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There's also a Twitter offer for the matinées on the 27th and 30th. Stalls £35 Amphi £22. The code is "tweetmanon"

News of cast change - Sarah Lamb to replace Lauren Cuthbertson in Manon on October 5 and 9. http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-change-sarah-lamb-to-dance-in-manon-on-5-and-9-october-2014 What a pity that Lauren is injured again.

I don't have 'the inside track' but, going on past experience, the dancers who are only listed for one performance are the ones who usually dance in the schools matinee. This would mean that Melissa Hamilton and Matthew Golding would be the likely cast for Friday afternoon.

I did a double take when I saw Acosta down for Lescaut. I don't believe he's done it before.

Full casting for Manon is now on the ROH website: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/manon-by-kenneth-macmillan Edited to paste in casting. Apologies for the strange format. It wasn't like that in my original document! Friday 26 September 2014, 7.30pm Nuñez Bonelli Cervera Saunders Morera Avis Saturday 27 September 2014, 12.30pm Lamb Pennefather Campbell Tuckett Crawford Underwood Tuesday 30 September 2014, 1pm Hayward Watson Campbell Whitehead Crawford Gartside Wednesday 1 October 2014, 7.30pm Morera Kish Cervera Saunders Choe Gartside Saturday 4 October 2014, 2pm Marquez McRae Zucchetti Whitehead Choe Gartside Saturday 4 October 2014, 7pm Nuñez Bonelli Cervera Saunders Morera Avis Sunday 5 October 2014, 12 noon Cuthbertson Muntagirov Zucchetti Avis Choe Whitehead Tuesday 7 October 2014, 7.30pm Osipova Acosta TBA Saunders Calvert Avis Wednesday 8 October 2014, 7.30pm Marquez McRae Zucchetti Whitehead Choe Gartside Thursday 9 October 2014, 7.30pm Cuthbertson Muntagirov Zucchetti Avis Choe Whitehead Friday 10 October 2014, 7.30pm Lamb Pennefather Campbell Tuckett Crawford Underwood Saturday 11 October 2014, 12.30pm Morera Kish Cervera Saunders Choe Gartside Monday 13 October 2014, 7.30pm Hamilton Golding Gartside Avis Calvert Wednesday 15 October 2014, 7.30pm Hayward Watson Campbell Whitehead Crawford Gartside Thursday 16 October 2014, 7.30pm Nuñez Bonelli Cervera Saunders Morera Avis Saturday 25 October 2014, 7.30pm Osipova Acosta TBA Saunders Calvert Avis Wednesday 29 October 2014, 7.30pm Yanowsky Bolle Acosta Tuckett Morera Avis Saturday 1 November 2014, 7pm Yanowsky Bolle Acosta Tuckett Morera Avis

I've tried, without success, to find the answer to this question. Perhaps one of our Italian readers might be able to help?

Xander Parish has been named Emerging Male Dancer of 2014 at the Premia La Danza Léonide Massine in Positano. Oksana Skorik was named Emerging Female Dancer of 2014. Steven McRae also received an award as male Dancer of the Year and Olga Smirnova as female Dancer of the Year. Christopher Wheeldon was named Choreographer of the Year. Here is the full list: o Lifetime achievement award 2014 – Mats Ek and Ana Laguna o Choreographer of the year Award – Christopher Wheeldon (The Royal Ballet, London and New York City Ballet) o Prix Benois-Massine Moscow-Positano – Mariko Kida (Royal Swedish Ballet) o Dancer of the year Award on the international scene – Olga Smirnova (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow) o Dancer of the year on the international scene – Steven McRae (The Royal Ballet, London) o Emerging on the international stage Dancer – Oksana Skorik (Mariinsky-Kirov, Saint Petersburg) o Emerging on the international stage Dancer – Xander Parish (St. Petersburg Mariinsky Kirov) o Dancer of the year on the contemporary scene – PeiJu Chien Pott (Martha Graham Dance Company, New York) o Dancer of the year on the contemporary scene – Alvaro Dule (Random Dance, London) o Classical Dancer of the year on the Italian scene - Carlo Lanno (formerly Milan’s La Scala, the San Francisco Ballet today) o Contemporary Dancer of the year on the Italian scene – Giuseppe Comuniello (Virgilio Sieni Danza) o Prix Massine Legacy– Elizabeth Souritz (Biography di Léonide Massine) o Premio all’Alta formazione di danza “Luca Vespoli” – Larissa Anisimova (Presidente Fondazione Accademia nazionale della danza, Roma) http://www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com/ana-laguna-xander-parish-oksana-skorik-steven-mcrae-honoured-in-italy Edited to say that, although I have put this in the Xander Parish thread, given that a number of other dancers are mentioned, administrators may feel it should be elsewhere. If so, please feel free to move it.

Three from the RBS + Nicol Edmonds from the Finnish National Ballet http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/1474-press-release-royal-ballet-promotions-joiners-and-leavers/

I saw all three performances at the ROH and also saw the Australian Ballet’s Cinderella in Sydney last December. For me, Ratmansky’s later thoughts seem more refined and considerably more coherent. This helped the overall flow of the ballet. I much preferred the Australian sets for Acts 1 and 3. As Alison says, the staircase in the Mariinsky version could only work for those sitting in the centre of the auditorium. My seats were always to the side but I did see the general rehearsal from a central position so I know what I was missing. After a gap of 8 months it’s difficult to comment on the differences in the choreography but in the places where Ratmansky used similar choreography there were definitely many, subtle differences which caused the action to flow better. As far as I remember, the choreography for the seasons/planet section was completely different as was the section at the beginning of Act 3 where the Prince goes looking for Cinderella. I can only think of one aspect of the Mariinsky version that I prefer. Although I have seen a different Cinderella ballgown in pictures of the Mariinsky version, the gown worn in London was, to my eyes, preferable to the one worn in Australia – i.e. it clung close to the body and allowed the lines to be seen at all times whereas the Australian gown had a much fuller skirt which sometimes obscured these lines. No time for more now. I’ll post later if I think of anything else. Here’s the review of the Australian Ballet Cinderella from Dance Tabs last year: http://dancetabs.com/2013/09/australian-ballet-alexei-ratmansky-cinderella-premiere-melbourne/ It contains a couple of pictures of the sets referred to above..

There's an article in the hard copy of today's Guardian about the problems we had on Tuesday. It seems to have been posted on their website yesterday: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/14/internet-infrastructure-needs-updating-more-blackouts-will-happen

The curtain came down around 10.20pm

.....and also from the Natalia Kremen School of Ballet

Stepanova was one of the four Big Swans both last night and the night before. It was presumably a late substitution as her name did not appear on the cast sheet.

An early review by Laura Thompson: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/11000236/Romeo-and-Juliet-Mariinsky-Covent-Garden-review-intense.html

I think you'll find that both spellings are used. I believe the French spelling was originally Swanhilde and you'll find both Swanhilda and Swanilda in use, depending on the production.

............and Oxford.

I also checked (on their cinema thread) and found that there had been a posting on July 4 to say that there didn't seem to be any screenings scheduled for French cinemas. This would explain why there would have been no interest in the casting

It appears that these free daytime events weren't sold out. They hadn't yet loaded them onto the system! They are, however, there now: http://www.roh.org.uk/events/w9kqy http://www.roh.org.uk/events/62h34

The casting appears to have changed again. Here is the current casting with the most recent changes in red (with thanks to the French website Dansomanie for compiling the list). Romeo and Juliet 28 July : Vishneva / Shklyarov /Sergeyev 29 July : Tereshkina / Parish /Kim 30 July : Matvienko / Zverev /Sergeyev 31 July : Somova / Stepin /Kim Swan Lake 1 August : Skorik / Askerov 2 August (M) : Stepanova /Parish 2 August (E): Tereshkina / Shklyarov 4 August : Lopatkina / Ivanchenko 5 August: Somova / Zverev 6 August : Skorik / Askerov 7 August : Somova / Kim 13 August : Tereshkina / Shklyarov 14 August : Matvienko / Askerov Apollo 8 August : Shklyarov / Shapran 9 August (M) : Parish / Shapran 9 August (E) : Sergeyev / Somova A Midsummer Night's Dream 8 August : Tereshkina / Askerov / Skorik / Zverev 9 August (M) : Skorik / Askerov / Batoeva / Kim 9 August (E) : Lopatkina / Stepin / Skorik / Zverev Firebird 11 August: Matvienko / Yermakov 12 August : Stepanova / Smekalov Marguerite and Armand 11 August : Vishneva / Shklyarov 12 August : Lopatkina / Askerov Concerto DSCH 11 August : Tereshkina / Zverev / Batoeva / Stepin / Kim 12 August : Matvienko / Yermakov / Shakirova / Tkachenko / Sergueiev Cinderella 15 August: Vishneva / Zverev 16 August (M) : Matvienko / Sergeyev 16 August (E) : Batoeva / Shklyarov

I haven't watched it yet but there has been much discussion on the French website Dansomanie about the reason for the length of the second interval. If I have understood it correctly, it would appear that the first item in the third part of the programme was not included in the streaming. This was the pas de deux from Mats Ek's Appartement in which Le Riche was joined by Sylvie Guillem.

Confirmed by the casting in the ROH Magazine which has just arrived. February 14 matinée is, indeed, Marquez/Pennefather Edited to ask if an administrator might be able to correct the ROH website casting which I pasted into my original post (#1 in this thread).

Many thanks, Ian.

Only just noticed that. Something must have happened when I was pasting in the casting. PLEASE could an administrator change it back to the original title (Royal Ballet Period 2 Casting) Edit: To amend thread title as required. Ian Macmillan.

http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/swan-lake-by-anthony-dowell http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/onegin-by-john-cranko ONEGIN Saturday 24 January 2015, 2pm | Cuthbertson Stix-Brunell Kish Edmonds Stepanek · Saturday 24 January 2015, 7pm Nuñez Soares Takada Muntagirov Hirano Tuesday 27 January 2015, 7.30pm Lamb Hristov Hinkis Zucchetti Whitehead · Wednesday 28 January 2015, 7.30pm Nuñez Soares Takada Muntagirov Hirano · Friday 30 January 2015, 7.30pm Osipova Golding Naghdi Ball Gartside · Saturday 31 January 2015, 12.30pm Lamb Hristov Hinkis Zucchetti Whitehead · Monday 2 February 2015, 7.30pm Cuthbertson Stix-Brunell Kish Edmonds Stepanek · Wednesday 4 February 2015, 7.30pm Nuñez Soares Takada Muntagirov Hirano · Saturday 7 February 2015, 12.30pm Osipova Golding Naghdi Ball Gartside · Wednesday 11 February 2015, 2.30pm Morera Choe Bonelli Thom Avis · Wednesday 11 February 2015, 7.30pm Cuthbertson Stix-Brunell Kish Edmonds Stepanek · Monday 16 February 2015, 7.30pm Osipova Golding Naghdi Ball Gartside · Wednesday 18 February 2015, 7.30pm Morera Choe Bonelli Thom Avis · Friday 27 February 2015, 2.30pm Lamb Hristov Hinkis Zucchetti Whitehead · Friday 27 February 2015, 7.30pm Morera Choe Bonelli Thom Avis SWAN LAKE · Tuesday 10 February 2015, 7.30pm Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Lamb Acosta TBC · Friday 13 February 2015, 7.30pm Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Yanowsky Kish TBC · Saturday 14 February 2015, 1.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Nuñez Pennefather TBC · Saturday 14 February 2015, 7pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Lamb Acosta TBC · Thursday 19 February 2015, 2pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Nuñez Soares TBC · Thursday 19 February 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Lamb Acosta TBC · Saturday 21 February 2015, 1.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Yanowsky Kish TBC · Saturday 21 February 2015, 7pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Osipova Golding TBC · Friday 13 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Osipova Golding TBC · Saturday 14 March 2015, 12.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Nuñez Soares TBC · Monday 16 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Obraztsova McRae TBC · Tuesday 17 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Osipova Golding TBC · Wednesday 18 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Nuñez Soares TBC · Thursday 19 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Takada Bonelli TBC · Saturday 21 March 2015, 1.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Obraztsova McRae TBC · Saturday 21 March 2015, 7pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Marquez Pennefather TBC · Wednesday 25 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Obraztsova McRae TBC · Thursday 26 March 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Cuthbertson Muntagirov TBC · Thursday 2 April 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Cuthbertson Muntagirov TBC · Tuesday 7 April 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Takada Bonelli TBC · Thursday 9 April 2015, 7.30pm | Main Stage Gruzin Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Cuthbertson Muntagirov TBC Edited to paste in casting from ROH website. I've tried, unsuccessfully, to tidy up the format. Maybe an administrator can improve on it as my time for editing is running out.

It might help if I paste in the relevant section of the Promotions, Joiners and Leavers press release as it relates to this contract thread: "The Royal Ballet welcomes five dancers to the Company for the 2014/15 Season as part of the new Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme. The programme provides an opportunity for up to six recently graduated dancers to receive a year’s contract to work alongside the corps de ballet of The Royal Ballet. In addition the dancers will be offered mentoring and coaching and have the opportunity to perform with the Company. This year’s Aud Jebsen Young Dancers are Grace Blundell and Grace Horler, both from The Royal Ballet School, Ashley Scott and Ashleigh McKimmie from English National Ballet School and Maria Barroso from Semperoper Ballet, Dresden."