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  1. Richard LH
    I agree; although I am a tremendous Frankie fan, I was just thinking today that I see her more as Manon than Juliet. For me she also brilliantly inhabited Clara, Giselle, Perdita in Winters Tale, and Princess Stephanie in Mayerling, rather more completely than she inhabited Juliet, somehow. I also agree that this is no way detracts from her wonderful performances in the Juliet role to date, by any normal standards! On seeing Akane Takada in her debut run (which was also my own "debut" for seeing R&J live) I thought she did truly encapsulate my idea of Juliet, and I suppose when you form that sort of opinion at the outset it can influence your view of later performers.
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    The ROH website is not properly showing Insights for the new season. However the Autumn Season magazine lists: New Pam Tanowitz 30/09/19 7:30-9pm Clore Studio £11-£20 RB in rehearsal 14/10/19 7:30-9pm Clore Studio £11-£20 Coppelia 12/11/19 7:30-9pm Clore Studio £11-£20 The Sleeping Beauty 18/11/19 7:30-9pm Clore Studio £11-£20
  3. Richard LH
    Not sure it is cut, but definitely more face visible due to a centre parting! Either way, for me he was really memorable tonight and their partnership just gets better. That Act 1 pdd was just sublime! As was the start of Act 3. Ballet pdds really do not get any more beautiful than this.
  4. Richard LH
    There is some seasonal front loading , although I make it 3 listed under "Autumn" (Manon, The Sleeping Beauty, and Coppelia), 2 in "Winter" (Onegin and Swan Lake) and 1 in "Spring" (the Dante Project). Also under the normal concept of "seasons" one would define Coppelia (28 Nov to 07 Jan) as Winter, and Swan Lake (05 March to 16 May) as Spring, which evens things out somewhat in terms of attending, if not so much in terms of booking.
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    Live Cinema for 2019/20 Concerto triple bill 05/11/19 Coppelia 10/12/19 (not "Live" as such.....Nutcracker 17/12/19 - the 2016 recording plus new features) Sleeping Beauty 16/01/20 New Marston/Scarlett 25/02/20 Swan Lake 01/04/20 Dante Project 28/05/20
  6. Richard LH
    Isn't it 10 on the main stage? 6 full, plus just 4 mixed (as opposed to 6 this season).
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    http://www.roh.org.uk/productions?_ga=2.139804410.835951387.1553237162-1432497339.1553237162
  8. Richard LH
    Frankie posted this....
  9. Richard LH
    Presumably Live Fire Exercise is a warm-up for Dante's Inferno?
  10. Richard LH
    Very pleased to be able to see, for my first time, the RB perform Sleeping Beauty and Coppelia, also Onegin. Perfectly happy with the return of Manon and Swan Lake (surely now a debut for Hayward?) given the beautiful productions last time round. These are going to be expensive, though (see above). Would have been happy with Woolf Works but instead we have a new W McG full length. As others, I am disappointed about virtual absence of Ashton... I would have liked La Fille, and The Dream
  11. Richard LH
    Some price indications are now visible.... Manon up to £110 Sleeping Beauty up to £145 Coppelia up to £120 Concerto/Raymonda III/Enigma Variations up to £75......
  12. Richard LH
    Next June we have https://www.roh.org.uk/mixed-programmes/tombeaux-preludes-symphonic-dances Tombeaux as Lizbie rightly guessed
  13. Richard LH
    Elisa Badenes also danced this with Alexander Jones a year ago at the ROH Spring Gala. It went down very well - great fun.
  14. Richard LH
    Wow you lot are quick off the mark, I was just going to post this.
  15. Richard LH
    Irmgard that is a great review. There is nothing I can add about Hayward's wonderful dancing and acting! I definitely agree that the three amigos were great together, although I felt their pas de trois tended to emphasise that if anything Hay and Sambé somewhat had the edge over Corrales. I am not quite as sure as you, just yet, about him. He can spin very very fast, for example, but of course we need a lot more than that. I thought he was not quite there with all the partnering and all the acting, and I feel Hayward may have been better served by others in the Company with whom she has previously formed great partnerships - indeed Hay and Sambé spring to mind, as well as Campbell. That said, this is the first time I have seen Corrales in a lead role, he is only 22 I believe, and he did very well for a lead debut at the ROH after a long period out through injury. He is clearly a very talented young man who now hopefully can only get better and better.
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    Jan I am sure you are right. Actually my particular comparisons were not only based on my viewpoints at the time, but also on videos/pictures, later aired on social media. I imagine how Juliets feel at the end can also vary from performance to performance, based on all sorts of factors we can only guess at. Certainly Akane, for one, has looked pretty distraught at the end of her performances, and indeed beyond smiles to begin with, which for me showed how much she inhabited the role, as well as being appropriate for the initial mood of all of us at first curtain call !
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    This triple bill has set me thinking about what distinguishes contemporary ballet from modern dance. To me (no expert in technique, and having seen each of the three works just the once) the triple bill seems to represent a progressive transition from the neo-classicism of WTGH, to more or less modern dance (rather than ballet) in Flight Pattern, with Medusa perhaps somewhere in between. But I am prepared to be educated !
  18. Richard LH
    "We will be announcing our 2019/20 Season on 14 May".
  19. Richard LH
    After just "dying" with her Romeo, Akane Takada was in tears at the outset of at least one of her opening curtain calls, but recovered her smiles later, whereas yesterday Francesca Hayward seemed happy from the outset. I wonder if this is possibly representative of their personalities, or the way they feel about their role as Juliet - or just perhaps that Frankie could not contain her delight at taking applause again in a lead role after her absence. How have other Juliets tended to react at their first curtain call?
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    Great review Sim, and a full one for being so hot off the press. It was indeed a wonderful performance from all those you mention. Those PDDs at the end of Act 1, and the start of Act 3...so beautiful. As I recall, Corrales picked up the sword that he knocked out of Ball's and handed it back. A gentlemanly act!
  21. Richard LH
    Frankie is back and on top form!
  22. Richard LH
    And didn't she look striking!
  23. Richard LH
    Ballet Studio Live today was firstly Yasmine Nagdhi and Matthew Ball rehearsing PDDs from Act 1 and Act 3 of R&J ... this was especially joyous because the wonderful Ed Watson was coaching the pair. He clearly knows all the moves off by heart and has a clear and empathetic manner in helping the young dancers try to perfect the choreography handed down through the Company from MacMillan onwards. The second rehearsal (if I heard correctly .... the sound was not as good for this one) was an early go at part of a new Wayne McGregor work for 2020, I believe. Mr McG officiated and put Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Marcelino Sambe through some intricate choreography. It was lovely to see their enthusiasm. I suppose when you have so much artistry and skill at your disposal as a dancer, it must be wonderful to experience it being used in different and challenging ways in the creation of a new work.
  24. Richard LH
    Yes and fortunately of course it is totally "relevant" because so many women nowadays are abused by the gods and turned into snake-headed monsters....
  25. Richard LH
    Vanartus I agree with all that! But I would add that the whole work is held together by Medusa herself and Natalia Osipova did that brilliantly. I would also love to see what Takada makes of the role and really hope she will recover from being unwell in time to perform it this run. I particularly loved Within the Golden Hour in this triple bill...such beautiful lightning, music, and costumes, stylish choreography and glorious dancing. And so good to see Ms Hayward back! Lovely dancing from her, along with Yuhui Choe and Yasmine Nagdhi, who was a wonderful short notice replacement for Takada.
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