that Canadians would be laughing their socks off at the idea of the Queen as Queen of Canada. Somehow one would hope better from a Professor.
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    I found it incredibly hard going and gave up, but then I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to be able to enjoy the highly academic approach.
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    If they do, please let me know!
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    Oh! Perhaps it's the programming? In which case my joy is down more to the relative lack of interest than the relative speed of service and cornucopia of tickets. edited to correct typo.
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    Booking opened this morning at 9 am. There was a brief wait and then I was in and out in a few minutes. Astonishingly there were stalls circle standing tickets - good ones too. some of them - available for all the dates I wanted to book. It hasn't been this good in years, so thank you to all involved. Fingers crossed that all previous glitches have been resolved once and for all.
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    Birmingham has been rightly proud of its support of the arts and it must be with a heavy heart that the council has made this decision. Very sad news.
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    I only wish I could offer concrete evidence to support my view of the choreography in Two Pigeons, but I am insufficiently expert. It is just the feeling I get when I watch it. I have seen it danced by BRB on several occasions and only booked for the RB run in the hope of revising my opinion. It was not to be. To me the bird-impression steps are irritating and rather embarrassing, and I sit praying that no-one is going to burst into The Birdie Song at any moment. I don't honestly feel that it's down to the dancers rather than the steps themselves. Perhaps the structure of the gypsy dances IS what is problematic rather than the steps themselves - I can quite see that a lot of technique and pizzazz is required, especially by the men - but the shoulder-shimmying by the women leaves me cold and the ensemble effect reminds me of a sort of musical theatre production in which the corps dances to the audience in a "love me" way rather than as a group of people dancing to express their joie de vivre. Similar dancing "to the audience" in other works can convey a sense of including the audience in a celebration, such as in Coppelia or Fille, and that works. I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself clearly, but I'm trying. Floss in post No. 323 above is intrigued by a dislike of the choreography. It really does cut both ways! And needless to say I shan't book for it again ... Incidentally I don't seen anything wrong with asking the potential audience what they would like to see ballet-wise, although the hunt for ratings has not done television a lot of good (again in my opinion).
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    Late in the day I apologise for the Two Piegeons typo!
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    Oh dear - do I detect a mild rebuke for those of us who don't care for The Two Pigeons? I don't dispute the underlying theme of reconciliation and forgiveness in any way and in fact I enjoy other ballets that deal with exactly the same aspect of human nature. But no amount of thought and analysis will redeem the Two Piegeons' choreography for me.
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    I was in the front row and didn't know where to look ...
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    Well I can only speak for myself of course but my discomfort is based as much on what I consider to be dreadfully twee choreography (rapidly dons protective clothing) as the stereotyping mentioned by Lindsay. I actually dislike the whole ballet (hides under dining table) and always have done. Yesterday evening's performance confirmed my view. The gypsies are just a particular bugbear. Apologies to the dancers, all of whom put on a wonderful display - my dislike has nothing to do with the delivery. I won't say more in a doubtless vain attempt to avoid rotten tomatoes, brickbats and other missiles being prepared by the legions of Two Pigeons' fans.
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    Yes dates were given - so I was a little surprised that they could have thought Margot Fonteyn was born in 1888. And I think the question about Tamara Rojo asked which Spanish ballerina left the RB to become AD of ENB. To be fair to the contestants one of them did think the name may have begun with R and they speculated with a couple of Spanish-sounding names before giving up and uopting for Fonteyn again.
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    It's worth having a look at Luke Jennings' review in the Observer today which covers this point in some detail.
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    I know this is off topic, but I remember the dreadful groan that went up at the Swan Lake pre-performance announcement that Sylvie Guillem was unable to appear (a rare event indeed!) and would be replaced by Yoshida Miyako. "Who's THAT?" said the woman to my left. "Don't worry, you may not be disappointed" I replied. At curtain call the woman to my left was on her feet, cheering, along with lots of others.
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    I'm sure you're right, Alison and it's yet another reason for choosing tap water. But it was a silly juxtaposition.
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    There's a brand of bottled water (I think it's Volvic) which the label claims is "filtered through mountain rock for millions of years" and then has "best before March 2016" or similar. Daft!.
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    I share the views expressed above. Having been totally blown away by Hayward's Manon I think I approached R & J with too high expectations. It was a lovely debut and deserved the ovation and profusion of bouquets at curtain call, but it lacked the wow factor for me. However the enthusiasm of the audience around me showed that I was definitely alone in that part of the house! And I must add that for the first time in ages I enjoyed R & J which has suffered from over-familiarity for some years. I thoroughly enjoyed Matthew Golding's performance as Romeo - convincing and beautifully danced. And Thomas Whitehead's Tybalt - I'd like him on my side in a fight but wouldn't want to bump into him on a dark night; just as it should be, I think.
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    I'm not sure if it's a question of cost, but rather of the lack of a train back to London after the show. Perhaps the critics don't want the inconvenience of an overnight stay, or even worse, hanging around for hours at the station waiting for the milk train just for the chance to review what has not proved a universally popular production. Bruce drove to Bristol and back so no timing or transport difficulties. His problem was being trapped in his seat for 3+ hours because he was in the middle of a row, empty apart from a few seats at either end occupied by people with disabilities who had been assured when they booked that they would not have to stand up to let people by. An unusual variation on the theme of seating choices!
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    Sad to say but Osipova but won't now be doing any of her autumn performances due to injury. For R & J she's replaced by Sarah Lamb. This is from a Friends email today. Edited to add: Sorry this is old news - just seen the Ballet News forum!
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