Jan McNulty Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Several BRB dancers reported today on twitter that Carol Anne Millar gave her final performance with BRB yesterday as Swanilda in Coppelia at the Virginia Arts Festival. I've always enjoyed her performances and I have seen some spectacular ones in the last couple of years. Unexpectedly she danced Juliet with Ian Mackay as her Romeo at the Lowry a couple of years ago. It is one of the most remarkable and memorable performances I have ever seen. Her Pineapple Poll was just sublime! She was also a tour de force as both Swanilda and Lise. Another of my favourite roles was as one of the stompers in Upper Room. Carol Anne had the most amazing leap and always gave her all. She will be greatly missed by all her fans whom, I am sure will join me in wishing her all the best for the future. Jonathan Caguioa tweeted a photograph earlier. I hope the link works: https://twitter.com/jonnycag/status/325989942054498307/photo/1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 That's a shame: it doesn't feel as though she's been around that long, but since I remember her being in Le Festin de l'Araignée at her graduation I guess she must have graduated in 1997. Or am I getting my dates mixed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Her biography doesn't say the year she joined BRB but I would guess Carol Anne has been with the company around 14 or 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 She did join in 1997. She danced the lead in a Bintley ballet at the school performance. I think it was called The Firefly. Such an early retirement. I will always remember her astonishing entrance in Pineapple Poll. It always produced a gasp from the audience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 It's a shame that she didn't dance her final performance in the UK so that everyone could say goodbye to her. I wish her well and wonder what she plans to do next. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 I've started a thread on "Performances Seen" about the Virginia performances of Coppelia. One of the items I have linked has a paragraph that says: "This performance of Coppélia on Saturday was actually Carol-Anne’s last performance with BRB; she has danced with the company for several years, and is retiring. She will be taking time off before starting a Royal Academy of Dance ballet teacher training course in June. I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to see her perform again, and that she honored Norfolk with her last BRB performance." http://www.altdaily.com/features/art/6188-brb-coppelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 http://www.brb.org.uk/Carol-Anne-2013.html The official notification on BRB's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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