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  1. San Perregrino
    I was fortunate to be there last night and the cast had the same principals. Top marks to all of them and beyond beautiful dancing from the corps. My first POB Giselle and I would watch it again in a heartbeat. (The two ladies sitting in front of me had giants blocking their view and came back with booster cushions after the interval.) Thinking that the strike is now behind us I was gutted to learn at 3pm that tonight’s Balanchine Triple Bill has been cancelled 😢
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    following Open Up the ROH started using compostable ‘plastic’ cups made from plant starches. I wonder why this practice was discontinued? Expense perhaps Cup or bottle, both can be distracting in the auditorium and unless it’s for medical reasons I don’t understand why some patrons can’t sit and watch a 30-50 minute Act without the ‘fumble in bag/backpack, top on, top off incessant sipping’ routine they deem necessary for their survival. Anyone able to enlighten me?
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    Bumping this 🙃 (again 🤞🏻) Still looking still hoping there’s a ticket out there for me.... 🤞🏻
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    At the matinee both Odile and the Prince dove headfirst into the ‘lake’
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    I went to opening night and decided not to write anything at the time. However my feelings about this piece haven’t softened. Even with earplugs the music was more than over loud. Why torture the audience when reducing the volume would enhance and provide a safer experience. My dad suffered deafness in later life, I wouldn’t wish that on anyone which is what the current trend of assaulting an audience’s hearing risks doing regularly at Sadlers Wells and the Peacock, several West End musicals and now at the ROH. In my opinion, the stated intent of this piece was at odds with its muddled and confusing and overlong presentation. The individual elements of film, music and choreography, far from being symbiotic, clashed and battled with each other for attention and in doing so repelled me rather than drawing me in. I’m all for evolution of dance but for me this piece failed miserably.
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    I had booked for a double BRB Swan Lake yesterday travelling by train from London Waterloo/Clapham Junction. My initial thoughts on learning of the train disruption was to write the excursion off but I had spent circa £100 non-refundable on travel and tickets. Plus this was my only opportunity to see this production. Helpful railway staff the evening before travel suggested I allow an extra hour journey time and a margin for additional error. I packed a book, water and snacks. The journey time was about 2hrs 15mins instead of 1hr 15mins. Both shows merited the additional travel time. Yes, there were a few odd flaws but these did not detract from my unquestionable joy in having made the trip. Splendid staging throughout, with the Act 4 opening taking the wider audience and also my breath away, sublime dancing at times from the principals and the corps deserves especial mention for its synchronicity, it’s characterisation of a flock of swans both at rest and in peril and it’s sheer beauty. Checking my return trains on the National Rail App ‘Live’ departures (NOT journey planner which had contradictory information) at the first evening interval I found that the last trains to London were now cancelled with the 22.00 (delayed until 22.22) the last to leave town. I saw the first 10 minutes of Act 4 (unmissable opening sequence as aforementioned) and then at 22.10 heavy-hearted headed to the station missing out on Odile and Siegried’s death dives and the corps delivering justice to Rothbart. (another highlight of this production). The return train was further delayed and I wasn’t indoors until 1am. I slept well, a mission seemingly impossible having become mission accomplished.
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    per the website: ”The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet come together for a spectacular evening of music, opera and dance. Oliver Mears, Director of Opera, and Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, along with Creative Producers Kate Wyatt and Emma Southworth, have curated a unique programme that draws together the breadth of talent and experience from around the Royal Opera House. A series of artistic highlights will showcase the extraordinary range of world class talent and productions through which life is continually reimagined on the Covent Garden stage. The evening will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and Koen Kessels, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus, and will feature internationally acclaimed opera singers Angela Gheorghiu, Aida Garifullina, Piotr Beczala, Benjamin Bernheim and Simon Keenlyside among others. The world-renowned Principal Dancers of The Royal Ballet will be joined by the full Company and Guest Artist Roberto Bolle. All proceeds of the evening’s performance and dinner will benefit the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, enabling us to continue to present extraordinary performances, remarkable craftsmanship and inspiring projects for learning and participation.” i hope this helps.
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    Gala ticket prices are, in my experience and regardless of the organisation or field of endeavour, always higher than regular ticket prices. (Fidelio being perhaps the exception to this rule 🙃). Galas are often a way of raising additional revenue from those who attend for the benefit of a wider population For me buying a ticket for the ROH Spring Gala is a way of giving a little back to the institution, staff and performers who provide me with exceptional and memorable moments throughout the year. Availability and price have prevented me from standing or sitting in my regular spots so I’ve bought a mid-price amphi seat from which I anticipate watching a unique and world class programme.
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    Please can I have 18 March? Have sent DM
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    Hi I’m interested. Have sent to you a DM. thanks
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    Here’s tonight’s line-up at the Coliseum.
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    From where I was sitting in the OS, for me, the mirror pd2 was outstanding in its intensity. The freedom, abandon and seeming recklessness which which both Naghdi and Bonelli danced with one another and through which the characters melted into one another and gave substance to the premise that this sequence is a wild dream, a young woman’s fantasy. As the saying goes at times it was difficult to know where one dancer ended and the other began.
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    Bumping this 🙃 Still looking still hoping there’s a ticket out there for me.... 🤞🏻
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    If anyone has a spare SCS ticket for The Cellist on 17th February I’d love to buy it. leave a message here and DM me if you can help 😊 thanks Peter
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    When I enquired at the end of last year I was told that the Royal Ballet currently have no plans to tour abroad this season, there are performances in Doncaster on 4 and 5 July 2020.
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    If anyone has a spare for 12/02 I'd love it please. thanks Peter
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    perhaps one issue is that the RB has such a cornucopia of wonderful dancers and this ballet has relatively few roles?
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    The Gala was meticulously planned and brilliantly executed. Stunning, sumptuous, ravishing, scintillating and exhilarating from start to finish. A veritable celebration of dance. It deserved a standing ovation and I among others gave it one. I hope that it was recorded for wider viewing.
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    Ticket now sold
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    Ticket still available
  21. San Perregrino
    I’m selling SCS D10 for Saturday Matinee 18th January £9. Paper ticket. I’ll be there to hand it over. Leave me a message and DM please if interested.
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    Thanks
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    Tkts booth in Leicester Sq has dress circle for Le Corsaire this evening £30 instead of £60 if that helps
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    Please PM me and leave a message here if you can help. Thanks
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    I thought I’d posted a reply but maybe gremlins are at work so here goes again and apologies if it’s a repeat: thanks for clarifying @Thalia I was aware that Matty had already danced bluebird but not who his partner was. Perhaps in the upcoming performances he will also be partnered by Magri. Whomever it is, we shall see on the days in question.
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