Richard LH Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 6 hours ago, JohnS said: am very much hoping filming etc is complete for her Juliet She has confirmed that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemew Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Just hope she can't skate in case Starlight Express is at a planning stage somewhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shya100 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I think it's great Kevin lets her, and them, do the things they are interested in. She has just essentially taken a sabbatical. I think it is a much more productive work environment for all. I mean many of them perform around the world anyway. I don't really see the difference. I will be sorry not to see her in an Unknown Soldier but I figure if you want to nurture, develop and keep talent then you have to give them room the breath and be who they want to be. There are just so many opportunities at the moment. And anyway for some reason I don't see Hayward as a Nunez character. Giving your whole career to the Royal ballet (I know she performs elsewhere too). Naghdi maybe but Hayward seems to be broader in interests. Each to their own. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) The BBC reports (Miaow! Royal Ballet star Francesca Hayward joins Cats movie) that she will play the kitten Victoria and will also perform a new song specially written for the movie by ALW, so this seems to answer my previous query about her singing ! Frankie now has an IMDb profile that states "Francesca Hayward is an actress, known for Cats (2019), The Sun Is God (2017) and Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet (2016)" !! 🙄 ?...😎 or 💃? Given that the film is being shot at Warner Bros. studios in Herts., I was wondering why it has to take up her whole time for the next few months, such that she can't even put in a single performance at the RB? After all, these dancers are used to practicising/performing multiple roles at once. Perhaps this is her taking an opportunity just to have a bit of a change of scene for a while - a sabbatical as Shya100 says - and it could both widen her own performance skills even further, and get some good wider publicity for RB/UK ballet in general. Anyway, these links give some indication of the role as performed by Phyllida Crowley Smith in the 1998 film version. Pretty sensuous stuff, I would say! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Cerx38UZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5YqfRdjFn8 Edited November 3, 2018 by Richard LH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 For Mr O'Hare to allow his dancers to spread their wings, take a sabbatical, or venture into musical theatre (Leanne Cope did when Wheeldon pick her to perform in his "An American in Paris") also allows them to prevent a burn out. Early on in her career Hayward danced rather demanding roles which suited her. I guess there must come a point, after so many years, that a dancer longs to do something else. Hayward was very early on put under immense pressure and trust into the media. I am not surprised she wants to take a break from ballet and it will surely do her good. I am just wondering how will she be able to keep up her ballet technique when she has to be on a film set every day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 35 minutes ago, Xandra Newman said: I am just wondering how will she be able to keep up her ballet technique when she has to be on a film set every day. Chi Cao spoke about this after the film Mao's Last Dancer was released. He said he went into the studio early every day to do class. He came back to BRB better than ever. IIRC I saw some reviews of Robert Fairchild after he went back into NYCB pos American in Paris that seemed to imply that it took him a little time to get back into ballet company mode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 21 hours ago, zxDaveM said: I heard that Yasmine dancing with Matthew, and Anna Rose O'Sullivan dancing with Will Bracewell I really hope not! I bought a ticket to specifically see Yasmine Nagdhi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I can't remeber where, probably one of the colour supplements, but in a piece about the new Nutcracker film it said that there were very strict rules about dancers hours on set as they can't just hang around, they need to be warmed up ready to dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, Sharon said: I really hope not! I bought a ticket to specifically see Yasmine Nagdhi. So did I Sharon...Well if that's the case Naghdi now only performs with Ball I'll have to change my ticket. Why did the ROH wait so long to announce the changed casting? and right after the Public Booking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 21 hours ago, zxDaveM said: I heard that Yasmine dancing with Matthew, and Anna Rose O'Sullivan dancing with Will Bracewell I really hope not! I bought a ticket to specifically see Yasmine Nagdhi. 1 minute ago, Xandra Newman said: So did I Sharon...Well if that's the case Naghdi now only performs with Ball I'll have to change my ticket. Why did the ROH wait so long to announce the changed casting? and right after the Public Booking? Yes! I've booked time off work, booked & paid for trains - thankfully I'm staying over at a friend's otherwise I would have booked a hotel too. I really like O'Sullivan, but it was Naghdi I was wanting to see. So unfair! Nothing I can do now. Not happy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I'm a little confused. Is Naghdi doing the opening night on November 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Is it being suggested that the ROH website is offering inaccurate information about the casting for The Unknown Soldier? I know that that would be nothing new, but, if Naghdi isn't dancing on all the dates, why was it changed to show that she was? [PS - I, too, had heard that O'Sullivan was going to be cast.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) The website doesn't mention O Sullivan .....yet.... Perhaps O Sullivan is under studying the part? Edited November 3, 2018 by LinMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBBB Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 02/11/2018 at 12:25, zxDaveM said: I heard that Yasmine dancing with Matthew, and Anna Rose O'Sullivan dancing with Will Bracewell Yasmine’s mother told me tonight in the Bayadère interval that Yasmine is only dancing with Matthew Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Oh well that sort of confirms it then but for goodness sake if the powers that be knew this all along why didn't they just put the new casting straight out on to the website once they knew Francesca Hayward wouldn't be performing in this ballet! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) Paws for thought....to tail you the truth I was feline sad 😿to lose Frankie fur a while, as they whisk 'er away (they don't pussyfoot around do they) but I shouldn't get in a flap. I'm not kitten - this could be a purrfect role 😻, subject to a suitable claws in the contract. 😸 Litter have some space for a while. 😽 etc. (well someone had to do this sooner or later)!😼 Edited November 4, 2018 by Richard LH 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 😀😀must have taken you quite a while to think that up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Well done, Richard. But don’t let’s milk it... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, MrsBBB said: Yasmine’s mother told me tonight in the Bayadère interval that Yasmine is only dancing with Matthew Ball. Which further confirms the 'leaks' about the second cast. So, and I ask again, why did they change the casting on the ROH website and end up providing inaccurate information? I don't think that the ROH/RB are aware, or care, about the fact that people from afar book for specific casts. I recall a swap (a couple of years ago?) to the cast for Human Seasons, whereby a Principal originally in the second cast was moved into the first cast and the furore this caused - not least because it was not announced until less than 24 hours before opening night. Edited November 4, 2018 by capybara 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 re. the "Unknown Soldier" casting mystery: I assume that Yasmine Naghdi and Francesca Hayward had an understudy. With Hayward out, Naghdi was allocated all performances and maybe the understudy is simply not ready (yet) to take over Naghdi's shows with Bracewell thus the ROH website keeps Naghdi down to dance all the "Unknown Soldier" performances for now (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Well, if it is indeed O'Sullivan, is she even back from New York yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Well, I suppose from Marketing's perspective, the people who really care about the casting are likely to be the same tiresome lot who insist on buying seats on a regular basis. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmeralda Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 13 minutes ago, alison said: Well, if it is indeed O'Sullivan, is she even back from New York yet? From their IG stories I interpret that O`Sullian and Sambe coming back today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I'm surprised that the performances than Francesca Hayward is definitely not going to be doing are still listed with her on the ROH website. If they are not yet ready to announce her replacements then I would have expected them to be changed to TBC, like they do when roles have yet to be cast/announced. It seems rather misleading to still have her listed for The Nutcracker, Winter Dreams and Two Pigeons when it has been announced that she won't be in any of them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 https://www.roh.org.uk/mixed-programmes/the-unknown-soldier-infra-symphony-in-c The ROH announced last week that all her shows will be taken over by Naghdi, and this was corrected on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 13 minutes ago, Xandra Newman said: https://www.roh.org.uk/mixed-programmes/the-unknown-soldier-infra-symphony-in-c The ROH announced last week that all her shows will be taken over by Naghdi, and this was corrected on the website. I see that the order has changed too, with The Unknown Soldier coming first. Presumably meaning that Naghdi is in Symphony in C on the dates when Hayward was supposed to be performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 2 hours ago, bridiem said: I see that the order has changed too, with The Unknown Soldier coming first. Presumably meaning that Naghdi is in Symphony in C on the dates when Hayward was supposed to be performing. I don't think you can draw any conclusions from the order of the pieces, which is how it has been since before booking opened in July. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriskusnik Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Steven McRae is also joining the cast of Cats, returning to the Royal Ballet for Romeo & Juliet: https://www.roh.org.uk/news/royal-ballet-principal-francesca-hayward-leads-the-cast-of-cats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) Will this take McRae out of the Don Q broadcast? Corrales anyone? It will necessitate a complete change of cast for their Nutcracker dates too... Edited November 8, 2018 by Jamesrhblack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Jamesrhblack said: Will this take McRae out of the Don Q broadcast? Corrales anyone? I'd really like to see Sambe, Hay or Sissens get a crack at some of those whips .... Corrales has some pretty potent pairings as it is ... or even Ella ... or Zucchetti ... or Richardson .... Such strength in rank just now ... Speaking of which are Ella and Hay out? I haven't seen them of late ... or is it they've just been in other performances than the ones I've been to. I know Hay did the relatively early Bratfish ... which sadly I had to miss ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 1 hour ago, miriskusnik said: Steven McRae is also joining the cast of Cats, returning to the Royal Ballet for Romeo & Juliet: https://www.roh.org.uk/news/royal-ballet-principal-francesca-hayward-leads-the-cast-of-cats Anyone else ? Hopefully the RB is not going to be wholly depleted to accommodate these moggies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmeralda Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Maybe we should ask who else from RB auditioned and who may miss some time at the RB? Guess this explains, why McRae didn´t revive his role at Frankenstein. Like with Hayward I am not afraid that the strong company has a problem to replace them for the few months. Hopefully a few from the soloists are getting chances like O`sullivan! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Richard LH stop nearly giving me a hernia 😂😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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