bangorballetboy

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56 minutes ago, art_enthusiast said:

 

The ROH top price seats are higher than average theatre costs - at least they used to be, not sure if that’s still the case.

 

I'm not sure the price of tickets has any bearing on whether a show is suitable for children or how they behave (or whether a venue is "prestigious", which to me sounds awfully like "elitist").  After all, a top price ticket for The Lion King*, just down the road from the ROH, is more expensive than a top price ticket for Swan Lake.

*info from the SOLT 2023 ticket price survey (via The Stage)

6 minutes ago, LinMM said:

Repeats consecutively?  ….so 8turns altogether from the same point …no step in between? 

That does sound amazing! 
 

Just to add there are different types of tours en L’air so establishing it ends in 5th position is info I needed …thanks Balletfanp! 
And for the clip of James BBB. 

There is a step between the two double doubles (a quad double would be ridiculously impressive) 

I have stalls A10 & A11 available for this performance in the Linbury.  Face value of the tickets is £23 each; please PM if interested.

11 minutes ago, bangorballetboy said:

 

The latter 

Sorry, misread the question.  Here is a lovely example, from the RB's very own James Hay. 

12 minutes ago, LinMM said:

Just to clarify the double tours …is this the pirouette turn on demi pointe with the leg in second position ( 90 degrees horizontal to side) or a jumped tours en l’air where there are two turns in the air with leg held in second position? 

The latter

I have SCS D26 available for this evening’s show.  Face value is £14; please PM if interested.

It's only 5 days after the Proms announcement and they start in the middle of July...

On 22/03/2024 at 18:00, Emeralds said:

@Angela. not quite sure what convoluted editing you've done there, but that's not my quote or question that you have attributed to me. 

 

It was a quote within a quote (i.e. Angela quoted from Emeralds post quoting lady emily).  I have put a note on this in the original post and as Angela has apologised, I think we can leave that and move on. 

6 minutes ago, art_enthusiast said:

So if Onegin is so popular why aren't the RB bringing it back?

Who says they’re not?

The nominations have been announced and a full list can be found here.

Ticket spoken for.

As I don’t think I’m quite ready to stand for a 3 hour slog, I have SCS D26 available for 15 March. Face value is £14, please PM if interested (and apologies if there is a delay in my response as I’m currently on holiday).

12 hours ago, Fonty said:

As someone who has never tweeted or X'd, is this the sole source of publicity now for the ROH?  I haven't seen any posters in the tube, although I saw ones for Manon.  Nor have I received an email about it.  The majority of emails I do receive are about the various opera productions.  

I’ve seen electronic posters in a bust central London tube station, featuring Núñez in Requiem.

It is worth remembering that Balanchine himself revised bits of this pd2 depending on who was dancing so, whilst there may be an original version, there is no definitive version.

1 hour ago, Emeralds said:

Well, that would be good if they sent me/us ALL offers instead of just stuff I hadn't booked. Also, how do they know I don't want to go to a different date with a different cast? I haven't booked both dates that they're offering discounts on. They must know there are repeat viewers- otherwise, why would they expect us to buy tickets for Nutcracker or Romeo and Juliet if we've already seen them the last time round? 

 

To use a supermarket comparison, imagine how you'd feel if you walked into a supermarket with a colleague and found signs on items you've bought before eg your favourite main courses or drinks with signs saying "40% off for some customers but not @zxDaveM" and signs over food/drink products you absolutely loathe saying "40% off for @zxDaveM" while your colleague got offered 40% off the stuff you like.

 

We'd be livid if that happened to us of course, and would probably give that place a wide berth and go away and spend our money somewhere else. Oh wait..... 

If you are unable to understand why an organisation might use a targeted offer campaign then I really feel sorry for you.

Your supermarket analogy only confirms that organisations do use such things.  I get Nectar price offers from Sainsbury’s that are specifically targeted at me based on my shopping habits, sometimes on things I want to buy, sometimes on things I don’t usually buy but might (they hope) be tempted to.  

It is very clear that you are unhappy that you did not receive a targeted offer from the ROH.  I didn’t receive it either but I am not unhappy about the situation because I understand what they are doing. However, your multiple posts on the topic are, IMO, getting very close to spamming the board so I would ask that you stop now (and I know others would agree with me making this request).

There are loads of pictures of Different Drummer to be found online, some particularly wonderful ones of Ed Watson & Leanne Benjamin.  

The alternative to multiple tabs is to bookmark each production page or, as I prefer, the calendar at the month in which most of the performances being booked fall.

Having more than one tab open is definitely not the recommended procedure - the ROH advise the opposite and to have only one tab open.  Not logging in before 0850 is recommended to avoid recognition issues when tickets are released.

1 hour ago, zxDaveM said:

 

I was guestimating - and didn't realise there were that many in the Linbury (though many on the sides should be less than 1/3rd price, as that's about all you see of the stage). Also, the % kept back may be lower than I guessed - would be nice to know actually, what the figure actually is...

On the basis of what’s available today, it would appear that it is only “good seats” and maybe standing that are held back.

This ticket has been taken.

1 hour ago, PeterS said:

the dates in your header don't match the text.

Fixed but the tickets have been taken anyway!

I have the following standing tickets available:

• 20 March, balcony D33, face value £9

• 9 April, stalls circle D27, face value £9

Please PM if interested.

Still not quite up to standing for the ballet (though I had to stand for most of the time at Wembley yesterday) so I have SCS D26 available for this performance - face value £14.  Please PM if interested.