RobR Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Yes. Well spotted and thanks for asking 😀 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 How wonderful for Julia to be dancing the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty after all her previous injury problems …eek what an amazing achievement! One very proud dad I should imagine! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I am just back from seeing Anna-Rose O'Sullivan and Steven McRae. Anna was a treat to watch, so clean and precise in her dancing and she is a joyful character. Steven is a dancer I have always enjoyed and Annette Buvioli was an excellent Lilac Fairy, she conveyed a strong goodness. All in all a great evening. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Would love to have been at tonight’s and this afternoon’s performance, if I’d known the casting of the fairies and Act 3 characters, but fingers crossed they’ll be dancing it in May or June. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Is anyone else going to tomorrow's performance alone? I'm wondering if I'm going to be the oly person awkwardly alone in a theatre full of couples! I don't usually go to the theatre on Valentine's Day because of that but couldn't resist getting a rush ticket for the one-off Magri/Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctas Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I don’t really get that atmosphere at the ROH - went to a performance on the 14th several years ago (perhaps Swan Lake?) and it wasn’t anything different from the usual audience. So I wouldn’t worry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 35 minutes ago, Dawnstar said: Is anyone else going to tomorrow's performance alone? I'm wondering if I'm going to be the oly person awkwardly alone in a theatre full of couples! I don't usually go to the theatre on Valentine's Day because of that but couldn't resist getting a rush ticket for the one-off Magri/Ball. You will find that it’s no different from any other shows, Dawnstar. Enjoy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) I'm glad to hear Valentine's Day performances at the ROH don't differ from the usual ones. I do almost all my theatregoing alone & usually I'm absolutely fine with it but a few years ago I made a last-minute trip to a West End show on Valentine's Day, to see a previous cast member return to cover a role, & did find it awkward when I seemed to be the only person there alone. Edited February 13, 2023 by Dawnstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I’ve a couple of friends going tomorrow both alone and separately as it were and I would have been a third if I had booked this performance as originally intending to. Im meeting one of them at the ROH (before going off home) around 6.30pm. If you want someone to chat to for a while then send me a personal message tomorrow before the show! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 @LinMM That's very kind of you but I don't usually get to the ROH until about 15-20 minutes before a performance, by the time I've walked from Kings Cross, so I'm not sure if I could manage to get there in time for a before-show meet up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Enjoy the show I will have to leave about 7.15 anyway ….perhaps another time 🙂 I don’t think it will be too Valentinesy it is the half term week so maybe more children than usual ….well behaved ones of course!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, LinMM said: I don’t think it will be too Valentinesy it is the half term week so maybe more children than usual ….well behaved ones of course!! Something else to worry about! Edited February 14, 2023 by Dawnstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_enthusiast Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 45 minutes ago, Dawnstar said: Something else to worry about! Don’t hesitate in reporting to the ushers! I will be doing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 James Hay on the Cast Sheet tonight as the Bluebird and a fairy escort, a lovely treat to look forward to. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Grr. The one I miss ... I'd been going to ask whether he'd done any Bluebirds, because I hadn't seen any mention of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 This appears to be his first of this run, having checked the rest of the cast sheets as I too was curious to see if he'd done any so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_enthusiast Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Mayara is brilliant, I’m really enjoying her in the role 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 May I ask if someone can explain what the mime gesture done by Carabosse of waving her hands to her mouth means? I think I understand all the rest of the mime but the meaning of that eludes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Dawnstar said: May I ask if someone can explain what the mime gesture done by Carabosse of waving her hands to her mouth means? I think I understand all the rest of the mime but the meaning of that eludes me. It could be “speak” as if pulling words out of her mouth, as in “Hear what I say,” as she begins the curse. When confronting the fairies it’s an irritated imitation of Songbird. I hope I’ve got the correct section / sections you mean… Edited February 14, 2023 by Jamesrhblack 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Yes, the whole sequence is saying “listen to what I am going to say”. Lilac also makes the same mime when she says “listen to what I tell you, Aurora will sleep, not die.” The gesture with the Songbird is Carabosse mimicking the flute that plays during her dance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Dawnstar said: May I ask if someone can explain what the mime gesture done by Carabosse of waving her hands to her mouth means? I think I understand all the rest of the mime but the meaning of that eludes me. This may be helpful Ballet Mime Comedy - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Jamesrhblack said: It could be “speak” as if pulling words out of her mouth, as in “Hear what I say,” as she begins the curse. When confronting the fairies it’s an irritated imitation of Songbird. I hope I’ve got the correct section / sections you mean… 55 minutes ago, Sim said: Yes, the whole sequence is saying “listen to what I am going to say”. Lilac also makes the same mime when she says “listen to what I tell you, Aurora will sleep, not die.” The gesture with the Songbird is Carabosse mimicking the flute that plays during her dance. Thank you both. It's the first gesture, the speak/listen one, that I was puzzled by. I did understand the Songbird mimicking one. (Though each time I see it I do wonder why she gives up after Songbird & Crystal Fountain & doesn't mimic all 5!) 1 minute ago, oncnp said: This may be helpful Ballet Mime Comedy - YouTube Thanks. I'll have a look at that tomorrow, as I'm currently on the train home & I doubt the rest of the carriage will want to hear an explanation of ballet mime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Just now, Dawnstar said: Thank you both. It's the first gesture, the speak/listen one, that I was puzzled by. I did understand the Songbird mimicking one. (Though each time I see it I do wonder why she gives up after Songbird & Crystal Fountain & doesn't mimic all 5!) Thanks. I'll have a look at that tomorrow, as I'm currently on the train home & I doubt the rest of the carriage will want to hear an explanation of ballet mime! no talking - just music and mime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, Dawnstar said: Thank you both. It's the first gesture, the speak/listen one, that I was puzzled by. I did understand the Songbird mimicking one. (Though each time I see it I do wonder why she gives up after Songbird & Crystal Fountain & doesn't mimic all 5!) Thanks. I'll have a look at that tomorrow, as I'm currently on the train home & I doubt the rest of the carriage will want to hear an explanation of ballet mime! i think she guves up out of bad tempered exasperation… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, oncnp said: no talking - just music and mime I've now watched it. Yes, the man on the left of the second pair of dancers does the gesture I was asking about with the "Talking" caption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Lovely photos, Rob. Matthew looks so proud of, and thrilled for, Mayara. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I love the second photo! ❤️ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sim said: I love the second photo! ❤️ I just picked exactly the same moment for tweeting my (not as good as Rob's) curtain call photos. It was so sweet. It was also lovely when he kissed her hand when they were bowing at the end of the grand pdd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 9 hours ago, Rob S said: Beautiful photos! Thanks, Rob! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 14 hours ago, Dawnstar said: May I ask if someone can explain what the mime gesture done by Carabosse of waving her hands to her mouth means? I think I understand all the rest of the mime but the meaning of that eludes me. I always thought it was 'saying a curse' (or casting a wicked spell) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctas Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I think after last night I’d absolutely love any opportunities to see Ball and Magri dance together again. They were just beautiful in their pas de deux. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Apologies if already mentioned 25 FEBRUARY 2023 SATURDAY, 1PM MAIN STAGE CAST CHANGE PRINCESS AURORA Sarah Lamb replaces Akane Takada PRINCE FLORIMUND Steven McRae replaces Marcelino Sambé Edited February 15, 2023 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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