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    Heap doing opening night tonight I think (according to Instagram).
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    Will we find out Myrtha casting before the run starts? From casual Instagraming I gather that Calvert, Kaneko, Heap and Magri are cast but I may be wrong and there may be others.
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    Sophie Rebecca, I’d be very interested in any events in Leeds. My two nearest major cities are Newcastle and Leeds (I’m thirty minutes by train from Newcastle and one hour from Leeds) and both Birmingham and London are prohibitive when juxtaposed with the relatively short length of the workshops.
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    A stone's throw from Edinburgh's other full-time dance school, Dance For All on Stephen Street - although Dance For All's full-time strand is for 16-plus and doesn't have such a ballet focus.
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    I’m sure this has already been covered in the links forum, but I missed it and have just read it in this week’s Stage. Peter Schaufuss is opening a full time ballet school in Edinburgh in 2019, with a launch event in March of this year. Applications for March close early Feb. Www.edinburghfestivalballet.co.uk.
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    Me too, as an usher at a prestigious Edinburgh theatre amongst other places. And now, as a marketing person, I would encourage it myself! Which probably influences my rather brazen approach to it as an audience member, although I always stick to empty rows and never sit in front of someone who’s paid more than me. In fact, that was always the rule for us as ushers: we didn’t have to remain in the usher seat if the house was thin, but weren’t permitted to move further forward than the rearmost paying customer.
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    I’ve often wondered to what extent, if any, it’s a chicken and egg situation for principals in companies like the RB where stage time is limited. Do principals guest with other companies because they don’t feel they’re getting enough stage time at, for example, the ROH - and they know that their career is short? Would they do as much guesting if the RB - for example - didn’t share the ROH with the Royal Opera?
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    I’m disappointed to miss this; I’ve wanted to watch it for years but can’t find it on catch-up. There is a DVD; I seem to remember the film was remastered a few years ago. I hope they repeat it!
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    It’s been many years since I read Holding on to the Air but from memory, I’m not sure Farrell was talking about doing them en pointe?
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    Thank you. I’m really hoping my school will be doing it; they were wavering...
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    Is the barre and centre work set or unset?
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    And I think she has a lovely manner as a coach - always encouraging and respectful and getting the best out of the dancers of whatever age or rank, and really gives insightful technical corrections specific to the individual rather than ‘this is how i did it’.
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    Merle Park and Gary Avis are miked up for the second seasion. Seems like they might have had some technical issues generally for Dowell’s as the q and a wasn’t filmed.
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    When was it last revived? It feels like it ought to be while Dowell and Collier are around to coach it, and potentially Eagling too although I don’t know how much coaching he does at RB (others will be more knowledgeable than me about Jennifer Penney’s availability). I just daydreamed a cast including Muntagirov, Hayward and Naghdi...
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    Scottish Ballet did Page’s Fearful Symmetries about ten years ago, IIRC (certainly would make sense as he was their director at the time). I remember leaving the theatre feeling exhilarated and at the time it didn’t feel old hat at all.
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    https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2017/lyn-gardner-publicly-funded-theatres-time-occupy/ Not Swan Lake related, but there was an interesting debate recently in the wider theatre world as a result of this article in The Stage.
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    I have the accompanying book but was too young for the TV series and for the last fifteen years or so have been desperate to see it!
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    Spooky! Great minds and all that... Thanks for the response.
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    Hi, Not sure whether this should be in 'Doing Dance' or one of the other forums, but... I'm intrigued to know which school year groups dance which roles in The Nutcracker. I'm particularly interested in the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Ballet's production of the ballet, but am also interested in other companies and productions (particularly in the US). I believe that first and second years dance party guests and mice. What about years 9, 10 and 11? Do they still appear? Then I guess upper school girls are drafted into the corps de ballet for snowflakes. I used to be under the impression that the 'angels' were danced by upper school girls, but either that was wrong, or it's changed, as I recently saw a photograph of Demelza Parish in the role. Thank you, Rebecca
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    He’s posted an Instagram story this afternoon explaining the issue.
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    I needn’t have taken a morning off work to get mine! Casting has now been updated to include Takada, Ella and Jose Alvez - in Danses Concertantes if my memory serves me correctly.
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    Totally agree with this and have had many an argument with theatre staff about this in the past. But I think staff at ATG venues DO have targets to meet with regards to programme sales, which doesn’t help matters.
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    Hi Amelia. Thanks for this - I’ve just registered. I missed the broadcast as it wasn’t showing at any of my local cinemas this time. Do you know how long it will remain online? I’m at work now and tonight is Royal Ballet live broadcast!
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    FLOSS, the National Library of Scotland holds back issues of The Dancing Times. I’ve looked at them from the 20s and 30s before. I’m guessing the British Library (much more convenient for Portsmouth!) also holds them.
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    Grand tier was closed on the Thursday matinee. I was moved to the dress circle which sadly wasn’t full either.
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