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[miliosr]

I didn't see this anywhere else . . .

Emergency Swan Lake rehearsal:



Difficult Romeo & Juliet rehearsal:



Creating The Nutcracker:

[bart]

Thanks, miliosr.It really helps to have the story behind that ghastly Swan Lake rehearsal.  For example: Who are the dancers?  Why is this last-minute rehearsal so crucial?  What happens to the shy and rather stoic young woman dancing Odile?  

Here is an article from The Independent that explains things.

http://www.independe...ay-2240298.html

Derek Deane is the director.  He's the one who says, among other sensitive bits of criticism:

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Unbelievable.  Unbelievable.  And I have to watch it. .... Oh, so fed up.

[miliosr]

Forgot to mention . . .

Max Westwell (Romeo in the second clip) looks a lot like a young Billy Crudup!