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tuokkan

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  • Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
    adult learner, avid balletgoer
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    London
  • State (US only)**, Country (Outside US only)**
    United Kingdom
  1. Hello everyone, I've already posted a question and got replies, but haven't introduced myself yet. I'm from Finland but live in England and am a long-time ballet fan, but it was only a few years ago that I actually started taking classes, too (at the age of 41!). Before that, I had never done any kind of dancing, let alone any other form of regular exercise - it was only an occasional trip to the swimming pool or the gym and general rushing around that for me counted as exercise! I found ballet really difficult first as my feet tend to turn inward rather than outward, but have still kept up my classes. Since I moved to London I've had a chance to see a lot of performances and I've certainly made most of that - it's not that expensive, either, as the least expensive ballet tickets over here only cost about the same as what you pay when you go to the cinema. Best wishes Anita Tuokko
  2. I have booked two tickets for Nina Ananiashvili's final performance in Swan Lake on June 27, 2009. Neither of us has ever been to the Metropolitan Opera before and I was wondering if anybody could advise us if opera glasses would do for these two seats: G11 (Balcony) and A5 (Family Circle) or whether a compact binocular would be better - I have heard that the MetOpera House is huge. Also, could anyone advise if the Balcony seat is actually any better than the Family Circle one as it might be that only one of us will be coming, after all (we live in Europe). We only have tickets for the performance itself, not for the gala - is it generally worthwhile with these two seats - how much of Nina, if any, could we expect to see after the performance? Will performance-only ticket holders be expected to leave the premises soon after the ballet is over or is there a good chance we might see Nina from a little bit closer after the show? (Neither of us has attended a farewell performance before) Does anyone know whether Nina will still carry on performing (and hopefully touring) with the State Ballet of Georgia or whether this will be her very last performance at the same time? Thank you very much for any possible advice - we had planned to get tickets for either the Dress Circle or the Grand Tier and were in readiness the minute the online booking opened, but to our disbelief those seats were all gone - in panic I then booked these two.
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