Don Q Fan

Just got my ticket from this offer as it is cheaper than OLT.

Just got my ticket but from the other offer in the next thread as that was cheaper than this one. 58.5 % off so I got a front row Upper Circle for £32.50 fees included this one same seat would have been £40, so check both out before you buy!  Now I just hope there is no closing of sections at The Coli as they sometimes do when not many tickets sell as I will not be amused!

I have signed up but cant see any reductions for Raymonda 😞

I would love to see an Ashton Festival. So many pieces that I haven't seen. 

So I was at the gala on Friday as well, my first live ballet since before you know what.  I loved it apart from the 1 or 2 modern pieces (Chroma and that dreadful Passo Continuo - yes it continued far too long and should have ended at the first round of applause when everyone thought it HAD finished, writhing around on the floor is NOT ballet!)

The most enthralling piece of the night for me besides all the wonderful classical pdds was Snow Storm.  Lucia Lacarra and Matthew Golding were magical on stage.  I spoke to Matthew after at the stage door and he said that they will be touring their show Fordlandia and it will come to the UK at some point, so I will look forward to seeing it when it comes.  There is a snippet of their pieces on you tube. Marianela Nunez and Vadim Muntagirov gave a fab rendition of the DonQ pdd and I thought Katja Khanukova and Francesco G Frola were excellent in Paquita as well.  So many delights to see its hard to name them all.  Sergio Bernal was in the same costume I saw him dance in in Rome last year (at that Etoiles Gala they showed a video of the costume being made) and as always he puts on a good show.  I was delighted to see one of my favourite dancers over here Maia Makhateli and she provided a fizzing end to the show with Daniil Simkin in Le Corasire.  They were really great! Overall it was a great show.   I got some photos of the curtain call and have attached a few below.

  Maia Makhateli and Daniil Simkin, Le Corsaire

Marianela Nunez & Vadim Muntagirov, Don Quixote

Giuseppe Picone & Ludmila Konovalova, Vivaldi

Maria Kochetkova and Jeffrey Cirio, Sleeping Beauty

Lucia Lacarra and Matthew Golding, Snow Storm

Nicoletta Mani and Jakob Feyferlik, Swan Lake

Sergio Bernal, Overture

Ksenia Ovsyanik and Denis Vieira, Mesh

Dutch National Ballet are also creating a new production of Raymonda (Rachel Beaujean) but it will be more faithful to the original.  I really hope I can get to Amsterdam next year to see that and then compare to ENBs versions.  I too hope ENB will tour up north!

I didn't join until December 2011!!  But I love the forum for all the information and knowledgeable members and all the lovely friends I have made.  I add my gratitude to Bruce as well for starting the forum and Dance Tabs. Thank you.

That is a lot when woweeee!!!  You would think they lower the prices to get audiences back! 

And what are prices like for 21/22 as well I hear some amphi seats have hit the £100 mark?!

Yes I was very pleased to see May Nagisha also promoted - I just hope they promote her to Principal quicker than the others who all had to wait so long (unlike Somova who's promotion I never did understand!)

Such a long overdue promotion really delighted at this news! Huge congratulations to Olesya Novikova! 

I find placing my specs over the top of my homemade mask helps significantly in stopping fogging.  Also you can, as others have said, polish your glasses with neat washing up liquid to create a film and you can buy anti mist cloths.  The other alternative is to wear a visor as I am not aware of people saying they steam up?

I will be wearing my mask in future especially on public transport as I have not suffered any colds or flu type infections since all this started it's been wonderful as I hate having colds.  Despite being double vaccinated, I won't be going anywhere near a theatre for the foreseeable though because it's my preference.  Streams are much cheaper and no travel hassles, albeit not necessarily the cast you want. 

Thank you Jan and LBC that sounds good👍

Can anyone advise if members have to pay for the online talks or is it just the in person talks?  I wonder if after the pandemic talks will still be zoomed as I live 200 miles away from London so would only really be able to do online things. Thank you.

Maybe they should have some single seat only performances?

The technology exists as my local cinema has a pick your own seat map available and they have hidden the seats you can't sit in.  I do not propose to visit a theatre for the foreseeable anyway so I hope those who do want to go have more success in future, so frustrating though.

I have signed and shared this as well. 

Very sad news. RIP Liam. 

The Ashton Bill looks nice.   

Can only say I'm disappointed with the new 21/22 rep. Nothing happy in it like La Fille Mal Gardee, Don Quixote, Coppelia or even Jewels. I really don't understand their reasoning. Instead there's at least 3 full lengths all with sad endings. (Ignoring the RB version of Nutcracker which I don't like). We need uplifting ballets not sad tales after the year we've had. I'm afraid there's nothing there to make me risk travelling to London. 

Don Quixote!

Lovely!!  Hope they will be very happy:-)

audiences will be able to buy tickets for a socially-distanced live experience, or buy an online ticket to watch online wherever they are in the world.

This sounds hopeful that they will still stream some shows.  For me that will be good as I won't need to go to the expense of travelling to London, I know it won't be quite the same as IRL but I'm not sure I am ready for that just yet and won't have had my 2nd vaccine until June anyway.  I am content to leave IRL for a while longer if streams are still available.

My last shows were Onegin at ROH followed by was Alina Cojacuru's matinee at SW In Feb 2020

I just think it will be a complete tragedy if the departments close.  Surely they could instead pass the items to a museum up north for example so that people up here could enjoy them without a trek to London.  I love seeing costumes etc up close.  

This department must not be allowed to close, I have signed the petition and tweeted it as well. I have enjoyed visiting the display any times and would be very sorry if it was closed.  The V&A have some very strange attitudes sometimes and I have called them out on it in the past.