Lynette H

Frame by Frame is evidently headed to Sadler's Wells in London at some point. Maybe next year ? Their (Sadler's) schedule for the rest of 2018 is already fixed. I wonder if there will be any tinkering with the production before then. It seems likely - Lepage tweaked the dance production he did with Guillem / Maliphant quite considerably in the course of its life. If the company is visiting. is it likely that they would bring any other productions ?

At the Royal Ballet, the wigs have gone for Marguerite and Armand. People had been saying for some time that they just didn't work.

There's quite a few insight events programmed around the new Swan Lake Production. There is one on 10 May, a week before the opening with Scarlett and the designer John MacFarlane. http://www.roh.org.uk/insights/insights-swan-lake It's showing as being filmed. Many previous events in the Clore have been live streamed, so it's possible that this one might be, or be made available later.

Judith Mackrell did brief interviews with previous award winners at Monday's National Dance Awards in London before this years awards began. One of these was was Chase Johnsey, who won best male dancer the previous year. Chase was very upbeat and sounded very happy about the doors that had opened and opportunities that were being discussed as a result,. These included appearing as a ballerina with classical companies. It was very brief and no names or details given, but the awards ceremony was live streamed on facebook if you want to look for it.

This was recorded in Liverpool last year and will be shown in cinemas in the UK in April / May this year. Details (including casting )here https://www.ballet.org.uk/cinema/akram-khan-giselle/ It is the original cast apart from Jeffrey Cirio as Hilarion.

The Stanislavsky Ballet brought The Snow Maiden to London in 2001, to the Royal Festival Hall, when that was still regularly used for ballet at Christmas. I remember taking children along to it. To my surprise there is still the odd review available online. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2001/dec/22/dance.artsfeatures I remember thinking that it was pleasant to have a different choice for a Christmas work.

Cirio made his debut as Hilarion in Khan's Giselle for ENB on Thursday afternoon. He repeats the role on Saturday I think. It's a bigger role than in more traditional stagings, and he certainly threw himself into it with admirable energy and comittment. I don't think casting details for the other ENB productions are available yet.

The competition starts on 11 June. The BBC web site is here https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/r2hzp6?lang=en It already has quite a lot on the contestants and will most likely include some clips as the contest gets under way.

The RB cinema broadcast on 7 June is Zenaida Yanowsky's farewell performance. She appears in the final work of the evening with Roberto Bolle. This performance is also broadcast free to various outdoor screens around the UK.

The companies "will collaborate on a unique immersive performance" of Robert Binet's The Dreamers Ever Leave You at a venue in London this October. http://www.roh.org.uk/news/the-royal-ballet-and-national-ballet-of-canada-to-stage-immersive-production-at-londons-printworks-in-october-2017

Some tickets (not many) are made available each Friday for the following week http://www.roh.org.uk/help/friday-rush-faqs But I would just keep scanning the site, as sometimes odd seats get returned and pop up.

Birmingham Royal Ballet are putting on further performances of The Moor's Pavane - details here https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/south-tour-2017#overview

The BBC screened a documentary "Giselle: Belle of the Ballet" recently, presented by Tamara Rojo, and featuring extracts from English National Ballet's two versions of the work, by Skeaping and Akram Khan. There's quite a bit of footage of Cojocaru in this. Details are here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l6nr6 It's still available on iPlayer, if you have a UK TV license. If it turns up on one of your TV stations sometimes, it's very much worth a look. There's a lot packed into an hour.

I rather liked that version too. I thought the final detail (Romeo realises after he has drunk the poison that Juliet is stirring after all) was very touching. A few more for the list, seen here in London Mark Morris for his own company (a female Mercutio, I think) Ratmansksy for National Ballet of Canada Mats Ek for Swedish National Ballet (decidedly odd. Best thing in it was Ana Laguna as the Nurse). There was a production which was allegedly of the Ashton version at the Coilseum produced by Schaufuss with Osipova and Vasiliev a couple of years ago, with just a handful of dancers. I didn't get to see Cathy Marston's Juliet and Romeo for Bern Ballet when it came here but there's a clue in the title that it wasn't a conventional approach.

Dawson must be a busy man right now. The Royal are reviving his recent The Human Seasons which is part of the triple bill opening on 16th March. http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-human-seasons-by-david-dawson I wonder how he manages to keep an eye on both PNB and the RB ?

I'm a little surprised that this is described as Corrales's "Professional debut". He joined English National Ballet in 2014 and is now a first soloist there. Earlier this month he was the Outstanding Male performance (classical) at the National Dance Awards here in the UK. Perhaps it is intended to indicate that it his first professional appearance in the US ?

Interesting to hear that. She's bringing her company to Sadler's Wells next July.

I hope you get the chance to see it live sometime. Really fine performances from the kathak dancer Vidya Patel and a very courtly Liam Riddick.

Birmingham Royal Ballet are performing The Moor's Pavane this summer in Birmingham as part of a Shakespeare themed bill. https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/shakespeare-triple-bill#overview It also tours the UK in May (mid scale tour) as part of another programme https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on/event/shakespeare-midscale-tour#overview

Arthur Miller's works have always been very popular and frequently produced in the UK. His centenary was celebrated recently by the BBC . There's a piece from various actors and directors analysing why here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34538558 There was a collection of programmes on BBC Radio 3 and 4 to commemorate the centenary. Details are here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03425n9 12 programmes in all including new productions of two plays and some short stories. All still available I think via the BBC web site (if you can access these - if not geo-blocked)

Scottish Ballet has put up its pre recorded session of David Dawson rehearsing principal dancers in his new version of Swan Lake for the company. It premieres next year. Link here I recall that there are some of you out there with an interest in Dawson. It was quite an intense few minutes, he works the dancers quite hard.

There is a very readable biography of Joseph Grimaldi by Andrew McConnell Scott. Highly recommended, very vivid. I think it has quite a detailed bibliography of sources too (can't lay hands on my copy at the moment).

Wasn't Kevin O'Hare still dancing with Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2000 ? In spring and autumn that year BRB put on a couple of Ashton programmes which included Two Pigeons, Voices of Spring pdd, Walk to the Paradise Garden, Five Brahms Waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. I remember going up to Birmingham to see it this though I can't recall many details of the casting right now without digging deep into my programme archive. (I think Bintley himself may have been in Tweedledum and Tweedledee.) But I would think it's quite unlikely that given that this was O'Hare's company around that time (where his brother is still performing) that he would be entirely unaware of their existence, even if he wasn't in the cast. Didn't Walk to the Paradise Garden also feature in the Gable memorial gala or am I misremembering ?

If it affects your decision, the casting for the RB Nutcracker is already published on the ROH web site. The casting for the ENB version is not available yet. I suspect it might not be available for another few weeks at least. Both productions are open for booking now. The RB Nutcracker always sells very well. It's usually sold out before it opens, so if you opt for this then I wouldn't leave it too late to book. The Coliseum is bigger and doesn't sell out quite so quickly. You won't find panto on at central London theatres. It tends to be on the outskirts. The Hackney Empire productions are supposed to be very lively. The blurb for this years production promises "outlandish costumes, bonkers baddies, glittering goodies and full-on dance routines. Join us for loads of silliness, irresistible live music, eye-wateringly funny gags, and stacks of chances to boo, hiss and cheer." You could also look at what's on in Richmond or Wimbledon. Timings for panto tend to be early afternoon or early evening (often two shows a day). It would certainly be a very British experience.

Rusell Maliphant has used Trois Gnossiennes. Details here http://www.russellmaliphant.com/work/afterlight/ It was inspired by some of the drawings Nijinsky made - lots of curves and circles.