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Royal Ballet - Swan Lake 2024
Sim replied to Linnzi5's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I'm sorry to hear this, JNC. Sounds like you might have had some newbies, or that more training is required. I agree that there should definitely be display copies for people to have a look at: £8.50 is a lot whether you already have one or not! I think my immediate reaction would have been 'ok fine; you have just lost a sale as I won't buy unless I can have a quick look.' I can understand that they don't want to risk tearing or dirtying a copy in case you had a look and then decided not to buy, but definitely a display copy is the way to go. But please don't let it spoil your memory of the evening or mar future excursions. As you say, the staff are usually very polite and helpful, so don't let a couple of bad apples ruin the whole basket. -
Ballet Icons Gala March 2024
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Would you like me to change it? I thought it was rather funny!!- 65 replies
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Royal Ballet - Swan Lake 2024
Sim replied to Linnzi5's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
They did? I saw Fumi with Bonelli but didn't realise she had danced it with Will also. Dang, can't believe I missed it. -
Royal Ballet - Swan Lake 2024
Sim replied to Linnzi5's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I am with @Odyssey on this one. If I leave SL feeling emotional and choked up, it is simply because of having witnessed such beauty, from corps, principals and soloists (combined with that perfect score). It's not that I engage with these fairytale characters and get sad at the end because she/they die. To quote Alison Moyet, I go weak in the presence of beauty. That's it, pure and simple. Like @Linnzi5 above, if I get emotional at the end of a MacMillan, or Onegin, it is because the characters are more real and I can relate to their weaknesses and tragedies. With SL, it is sheer amazement that human beings can create something so beautiful. When there is so much ugliness in the world perpetrated by humans, it always moves me when I am reminded in such a profound way of the good, positive side of our flawed species. I have always preferred the versions where Siegfried and Odette die, and then have an apotheosis of some kind. This is what the music is telling me at the very end......they will be together in eternity, and love has triumphed over evil (those final triumphant notes make this very clear). For me, the music is taking them on their final journey, and leaves those of us back on Earth with that feeling of triumph and positivity. That's why I loved the ending in Anthony Dowell's version.- 298 replies
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Royal Ballet - Swan Lake 2024
Sim replied to Linnzi5's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I love the white acts for their sheer balletic beauty. I find it very moving to see a beautiful corps dancing in unison.- 298 replies
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Royal Ballet - Swan Lake 2024
Sim replied to Linnzi5's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Gosh, just watching their curtain calls on Instagram almost makes me weep....I will be a mess when I see them perform the whole ballet!! 😄 -
@Ian Macmillan No, it has never happened to me, so hopefully Dave has now fixed the glitch. Much more importantly, I am so glad you didn't say "from whence". That drives me nuts!!! 😂
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Royal Ballet - Swan Lake 2024
Sim replied to Linnzi5's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
She was incredible in the last run. Those Odile fouettes! Those beautiful arms as Odette! Sigh.