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  1. Bluebird
    Does choreography for ice skating count? Holst's Planet Suite was the music for several numbers which were choreographed for Torvill and Dean's company of skaters in the mid-eighties. If you scroll down tte Wikipedia page on Torvill and Dean you'll find the details. http://en.wikipedia....orvill_and_Dean
  2. Bluebird
    Just one more word of advice. Try to get a pair with the widest field possible. In my opinion, the width of the field is almost more important than the magnification. With a narrow field you can only focus on one pair of dancers. With a wider field you can focus on many more. Binoculars with a wide field don't have to be expensive. Although my 8.2 degrees binoculars cost between £30 and £40, my spare Jessops pair have a field of 7.2 degrees and, when I bought them a couple of years ago, cost around £12.
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    I've just received the following from Online Booking: I am writing to confirm that the collect at box office option is still there although the purchase path in the new website is slightly different than before. As long as the performance is more than 10 days away, you are a UK customer and not purchased a student concession ticket, the default delivery option is to have the tickets posted to your billing address; if you want to change this (enter an alternative delivery address or collect at box office) then you just need to click the ‘edit’ link under the delivery address I've done a dummy purchase and, if you click on 'edit' delivery address, the option to collect at Box Office appears. Presumably they'll eventually find a way of making this process clearer.
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    Earlier today I wrote to Online booking about the lack of delivery options (I forgot to mention the empty 'help' page!). I received the following reply: "There is a technical error on the website which is causing the issue you describe. The delivery policy has not been changed. Our digital media team are working on this issue and hopefully it will be resolved soon." Let's hope they'll be able to sort it out. I always pick my tickets up, partly to save postage but also because I don't like to entrust bulky orders to the post.
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    I just booked a ticket on the new website. On the old website one could choose to pick up tickets at the Box Office. On the new website this option was not available. There was a link available for a help page. http://www.roh.org.uk/help Interestingly, not only is this help page blank but, at this moment in time, there is nothing to say that it is still in development.
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    I've just checked the recordings I have from the ROH. All those which have been screened by the BBC have the BBC logo on the insert and accompanying booklet. This doesn't appear on the works which they didn't screen (eg La Bayadère and Mayerling) Interestingly, the disc featuring Les Patineurs, Divertissements and Scènes de Ballet has the BBC logo, presumably because the Divertissements and Scènes come from a BBC screening even though Les Patineurs doesn't..
  7. Bluebird
    Just had a look at the ROH website and it now has Francesca Hayward as Clara for the December 27 matinée. I've tried to copy and paste the relevant section below: Thursday 27 December 2012, 2.00pm Main Stage TBC Hamilton Hayward Trzensimiech Dyer Marriott Orchestra of the Royal Opera House What an opportunity for her!
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    This will obviously depend on the time your performance starts. The running time is supposed to be two and a quarter hours but it usually overruns by a few minutes. Edited to say that I didn't realise that there was another page to this topic and that the question had already been answered!
  9. Bluebird
    Sadly this is a result of the new website they rolled out a little while ago. Until then it was possible to buy all kinds of membership (and book events) online. In fact the organiser of the Friends of ENB told me a while ago that they had gained many new members because of the ease of completing an online application. I assume this facility will return when they have the new website sorted.
  10. Bluebird
    I understand it depends which ISP you're using - see Bangorballetboy's posting above. Edited to add following quote from ROH twitter feed "Maybe an issue that's affected by the roll out over different ISPs. Just waiting for the internet to 'catch up' as it were ^C" My ISP has been able to access the site all day. However, although my husband can sign in without problem, I haven't been able to do so. They say this is happening to a number of people and they're investigating.
  11. Bluebird
    I had the same problem. I then realised that, if you put the cursor on a white bit of the screen, you can drag the plan of the amphi down so as to get at the back. It's very fiddly though as, if you're not careful, it starts zooming in or out and everything becomes distorted.
  12. Bluebird
    Aren't there usually two dress rehearsals? One for the 'in house' photographers and a second for the press photographers?
  13. Bluebird
    I think Lynette discusses this in her excellent review which was posted on Dance Tabs earlier today: http://www.dancetabs...rtifact-london/
  14. Bluebird
    Last time ENB were at St Paul's I was lucky enough to be sitting in one of the press seats in the third row of the front nave. Even from there, we could barely see the dancers' legs and feet. I remember people who sat at the sides of the stage, in the transept, reported being able to see better than those of us who were facing the stage. I'm afraid that I don't remember where, in the transept, they were sitting.
  15. Bluebird
    Important news for Premium and Supporter Friends and those booking packages for Period 1. A message has just appeared on the ROH website. Here is an extract: "As we enter a period of transition from the current website to the new one, you will notice some temporary measures we have had to introduce. These measures will apply to Premium 2, Premium 1 and Supporting Friends, and Advance Package Booking for standard Friends on 24 April, but will be removed before standard Friends general booking commences on 12 June. Until the launch of the new website it will only be possible to purchase Autumn Season tickets using the Best Available option. Once the website is relaunched you will once again be able to select your own seat. The reason for the change is the introduction of a completely new seat map of the main auditorium that will allow wheelchair users to book online for the very first time." and here is a link to the announcement: http://www.roh.org.u...f-covent-garden
  16. Bluebird
    Didn't Gillian Freeman write the scenarios for MacMillan's Mayerling and Isadora? Edited to add that I just did a search for MacMillan's scenario writers and came up with the name of Colin Thubron for Prince of the Pagodas Edited again. Ashton also appears to have used a scenario writer. Here's an example from Wikipedia: The Wedding Bouquet (1936; scenario Gertrude Stein, choreography Frederick Ashton; costumes and scenery by Berners himself; 27 April 1937, London, Sadler's Wells Theatre) Of course this is an unusual example as it's the rare case of a ballet with spoken words. There are probably more to find. Maybe somebody else can take over............
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    I think Yasmine was suffering from nerves last night. It was, after all, the first time she had danced such a prominent role in the Main House. Hopefully, by the time of her next performance, she'll have relaxed enough to perform as well as she did at the Friends' General Rehearsal. On that occasion I found her performance, quite simply, breathtaking. Edited to correct grammar!
  19. Bluebird
    The simple answer is, no. As they don't have to worry about paying an orchestra overtime, they have been stretching out the second interval in particular. Last night I would say that we waited a good 5 or 10 minutes after the 'Carbon Life about to start' announcement. I didn't look at my watch but I would say that it finished after 10.40pm last night. Edited for accuracy
  20. Bluebird
    When I checked the database earlier this afternoon, I only checked Infra and Limen. I just checked Chroma and you're right, Alison. Brian is named in the cast. http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/performance.aspx?performance=19870&row=17
  21. Bluebird
    Just did a search of the performance database. No sign of Brian in Infra - unless he was a last minute replacement and the online castlist wasn't updated. He is, however, listed as appearing in Limen. http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/performance.aspx?performance=18453&row=0
  22. Bluebird
    I was also horrified by some of the posts on the DT website. Many of them would have been removed by moderators if they'd been posted on this website. I wrote to the Dancing Times more than a week ago, asking why there was no moderation on their website. I have not yet had a reply!
  23. Bluebird
    It hasn't changed yet. The ROH online spokesperson posted this yesterday: Ellen West responded on 10 April 2012 at 4:44pm ......we are in the final stages of testing and will be launching in the near future. We can’t share a date with you yet, but we’re very much looking forward to presenting the new website. Here's the link to the page: http://www.roh.org.u...the-old-website edited to provide link
  24. Bluebird
    For most ballet productions you are allowed 6 tickets during Friends' priority booking (and more on 'extra ticket day'). Maybe the number 3 is in your mind as, if you're booking for 2 people, you'd only be able to book for 3 performances. edit to fix punctuation
  25. Bluebird
    Yes, a member of the orchestra told me a while ago that they had been rehearsing the music for Carbon LIfe. In addition the cast sheet for the opening performance credits the Orchestra of the ROH with Barry Wordsworth as conductor and Ania Safonova as associate concert master for Carbon Life. Yet the orchestra pit was dark throughout the performance. A mystery!
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