bridiem Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 The 2023 Frederick Ashton lecture will be held at the Wallace Collection in London and via Zoom on Monday 19th June 2023 - tickets are free: https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/out-of-this-world-dancing-into-fairylands/ 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, bridiem said: The 2023 Frederick Ashton lecture will be held at the Wallace Collection in London and via Zoom on Monday 19th June 2023 - tickets are free: https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/out-of-this-world-dancing-into-fairylands/ Thank you. And available to watch for a week after the event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, bridiem said: The 2023 Frederick Ashton lecture will be held at the Wallace Collection in London and via Zoom on Monday 19th June 2023 - tickets are free: https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/out-of-this-world-dancing-into-fairylands/ Glad it’s accessible via Zoom and for 1 week after Monday too. Thank you, bridiem! - looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 nHmm it says sold out for online. How? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, FionaE said: nHmm it says sold out for online. How? Maybe they only have a licence for x number of people? Don't know. Maybe worth querying with them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Very disappointing, isn't it? Have they limited how many can watch online? Rather negates the purpose of putting it online doesn't it? Hopefully an error. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 There is a finite amount of bandwidth available and perhaps they have reached it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 16 minutes ago, oncnp said: There is a finite amount of bandwidth available and perhaps they have reached it. Could the organisers pay to increase bandwidth, or is this a technical limitation? Seems very odd - I 'attend' Zoom talks regularly, run by all sorts of organisations, and there has never been this problem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, bridiem said: Could the organisers pay to increase bandwidth, or is this a technical limitation? Seems very odd - I 'attend' Zoom talks regularly, run by all sorts of organisations, and there has never been this problem. Fair point but without knowing how many people have signed up it's difficult to determine. And paying for additional bandwidth for a free event may be problematic. The Wallace is a small museum with free admission (and a wonderful one, one of my favorites) and the resources may not be there. Or as someone else pointed out it may be an error, tied to the "sold out" for in person attendance. Edited April 22, 2023 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Esp odd to not be available online as if it’s viewable for a week not all would watch live or at same times…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Peanut68 said: Esp odd to not be available online as if it’s viewable for a week not all would watch live or at same times…. But they don't know how many will be on at any given time so I would think they would plan for worst case scenario to avoid all the complaining that would happen if they were over subscribed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 I have emailed the Wallace Collection to ask about this. I'll let you know if I hear back. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 True….. but I’d be very happy for time slots to be made available & book one… with international interest sone would want to be watching their day our night etc….no idea of tech allows for this or indeed if it should actually be an issue at all as surely lots of zoom events attract potentially 100‘s of 1000’s of viewers at any one time…. Could be limitations as free? Maybe as a charity it has a limitation on free use age? I’d be very happy to pay a fee… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) Zoom, the app, does have a maximum. For the basic level which is free of charge, it’s 100 participants. For large meetings (not sure how much that costs the host) eg school or university lectures, they can have 300 participants. For larger, eg business meetings or conferences (definitely not free), they can have 500 or by special request, 1000. I’m not sure what the difference in prices for 100 to 1000 are. It’s possible that the museum only has the basic free version as they’re not charging anything and they also have an in person audience to cater to (in terms of answering questions, for example). Perhaps the availability for one week can be made available to those who couldn’t get tickets after the event on request, or perhaps they could film just the lecture and make that available on YouTube or make a transcript of the talk available on their website or something. PS just to point out to fellow members, Professor Dame Marina Warner is an eminent historian, fiction writer (she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 1988) and academic, but not a dancer, so I expect she is approaching it from the literary and historical point of view rather than talking about the choreography or performing aspects. Edited April 22, 2023 by Emeralds 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 The previous lecture in this series, by composer Michael Berkeley, is still online if you want to get some idea of the occasion, and the full text of the first one, by Nicholas Hytner, is on the Ashton Foundation website. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Emeralds explains well….makes me wonder though how does the LBC send out their talks? I’ve attended a few & think thet were via zoom….I imagine they have more than 100 often? Also, I seem to recall to use zoom free it’s limited to a maximum of 45 minute duration (please correct me if I have this wrong) & certainly these lasted much longer (& very good they were too!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Peanut68 said: Emeralds explains well….makes me wonder though how does the LBC send out their talks? I’ve attended a few & think thet were via zoom….I imagine they have more than 100 often? Also, I seem to recall to use zoom free it’s limited to a maximum of 45 minute duration (please correct me if I have this wrong) & certainly these lasted much longer (& very good they were too!) Yes, free zoom access limits you to 40 minutes. I assume LBC must have a paid zoom license. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Yes I guess they must have…. Wonder if there’s a way that the FA lecture folks can see how many want to book but can’t as it’s already fully booked? Maybe that could give them confidence to book for larger zoom or could it be streamed via Facebook or YouTube or something? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 22/04/2023 at 16:08, Jane S said: The previous lecture in this series, by composer Michael Berkeley, is still online if you want to get some idea of the occasion, and the full text of the first one, by Nicholas Hytner, is on the Ashton Foundation website. Am now reading Hytner’s talk as a result of the questions posed -thank you Jane S. (I saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Handel, which straightaway got my attention!) Hopefully the transcript of Professor Warner’s talk will be similarly posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 Reply received from The Wallace Collection: 'Thank you for getting in touch and bringing this error to our attention. There certainly are still online tickets available for this event and the booking page should now be working correctly. Please don't hesitate to contact me, however, if you experience any further difficulties.' 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Thank you for this! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 23/04/2023 at 13:06, Peanut68 said: Yes I guess they must have…. Wonder if there’s a way that the FA lecture folks can see how many want to book but can’t as it’s already fully booked? Maybe that could give them confidence to book for larger zoom or could it be streamed via Facebook or YouTube or something? 8 hours ago, bridiem said: Reply received from The Wallace Collection: 'Thank you for getting in touch and bringing this error to our attention. There certainly are still online tickets available for this event and the booking page should now be working correctly. Please don't hesitate to contact me, however, if you experience any further difficulties.' Glad to see they did have capacity for more participants after all! Thank you for helping to sort this out for everyone who was interested in the lecture, bridiem! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Just bumping this thread up to the front to remind members who booked that this is tonight, and hopefully you have received your zoom link email today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Thank you for the bump, Emeralds - I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, and had totally forgotten about it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Hmm I have a zoom ticket but I haven't received my link ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Oh no 😮, @annamk If it helps, my link and passcode email was received today just before 8am. Have you checked your spam folder just in case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 For those who still want to watch or listen, the museum says they currently still have online places available (for now!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Oh no 😮, @annamk If it helps, my link and passcode email was received today just before 8am. Have you checked your spam folder just in case? I have checked it and I have emailed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Well that was good fun watching online and an impressive feat from Professor Marina Warner giving a 50 minute or so speech with virtually no breaks (apart from when the temperamental short YouTube clips were being played)! I wouldn’t like to give a long speech in this weather, and she’s of a more venerable age than I! Impressively researched. Thank you for letting us know and for sorting out the initial Zoom booking hiccups some members experienced, @bridiem. 💐💐💐 Hope other members enjoyed it whether in person or at home. @annamk, hope they sent you the link in time to join it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Hope other members enjoyed it whether in person or at home. @annamk, hope they sent you the link in time to join it. Thank you, they did ! And I believe it's available for 2 weeks to re-watch at leisure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, annamk said: Thank you, they did ! And I believe it's available for 2 weeks to re-watch at leisure Hurrah! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 One week, I thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, alison said: One week, I thought? No, it'll be available in 48 hours' time, for two weeks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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