RHowarth

Perfect, thank you! 

On 29/09/2019 at 16:06, Richard LH said:

£45 Swan Lake

£30 Onegin

£20 Cellist double bill

I've just been trying to find something elsewhere on the forum (and on ROH site which is no help!) - can I just check, are these the only three ballet programmes in the next booking period which opens for General Booking on 24 Oct? 

I think the UK companies' sections will run concurrently with the 'main' WBD feed. I expect that (unfortunately) only RB will be in the main stream. So RAD and RB will overlap and viewers will need to choose. 

Dawnstar, Sadler's Wells allows you to exchange to another performance (including, I think, of another production altogether). 

Hi all, where can I find the casting for this bill? I am going tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon.

1 hour ago, toursenlair said:

The info about Igone de Jongh's performances was just on the DNB facebook posting about her. I don't think they've announced full casting yet (in my experience with DNB it's not until a couple of weeks before.

Thanks! I've got tickets for a couple of these. 

Where did you find the casting please for Best of Balanchine 3?

I adored Sandra. There was a recording of her in Coppelia with Sergei Pobereznic which I used to watch constantly as a child. 

After Sandra retired from dancing, my mum found out she was known personally to a friend of a friend. I drew a picture of Sandra and sent it to Sandra for her to keep but she signed it and sent it back to me! I still have it somewhere. 

9 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

 

 

It doesn't matter that it is in dollars, you contribute in the normal way and the sterling amount you are being charged shows on your credit card bill.

... And, in my case, the fraud team of your bank rings you almost immediately because of unusual activity on your account, as happened to me yesterday!  The fund, of course, was totally legitimate so all was fine. 

3 hours ago, Waverley said:

I saw it on Monday and loved it. I've never posted thoughts on a performance here before (I generally use the forum in relation to my DD and DS) so please excuse my very non-expert opinions...

 

While the dancing was excellent and the set and lighting incredibly clever, I was most taken by how emotionally moving the whole thing was. I've seen a lot of ballet and never felt particularly 'moved' before, but the relationship between John and Abigail and then the extreme hurt of Elizabeth as she walked in on them was just portrayed so well. 

 

The uniform dancing of the church congregation in contrast to the wild frenzy and screams of the young girls was brilliant and the ending is just so well done. There is an emotionally charged pas de deux near the end (between John and Elizabeth) which I wanted to go on and on - and i think that was exactly the intention as you knew what was about to happen and that they had to be forced apart imminently. 

 

I would highly recommend it seeing it if you have the opportunity. 

 

 

Summed up so much better than I did at my desk at work, surreptitiously tapping into my phone! 

I was surprised I managed to get stalls circle standing for both Sleeping Beauties I wanted. I normally don't even bother looking for them when public booking opens as I'd got used to not being able to find any. 

Just had an email to say they've added extra dates for Edinburgh in October. Sure it will go to Sadler's Wells. 

1 hour ago, RHowarth said:

I am sure I have seen a photo in the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh of Oakes and Edur with The Princess of Wales, the dancers in Swan Lake costumes. I imagine it was taken at the Festival Theatre at a Gala there. 

Sorry, I mean the photo I saw was taken at the Festival Theatre. No idea if it's the same one (although I should do as I spent enough time staring at it when I was an usherette there!). 

I did! I was there on opening night. I didn't know what to expect as I'd never seen anything by the choreographer before. It was stunning. A memorable choreographic voice and the storytelling was almost always clear without need for a synopsis. I think it was the most genuinely frightening ballet I've ever seen onstage - chilling and shocking in parts. It only had three performances in Edinburgh but I hope to see it again soon. 

1 hour ago, fashionista said:

The girl in Odette costume may be a very young Agnes Oaks ?

I am sure I have seen a photo in the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh of Oakes and Edur with The Princess of Wales, the dancers in Swan Lake costumes. I imagine it was taken at the Festival Theatre at a Gala there. 

I am now sorted, thank you. 

Hi all, 

If anyone has a spare amphi seat to sell for Sunday I'd be interested in purchasing. 

Many thanks, 

Rebecca 

Looks like Moulin Rouge: the Ballet is on on 14 July... no further information was available in my listings when I put it on record yesterday.

The moment(s) that balance occured, I happened to be fixated for some reason on another dancer's shoes and missed the whole thing. I heard the applause but that was it. To my shame! 

2 hours ago, bridiem said:

 

No, that was Crawford too.

Need my eyes testing, thank you! Lovely she was too. 

Seconded! 

5 minutes ago, Rob S said:

 

Marriott and Crawford

Think it was Calvert on the Friday matinee? 

These stories of lost opera glasses are making me sad! This morning, on a flight between London and Toulouse following yesterday's performance at the ROH, I suddenly became convinced I'd lost mine in transit (thankfully I hadn't). They were given to me in my early teens by my mum and late father, a gift from Prague, bright scarlet, from the days Prague was not a tourist destination and things like opera glasses were still cheap for western tourists to buy. Twenty years later, they've been with me at so many performances and have great sentimental value. I was very upset when I thought I'd lost them. 

5 hours ago, MJW said:

 

Sorry not trying to quote MJW but can't get rid of the box above on my phone! 

Who is the dancer who stepped forward from the corps in Firebird curtain call to accept flowers - encouraged by Claire Calvert?

Edited to add: Helen Crawford. I haven't seen her for so long since her maternity leave I couldn't place her! 

6 hours ago, cavycapers said:

I do wonder if the jury are divided on Ball's performance along the lines of those who were at the ROH and those who watched the cinema relay, to some extent?  I definitely must go and see the encore to see Matthew Ball in close up,  as I'm sure all sorts of emotions were crossing his face,  but certainly,  for me,  Yasmine's acting translated right up into the amphi whilst I'm afraid Matthew's didn't (especially set against the as usual superb acting from Christopher Saunders,  Christina Arestis, Gary Avis et Al).  

 

That's interesting. Last night was the first time I really 'got' Matthew Ball. I'd seen his Albrecht, his Siegfried, and his Solor, and always come away not quite sure what the fuss was about - but I saw him dance those three roles from the amphi and I saw his Romeo last night in the cinema.