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SUSAN KIM |
I received this Royal Ballet advert from the Royal Opera House this morning and immediately fell into a fit of giggles.
Mind you, I love the company and adore Marianela and her dancing, but this was… unexpected.
It’s certainly eye-catching!
Thoughts?
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| Posted by Kate
The production we saw was the revival of the 1946 Sleeping Beauty. It was very magical. The costumes were pastels and it could have been saccharine but for the way it was performed and the details of the production. Normally I’m quite critical but everything was perfect! The dancing was wonderful, with Marianela Nunez as Aurora and Thiago Soares as Florimund.
The divertissments were particularly notable, as was the dream sequence in Act II.
Unusually Carabosse was played by a woman - to great effect. As Carabosse, Elizabeth McGorian was
frightening, especially compared to the Lilac Fairy’s unremitting benevolence, played by Isabel McMeekan.
I should also make a particular mention of the special effects. Nowadays when there is all sorts of computer-generated effects on TV and film, it is wonderful that theatre effects can be so spellbinding.
My friend and I were in raptures over the dream sequence, in which the Lilac Fairy and Florimund take a boat though the forest to go and rescue sleeping beauty. It was wonderful.
When we came out of the theatre, we were amused by the number of little girls trying to do the steps they’d seen on stage.
Ballet is best when it is this inspiring.
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Looking down on the Floral Hall from the Amphitheatre Bar at the Royal Opera House. The opera house is a great place to people-watch.
Champagne before the performance, anyone?
Delicious/tag/wingmark
