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Don Q Fan

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  1. Yes but I felt it was because she lost her flow with the fouettes, saved herself from "falling out" of them so she did about 28 fouettes then made the rest up with the turns as you say. Fumin Kaneko also lost her flow in hers on the Grand Pas which was a pity, but it's no mean fear for even experienced dancers to do the fiendish full 32! We did get 35 off Goudanova I think it was though! (I include doubles and triples) My favourite move for difficulty is the Italian Fouette but none were in the choreography last night. Done right they are wonderful!
  2. I have to say I was surprised Bolle came but then when he got his award at the end I thought 'aha is that why he came?'. He was quite off with fans at stage door he just pushed past everyone to meet his friends and left not a wave or pose for a photo nothing. Rather disappointing from him as usually he's quite amiable with fans. All the other dancers were very obliging. If I had to pick out dancers I would have to say Osiel Gouneo is one of the most charming in my book, every time I have met him he is charm personified. Also his colleagues Antonio Casalinho and Julian Mackay. Must be something in the air at Munich maybe?! Sergio Bernal is lovely too, but really they all are and all are very appreciative of fans' comments/praise for their work.
  3. Nice rep I'm Interested in La Sylphide and then I love Neumeier's Illusions Like Swan Lake (very appropriate to see it in Bavaria too with Neuschwanstein Castle so close by (if you know the ballet you will KWIM!)) and Cranko's Onegin. It's a nice mix.
  4. @emeralds as well:- I thought the Ballet Association organised flower throws with contributions from fans?
  5. Gift them to a ballet school perhaps? If no charity wants them you can use the ziffit app and you get a little cash for them. World of Books are behind ziffit I think, and are on a mission to stop books being read only once and thrown, they resell at reasonable prices. I buy a lot of 2nd books from wob as there's no p&p! With ziffit you need min. 10 books to box up and then take to a local drop off point for free post to them.
  6. Absolutely delighted for Alexander and his new appointment just wow! I'll be very sorry not seeing him dance again. As others have already said, I always felt he was underused at RB, his Bratfisch was brilliant and that arm hat roll was perfection! I've always thoroughly enjoyed every show that I've seen Alexander dance, whether with RB or Birmingham RB. A thoroughly charming decent young man and no one could deserve this opportunity more than him. Congratulations to Alexander. Commiserations to us on our loss!
  7. I liked Raymonda. Hated the Miller Les Noces absolutely dreadful piece in every way. Seems I was right to give Creature a wide berth!! As for noise I don't know why everything has to be so loud everywhere, I usually have earplugs on me just in case! In fact I often get a much nicer rounded sound with ear plugs in! I once had to complain at the Barbican about the level of noise for Dust, I think it was(there was a triple bill for the WW1 centenary) . I said it should have come with a noise warning and that any child would particularly potentially suffer damage. The theatre staff didn't seem bothered!
  8. Nooooo I love the ENB Nutcracker. It's really nice and very enjoyable. I'm surprised so many don't like it much! Can't please everyone hey?!
  9. I was very disappointed with ENBs 24/5 offerings. At least Liverpool is back on as a venue but only for Giselle. I'd have rather seen the new Nutcracker. I reckon the "in the round" will likely be R&J assuming there is one. Very sorry not to see a revival of Raymonda or Broken Wings and no more Balanchine. In the far past ENB did perform Cranko's Onegin. Now that would be good to see them tackle again.
  10. I've seen a brief clip of Nelken on Instagram....hmmm.... it's not what I'd call ballet! I felt sorry for the flowers getting squished!
  11. Me too, due to the proximity of this to Icons I decided against going, not to mention cost of train/hotels. Sounds good. I see Mikhail Baryshnikov has personally donated $10000 to Dance for Ukraine👍
  12. Oh how lovely! Please feel to DM me and let me know which dancer she is, as I have lots more photos and I would be happy to check for her and send any more over to you privately☺️
  13. Please keep posting Bruce I love your NYCB reports/musings - we get far too little Balanchine in the UK it's a national ballet tragedy IMHO! I'd love to get to NYCB again one day to see some Mr B but will have to make do with Sadler's Wells in March for now!
  14. On Sunday I saw Act 2 of Frida - sadly my flight out was delayed by fog so I missed Act1 but I knew the story as I have seen the ballet before. The ballet was beautifully danced by all at DNB, as usual. Frida was portrayed by Anna Tsygankova and Diego by the newly promoted Giorgi Potskhishvili shown below at the curtain call. I was very impressed with Giorgi he is a good strong dancer and lifts were no problem at all! Anna T was lovely as Frida, I really enjoy Anna's dancing and her partnership with Giorgi was really good - they often dance together now I know why as this was my first opportunity to see them together. The corps de ballet were great, all the skeletons and different colourful versions of Frida as seen below. The Stag, Frida's alter ego, was danced by Erica Horwood (front centre), and The Bird was danced by Emma Mardegan (front far right in pink/purples). The Queen Leaf was Luiza Bertho (front left taking a bow in the green and red tutu) Below you can see (L-R) Yuanyuan Zhang as Josephine Baker, one of Frida's lovers, a Victorian Frida danced by Yvonne Slingerland, Broken Column danced by Floor Eimers and Frida's sister Cristina danced by Arianna Maldini. I really enjoyed the music to the ballet and the interesting set and props used. I don't usually go to contemporary ballet, but this one is very good and I would recommend it to anyone. I saw the original premier back in 2019 or was it 2020?! and this ballet suits the company very well. It was inspired by ENB's Broken Wings of which this is an extended 2 act version. Ted Brandsen knew he was onto a good thing when he asked Annabelle Lopez Ochoa to make this extended ballet for DNB - the run is completely sold out so hopefully the company will revive Frida again soon as it is very popular and was very enthusiastically received by the audience on Sunday!
  15. Yes Royal Ballet did Onegin just before 2020 first lockdown. I saw Thiago Soares and Itizar Mendizabal and then Yasmine Naghdi with Bonnelli I think it was. The Royal has so many "new" principal dancers they really do need to do Onegin next season to exhibit their talents. KOH will be mad not stage Onegin in 24/25. It was sadly never screened to cinema because of the weird rights over filming this ballet ...very annoying and to my mind pointless.
  16. Yes not just related to Onegin, but a general theme. I thought it was an excellent idea and helps audiences attend. It is something Royal Opera House could do given their high ticket prices!!
  17. As my previous post reached its limit for pics here are a couple more that I wanted to share of the 2nd show that I saw of Onegin. The costumes for Onegin are beautiful especially all the ladies' ball gowns in Act 2 and Act 3. The music was lovely and overall I enjoyed all 3 shows! I would highly recommend a visit to Munich if you are able - the National Theatre is beautiful and your ticket even includes local public transport to and from the show!!! Dobikov/Young/Feyferlik Ibraimova/MacKay Ensemble
  18. I was very lucky to have just seen 3 lovely performances of Cranko's Onegin in Munich. I really love this ballet and it never disappoints. My 1st and 3rd shows had the first cast:- Onegin - Osiel Gouneo Tatiana - Laurretta Summerscales Lensky - Antonio Casalinho Olga - Margarita Fernandes Gremin - Matteo Dilaghi I was thrilled to be able to see Laurretta Summerscales twice as Tatiana - a role that suits her very well indeed. Gouneo made a fine job of Onegin and partnered very well whether Summerscales or in Act 2 Fernandes. The Lensky/Olga pairing of Casalinho /Fernandes is pretty near perfect as they dance so well together - anyone going to Ballet Icons will have a chance to see them dance. I have to say that their show on Monday was even better than the premier on the Friday before, I think everyone had settled into the roles and it showed. Both performances were lovely but Monday's was really good! I'm no expert on ballet/ballet moves so I can't wax lyrical about this move or that, apologies, I just know what I saw was really good. Of course the corps de ballet were phenomenal in the flying leaps in Act 1 lead by Lensky/Olga that is one of my favourite scenes in all the ballets I have ever seen and rightly drew huge applause from the audience. Gremin danced by Dilaghi was very princely as you would expect, and it was a touching scene in Act 3 where Tatiana doesn't want him to leave. Here's a few pics from Monday's show. Laurretta & Osiel Margarita & Antonio (Dilaghi back left of first pic) For my second show the cast was as follows:- Onegin - Jakob Feyferlik Tatiana - Madison Young Lensky - Julian MacKay Olga - Elvina Ibraimova Gremin - Alexey Dobikov Again another lovely performance and I was very pleased to see Feyferlik again having always liked seeing him dance when he was with Dutch National Ballet. I liked his interpretation of Onegin and he executed the very tricky wrist pull/lift in Act 3 extremely well IMHO. Madison Young gave a nice performance as Tatiana. This time the cast had a principal as Lensky, Julian MacKay and he danced it well with his partner Elvina Ibraimova. Madison young and Jakob Feyferlik
  19. Going back to the original subject of this thread hasn't John Neumeier been AD in Hamburg for 50 years?! If I was the AD of RB I would prune the performance of the modern works back and reinstate some of the riches in the vault from the likes of Ashton. I'm reading the new Cranko book at the moment and it would be interesting to some of his shorter works as well as his Onegin of course! (If KO'H doesn't put Onegin in the 24/25 rep I will not be happy.) I'd also like to see some Neumeier, in particular La Dame aux Camellias, as I think RBs dancers would make a fine job of that, altho interesting to note Tamara Rojo said in her LBC interview that she tried to get it for ENB but was turned down which is a great pity. Sorry if I've ventured slightly off topic!
  20. I just checked yes the recording is up on the members area @Peanut68 👍 Just looked at Sadlers Wells bookings for La Strada are slow plenty of tix to be had I wonder if there'll be any deals/offers? Anyone know if SW might do an offer? Nothing on our ticket special offer forum.
  21. ATGs sale is offering opening night tix for Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands on Tuesday 20 February at a reduced rate £25 plus £3.80 booking fee Use code JANSALE2024 to get offer book before 31 January. Price bands B and C.
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