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Janet - I can't access the article in The Australian without becoming a subscriber, it seems. Am I doing something wrong? And re cinema showings - we went to see the Bolshoi's Nutcracker at the Basingstoke Odeon yesterday (where such offerings are proving very popular) and were dismayed to find we were behind three pre-teen girls, each with two or three bags of R U S T L Y sweets. However, once the show started, they were so engrossed that they forgot to eat and were model ballet-watchers! The only fly in the ointment was granny, sitting in their midst, who kept on bobbing left and right to make sure the girls were ok!!

Well, even if there is some change, that certainly is, as you say, a pretty impressive starting point!

Amelia - thank you so much for those two clips from Don Q : Natalia particularly seems on fire!! (I wish I could edit out the VERY enthusiastic cries from the audience, though!!)

Well, thank you again to the above contributors - if I am given the definitive answer in a dream I'll post it here, but we've probably got as near as possible now!

Thank you to everyone for these thoughts so far! Most of the visible corps seem to be Hispanic but the definition is so poor (on my screen, anyway) that I do not even begin to recognise anyone, though I did wonder for a moment if I could see a young Muntagirov with a white towel stage left - but probably not. I also estimated that this might be a Carlos of about 5 years ago. Would he have rehearsed with Valdes during that tour of 2010 - I don't remember him guesting with the BNC at that time?

(Dear Moderators - please feel free of course to move this if it is in the wrong place!) A friend drew my attention to this Youtube clip, which shows Acosta and Valdes in rehearsal "in England". I am mystified about when and where this might have been - can anyone help? It's not the ROH and I don't think it's the Coliseum - and I can't identify any of the corps either! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-99i5XyxziY&feature=em-uploademail I'm sure someone out there will know the answer immediately! Thanks in advance, Simon.

Bruce, so many thanks for the original link on this thread. So much to see! Whatever did we do before the internet? (Now there's a separate thread, maybe!)

"Bucharest is a beautiful town and is well worth a visit!" Yes, Annamicro, it certainly is. And full of friendly and helpful people. If you go to the Ballet - and what a programme this is! - and are tempted by the (very reasonably priced) Stalls Boxes, just watch out for the pillars. Or take a periscope.

We saw this in Ipswich last Christmas and it was delightful - truly captivating for the children present as well as the adults. Recommended!!

Thank you so much to all the knowledgeable people who have filled out some of the cast names for us! Going back to my original posting : I still think that Tereshkina was superb; I didn't see - or feel - the coldness that others evidently did. On the contrary, I thought there was considerable anguish in her final dance. The Ayah (Bazhenova - thank you, Amelia) was a great improvement on the usual half-demented crone, too - she emerged as a credible character (inasmuch as any of the characters are "credible"!) In Newbury we had about 50 people in, which I thought not bad, although the ROH screenings in Basingstoke have in the past been shown in two screens (shouldn't that be ON two screens??) simultaneously, so cultured are we hereabouts ! And only a very short blip in transmission early on. I have to say I am now looking forward to seeing the company in London again this summer!

Thank you for the suggestion, Alison, but I cannot find the details on Dansomanie either!

After tonight's live screening of the Bayadere from St Petersburg I have spent a frustrating hour online trying to find a complete cast list, either in English or in Russian. Can anyone point me in the right direction? There were several dancers whom I should like to look out for in the London season to come - the pot-lady in Act 2 for example, and who was dancing the Fakir? Was the Golden Idol Kim-In Kim? Apart from the truncated cast list that we were given (in the Vue in Newbury - hallelujah!), it was a splendid evening : Tereshkina was magnificent (I don't think I had ever seen her before) and Shklyarov's partnering of her quite something (less so when he was with Matvienko.) The High Preist was almost a Gary Avis ... and that is High Praise!

Why, MAB? - I'd be really interested to know your thoughts. I ask because she's the reviewer I tend to see most of, being a Guardian reader!

Nina G : "The Corps de Ballet this Season was simply outstanding and the superbly talented dancers all richly deserve their 2014/15 promotion." Hear hear!

Hello. I've just tried to view this clip but it says "Invalid Parameters" - this is a new one on me! Any advice?

Alison, I completely agree about Campbell in Connectome! He seemed to be a complete person, rather than someone executing (albeit brilliantly) the choreography.

When I was a boy that counted as a glamorous day out (from Hoylake). It obviously still is ......

I've just had an email from Pathe with details : http://www.pathelive.com/fr/bolshoi-worldwide/bolshoi-worldwide-1

I certainly shall not forget her Chosen One in the Rite of Spring in a hurry. It was quite something - in a good way, of course.

The post of Director of the Cuban National Ballet must surely be free by the time Carlos retires ....... Just a thought.

In Newbury last night (where they are an established highlight of the Spring Festival - oh yes, we have one!) they seemed somehow more confident than they were at the Linbury .... Some splendid dancers amongst whom Hugo Brown and Sati Kataoka stood out for their maturity and the smoothness of their moves and Jack Roxby-Brown for his Pennefatheresque dignity and ability to seem quite definitely princely. We'd love to give them another viewing on this tour, but the dates don't permit. Certainly I'd recommend a trip to see them if they are anywhere near you .....

Very much looking forward to this!

I have just seen Penelope's comment on the ROH thread - it has survived ( though possibly edited?) and Mary's too. I do hope someone is reading them! Instead of Ms Bussell, what about Ms Collier? Now there's a thought......

Well, to add my tuppence-worth : whilst the ballet was magnificent we were hugely disappointed (and almost embarrassed) by the presentation and links as so many here have said. I have emailed the ROH about it on the "What did you think of the Cinema" thread - can't remember its exact name - and I see that NO-ONE else has done so. Surely we should??

We came away from this with big smiles in place : a super evening for all the reasons in the two posts above - and more! No problems following the plot - it's all there in the dancing. And what a lot of dancing there is .... It seemed that a good time was had by all - especially by a woman in row A of the SC who insisted on standing for the curtain calls, blocking our view completely (trying to stand in Row B just lets you see a lot of lowering ceiling). I'm very equivocal about standing ovations that serve only to draw attention to the exaggerated enthusiasm of the stander, to the detriment of those behind. Harrumph. My reading of the tealeaves is that this will be a splendid keeper. Very much looking forward to seeing the second cast now.