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  1. zxDaveM
    Emeralds has always been thus for me - but can't disagree about Ms Naghdi! :-)
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    that 'gold' finish on the underside of the petals has always been there and is the colour the Balanchine Trust insist on. I suppose it gives a stark contrast to the ruby costumes, to give the desired effect of highlighting the twirling. My guess anyway!
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    Room 101

    zxDaveM replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    hahahaha! - no, I probably meant 'curling' rather than flicking (eyelashes that is, with those torture chamber looking devices)
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    I was at the dress rehearsal earlier this week - here are some photos: Emeralds: Mariko Sasaki, Grace Blundell © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Rubies: Melissa Hamilton © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Diamonds: Thiago Soares, Marianela Nuñez © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: RB - Jewels (2017) Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind permission of the Royal Opera House
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    Room 101

    zxDaveM replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    yes, its the full works - moisturiser, factor 50 foundation, contortionist expressions while trowelling on various creams and powders, and curling and flicking black stuff, then all the other colourful bits and bobs. I'm sure most people wouldn't enjoy me shaving on the train, so I do it at home in the comfort and privacy of my own bathroom. And to be honest, most women. to my eyes anyway, look better without, or just minimal face paintings Oh - and nail varnish painting! I have to move or I'll pass out from the fumes. That is just totally selfish and self centred in an enclosed space
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    I see Google is celebrating Diaghilev's 145th birthday today
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    Room 101

    zxDaveM replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    Some people fail to realise their mum doesn't work with them in the office....
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    Room 101

    zxDaveM replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    definite pet peeve - women "putting their face on" by trowelling on make-up on the train. Get up 5-10 mins earlier and do it home!!
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    Room 101

    zxDaveM replied to taxi4ballet's topic in Not Dance

    There are people who do that??? My word, none so strange as folk!
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    Apologies, it was rather feeble attempt at humour
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    Tactical retreat?
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    I was at the dress rehearsal on Wednesday evening - here are some photos of the first two pieces (the Forsythe and the van Manen) In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated: Tiffany Hedman, James Streeter © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Adagio Hammerklavier: Isaac Hernandez, Tamara Rojo © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: ENB - Forsythe, van Manen from mixed bill Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
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    its a shame this ruccus broken out in the public domain - I really liked the piece, but can understand why others perhaps didn't (the parts I enjoyed were greater than the smaller number of parts that I didn't). There are very few works that are perfect - I could cheerfully dump chunks of R&J, or the whore-house scenes in Manon (where there is section of pass-the-Manon) or Mayerling, the 'ugly' sisters in Cinderella, etc etc. So advice to connections would simply have been to keep heads down, and make something better next time. Wayne McGregor does that after making something that's less than popular...
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    As a transition from more contemporary dance/ballet, you could do worse than go see the Royal Ballet in Balanchine's Jewels, which arrives in early April. I think it would be an excellent stepping stone from what you've seen, to the ultra classical shows you have on your radar for the summer
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    ticket now spoken for
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    I really liked the Dawson piece and was glad it was brought back for a second run. Yes, its not perfect (not so keen on the running about or floor dragging, and the usual cry from me - more light!) but loved some of the shapes he put the dancers into, and most the steps seemed well suited to the score, which I also enjoyed. The other cast was also pretty much a dream cast for me, not that the opening night cast was exactly shabby either! After the Rain is always a delight to these tired old eyes, especially when its danced as vividly as we had with both casts. Originally, I'd always be wishing away the first section to get to the more famous duet to Spiegel im Spiegel but these days, I'm almost preferring the opening section, as Claire Calvert (twice), Itziar Mendizabal and Tierney Heap dazzled for me. As for Flight Patterns - don't think I have good enough vocabulary to praise it enough to be honest. Kristen McNally was simply astonishing. In short, a terrific triple bill as far as i'm concerned
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    Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the rehearsal for Rosalind by the James Cousins Company (at the Place, London March 2017) the other day - here are some photos: Chihiro Kawasaki, Heejung Kim © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Inho Cho, Chihiro Kawasaki © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: James Cousins Company - Rosalind Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
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    For sale - D32 in Stalls Circle Standing, for the RB mix bill on Tuesday 21st March; cost - a snip at a fiver. I will be at ROH on Monday for an exchange - or can meet before the show on night itself. PM if interested
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    Yes, the ending of Flight Patterns, whilst a bravado piece of dancing, does seem a little out of place - the escape of frustration seems too vigorous somehow, after what went before. Still, its an utterly transfixing piece and I can't wait to see it again
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    Thanks NinaG - and me too! :-)
  21. zxDaveM
    Was at the Friends rehearsal on Tuesday - here are some photos of this marvelous (to my eyes anyway) triple bill. Human Seasons: Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Mayara Magri, Calvin Richardson, David Donnelly © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr After the Rain: Claire Calvert © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Flight Pattern: company dancers © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: RB - Human Seasons/After the Rain/Flight Pattern Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind permission of the Royal Opera House
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    Although not dance as such, the rhythmic movement over the drums is almost dance like. Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the rehearsal at the Peacock Theatre, so here are some photos: Yamato Drummers © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Yamato Drummers © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs - Yamato: Chousensha - The Challengers Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
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    Ahead of the official opening night on the 21st March, we had a photo call at the Dominion Theatre, featuring a few of the scenes from the show, and the lovely finale pdd with Leanne Cope and Robert Fairchild. Here are a few photos: I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - Swing cast, led by Haydn Oakley © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr They Can't Take That Away From Me - Leanne Cope, Robert Fairchild © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: An American in Paris (some scenes from) Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
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    I was at the tech rehearsal in the afternoon before the performance - so here are some photos. Please be aware that the dancers were only in semi-costume at best, with no hair/makeup done, and plenty of leg warmers/trakkie pants in evidence! Despite that, class will out, and all that... Theatrum Vitae (Xenia Weist): Liudmila Konovalova, Davide Dato © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Swan Lake (Marius Petipa): Liudmila Konovalova, Vadin Muntagirov © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr The Sleeping Beauty (Marius Petipa): Evgenia Obratsova, Dmitri Gudunov © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Russian Ballet Icons - in the steps of Ballet Russes Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
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    If Ms Naghdi is promoted (pretty please!!), lets hope she gets to dance in front of the critics more often as a result and so gets noticed by more than us regulars at ROH :-)
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