Rob S Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 9 hours ago, capybara said: He hardly registered in the Dowell production as he quickly merged with three other 'friends', didn't he? The Scarlett Benno has been widely reported as dancing the Act 1 pas de trois. So a considerable step up. Yes I suppose he didn't actually do any dancing and dancing the pdt would indeed fulfill the criteria of a bigger role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 13 minutes ago, Sophoife said: Anyone know where Ratmansky is atm? I would imagine at home in NYC - given that his Harlequinade is about to open with ABT and several pieces, Whipped Cream, Firebird, etc. being revived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, Rob S said: Yes I suppose he didn't actually do any dancing and dancing the pdt would indeed fulfill the criteria of a bigger role. Hahaha that wasn't the attitude of several who were cast as Benno in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake when it premiered..."what do you mean PDT means Benno is a principal role???" which was what they were told. 14 minutes ago, Bruce Wall said: I would imagine at home in NYC - given that his Harlequinade is about to open with ABT and several pieces, Whipped Cream, Firebird, etc. being revived. Thank you Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 10 hours ago, aliceinwoolfland said: I *think* that may have been an old photo? Yeah that was the old Benno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Sophoife said: He's coming for Cinderella which is not until December in Sydney. You get Kevin Jackson for Nutcracker in exchange. Aus Ballet currently performing Merry Widow and working on mixed programme that follows it, plus new Spartacus so I very much doubt Alexander would be coming here to learn the role this early, when you consider what he is already doing in London. It's a helluva long flight for a couple of days in a studio! And it's Ratmansky so possibly he'd be able to learn it in Yurrup anyway...? Anyone know where Ratmansky is atm? Thanks....I thought it was a bit early for him to be leaving! So he could have danced Siegfried, as it happens.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 There are currently a few tickets available for some performances (usually the top end of the price range) online. In particular, a few for the first Takada/Bracewell performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I’ve only just realised that ticket sites are selling tickets for vastly inflated prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 No, that's the Royal Opera House website you're on Sorry, couldn't resist. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 20 hours ago, alison said: No, that's the Royal Opera House website you're on Sorry, couldn't resist. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) On the live rehearsal just now didn't Kristen McNally say the Live Cinema was on 01 June? I thought it was the 12th.... Edited May 10, 2018 by Richard LH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 It is June 12th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 The designs look beautiful!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 They do indeed! So lavish! And the costumes confirm that the setting looks to be in the composer's era. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletcoForum Moderators Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Two posts on this thread have been hidden whilst they are considered by the moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Oh dear, have I been naughty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rob S said: Oh dear, have I been naughty? Hi Rob....we are just checking out the copyright issues. We may need to leave this hidden and just suggest to everyone that in order to see the designs they watch the link to last night's Insight which will be on the ROH YouTube channel for about a month. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sim said: Hi Rob....we are just checking out the copyright issues. We may need to leave this hidden and just suggest to everyone that in order to see the designs they watch the link to last night's Insight which will be on the ROH YouTube channel for about a month. Ok, well at least one of the three pics had the credit on it and I just thought it would make discussion of the new designs easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Yes....it was the other two pics we had to be worried about!! It would indeed make it easier, but we have to be very careful with these things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Crediting the copyright holder doesn't (in general) grant a right to use the material under copyright. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 4 hours ago, bangorballetboy said: Crediting the copyright holder doesn't (in general) grant a right to use the material under copyright. Indeed. I am shaky on still images: what is situation with fair use (comment, review and so forth)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 A collection of rehearsal images by Bill Cooper has appeared on ROH Flickr. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Yasmine Naghdi looks so beautiful. I have a feeling this will become her signature role. (If her Giselle wasn’t perfect enough already!!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Only 1 photo of Yasmine Naghdi in rehearsal (?) ...or are they keeping us all in suspense Her striking arms, port de bras and all over line no doubt will turn her into a gorgeous Odette. I for one just can't wait for 28th May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Lots of returns for Takada/Bracewell (unsurprising) and Osipova/Ball (more surprising)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOSS Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I don't think that the powers that be need worry that much as the entire run of performances has at various times been described as sold out on the web site. The bulk returns are for seats in the orchestra stalls and they look as if they are block bookings. I am not sure that I would automatically assume that in the case of what is now the Takada, Bracewell cast that the tickets are being returned by the disappointed members of the Steven MacRae fan club, although of course I could be wrong. Whether or not this rum of Swan Lake performances is a success will have far more to do with the textual choices made by Liam Scarlett than anything else. I for one am looking forward to seeing all the casts I have booked to see perform. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Was just letting people know if they wanted to snap up a seat. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 5 hours ago, John Mallinson said: A collection of rehearsal images by Bill Cooper has appeared on ROH Flickr. Lovely images. I was also struck by the lack of any underarm sweat marks on the men's rehearsal shots. How can this be with all that physical exertion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Well, if I had to choose a performance based on those photographs, I'd say never mind Odette and Siegfried, catch a night when McGorian and Gartside are on! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, Jane S said: Well, if I had to choose a performance based on those photographs, I'd say never mind Odette and Siegfried, catch a night when McGorian and Gartside are on! Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Jane S said: Well, if I had to choose a performance based on those photographs, I'd say never mind Odette and Siegfried, catch a night when McGorian and Gartside are on! She is so amazingly glamorous! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Francesca Hayward told me today that she will be in Acts 1 and 3 of Swan Lake 'doing something', but sadly not the Naghdi performance I'm booked to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saodan Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 On my way to Manon today I noticed signs on Waterloo Bridge indicating that it would be closed on 28th May between 8am and 2pm due to the London 10k. This would affect anyone trying to get to the Naghdi/Kish Swan Lake Matinee from Waterloo Station. There are more road closures so other might be affected as well. Does anyone know what the implications of this might be? Will pedestrians be able to cross the Strand? Will buses be running? The website isn’t particularly forthcoming, so I thought a knowledgeable balletco Londoner might be able to help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I'm pretty sure the Strand will be affected...it usually is in one way or another! In a big event like this when buses get diverted off route it really is best to avoid buses because the roads get so clogged up and anyway in the end you could walk more quickly!! You will not be able to cross the road which the runners are using of course. There will be barriers all the way along. I hate going on the tube these days and in fact on high pollution days I cannot travel this way at the moment BUT I would advise most people to take a tube route as close to the ROH as possible. Obviously the Piccadilly Line to either Covent Garden, Leicester Sq or Holborn is best. I would avoid Embankment or Trafalgar Sq tubes though if can on this day. I have no idea of the timing of the race it could be all over by 1pm! However it often takes the roads and diversions etc a couple of hours or more after the finish to get back to normal. Also as its a Bank Holiday Monday check out any other events on in London that day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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