Sim Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 So much to be happy about with the casting: Hayward/Sambe should sizzle in The Dream. Naghdi/Richardson will be beautifully romantic in The Dream. Osipova/Bracewell...somewhere between the two! I am thrilled to see that Romany Pajdak is returning, albeit for one performance only. I do hope that this is a warm-up for gracing the stage once again next season, not a farewell. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Thanks for that Jamesrhblack! Am very happy with casting and nothing is repeated on the two days I’m going and as luck would have it I’ve got Cesar albeit in a ballet I don’t know! Very happy to have at least one performance of Hayward and Sambe’ in the Dream ….I can’t imagine Osipova in this role but she’s with Bracewell so I’m sure will be fine! I think Magri will be great in the Brahms and it’s Fumi and Vadim for Les Rendezvous so very pleased altogether. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePigeon Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Thanks so much for the casting @Jamesrhblack. I was holding off booking until casting had been announced after having to swap my Macmillan tickets, so I’m really pleased it’s not been a long wait. Now I just have to decide which casts to see - it’s so hard to get dates and preferred partnerships to align. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Yes, delighted to see Romany Pajdak returning, although a single performance looks ominous. Essentially pleased with my castings (Kaneo, Muntagirov for Les Rendezvous and Hayward, Sambé for Dream in Programme 1; In Programme 2, I think Osipova may bring out some of the feral wildness that Sibley used to bring to Titania, Bracewell is always a pleasure, and delighted to see Pajdak. Would have preferred Hayward, Bracewell for Hamlet and Ophelia and am getting Magri, Acri twice in Rhapsody but with a programme like this the choreography is the thing above all else). Great opportunities for Sae Maeda, Taisuke Naka and Daichi Ikarashi. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 And as expected I’ve missed some casts 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missfrankiecat Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Unbelievable - I already bought for five performances and haven't got the one pairing I really wanted to see! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 minute ago, Jamesrhblack said: Yes, delighted to see Romany Pajdak returning, although a single performance looks ominous. It does, though it's a huge amount of work to be 'performance ready' for only one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) Casting is also currently being discussed in the Macmillan Triple Bill topic. Romany Pajdak returns for a matinee? Edited March 28 by Roberta 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 That must be my most bizarre booking experience ever: I'd booked 3 of the Ashton bills 'blind', and now having just received the casting I realised that they didn't produce the right combination of casting at all. So I've returned all 3 tickets I'd booked and have booked for 4 other performances instead... oh well. At least I am now managing to see most of the (very enticing) casts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Thanks lady Emily….this was posted a bit earlier on another thread however this is the more appropriate place for it!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Yes. Just noticed I had been emailed the casting. Very interesting. Two of the performances I booked have casts I’m particularly interested in. The other two I’ve booked I’ll think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I was going to swap some tickets but...decided just to add one instead: a season like this does not come along very often. Life will have to take second place in June! ( and who knows what changes might happen anyway.) Very enticing casting, and a banquet of superb choreography to look forward to. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 As said on other thread I’m very happy with my casts but would like to see Naghdi and Richardson in the Dream! But if I did book that I’d have to spend more or less the whole of that week in London from 18th…..so not sure how popular I’d be especially as away part of the following week on a reunion and then have to stay on an extra night in London on 29th for RBS at Holland Park!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Just realised though the absence of James Hay, so my elation is a little dampened. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Just now, Mary said: Just realised though the absence of James Hay, so my elation is a little dampened. Might he still be dancing though not cast in a named role? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Puck is not named, for example..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) Nor James in Rhapsody. I saw him and Francesca do it years ago, 2015? and they were incandescent together. I'm also missing Alex already. Would loved to have seen his Oberon. Edited March 28 by jmhopton 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tebasile Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Some lovely casting but does anyone know why Matthew Ball is left out? He would have been a great Oberon and/or Hamlet. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 15 minutes ago, Fonty said: Edited to add could the posts regarding the Ashton triple bill be put in a separate thread? Or in an existing one if it has already been started. Would be very grateful if this were possible, please. This thread is already a bit of a patchwork, albeit a nice and informative one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Yes. I noticed Matthews absence too. Seems strange, especially as Mayara is dancing. Like Tebasile says, would loved to see his Oberon or Hamlet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Mary said: Puck is not named, for example..... I think the company has ample prospective Pucks, though - it's Oberons they are shorter of ☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady emily Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) Surprised not to see Takada in The Dream, given she seems to be fit right now? Or soon at least, given the SL casting. Edited March 28 by lady emily 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Hayward has the lead in either The Dream or Rhapsody in 7 out of the 10 shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 13 minutes ago, capybara said: Hayward has the lead in either The Dream or Rhapsody in 7 out of the 10 shows. I noticed that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Hardly surprising, given that she's probably the company's most Ashtonian dancer, I guess. I was wondering what they were going to have to leave her out of! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I’m guessing Matthew Ball is missing because he is guesting in Hong Kong in a new Swan Lake by Yuri Possokhov running 31/5 - 9/6 https://www.instagram.com/p/C5DGmf6JPTn/?igsh=b2loY3M2ZmlzZGFp 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 7 minutes ago, alison said: Hardly surprising, given that she's probably the company's most Ashtonian dancer, I guess. I was wondering what they were going to have to leave her out of! But, with so many shows and Ashton coming into the rep. less frequently now, there could surely be no better opportunity to enable other dancers to have a priceless learning experience and take their place alongside Hayward? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, Sim said: I am thrilled to see that Romany Pajdak is returning, albeit for one performance only. I do hope that this is a warm-up for gracing the stage once again next season, not a farewell. So do I. She has been away - and missed - for a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Looks like Vadim and Fumi are no longer appearing at the World Ballet Stars gala in Geneva on June 10th unless they can time travel. They are still being advertised as appearing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianlond Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) Lots of interesting casting (The Dream with Lauren Cuthbertson & Vadim Muntagirov looks enticing as I can imagine she will bring out the character well, plus Vadim in an Anthony Dowell roll should be great!). Lovely that Romany is back (but I wonder if it might not be a last performance). I do feel for James Hay who is surprisingly not cast at all in these Ashton works, & generally seems to be cast very little - I believe he has an on & off injury that flares up but can’t help thinking he might be thinking of moving on soon. Edited March 28 by Ianlond 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I do wonder why they have to announce it the day after public booking opens. I also was not expecting so many casts so it's going to be awfully complicated. I'm trying to get my head around all the casting combinations & failing. I think I'm going to have to turn it into a spreadsheet.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Personally delighted by Sae Maeda and Daichi Ikarashi in Rhapsody together. Booked! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 3 minutes ago, Dawnstar said: I do wonder why they have to announce it the day after public booking opens. I also was not expecting so many casts so it's going to be awfully complicated. I'm trying to get my head around all the casting combinations & failing. I think I'm going to have to turn it into a spreadsheet.... The timing is, of course, not untypical of the ROH. However, it is all the more galling given that the pdf was clearly signed off by KOH on the 26th March. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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