Jan McNulty Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 From the Company website: https://www.brb.org.uk/post/announcing-three-new-assistant-répétiteurs?fbclid=IwAR3-t2Ftc7hBtoDoNgLRBshHRzdh45uzatLFXHe57mAc1NaGe6IK3DkCmWI The three dancers are Laura Day, Rory Mackay and Jonathan Payn. Congratulations to them! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 This is a very interesting initiative but Laura Day, who will doubtless be great at her repetiteur role, almost seems to ‘young’ to become a character artist just yet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, capybara said: This is a very interesting initiative but Laura Day, who will doubtless be great at her repetiteur role, almost seems to ‘young’ to become a character artist just yet. I'd always hoped to see her as Juliet but perhaps it's what she wants. She's always been a terrific actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, capybara said: This is a very interesting initiative but Laura Day, who will doubtless be great at her repetiteur role, almost seems to ‘young’ to become a character artist just yet. I do agree, she has such a lovely quality to her dancing that it would be great if she can continue as a dancer as well as taking character roles. But she is so multi-talented that she will be a good repeititeur too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 When I lived in Birmingham I attended Jonathan Payn's Advanced ballet class at DanceXchange. He is a wonderful teacher - really non-judgemental and detailed in his corrections & feedback. We always thought he's left dancing the premier danseur roles far too early; his jumps are gorgeous and he has that lovely ease & softness that comes with Cecchetti training. But his acting in roles in Nutcracker and Hobson's Choice and so on is always great. Good to see that his skills & artistic leadership are being recognised. And he's just a really nice man. He was always so kind and encouraging to this ageing amateur dance student! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I'm also very pleased for Rory MacKay. I have loved him as a character since I interviewed him in Sunderland, quite soon after he joined the company. He spoke very freely; too freely from a PR point of view, of his attitude, then, to his career, even using a swear word at a time when swearing in public was less common, but no-one in the audience minded as he came across as such a great bloke! (He did apologise as soon as he realised what he had inadvertently done). Since then he has matured as a performer and always has a different 'take' on every role he performs so that I am always pleased when I see his name on the cast list, he's never bland. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Overtaken by events: https://www.brb.org.uk/stories/farewell-to-laura-day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 That's a pity, though not really surprising. A shame it looks like she's retired from dancing given she's presumably only in her early 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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