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    That is what dynamic pricing means (it is used by some venues). But I think in this instance, as other posters have said, they mean the plan itself.
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    Smashing! That's what I was after. Thank you. Edited to add that the matinee distribution is much, much better than last season. Matinees galore for some programmes and i think only one that doesn't have one at all.
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    Thought so. A block of dates isn't helpful for forward planning for those of us looking for weekend matinees or failing that weekend evenings...
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    I can't remember - when do we normally get individual dates (with matinees)?
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    Pay what you decide was pioneered by the Arc in Stockton a good few years ago now. If you were interested you should be able to find interviews with their director Annabel Turpin online.
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    I watched this yesterday and found it much harder to handle on the smart TV. The YouTube broadcasts were far easier to find, and to pause, rewind etc. I had to type in the entire URL that John mentions above, instead of simply finding the ROH YouTube channel in my favourites and selecting the newest addition. Can't complain as it's wonderful that these are streamed at all - but I do wonder why they decided to change to a Facebook broadcast. The insight itself was fascinating. I particularly loved watching Reece Clarke, Nicol Edmonds and William Bracewell rehearse the gentlemen.
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    Sim, he didn't tell me about the cast change (although I already knew) and just asked me to bring in my ticket on the day to swap it for a new one. I do feel for the box office staff though.
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    I got a call about this today and I'm in row E - they must still be jiggling things about!
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    I watched Tom Seligman conduct Winter's Tale for the RB cinema broadcast on Wendesday night, battled home in the snow, then six hours later, set off for a work course in Manchester. My hair froze on the way to the station (yes ladies, this is why they tell you not to go out with damp hair) and I felt very distinctly that I led an unglamorous life. So I did take solace when I arrived at the Lowry last night to see that Tom Seligman was conducting Sleeping Beauty! I like to think that even he, the owner of a glamorous conductor lifestyle, still had to trudge through the snow and wind with hair frozen into crispy strips and was also suffering from lack of sleep.
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    Hallberg spotted in class today courtesy of Stix-Brunell's Instagram feed so looks promising.
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    Apologies if this has already been picked up in the links but a snippet in this week's Stage states that Paula Hunt is to step down following complications resulting from major foot surgery.
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    Hi Angeline, I'm sorry to hear that. I particularly remember learning one of the shades solos from Bayadere with you - and I did your summer classes at Gateshead College too; must have been 2011. I'm in a mad rush now but I will send you a PM later today with contact details for all those teachers, as well as a bit more info, as they may be hard to track down online. I've been joined up the the NEDC email list from the start and have loved the way things have seemed to be ramping up lately. I would certainly encourage others to check it out!
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    Hi Angeline, I do remember you being a lovely teacher when you taught at Dance City! There is a wonderful Cecchetti teacher called Ann Loades; I believe she is a Fellow. She lives in Scotland but does travel to Newcastle to teach. Lorraine Jukes is also an excellent Cecchetti teacher; both are strict, including with adults, but in a good way - they take adults seriously. Julia Williamson trained as a teacher with Ann and teaches at St Hilda's Ballet School in Jesmond. She's very good with both children and adults. Emily Wallace, who also trained as a teacher with Ann, teaches Cecchetti in Sunderland and has a real love of ballet and great sense of humour. Further south, and RAD, in Darlington Irene Hand is great - very thorough. One of those teachers whose words come back to you years later when you're doing a certain step in a crowded class, and you're glad she took the time to really explain the mechanics of it. And Rachael Tiffany puts together wonderfully dancey combinations for adults.
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    Absolutely, Alison. I've been fearless with mixed bills all my ballet-going life because I grew up in the days when Birmingham Royal Ballet still did split weeks in Sunderland - a mixed bill at the start of the week and a full length into the weekend. Of course, as we know, when Diaghilev put on his Sleeping Princess, it was a flop because his audiences were used to mixed bills and didn't want to see a full-length.
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    All's well that end well. The lovely chap at the box office let me swap my restricted view dress circle ticket for a half price stalls ticket. Shy bairns get nowt!
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    Just my luck! There's me sitting behind a pillar in the dress circle...
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    Yes she definitely did it in the last run, in the Calvert cast. Edited to add: I mean Arestis, rereading your post, you might mean McNally!
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    Fair comment, George - I think I'm conflating it in my memory with David Nixon's B&B which NB brought last year to Newcastle and which was their Christmas ballet in Leeds. The ravens is the bit that sticks out most in my memory. I remember Alexander Campbell doing it often back in the day (perhaps he created it). Personally I'm surprised that Hobson's isn't replacing some of the B&B venues on the tour, particularly the northern ones, as I would imagine it will sell well. I wonder if it will tour further in the 2019/2020 season.
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    And it's Beauty and the Beast, again. It's not that I dislike the ballet, but I do feel it's the last thing I'd choose to see out of the season they've laid out. In recent years the rep they've brought to Sunderland has been playing it safe to say the least: Cinderella, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, although I do love Peter Wright's Coppelia and am looking forward to seeing it again in April. It's been five years, I think, since we had a triple bill. The situation used to be mitigated by the mid-scale tours, but no longer. And while I love seeing Scottish Ballet in Newcastle, again the rep they bring is always whatever they do in Edinburgh over Christmas - Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, The Nutcracker; the same few ballets on repeat. Having lived in Edinburgh, and followed SB closely, I am very aware that this isn't all they can do - but it's all we see. Oh well...I'm just looking through my diary and planning trips to visit conveniently-located friends and family so that I can see something that isn't a fairy tale!
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    Well, it seems I had the rush of blood to the head which is familiar to all us ballet-goers, as I've just booked for the Friday night as well (bizarrely buying a whole new journey, there and back, was considerably cheaper than replacing the homeward-bound ticket I'd already bought for the Saturday). I'll never be rich at this rate but I suppose I'll be rich in memories...
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    This will be wonderful, although I'm a little gutted as, trying to be frugal, I only booked for the Saturday matinee and have already booked my train ticket home. I am sure others will report back!
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    Has anyone managed to view this? I can only find a thirty-second title clip.
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    I think this is the link, but I can't see the full ballet: http://media.bolshoi.ru/play/ I do hope they upload it. I was snowed in on Sunday and so couldn't make it. Our Vue cinema used to screen them, and don't any longer, so the closest is in another town a drive away. I don't drive, so it doesn't make for a fun afternoon for my husband. And it's a rural town, so an amber weather warning = disaster!
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    Oh I do hope so!
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    There is a shop in the centre of Sunderland but last time I went they only fit Grishko, which don't suit my feet. I think there used to be one in Middlesborough but I can't remember the name, sorry. Also, Born to Dance on Northgate in Darlington used to fit pointe shoes; I don't know if they still do but worth giving them a ring. I had a bad experience at Planet Dance in Leeds where I ended up with soft blocks half a size too small. I expect it was just a one off, though. I have to say, I bulk-buy mine in at the Freed shop in London when visiting to watch ballet, but this may not be practical for you on a number of levels (I'm an adult so my feet aren't growing). You could try Encore in Northallerton; they have a shop but no idea if they fit pointe shoes.
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