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  1. annamk
    I couldn't see this Gerald Dowler review of Osipova/Clarke cast in the links but apologies if it's there and I missed it. https://www.classicalsource.com/concert/the-royal-ballet-giselle-natalia-osipova-reece-clarke/
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    Sent you a PM Ruth re the 11.30.
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    Hello, thanks to a kind friend I’ve found one ticket, just looking for one more for my daughter.
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    Bumping this up as I’m still looking.
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    Looking for 2 scs for this performance. Grateful if anyone has a spare. Thank you Anna
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    I'm no longer looking.
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    If anyone has a spare please message me. Thank you !
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    I also totally agree with Scheheredzade and BeauxArts. What exceptional interpretations of the roles, what a glorious partnership. Memories to treasure.
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    Why ? I'm not sure I see a problem in commenting briefly on rehearsals as long as the comments are positive. If some people haven't bought tickets for the first Bracewell/Kaneko performance they might feel encouraged to do so on the strength of the positive comments here. Maybe the mods can advise whether comments on rehearsals are permitted or not.
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    My vote too he blew me away !
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    Bracewell and Kaneko danced the Friends rehearsal today. Their expressive, expansive dancing filled the RoH stage, what a beautiful partnership. It was all sublime. The company were on top form. The brisk tempo under Kessels drove the action forward at a terrifically exciting pace so that even the sometimes interminable sword fights had me on the edge of my seat.
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    I couldn't see this 2 star review from Gerald Dowler in the links - apologies if I missed it. https://www.classicalsource.com/concert/english-national-ballet-akram-khans-creature/
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    Well OUCH ! I said I left at the interval and I wrote my piece on the part of the ballet I saw; I have no idea why you think that doesn't work. It's great that you loved it, I went very much wanting to but I sat through Act 1 twice and both times I found it unbearable.
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    My friends and I also only lasted until the interval - same at the working stage rehearsal. I'd been really looking forward to this, I love Khan's work and particularly his reimagined Giselle. The "music" was a relentless aural assault even with earplugs and unlike Giselle, there was no discernible melody. It's not just an "age" thing either my 25 year old daughter felt exactly the same ! I didn't find the choreography at all interesting and with the exception of the incredibly flexible Cirio the ENB dancers seemed woefully underused - poor Marie spent much of Act 1 pushing a mop around.
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    At the Bridge Theatre recently it was almost a full capacity audience of whom I’d guess maybe 30% were wearing masks. I’ve heard that Anything Goes at the Barbican has been full capacity and not much mask wearing. I’m not exempt from wearing a mask myself but I overheat horribly and my glasses steam up. So for me it’s one thing wearing one on a tube which is a means to an end but rather different when I’m sitting in a theatre for enjoyment. If masks were compulsory my theatre trips would be pretty rare.
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    OH NOOOOOOOOO 😪 😪😪 😪 I feel your disappointment Angela.
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    Oh no - such a lovely theatre, thank goodness no one was hurt though.
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    After the performance of Raymonda this evening, Olesya Novikova was promoted to Principal of the Mariinsky. The most deserving, outstanding ballerina - congratulations to her ! https://www.instagram.com/p/CQWvgDrDFFv/?utm_medium=copy_link
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    There is a 30% off offer with the code ENBTELEGRAPH
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    I went to the rehearsal and the matinee today and thoroughly enjoyed it. My highlights today were the duet from Dust in which Jeffrey Cirio was mesmerising; Corsaire pd3 with terrific solos from Hernandez and McCormick - slightly less convinced by Natascha Mair who joined as a principal recently; and Playlist (Track 1, 2). For a mid week matinee, it was well attended by an enthusiastic audience.
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    More James Hay - oh yes please. If only, but I am becoming resigned to it not happening. I mean the Sleeping Beauty with James and Akane Takada a few years was such an outstanding performance I would expected other principal roles to follow but it just didn't seem to happen.
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    I have exactly the same problem with mask and glasses fogging up, some people seem to make it work but I find it almost impossible. I am hoping that face masks in the theatre will soon be a thing of the past.
  23. annamk
    Yesterday was the Friends rehearsal for this bill; the cast was the one for the live streaming. It's a terrific bill, I enjoyed it far more than I expected to. All three pieces looked well rehearsed and were well danced. Just to mention a couple of standout performances : Nunez/Muntagirov in Tchaikovsky pas de deux - what a joy ; and it's a long time since I enjoyed Dances At A Gathering as much as yesterday. In a very strong cast, Teo Debreuil caught my eye and Sambe's Brown boy was quite simply magnificent.
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    I have been thinking McRae might make a more interesting Tybalt than Romeo.
  25. annamk
    I went, so nearly didn't bother it being a Monday evening with the prospect of getting drenched on the way there or back. It was fabulous, what an uplifting evening, what a great mixed bill to return to the stage with. There was much variety in the 5 shortish pieces each of which was introduced by a brief video clip in the rehearsal room and a few words from the choreographer or dancers. I enjoyed everything, if I had to pick highlights it would be Russell Maliphant's Echoes for the stunning combination of lighting and movement, Stina Quagebeur's funny and warm Take Five Blues, the haunting Dido's lament in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Laid in Earth and the finale, Arielle Smith's superbly entertaining Jolly Folly. In the recorded clip Arielle Smith said she wanted to make us smile and she achieved that in spades. All the dancers were absolutely terrific, you could tell how much it meant to them to be back. It finished by 9 which included a short introduction from Alastair Spalding and Patrick Harrison.
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