Rob S Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I think worse than a jester is a drunk tutor....a la Ballet of Siberia.....all the annoyance of him getting in the way and possible #MeToo accusations in the future with none of the ballet skill you can admire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Have only just caught up w their thread and am delighted that so many other members would like to see those awful cygnets quietly removed! The only performance I ever enjoyed was in an ancient.film with Morecambe and Wise! Delighted to see that their antics have been toned down a little and can now look forward to seeing the new production on 2June. But one day I'd love to see a production where Siegfried practices on them with his nice new cross bow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I like the cygnets! Did I read somewhere that traditionally this used to be danced by students? Or did I just imagine it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, ninamargaret said: Have only just caught up w their thread and am delighted that so many other members would like to see those awful cygnets quietly removed! The only performance I ever enjoyed was in an ancient.film with Morecambe and Wise! Delighted to see that their antics have been toned down a little and can now look forward to seeing the new production on 2June. But one day I'd love to see a production where Siegfried practices on them with his nice new cross bow. Isn't it one of those things that every little girl learning ballet dreams of dancing one day, though? (It definitely featured at some point in a documentary about White Lodge - was it the old one with Yasmine Naghdi and Francesca Hayward in the Year 9 uniform, or something more recent?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 23/02/2015 at 18:12, Jane S said: The low spot for me in the current RB Swan Lake was the Tutor in Act 1 throwing up into the fountain at the back of the stage. But many who saw Peter Schaufuss's 'Swan Lake - the Nightmare' may feel this whole thread is redundant... Thankfully the Tutor has gone in the new production. So, too, have the little girls but worth remembering some of those names Sarah Wildor 1987 Leanna Palmer 1988 Laura Morera 1992 Emma Maguire 1995 Bethany Keating 1995 Anniek Soobroy 1997 Lauren Cuthbertson 1997 Samara Downs 1997 Bethany Kingsley-Garner 2000 Ruth Bailey 2002 Antoinette Brooks-Daw 2002 Jade Heusen 2002 Francesca Hayward 2004 Anna-Rose O'Sullivan 2007 Isobel Lubach 2008 Julia Roscoe 2008 Charlotte Edmonds 2011 Quite a list 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 And current AJYD, Amelia Palmiero (I was talking about this just last night) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springbourne3 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 22/02/2015 at 16:05, Jan McNulty said: I loathe jesters and I can't stand the happy ending productions. I agree re - the jesters! Completely annoying in Russian productions and just don’t add anything in my opinion - yes and no ‘happy ending’ either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springbourne3 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 24/05/2018 at 12:27, Tony Newcombe said: Thankfully the Tutor has gone in the new production. So, too, have the little girls but worth remembering some of those names Sarah Wildor 1987 Leanna Palmer 1988 Laura Morera 1992 Emma Maguire 1995 Bethany Keating 1995 Anniek Soobroy 1997 Lauren Cuthbertson 1997 Samara Downs 1997 Bethany Kingsley-Garner 2000 Ruth Bailey 2002 Antoinette Brooks-Daw 2002 Jade Heusen 2002 Francesca Hayward 2004 Anna-Rose O'Sullivan 2007 Isobel Lubach 2008 Julia Roscoe 2008 Charlotte Edmonds 2011 Quite a list Yasmine Naghdi in ?2004 I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Springbourne3 said: Yasmine Naghdi in ?2004 I think That period of time was when Ruth Bailey and Francesca Hayward were dancing in a lot of the performances. There is no record of Yasmine dancing one of the girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Just out of curiosity, which WL girls ones danced which role? I think of the one in the navy and pink as being for a taller or older-looking girl than the pale green, so I'm guessing Hayward would have been the pale green and (if she and Bailey used to dance it at the same time) Bailey the navy and pink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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