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RB Casting - SPRING BOOKING PERIOD 2024
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Quite. Unsurprising that he's now producing dance/theatre in the Linbury, presenting World Ballet Day, teaching, etc. His actual performances are very (very) few and far between. It must be very difficult to maintain both fitness and motivation in such a situation.- 151 replies
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DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I meant the fact of the King's presence (if it is a fact!). But yes, maybe any other reason is not of wider interest. Who knows?! (Well, some people do, clearly!). Anyway I'm going to the live screening so no doubt all will become clear at some point. -
DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Yes, that must be the case. But why not announce it, perhaps thereby encouraging ticket sales for the live screenings since it will make it an extra-special evening? -
When I booked a ticket at Sadler's Wells yesterday, there were two add-ons (the usual processing fee or whatever they call it, and a 'building fund' fee or some such) and then they ask if you want to add a donation too!! For goodness sake.
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DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
There have been quite a lot of royal Galas/performances attended by the monarch and announced in advance. I've even been to some of them. Maybe it's just because it will be this monarch's first attendance as monarch? Still not sure why his presence on its own would require such secrecy. -
DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I'm also assuming that that's what's happening on Tuesday evening; but royalty have regularly come to performances without all this secrecy, so I'm also assuming that there's more to it than just that. -
RB Casting - SPRING BOOKING PERIOD 2024
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Me too, though for new creations I think 'first cast' is right.- 151 replies
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RB Casting - SPRING BOOKING PERIOD 2024
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
I think the first night cast does have some significance (and the live screening cast), but after that I really don't see a hierarchy in the order of most castings nowadays (or in the order of the SL castings above). But yes, Magri is getting lots of opportunities.- 151 replies
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DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I wasn't sure if there'd be people there either, but also I can't talk easily in noisy places at the moment because of a breathing condition. So sorry for not coming down. -
DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I really only have one comment about tonight's performance, which is that I don't think it was Fumi Kaneko performing down there in Act 3 - it was some sort of AI-generated entity, programmed to do fouettes of a quality and speed that would be impossible for a real human being. A word of advice for the RB: if they want this sort of thing to be plausible, they should tone it down a bit next time. I mean you couldn't even see 'her' by the end - 'she' was just a blur, spinning faster and faster and still in perfect time to the music. Really - do they think we were born yesterday?! -
RB Casting - SPRING BOOKING PERIOD 2024
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
I would love to see Annette Buvoli as O/O.- 151 replies
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DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
ROH ticketing is really like a magical mystery ride nowadays. -
RB Casting - SPRING BOOKING PERIOD 2024
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
I had misread the details and thought that Sasaki/Sissens was only a Schools' matinée! Very excited to see otherwise.- 151 replies
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Yes, it did. But I see from a press release from Toonga's PR company in May 2022 about a tour of his new work 'Born to Exist', he was described as the Royal Ballet's 'Emerging Choreographer in Residence'. So maybe these various terms are interchangeable. Or maybe there has been a change. Who knows.
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I have no problem with them doing it either, even though I probably wouldn't have bought a ticket even if I'd known about it. (I've often bought tickets for raffles where I wouldn't want the prize/s, but this one is a bit too expensive.)
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I haven't received this offer/email. Maybe it only went to non-Friends? Or to people who hadn't yet booked for Nutcracker? If it's for fundraising, why would it not go to all on their databases? (Not that I would actually want this particular prize; but they don't know that.)
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DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Thank you, @Dawnstar! Wonderful photos. -
Sarasota Ballet 2023-24 season
bridiem replied to alison's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
She does rather make it sound as if all the benefit will be on the side of the company and community who will be fortunate to have her... nevertheless, I hope it is indeed a good collaboration for the company.- 24 replies
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DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
And I'm deeply impressed that you still pay attention to a closing bracket in time of stress! Good for you. I hope you're home now/soon and feeling much better. -
DON QUIXOTE - ROYAL BALLET AUTUMN 2023
bridiem replied to capybara's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I'm so sorry, Dawnstar, but don't be livid with yourself! It just happened, and you've done the right thing by going homewards. I hope it will pass soon. -
THE LIMIT - ROYAL BALLET - Autumn 2023
bridiem replied to Geoff's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Your guess sounds plausible! I was just baffled. (A not infrequent occurrence with me.) -
THE LIMIT - ROYAL BALLET - Autumn 2023
bridiem replied to Geoff's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Revelation to me too!