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Audience Behaviour - Thread 2
zxDaveM replied to BalletcoForum Moderators's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Mine too - not that many pay heed -
To avoid confusion, I've edited the text to correct the name of the piece
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ROYAL BALLET NEW WORKS FEBRUARY 2024
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LOL I confess I do have slippers, and they get worn a lot -
ROYAL BALLET NEW WORKS FEBRUARY 2024
zxDaveM replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
predictably I suppose, the grumpier critics all disliked 'Twinkle' (see today's links). Pah! I say to them, double PAH! -
hope you said "yes, you do!" 😉
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no, I am one of the no-ones on that, and casting important if you want to catch your favourites - or avoid ones you're not so keen on (or as already said, to catch differing casts; offering unnamed cast 'a' and cast 'b' would at least help with this latter option). They obviously must know the fans don't just go to see ONE cast by now!!
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knees - I wish I'd looked after my knees better!!!
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Dark with Excessive Bright - ROH Linbury Theatre
zxDaveM replied to Henry's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
true, but as she was in front, it was my toes about to be stepped on! And those point shoes are solid! lol -
Dark with Excessive Bright - ROH Linbury Theatre
zxDaveM replied to Henry's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I also saw the Linbury's 'Dark With Excessive Bright' Monday evening. Enjoyed the experience a lot. Getting that close up to watching ballet dancers almost in slo-mo dance mode was something I'll not forget. At one point, Melissa Hamilton walked in front of me in the 'public gangway' and stopped, awaiting her queue to move into the dance space (we were in the walkway), and was so close she could have been wearing my shoes! 🙂 I didn't want to move in case I got in the way, so it was a long hold of breath, I can tell you! -
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zxDaveM replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I really enjoyed Boundless - had that Wheeldon/NYC vibe about it. And having Yasmine Naghdi n a tour de force didn't do any harm to it for sure. I thought she was magnificent. The middle pdd with Ryoichi Hirano I thought was superb. Liked the first half of the Junker piece (despite the music, sorry, 'soundscape'), which definitely had Crystal Pite written all over it. I'm afraid 2 blokes dancing never does it for me, so that scuppered the latter section in my eyes. Didn't get November's piece at all - just looked like jumping about in colourful costumes; I was waiting for it to go deep down dark and rhyhmic, and it didn't... Lurrrrved Twinkle (Jessica Lang) - the charm meter simply ran out of oodles! Fumi Kaneko and William Bracewell revelled in it (as did all the cast) So for me, both of the best pieces were female choreographers, which to me says how much we've been missing out on in recent years- 90 replies
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Both Giselles - great! Forsythe programme - great! New Nutcracker - we'll see (but has to be better than the current one!) The 75th online celebration could be fun All that engagement/futures/new stuff - remains to be seen, but doesn't exactly look satisfying fare Could have done with another triple bill in there I reckon... 😉
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zxDaveM replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
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The ROH booking website - what can we do?
zxDaveM replied to Geoff's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
perhaps it took them that long to fix the website booking... -
Ashton programmes summer 2024
zxDaveM replied to jmhopton's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
It's daft, that's what it is -
Ashton programmes summer 2024
zxDaveM replied to jmhopton's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
it's on the Saturday evening performance (at 7.45) in the Linbury. They seem to be doing four ofthe pieces -
Ashton programmes summer 2024
zxDaveM replied to jmhopton's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
any info welcome - and for The Winter's Tale too (and second run of Swan Lake?) -
yes, they can, and I do so most performances I'm at, as I'm usually Stalls Circle right If you were blocked, it may have been because they were having a private reception in it (more often happens in the bar area adjacent to the crush room itself - the conservatory) especially if it was on a prmiere performance night
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Royal Ballet Insight Events - News & links
zxDaveM replied to John Mallinson's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
casting: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/43/insights-festival-of-new-choreography/cast-list/57569- 503 replies
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Royal Ballet Insight Events - News & links
zxDaveM replied to John Mallinson's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
The insight into the new choreography festival is on YouTube this evening: no idea if the photo above any clue or not (casting not out yet)- 503 replies
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Pet Shop Boys: ROH 23rd-27th July 2024
zxDaveM replied to San Perregrino's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
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Pet Shop Boys: ROH 23rd-27th July 2024
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Wanted: Manon 7th February (Osipova/Clarke) SCS
zxDaveM replied to Rob S's topic in Ticket Exchange & Special Offers
Whoever made it feel like January has 67 needs shooting... -
Probably update the 'the' to 'this'
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