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Verbal & Nonverbal Interaction Analysis Mrs. R: (Smiling, pleasant expression), "Good in an alert, coherent, and interested tone.] Mrs. R's daughter, who was visiting, was in the room and was also in a happy, welcoming mood. I try to set up an environment with the "offering Mrs. R. was sitting in her wheelchair by her "self" therapeutic technique buy showing Mrs. Bed. I had been asked by the nursing staff to R. that I am interested in speaking with her and help Mrs. R use the restroom and then help have the time to really listen. I assess that Mrs. her get dressed for the day. I had not initially R. is a happy, positive person based on my intended to use this encounter for my initial interaction with her, and I interpret her therapeutic conversation, but the conversation body language to mean she welcomes a seemed so natural and engaging that I knew conversation with me. this was the perfect opportunity. SN Megan: Taking Mrs. R's hand and shaking it I I "use touch" technique here along with eye Respond, "Yes I am. My name is Megan. How contact at her level to demonstrate a are you doing this morning Mrs. R.?" I also professional but also friendly attitude acknowledged Mrs. R's daughter with a nod towards Mrs. R. Her handshake indicated to and a smile in her direction. me she was also friendly and enjoyed conversations with people. Mrs. R: "Oh…I'm as good as can be expected, I guess. I have good days and bad days, but Although she is looking down at her body and today is not too bad luckily." Mrs. R was looking referring to "bad days", I get the impression down towards her body when she said this, and that Mrs. R. is an optimistic person who makes I sensed that she suffers from physical pain. the best of her situation. I assume her bad days are painful, but that she tries to stay positive. SN Megan: "Oh I see. I am glad to hear you are Here I try to "share empathy" when I express having a good day today. What are your bad my understanding of Mrs. R's situation. I am days like?" also "focusing" when I ask her an open-ended question to which she can Mrs. R: "Well, I recently had surgery on my hip elaborate her response on. and sometimes the darn thing hurts so bad that I don't get a good night's sleep. It's a little I "use silence" technique as she discusses her sore and tender sometimes, depending on how health to demonstrate I am "actively listening" active I am trying to be throughout the day." to her and concerned for her feelings. SN Megan: "Wow, it sounds like your body has This comment demonstrates the "restatement" been through a lot of stress lately; have you been technique by repeating to the client the main participating in any physical therapy since your content of her communication. I also "ask surgery?" relevant questions" for her to expound on. Mrs. R: "No. I'm not ready for all that just yet. I am really trying to take it easy, and my doctor I confirm my already existing opinion that Mrs. wants me to let my body heal slowly and carefully R is very coherent and alert to her surroundings right now. I get up and walk around when I can, and situation. She seems to understand her but not much beyond that. Most of the time I health very well and has an active interest in just enjoy this chair and a good book!" recovery. [paralanguage: humorous tone, with a full smile] SN Megan: "Well that sounds like the life! That is Here I use "self-disclosure" by talking about exactly what I would be doing to, I love to read but myself as a way to relate to her. I never feel like I have enough time for it." A short silence takes place, and then I decide to I am once again "using silence" technique to start my assigned work while continuing the offer time and comfort for her to talk to me. conversation. SN Megan: "Well Mrs. R, I was told you would like I "used touch" here again when I put my hand some help using the restroom and I am here to on her back as I spoke to her. I lowered myself help you with that. Then, if you want to pick out to her level and kept eye contact and a lowered, something to wear today I will help you get steady voice as I spoke. dressed. I don't want to take up any more of your visiting time, I hope I am not interrupting. Are the two of you going somewhere or just staying here today?" Mrs. R: "Oh, you are not interrupting at all. The Mrs. R and I "shared humor" here when we two of us run out of things to say to each other smiled and laughed after her comment. I felt anyway, [paralanguage: humorous tone]. I am it kept the atmosphere casual and comfortable. actually going to stay in my pajamas today because it's pajama day today." SN Megan: "Oh, that's right! Well I can just help you use the restroom then and anything else you need and then just get out of your way." At this time I helped Mrs. R use the restroom and took the opportunity to ask about her experience with the staff and perhaps her family. SN Megan: "So has your experience with your I realized when I asked the question this way I doctor and the staff here been pleasant? did not ask it with an open end, and could be answered with a simple yes or no. Mrs. R: "Oh yea, they're all good to me. There are a lot of good people here. It's not as easy as being home, but we all have a fun relationship here. Actually, nurse M. and I have become good friends. SN Megan: "Well I am so glad to hear that, and I I "provided information" to Mrs. R to let her really appreciate the time you took to talk to me know I would be available and willing to help this morning. If there is anything else you need her with anything she might need. I also shared please let me know. I will be here for a few more my appreciation with her for how much I hours, so feel free to call back on me for anything." speaking with her during our conversation.
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An idea: Change Technician DOFFs
This is just a thought I've been having today, and that Technician DOFFs, are rather on the borderline of being OP. They are in that they can reduce so many cool downs for ALL BOFF abilities, at the cost of only one LT. engineer slot, and 3 space DOFF slots. Compare that to say AP DOFFs, which are very powerful, they only affect though, 3 abilities, nothing more, and can even allow for nearly 100% uptime just about on those.
Yet Technicians reduce ALL cooldowns, and tacs also have Tac Initiative, while Scis can use Photonic Officer (not often seen, but it's out there), along with the Fleet Elite Deflectors, and various other DOFFs to reduce CDs.
Engineers and engineering abilities...not quite so much.
So, my main thought is this:
Change Technicians to only affect Engineering cooldowns. I know that'd piss off a lot of people, but honestly, there's so much out there that helps tacs and scis hugely with CDs, not so much for engineers. The purple Technicians would still reduce CD by 10% each.
Now that would bring them more 'evenly' with the other two classes in that each would have their own unique means of reducing CDs. I know as it stands, any class can use an AtB build, but it also means that it helps everyone equally, and thus the power difference between the three classes really isn't changed.
I doubt this will be a very popular idea of course, but it's one I wanted to put out.
I'm not really for the idea. As it is, it is true that the cooldown reduction is very useful. However, one has to bear in mind that using Aux2Bat has a very large opportunity cost. It
a) Takes up one or even two Lt BoFF slots that could be used for other things
b) Dampens Aux power significantly. Due to the fact that many standard heals rely on Aux power, this renders an Aux2Bat user more squishy with his weaker heals.
Furthermore, to achieve sufficient benefits from the cooldown reduction to warrant slotting Aux2Bat, three Purple technicians are often needed. Taking up 3 out of your 5 available active DoFF slots carries, again, a significant opportunity cost as that person would lose out on many other useful Doff abilities.
In other words, I believe that the large opportunity cost of mounting the Technician combo renders the Doffs fairly balanced, if just a smidgen on the OP side.
Finally, affecting engineering powers alone would not be a good way of nerfing Technicians, IMO. This is because using the lieutenant stations for A2B would then be almost the same as running copies of engineering powers in those two stations.
Just my two cents.
Tbh, it's OP and I only run w/1 slotted on my tac. I'd be worried people could still chain epts3 and rsp w/the changes suggested. I'd rather it just in effect copy a single Lt. Commander ability using 3 purple Doffs.
If a player is worried about aux, they use could EPTA now that aux2batt no longer shares a cooldown w/emergency powers.
You also left out the power gain to weapons, shields, and engines from using Aux2batt. In fact it can be quite large if the power is shifted to max aux prior to using aux2batt.
Also, 1 aux2batt can be triggered 2x w/longer cooldown abilities like RSP making 1 copy 2. It also makes 1 EPTS3 nearly 2. It speeds up longer cooldown repairs like Hazzard Emitters. It also speed up APO nicely. Running 2 basically means your trading 2 Lt Boff slots and 3 Doffs to double your remaining boff powers and getting some nice power boosts while you're at it. Now compare that to the 16k fleet BoP for just one extra Lt Commander Boff.
In the end it can give anyway from 1.3 to 2.0x the effective boff layouts and a nice power boost to critical systems w/a means to restore power to the aux drained. Imo, it's too much.
Point taken. I didn't realise how big the power gain to other subsystems was. In that case, I would say that it's a bit much. However, I still disagree with the OP's method of nerfing it.
Some suggestions:
1. Re-introduce shared cooldown with EPtA, if not other EP powers. This would help increase the cost of A2B.
2. Randomise cooldown reduction. Maybe, instead of reducing all cooldowns, make it reduce 2 randomly selected ones.
3. Cap the number of technicians slotted at one.
I'm not sure what Cryptics intentions were when changes to Aux2Bat were made and if they had double Aux2Bat builds in mind, but I don't see them as being OP per se. For a large number of ships and roles they simply aren't viable at all (escorts, healers, most sci ships), either by not having enough engineering capabilities or just because of too many drawbacks. They are still niche builds.
Builds like tactical cruisers or the vet ship for example, where double Aux2Bat can be utilized are powerful tools for the role they are trying to fulfill, but as scurry has said it comes with a price. You need 2 lt. engineering slots, 2 or 3 doffs (depending on their quality), you can't use Aux2SIF, unreliable aux power for science skills, you basically have to run EPtA and aux batteries. Yes it will double all remaining skills, but it also demands a lot.
For me such builds come with enough cons to justify the pros. Things that could be discussed as being op or at least questionable are, how specific skill work with Aux2Bat. For example Warp Plasma being active longer than it's cooldown could be questioned, but IMHO that's something that should be addressed by looking at the powers and not by destroying whole build options.
Edit: As for the power levels, they aren't as impressive as people may think. Compare it to an escort. Running 125 weapons and 50 shields plus an EPtS / EPtE Damage Control Eng cycle almost does the same without eating your aux power for a good amount of time. The additional power is nice, but not as much of an advantage as it sounds and definitly not the selling point.
I don't think it makes a lot of sense to build this intricate system of global cool downs only to provide something that so easily circumvents that system. In some other games you have to go to great lengths to speed up your attacks/defenses even just a little bit, which is still a very significant thing.
If you were limited to using only one Tech doff and left them alone, or if you reduced the effect of three stacked to the level of a single Tech doff, that would be more balanced. Currently, Aux2Bat & Techs work on every Boff ability, including itself and additional Aux2Bats, basically allowing you to chain certain long term cool down abilities before the first instance is done being used (war plasma, for example). A Cruiser doesn't even need more than two different Emergency Powers and I haven't tried but can probably make it with just one.
I like the idea behind this combination. I especially like that they boosted a lackluster skill to make it a viable option again. It just seems like their typical over reaction. Maybe the idea was to touch it up once significantly enough that it'll shut us up and they can leave it alone. I understand they have other things to do be we really need more carefully planned adjustments. Anything they might do now to bring it back in line is going to hurt because some builds are built around having effectively 1.75 times more Boff skills available than any other no boldly ship.
Limiting us to one Doff, or reducing the three stacked bonus to the current level of a single doff, would still be very effective without totally disregarding the existing system of cool downs. I suspect that, in spite of some recent conversations over the past few months, most people haven't used it to discover just how powerful this combination is. It's really not as costly as you might think. It would be nice to see some movement on this before too many get too attached if at all possible.
what is tech doffs and AtB doing to balance? not much of anything. the only thing it really does is make a tac heavy cruiser builds not be piss poor compared to just sticking that tac in an escort. a few of the ships with more spread out stations its nice on though, but the great big disadvantage of having nearly no aux makes healing a pain, and makes almost all sci abilities have almost 0 effectiveness.
it doesn't at all make escorts, heal cruisers, or sci ships better. escorts already have all the tac stations they need to double up skills for full up time, and you cant RSP with it then. same with sci ships, only its even worse, they have no aux to work with at all. heal cruisers? how exactly are they going to heal effectively with no aux? ET3 is only gonna get you so far.
so it only really helps niche builds, and brings them closer to being as viable options as heal cruisers, dps escorts, and control sci ships.
i run mainly 2 AtB ships, because i like niche ships. i get my ass kicked all the time in them too. im no god of death with reduced cooldowns, i'm just nearly as dangerous as a ship in the 3 core roles.
But it doesn't circumvent global cooldowns. Whatever you do, you won't go below 15 seconds for different EPtX, below 30 seconds for a single EPtX or 15 seconds for Rapid Fire for example. Warp Plasma, which I also mentioned as example, is different and could be fixed by simply increasing its global without harming whole builds.
Cruisers and every other ship without Aux2Bat also only need 2 different EPtX with Damage Control DOffs, even only 1 EPtX, though not as reliable, would be enough. I'm not saying it's not powerful, but for me it's not more over the top in the right hands than any other well thought out build.
One of my toons, flies an A2B build, and I'm loving it. However, the opportunity cost as DDIS already mentioned is pretty high. It's a niche build, with ok results. Basically its all pretty nicely balanced, especially when you consider that you can get all DOffs and gear for an A2B freely in game. Without much of a grind.
Eng class in general, Temp Set Tric Bombers, Friggin Danoobes on every friggin FED ship, broken Rep system skillz, ,....I mean these are all immediate balance problems in need of fixing asap.
A2B isn't even on the same list.
and only limiting it to 1 doff would make the whole thing worthless. you couldn't cycle essentials like EPtS1 with it, and all the skills that you could have 2 copies of you would need 2 copies of, making it pointless. you would be significantly gimped running 1 copy with the doff vs just 2 copies. that makes the opportunity cost of that eng LT station even higher too. also if you go the AtB route AtS and AtD are unavailable to you completely. AtS is one of the best heals in the game.
in theory its sound really over the top op, but there are only a handful of ships its of any use on at all. and these ships are doing something they arent meant to do, but tech doffs are what makes it workable.
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Wedding favors are the little take-home tokens of appreciation commonly given to party guests. When my hubby and I got married, we had small ceramic jewelry boxes as our wedding favors. There was a small picture of us on the inside and the outside was decorated with purple laces. There was nothing unique and special about our wedding favors but they complimented my wedding style, simple yet elegant. Since our wedding took place in my native country, the Philippines, that is where I ordered them. I ordered fifty pieces and the guests took most of them home. I have a few left over and that is what I am using as my personal jewelry box.
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It's the time of year when card shops, chocolatiers and florists go into overdrive. Valentine's Day is here. To celebrate we've picked out our favourite romantic ballets, famed for their passionate pas de deux and amorous adagios:
Romeo and Juliet
Ultimately doomed, yes, but Kenneth MacMillan's stunning adaptation of William Shakespeare's iconic play deserves its place at the top of any Valentine's Day ballet list, such is the allure of (possibly) the greatest love story ever told. A lesser choreographer might struggle to reflect the passion and lyricism of the Bard's writing in movement, but in creating moments like the intensely tender Balcony pas de deux, MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet is as vital and thrilling as the play it was based upon:
The Sleeping Beauty
Marius Petipa's iconic Sleeping Beauty offers up an enchanted world of princesses, fairy godmothers, magic spells and a charming prince, the ballet includes many memorable moments including technically demanding choreography such as the famous - and influential - Rose Adagio. But for heartwarming romanticism, few moments beat the Awakening scene, in which dashing Prince Florimund breaks Aurora's spell-induced slumber:
Don Quixote
Packed full of sunny Spanish flair, Don Quixote shifts the focus from bumbling knight Don Quixote - as in Cervantes's 17th-century novel - to the sparky relationship between young lovers Kitri and Basilio. Ludwig Minkus's score incorporates some appropriately Iberian touches, including seguidilla and habanera rhythms, and the clack of castanets, as seen in this pas de deux from Act II:
La Fille mal gardée
Frederick Ashton's pastoral ballet may appear whimsical on first glimpse, but La Fille mal gardée packs a virtuoso punch, featuring some of its creator's most brilliant choreography. Inspired by Ashton's love of the Suffolk countryside, it contains a series of energetic pas de deux for Lise - the wayward daughter of the title - and her farmhand lover Colas. Chief among them is the pas de ruban, a ribbon dance that captures the elan of young love:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The most recently-created inclusion on this by no-means-exhaustive list, Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is largely faithful to the source material of Lewis Carroll's much-loved novel. One addition in the balletic adaptation however, is the inclusion of a love interest for Alice, who is depicted as a teenager instead of the younger girl of Carroll's original text. Jack (otherwise known as the Knave of Hearts) is on the run for stealing the Red Queen's tarts and sweeps Alice off her feet, culminating in a tender, loving pas de deux in the penultimate scene:
Something of a wildcard (to put it mildly) in this list, MacMillan's intense adult drama Mayerling is an exploration of the darker side of love based on the true story of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, who, following a downward spiral of drug abuse and violence, committed suicide with his mistress Mary Vetsera in 1889. The Prince's emotional decline is charted through a series of shocking, highly-charged pas de deux, which push the limits of classical ballet:
Which are your favourite romantic ballets?
La Fille mal gardée runs 16 April-5 May 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is staged with generous support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund, Celia Blakey and Marina Hobson OBE and Peter Lloyd.
Ahead of The Royal Ballet tour later this year, the New York ballet world came out in force to welcome Royal Ballet Director Kevin O'Hare, Royal Ballet Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, and Royal Ballet Principals Edward Watson and Lauren Cuthbertson for a special preview screening of The Winter's Tale at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York last night.
The forthcoming tour in June marks the first time The Royal Ballet has performed in New York for more than a decade, and some 37 years since the last performance in Chicago.
The Winter's Tale, which was critically acclaimed on its premiere in 2014, is based on Shakespeare's dark drama of love and loss. It will be shown in more than 400 cinemas across the US from 17 February 2015. Read audience reactions to the opening night and to the live cinema relay.
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Much to Christopher's surprise, Kevin presented him with the Critic's Circle Award for Best Classical Choreography, which he had brought over from London. Christopher won the award for in January but, currently working in New York for the opening of his latest work An American in Paris, had been unable to collect it.
The event also included an introduction from Kevin and a Q&A session with Christopher, Lauren and Edward.
'Last Season was our biggest year so far, with cinema audiences doubling to more than 700,000 attending around the world,' he said. 'It's a great way for people to get to see our work and this Season we'll be screening ballet into more than 400 cinemas across the US.'
Edward Watson as Leontes, Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione and Federico Bonelli as Polixenes in The Winter's Tale © ROH / Johan Persson, 2014
Steven McRae as Florizel in The Winter's Tale © ROH / Johan Persson, 2014 in The Winter's Tale © ROH / Johan Persson, 2014
Edward Watson as Leontes and Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione in The Winter's Tale © ROH / Johan Persson, 2014
Bennet Gartside as Leontes, Valeri Hristov as Polixenes and Marianela Núñez as Hermione in Act I of The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Beatriz Stix-Brunell as Perdita and Vadim Muntagirov as Florizel in Act II of The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Beatriz Stix-Brunell as Perdita and Vadim Muntagirov as Florizel in Act II of The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Bennet Gartside as Leontes and Marianela Núñez as Hermione in Act III of The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Marianela Núñez as Hermione and Dancers of The Royal Ballet in Act I of The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Beatriz Stix-Brunell as Perdita and Vadim Muntagirov as Florizel in Act III of The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Edward Watson as Leontes, Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione and Federico Bonelli as Polixenes in The Winter's Tale © ROH / Johan Persson, 2014
Edward Watson as Polixenes, Zenaida Yanowsky as Paulina and Dancers of The Royal Ballet in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione and Dancers of the Royal Ballet in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Valentino Zuchetti and Dancers of The Royal Ballet in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Sarah Lamb as Perdita and Steven McRae as Florizel in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Thomas Whitehead as Polixenes' Steward and Federico Bonelli as Polixenes in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione and Edward Watson as Leontes in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione and Edward Watson as Leontes in The Winter's Tale, The Royal Ballet, © ROH / Johan Persson 2014
Other productions to be screened in the US include Royal Ballet classic Swan Lake on 19 March, and the quintessentially English ballet La fille mal gardée on 6 May.
For specially selected films, articles and exclusives, download The Winter's Tale Digital Programme.
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Ballet productions include Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardèe and a mixed programme featuring George Balanchine's The Four Temperaments, a new work by Hofesh Shechter, and Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth.
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When Christopher Wheeldon is asked why he fell in love with ballet, he always points to the day in childhood when he saw Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée on television. 'It just seemed like what I was meant to do,' he says.
Watching Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, it is possible to see just how deeply influenced he has been by Ashton's 1960 pastoral masterwork. Perhaps subconsciously, he seems to have imbibed the lesson that it possible to weave a variety of dance styles into a three-act ballet, and yet mark the entire creation with your own unmistakable stamp.
Like Fille, Alice has a rigorous classical structure, with all the ingredients that a 19th-century choreographer would recognize. All are organized relatively conventionally. But everything is given a vigorous twist by the sheer richness of Wheeldon's invention, and by his willingness to transmute the traditional classical vocabulary. The Flower Waltz, for example, recalls The Nutcracker. Yet Wheeldon's sumptuously swirling confection also has the patina of Broadway.
This absorption of different influences is part and parcel of Wheeldon's desire to keep ballet alive as an art form. When Alice was in rehearsal, new story ballets had become as rare as hen's teeth –'However Alice turns out, it needs to be done', Wheeldon said. 'We need people to get a bit courageous and have a go.'
Part of that bravery lay in looking outwards. Wheeldon chose Joby Talbot as a composer because had written for film and he knew how to build a score that suggested character and plot. He picked Bob Crowley as designer because he had worked extensively in musicals and could create old-fashioned theatrical magic in thrilling, new ways.
Wheeldon then built a ballet that was full of graceful gestures to other forms of culture – from the American musical to pantomime and music hall. Alice feels inclusive not exclusive, it has a joyful creative abundance that sweeps its audience along. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the glorious parody of the Rose Adage performed by the Queen of Hearts and her tart-scoffing cavaliers, at once both a celebration of one of the most famous moments in ballet and a recognition of its place in countless spoofs.
In a similar vein, the chorus line of dancing cards that tips forward across the stage as projected pictures of playing cards tumble down the screen behind them, feels simultaneously like a tribute to the sharp angularity of George Balanchine's Stravinsky ballets and a doffing of the cap to generations of Broadway babies. There is a fruitful melding of traditions taking place in front of our eyes.
Searching for the physical embodiment of each character, Wheeldon revels in an enormous freedom of approach – from the dissolving Cheshire Cat manipulated by puppeteers to the sinuous caterpillar, whose feet are balletic but whose upper body is animalistic. The presence in the first cast of Steven McRae, a truly talented tap dancer, gave Wheeldon – who numbers Gene Kelly among his own heroes – a chance to combine ballet with tap, intrigued by what would happen if you set the expressive charge of one against the percussive elements of the other.
An open-armed embrace of all styles of dance combined with a rigorous regard for the classical tradition is part of Christopher Wheeldon's style, part of what makes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland so vibrant and such fun. And when his pink-armed flamingos bend delicately towards the ground, or his spiky child hedgehogs curl into reluctant balls, it's impossible not to see that child watching television, laughing at the strutting cock and hens who open La Fille mal gardée, and feeling that ballet was something he was meant to do.
This is an extract from Sarah Crompton's article 'A Sense of Style' in The Royal Ballet's programme book, available during performances and from the ROH Shop.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland runs 6 December 2014–16 January 2015. Tickets are currently sold out, but returns may become available and 67 day tickets are available for each performance.
The production will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 December 2014. Find your nearest cinema.
The production is sponsored by Van Cleef and Arpels and is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund. It is a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada.]]>
How do you tell a story without words? If you've ever been embarrassed by how bad you are at charades, you'll know it's no easy feat. But choreographers have been doing it for centuries – sometimes with mime but also without, giving dance its own eloquence. They've sought inspiration from a remarkable range of sources – whether folktales, literature, real life or their own imaginations.
The most longstanding literary ballet must be Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes's novel, published 1605–15, has been inspiring ballets since at least 1743, when an unknown choreographer mounted Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse for the Paris Opera. He was the first of many, though the version with the most longevity has proved to be Marius Petipa's 1869 version (used by Carlos Acosta in his production for The Royal Ballet). Balletic Don Quixotes tend to sacrifice Cervantes's philosophical consideration of the human condition for a cheerful rendition of one of the novel's many absurd episodes – in Petipa's, where Don Quixote helps two young lovers get together despite the wishes of her parent.
Another of the oldest ballets still going strong is Jean Dauberval's 1789 La Fille mal gardée (though modern audiences know it best through Frederick Ashton's 1960 version). Unlike Don Quixote, the origins for this are entirely obscure – suggested sources includes an opera of the same title but with a different story and different music, or an 18th-century print of a mother scolding her child. Slim pickings indeed. You might recognize the story, though: Lise loves impoverished Colas; Lise's mother wants her to marry wealthy Alain; the lovers find a way (this time without a wandering knight's help) to get the mother to forget Alain and give her blessing to their wedding.
In fact, much like commedia dell'arte, 19th-century ballet tended to use the same recognizable characters in different contexts – a handy tool for audiences to figure out what's happening. In a ballet fantastique you could expect to find the hero, the good woman, the bad woman and various mischievous magicians to keep the plot going. Petipa's 1877 La Bayadère is a prime example. He took his story from the ballet Sacountala, created by his brother Lucien in Paris in 1858, which itself was based on a 5th-century Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. None of that really matters, though: all it adds is local colour for a story where the demure Nikia loves the heroic Solor who is tempted by the extremely bad Gamzatti who, with the help of the scheming High Brahmin, eventually brings about her and everyone else's deaths, with the lovers united in paradise.
The same character tropes underpin a key preoccupation of 19th-century ballet – fairytale, determined by the Romantics' obsession with folklore. Théophile Gautier's libretto for Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli's 1841 ballet Giselle was inspired by Heinrich Heine's account of a Slavic folktale, in which the ghosts of jilted maidens dance to the death any man they come across. Tchaikovsky's three balletic masterpieces also have fairytale origins – the Russian-inflected German fairytales of Swan Lake, Charles Perrault's fairytale 'La Belle au bois dormant' for The Sleeping Beauty, and a section of an E.T.A. Hoffmann folk-inspired story for The Nutcracker (director Ivan Vsevolozhsky providing Tchaikovsky's reading list for the last two).
As ballet diversified in the 20th century, so did its influences. Leading the way was the Ballets Russes, who drew not only on a more ambiguous kind of folklore (The Firebird) but also the real world (Les Noces), myth (Daphnis et Chloé) and much else besides. Special mention should also go to Kenneth MacMillan, who adapted familiar tales (Romeo and Juliet, Manon), uncovered less well-known works (Las hermanas), drew on real-life stories (Mayerling, Isadora, Anastasia) and created entirely original works (The Judas Tree).
MacMillan was swimming against the tide, but choreographers today have almost completely free rein – from Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Will Tuckett's The Wind in the Willows to Liam Scarlett's The Age of Anxiety and Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works. The stories these choreographers use might be different, but they're driven by the same desire as their forebears – to tell a captivating story through movement.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.
The Wind in the Willows runs 26 November 2014–17 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 December 2014. Find your nearest cinema.
Swan Lake runs 10 February–9 April 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey, Doug and Ceri King, and Peter Lloyd. Original Production (1987) and revival (2000) supported by The Linbury Trust.
La Fille mal gardée runs 16 April–5 May 2015. Tickets go on general sale on 27 January 2015.
The production is generously supported by Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund, Celia Blakey and Marina Hobson OBE.
We are delighted to introduce a new series of pre-performance talks allowing you to gain a deeper insight into the production you're about to see. Whether it's your first time at the Royal Opera House or you are well-versed in opera or ballet, these talks will offer you a chance to immerse yourself in the performance and better appreciate the context and vision behind the piece.
To book tickets for a pre-performance talk, select the date you are interested in below. These are separately ticketed events (entry to the talk does not give you entry to the main production). You do not need to have a ticket for the production that evening in order to attend the pre-performance talk.
Insights: Pre-performance talk on Swan Lake
Thursday 19 February 2015, 6.30-7pm
Thursday 19 March 2015, 6.30-7pm
Thursday 9 April 2015, 6.30-7pm
These talks will be led by Pauline Green, associate lecturer at Birkbeck (University of London). Her research focus is on hearing and listening, and composition.
Insights: Pre-performance talk on Madama Butterfly
Friday 20 March 2015, 6.30-7pm
Saturday 28 March 2015, 6.30-7pm
These talks will be led by Nigel Simeone, a writer and musiciologist specializing in twentieth-century music. He is currently completing a new book on Charles Mackerras (with John Tyrrell).
Insights: Pre-performance talk on La Fille mal gardée
Thursday 23 April 2015, 6.30-7pm
Wednesday 29 April 2015, 6.30-7pm
Tuesday 5 May 2015, 6.30-7pm
These talks will be led by Dr Giannandrea Poesio. He is an internationally published dance scholar, and has also worked as dance critic for The Spectator for twenty years. He is currently Director of the Research Institute for Media, Arts and Performance at the University of Bedfordshire.
Insights: Pre-performance talk on Król Roger
Friday 1 May 2015, 6.30-7pm
Saturday 9 May 2015, 6.00-6.30pm
Tuesday 12 May 2015, 6.30-7:30pm
Saturday 16 May, 6.00-6.30pm
Tuesday 19 May 2015, 6.30-7.30pm
These talks will be led by Adrian Thomas, Emeritus Professor in the School of Music at Cardiff University. He spent three years on secondment to the BBC as Head of Music at Radio 3 and has been the Chair of Music at Gresham College, London, where he was subsequently elected a Fellow.
Adrian is a specialist on Polish music and is the founder-director of the School of Music's Central European Music Research Centre and has received awards from the Polish Composers' Union, the Polish Government (Order of Merit for Polish Culture) and the Lutoslawski Society.
Insights: Pre-performance talk on Don Giovanni
Tickets available when booking opens for Don Giovanni.
Tuesday 16 June 2015, 6pm
Thursday 18 June 2015, 6pm
Wednesday 1 July 2015, 6pm
Speaker to be confirmed.
Insights: Pre-performance talks on La bohème
Tickets available when booking opens for La bohème.
Saturday 11 July 2015, 6.30pm
Monday 13 July 2015, 6.30pm
Thursday 16 July 2015, 6.30pm
Speaker to be confirmed.
Insights: Pre-performance talks on Welsh National Opera's Peter Pan
FREE tickets available when booking opens for Peter Pan.
Friday 24 July 2015, 6.30pm
Friday 25 July 2015, 6.30pm
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Frederick Ashton was one of the most influential dance figures of the 20th century and his works remain a key part of The Royal Ballet's repertory today.
In celebration of its Founder Choreographer, the Company is currently performing a mixed programme including four of Ashton's finest works: Scènes de ballet, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Symphonic Variations and A Month in the Country. La Fille mal gardée, Ashton's final full-length ballet, will also be performed later in the Season.
To coincide with the mixed programme, BBC Arts has taken a closer look at the choreographer and a career that came to define ballet's 'English style'.
A profile of Sir Frederick Ashton
Watch friends and fellow professionals, Kevin O'Hare, Christopher Carr, and Steven McRae, share insights on Ashton, including footage featuring the choreographer himself, both performing and creating:
The 'Fred Step' in super slow motion
Watch Royal Ballet Soloist Francesca Hayward perform Ashton's signature 'Fred Step' in super slow motion:
Extracts from works featured in The Royal Ballet's Ashton Mixed Programme
Watch archive films from Royal Opera House performances of Ashton's Scènes de ballet, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Symphonic Variations and A Month in the Country.
Deborah Bull on Frederick Ashton
Read the article by writer, broadcaster, and former Royal Ballet Principal, Deborah Bull, about Ashton's life and works, and her first memory of the master choreographer.
The Royal Ballet's mixed programme of Ashton's works runs until 12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.]]>
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2014/15 opens tonight with Kenneth MacMillan's ballet masterpiece Manon.
'Kenneth was an enormous film fan so would have been thrilled this was happening,' said the choreographer's wife, Deborah MacMillan.
'The cinema relays mean such a lot to us and it is amazing to see how they have grown,' said Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O'Hare. 'It is a particular pleasure opening with Manon as it is the 40th anniversary of Kenneth MacMillan's production, and it is a production that has really shaped The Royal Ballet.'
The new Season will feature 11 Royal Opera House productions broadcast to more than 1,400 cinemas in 30 countries worldwide.
Jette Parker Young Artists Kiandra Howarth, Rachel Kelly, Luis Gomez, Samuel Sakker at the 2014/15 cinema launch © ROH, 2014
Following Manon, the next live relay of the Season will see Verdi's early tragic opera I due Foscari, simulcast on 27 October. The Royal Opera production stars Plácido Domingo and is conducted by Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano.
Three other new productions to The Royal Opera will also feature this Season: Giordano's French Revolution romance Andrea Chénier starring Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek; Brecht and Weill's impassioned satire Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny starring Anna Sofie von Otter; and Rossini's final opera and greatest masterpiece Guillaume Tell starring Gerald Finley.
Royal Opera productions of L'elisir d'amore, Der fliegende Holländer and La bohème will also be relayed live this Season.
As well as Manon, The Royal Ballet will present Christopher Wheeldon's family-favourite Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, followed in the New Year by Tchaikovsky's much-loved classic Swan Lake, and Frederick Ashton's Company classic La Fille mal gardée starring Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae.
'The Live Cinema Season is increasingly important as a way of sharing the artists of Covent Garden with the rest of the world,' said Chief Executive of The Royal Opera House Alex Beard.
View the full list of productions for the 2014/15 Season, find a cinema near you and sign up to our mailing list.]]>
Autumn Season
Deloitte Ignite 2014
Free opening festival curated by The Royal Ballet and Minna Moore Ede.
Throughout September
BalletBoyz theTALENT (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Former Royal Ballet dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt and their award-winning troupe come to the Linbury Studio Theatre for the first time, with an all-new programme.
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 September at 7.45pm
By Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet, orchestrated by Martin Yates
Kenneth MacMillan's acclaimed tragic ballet is a modern masterpiece.
26 September at 7.30pm; 27 September at 12.30pm; 30 September at 1pm
1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16† | 25 | 29 October at 7.30pm; 4 October at 2pm and 7pm; 5 October at 12 noon; 11 October at 12.30pm
1 November at 7pm
† Live cinema relay
Scènes de ballet / Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan / Symphonic Variations / A Month in the Country
By Frederick Ashton
Music: Igor Stravinsky / Johannes Brahms / Cèsar Franck / Fryderyk Chopin
The Royal Ballet celebrates its Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, with a mixed programme of some of his finest works.
18 October at 7pm; 22 | 28 October at 7.30pm
4 | 5 | 11 | 12 November at 7.30pm
Ceremony of Innocence / The Age of Anxiety / Aeternum
By Kim Brandstrup / NEW Liam Scarlett / Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Benjamin Britten / Leonard Bernstein / Benjamin Britten
A Scarlett world premiere and two recent works by Brandstrup and Wheeldon: contemporary ballet at its finest.
7 | 13 | 14 | 17 November at 7.30pm; 8 November at 2pm and 7pm
Cassandra NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By Ludovic Ondiviela
Music: Ana Silvera
Choreographer Ludovic Ondiviela and singer songwriter Ana Silvera present a poignant exploration of what it is to be called mad.
30 | 31 October at 7.45pm
1 November at 2pm
Mapping / Document / Christopher Bruce (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By Darshan Singh Bhuller / Ivgi & Greben / NEW Christopher Bruce
Phoenix Dance Theatre
Phoenix Dance Theatre presents a mixed programme including a Christopher Bruce premiere and works by Darshan Singh Bhuller and the choreographic duo Ivgi & Grebem.
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 November at 7.45pm
Don Quixote
By Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus, arranged and orchestrated by Martin Yates
Carlos Acosta's exuberant production of this classic tale of friendship, love and loyalty is bursting with joie de vivre.
25 | 27 | 28 November at 7.30pm
12 | 15 December at 7.30pm; 20 December at 1.30pm and 7pm; 29 December at 7pm; 30 December at 12.30pm
3 January at 1.30pm and 7pm; 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 22 January at 7.30pm
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
By Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Joby Talbot, orchestrated by Christopher Austin and Joby Talbot
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in Christopher Wheeldon's thrillingly entertaining ballet.
6 December at 1.30pm (Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat) and 7pm; 10 | 16† December at 7.30pm; 19 December at 2pm and 7.30pm; 22 December at 12.30pm; 23 December at 1.30pm and 7pm; 24 December at 12 noon; 27 December at 1.30pm and 7pm; 31 December at 12 noon and 5pm
10 January at 7pm; 12 | 15 | 16 January at 7.30pm
† Live cinema relay
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
ZooNation burst onto the stage with their family Christmas show, a wonderfully wacky take on the madcap characters of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Previews: 6 December at 12.30pm and 5pm; 8 December at 7pm
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 December at 7pm; 13 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 27 December at 12.30pm and 5pm; 24 | 31 December at 12.30pm; 28 December at 2pm; 29 | 30 December at 5pm
2 | 3 January at 12.30pm and 5pm
Winter Season
By John Cranko
Music: Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
John Cranko's adaptation of Pushkin's verse-novel, set to music by Tchaikovsky, trembles with emotional charge.
24 January at 2pm and 7pm; 27 | 28 | 30 January at 7.30pm; 31 January at 12.30pm
2 | 4 February at 7.30pm; 7 February at 12.30pm; 11 February at 2.30pm and 7.30pm; 16 | 18 February at 7.30pm; 27 February at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Swan Lake
By Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, additional choreography by Frederick Ashton and David Bintley
Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Anthony Dowell's production of the greatest romantic ballet draws upon the opulence of 1890s Russia.
10 | 13 February at 7.30pm; 14 February at 7pm; 19 February at 2pm and 7.30pm; 21 February at 1.30pm and 7pm
13 | 16 | 17† | 18 | 19 | 25 | 26 March at 7.30pm; 14 March at 12.30pm; 21 March at 1.30pm and 7pm
2 | 7 | 9 April at 7.30pm
† Live cinema relay
London International Mime Festival (Linbury Studio Theatre)
The acclaimed annual festival returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre.
TBC January
Murmur / Inked (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By Aakash Odedra
Aakash Odedra dances an exhilarating mixed programme, created in collaboration with choreographers Lewis Major and Damien Jalet.
23 | 24 January at 7.45pm
Draft Works (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By The Royal Ballet
Dancers from within the ranks of The Royal Ballet create and perform experimental new works.
24 | 26 February at 7.45pm
Ballet Black (Linbury Studio Theatre)
The award-winning company presents a dynamic mixed programme from leading choreographers.
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 February at 7.45pm
Spring Season
Spring Celebration: A Showcase of British Dance Training (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Join students of The Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Central School of Ballet and Elmhurst School for Dance in this celebration of British ballet training.
7 March at 7.30pm
Shaker Loops / Cover (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By Itamar Serussi / Andonis Foniadakis
Ballet de Lorraine performs two UK premieres by choreographers Itamar Serussi and Andonis Foniadakis.
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 March at 7.45pm
Bayadère – The Ninth Life (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By Shobana Jeyasingh
Music: Gabriel Prokofiev
In a new Royal Opera House commission Shobana Jeyasingh reimagines Marius Petipa's India-set classical ballet La Bayadère.
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 March at 7.45pm
The Four Temperaments / Hofesh Shechter / Song of the Earth
By George Balanchine / NEW Hofesh Shechter / Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Paul Hindemith / TBC / Gustav Mahler
Masterpieces by Balanchine and MacMillan frame a world premiere from Hofesh Shechter in The Royal Ballet's thrilling mixed programme.
27 | 30 March at 7.30pm
8 | 10 | 14 April at 7.30pm
La Fille mal gardèe
By Frederick Ashton
Music: Ferdinand Hérold, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery
Frederick Ashton's joyful ballet contains some of his most brilliant choreography.
16 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 29 April at 7.30pm; 26 April at 3pm
2 May at 2pm and 7pm; 5† May at 7.30pm
† Live cinema relay
The Architect / mixed programme (Linbury Studio Theatre)
By Kenneth Tindall / NEW TBC
Northern Ballet
One of the UK's leading touring companies visits the Linbury Studio Theatre with a mixed programme.
12 | 13 May at 7:45pm; 14 May at 2pm and 7:45pm
Summer Season
Woolf Works NEW
By Wayne McGregor
Music: Max Richter
Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor presents his first full-length ballet for the Company.
11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 26 May at 7.30pm; 23 May at 12 noon
Afternoon of a Faun / In the Night / Song of the Earth
By Jerome Robbins / Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Claude Debussy / Fryderyk Chopin / Gustav Mahler
The Royal Ballet's mixed programme brings together two of Jerome Robbins's masterpieces with MacMillan's powerful depiction of love and loss.
29 May at 7.30pm; 30 May at 12.30pm
1 | 4 June at 7.30pm
The Elves and the Shoemaker
By Daniel de Andrade
Northern Ballet
Northern Ballet presents new children's ballet from its award-winning series Short Ballets for Small People.
16 May at 1, 3 and 5pm
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
12 July at 12 noon (main stage)
By Carlos Acosta
Carlos Acosta returns with a vibrant mixed programme featuring works from leading Cuban artists accompanied by a live Cuban band.
27 | 28 | 29 | 31 July at 7.30pm
1 August at 7.30pm; 2 August at 5pm
The 2014/15 Live Cinema Season will see a total of 11 Royal Opera House productions relayed to more than 1,500+ cinemas in over 35+ countries. The screenings include seven Royal Opera and four Royal Ballet productions:
Manon, 16 October at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet, orchestrated by Martin Yates
I due Foscari NEW, 27 October at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Thaddeus Strassberger
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Cast includes Plácido Domingo, Francesco Meli and Maria Agresta
L'elisir d'amore, 26 November at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Gaetano Donizetti
Dir: Laurent Pelly
Cond: Daniele Rustioni
Cast includes Lucy Crowe, Vittorio Grigolo and Bryn Terfel
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 16 December at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Joby Talbot, orchestrated by Christopher Austin and Joby Talbot
Andrea Chénier NEW, 29 January at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Umberto Giordano
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Cast includes Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek
Der fliegende Holländer, 24 February at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Richard Wagner
Dir: Tim Albery
Cond: Andris Nelsons
Cast includes Bryn Terfel and Adrianne Pieczonka.
Swan Lake, 17 March at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NEW, 1 April at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Kurt Weill
Dir: John Fulljames
Cond: Mark Wigglesworth
Cast includes Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard W White and Christine Rice.
La Fille mal gardèe, 5 May at 7.15pm
The Royal Ballet
By Frederick Ashton
Music: Ferdinand Hérold, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery
La bohème, 10 June at 7.15pm
The Royal Opera
Giacomo Puccini
Dir: John Copley
Cond: Dan Ettinger
Cast includes Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja
Guillaume Tell NEW, 5 July at 2.45pm
The Royal Opera
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Damiano Michieletto
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Cast includes Gerald Finley and Malin Byström


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Yoko Ono, widow of the former fab four frontman, has given Beatles biographer Hunter Davies exclusive access to her husband's previously unseen letters.
Davies, the only writer to have penned an official autobiography with the band, is in the process collating the letters for a release later this year.
The former Sunday Times columnist, who has recently worked with Wayne Rooney on his official book, made the announcement on the Radio4 programme, The Book Club.
When asked about Ono's role in the Beatles' break up, Davies let slip that he couldn't have a bad word said about her, because of the extraordinary privilege she had given him.
He went on to reveal the nature of some of Lennon's most personal letters which, he insisted, have remained unseen by the public since their creation.
Davies said: "Yoko is now my best friend in the whole world, because I'm doing the John Lennon letters.
"And there has never been a book of the John Lennon letters.
"I have got three letters from him but the laws of copyright mean that you can't use them in a book or a magazine without the copyright holders's permission until 70 years after they have died, and Yoko owns them.
"John wrote the most witty, funny, obscene, mad, passionate, lovely letters, which you've never seen.
"You've seen odd ones when they've been up in auction, but you've never seen them all together.
"So that's what I'm doing now, is getting them all together. So I can't have a bad word said about Yoko!".
Davies revealed that the book is due for release in October this year when it is sure to be another hit with Beatlemaniacs worldwide.
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"I can't see the problem here.One of the greatest songwriters in history, wouldnt you want to know it all? Nothing private about John Lennon!" Jeff, Australia around 2 years, 9 months ago
"No surprise here! Hunter Davies and Yoko Ono, both low-rent vile gits." Catherine , USA around 3 years, 2 months ago
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"Hey Lp, Michigan, Would love to know more about your postcard. Contact me through diggallery.com. Thanks!" Helen Hall, UK around 3 years, 2 months ago
"One question, would Cynthia have done the same? I'm gonna go with no." Tony Salazar, Los Angeles, CA around 3 years, 2 months ago
"I have lost all respect for Hunter Davies. He's just joined Yoko in making money off a dead man. Shame." Drew, USA around 3 years, 2 months ago
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"We got a random postcard from him in 75. Kinda a fascinating story. Hunter, ping us if u wanna hear more." Lp, Michigan around 3 years, 2 months ago
"If Davies let slip can't say a no no about Yoko, it will be one more white wash, leaving out any John no nos about her. Her spin goes on." Annie, USA around 3 years, 2 months ago
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text: Australian Open Gallery: Vika's Two Trophies Victoria Azarenka, the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and the No.1 trophy had a special day out. Published January 29, 2012 12:00 Victoria Azarenka did a photo shoot with her Australian Open trophy in Melbourne on Sunday. Victoria Azarenka is the first Belarusian player in WTA history to win a Grand Slam title. Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova handily in her first career Grand Slam final, 63 60. By virtue of the victory, Victoria Azarenka also rises to No.1, the first Belarusian to do so. Victoria Azarenka had two trophies at the shoot - the Australian Open trophy and No.1 trophy. Victoria Azarenka, who came in at No.3, is the first player ever to skip No.2 en route to No.1. Victoria Azarenka had been pushed to three sets in her quarterfinal and semifinal matches... She edged Aga Radwanska and Kim Clijsters though, then hit her stride against Maria Sharapova. Topics: 2012, tournaments, news, photos or videos, victoria azarenka, australian open Share this page! Print Email Related photos KL Gallery: Fashion Shows & Kids Clinics March 02, 2015 From the catwalk to the tennis courts, there's been all kinds of action going on at the BMW Malaysian Open so far this week. Check out 10 of the best pics right here. Doha Gallery: Mirza Speaks To The Kids February 24, 2015 Sania Mirza spoke to hundreds of kids at a local Indian school during a day off at the Qatar Total Open in Doha. Check out pics from the Indian megastar's visit here. Doha Gallery: The Player Party February 23, 2015 The biggest WTA stars - including Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwanska, Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova - stepped out for the Qatar Total Open player party. To The Top 3


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You know what they say, right? "What goes around, comes around." Here's another favorite. "What goes up must come down." My list of technology companies that I love to bash has grown through the years. Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Amazon. All were up, now they're down. Well, guess what? Microsoft is back, baby. Uh, um, anyway; … Continue Reading »
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Jim Rash was a great character until season 4 came along and they decided to make him an exaggerated predatorial gay steroetype. Hopefully Dan Harmon brings him back to the needy insecure litigiphobic bearaucrat who was also homosexual he was in the first three seasons.
They certainly do have enough material with the five characters who are left, but I also think they risk the dynamic getting stale, and sinking into the 'Everybody learns a lesson they forget by the start of the next episode' pattern of usual sitcoms.
That's why I'm in favor of bringing in other characters, so they can go into unexplored territory with their character relationships. Rich I think would work well. He's been established as this perfect wonderful guy with a dark desperation to be perfect. And Neal could be a buddy for Abed, he's already got depth as a smart, sensitive guy with self esteem issues and a history of being picked on by everyone.
And aside from people who could fit into the group dynamic, I really hope they bring John Oliver back into the fold.
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