New book(?) on Edward Watson

[alison]

I've given up trying to embed this tweet, but try going to August 21st:

 

https://twitter.com/TheRoyalBallet

[Geoff]

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheRoyalBallet/status/1031935346026708992/photo/1

 

and

wp.me/p2HOoN-A7r

 

 

Edited August 27, 2018 by Geoff

[jm365]

looks great - but no indication of how much it will cost!

[alison]

Thanks, Geoff - but a limited edition of 250 sounds distinctly expensive!

[alison]

And - spotted separately, but also in today's links:

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/ballet/prince-charles-celebrates-royal-ballets-principal-dancer-edward/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/ballet/edward-watson-photographs/

 

 

[Odyssey]

On 27/08/2018 at 10:30, jm365 said:

looks great - but no indication of how much it will cost!

An eye watering £950 !

https://www.rickguest.gallery/product/edward-watson-portrait-of-a-dancer

 

Let’s hope a book about Ed Watson will be published that his many admirers can afford to purchase.

[Guest]

Poor Ed Watson fans. Except for the rich ones. 

[Sim]

4 hours ago, Odyssey said:

An eye watering £950 !

https://www.rickguest.gallery/product/edward-watson-portrait-of-a-dancer

 

Let’s hope a book about Ed Watson will be published that his many admirers can afford to purchase.

Quite.  But it is being made more and more clear that 'poor' dedicated ballet fans count for nothing.  Of course I understand that limited edition works of art will be expensive, but I will be interested to see, as Odyssey says, whether Ed's numerous fans are also treated to some lovely photographs of him, maybe in a sensibly-priced commemorative book when he retires from dancing.

[John Mallinson]

In defence of the price, this isn't a book. It's a collection of 30 very large format prints (65 x 50cm) with an accompanying booklet, presumably all in a nice box. That works out at about 30 quid a print which isn't bad if one thinks of it as an art publication.

 

[Sim]

12 minutes ago, John Mallinson said:

In defence of the price, this isn't a book. It's a collection of 30 very large format prints (65 x 50cm) with an accompanying booklet, presumably all in a nice box. That works out at about 30 quid a print which isn't bad if one thinks of it as an art publication.

 

Absolutely, and as I mentioned I totally understand art in limited edition being expensive.  I just mean that it would be very nice if something were produced for the Ed fans who can 't afford such art.  

[John Mallinson]

I think the 250 copy limited edition aspect is probably just a realistic (or optimistic) assessment of the number likely to be sold for £950, and a sales gimmick. Rick Guest's other two dancer books sell for £50 so I suppose it might appear in book format at that sort of price, but not soon.

[Odyssey]

There are very reasonably priced titles, which are largely photographic books, about Carlo Acosta and Steven McRae. it seems Ed is due one too.

[penelopesimpson]

I love Ed Watson with unrivalled passion.

 

Do I have £950 to spend on a book????????????

[alison]

19 hours ago, alison said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/ballet/prince-charles-celebrates-royal-ballets-principal-dancer-edward/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget

 

When I finally found a way past the Telegraph's paywall, I was hugely disappointed to see that this appears simply to have been a rehash of the foreword to the "book".  Quite frankly, I think the Telegraph has a "£$%"£^ cheek trying to charge you to access something which isn't actually their content.

[SwissBalletFan]

On 07/10/2018 at 07:34, John Mallinson said:

In defence of the price, this isn't a book. It's a collection of 30 very large format prints (65 x 50cm) with an accompanying booklet, presumably all in a nice box. That works out at about 30 quid a print which isn't bad if one thinks of it as an art publication.

 

Wouldn’t this forum be a perfect place to find people willing to each buy a print for 30 pounds? You could use an internet cash raising program to ensure all pay, then every fan could put theirs in a nice frame. Drawing straws for order of preference of which print to select. With Christmas around the corner it would make a great gift.

Edited October 9, 2018 by SwissBalletFan