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  1. I know that some companies used to send them to countries that need them. I remember shoes being sent to Romania a few years ago, but not sure if that still happens. Sorry to be so vague, but I don't want to give wrong information about what happens today.
  2. This is why I don't go to these galas anymore. For some reason they seem to attract people who don't really care about the artform; they go to be seen and get in the papers or on TikTok, or just to be in the audience with other 'slebs' (I must admit that I haven't heard of one person mentioned in the link above, but I guess I'm no yardstick for modern culture!). If I want to listen to music/watch ballet whilst I am surrounded by the glow of mobile phones I can simply go upstairs on a London bus, put on YouTube and join everybody else who is doing the same thing. And it's free!
  3. 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.
  4. Yes....very pleased that BRB is going to be doing Fille. Bravo to them. Does anyone know if Naughty Peregrine is still with us?
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. I love the white acts for their sheer balletic beauty. I find it very moving to see a beautiful corps dancing in unison.
  8. 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!! 😄
  9. @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!!! 😂
  10. She was incredible in the last run. Those Odile fouettes! Those beautiful arms as Odette! Sigh.
  11. Links – Friday, 15 March 2024 Review – Wayne McGregor Company, autobiography, Sadler’s Wells, Alastair Macaulay, Slipped Disc Review – NYCB, Mixed Bill, Sadler’s Wells, Rupert Christiansen, Spectator Australia (paywall) Review – San Francisco Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Balanchine), San Francisco, Jim Munson, Broadway World Review – Houston Ballet, Bespoke, Houston, Adrienne Jones, Paper City Magazine Review – Alberta Ballet, Hansel and Gretel, Calgary, Leonie O’Sullivan, The Gauntlet Review – Carolina Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Raleigh, Megan Eesley, The Sea Hawk/ Feature – Czech National Ballet, La Fille mal gardee, Muscat, Staff, Muscat Daily Featurette/Video - Wayne McGregor/Ben Cullen Williams, A Body for Harnasie, Festival Hall, David Stock, New Scientist Interview – Kateryna Kukhar and Oleksander Stoianov of Grand Kyiv Ballet, Caedra Scott-Flaherty, Pointe Magazine Interview – Daniel Reca of Sao Paolo Dance Company, Lottie Hood, Press and Journal Interview – Simon Thew, New Music Director/Chief Conductor of Houston Ballet, Miranda Keating, Broadway World Preview – Ballet Rambert in Aberdeen, Death Trap, David Porter, Grampian Online Preview – Hofesh Schechter, Double Murder, Shanghai, Zhang Kun, China Daily Preview – Tucson Ballet Closes Season with The New and The Old, Staff, Arizona Daily Star News – American Ballet Theater Names Barry Hughson as Exec Director, Staff, New York Times (paywall) News – Ballet Theater of Maryland Announces 2024-2025 Season, Staff, MD Theatre Guide News – Salford Boy One of Only 12 Male Applicants Offered a Place at the RBS (coached by ex-RB dancer Tierney Heap), Paige Oldfield, Manchester Evening News Article – Top 12 Ballet Films, Leah Marilla Thomas, Cosmopolitan And the feelgood bit at the end…it’s never too late to learn something new! Wishing you all a lovely weekend. Article/Video – 90 Year-Old in Edinburgh Care Home Learns To Tap Dance, Daniel Lovatt, Edinburgh Evening News
  12. No reason why he can't do both...as the company seems to be giving young dancers character roles, I can't see any reason why you can't be a Romeo and a GM, especially as it is unlikely that it would be in the same season. Siegfried and GM? Why not?!
  13. Having seen Lukas BB as a very sinister Von Rothbart and an evil Gaoler, I think he could make a very nasty GM in the next run.
  14. Great news for Northern Ballet. So happy to see what an impact Federico is already having on the company. Now....to save its musicians.
  15. Someone who would definitely know has confirmed to me that Matty Ball is 5'11 1/2" tall. So, five foot eleven and a half inches.
  16. Links – Thursday, 14 March 2024 Review – Northern Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Leeds Grand Theatre, Geoffrey Mogridge, Wharfedale Observer Review – Dutch National Ballet, Oedipus Rex and Antigone (Amsterdam), Eleanor Knight, Bachtrack Review – NYCB, Mixed Bill, Sadler’s Wells, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Gramilano. Reviews – Sao Paolo Dance Company, Mixed Bill, Lowry Theatre, Salford Danielle Roper, Manchester Evening News Flo Clifford, Mancunian Matters Review – Sydney Dance Company, Ascent, ROH: Theresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Review – BalletLORENT, The Velveteen Rabbit, Sadler’s Wells, Theresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Review – American Contemporary Ballet, Jazz (Los Angeles), Jillian Verzwyvelt, Ballet Herald Review – Dimitris Papaioannou, Ink, Sadler’s Wells: David Jays, Evening Standard Obituary – Steve Paxton, Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Feature – Artists or Athletes: Debunking Ballet Myths, Staff, South China Morning Post Feature – Hip Hop and Breakdancing to Feature in Olympics Torch Relay, Olympics News Feature – Chinese Street Dance Kemusan Going Viral: Staff, China Daily Previews – Ballets for Children at Easter: Goldilocks – Kenton Theatre, Henley Henley Herald The Tortoise and the Hare, Mansfield Palace Theatre, Steve Eyley, Worksop Guardian
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