Rob S Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 They appear to have married today!!*🙂 *as announced on Instagram by RB wedding guests 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cescablue Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Just saw the same posts! Congratulations to them! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 I was pointed in the direction of Stanislaw Wegrzyn's IG stories as I don't follow him and then I saw Amelia Townsend's story myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Well, that's a surprise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (It seems rather a pity that this happy news was broken by guests rather than by the couple themselves.) Congratulations and best wishes to Ashley and Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR101 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Congrats to both, but definitely a surprise - Ashley having spoke a lot about her previous husband in interviews I hadn't even spotted they had broken up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 16 hours ago, capybara said: (It seems rather a pity that this happy news was broken by guests rather than by the couple themselves.) Congratulations and best wishes to Ashley and Ben. Ashley has now posted up a photo of the wedding on her Instagram story, and has changed her IG name to 'ash_michelle_ella' so I guess that makes it doubly official! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 22 minutes ago, Sim said: Ashley has now posted up a photo of the wedding on her Instagram story, and has changed her IG name to 'ash_michelle_ella' so I guess that makes it doubly official! She appears to have two accounts (ash_michelle_dean for dance) and the one you mentioned above which has been active since Aug 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Just now, oncnp said: She appears to have two accounts (ash_michelle_dean for dance) and the one you mentioned above which has been active since Aug 2022. So she has been referring to herself as 'Ella' for more than a year? I didn't realise that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Ashley is also a talented artist/designer. Another IG account of hers focuses on this: @amddesign_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 20 minutes ago, Sim said: So she has been referring to herself as 'Ella' for more than a year? I didn't realise that! You can change the name of the account at any time so she won't have set that name up a year ago, she also has her art account too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, Rob S said: You can change the name of the account at any time so she won't have set that name up a year ago, she also has her art account too But she still hasn't changed the dance account name and the accounts have different posts. The only reason I mentioned it is someone upthread said it was a surprise. Anyway, congratulations to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, oncnp said: But she still hasn't changed the dance account name and the accounts have different posts. The only reason I mentioned it is someone upthread said it was a surprise. Anyway, congratulations to them. As she is known professionally as Ashley Dean, I suspect she won't rename the dance account. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 19 minutes ago, capybara said: Ashley is also a talented artist/designer. Another IG account of hers focuses on this: @amddesign_ Yes, I have a T-shirt that she designed that was a gift from my daughter a couple of years back, and she also has bought some of Ashley's drawings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, Rob S said: You can change the name of the account at any time so she won't have set that name up a year ago, Yes, I know, which is why I pointed out that the change has come now that she is married! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 They were brave scheduling a wedding for mid-Nutcracker-run - unless it was a last minute decision to get married after they were both out injured! I gather all the photos on Instagram so far have only been on stories, so unfortunately aren't visible to those of us who don't have Instagram, but I hope it looked a nice occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, Sim said: Yes, I know, which is why I pointed out that the change has come now that she is married! Oh ok, I was talking about you asking if she'd called herself Ella for a year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dawnstar said: They were brave scheduling a wedding for mid-Nutcracker-run - unless it was a last minute decision to get married after they were both out injured! I gather all the photos on Instagram so far have only been on stories, so unfortunately aren't visible to those of us who don't have Instagram, but I hope it looked a nice occasion. It did. Ashley looked beautiful in her wedding dress, with a gorgeous bunch of flowers. Ben looked very dapper in his wedding suit! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Sim said: It did. Ashley looked beautiful in her wedding dress, with a gorgeous bunch of flowers. Ben looked very dapper in his wedding suit! I'll have to hope one of them makes a proper post of some of the photos at some point then, as I can see proper Instagram posts just not stories. ETA: Thanks to a PM I've now seen a couple of the photos. Her dress & flowers were indeed lovely. Edited December 31, 2023 by Dawnstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnticaFiamma Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Congratulations to the beautiful couples, both amazing talents and both looking gorgeous! (coincidentally I hope someone will edit Akane Takada's Wikipedia page because it is a bit awkward it says she's dating Benjamin Ella) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, AnticaFiamma said: coincidentally I hope someone will edit Akane Takada's Wikipedia page because it is a bit awkward it says she's dating Benjamin Ella) the two events aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive 😉 (we live in modern times but yes, written with tongue in cheek) Edited December 31, 2023 by PeterS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Anyone can edit any Wikipedia page, surely? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR101 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Jan McNulty said: As she is known professionally as Ashley Dean, I suspect she won't rename the dance account. Dean is her previous husbands family name though right. 2 hours ago, oncnp said: But she still hasn't changed the dance account name and the accounts have different posts. The only reason I mentioned it is someone upthread said it was a surprise. Anyway, congratulations to them. I don't follow Ashley myself so definitely didn't follow the small account which I think used to be private - but definitely not a surprise for those that follow that account as a quick peruse shows! I was mostly surprised because literally the day before I came across an interview she had given where she talked very openly about her marriage with her previous husband that wasn't that old - including previous difficulties, struggles with a dancing schedule and being a 'good wife', and plans to retire to focus on motherhood at some point (seemingly in a not that distant future). She is a lovely dancer so hopefully she has found happiness! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 We have a beautiful picture taken by @Rob Sfrom the 2021-22 RB Nutcracker season curtain calls when Ashley was Clara to Benjamin's Hans-Peter and holding hands as per their roles. 😀 I don't know how to bring the photo across; am not even sure if I can, but if members look in the photo galleries here compiled by @zxDaveM or browse through last last year's Nutcracker thread, you'll see it. Very sweet. Congratulations to Ashley and Benjamin and look forward to seeing them dance again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 25 minutes ago, Emeralds said: We have a beautiful picture taken by @Rob Sfrom the 2021-22 RB Nutcracker season curtain calls when Ashley was Clara to Benjamin's Hans-Peter and holding hands as per their roles. 😀 I don't know how to bring the photo across; am not even sure if I can, but if members look in the photo galleries here compiled by @zxDaveM or browse through last last year's Nutcracker thread, you'll see it. Very sweet. Congratulations to Ashley and Benjamin and look forward to seeing them dance again! I don't know which one you were refering to but here's one from three different performances I saw 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Fabulous photo. And what’s interesting here is that Hans Peter wears his medal - but hasn’t the medal gone in the 2023 revival when H-P returns for the short final scenes? I think a medal fell off in Act 2 at one performance I saw but I don’t think any H-Ps wear their medals in the final scenes/curtain calls. I’ll try and post something on the Nutcracker thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cescablue Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Ben Ella has just posted a lovely pic on Insta! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, Cescablue said: Ben Ella has just posted a lovely pic on Insta! The happiest day of my life. Praise God. @_laracappelli_ 📷 @londonicc | Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 11/12/2021 at 00:46, Rob S said: Thanks @Rob S! Don't know if quoting an old reply is allowed but just to illustrate what I meant, it was the photo from this 11 Dec 2021 post you made (such great smiles) of the 10 Dec 2021 performance. The photo you've picked is beautiful too. Interesting that (as @JohnS observed) Benjamin wears his medal in one but not in the other; the medal is removed at most of the red runs after the shows I've attended too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 7 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Thanks @Rob S! Don't know if quoting an old reply is allowed but just to illustrate what I meant, it was the photo from this 11 Dec 2021 post you made Oh sorry, I've just seen I posted from the wrong year although that now highlights the clear meddling with the medal over the last couple of years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 36 minutes ago, Rob S said: Oh sorry, I've just seen I posted from the wrong year although that now highlights the clear meddling with the medal over the last couple of years No worries, Rob! Understandable given the great number of shows you've gone to and kindly posted photos for us from. 😀 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiari Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Oh wow, so unexpected but so wonderful! I still thought she was with her former husband and he was with Takada. They looks lovely in the photos they posted, so elegant and in love. The biggest congrats to them, wish them a wonderful life together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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