AnticaFiamma

Reece and Marianela are doing both matinee and soiree on June 15th?

Easy process this morning, booked for the matinee and evening show of the Ashton triple bill on June 15th... can't wait to discover who's dancing 

21 hours ago, Dawnstar said:

 

A pity for Hirano that his 2nd ever performance of a role could well be his last. It's a shame that he didn't get at least a couple of goes at it. At least Lamb has had several runs of Manon, although 14 performances (if my maths is correct) over 13 years shows how few times dancers ever get to do roles. (Having just looked up the ROH performance database to see how may times she's danced Manon, I'm interested to see she previously danced the Mistress, which I hadn't been aware of.)

she also danced Manon at La Scala, at least she got to do an extra few performances elsewhere!

EDIT: Ops sorry I see someone else already pointed it out

I loved his Mercutio! Very glad he's given something to do, can't believe he's so down the ladder

Sissens is an extraordinary talent but at this moment he might still need to gain some partenering experience before becoming a principal.

Can it be Lescaut's blood from the end of act 2? Because I noticed some blood on Bracewell too in act 3

https://new-adventures.net/news/swan-lake-returns

Monday 11 – Saturday 16 November 2024
Theatre Royal Plymouth - On sale soon

Tuesday 19 – Saturday 30 November 2024
The Lowry, Salford - On sale 19 January 2024

Tuesday 3 December 2024 – Sunday 26 January 2025
Sadler's Wells, London - On sale 26 January 2024

Hopefully they'll get some classical dancer again as the Swan

Congratulations to the beautiful couples, both amazing talents and both looking gorgeous!

(coincidentally I hope someone will edit Akane Takada's Wikipedia page because it is a bit awkward it says she's dating Benjamin Ella)

Saw a preview on Friday and it's very very lovely. Pity it's performed with two intervals, thus stretching 90 minutes into 2 hours and a half, but honestly what a lovely Christmas treat. Manni as delightful as you'd expect, and Timofej Andrijashenko's comic turn as Franz is a triumph. There's a particularly beautiful variation in the allegorical dancing in the third act, gorgeously danced by Navril Turnbull

5 hours ago, myrtle said:

 

Thank you!   That's very intriguing.   Is it already known who will dance the leads?   I'm assuming this is opening night?    

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko

Ticket sorted! Thanks so much!

Bumping this in case anyone wanted to see a ticket

Weird that it says tickets are on sale from November 4th, when I literally just bought one... anyway, hope it's good and there's a live orchestra

On 25/10/2023 at 01:41, art_enthusiast said:

Thanks, that’s helpful.

 

Would you recommend Ratmansky’s Coppelia? I was thinking of going in December but I thought it might be better to save for Bayadere next year which I would prefer to see. I wasn’t a huge fan of Ratmansky’s Giselle when it came to London last year.

 

Is the website as painful as the ROH one when booking?

On La Scala's youtube channel they uploaded a video of Ratmansky rehearsing Coppélia with the cast for World Ballet Day

On 27/10/2023 at 16:18, AnticaFiamma said:

Hopefully Fumi will be his Beatrice then

oh yes she is, yay

11 hours ago, SheilaC said:

I had intended to mention that there is currently another theatre in Paris showing Robbins' choreography. The famous Chatelet theatre has programmed the musical West Side Story, with Robbins' original choreography. It will be on until 31 December, ticket prices from 14,90 to 119,90 Euros. Unfortunately I didn't know about it until I was in Paris so was unable to attend.... but perhaps other forum readers who are going to Paris may be able to go.

Going on Wednesday!

Thank you so much for the report, I'm going on closing night and can't wait!

2 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

Melissa Hamilton has just posted pics of herself rehearsing Satan with William Bracewell (The Dante Project). That should fit her like a glove.

Hopefully Fumi will be his Beatrice then

11 minutes ago, oncnp said:

"Coming soon"

• LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (2022)
• INSIGHTS: BALLET BLACK
• THE DANTE PROJECT (2021)

• COPPÉLIA (2019)

Thank you!

14 minutes ago, oncnp said:

 

They have also added several of Joseph Toonga's works and insights as well as Kyle Abraham’s The Weathering

I unsubscribed after they uploaded the wonderful Ashton tryptic which is pretty much the only interesting thing they have posted in ages. I was wondering if I should re-subscribe but I think I'll wait for them to upload something meatier.

Are the "Spotlight"s the only new content they are uploading? If so, big ykes

9 hours ago, art_enthusiast said:

Would you recommend Ratmansky’s Coppelia? 

Hard to say, I think it's a world premiere. As for La Bayadère, it depends on how much you like Nureyev's work. Personally, I think his choreographies are abysmal and hope La Scala will eventually remove all his stuff (and they have LOADS of it) from its repertoire, but I doubt it will happen while Legris directs the ballet. I'd go for Coppelia. I also look forward to Claudio Coviello in Manon (he's like La Scala's William Bracewell), but since there are plenty of Manon performances at ROH maybe it's better to go for something you can't see in London.

Heartbreaking, saw her and loved her in a number of things, most notably The Threepenny Opera and the one-off Sondheim concert last year. She was a true class act

1 hour ago, Emeralds said:

A relative who now qualifies for Young ROH tells me that all the seats (barring the ones that are £29 or less) still unsold for Wed 23 Oct (Anemoi/Cellist double bill) have now been offered to Young ROH for £30. All 700 of them. If I didn't see the screenshot I wouldn't have believed it but it's  true.

 

That may sound like a great bargain for Young ROH members but in reality it's not. Unlike the Barclays Dance Pass at Sadler's Wells, you can't book it for yourself and an older or younger attendee- if you book two tickets the other attendee has to be a Young ROH member too. Not all your peers will want to sign up for something they might only want to see once. £30 is a massive sum of money for a lot of sixth formers, college students, or young workers who are feeling the pinch of high rents and costs of living. The double bill could be a pleasant midweek family outing  but that means one person pays £30, but the cost for parents are the £67 to £110 tickets unless they don't sit together-which is not exactly a fun night out. So I asked my relatives if they're going-they said no, despite the apparent "bargain" of £110 reduced to £30 for 1 of the tickets. 

 

The problem is that original prices of the tickets are simply too high. It also doesn't make a  tempting offer if you have to pay £110 for your younger child while your older child gets in for £30. (I'm using the  £110 tickets as an example because they have to sell 230 of them, at the moment.)

 

And from the viewpoint of ROH needing ti fill the auditorium, are they likely to find over 700 young people aged 16-30 who want to go out on their own (or find a likeminded friend who has also signed up) for a £30 ticket with 5 days to go? (bearing in mind ENO and Wigmore Hall are offering young people free tickets and Royal Festival Hall orchestras £5-£8 tickets). I doubt it. Yet if they do, they're losing £80 (over 70%) per £110.

 

Are they really going to continue these money-losing policies and fan-alienating prices for the next three months? Looks like they are. Not looking good for that deficit. 

It's even worse, Young ROH doesn't even cover people aged between 25 and 30, it stops at 25! You need to be extremely young and they have raised the cost from 25£ to 30£ as well.

Looking for a ticket for the Friends dress rehearsal of The Dante Project in November. If you are selling one, please DM me