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  1. Richard LH
    As you said, once was enough! 😂
  2. Richard LH
    Yes real life is often depressing and distasteful..... personally I don't necessarily want, or need, to pay for a ballet performance just to be reminded of that, but of course that's just my choice. I don't think it's a question of not being able to "handle it" as an adult! And there are plenty of wonderful ballet options without just relying on "fairytales".
  3. Richard LH
    I think is possible to imagine productions that should/would be banned for illegality but of course Mayerling comes nowhere close to this, simply for the sins of being (IMO) distasteful and depressing. Anyway ( back on topic) it won't be performed next season.
  4. Richard LH
    Budget cuts? 😂
  5. Richard LH
    Yes being in the studio for that one was very memorable....Makarova coaching Takada and Naghdi. At the end Akane threw a knife at Yasmine...perhaps taking her part too seriously! 🤣
  6. Richard LH
    My ears are still ringing from this clip! Thanks bridiem. Looking forward to this cast on the 14th....
  7. Richard LH
    That's Serenade twice Jane! Fine by me....!
  8. Richard LH
    BRB's DonQ also has some different choreography and music, as discussed elsewhere.
  9. Richard LH
    Is that actually known to be so, Mary?
  10. Richard LH
    Ditto....you have to make the most of your half-hour grace period!
  11. Richard LH
    Sorry Odyssey it was your reference to the performance being today, and to Paul Hamlyn, which confused me...I now gather you are referring to yesterday's Schools Matinee performance.
  12. Richard LH
    Mr O'Hare himself? 😂
  13. Richard LH
    I don't recall hearing of this before...is it some sort of special event?
  14. Richard LH
    But as it inevitably does cause distraction (for the person themselves and for others around them) and infringe copyright, it shouldn't be happening!
  15. Richard LH
    Marci Sambe has posted on IG that he is rehabilitating from an ankle injury, has now taken first ballet steps, and is hoping to be back soon. Wishing him a speedy return...
  16. Richard LH
    That's exactly what the couple mentioned in the letter were doing...😂
  17. Richard LH
    Yes these are clips from different moments.
  18. Richard LH
    No disrespect to Nicol Edmonds, but I was musing why the only other male Principal not otherwise cast as The Prince, Ryoichi Hirano, isn't stepping in for Sambe. Is Ryoichi still away at Northern Ballet, or otherwise engaged perhaps?
  19. Richard LH
    On the Ballet/Dance News & Information Forum we had some discussion about Cinderella's entrance. In the Sibley DVD version, and also in the broadcast Cojocaru 2003 version, she comes down the stairs with a long transparent train attached to her shoulders, partly at least on pointe for which she aided by the Prince, although she forwards in wonder without being aware of him. She then bourrées a long way forward on her own (the Prince walking admiringly alongside) to the front of the stage, all this time still staring forwards as if in a dream. Only then does she "come to" and acknowledge the Prince. It is a lovely passage. Fonty found that this had been changed in some later You Tube clips (I am not sure which versions) to have her engaging with the Prince earlier, on the stairs, which I would think may remove some of the magic. How is this wonderful moment being handled now…the same as the original, or changed at all?
  20. Richard LH
    😂
  21. Richard LH
    I need to reserve judgement for the same reason, but as seen in the photos, the fairy costumes don't look too garish to me...I think they look cheerful, bright and fresh, and if they are distinguishable from the style of the lovely costumes for other ballets, and identifiably "the Cinderella fairies" I would regard that as no bad thing.
  22. Richard LH
    Well the good reviews and general excitement have just been adding to my feeling of live ballet drought....so I am afraid the last two tickets for Nunez/Muntagirov on 5th April just had to be snapped up!
  23. Richard LH
    Super review in The Times as well! ☺
  24. Richard LH
    Yes I agree ...they were a super pair. Much promise for RB's future with youngsters of this quality. I thought it a bit weird that two of the other couples both did the Grand Pas. Both couples did struggle with the timing when they had to drop down on one knee together (sorry I don't have a better technical term). It is so impressive when a couple judge it correctly, as per both times I have seen Bracewell dance it (with Magri and Nunez respectivelly)....but then we are talking of established Principals! Anyway, well done all.
  25. Richard LH
    Thanks Bluebird, yes you are right I can see this now you have explained it.....
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