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  1. bangorballetboy
    I saw at least two critics there last night.
  2. bangorballetboy
    I wouldn't worry.
  3. bangorballetboy
    There's also one performance with only 23 seats available, which is as good as sold out for a theatre with a capacity of 2,256. But what strikes me as interesting about the advance ticket sales for this bill is that, barring one performance where there are about 100 seats in the lower tiers, the vast majority of the unsold tickets are in the cheaper areas of the house. I don't know whether this is just people who would sit elsewhere for "traditional" ballets make use of the top price tickets being that bit cheaper or whether it relates to the economic demographic of people interested in the bill. It would be great to understand the ticket sales but I don't think we will ever get the chance.
  4. bangorballetboy
    What a shame, but good for Edmonds.
  5. bangorballetboy
    Over 90% of the tickets are sold already, which is, I would say, slightly higher than the average advance sale for a triple bill. As to your second suggestion, do you have any evidence to suggest that this is indeed the case?
  6. bangorballetboy
    Nothing more fancy than a discussion at the Ballet Association annual dinner last year...
  7. bangorballetboy
    As I've mentioned to O'Hare previously, I'd like to see O'Sullivan as Swanhilda first...
  8. bangorballetboy
    If anyone is interested, there are reduced price tickets available at tkts.
  9. bangorballetboy
    Timing according to the rehearsal cast sheet is 35, 20, 30 (intervals still the same).
  10. bangorballetboy
    See here: http://www.roh.org.uk/events/vm8zv
  11. bangorballetboy
    The order and running time (taken from the show webpage) is as follows: Human Seasons (40 mins) Interval (25 mins) After the Rain (25 mins) Interval (30 mins) Flight Pattern (35 mins) Means the Gorecki is cut as the symphony usually runs about 52 minutes.
  12. bangorballetboy
    O'Hare has previously said there will be no more promotions to character artist (principal or otherwise).
  13. bangorballetboy
    This ticket has been returned to the box office. Interestingly, the hold music on the 'phone was the Sleeping Beauty waltz...
  14. bangorballetboy
    Thanks Fonty. I was also going to say that the RB's Lilac Fairy variation doesn't contain Italian fouettés. Italian fouettés are those found in Gamzatti's variation and that of the Queen of the Dryads in Don Q (a developé followed by a turn with a transition of the leg into attitude, though it can also end in arabesque). The Lilac Fairy simply does a fouetté whilst turning. Interesting that many other major ballet companies do not include this (pretty difficult) step in their Lilac Fairy variation.
  15. bangorballetboy
    Correct (though the Royal Ballet School are doing Concerto in their summer performances).
  16. bangorballetboy
    Agreed!
  17. bangorballetboy
    I recall Naghdi performing the Lilac Fairy variation rather wonderfully in the Young British Dancer of the Year (the year before she won the competiton).
  18. bangorballetboy
    Crawford and Mendizabal are (very experienced) first soloists.
  19. bangorballetboy
    According to the official website, the first night is still 21 March (though tickets are at reduced price until 31 March).
  20. bangorballetboy
    I think it's the failure of the owner of the ballet, rather than the RB's memory.
  21. bangorballetboy
    And now I've got the Rose Adagio stuck as an earworm.
  22. bangorballetboy
    I agree with some (quite a lot) of what TTP says, but I have to take issue with the rose-based pirouettes - I saw Osipova dance twice (2nd and 3rd shows) and both times she did the correct number of pirouettes (in fact, in the third show, she only just about managed the fourth pirouette on the final rose).
  23. bangorballetboy
    Best new dance production Betroffenheit - Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young Blak Whyte Gray - Boy Blue Entertainment Giselle - Akram Khan & ENB My Mother, My Dog and Clowns - Michael Clark Outstanding achievement in dance Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre for their London season Luke Ahmet for The Creation by Rambert ENB for expanding the variety of their repertoire with Giselle and She Said Best theatre choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne for The Red Shoes Peter Darling & Ellen Kane for Groundhog Day Steven Hoggett for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Drew McOnie for Jesus Christ Superstar plus The Red Shoes has a nomination in Best entertainment and family
  24. bangorballetboy
    A number of dancers have already mentioned on social media that there'll be Nutcracker for Christmas 17.
  25. bangorballetboy
    It's already been announced that the new Swan Lake will be in the 17/18 season.
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