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  1. Sim
    I think that Teo Dubreuil would also make a lovely Lensky.
  2. Sim
    I was so impressed with him in The Invitation a couple of years ago, and really hope he gets a chance at Lensky in next season’s Onegin.
  3. Sim
    I saw Nunez as Juliet in the last run, which is why I didn’t book for her this time.
  4. Sim
    I know, but sadly I didn’t have tickets for that cast.
  5. Sim
    I have so far seen five or six performances of R&J this run, and Mock has been Paris in every one! I am really looking forward to seeing Nicol Edmonds in the Naghdi/Ball cast.
  6. Sim
    We either have free speech or we don’t. It’s not selective. “I may hate what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it. “ I will make very clear that I hate any kind of prejudice, but I am all for allowing people to vent their bile, prejudice and hatred in public. It makes them look ridiculous, but more importantly if they are allowed to say what they think that is a lot less dangerous than consigning them to doing it in other ways, and in secret. As Lizbie said above, I vote with my feet. If I disagree with someone's take on things, or think they have been offensive to others, I won't go to see them. Simple as that. People should be allowed to have debates and disputes, not just be shut down and repressed. That's when danger happens. If things are out in the open, they are easier to deal with.
  7. Sim
    Yes.
  8. Sim
    I agree, Lizbie. Personally, I would never pay to see Polunin again; not only because of his stances on politics/sexuality/physical appearance, but also because I haven't enjoyed his solo work. However, to remove this choice from others, in a so-called democracy, isn't right. It's like when people were complaining about La Bayadere at the beginning of the season....that it's un-pc, colonialist, shouldn't be shown, blah blah blah. If it offends you or you don't like it, don't go. But don't anybody dare tell me that I can't go. For those people who don't find Polunin's comments offensive, or to whom it doesn't matter what he says, but what he does artistically, don't take away their freedom of choice. It's paternalistic and I personally am sick of things being banned or pulled because they are deemed un-pc or offensive. Let me choose for myself what to see and what not to see. Rant over!
  9. Sim
    You express your feelings very clearly and passionately, Helen!
  10. Sim
    I know; I was just pointing out that moving up again after a year is very possible.
  11. Sim
    Yasmine Naghdi was promoted to Principal a year after becoming First Soloist.
  12. Sim
    The wonderful performance of Anna-Rose O’Sullivan is a great example of this.
  13. Sim
    I am sure they received many messages correcting their gaffe!
  14. Sim
    These things are really shameful from august (well, used to be august) broadsheets such as the Times and the Telegraph. I've said it before and I will say it again: how hard can it be for these papers to find one person on their staff to ensure that these things are right? With ballet this is happening over and over again and it is an insult to the readers and the artists to keep getting it wrong.
  15. Sim
    Sacre bleu!!
  16. Sim
    And very well, too!
  17. Sim
    That's because it's the Royal Ballet. There has been some concern over the past few years that with all the 'mixing and matching' that was going on the RB was in danger of losing their unique style (for example, Ashton not being able to be danced properly anymore). I think it's very important to keep and maintain its style, just like the Russian companies, Royal Danish Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet do. If the current crop of dancers are reverting to being able to dance the RB style, that is great news to me. We can see different elements elsewhere, although I believe that the RB do a very good job with modern choreography and, say, Balanchine (although of course they wouldn't do it like NYCB does, because that is what the NYCB style is).
  18. Sim
    Tickets now gone.
  19. Sim
    Sloppy, shoddy and pitiful.
  20. Sim
    Maybe, but it still takes a lot longer than making a quick post on Instagram, and that's my final word on the matter.
  21. Sim
    I sadly have to sell these two tickets now due to a family thing. This is the Stix-Brunell/Hirano cast and having seen the first one am very sorry to miss this one. Anyway, £11.00 each. I will be at the House on Wednesday night, or if sold in the next couple of days can post them out as they are 'real' tickets.
  22. Sim
    I have known this for quite some time, Richard, but thanks anyway for the technical advice. We weren't discussing productions, we were discussing a dancer finding the time and inclination to look around the website for news of cast changes prior to announcing such changes on social media.
  23. Sim
    I said on my post "assuming there are vacancies". But as has been pointed out, there doesn't necessarily have to be one in order to promote a deserving candidate!
  24. Sim
    Assuming spaces are available, I would say Sambe, O’Sullivan for sure, and maybe Sissens. Fumi Kaneko is definitely Principal-bound, but perhaps in a year’s time when she has been given a chance to lead SB and SL and other three-acters. Sadly Corrales will probably have to wait (although I would promote him just on the basis of his Solor and his Romeo!). Same goes for Bracewell.
  25. Sim
    Now sorted with two tickets. Thanks so much!
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