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I get the sense that people on this forum would complain about the upcoming season regardless of the programming and that some seem to complain for the sake of complaining! I have seen so many comments along the lines of "must we have Nutcracker EVERY Christmas?" and now KOH has programmed a different ballet and still there are complaints!! Likewise lots of complaints about wanting more Ashton - well Cinderella has been programmed for Christmas, but oh no, thats not the Ashton that we want actually. And if Sleeping Beauty was programmed I'm sure there would be complaints about how its repetitive and boring too.

There was an Australian tv show called Dance Academy for teens that actually dealt heavily with the theme of "what happens when you work hard and your dreams dont come true." It's set at the Australian Ballet School (spoilers to come) - Tara, the protagonist, has prodigious talent and is expected to become a star, but she suffers a career-ending injury at graduation and never dances professionally. Abigail struggles throughout the show with having a body that does not conform to the ballet aesthetic; Ben does not get into his dream company and settles for a less prestigious one etc etc. Its a really great show and not as depressing as maybe it comes across here!