hephaistion03

Hello 

I noticed the casting for the 3rd MAY 2023 has 

14 hours ago, Lizbie1 said:

My favourite applause is when people are moved to applaud the sets when the curtain goes up, as it's so exceptional and because people (me included!) couldn't help themselves. I've only witnessed it with the current RB Swan Lake Act 3 and the RB's Raymonda Act 3 - and both are absolutely worth it.

I have witnessed applause for sets  when the curtain goes up for Elite Syncopations : > ) 

2 hours ago, LinMM said:

Thanks for posting Hephaistion03! 
Not sure I understand the list of shorter ballets as there are already five listed plus “four contemporary ballets” so that would be nine shorter ballets! In one evening? Or are these to be split into different days 🤔
To be honest I’m not even overly looking forward to Cinderella as it’s almost too soon to get involved with it all again! So many other things could have been offered and far too much Alice!! 
Onegin is the only ballet that really excites me next season as unless some new (and hopefully risky)  debuts in R &J I know I won’t be as excited as when Hayward and Naghdi etc danced their debuts. 
It just feels like the season is a bit “tired”  but maybe it’s just me …I hope I’m not beginning to tire of going to the Ballet after all these years!!! 

2 hours ago, LinMM said:

Thanks for posting Hephaistion03! 
Not sure I understand the list of shorter ballets as there are already five listed plus “four contemporary ballets” so that would be nine shorter ballets! In one evening? Or are these to be split into different days 🤔
To be honest I’m not even overly looking forward to Cinderella as it’s almost too soon to get involved with it all again! So many other things could have been offered and far too much Alice!! 
Onegin is the only ballet that really excites me next season as unless some new (and hopefully risky)  debuts in R &J I know I won’t be as excited as when Hayward and Naghdi etc danced their debuts. 
It just feels like the season is a bit “tired”  but maybe it’s just me …I hope I’m not beginning to tire of going to the Ballet after all these years!!! 

Hope this clarifies

The Weathering / New Pam Tanowitz/ New Joseph Toonga / The Statement 22nd Oct to the 16th Nov 24 

The Weathering / New Pam Tanowitz/ New Joseph Toonga / The Statement 22nd Oct to the 16th Nov 24 

1 hour ago, bridiem said:

I'm very grateful to @hephaistion03 for posting this info, but astonished that the RB/ROH allows it to be known (by anyone other than those involved) before the announcement tomorrow.

 

Also, it's interesting that between us we have moreorless already predicted/guessed almost all of what will be in the new season. The only (and extremely welcome) surprise to me is the Balanchine bill (three - or three hundred! - cheers). I'm not sure it should really be quite so easy to foretell what's coming. 

 

Apart from the Balanchine bill, the only things I'm definitely looking forward to are Onegin and R&J, with a few Cinderellas thrown in before Christmas. I saw Alice when it opened, thought it was fun and spectacular but with not much choreographic content and had no wish to see it again. But I might go again once now since that's a long time ago. So, a few things about which I'm delighted, but otherwise very underwhelmed.

Hello 

I received my ROH magazine in the post this lunchtime and it also contained list of ballets / operas in a separate booklet 

In the ROH magazine the dates of all the operas and ballets to be performed are shown , the first  ballet performance in the main auditorium being the 1st Oct 24  / Alice Adventures in Wonderland.

10 minutes ago, BeauxArts said:

Any sighting of Tombeaux?

No mention of this particular ballet 

18 minutes ago, Scheherezade said:

Thank you @hephaistion03 What do we have prior to the New Year? Is that, as anticipated, Alice plus Cinderella and/or Nutcracker?

2024

Alice  28th Sept to the 1st Nov  25 /  13th June to the 6th July 25 

Maddaddam by W McGregor 14th to the 30th Nov 24 

Cinderella 3rd Dec 24 to the 25th Jan 25 

Mad Hatters Tea Party / 4th Sept to the 24th Sept 24 

Encounters / Four Contemporary ballets / The Weathering / New Pam Tanowitz/ New Joseph Toonga / The Statement 22nd Oct to the 16th Nov 24 

Ballet to Broadway / Wheeldon Works / Fools  Paradise/ The Two  of Us / US (duet) /  An American in Paris  9th to the  27th May 25

5 minutes ago, SheilaC said:

Is there any Ashton, Balanchine or Robbins? Or Van Manen, it's about time the Royal revised some of his ballets, and he seems to be in the ascendant at the moment, despite his great age.

A Balanchine Triple Bill 

Serenade / Prodigal Son / Symphony in C 

28th March to the 8th April 25

Just  received info re the 2024 2025 RB season

Onegin 22nd Jan to the  25th Feb 2025   /  29th May to the 12th June  25 

R & J   4th March to the 26th May 25 

I sat in the stalls Row B for Manon a few weeks back and unfortunately had a tall couple  ( both about 6ft 1 inches tall)  sat right in front of me  , they were in Row A ( the front row)   which limited my view of the stage and the dancers. 

The rake in the stalls near the stage is not particularly good and you can find yourself having to move keep moving your position in your seat to see the action on the stage, which in turn can be annoying for the people behind you.  

Now I understand why Row A always seems to sell out  very quickly when booking opens.

Its some time now since Queen Elizabeth the Second passed away,  yet her monogram  still adorns  the curtain at the ROH 

I have asked numerous staff at the ROH as to why the monogram of the new King does not now adorn the curtain. 

Amongst the replies I have been given is that King Charles wants the previous Queens monogram to remain in her honour  /  the cost of changing it prohibits the change / the Queen  loved attending performances at CG so it would be left as is in her honour.

Can anyone please advise why no change to the monogram has taken place / Thank You 

Same here ,  the page says I  have reached my limit !!!!! but I have not managed to book any tickets .  Then a charge of GBP1,330.00 in my basket which later disappeared. Could not get access to pick a seat , problem with the system  message appearing regularly , two hours later only a few meager tickets left , but all the GBP250.00 tickets   and 99%  of all the  tickets  sold !!!

1 hour ago, Sim said:

Ah, sorry, I didn't realise you meant that they hadn't done an initial step out together.  Yes, the curtain calls can differ for lots of reasons; sometimes it's something as simple as needing to cut the time taken because they are running late, so the stage manager might say 'skip the initial call for you both, leave it until after the solo bows'.  Either way, as long as they get the audience appreciation they deserve that's what counts! 

 

Thank you Sim for your insight into curtain calls / It was an memorable  performance by both N Osipova and R Clarke / I was actually sat two  seats away from  Recces mother who was in the audience , she was exceedingly proud of her son Regards David 

11 minutes ago, Sim said:

This is always how the curtain calls are done for Manon at the RB.  Manon is the lead character so she comes out last.  

Thank you for  that info Sim , much appreciated.  However  I took  a vid clip of the curtain calls when W Bracewell and Y Naghdi made their debuts a few weeks back in Manon  , and  both dancers came at the curtain call together  , yes after  they took their bows together  they appeared separately in front of the curtain however initially came out together, 

I suppose curtain calls / curtain etiquette may differ with dancers / performances.

Regards David 

Matinee Manon Saturday 3rd February 2023.

When the curtain calls were taking place at the end of the Saturdays afternoon performance of Manon with N Osipova and R Clarke./ After A Campbell took his curtain call normally the two lead principles would be expected to appear together to receive the adulation of the audience

However R Clarke came out on his  own !!!!!!!  then N Osipova came out on her own  to receive the adulation of the audience

N Osipova then  beckoned  both A Campbell and R Clarke onto the  stage for all three to take their bows .

II have never saw this before when the male lead comes out first , then the female lead comes out on her own ,

Can anyone please advise as to the reason for this curtain call etiquette ?

I am always surprised that so many dancers ( ranging from Artists to Soloists) when exiting the building  go un noticed by people waiting at the stage door.

A few weeks ago at the matinee dress rehearsal  for DQ featuring Yasmin N and Mathew B , whilst waiting at the stage door I witnessed only one person ask Yasmin / Mathew for their autographs/ selfie. Even Carlos A was only approached by a solitary admirer. 

Kevin O Hare , Monica Mason can walk out the stage door with no one talking to him / giving their best wishes

It appears that most people (  but not all )  just want autographs / selfies of the principals that have just danced that evening.

Please correct me if I am wrong: > ) 

My first post on here for many a year but I  felt had to comment on Don Q this evening, the audience reaction.

As soon as Marianela Núñez and Vadim Muntagiriv made their seperate entrances on stage  the whole of the ROH audience erupted  with clapping , cheering ,  whistling , with wild abandon , I have never heard such a loud welcome for any dancers entrances ever in 40 years of  attending performaces of the RB. it was deafining.

Plus throughout the whole show the applause was thunderous after any dancing by Marianela and Vadim.

A friend I took to the ballet  for the first time commentated , wow  it was like being at a football march , the level of clapping , cheering / whistling was sooooo intense

I am still on cloud 9   after seeing tonites performance.It was magical and a night to remember.

Hello All, 

I am writing  this from the sunny shores of Ft  Lauderale Fl , How I miss  being able to attend performances of my beloved Royal Ballet.

I have been awaiing these  perfomances of Giselle for months and via this great site finally I get  to read  such glowing reviews of the many pairings , especially Friday and Saturday performaces  .How I would have loved to have been in attandance. 

I so agree that the RB seems to be awash with brillaint talent at the moment, and long may it last.

One question  please , with all the various principal  pairings , does  the coaching lie wih eg  L Collier , J Cope or is  the coaching for each pairing taken by various coaches ?

I do realise that Monica Mason will do some of the coaching for for Myrtha / Bathide but I am intereseted in he coaching of the two main characters

Thank you / David 

Hello 

A  general question 

When Akane   and Campbell danced previous in the last week or so , they were with partners  who they had trained with for months. 

How does this  type of change of partner affect a performance , if at all due to limited reharsal time.

I wish both dancers all the best  for tonite  > )  

Regards  

David 

Hello All : > )  

As an avid ballet lover (situated in Florida)  I read all these post with avid enthusiasm. 

I absolutely adore the  Royal  Ballet Company and have been attending performances at the ROH from the late 1970 till  about 2010

I agree on the comment made above ,  The Company has never looked that good and is so very exciting to watch. 

It is such an exciting time at the ROH , and take it from me , a bad performance by the RB company  is still miles higher than some of the local companies I have witnessed here in the USA ( with no disrespect to the local ballet companies i have saw ) 

Keep writing these reviews of performances seen,  they are all read by me

Did  anyone see Nicol Endmunds performace  a few days ago B S Brunell?

Happy New Year 

David  

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