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    The gorgeous Violetta Elvin ( Prokhorova)! Lest we forget: Elvin, said Margot Fonteyn, “influenced our dancing long after the 10 years she stayed with us”. Created roles in Ashton ballets but retired far too young. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jun/06/violetta-elvin-obituary There's a lovely short tribute here (official link) It's on the internet via John Hall but it's Vimeo and you have to log in.
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    Interview from a year ago. https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/2022/11/15/congratulations-to-principal-dancer-ricardo-castellanos/
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    Off topic I know but... He is gorgeous, his dance was gorgeous, so much gorgeousness in this video One of the comments under. His own YouTube channel. Very interesting.
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    A thread with origins in 2002. A great deal of interest. https://balletalert.invisionzone.com/topic/4498-les-sylphides/ I think I remember reading that Baryshnikov brought with him the sllo he'd learned in Russia. There are, I believe, as many different versions of Les Sylphides as there are companies Fokine visited. And Wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Sylphides
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    A serious threesome! Wonderful music. Great choreographers. Official link.
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    I'd like Les Noces too, but I think B. Les Noces could be in a bill with some Ashton, as he was taught by / worked with / was influenced by Nijinska.
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    And I do love a nice frock, especially one worn by Fonteyn: https://www.rohcollections.org.uk/record.aspx?ref=13423&row=0&work=337&collection=Costume+Coll
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    Add some Massine and Balanchine? Nothing wrong with 'heritage' works!
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    Les Sylphides is being neglected I fear so that. With William Bracewell. He has the soul of a poet I think. https://www.rohcollections.org.uk/work.aspx?work=337 Three choreographers who danced for Diaghilev?
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    Premiered in fact in France! https://www.rohcollections.org.uk/work.aspx?work=514 Ballet: Work details Choreographer: Ninette de Valois Composer: Arthur Bliss Music title: Checkmate (1937) Work definition: Ballet in one scene with prologue World premiere: 15 June 1937, The Vic-Wells Ballet, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris ROH premiere: 18 November 1947, Sadler's Wells Ballet ROH company premiere: 15 June 1937, The Vic-Wells Ballet, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris It would be good to have a revival. If anyone wishes to see it, YouTube will oblige.
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    Not Jephtha but a little more of the glorious countertenor voice of Cameron Shahbazi and Handel (official link):
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    The first two hours of this was broadcast, and can now be watched free here:
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    Checkmate anniversary! Premiered 18th November 1947.
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    I think it fitting and so very kind that the Royal Ballet did this. There is no doubt that Natalia Petrovna Osipova is a world class star, an amazing dancer, and the RB is fortunate that she chose to make the company her home. BALLET IN THREE ACTS 17.11.2023 7:30 PM The 125th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. At tonight's performance the Company celebrates Natalia Osipova's 10th anniversary as a Principal with The Royal Ballet. https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/43/don-quixote-by-carlos-acosta/cast-list/56226 Happy anniversary Natalia. Long may you continue.
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    We are getting way off topic but this fits here re Giselle, I see updated in August 2023: https://www.alastairmacaulay.com/all-essays/giselle-questions-answers So I'll add this which IS about Symphonic Variations, and is much more succinct (with photo of original cast): https://www.alastairmacaulay.com/all-essays/oyg6ku6ehrut9zwxykms59by2e7iwn
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    As here. https://youtu.be/_I4_oJP9CJk?feature=shared
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    Me too! Also doing all that without losing the fan or the cane! And the frock. Sigh.
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    Nijinska was a big influence on Ashton in his early years as a dancer & choreographer http://www.frederickashton.org.uk/biog.html https://www.balletcoforum.com/topic/27506-cecchetti-ashton-and-the-royal-ballet/
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    When we used to get Glyndebourne livestreamed to my local cinema (which was lovely) it used also to be on YouTube free and remained there for I think a month. I wonder how the cinemas felt about that? I watched 'live' at the cinema and then again online. My local was always packed for the popular ballets (we had the Bolshoi too, Sunday afternoons) and mostly the opera from the ROH (though not so much Glyndebourne) and also musicals and NT etc but it appears many cinemas are not full and are cinemas losing money? I don't have a clue how the finance of livestreaming works.
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    That one puzzled me also and I was going to delve and didn't get round to it, so thanks for that! Interesting isn't it? Also Giselle with another ballet. It is possible Giselle then wasn't as long as it is now, but I do feel a night at the ballet may have been better value for money then!
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    Worth the (very reasonable) ticket price to be in that lovely historic theatre! It is indeed 'grand'. (Lancaster is a delight to visit too.) https://visitlancaster.org.uk/attractions/lancaster-grand-theatre/ Lancaster Grand Theatre first opened in 1782 and was known simply as The Theatre, Lancaster. 1908 saw a fire which gutted the interior but less than eight months later, it reopened in the form it is today. The Theatre has been in continuous use for 200 years. In 1951 the Lancaster Footlights bought the theatre to secure a venue for amateur drama and music in the city. It hosts many popular comedians, singers, bands and theatre touring shows as well as in-house productions. Guided tours of the interior offer the chance of sighting the reputed ghost of actress Sarah Siddons! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theatre,_Lancaster
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    Imagine how much it must cost to hire the ROH for a day!
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    While searching for something else I came across this. Note on the 18th June 1947 there was a QUADRUPLE bill which included Symphonic Variations, and it's interesting to see all the other works danced by the company (then the Sadler's Wells Ballet) in the post war years. https://www.theatricalia.co.uk/13dance/royal.htm This is the triple bill it premiered with, in 1946: Ashton's Les Patineurs and Robert Helpmann's Adam Zero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonic_Variations_(ballet)
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    I don't know if this has already been posted elsewhere but I'll put it here in case not BBC Radio 4 Spotlights Keep Northern Ballet Live Campaign BBC Radio 4’s Front Row heard from MU General Secretary Naomi Pohl on the campaign to keep Northern Ballet music live and why it comes down to Arts Council England. https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/bbc-radio-4-spotlights-keep-northern-ballet-live-campaign The radio segment is at around 17.30 in https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001rynq
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    Sadly it won't work for me!
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