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  1. Peony
    And a few smaller ones, I think some disappeared due to covid shutdown but btuk and ballet cymru are still going.
  2. Peony
    There are many other ballet companies in the UK and their prices are lower
  3. Peony
    I think they almost all charge a transaction fee, even the cinema does when you book online!
  4. Peony
    Yes totally understand why they’ve made ‘safe’ choices, hopefully they will sell well and we can have a more varied programme next season!
  5. Peony
    I’d rather any of these than more nutcracker, sleeping beauty and even Swan lake (which I love but feel totally oversaturated with RB, BRB and ENB performing it!).
  6. Peony
    I think multiple categories of ‘friends’ booking have opened?
  7. Peony
    having looked at BRB I can get an adult and 2 children for under £100 which I think is extremely reasonable!
  8. Peony
    I think it depends on which dictionary you refer to. Cambridge English dictionary: someone who believes that some things should be controlled or ownedonly by the richest or best educatedpeople: organized for the good of a few peoplewho have special interests or abilities: which may be more pertinent to the poster
  9. Peony
    These are £58 and £94 for Mayerling. They’re both restricted view tickets and tbh I wouldn’t be happy! I’ve sat in that section and it does cut off part of the stage. The pricing does also seem quite inconsistent
  10. Peony
    It would be interesting to see the breakdown of prices, it feels like a high proportion of seats are now over £100 and a very low proportion are under £50 (all restricted view). For me it comes back to the public funding that if that is their ticket price they need to introduce more schemes to ensure it doesn’t become elitist. It’s ok having last minute cheap tickets but those living further away are then not able to access advance tickets for public transport. Or heaven forbid they could venture outside of London to give performances! I don’t personally think the RB was poor value going back 5 years but 70% increase and £110 for 4 rows back in the amphi, £150 for sides of the stalls is expensive by many standards?
  11. Peony
    I do think it’s slightly misleading for ROH to quote the reduced ticket income when they also had reduced expenditure and increased income from other sources so their overall deficit was not as bad as it would seem. I guess how much the increase cost affects you depends on your individual circumstances. Obviously with a family there’s less choice of tickets when you need multiples together and the price increase is multiplied whilst being paid by one or two incomes. I think the inability to book until all premium (costly) friends tiers have booked and the lack of any ticket concessions for children/ means tested benefits etc compounds the issue and undoubtedly reduces access. Many other companies/ theatres: sports etc do provide those discounts. I do think a publically funded arts organisation have a duty to promote access in a way that other organisations don’t. Even row R of the amphi is over £70 now so it will be interesting to see how many tickets at less than that are available for general release and how quickly they get snapped up. The cinema screenings are good but even they are twice the price of a normal film. ROH spend a very large amount on widening participation I just feel like they’re not really achieving their aim.
  12. Peony
    https://static.roh.org.uk/about/annual-review/pdfs/ROH-Annual-Report-2019-2020.pdf they’ve categorised it as ‘government grant’ rather than loan or similar. They definitely received some funding from furlough etc. I don’t know perhaps the accounts filed give more detail but the figures on their annual review seem to suggest about 1/7 loss in income compared to the year before
  13. Peony
    Having compared nutcracker prices for 2017 to 2022 it looks like a 60-70% increase. I do think for a company that receives a considerable amount of public funding and has a remit to be accessible and open access to the arts that sort of increase needs to be justified. I wonder how many of the sub £50 tickets will be available for general booking? For some reason the newest accounts available seem to be 2020. Maybe I’m reading incorrectly but they seem to have been awarded a government grant (presumably the covid one) which seemed to make up largely for the reduced ticket sales
  14. Peony
    I’m quite shocked that the ticket price for SB is £112 4 rows back in the amphi… I suspect the ROH will discover that they have a ceiling price and that £500 for a family day trip out sitting in soso seats is just not an attractive prospect. I understand that the premium seats are perhaps taken by those who won’t be unduly affected by the price increases but I wonder if it’s the same for the less premium?
  15. Peony
    honest question have you danced in a camisole leotard and thin pink tights? (skirts and shorts are generally worn over tights but shorts could be knee length cycling shorts). you’ll see on many threads that anyone with a bust, or menstruating, or uncomfortable with such brief attire has a major problem. I really don’t think the inflexible attitude does ballet any favours, it’s not inclusive and leads to lots of people dropping out or not learning in the first place. Ditto hair, as long as it’s not in the way who cares whether it’s a crop or in a bun?
  16. Peony
    Because leotard and tights aren’t acceptable to many due to the amount of flesh on show. For cultural reasons but also for many from teens upwards. And I believe it’s one reason why people drop out. There’s no reason why leggings, shorts, sports tops, tunics, skirts etc couldn’t be worn. If you look at adult classes most aren’t in just tights and leotards and are dancing just the same. Look back in time and the uniforms have got skimpier. There’s no excuse for not modifying dress so that more can participate.
  17. Peony
    Didn’t Osipova have a short crop at one point? I do think things should change and adapt to be more inclusive. With modern sports fabrics there’s no reason that females in ballet have to wear leotard and tights. It undoubtedly restricts participation
  18. Peony
    The exams are accredited and moderated so don’t think there could be any difference in marking based on setting!
  19. Peony

    My feet.

    Peony replied to Nastya's topic in Doing Dance

    I’m almost your height and a 37, which I think is on the small side but not unusual. I do have a high arch. Your feet sound very average to me. I think long toes do give the foot more of a curve towards the end but pointe shoes stop that anyway as bending a lot at the metatarsal is not a good thing. I’m sure vaganova would not have accepted you had they had doubts about your feet
  20. Peony
    It seems quite light on hours compared to the Northern ballet CAT (same cost) but perhaps they’ve just not finalised the course and sessions in holidays yet
  21. Peony
    SAB doesn’t include academics though does it? Same with APG, does not include fees for academics. I guess the dance CAT is the equivalent in UK where you can also access state education so it is cheaper (and MDS funded if applicable). Is that an option?
  22. Peony
    Then I’d say a lot of dancers from all uk companies and schools don’t have an enormous instep. Quite a number of them wear padding to make that area look higher though!
  23. Peony
    Depends what you mean by insteps. Some people call the curve on top of the foot the instep. There’s plenty of students and dancers without that. other people call the arch under the foot the instep. Which does need to be a certain shape to be able to get en pointe properly. They’re still not all super high though. If the teacher has flagged it as an issue it might be one. Or it might be their bias. Could you get an independent assessment? A physio may be able to also tell you the potential to improve and give you some exercises. Although if your child has been a JA/ associate I think they do foot exercises as standard. Is your child still an associate with RBS or elsewhere?
  24. Peony
    Has anyone tried the online classes?
  25. Peony
    I think there is some money allocated to schools specifically for sport and it’s somewhere around the cost of this programme (coincidence?!). I’m not a great fan of the way so much for even young children now involves a screen. I do think something like this adds more value to more children than their existing outreach programmes which benefit very few and don’t really introduce ballet to a new audience. Schools tend to only do each type of physical activity for half a term though so that the children have variety. Best thing would have been 6/7 free lessons for each year of primary. As it stands it appears to be more about income generation
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