Rob S

Has anyone got any casting info for tonight? Claire Calvert said she’s a big swan with Mayara Magri but that’s all I know

Noooo, I’m talking about the glitter Gary Avis throws all over the place as a sign of his magic

They exaggerate everything, if you drank the way they do in Swan Lake you’d end up with it all over your face!

Lol....so note to Kevin O’Hare, introduce the rank of Principal Trumpet Artist (bet Yuhui won’t get that either!) and do fanfares properly, and stop spending the entire glitter budget on the Nutcracker! 🤣

Well I’m not completely sure, being a huge Kate fan has not enlightened me on that but it shows that royalty does, from time to time, salute people in their service. I assume they are high ranked officers in a part of the military that the princes have a personal connection with rather than just any officer otherwise they’d get a serious repetitive strain injury on a carriage ride a couple of miles long . Rothbart is clearly an important person militarily although why he doesn’t salute back is slightly odd ps, I think it’s Trooping the Colour tomorrow, I’ll pay attention to who gets saluted 🙂

The same reason Princes Harry and William saluted various soldiers on their carriage rides after their weddings?

I can add the following to Saodan's list....the performance I saw (Sarah Lamb as O/O) featured Spanish Dance: Natalie Harrison with Donnelly/Dubreuil/Emerton/Montes Czardas: Romany Pajdak and Paul Kay Neopolitan: Isabella Gasparini and David Yudes Mazurka: Lara Turk and Reece Clark

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Two thumbs up from me if anyone can direct me to a list of who has danced each of the roles that normally appear on the cast sheet during this run....is there such a thing somewhere?😊

Stick it in Photoshop and adjust the Levels 😉

And the podcast ‘Inside The West End ‘ (Episode 20)

It was a really good read , in fact when I got an Instagram notification about it I had to pause my watching of Swan Lake to read it immediately 😂

I adore those two videos and they do wonders for my train journeys!!

Rub it in, why don't you!😆

I should point out that although I’m a huge Yuhui fanboy I do recognise that it seems unlikely that she will become a principal when she’s been a first soloist since 2008 ( during which time Akane Takada has gone from apprentice to principal). And although the ‘Yuhui for principal ‘ chant is a common one on any ROH video in which she appears I thought I’d post it here just to get an educated opinion rather than several hundred likes 😁 I too am disappointed she’s not going to be Nikiya or Gamzatti but at least have her Princess Stephanie to look forward to.

Someone has to say it so I will....Yuhui for principal!!!!😆

With the internet as it is it maybe the corrected review will get more people reading it than the old one. I find myself reading reviews of things from several years ago. Has anyone emailed the reviewer to tell them they were wrong about the vision being added after the opening night?

Surely if it was a mistake they’d just update the online version of the review.

As it was a bank holiday I expect it’s more likely that fouettés had to be cancelled due to engineering work and a replacement pique service put in their place.

VR is clearly the inspiration for James Bond's foes, it's the thrill of the plan for domination that's far more satisfying than just doing the simplest thing and killing the hero at the earliest opportunity. End Seigfried's family's line of succession by making him too heartbroken to want to marry anyone because he's feeling responsible for the death of the only woman he's ever loved.....or killed himself by throwing himself in to the lake.

Maybe it needs a three part prequel to tell that story😂

In the area of the top of the rock, I have read on here somewhere that the vision is the actual lead and the woman Seigfreid cradles isn't.

Really!? From what I remember on Wednesday, sat in my second row stalls seat, she's not much higher than the top of the rock....unless, having spotted the vision that I'd read about, my gaze returned to Seigfried and Odette and missed her fly off towards the flies

I think the only reason I saw the final vision was because I read about it here, I knew there was something happening somewhere other than Seigfried cradling Odette so actively searched for it , the person sat in front of me (I was in the second row of the stalls) completely blocked that area of the rock. Clearly the reviewer didn't have the insight on the first night but you would expect a professional reviewer to check such a claim

I did but sadly posting pics and Notting Hill quotes during the interval is more my style 🙃