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    Romeo And Juliet, Yasmine Naghdi; Matthew Ball; Royal Ballet, listed on Amazon for 28th May release
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    Now streaming on BBC iplayer. Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev star in a performance of Sir Frederick Ashton's ballet Marguerite and Armand, which was inspired by Dumas's love story La Dame aux Camelia
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    An exceptional production, thanks for the tip. And she can keep my white shirt, it looks much better than it ever did on me. 😁
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    I used to confuse these with the Ballet West located at Taynault in the West of Scotland, but now aware that there are two companies with the same name. I have only seen the Scottish one who are mainly training with a limited number of performances.
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    The article mentions Millepied without mention of his fate. Do you recall the headline. 'Benjamin Millepied is about to dramatically shake up, upset and rejuvenate the prestigious French institution, l’Opéra National de Paris, as he prepares to unveil his first ballet.' Well he was shaken off without shaking much up, but he did upset them. The inside workings then, of POB were slightly revealed in the film RESET. It looks like a tall order to ring changes there. We will wait and see what the outcome is. Another good insight is in the film La Dance into POB workings, which takes us through the workings, dancers training through to costume making, painters, bee keepers, canteen, including all the issues of pay, pension rights, status, strike action, etc, etc..
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    Presumably by substituting the Crimea for the Crusades. Raymonda was first performed in 1898, 42 years after the Crimean war ended and a relevant period. It states that it is in the spirit of Florence Nightingale, not a ballet about Florence Nightingale. It also says it takes the score of Alexander Glazunov and the classical choreography of Marius Petipa, which is good enough. Although a beautiful score and choreography, the original synopsis of Raymonda never provided suspension of disbelief. One day we will be able to see for ourselves. The Entract is amazing and I cant wait to see and hear it. https://youtu.be/5n6X5HBEYCQ
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    They don't exactly make it simple to vote. Having to open an account first ??? However, looks like the best thing on the list to vote for. I hadn't realised that Tamara had choreographed it.
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    The last production by ENB before they were placed into enforced shutdown was to be Raymonda. I have seen nothing during the ensuing period to indicate any change of direction or policy, just the will to get back to work and back to normal. So, long may they support the classics as well as contemporary. It would be a waste of the production costs if they didn't complete the program when allowed.
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    I had not heard of this company before, let alone seen them, so I checked them out. Looking at the cold and snow through my window, it put me in a holiday mood when I watched Ballet Nostalgia Borincana and a few other things, so have set my timer. Many thanks.
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    It's released by C Major and this is the C Major clip. Perhaps you can recognise it' https://youtu.be/_D4fx6M_7G8
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    This is possibly the version of Le Corsair starring Nicoletta Manni, by Anna- Marie Holmes. If so, the you-tube tasters look very promising.
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    Thanks Dan, such a relief that someone understood the point I was making. I will now concentrate my efforts into persuading Donald Trump that he didn't win the election. 😂
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    The original point that you believe to have missed, is that the Royal Ballet performed their Gala in front of a live audience on 9th October and this contrasted with the POB Gala being in front of an empty theatre. The distraction of the 13th Nov performance, not in front of a live audience, not really relevant, because we were in lockdown and was introduced later. I cant think of a better explanation See attached extract from Royal Ballet Live on 13th Nov. This is really only a distraction from the original point being made https://youtu.be/XwDax5tmFtw Attached below is the Gala from the 9th October and you can clearly hear the applause from the live audience. https://youtu.be/eEV-WOnJv2U
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    The initial discussion was around the differences between performing in front of a live audience and an empty theatre. The live theatre streaming on 13th November was filmed in the isolation of a rehearsal studio and hence not a Gala as such. That is yet again very different to performing in front of a large empty theatre.
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    England's second lockdown started on Thursday November the 5th, almost a month after the Royal Ballet presented their Gala performance, to a live audience on 9th October. At that time there was great optimism that things were gradually getting back to some form of normality. Alas, it wasn't to be and hence the POB being reduced to a Gala in front of nearly 2000 empty seats.
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    Attached extract from Royal Opera House news update. "The Royal Ballet is Back on Stage and returns for a special live-streamed celebration performance on Friday 9 October at 7.30pm BST. This milestone performance follows one of the most challenging periods for the Royal Opera House and will be treated as an important pilot on the road back to public performances adhering to government guidelines. A specially, socially distanced audience, including student and health workers, will join us in a first live performance with an audience since the beginning of lockdown."
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    The Royal Ballet Gala from October, unlike this POB Gala, did benefit from an appreciative audience, albeit made up mainly of school children and health workers. A completely different atmosphere for performing artists to react. I compare with the performance of football teams, playing mainly in empty stadiums.
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    Did you not notice all that facial expression underneath their face masks ? It is very difficult for artists to perform in an empty theatre of this size without the atmosphere created by a large audience. They coped extremely well under the circumstances.
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    One of the best treats for me since lockdown started.
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    Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier, 'Ghost Light', is available to pre order for a 19/03/21 release date on Amazon. As far as I am aware, it is the only new full length ballet to be produced during the Covid 19 epidemic. Set to the music of Franz Schubert, the entire company are performing, the only contact is between those that are married or couples. A Ballet in the Time of Corona, Ghost Light is the glow of hope during hard times.
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    Currently available free on Amazon Prime is 'Raymonda' from POB starring Marie Agnes Gillot and Jose Martinez
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    Virtual Scottish Highland Dancing during lockdown https://youtu.be/VgMoCHDOpQM
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    What is it being shown on ?
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    Just wait a week and watch Sleeping Beauty. When Marianela appears as Lilac Fairy, you just know everything will be alright.☺️
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    I am very grateful for ALL the events given to us in the times of this coronavirus pandemic thread, and to be in sufficient good health to be able to enjoy them. I suspect my 91 year old friend would have appreciated this Gala, were he not in a neurological hospital being treated for delirium, brought on by Covid infection.
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