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Sorry, but I was literally only answering your own question on the monarchy... But no more.

Well, this is a long and complicated issue and will probably just lead to off topic arguments, but I am a republican. The royal family serve no purpose in a modern society and it was never more obvious than on Tuesday when he sat on a gold throne draped in gold and mink with a diamond studded crown and talked about the struggles of the cost of living. We shouldn't have them, especially as they currently are.

It only seems fair!

As an aside, re the cast for a cinema relay... Yes, Nunez does have a recording of her and Carlos, but it does feel like a great shame that her and Vadim have not been shown to the world in these roles together, because what they created together was nothing short of magical.

Haha, I'm glad it was taken in the way I intended!

I think the reason why Nunez and Muntigirov were held back from the royal performance was for the simple fact that then everybody in attendance would realise who the true king and queen of the ROH were and they would be the ones performing. The king surely couldn't have that. * This is a joke, before anybody gets on me for disrespecting Mayara and Matthew, both of whom I greatly respect. I probably did mean the slight disrespect to Charles and Camilla though...

Yes, I would enjoy those two together, and likewise Will with Marianela, the audiences abroad have enjoyed both and I think both pairings would be lovely.

Absolutely, it's why we love it!

It doesn't have to be an ever present thought, it's just a simplistic way of saying enjoy every performance. You don't actually have to say that in your head, that it could be the last performance, we just never know about anything, even the world itself, so just enjoy them all while they're here.

The ones you enjoy watching, if you enjoy watching any of them, never take anything for granted. You never know when it's their last performance. I wouldn't expect you to cherish a dancer you've never seen nor heard of. You don't have to know them personally to cherish their work/performance. I'm autistic too.

I obviously never listen to it (to hear it, not because I ever use my phone during a performance)

I've told people to stop before, or told them to stop playing with phones, if not tell an usher, it's distracting to the audience. I feel that there should maybe be an announcement as so many seem to be doing it lately.

I agree with this, I feel that in the space that she is 'safe' within the role, it also allows her to play, especially with holding things or going for those turns in certain ways. On Instagram (they really shouldn't) there was a few posts from last night, and in the Act 1 Kitri solo, it looked like she had a 'special' moment where she just kept spinning.

I would say this, it's always good to cherish dancers while they're here, you never know what can happen, you hope they can stay on to have a long career, but injury and also burnout can happen to any dancer, so no matter what age, cherish them all.

I have to say, it always feels like such a special treat to have those casts

I'm quite surprised she's yet to be used in any show in this production, she's one of their biggest assets as a first soloist.

Poor thing, that's another tough injury and rehab for him

Oh, I love that!

I saw this. One of my favourite tutus for the details. One thing that has been on my mind is that sometimes they will have a white flower in their hair and then other times (most of the time this run) a tiara instead. I wonder if a switch was made before opening night and the tiara won the day.

Oh god Max... have you booked tickets for any performances this time...?

I just saw a video of him on Twitter talking about mental health and the toxic nature of just pushing through all the time, I think his injuries taught him a lot, and one thing would be to not just push through here and maybe do more damage. Hopefully he's just taking care of himself.

Possibly Marci as she already has an established/trusted partnership?

But the fact that rows went too, it would mean groups? None were left, even odd ones, which was even weirder.

Where had they got up to? Anna Rose is so new to the role, I wonder who they'll get now? Poor Stephen.

Oh no, after all of his injury troubles as well.