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I have 1 standing place in SC for tonight's triple bill. Sadly, I cannot now go so am happy to give this ticket away if you PM me asap with an email address.

Yes JM- it's a valid point. This issue has been mentioned before and I am not sure it has yet had is own thread.

 I probably said it in an earlier debate - I think guest artists can enhance a company and add interest in their own right. I read an exchange  on our French counterpart Dansomanie recently lamenting that company's "failure" to invite any guests to dance with them. Interestingly, no sooner had that view been expressed than Vadim's name appeared in the forthcoming Raymonda casting.. So, overall I think a judiciously chosen invitation can be mutually beneficial, and really does befit a leading company like the Royal Ballet.

So far, I have not enjoyed Hallberg as Romeo or des Grieux although I did feel he danced better in Month than I had anticipated. I do expect him to be better suited to the danseur noble roles in  Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.  

I have also wondered if Hallberg might not do better with another partner  from the company and I think potentially  it could work well with Cuthbertson as suggested in posts above, although that does not seem to be on the horizon at this point.

I would much prefer to see Osipova with  Ball or Muntagirov - or Corrales, who I think are a better match for her dramatically and who partner her more securely.  I don't think the "fire and ice" trope, which seems to be the recurring theme of the way Osipova and Hallberg have chosen to be presented in the media here,   actually works in MacMillan - or does not for me, anyway. 

(I am still non-plussed at the failure to invite Shkylarov back for Manon with Osipova - if a guest was to be invited for those performances surely he was the one, but I am at risk of repeating myself so will end on that note!)

Polunin played Yuri Soloviev. He dyed his hair blond for the role. He did not feature very much in the film, which rightly belonged to Ivenko and the other leads.

Ruth

I have sent you a PM. I would be happy to take this ticket if possible.

You can always watch the Paris Opera Ballet in class...

Thank you Amelia for the correct spelling!

There are 3 couples: Ovcharenko and Denisova; Motta Soares and Krysanova; and the very young Pobbiniuk (spelt incorrectly I know - sorry!) and Vinogradova

I realise I will be in a minority but here goes: I was really impressed by Hayward and Corrales. She is exquisite; her allure irresistible. She is in complete command of the choreography and her total immersion In the character generates a finely calibrated and nuanced reading of Manon’s decline and fall. Corrales danced splendidly and acted strongly, reviving a role that can become jaded because it is over-played. It was well-judged in every way and he has charisma to spare.

Mayara Magri made a very good debut and  I loved  her strong, clean dancing.
Sadly, for me the weakest link was Campbell. He is not suited to this role in any way in my opinion. He lacks beauty of line and the technical strength required. He partnered very well which of course enhanced Hayward’s own performance, but otherwise this was the wrong  dancer in the wrong role.

Very grateful to anyone who may have for sale one ticket for the Manon matinee on Saturday (19 October).

Thank you!

Thanks Capybara. I guess some of the scepticism about him dancing with the RB and acquiring formally the status of principal guest artist has found its way back to the RB and Hallberg. All in the eye of beholder, I think.

This is the production brought to London by the company on their last tour, but we were only offered Act 3. The designs were very attractive, I recall. Having read a number of reviews and comments here and on Ballet Alert, London probably did well having the reduced version.

May I take this ticket please?

I thought it was a very interesting film. Tsiskaridze has a larger than life personality and no doubt commands great loyalty from his students. Perhaps I missed it but I  did not hear him say anything at all about Kirill's successful audition at the Bolshoi. How would he have reconciled that success - no doubt a reflection in some measure of his good teaching - with his negative view of the student? Of course, Tsiskaridze's views about the current Bolshoi administration are well known, but there is an irony there I think.

2 hours ago, maryrosesatonapin said:

There is absolutely no doubt that Hallberg was a great dancer in his day - do you think the Bolshoi would have allowed him on their stage if this weren't true?  But he hasn't returned/been allowed to return after his sad injury reduced him to his current, lesser, prowess.  I think other companies continue to either hope some of the glitter remains, or will return.  

Do you mean Hallberg has not returned to the Bolshoi post-injury? He has danced there quite a lot since returning from injury, including Giselle, Onegin and most recently - in the last 2 weeks - he made his debut with the company in A Winter's Tale.

For my part, I am unable to muster the slightest enthusiasm for Hallberg, past or present. I think he is very fortunate to have been given this opportunity with the RB. No matter how much KO’H talks it up, the shortcomings are clear. 

If guest invitations are to be made on merit, I can think of few better than Shklyarov or Vogel (he should have been invited for Onegin in my opinion - such a shame); Lantratov too but unfortunately he is still in rehabilitation from his serious injury. 

Hello

i have made the payment this morning by electronic transfer.

Best wishes

Isabelle

May I have this ticket please? Thanks!

Thank you Irmgard: very interesting reading and Ms Cao clearly has much more to give to the ballet world - how fortunate.

Apologies - I am not able to send one photo, but I think " the"  lift is the 6th photo down via this link:

https://www.gramilano.com/2019/04/photo-album-osiel-gouneo-as-spartacus-with-the-bayerisches-staatsballett/

I am looking for 1 ticket for Don Q evening performance on Saturday, 17 August. Thanks!

Bumping this: still living in hope!