alison Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 A bit early to be starting a thread on this yet, when the run doesn't start until Thursday, but I wonder if anyone has splits yet for the programme (and/or can confirm that the running order is as above)? All the ROH website says is running time 2 hrs 35 minutes, and my reminder from the ROH was simply tacked on to an email about my last Sleeping Beauty booking, and didn't give the split times. I'm guessing there will be significant intervals. I'm also stunned to see that 8 performances of this are scheduled, schools' matinee included. Perhaps that partly explains why there seem to be so many seats left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Alsion, my email says the timings are 40 - 25 - 25 and end time 10.05pm but it doesn't confirm running order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Thanks, Mary. Anyone know how long the Gorecki is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 The order and running time (taken from the show webpage) is as follows: Human Seasons (40 mins) Interval (25 mins) After the Rain (25 mins) Interval (30 mins) Flight Pattern (35 mins) Means the Gorecki is cut as the symphony usually runs about 52 minutes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Thanks, BBB. You must be looking at a different show webpage, because neither of the ones I've tried has it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Thanks, BBB. You must be looking at a different show webpage, because neither of the ones I've tried has it! See here: http://www.roh.org.uk/events/vm8zv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 Oh, individual performance pages. No, I didn't look there: I foolishly assumed it would be on the triple-bill page, or something. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Timing according to the rehearsal cast sheet is 35, 20, 30 (intervals still the same). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Hmm, 1 hr 25 of dancing. Good job the tickets are cheap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cackles Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 The order was the same at the rehearsal today. As stated above the Gorecki lasts 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Quality dancing though Alison, if dress rehearsal was any thing to go by. Absolutely loved Flight Pattern. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 That's good to hear, Tony, since I never took to Human Seasons and think I've had enough of After The Rain for a while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterankles Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Flight Pattern is truly WONDERFUL. Run to see it. Exceptional in every way! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm also willing to bet that the programme note will be a great deal more helpful than Obsidean Tear and Woolf Works etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just wanted to say how disappointed and frustrated I find it that Pite's new piece has been burdened with such a lacklustre programme-After The Rain has been over programmed to death these last few years and Human Seasons is pleasant enough to watch but it is certainly not a piece that I would come specifically to see. The fact that Pite is the first female choreographer in far too long to be commissioned for the main stage is a huge a deal and the poor ticket sales will probably be used an an excuse to continue to exclude and marginalise women choreographers. I'll go to see this solely for Pite's piece, but if it had more compelling or intriguing companion works I would go multiple times. Also 55 minutes of intervals for 125 minutes of dance... is not great is it? Or do other members think I'm being overly harsh? Interested as always in what people think here. Looking forward to the reviews and hopefully a viewing next week. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 So agree with you Kate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 the poor ticket sales will probably be used an an excuse to continue to exclude and marginalise women choreographers. Over 90% of the tickets are sold already, which is, I would say, slightly higher than the average advance sale for a triple bill. As to your second suggestion, do you have any evidence to suggest that this is indeed the case? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Cast changes on the ROH website http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-changes-the-human-seasons-after-the-rain The Human Seasons:Edward Watson is replaced by Vadim Muntagirov on 16, 18, 21 and 24 March. Vadim Muntagirov is replaced by Nicol Edmonds in The Human Seasons on 17, 20 and 23 March. After the Rain:Nehemiah Kish is replaced by Nicol Edmonds in After the Rain on 16, 20 and 23 March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Cast changes on the ROH website http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-changes-the-human-seasons-after-the-rain The Human Seasons: Edward Watson is replaced by Vadim Muntagirov on 16, 18, 21 and 24 March. Vadim Muntagirov is replaced by Nicol Edmonds in The Human Seasons on 17, 20 and 23 March. After the Rain: Nehemiah Kish is replaced by Nicol Edmonds in After the Rain on 16, 20 and 23 March. What a shame, but good for Edmonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 As I'd feared. Kate, if there actually *were* 125 minutes of dance, I wouldn't be complaining! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Previous experience of Crystal Pite's work suggested to me that the new work might benefit from being seen from above: can people who've seen it tell me whether I was right or not? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I saw the Dress Rehearsal and it looked very good from the amphi. First night I am back toSCS. Interesting to see if it look as good from that level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Is Kish still injured ? such a long absence and do we know if Golding is going to be back for jewels ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Well, as I'd said elsewhere, I was surprised to hear that he (Kish) was still listed as dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 what do you mean alison ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterankles Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I suspect it will not matter where you sit for 'Flight Pattern' - it will overwhelm from wherever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I think The Royal Ballet's record on female choreographers , or rather lack thereof speaks for itself bangnorballetboy. I confess to being completely biased and quite passionate on the this subject, but I also cannot understand why the few works by female choreographers that are within the Royal Ballet rep (e.g. Nijinska and De Valois) are programmed so infrequently-e.g Les Biches is long over due an outing by RB. As for the 90% ticket sales , the fact that only 1 out of 7 performances has currently sold out (I haven't included the schools matinee which is also sadly not sold out as tickets are still being offered to students) I thought was not a good sign but of course will be happy if this is not the case. Anyway this is getting away from the subject of this thread ( my fault for the diversion, apologies) which is the triple bill -looking forward to peoples reviews and opinions on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 As for the 90% ticket sales , the fact that only 1 out of 7 performances has currently sold out (I haven't included the schools matinee which is also sadly not sold out as tickets are still being offered to students) I thought was not a good sign but of course will be happy if this is not the case. There's also one performance with only 23 seats available, which is as good as sold out for a theatre with a capacity of 2,256. But what strikes me as interesting about the advance ticket sales for this bill is that, barring one performance where there are about 100 seats in the lower tiers, the vast majority of the unsold tickets are in the cheaper areas of the house. I don't know whether this is just people who would sit elsewhere for "traditional" ballets make use of the top price tickets being that bit cheaper or whether it relates to the economic demographic of people interested in the bill. It would be great to understand the ticket sales but I don't think we will ever get the chance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 I think it's everyone going "ooh, I can afford a better seat than usual on my budget" - that usually seems to be the pattern for the cheap programmes. (Talking of which, I've returned the good amphi seat I was advertising to the box office) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 There's also one performance with only 23 seats available, which is as good as sold out for a theatre with a capacity of 2,256. But what strikes me as interesting about the advance ticket sales for this bill is that, barring one performance where there are about 100 seats in the lower tiers, the vast majority of the unsold tickets are in the cheaper areas of the house. I don't know whether this is just people who would sit elsewhere for "traditional" ballets make use of the top price tickets being that bit cheaper or whether it relates to the economic demographic of people interested in the bill. It would be great to understand the ticket sales but I don't think we will ever get the chance. This also is the pattern for Mayerling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Is Edward Watson injured? Anybody know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 I was wondering that, too, and hoping that if he was it wouldn't be severe enough to affect his Mayerlings. Yet he appeared in the gala on Sunday night? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Reading the ROH casting announcement, one would assume that he is replaced due to illness ill and Kish due to injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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