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  1. Beryl H
    Svetlana Beriosova and Donald Macleary were my favourite dancers for many years, especially in Swan Lake, there was something about them that really made me believe in the story in a way I never have since!
  2. Beryl H
    I don't know if this has appeared anywhere else today, not really about the Open Up, but there was an article in today's Times saying that many London theatres are stopping announcements involving the words "Ladies and Gentlemen". The ROH are having discussions with Equity and may follow
  3. Beryl H
    I also find the Bolshoi production overlong and tedious, I saw the full length Nureyev version in 1965 but can't really remember much other than seeing Doreen Wells and Rudolf Nureyev! The re-constructed La Scala production is available on DVD, also very long and looks old-fashioned but it's meant to be!
  4. Beryl H
    I didn't know that Samsung still make Plasma TV, I love my old Panasonic and was upset when they stopped making Plasma, such a beautiful natural picture, I've been trying to get my head around the new 4K OLED technology!
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    It's not on that new ROH casting page yet, see how long it takes, very good that they have restarted casting changes though. Sorry to miss William Bracewell but Alexander Campbell would seem perfect for Troyte.
  6. Beryl H
    I've just checked the TFL website and from Victoria Station the 11 bus will run as far as Westminster City Hall, then divert to cross the river and back from Waterloo Bridge to the Aldwych, in the late evening it looks normal service from the Strand to Victoria via Westminster.
  7. Beryl H
    I booked for Alina and Creature yesterday, very sad that the 20% off discount for buying more than one show has been done away with (for quite a while now), you didn't have to belong to anything special, just book 2 or more shows. I'm sure at one point Sergei Polunin's name was on the SW website for M and A, but it isn't now, probably a good idea after the Palladium experience!
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    I sadly missed seeing Svetlana Zakharova during the Bolshoi visit, so have booked for this, £25 seems to be the cheapest price though, they have wisely reduced the number of performances so far.
  9. Beryl H
    I'm hoping for a DVD/Blu Ray, this production sounds exciting!
  10. Beryl H
    I saw David Hallberg when he was very young , I think it was at SW with ABT and he danced the figure of Death in The Green Table, he was so frightening, since then I have enjoyed every performance of his I have seen, plus the Bolshoi DVD's that he featured in (especially the Sleeping Beauty), his almost rarified elegance and presence is enough for me I guess, hope he fully recovers from the injuries though.
  11. Beryl H
    Increasing ticket price rises? I was surprised how expensive SW is becoming. Thanks everyone for the good news on Hayward/Campbell, I have just booked for the matinee!
  12. Beryl H
    Booking was nice and easy this morning, the only time I didn't get exactly the seat I wanted was for the Osipova/Muntagirov Onegin, The Cellist is going to be interesting as cellists usually sit still a lot, but perhaps it will show what she is dreaming as she plays The replacement I'm most happy about is Prodigal Son, any Balanchine is welcome but this will be good to see again.
  13. Beryl H
    I can remember James Hay in the vision scene, he was so expressive, suddenly the fairy tale came alive!
  14. Beryl H
    One of the reasons I want to see the Matthew Bourne version in the cinema is that it runs for 1hr 30m without intervals, as you say, the drama intensifies.
  15. Beryl H
    It was such a long time ago when I went to Moscow that everything will have changed, but I do remember it was very cold in March, the paths were all covered with thick ice, I think April or May would be much better.
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    I saw a production of Esmeralda at the theatre that used to be the Maly in St. Petersburg, in the 1980's, it's very hard to remember much apart from the beautiful theatre, sorry to hear that the Bolshoi version, which I always wanted to see, has been dropped from the repertoire, thanks for posting the above video!
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    I was wondering when was the last time the Bolshoi/Mariinski gave a season without Swan Lake, although of course it's not just the Russians who rely on Swan Lake as a guaranteed sellout, shows how the regular audience has slowly diminished over the years, also how the excitement of just seeing the Bolshoi/Mariinski has changed, it was very much if you didn't get a ticket as soon as public booking opened, you didn't go, now people wait around for special offers. Certainly this last Bolshoi Season was the least memorable for me, although I loved Bright Stream and Don Quixote , if they had brought these plus Nureyev (good or bad) and a triple bill I would have been very pleased and gone more!
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    I wondered if it had or will be filmed, I want to see it but don't want to have to go to SW, good news!
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    I've seen so many Kitri's fall in that opening solo, the worst was Svetlana Zakharova some years ago whose Basilio rushed onstage to comfort her (although he hadn't officially entered) until she was ready to continue, the Bolshoi girls run onstage so fast!
  20. Beryl H
    Last night I forgot my "fouettes aren't everything" stance too, possibly the fastest and most brilliant I've ever seen with Ekaterina Krysanova smiling all the while, couldn't believe what I was watching!
  21. Beryl H
    I only saw the first 2 acts as I was hemmed in and it was running late, but thought the staging and scenery were brilliant, I had seen this production at the cinema but it looked even better in the theatre, the scenery for the tavern scene was the least good, and of course I didn't see the last act, but the opening scene and the vision scene were spectacular and so well lit! Have a good getaway seat tonight so will stay to the end! For me the Bolshoi are at their awesome best in this ballet, the female Spanish dancers' backbends are amazing as ever, loved Shrainer and Tsvirko, she had to improve from last time and she did, very much so, they looked so happy too which makes all the difference, very much looking forward to tonight and seeing Ekaterina Krysanova and David Motta Soares, who is new to me!
  22. Beryl H
    Lady Gaga would have cheered me up no end after R and J (not my favourite ballet)
  23. Beryl H
    I've just read Graham Watts review and he has managed to describe the plot better than anyone else
  24. Beryl H
    Loved it, I saw it in 2006 but had forgotten just how funny it is, plus some fabulous dancing, Krysanova's fast high jete's, the amazing energy of Denis Savin's solo (great to see him again) and of course, Ruslan Skvortsov as the Sylphide, brilliant. The orchestra played so fast too, although the ballet is fairly short it was an exhausting evening!
  25. Beryl H
    Rudolf Nureyev used this coda at the end of the Act 2 adagio for a solo for Siegfried to express his joy, this is on the Vienna State Ballet DVD where he dances with Margot Fonteyn, I think it was in the original score but not certain.
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