Sim Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 All comments/reactions here please. Does anyone know approximately how long this will last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, including one interval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) I am going on Sunday and looking forward to it especially after the day I have had at work with intermittent power supply since yesterday evening! However what a strange start time of 3pm? I am sure it was Saturday lunchtime last year. Edited July 12, 2023 by MJW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 32 minutes ago, MJW said: I am going on Sunday and looking forward to it especially after the day I have had at work with intermittent power supply since yesterday evening! However what a strange start time of 3pm? I am sure it was Saturday lunchtime last year. I agree. I wish it started at 1pm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 I’m happy with 3pm as it allows us to go to a concert at 1130 and also make it to the Proms in the evening! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 it clashes with the Wimbledon Men's Final so i am very not impresssed! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVWS Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 17 hours ago, PeterS said: it clashes with the Wimbledon Men's Final so i am very not impresssed! It does pretty much every year! Very annoying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I think in recent years the Annual Performance has often been Saturday midday and next year it reverts to that time on 6 July, a week earlier. Sunday matinees are impossible to do as a day trip for me as the first Sunday train doesn’t arrive in Euston until just before 3pm. But this year I’m very pleased to be seeing Don Carlo on the Saturday evening and can get home on Sunday after the Royal Ballet School’s performance. I’m even using my free Standard Premium return ticket as I’d bought sufficient tickets to qualify for Avanti Gold card membership. A very satisfying way to bring the curtain down on the 2022-23 season. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 On 12/07/2023 at 18:48, PeterS said: it clashes with the Wimbledon Men's Final so i am very not impresssed! Luckily I'm only going on ladies singles final day... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 A friend has just let me know that the programme and cast list are now on the ROH website: https://static.roh.org.uk/digital/cast-sheets/Royal-Ballet-School-Summer-Performance/RBS-Summer-Performance-cast-sheet-16.07.23.pdf 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 17 minutes ago, Bluebird said: A friend has just let me know that the programme and cast list are now on the ROH website: https://static.roh.org.uk/digital/cast-sheets/Royal-Ballet-School-Summer-Performance/RBS-Summer-Performance-cast-sheet-16.07.23.pdf No mention of the grand défilé? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAboutTheJourney Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 47 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: No mention of the grand défilé? It’s definitely happening 🙂 Very much looking forward to watching this for the first time on Sunday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Good to see that Konservatoriet has been staged and coached by Diana Cuni - many will remember her as a wonderful Bournonville dancer, and her own performance in the pas de trois from the ballet (with Gudrun Bojesen and Ulrik Birkkjaer) was one of the highlights of the RDB dancers' brief visit to the Peacock Theatre in 2015, just before she retired. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 14 minutes ago, Jane S said: Good to see that Konservatoriet has been staged and coached by Diana Cuni - many will remember her as a wonderful Bournonville dancer, and her own performance in the pas de trois from the ballet (with Gudrun Bojesen and Ulrik Birkkjaer) was one of the highlights of the RDB dancers' brief visit to the Peacock Theatre in 2015, just before she retired. Gosh - and wasn't that visit way too short! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 There are head shots of all the graduating students in Gramilano’s article (see today’s Links). 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Yes that’s a very helpful article to identify who is who and where they are going!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Hugely enjoyed yesterday’s annual performance. Highlights for me were the Mozart Sechs Tanze, brilliantly performed, with I think five of the dancers joining the Royal Ballet’s Aud Jebsen Programme (there is a sixth), and Takademe, an astonishing performance by Caspar Lench (one of the five in the Mozart). I was rather taken with the Romanian folk dances performed by the White Lodge students, not just the dancing but the panache they displayed with their percussion sticks. Always good to see a Two Pigeons extract, the closing Pas de deux, albeit no pigeons on this occasion. And of course the Grand Defile brought the house down. I did wonder whether the balance was quite right: modern pieces predominated and were excellently performed whereas I thought dancers seemed not quite as at ease in the more classical pieces. Congratulations to all students and the staff who joined the curtain call before leaving the stage to the dancers and conductor Paul Murphy. I see the performance has been filmed so hopefully it will be made available to Royal Ballet School Friends as last year. 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobR Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 10 hours ago, JohnS said: Hugely enjoyed yesterday’s annual performance. Highlights for me were the Mozart Sechs Tanze, brilliantly performed, with I think five of the dancers joining the Royal Ballet’s Aud Jebsen Programme (there is a sixth), and Takademe, an astonishing performance by Caspar Lench (one of the five in the Mozart). I was rather taken with the Romanian folk dances performed by the White Lodge students, not just the dancing but the panache they displayed with their percussion sticks. Always good to see a Two Pigeons extract, the closing Pas de deux, albeit no pigeons on this occasion. And of course the Grand Defile brought the house down. I did wonder whether the balance was quite right: modern pieces predominated and were excellently performed whereas I thought dancers seemed not quite as at ease in the more classical pieces. Congratulations to all students and the staff who joined the curtain call before leaving the stage to the dancers and conductor Paul Murphy. I see the performance has been filmed so hopefully it will be made available to Royal Ballet School Friends as last year. Thanks for this nice review. I kept checking into this thread and was surprised that no one had posted 😯 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, RobR said: Thanks for this nice review. I kept checking into this thread and was surprised that no one had posted 😯 I would have liked to do so but I couldn’t see well enough to speak fairly (see my post under audience behaviour). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, JohnS said: Hugely enjoyed yesterday’s annual performance. Highlights for me were the Mozart Sechs Tanze, brilliantly performed, with I think five of the dancers joining the Royal Ballet’s Aud Jebsen Programme (there is a sixth), and Takademe, an astonishing performance by Caspar Lench (one of the five in the Mozart). I was rather taken with the Romanian folk dances performed by the White Lodge students, not just the dancing but the panache they displayed with their percussion sticks. Always good to see a Two Pigeons extract, the closing Pas de deux, albeit no pigeons on this occasion. And of course the Grand Defile brought the house down. I did wonder whether the balance was quite right: modern pieces predominated and were excellently performed whereas I thought dancers seemed not quite as at ease in the more classical pieces. Congratulations to all students and the staff who joined the curtain call before leaving the stage to the dancers and conductor Paul Murphy. I see the performance has been filmed so hopefully it will be made available to Royal Ballet School Friends as last year. good review JohnS, outstanding performances from all the students. Are you sure about the availability of the recording to Friends of the School? I am a Friend but never been offered a copy, I thought it was made available to parents of students but that was all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, SPD444 said: Are you sure about the availability of the recording to Friends of the School? I am a Friend but never been offered a copy, I thought it was made available to parents of students but that was all. For the last two years (i.e. the years in which a recording has been made of the performance) there has been a short period during which the Friends of the School have had internet access to the recording. Edited July 17, 2023 by Bluebird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I wonder whether the new RBS Member scheme(which appears to offer more than being a Friend does) will make any difference in terms of the recording’s avaiability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Hopefully we’ll find out fairly soon if a recording is made available. I’m afraid I hadn’t realised there is a new RBS Members scheme - I’m sure there are important emails that I don’t pay sufficient attention to. I certainly enjoyed watching Yondering several times last year having been very taken with the live performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I will be in both WL and US over the next few weeks so I will make enquiries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFCballet Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Our first RBS ROH show and how fabulous it was! We absolutely adored the Defile, they really showcased the students and it was exciting to see how the pupils develop to pre-professional - it had exhilarating choreography and it showed the wonderful dynamics of the students. Lots of pieces were wonderful but I do agree with above, Don Q was mostly well presented but I would have liked to have seen more character portrayal. Other pieces definitely excelled - Takademe was brilliant, Sechs Tanze was extremely entertaining, Bold was excellently performed and it was fabulous to see how the dancers so easily adapt, the Roman Folk dance was very well rehearsed and Four Seasons was spendid/ beautifully danced. Well done to all the students and staff, I will definitely book to see this again. I would definitely be interested in becoming a friend if recordings are offered, I would be happy to make a donation to watch - I will follow the post with interest! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I loved the gasp and applause when the curtains opened to reveal the Konservatoriet set. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletbloke Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) I agree with the reviews above, I thought the whole show was amazing. I've tried searching but can't find out what the music was for "Bold" - does anyone know? Edited July 17, 2023 by Balletbloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 How much of Four Seasons was there? - just the corps de ballet bits, or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Just as it was on June 20th. in the Linbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, Balletbloke said: I've tried searching but can't find out what the music was for "Bold" - does anyone know? More about the music here (Owen Belton composer) 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletbloke Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 More about the music here (Owen Belton composer) That's brilliant! Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 BTW, if anyone wants to see Takademe again, I'm pretty certain it features in the Alvin Ailey programme which is shown from time to time on Sky Arts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 41 minutes ago, alison said: BTW, if anyone wants to see Takademe again, A few glimpes here too, with Caspar Lench 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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