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    and Johan’s notes in the programme The number attending/tickets sold has been updated to 10,000
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    I’ve been told the maximum capacity is 12,000 for insurance purposes. And I can see why - R&J started nearly 20 minutes late due to arena coping with getting people to their seats in time. Although that may have been exacerbated by the backward ticketing system where if you had booked online you couldn’t ‘print-at-home’ but had to queue once to pick up your physical tickets and then queue again to get into the arena. Hopeless!! I can assure you the arena seats were full when the show started -perhaps the videos panning around where taken before everyone was in. There are plenty showing it full. I’m travelling back today so no time to write a review yet. Lots to say! In short - Johan Kobborg is a genius.
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    There were over 9000 tickets sold and the empty seats referred to are presumably the ones the arena cannot sell as they are behind and alongside the stage. All the numbered reservable seats were sold out one month ago. There could have been 2,000 more of the stone terrace seats sold, but 9000 is pretty good compared to some of the operas I have attended there.
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    Alina Cojocaru doesn’t seem known outside ballet circles for the outstanding ballerina that she is and has been for 20+ years. Of course that’s not quite the same as being under appreciated by ballet aficionados.
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    Such an uneducated uncultured person. I hope she gets sufficient backlash to lose her job.
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    Interesting choice of date .... wonder if it was done on purpose to tie in with World Ballet Day 2019 which starts at midnight on 22nd October 2019?!
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    The new Swan Lake was also available on YouTube (Nuñez/Muntagirov) for some time. I see it’s been removed now.
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    If anyone has tickets they can no longer use for Romeo and Juliet in Verona on Monday 26th August please let me know, as a fan is looking for 2 armchair seats together. Separately a friend has one spare (due to family life events) to sell. Let me know and I can put you in direct contact.
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    Krysanova was fabulous in every way last night as Kitri in Don Q. Fabulous attack, energy, classical lines and fiercely fast fouettes. David Motta Soares was thoroughly engaging with her, and my word he is a beautiful boy/man and dancer. His partnering has improved significantly and he had no problem with strength in the one handed split leg lifts. He thoroughly charmed the audience by holding the rose from Krysanova’s bouquet in his teeth. He is a first soloist now, having skipped soloist rank from corps. Agree the two of them had super chemistry and David played all the comedic bits so naturally.
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    Lucked out with a stall centre ticket - vast expense but hey, it’s once in a lifetime!
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    Yes this is what I saw. And also read somewhere (might have been a review from Moscow performances).
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    And the Sat 28/9 evening is nearly sold out
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    Yes I’ve booked for Alina’s 38 year old version. And the Akram Khan Giselle is a woman who has been working in the factory and is pregnant at the start. So neither young nor a virgin in my understanding. I’ve heard Alina is fabulous in it. I’ve seen Rojo in this and she is excellent (wish I’d punched the unknowledgeable person behind me who pronounced loudly ‘who is this rowjoe person’). It’s a challenging role and does require a mature actress.
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    I have seen some of those you suggest. Kimin Kim is awesome technically but doesn’t move me emotionally. Osiel Gouneo is a one trick pony. He can spin beautifully but is limited elsewhere. On the other hand, I saw Friedemann Vogel do the most beautiful Des Grieux in Manon with Daria Klimentova, it made me cry. Such control in the adagio solo! I would love to see his Mayerling. I saw David Hallberg with Osipova just this season in R&J and it was so disappointing as he was so unconnected with the role and of course Osipova was fully immersed. I was doubly disappointed as I’d missed seeing their Giselle when he pulled his Achilles. His technique wasn’t up to the pre-injury videos I’d seen. I have not seen Lantratov and Shkylarov live but I have watched videos of both. Maybe I’ll get to see them live one day. It’s a shame Lantratov is not in London for the Bolshoi tour - I’ve been told there may be a conflict between him and the management and that his recent injury isn’t the real reason he is not here. Beyond these names that you mention there are many wonderful male dancers around ... Wagman, Hernandez, Sissens, Sambe, Bracewell, Richardson, David Motta Soares, Tissi, .... even Figuerido ....and more. And actually I agree completely with you that it is disappointing to watch any dancer (Sergei included) in offpeak form when you know they can do better. I hope I am not going to be disappointed with Bolle/Nuñez Manon next season, as Bolle May be on the retirement decline.
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    Apologies for the double posting, that was a technical fault possibly on my side, I do struggle with posting here from my iPhone and assume the site is more user-friendly on a PC. I did not mean to post the same picture twice and had not realised I had until you mentioned it here. If there is a way to delete the duplicate, please advise. The picture was meant to be evidence against the many (!) comments that Sergei Polunin does not train or rehearse and is no longer in good shape or good balletic form. I realise a topless photo wasn’t going to be to everyone’s taste. I am as keen as anyone to see perfect technique once again from Sergei.
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    Thanks yes I’m refreshing all the time and seats becoming available for every performance EXCEPT that one! I’ll keep trying though🤞
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    Should have titled this ‘wanted’
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    Please!
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    Yes I am happy to agree with that statement. And vice versa, many anti-Polunin people on here could hardly be described as objective non-observers either. I’d already decided independently earlier today, because I have a brain and am not insensitive, that my value here is not wanted. One too many rude responses. Any reports I can give will be undermined by the forum’s general perception of me, or of Sergei Polunin. So rest assured I’m out of here. Au contraire, I am well aware of his flaws. Errors of judgement, opinions I don’t necessarily share, poor choices along his journey to be an independent artist, his imperfect English, to mention only some! I reported on his loss of peak form in Spartacus in March this year on another forum. Of course his off-peak is better than most dancers’ peak. He is on a different artistic journey than the normal company-bound ballerino and there will be wrong paths taken along the way. For instance I can see he could do with collaboration with better choreographers. Anyway that’s enough from me.
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    I take this comment to mean you’d like me to not mention Sergei Polunin at all anywhere in this forum. I do have one question, is there anyone else on here that is going to see the show? If you don’t want to identify yourself publicly, I’d be happy to hear via personal message.
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    Thank you for this BBB. I would be interested to know the business dynamics of this production. If anyone knows anything about it? It’s my understanding it is a PoluninInk one in conjunction with ShowBees, Ater and Verona Festival of Beauty and came about because the city of Verona invited Sergei Polunin to put on a show. If so, Sergei is the curator of it. From what I see, Johan and Sergei are collaborating together on the production and the show itself is Johan’s vision. No doubt we will hear more in the weeks before and after the premiere. There are interviews in the Italian press talking of upscaling/downscaling for future performances in Russia and India.
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    This is Johan Kobborg’s Instagram. There are many posts in his and other cast members’ Instagram, including Sergei and Alina, showing just how brilliant this performance will be. I have only posted a few on here to keep people informed. You obviously haven’t looked or you wouldn’t yawn.
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    The antagonism on here shown by some is enough to make anyone want to give up on this forum. If you don’t like a dancer or a dance style you are free to not follow it. There’s plenty of other dancers and styles to follow. I believe (and I am not the only person on here) that this R&J in Verona will be a significant event. The arena is close to sold out on numbered seats ... that’s 5,000 people who think differently to you. Plus many I personally know who can’t afford to fly there. Moderators - please remove the yawners. They serve only to narrow the membership of this forum to only like-minded people. Which will be to the detriment of all.
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    For anyone who thinks Sergei may not be in good physical shape
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