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    In which case I have known people have a refreshing snooze to fortify themselves for the delights to come. Snoring isn't recommended though.
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    I thought it better than many of those tunic n tights affairs beloved of those designing for princes. 😏 And we won't go there again with the 'men in white lycra' of CG, but I thought they looked far better than those too. 🤭
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    Lineside fire apparently.
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    Oh. I thought he looked good! I thought the costumes interesting and exciting and based on Herrera's work & ideas.
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    So those people don't need to buy tickets. I can't stand football. To me it's 22 people doing nothing useful for however long it takes. Ditto tennis, athletics, and the rest. So I don't go, don't watch. Don't read about it. Don't talk about it. Nope. I have, however, spent decades involved in various aspects of 'the arts', and you know what? I don't think if you put six chimps in a room etc etc. I do think there is some intellectual endeavour involved. Maybe I'm being fooled, perhaps I'm really very dim, and extremely gullible, but my goodness, it's a lot of us having the wool pulled over our eyes. 🙃 But when I gently poked a bit of fun in another thread I was told I was 'sarcastic' (nope, that wasn't sarcasm) and rude and the thread was locked. Wayne McGregor is a major figure in dance. Don't like it, don't buy a ticket. I don't rave about all he does, though I find his work interesting; like every artist some things are probably more successful than others. I do try to read what he says about his work, what inspired it, why he chose who he did to collaborate. I see that many gain a great deal of pleasure from it, so long may it continue. Seems it's open season to be rude about Wayne McGregor. It would be a dull world if people didn't strive to create.
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    Carmen Herrera's obituary. She died in 2022 at the age of 106. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/14/carmen-herrera-obituary
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    Dame Ninette v Sir Fred. A coup? 😏
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    Did you? He seems only to mention her in passing as the set designer. Wayne McGregor certainly knows how to keep people talking hey? Maybe the title was tongue in cheek, who knows. Only Wayne McGregor, really. Not sure it's worth any more angst. It is what it is. 😏 I'm more interested in other aspects of the work. Seems like a good one for triple bills with opportunities for a number of dancers. No doubt in time other casts will perform. As for Anastasia, three act or one, possibly time it was put in the cupboard and left there. Yes it's a vehicle for a 'dramatic' dancer but oh so dreary. Its dance-theatrical avant-gardery has not aged at all well...
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    There’s something about the title of the new 35-minute work by Wayne McGregor that slightly sets the teeth on edge. Untitled, 2023: it feels archly self-negating, but also rather over-eager for the piece it represents to be regarded as a Work Of Art. Still, what’s in a name? And visual artists have, after all, been deploying the same trope for decades: why should they be entitled to all the untitled fun? Mark Monahan here appears to have not much clue about the link between the title Untitled, 2023 and the fact McGregor stated it was his homage to Herrera and her work? Enjoyable as McGregor’s piece is, Christopher Wheeldon’s returning Ancient Greece fantastia Corybantic Games (from 2018) still comes as something of a relief after it: for its easy, confident neo-classicism, its formal but playful beauty, its fantastic Britten score. I still detest the costumes, but look past them and – especially when it’s this eloquently delivered – there’s a wealth of subtly Aegean-tinged choreographic invention here, the Elgin Marbles-like clusters of dancers one highlight among many. (★★★★☆) Er... Leonard Bernstein surely?
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    Is that just about everyone in the company with Japanese heritage being given a gala slot? It's going to be quite a night! What a treat! I wonder why some are 'starring' and not others? 🤨 Lovely that Viola Pantuso and Daichi Igarashi are being given the opportunity to perform the pas de deux from "Diana and Acteon". They did this for the Erik Bruhn prize and Daichi won Best Male Dancer. They were terrific, it's a pity the performance (streamed live) video was removed from the competition website after about 12 hours. Enough time presumbly for the dancers and relatives and friends to catch it. I watched it several times. Delightful. I hope they bring the house down! Both still so young.
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    Rural Event is very funny! The Marriage of Leeds How Fille translates as that I will never understand! (I'm assuming it's Fille, music: Ferdinand Errol = Ferdinand Hérold) And Lucas B. Brentzrod. Is he new to the company? 😁
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    "The Marriage of Leeds" from Pas de Deux Choreography: Frederick Ashton/Music: Ferdinand Errol Cast: Meghan Grace Hinckis, Ruka Akri 🤩
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    The ones that contain nuts? 🙃
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    Too much to rehearse I suspect, been a busy year what with Cinders and all.
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    Well it was the first one I came across, I didn't search too long for the music for CG! As for the costumes for Untitled, 2023, (sad Herrera died before this could be staged, but she did get to do the set design) I think Daniel Lee has tried to incorporate the ideas behind her paintings and at least it all looks part of a whole. https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/carmen-herrera
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    Are we on the naughty step? Oh eck.
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    *Whisper* I don't care much for Anastasia and I'm sorry Laura Morera didn't get something more cheerful as her goodbye.
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    It looks beautiful!
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    Quite a while since I saw it, here's the music. I didn't mind the idea of the costumes, I just felt for the dancers in white knickers. Reminded me of how I hated gym at school, partly because of the knickers (which weren't lycra in those days and were considerably more roomy ) and I felt exposed. Thankfully never was, 🫥 but why do blokes like to put women in these? Same with skimpy leotards, I can't concentrate on the dancing for fear of untoward shifts of fabric 😏or worse.
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    Sir Fred Ashton always said his first cast, those he worked with and created on / for, were the best fit and he didn't like it when others danced the roles. No doubt it's all been very intense and working with several inexperienced dancers (in terms of contributing to the choreography) may have drawn out the creative process, but is there any evidence of that? There is the original cast, those who worked in collaboration with the choreographer, to dance the work. That's good. I suspect others will have worked on it too, in case of injuries (and Ed Watson is involved).
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    To be honest there's very little confirmed is there? Was it only yesterday we saw the casting? But I suspect with such a short run possibly the same?
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    No. I'd love to see it. The clips look exciting. . It's been rather hush hush hasn't it? I'm thrilled for the young dancers involved that they've been working on this with McGregor too.
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    Looks very Herrera painting! I'm suspecting the costumes are very last minute...
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    Or, for twenty five quid (more if you go for vintage): 😏 Black Opera Glasses with Gold Trim & Elegant Lorgnette Foldable Handle
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    Mine have a tattyish but OK leather case with purple silk lining*, and I'm suspecting older than I first thought! Inherited via a neighbour of my parents, along with many other nice things they were going to be binned! She was a rather grand old lady, I also have her damask table napkins, luncheon and dinner sizes, with laundry marks. Those were the days. *I am resisting all the simply gorgeous ones on ebay as I have enough STUFF. Tempting though! Some are VERY reasonably priced for such beautiful objects. None of the above is very useful when considering what to buy to see the dancers from the nether reaches of the ROH. It wasn't built for ballet. We digress.
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