bangorballetboy Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 McGregor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I saw the heading, and went "Sleep, or Eagling"? Well, congratulations to him, anyway. I see there are another couple of honours going to people from Strictly Come Dancing. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Congratulations to Sir Wayne! 🎉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Dancer Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 19 hours ago, alison said: I saw the heading, and went "Sleep, or Eagling"? Well, congratulations to him, anyway. I see there are another couple of honours going to people from Strictly Come Dancing. I was hoping for Sleep, I like him. I've seen him coaching and he's really funny. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Many many moons ago Wayne Sleep used to attend a class I used to go to over in South Kensington. He usually wore those plastic bottoms which were all the rage in late 70’s into 80’s. and worked really hard Was very unassuming and you’d never have guessed he was a star of the RB at the time. He was actually a marvellous Puck …Dream is on at RB at mo… and still my favourite Kolia in Month in the Country. I definitely thought Sleep when saw the above as he’s also done a lot to break down barriers about Ballet and who is able to do it …..pretty much anybody who wants to!!! But anyway congrats to Wayne McGregor whoops Sir Wayne McGregor. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Has Wayne Sleep never been honoured in sone way? I hope that somewhat infamous dance with the then Princess of Wakes won’t have sidelined him forever m any way… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 19 minutes ago, Peanut68 said: Has Wayne Sleep never been honoured in sone way? I hope that somewhat infamous dance with the then Princess of Wakes won’t have sidelined him forever m any way… Wayne Sleep has an OBE. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Does Wayne Eagling have any honours? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 35 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: Wayne Sleep has an OBE. That’s quite a bit less than being a Sir though isn’t it? Sorry - am not up on gongs! I do think Wayne Sleep did so much in promoting ballet & dance & getting more boys to start….pretty sure without him we’d not have the current amazing homegrown talent in the RB & other companies. Do you ever get ‘promoted’ up the ranks of merit awards? Sir Wayne Sleep has a nice sound! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Dancer Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 35 minutes ago, Peanut68 said: That’s quite a bit less than being a Sir though isn’t it? Sorry - am not up on gongs! I do think Wayne Sleep did so much in promoting ballet & dance & getting more boys to start….pretty sure without him we’d not have the current amazing homegrown talent in the RB & other companies. Do you ever get ‘promoted’ up the ranks of merit awards? Sir Wayne Sleep has a nice sound! Yes, the order is Knight / Dame, CBE, OBE, MBE I think. It's possible to move up and be offered a higher title. So Tracy Emin has a CBE and has just been made a dame. I think Sir Wayne Sleep would be lovely myself. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 5 hours ago, LinMM said: Many many moons ago Wayne Sleep used to attend a class I used to go to over in South Kensington. He usually wore those plastic bottoms which were all the rage in late 70’s into 80’s. and worked really hard Was very unassuming and you’d never have guessed he was a star of the RB at the time. He was actually a marvellous Puck …Dream is on at RB at mo… and still my favourite Kolia in Month in the Country. I definitely thought Sleep when saw the above as he’s also done a lot to break down barriers about Ballet and who is able to do it …..pretty much anybody who wants to!!! But anyway congrats to Wayne McGregor whoops Sir Wayne McGregor. Was just watching his Puck on the way up today, along with other roles he danced. Still unmatched in many of them today. Completely deserving of a knighthood. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Sir Wayne McGregor CBE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 The ROH has said: 'Congratulations to Sir Wayne McGregor CBE, as he is appointed a Knighthood in The King’s Birthday Honours.' 'Appointed a knighthood'? He's either been knighted or received a knighthood - he hasn't become a knighthood! For an institution like the RBO to sound so illiterate is disturbing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 10 hours ago, Peanut68 said: That’s quite a bit less than being a Sir though isn’t it? Sorry - am not up on gongs! I do think Wayne Sleep did so much in promoting ballet & dance & getting more boys to start….pretty sure without him we’d not have the current amazing homegrown talent in the RB & other companies. Do you ever get ‘promoted’ up the ranks of merit awards? Sir Wayne Sleep has a nice sound! If you google "how to nominate someone for an award" you come up with this website which tells you the procedure: https://www.gov.uk/honours Anyone can nominate someone... I think the running order is BEM, MBE, OBE, CBE, Knight/Dame and beyond 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) Goodness Sir Wayne McGregor CBE! Can’t keep up with all his awards. It is interesting though how some get many honours …and am not saying don’t deserve them…taking on being main Choreographer at the Royal Ballet is a great responsibility ….but others don’t who are equally deserving ….and don’t feel it’s because they haven’t been nominated. It does look as if via his studio Studio Wayne McGregor he does do a lot of out reach work in various communities. Edited June 16 by LinMM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 On 14/06/2024 at 22:50, alison said: I saw the heading, and went "Sleep, or Eagling"? Well, congratulations to him, anyway. I see there are another couple of honours going to people from Strictly Come Dancing. Me too, Alison. I was so hoping it was Sleep. Wayne Eagling is Canadian, isn't he? Doesn't that mean he could only get an honorary title? I am not up on these things, but I thought you had to be a native Brit. Having said that, we have Sir Bob Geldof, so may I am talking a load of old rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Fonty said: Me too, Alison. I was so hoping it was Sleep. Wayne Eagling is Canadian, isn't he? Doesn't that mean he could only get an honorary title? I am not up on these things, but I thought you had to be a native Brit. Having said that, we have Sir Bob Geldof, so may I am talking a load of old rubbish. I think that if someone still has Canadian citizenship the Canadian government can veto an honour. But it's all quite complicated! And Lynn Seymour did have a CBE... Edited June 16 by bridiem 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Bob Geldof's knighthood is indeed honorary as he is an Irish citizen. Didn't he give it back after Brexit or was that a rumour? Wayne Eagling remains a Canadian citizen, and they have their own honours system. He is technically eligible for a British honour as a citizen of a country where Charles III is Head of State. Leanne Benjamin's OBE is ordinary not honorary as she is, as an Australian, a citizen of a country where at the time (2005) Elizabeth II was Head of State. She also holds the Medal of the Order of Australia (2015) - AM. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 19 minutes ago, Sophoife said: Bob Geldof's knighthood is indeed honorary as he is an Irish citizen. Didn't he give it back after Brexit or was that a rumour? I think that was a rumour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sitter In Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Sir Wayne? Bet the RB will claim it puts him on a par with Sir Fred and Sir Kenneth… heaven help us all! I can think of many in the dance world who deserve ‘recognition’ well ahead of McGregor… 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 The Honours are like the results of the promotion boards, Oscars, BAFTAs and everything similar. If we knew the nominees we could be surprised but never at the results. People have to be nominated for the honours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 9 hours ago, bridiem said: For an institution like the RBO to sound so illiterate is disturbing. It certainly is, but sadly not remotely surprising on recent form. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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