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  1. Angela Essex
    Good evening! I’m hoping that some kind person would please let me know the pricing structure for Don Quixote? I’ve looked on the roh website but I can’t see it on there. I’m not a friend so I’m trying to figure out what I can afford before general booking opens tomorrow morning and any assistance would be very gratefully received. I’m ideally looking to book 3/11 or 17/11 so if anyone can give me a steer on the availability for those performances please I’d would be extremely grateful. Thank you.
  2. Angela Essex
    What an inspirational lady. Thank you for sharing.
  3. Angela Essex
    So sorry but just seen the comments - I returned the ticket to the box office yesterday. Apologies. Hope you both are able to find a ticket.
  4. Angela Essex
    PS @Missfrankiecat if you need another ticket for a friend for Sunday I’m selling a SCS for the matinee as sadly I’m unable to attend.
  5. Angela Essex
    You are in for such a treat - so many highlights and it was so lovely to see Marianela dance with Carlos - they were beautiful in the Manon pdd and the white swan pdd. Marianela is perfection. It was the first time I’ve seen Celine Gittens dance and she was just beautiful in Apollo - such personality and was quite cheeky to Apollo - I loved her interpretation. She was my favourite of the 3 ballerinas in Apollo by far. I’m so sad I’ll never get to see her & Brandon Lawrence dance. I hope BRB comes to somewhere near London? as I’d love to see them perform.
  6. Angela Essex
    D6 £14
  7. Angela Essex
    Yes he is amazing isn’t he? Can’t believe he’s 50.
  8. Angela Essex
    I was at the ROH tonight. Too tired to be eloquent. Just here to say what an absolutely stunning dancer Brandon Lawrence is. His performance of Liebestod moved me close to tears. I couldn’t work out whether it was the emotion of the performance or that it’s the first time I’ve seen him dance, and now he’s going to Zurich I probably will never be able to see him perform again, that bought tears to my eyes. Love the way Carlos chucked the bouquet he was presented with at the end out into the audience. I’ve never seen Carlos dance before either and loved the way his personality really projects into the audience. He really commands the house. Thoroughly enjoyed each and every performance. The Corsaire pdd by Carlos’ nephew and his wife was amazing too. One of my favourite nights at ROH since I started going 3 years ago.
  9. Angela Essex
    Ooh please do share your thoughts I’d be very interested to hear them.
  10. Angela Essex
    Bumping since date is coming closer.
  11. Angela Essex
    Bumping this since the date is coming closer.
  12. Angela Essex
    I just had a stab at calculating my marks and think I’ve got 44 - 50 overall so a pass but sadly not enough for a merit: barre 7, port de bras 3, en dehors pirouettes 2 (1 if they’re being harsh), em dedans pirouettes 2, Allegro 1 -2, Allegro 2 - 1, Allegro 3 - 2 (optimistic might be a 1 as I got out of time after nearly slipping during a run), Free enchainement - went not too bad but it involved changemant battu and I didn’t get many of the beats so 5 I think, Pointe 5 or maybe 6, Musicality 7 performance 6 variation 1: technique 5 and performance 6 or 7: so 45 at worst and 50 at best. Let’s see if my prediction is accurate. I’m a bit sad not to be thinking I’m in line for a merit, but I’m not going to let that take away from the achievement of doing it at all at my age. Thanks all for your kind words and encouragement it really means a lot to have some people who understand. 😊
  13. Angela Essex
    Thanks @The_Red_Shoes I asked if I could go in the morning, and my teacher did ask if I could go first, but the studio owner wanted to get the little kids done first. To be fair the little ones pay the studio for their classes whereas I have private lessons with my teacher so I pay her direct so I was just using the studio as a venue to video the exam (my teacher usually teaches me in a different hall). That is, the studio owners priority is with her clients which is fair enough. Hopefully now the studio owner knows me I’ll get a better bite of the cherry beforehand and not do a run through on the same day next time. I think Carlos is 100% spot on 🤣
  14. Angela Essex
    Thanks Fizz - keeping my fingers crossed. Congratulations to your daughter on a fantastic result.
  15. Angela Essex
    Interesting perspective. I thought that Marianela Nunez’s Odette at ROH last season was the same - enticing Vadim to pursue and chase her, in a very innocent and ladylike way though. Definitely topping from the bottom too.
  16. Angela Essex
    Thanks Linn 😊 Yes it really is isn’t it? I ran the exam through this morning with my teacher which went much better and I had a mock exam about a month ago. I wasn’t overly nervous I was literally just lacking the stamina to do my best effort in some of the exercises. My exam was at 5.30pm and I was up half the night with a sore throat and blocked nose which didn’t help. By the time it got to 5.30pm and I’d warmed up I was feeling hot and tired. To be honest if I do scrape a merit it will be a miracle as technically I’m highly average in the centre. We will see. I’ll take a pass as a major win though seeing as I only started taking classes as an absolute beginner 2 years ago.
  17. Angela Essex
    So I did my intermediate foundation exam today by film which went okay. I did the best I could with my 47year old mum body and am really pleased that I’ve managed to get this far. Forgot to curtesy at the examiner (my teacher) at the start though. Barre, port de bras and adage went off without any drama. I let myself down by a couple of suboptimal pirouette landings and managed to nearly fall over in the run in allegro 3. Luckily I managed to self correct, but then got late and was out of time to the music for a couple of bars which I’m annoyed about. I had a bit of a wobble in Variation 1. I’ve definitely done the centre work, allegro 3 and the variation better before, but I did the best I could in that moment. By the time I got to the pointe work I was struggling stamina wise and so I’ve definitely held myself up more effortlessly before. It was taking a monumental effort not to press down on the barre and the barre kept creaking every time I pressed down on it which really gave me away. Plus I did a wrong head in the echappe releve courus at the barre. I asked my teacher at the end if she thought I’d passed and she said I definitely had so I’m taking that as a major win. Next stop grade 6 and maybe one day intermediate although I need to gain a lot more strength and technique before then.
  18. Angela Essex
    Awww I’m so pleased for you guys about getting a date for the op. I hope it goes really well and it’s great news the course of eye drops has finished. As someone who didn’t start ballet until 45 what you have achieved is an inspiration @Michelle_Richer. Apologies this is off topic but may I please ask where you get your pointe shoes from? My first ever pair have died (inconveniently my intermediate foundation exam is in 3 days time) and my usual fitter has no availability until September. Thanks in advance.
  19. Angela Essex
    Another vote for Leanne here. She’s extremely knowledgeable and thorough and really takes pride in finding the best fit. She has so much choice of shoes that she found multiple different pairs that were a good fit for me and then narrowed it down from there. I ended up with Streampointe 7 XXX with reinforced shank which have been perfect. She can do custom orders to get the shoes especially made for your foot too so she can literally fit any foot. She gets booked up far in advance though so get booked in early if you’d like to see her.
  20. Angela Essex
    Amphi B81 Face value £30
  21. Angela Essex
    £10 face value SCS D10
  22. Angela Essex
    Yasss! 🤣🤣🤣 It’s very disconcerting and usually results in me promptly mucking up the exercise. I do appreciate the correction though.
  23. Angela Essex
    Yes I couldn’t tell which dancer was which with those hairstyles and costumes either 😭
  24. Angela Essex
    Ooh who were you thinking of?
  25. Angela Essex
    Ooh who did you spot? I saw Dame Monica and Lesley Collier in the Grand Tier from my balcony seat. I’ve only started watching ballet in recent years but I really enjoyed Untitled 2023. I found Anna Thirvaldsdottir’s score dramatic, unpredictable and exciting. The dancers were amazing - I’ve never seen dancers move like that before it was stunning. The piece really evoked a lot of emotions and I got lost in it making up my own narrative to it in my head. I hadn’t expected to like the minimalist costumes and set but I did - they were visually very striking. Of the three pieces Corybantic games was my least favourite. I did love the costumes though. Really showed off the beautiful physiques of the dancers . It was such a privilege to be there for Laura Morera’s final performance. I’ve never seen Anastasia before and it was was very hard going what with the stillborn baby and little boy being executed but Laura’s performance was visceral - acting on another level - like I’ve never seen before. The flower toss and retirement speech by KOH were very touching too - I had a tear in my eye. The crowd literally erupted afterwards and it was lovely to see so many fellow dancers including Vadim, Stephen McRae and Alex Campbell present Laura with flowers. A memorable evening indeed.
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