Rob S

8 minutes ago, emmarose said:

Rob, thank you so much for those beautiful photos here and in Insta, you capture every dancer so well, that last one particularly is just wonderful.

 

I was lucky enough to be there last night, and it was a real treat of a performance. I'm not sure there's anything more beautiful on any stage as the second act of Giselle, I feel like I'm holding my breath throughout it. The corps were truly stunning and haunting and Mayara led them beautifully. I love her as a dancer and performer.

 

Obviously so much is said about Nela and Vadim and I don't need to add to it, but they really are something special. All of that technique just sits so beautifully on Marianela and it frees her. The steps just seem to live inside her and are as natural as walking and nothing is ever strained. 

Vadim danced beautifully, and I know there has been a lot of discussion about the entrechat six, well I didn't count but there was nowhere near 30 and I would take them any day as he performed them last night. They were beautifully done, the height and beats, so crisp. 

 

A lovely night all round.

Thank you emmarose, I was pleased to see them do that little trip towards the other side of the auditorium. 
I plead guilty to one count of counting the entrechat six and it was 11-12.

Really enjoying Takada and Corrales today, her mad scene was particularly emotional.

I’m stood very close to a very enthusiastic orchestral version of an air guitarist! 

47 minutes ago, Richard LH said:

Rob if you are not already attending today's matinee, I insist you get a last minute ticket, or else one for the 1st December! 😉 

I am indeed attending today's matinee!! 🙂

7 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said:

Can anyone say whether the timings have settled down? The first night overran by 5 minutes on the advertised time, which itself was 5 minutes longer than the previous run

They've settled down to be permanently late starting. All four of my trips have started late with the first of my curtain call pics being timed at 2152,2145,2146 & 2147

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15 minutes ago, emmarose said:

I've managed to sign on on another device, it's my laptop it's not allowing me to sign in.

 

Thankfully it worked fine during booking.

Are you using Firefox on your laptop?

30 minutes ago, alison said:

This morning's booking was a slight pain: couldn't believe it when the system told me I was no. 3 in the queue!  But the first standing place I grabbed, either for the first night or the single Kaneko/Bonelli performance, got grabbed by someone else. 

I had that happen to me for opening night....35 minutes later an SCS for it reappeared and I got it.

1 hour ago, JohnS said:

No dropped clangers but Albrecht’s flower plucking was a bit too enthusiastic, fortunately leaving Giselle one petal or we’d have had a very short evening.

I blame the flower....it used up all its strength clinging to the soil in the plant pot it didn't have much left to hold on to its petals

14 hours ago, Dawnstar said:

 

Did he do a dozen entrechats six? I know he did a dozen something but I'm not entirely certain I can corretly identify an entrechat six! If I was looking at the right set of jumps then I don't know how other Albrechts can fit 20 or 30 in because there didn't seem to be any spare time/music after Ball had done a dozen.

Yes he did 12. Having read remarks above about the conducting I'm now wondering if the Albrechts are jumping based on that rather than the other way round😄

6 minutes ago, AnticaFiamma said:

 

 When the bells ring at dawn (a moment which was somewhat marred by some imprecision in the pit) 

Someone dropped a clanger…

4 hours ago, Dawnstar said:

@Rob S Perfect photos as usual. On the train home I went fromt deleting all my hopelessly blurry photos - which was most of them - to seeing all your perfect pictures on Instagram. I would have probably hurled my camera out of the train window in despair were it not that I was on a train without openable windows!

Your version of my third photo above looks fine!! 

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Fingers crossed for you Dawnstar 🤞 As said above the two performances I’ve been to both started five minutes late and then someone was let in to the Stalls Circle by me five minutes in to the actual performance 

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6 minutes ago, oncnp said:

A Count use the bus? Surely not.  He rode his trusty charger.

Peregrine the Pony? 😄

7 minutes ago, Richard LH said:

Thanks Rob S!  I would love to see your version....😂

Perhaps in your staging you could also get some back-up for poor Hilarion whose "endless dance"  seems anything but, and who gives up after a much shorter trial than Albrecht. Could not  Giselle also  put in a good word for him, or help with some stamina training? 

Well obviously Hilarion ran all the way to the forest clearing before he did his dance while Albrecht used the bus

1 hour ago, capybara said:

I get that, and I like the entrechats (who wouldn’t?) but, in Peter Wright’s version, Albrecht doesn’t stop dancing, he proceeds to other energetic stuff before falling to the floor.

I stayed in the story last night whereas I can find myself switching into counting mode with the entrechats and then disputing the number 🤭

 

 

 

i didn’t mean literally after finishing them although unless I’m misremembering there was a chuckle from the audience when Bonelli collapsed which made me think that that’s what happened 🤔

In order to prevent audience members switching to counting mode Berthe should mime the number during her piece in Act 1 (✋🤚✋🤚✋🤚🖕🖕(or ✌️in matinees)) or have the flower guy display the number on a rebadged football substitution display board at the end if the number differs

1 hour ago, bridiem said:

 

Although it's impressive when they go on and on, I prefer it as performed last night; I don't want that moment to turn into a 32-fouettés moment when everyone is watching to see how many are done - it takes you out of the drama. (It's OK in Swan Lake because Odile is meant to be flashy/dazzling/distracting etc.) And I think the shorter sequence works better with the music.

But Albrecht is supposed to be danced to the point of exhaustion….not very realistic to collapse to the floor after relatively few 

I thought Annette was fantastic....would never have known that was a debut!!

Federico's entrechats tally: 32ish

Mystery Wilis Woman...according to someone stood right next to her at the time of the photo....Isabella Boyd from the RBS🙂

19 minutes ago, capybara said:

Of the four ballerinas in the 2021 group of Aud Jebsen Young Dancers (not yet listed on the website), the Wili in the picture is not Ava May Llewellyn, Alix Van Tiggelen or Olivia Findlay. Maybe she is Viola Pantuso?

 

Such radiant pictures of Annette Buvoli.............

Viola is front left 

10 minutes ago, Balletfanp said:

Not me! Is it Katherina Nikelski?

No, she's standing to her right