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  1. Bluebird
    That was Crystal Costa, a truly lovely dancer. If I remember correctly, she was the winner of the People's Choice award in the very first Emerging Dancer competition (2010?).
  2. Bluebird
    Re Les Sylphides, English National Ballet also danced it in 2009 (as part of the Ballets Russes Centenary celebrations) and, in my opinion, their performances were vastly superior to those of the Royal. When I asked a member of the ENB staff about this, she told me that Maina Gielgud had been responsible for the coaching. She also told me that Maina Gielgud had been coached in the work by a dancer from the Ballets Russes. If my memory is correct, that dancer was Tamara Karsavina. There are a couple of extracts on YouTube, filmed when they performed it in Barcelona that season.
  3. Bluebird
    I think it must be booking day for Friends plus (their booking day doesn't seem to be listed on the Winter period production pages)
  4. Bluebird
    The link is in Yumi’s post. Just click on ‘part 1’ Edit: simultaneous posting! NB I found that ‘part 2’ led to the stream for part 1 but there’s a link to part 2 on the part 1 stream
  5. Bluebird
    Christina Shevchenko and Oleksii Tiutiunnyk. Myrtha will be Elizaveta Gogidze
  6. Bluebird
    Thanks, Alison. Typed in haste. It should, of course, read Wednesday, Sept 14. At least I got the cast right! Are you able to correct for me please? Thanks.
  7. Bluebird
    I've upgraded my ticket for the Wednesday Sept 14 Giselle (Alina Cojocaru) so am selling Upper Circle J58 (aisle seat) £10. If interested please send me a PM and also post here. Scheduled cast is as follows: Giselle: Alina Cojocaru Albrecht: Alexander Trusch Hilarion: Danylo Butenko Wilfried: Viktor Lytvynenk(Ali Peasant pas: Vladyslav Bondar & Maria Shupilova Myrtha: Vladyslava Kovalenko Moyna & Zulma: Veronika Hordina & Daria Manoilo
  8. Bluebird
    I've upgraded my ticket for this performance so have Upper Circle aisle seat J1 available (£10) If interested, please send me a PM and also post here. Scheduled cast is as follows: Giselle: Katja Khaniukova Albrecht: Stasnislav Olshanskyi Hilarion: Sergii Kliachin Wilfried: Viktor Lytvynenko Peasant pas: Veronika Hordina & Nikita Hodyna Myrtha: Christine Shevchenko Moyna & Zulma: Vladyslava Kovalenko & Daria Manoilo
  9. Bluebird
    If you download the app, you'll find the edition automatically appears, ready to download.
  10. Bluebird
    The digital version is available. I downloaded it a few days ago.
  11. Bluebird
    https://tickets.londoncoliseum.org/events/giselle/2022-9-13_19.30/london coliseum?area=1217de3f-5586-43e3-98e8-c73c7724eee3&type=&sb2m=1 https://tickets.londoncoliseum.org/events/giselle/2022-9-14_19.30/london coliseum?area=1217de3f-5586-43e3-98e8-c73c7724eee3&type=&sb2m=1 https://tickets.londoncoliseum.org/events/giselle/2022-9-15_14.30/london coliseum?area=1217de3f-5586-43e3-98e8-c73c7724eee3&type=&sb2m=1
  12. Bluebird
    Those signs were held up in the Balcony Monday night. They were held up before the performance and also at the end of the interval.
  13. Bluebird
    Thanks Sheila. Here’s the link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/02/arts-funding-england-government-levelling-up
  14. Bluebird
    Thanks for drawing our attention to this, Lizbie. Here's a bit more detail, pasted in from the Cecchetti Society Trust website: Cecchetti Society Centenary Gala 24th October 2022 - Save the Date! THE LINBURY THEATRE, ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN The Cecchetti Society Trust Centenary Gala will take place at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on Monday 24th October. The programme will celebrate the range and beauty of the Cecchetti work and feature performances from vocational students through to professional dancers. Funds raised from the Gala will go to support the work of The Cecchetti Society Trust in providing Scholarships and bursaries for young dancers and teachers training in the Cecchetti Method. Booking information and programme details to follow soon. https://www.cecchettisocietytrust.org/centenary-gala-2022
  15. Bluebird
    That metal support isn't in the same place for every production. Maybe this is why they don't mark the seats in any way? I used to have a favourite seat in the front row of the Coliseum Balcony. A few years ago, the metal support you mention was in front of it for a January ENB production. It was moved elsewhere for the ENB production of the following June. I've tried asking Front of House staff about it but have never been able to get any explanation from them.
  16. Bluebird
    Found the following on the ROH website: The Royal Opera House streaming service will relaunch in autumn 2022 with a season of exciting productions. We look forward to announcing our new streaming season in the coming weeks. https://www.roh.org.uk/stream/ There's a 'register for updates' option but it's not 'clickable'.
  17. Bluebird
    Are you referring to Balcony A53? (see picture below) If so, the picture is inaccurate. I can't understand how they got that camera angle as I've sat in A53 for rehearsals and the balcony rail has hardly been noticeable. Edited to add that the equivalent end of row seats in rows B and C in the central block of the Balcony are severely affected by the balcony rail and are also £101. I've just realised that you might have meant those seats.
  18. Bluebird
    Those responsible for the ROH website have produced a very strange pricing structure for the Nutcracker. Last week I noticed an anomaly in the rear half of the amphitheatre. In the side blocks of rows R and S the better seats near the aisle were priced at £30 but the seats which were furthest from the centre and those next to the wall were priced at £47. In rows N and P the seats nearest the aisle were £47. Next to them was a block of £30 but, again, the ones closest to the wall were £47. Last week I wrote to the Box Office (attaching the price map below) to point out this anomaly so that they could correct it before Public Booking opened. They thanked me and wrote that they had forwarded it to the relevant team. Now that Public Booking has opened, I have checked the seating plan on the website and nothing has changed! Edited to add that I only just noticed that, in row M, there is a block of seats at £30 but the single seat next to them (and against the wall) is £47!
  19. Bluebird
    Thank you Lynette. You encouraged me to explore a little further and I found this 1959 clip: https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/600569730265c000279aa08b?q=ballet&size=30 This is how it's described on the website: "The Royal Ballet School in Richmond, Surrey recently decided to make a completely new departure in its policy by offering a number of scholarships to young male dancers. Our reporter spoke to the Director of the Royal Ballet School Mr Arthur Haskell about it. Includes scenes of ballet dancers dancing in studio."
  20. Bluebird
    I should clearly read the links before watching CNN!
  21. Bluebird
    I just saw the following clip on CNN. It shows ballet continuing in Odessa despite the air raids: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/07/25/ukraine-odesa-opera-house-ballet-defiance-intl-watson-pkg-intldsk.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/ I hope the link works. Here is how they describe it: "See the defiant ballet performance punctuated by air raid sirens Amid a brutal war with Russia, the shows at a 135-year-old opera house in the southern city Odesa still go on. CNN's Ivan Watson goes to a ballet performance that is punctuated by air raid sirens as the port city is being periodically pounded by Russians."
  22. Bluebird
    if you’re accessing the page on a phone, the prices might not show up until you click on ‘filters’.
  23. Bluebird
    Could this be because of the colour display on the device you're using? On my desktop, the extreme sides of the front block of the Stalls are £151, the next price in is £161 and the centre block is £170.
  24. Bluebird
    The price chart is now up and the best Upper Slips seats for The Magic Flute are £15 (as opposed to £22 for Beauty). https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=51369 All I can think is that the department which sets the prices for ballet is not the same as the one that sets the prices for opera.
  25. Bluebird
    Just noticed that the price map for Beauty is now on the website: https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=51328
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