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Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the Royal Ballet rehearsal at the Royal Opera House, November 2017 Here are some sample photos... The Illustrated 'Farewell’: Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr The Wind: Thiago Soares, Natalia Osipova © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: RB: The Illustrated 'Farewell’, The Wind, Untouchable Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind permission of the Royal Opera House

that's where my binoculars were glued! :-)

I think Mara's passages were meant to be like that - and possibly why it made it so hard, as she described it. Agree though, it was a marvellous performance from the young company's dancers; I think they made it look easier than it was. Think we should have asked if they planned to do more with that team (dancers, choreographer, choreographer's muse) - hope they do!

on a genius level where Einstein is 10 and Paddy McGinty's goat is 1, this sounds like a -2 What's a cold wind going to do to dancers' leg muscles/joints!

Think they are on telly over the weekend...

Yes, that was a terrific show I thought (not biased at all by being a huge Cerys fan!!)

I booked through Sad Wells site - though last time i looked there were only 5-6 places in the back row left

I have my ticket for Sunday at the Lilian Baylis in Sadlers Wells :-)

Good, on both counts! ;-)

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here are a few pics from the recent triple bill: Concerto (Birmingham Royal Ballet): Delia Matthews © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Le Baiser de la Fee (Scottish Ballet): Andrew Peasgood, Constance Devernay © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Elite Syncopations (various): Yasmine Naghdi, Ryoichi Hirano (RB) © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: MacMillan triple bill - mixed companies Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind Permission of The Royal Opera House

Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the rehearsal for Lyon Opera Ballet's 'Maguy Marin’s part of Trois Grandes Fugues' at Sadlers Wells, Oct 2017, for Dance Umbrella Coralie Levieux, Jacqueline Bâby, Graziella Lorriaux, Elsa Monguillot de Mirman © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Graziella Lorriaux, Coralie Levieux © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Lyon Opera Ballet: Maguy Marin’s part of Trois Grandes Fugues Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

The RB dancers were different in Elite, but otherwise, yes

and jolly good they all were too! (though the tennis ball somewhat stole the show! lol)

I think they are getting in all the MacMillan stage rehearsals as soon as they are able. No Clore ones, sadly.

I was at the Royal Ballet's rehearsal of 'Judas Tree', part of the MacMillan: A National Celebration series at the Royal Opera House, London October 2017. Other companies will do other works over the course of the next couple of weeks - this was the RB's first contribution Lauren Cuthbertson, Edward Watson © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Thiago Soares, Lauren Cuthbertson © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: RB - Judas Tree (2017) Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind Permission of The Royal Ballet

me ditto!

does it really make any difference unless the dancer is Italian?

Francesca and Alex danced together at the Printworks last week.... 😎

That still happens now, though probably not as loudly as the past (fewer people probably know of its significance)

Yes, I saw on Facebook, and have amended Thanks for the info :-)

Robert Stephen wasn't among the cast for the piece, so have to stick with Harrison (the name I was told it was)

Trundled down into the depths of Bermondsey to The Printworks to see this last night. Three strips of white were set out in the huge space with gaps between where you could stand and watch the dancers (or at the end of each strip, where you had to contend with the floor uplighters on occasion). The lighting itself lent an intimacy to this huge space, and was rather well done I thought (by Simon Rossiter). The performances were literally looped through the whole evening, so no obvious start/finish (except at the very beginning, or at the veryy end); I came in for the second 'shift' at what must have been the 'ending' of the first. Come the end of my shift, we were prompted to start making our way to the exits as the final set of people started coming in - though not sure many did leave (I know I didn't). This was useful as I saw many things I'd missed first time around (having the audience between the strips meant you couldn't see what was happening in all three at the same time), or from different angles. The choreography of Robert Binet was at times strikingly beautiful - and seeing dancers like Yasmine Naghdi, Francesca Hayward, Alexander Campbell, Ryoichi Hirano, and Heather Ogden, from 5 feet, rather than 50 yards, was its own reward. Although the dancing abstract, these great artists managed to tell small tales within the steps of meetings, partings, sorrow and sometimes just stillness. Moving between panels through the audience, or simply leaving the panel to go and stand at the back of the room, it took all my willpower not to go and say hello to the dancers! But of course the they were 'in the zone' so that would not have done at all. The music was composed, and played on a grand piano at the back of one of the strips, by Lubomyr Melnyk. He played virtually continuously for the whole two and a half hours (starting at 7pm, it ended around 9.30, so each 45mins slot was actually a bit longer than that). Not exactly hummable music, but quite mesmeric. The dancing reflected it very well - slow and languid for the most part, with bursts of energy as the music had brief crescendos. Any pauses, was just danced through, so as I say, no endings as such - the different duos, solos, trios endings were just marked by dancers leaving the strip, or lying down as the lighting dimmed and the focus moved to the adjacent strip. As I've said I rather naughtily stayed when it was my turn to leave, but I just had to watch the next bit - then the next, and suddenly it was 9.30 and the dancers were finally taking a bow! It was described as 'immersive' for the audience - and it was certainly that. Really glad I went.

Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the rehearsal of Rocío Molina: Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo), part of Dance Umbrella 2017 at the Barbican Here are some sample photos... Rocío Molina © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Rocío Molina © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Rocío Molina: Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo), Dance Umbrella 2017 Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the rehearsal of The Royal Ballet & The National Ballet of Canada presenting ‘The Dreamers Ever Leave You’ by Robert Binet, at The Printworks, Canada Water. 12-13 Oct 2017 Here are some sample photos... Hannah Fischer © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Spencer Hack, Rui Huang © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Yasmine Naghdi, Ryoichi Hirano © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: RB & NBoCanada: The Dreamers Ever Leave You Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind permission of the Royal Opera House