Richard LH

I would love to see "The Dream" live at the ROH - putting it on at Midsummer would be fine, but I hope for other performances before then!

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World premiere of the new work "Cinderella" by former British Royal Ballet principal Johan Kobborg.Akane Takada, the principal of the Royal Ballet in the UK, will appear as a guest in the role of Cinderella! (February 6th) * February 7th Cinderella: Nao Nokubo https://www.nbaballet.org/performance/2020/cinderella/ Forum Members based in Japan may be particularly interested - good to see there is at least some live ballet elsewhere! Very pleased for Akane too....

The RB's "The Cellist & Dances at a Gathering" is available to pre-order, out 22 January. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cellist-Dances-Gathering-Blu-ray/dp/B0892J1HKQ/ref=tmm_blu_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1609862916&sr=8-1

The RB's "The Cellist & Dances at a Gathering" is available to pre-order, out 22 January. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cellist-Dances-Gathering-Blu-ray/dp/B0892J1HKQ/ref=tmm_blu_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1609862916&sr=8-1

Lovely review of this weird ballet year, thanks Jan.

Thank you Sim for your uplifting message, and thanks again to you and the other moderators for everything you do for this Forum. Happy New Year to all!

....to everyone on the Ballet Forum! Thank you all for keeping me relatively sane this year. I am so looking forward to the time we can share our joy of live ballet performances again...

Any live ballet at present is to be welcomed, so well done BRB. Like others I thought the lack of applause was sad, given that there was some beautiful dancing on show. I was disappointed about the missing dances already mentioned, also that the SPF solo finished without her last fast section, and there was no Coda with the Prince, they just went straight into the finale. Is that normal for the BRB version?

The discussions between Carlos and the artist were interesting, but personally I found the latter's line drawing style a little "samey" and limited in depth. I would have liked to see a painting of Carlos by either of the other two finalists.

A group of super dancers who have contributed greatly to the RB over the years, and I wish them all the best in their future ventures.

Interval QUEUES.....I really must take more care when posting!

Sorry of course I meant interval queries were fine at the "Elite" programme on 4th November...brain suffering from lockdown confusion...!

It was fine at the "Royal Ballet: Live — Within the Golden Hour" on 11 November.

Yes indeed...great opportunity for Sae Maeda as Clara, for example...also pleased to see Romany Pajdak in that role ..has she danced it before? Pleased for Leo Dixon too...