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EDINBURG -- As of Sunday, the Wolf Gap fire is being reported at 95 percent containment, with 37 people staffing it.
Marq Webb, public information officer for the southern area blue team at the George Washington National Forest, confirmed that information Sunday evening, saying the Wolf Gap fire is "in really good shape."
"It hasn't moved for three days now, so we're getting a good handle on it," he said.
The total area affected amounts to 865 acres, and Webb said it could reach 100 percent containment in the next day or two.
"We've still got people out there patrolling and mopping up, put anything out that's still smoldering," Webb said.
The U.S. Forest Service reports on its website that there is little to no smoke remaining in both the Wolf Gap and Shipwreck fires. It also says that the Shipwreck fire, located in Page County, is at 100 percent containment, with 4,000 acres affected.


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I will accept other nice yarns, too.
12 8 / 2014
Can we talk about that milk cozy tho?
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28 7 / 2013
Knittaz 4 Life
Hey if you want to see all the garbage I reblog follow magicalswagprincess.tumblr.com.
I haven't updated in some time. I should get to that one day…
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12 7 / 2013
expect them to be able to go out on a whim
expect them to have lives just like yours
expect them to always be available
demand details of their illness that they haven't volunteered, ask them nicely and don't badger
offer help or assistance to make yourself feel like a better person
act as though the disease is catching, repugnant, or disgusting
challenge them to do things they have already told you were impossible
baby them or treat them as though they're less competent mentally
tell other people about their illness(es)
suggest cures/treatments/holistic practices (since, you know, they probably have already tried it)
Try to relate their problem to your experience - your sprained ankle is nothing like chronic pain, your bout with stomach flu is nothing like IBS, your inability to focus before coffee is nothing like the mental fog that comes with illnesses like fibromyalgia or MS
ever, ever, ever accuse them of faking. ever.
understand that some chronic illnesses have good days and bad days, and that there's no way to predict what'll happen
be supportive and understand their limitations
ask about dietary or physical restrictions if you are making plans with them
ask about anything that might make things worse for them, and take it into account
tell them that if they need to tell you they can't do something that you won't be angry at them for not being able to, and don't be passive-aggressive about it
remember that they are a person, not an illness
listen to them, ask them questions if you don't understand something, and remember what they say
Not blog related but very important..
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31 3 / 2013
If you live or have visited Chicago, you may have heard of the Puppet Bike. It is a mobile puppet show that travels around Chicago (by bike, obviously) and shows up places like Andersonville, the home to one of my favorite yarn stores, Windy Knitty.
I was at Windy Knitty yesterday and happened to see that Fleur de Fiber has dyed up a Puppet Bike-inspired colorway called "Puppet Bike by Day". This is a colorful gem and took pictures of both sides of the skein so you can see just how lovely this yarn is!
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25 3 / 2013
More gratuitous pictures of yarn.
Clockwise from top:
Miss Babs' Yummy Sock in Groovy
Noro Taiyo Lace in color "A"
See Jayne Knit Superwash Merino and Nylon Sock in Madman with a Box (a gift from my friend Jenny)
Wollmeise Sockenwolle 80/20 Twin in Blue Suzanne
Madelinetosh Tosh Vintage in Oceana (this blue is my favorite shade of blue)
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As I attempt to clean, I find more and more yarn I forget to take pictures of for my stash list. This arrived a week or so ago and I never got around to showing it off to you all.
This is the March shipment of the 2 Crafty Girls Art History Yarn Club. This lovely right here is inspired by the Mona Lisa.
I have a lot more yarn I need to photograph. In fact, I have some yarn I KNOW I forgot to photograph. Quite beautiful stuff.
Should I just rename this blog Gratuitous Pictures of Yarn? That's pretty much what this has turned into…
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05 3 / 2013
One of these days I will get to blocking my FO's and post them, I SWEAR.
Clockwise from top-left: Wollmeise "Pure" 100% Merino in Heavy Metal, Wollmeise Sockenwolle 80/20 Twin in 0-Rh-Negativ, Another Crafty Girl Twinkle Sock in SFX, Another Crafty Girl Twinkle Sock in Gamut.
A couple weekends ago, I took a photography class taught by Franklin Habit. It was really cool and I learned a lot about the basics of photography. Hopefully I can use some techniques I learned to make my photos a little better.
The class was in the back room of a sports bar and that was really cool, although sometimes it got kinda loud. We got to drink and learn and that's always fun. Also, we could use the stuff in the room as props, so I managed to convince the cigar store Native American carving to model my Rock Island for me.
The best part is that I won the drawing. Sorry the picture is bad, but I'm trying to cram in all. that. swag.
If you happen to live in the Chicago area, Franklin is planning on conducting more classes at the bar - Murphy's Bleachers in Wrigleyville. I recommend checking it out.
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I've fallen behind on the Tumblog!
I am in a new yarn club and a few weeks ago I got this beauty.
2 Crafty Girls' new yarn club is devoted to yarn inspired by works of art. The first installment was inspired Botticelli's Birth of Venus.
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09 2 / 2013
Today was a day of swagswagswag. My new glitter TOMS arrived today. Too bad I can't wear them until it's nicer out. Stupid snow…
I also went to Mitsuwa today. If you are not familiar, Mitsuwa is a big Japanese superstore. It's mostly groceries, but they also have a book store, food court, appliances, housewares and more. I went with my friends Kristy and Tom and we had delicious legit ramen. Anyway, I picked up a shiny, new stitch dictionary and realized just how much knitting stores gouge people on Japanese stitch dictionaries. Seriously this book would have been at least twice what I paid if it were from a yarn store, true story.
Also, I have a bit of a fixation with Japanese candy, mostly Kit-Kats and Pocky. I cannot leave one of these stores without some.
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Definition of antiphony in English:
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Pronunciation: /anˈtɪf(ə)ni /
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Antiphonal singing, playing, or chanting.
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- Harris's style is strong and assertive, imbued with an American melos of hymn tunes and folksongs, and using the orchestra to create powerful effects of block antiphony.
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No, Just No: My psycho ex-boyfriend (who's now my best friend and turns out is gay, by the way) is acting like a psycho.
No, Just No is an 'advice' series where I answer reader questions about their issues re: life, growing up, etc. I'd quite like it if you asked a question to be answered in a future post.
Obvious disclaimer: I'm a blogger, not a psychiatrist.
Today's Question
First of all: Whoa. WHOA.
I'm looking for more questions, too! Ask away!
We need to talk about Selena Gomez's 'Birthday'.
The Selena Gomez album leaked the other day. Naturally, as a Selenator (is that what we're called?) I was ecstatic to hear what the rest of the album had to offer after the brilliance of early releases 'Come And Get It' and 'Slow Down'.
This is the first song I heard after hitting play:
I love her a lot for this song (amongst other reasons) and you should too.
I'm starting an "advice" column, which will be fun and whatever: An introduction.
Yesterday I posted asking you for questions for my new growing up advice column, and you guys gave me a ton of great material to work with (i.e. COMPLETELY PSYCHO GAY BEST FRIENDS). And you guys also gave me some of this…
…which is the most valid comment ever, so I feel like I should explain further what I'd like to do here.
I'd like your help with this, lovely people.
I'm starting a new advice series and I want you to ask me questions.
If you're wondering about growing up and you want to be advised on the subject by a 24-year-old who has 180 plays on the Fifth Harmony single that came out late last night, then ASK AWAY.
Arby's is a magical place, or my first trip to my new favourite fast food chain.
Until April 10, 2013, I, Darren M. Sharp, carb connoisseur, had never walked inside an Arby's.
Arby's changed my life.
I turned 24 yesterday. I don't think 24 is a major milestone for most people, but for whatever reason I've grown up thinking that this would be a benchmark age for me. Let me explain.
Read/share as your birthday gift to me pls.
What Edgar Renteria meant to me.
The memory of the clip above is engrained in my memory so strongly that I feel like it must've happened last year or the year before that at most, not 1997. I was eight years old then, begging my parents to let me stay up well past my bedtime to finish Game 7 of the World Series where my beloved Florida Marlins—-I was a bandwagon fan, let's be honest—-had taken the heavily favoured Cleveland Indians into extra innings. I remember feeling so grown up, awake at 11 p.m. to watch a game that I had no reason to care about as much as I did. I sat glued to the TV, palms sweaty as the Marlins loaded the bases and Edgar Renteria, my new hero, lined a single over Charles Nagy's glove to give Florida its first ever championship.
It's about sports but it means a lot to me idk.
Holly and me.
"Reckless abandon" has never been a gear I could put myself in. The closest I came was when I was 21 and went through a Skins-fueled phase where I decided I would go all Jim Carrey in Yes Man and never say no to any experience I was offered. The only results were constant exhaustion, a bank account that bled money, and a single week in February when I hit rock bottom and took up smoking cigarettes to properly display my twentysomething angst. But even those few months were calculated; I made a conscious choice to be young and free, it didn't come naturally.
Socially awkward monsters.
The social politics of being an Internet personality are exhausting. The strategy involved in deciding when to like a status, when to favourite (or, when you're feeling especially Internet relationship savvy, retweet) someone's tweet, or when to reblog a gif set runs so deep that I'm not sure anyone can really explain it anymore. I once went into a sharp spiral of depression started by losing Twitter followers, which is completely absurd but defensible only because that number is essentially Internet currency, where having more or fewer followers than someone places you in a ridiculous house of cards power hierarchy that means nothing yet somehow means everything. It turns any gathering of Internet types into a poorly veiled Mean Girls rendition. You've only got 1000 followers? You can't sit with us.
I wrote about the Internet.
"Guilty" pleasures.
Earlier today, Jezebel alerted me to this story. In a nutshell: Lena Dunham loves Taylor Swift's music, and Lena Dunham fans aren't too happy about that. The reason for their ire is obvious; Dunham is supposed to be the picture of Brooklyn cool, and despite Taylor's ubiquity, announcing that you identify with Swizzle's tales of heartbreak and…well, heartbreak, is the social equivalent of saying that From Justin To Kelly is your Citizen Kane. Being an open Swift fan means society labels you a little uncool, at best, and completely tasteless, at worst.


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Very much enjoyed #MovedByMyth here in Switzerland. Standouts of the newest works were Dark Eyes, RavenGirl pdd & Beak @RoyalOperaHouse
— C J MacPherson (@Playingfootsie) September 6, 2014
I LOVED BOURNE. I'm glad my friend told me about this. I've never really watched ballet before so it's wonderful #MovedByMyth
— NinjaLis (@CumberNinjas) September 6, 2014
#movedbymyth driving me mad that they are not quite as coordinated as they should be in the group sections...
— B L (@studioincovent) September 6, 2014
Breathtaking @TommyFranzen Leda and Swan film, Zenaida is so subtle serene yet womenly emotional in deep.#MovedByMyth
— ClaraTSch (@ClaraTSch) September 6, 2014
LOVED Kim Brandstrup's film of Leda+the Swan - Yanowsky is incredible. I was watching her as the Queen of Hearts yesterday... #MovedByMyth
— Georgina Wells (@Wells15G) September 6, 2014
Really enjoyed #MovedByMyth live stream - my highlight was def Leda and the Swan film, but also loved Ondine and The Indifferent Beak
— Laura Dodge (@DodgeDance) September 6, 2014
Eating some humble pie here because I enjoyed that pd2 from Raven Girl considerably more than I did the whole ballet #MovedbyMyth
— Graham Watts (@GWDanceWriter) September 6, 2014
Can we start a campaign for Ed Watson to be in a full-length Bourne Swan Lake in London please? #MovedByMyth
— Margaret B (@MMB_1990) September 6, 2014
What did you think of Sampling the Myth?
Sampling the Myth runs until 7 September 2014. Tickets are sold out.
Deloitte Ignite, curated by The Royal Ballet with the National Gallery's Minna Moore Ede, runs until 28 September and includes a wide range of free and ticketed events. Tickets are still available for some events.
Together with a new commission from Aakash Odedra and Chris Ofili - and the premieres of three short dance films - Sampling the Myth presents excerpts from some favourite myth-influenced classical and contemporary ballets.
The Firebird
According to Slavic folklore, the Firebird was an enchanted, glowing bird from a faraway land that could be both a blessing and a curse to its owner. Mikhail Fokine's ballet for Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes drew on elements from several Russian fairy tales to create an original story specifically aimed at Western audiences. In the tale, a feather from the tail of the Firebird helps Ivan Tsarevich free the Beautiful Tsarevna and defeat the evil magician Kostchei. It was the first of the choreographer's groundbreaking collaborations with composer Igor Stravinsky, and captivated audiences with its combination of virtuoso ballet technique and naturalistic, folk-derived styles of movement. It fast became a classic of 20th-century ballet and remains a favourite of audiences around the world; it has subsequently been rechoreographed and updated by a number of artists including George Balanchine and Alexei Ratmansky.
The Dying Swan
The Dying Swan is based on Tennyson's poem of the same name, which itself was influenced by Greek mythology. This solo work was created specifically for the great dancer Anna Pavlova at her request, and she reputedly performed it 4,000 times around the world. So dedicated was she to the role that her last words were apparently 'Get my Swan costume ready'. The solo is set to Camille Saint-Saëns's cello solo Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) and such is its emotional pull that Fokine described the work as 'proof that the dance could and should satisfy not only the eye, but through the medium of the eye should penetrate the soul'. The Dying Swan has since inspired a host of different adaptations – including a recent version by Royal Ballet Artist Calvin Richardson, performed by Royal Ballet Artist Matthew Ball in the Paul Hamlyn Hall as part of Deloitte Ignite 2014.
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
The original source for the story of the classical ballet Swan Lake, in which a princess, cursed to transform into a swan every night, can only be freed by true and faithful love, has long been disputed. It is generally thought to be a combination of several German fairy tales, particularly Johann Karl August Musäus's Der geraubte Schleier (The Stolen Veil), with elements of Russian folklore and a few contributions from composer Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, who wrote the music for the ballet's 1877 premiere. For his adaptation, choreographer Matthew Bourne reimagined the broad outline of the original story to create a modern tale of repression and yearning, in which the swans (traditionally female) are danced by men.
Like The Firebird, Apollo (or Apollon musagète as it was called when it was first performed in 1928) marked the start of a fruitful working partnership, in this case between composer Igor Stravinsky and Georgian-American choreographer George Balanchine. The composer both wrote the music for the ballet and conceived its scenario, in which the god Apollo leads the muses Terpsichore (dance), Calliope (poetry) and Polyhymnia (song) up Mount Parnassus. The work was a turning point for Balanchine, who returned from recent modernist experiments to his classical roots in an innovative neoclassical style that reflects the purity and unity of Stravinsky's score.
Raven Girl
Wayne McGregor's Raven Girl, first performed in 2013, is based on a dark original fairy tale written and illustrated by Audrey Niffenegger (best known for her 2003 novel The Time Traveler's Wife). The ballet tells the story of the daughter of a postman and a raven, unable to speak and unable to fly, who feels at odds with everything around her. She attempts to get wings, with disastrous results. With its combination of the everyday and the supernatural, a woman who undergoes a transformation and a saviour prince, this story recalls myths that inspired great ballets. Translating these elements into a contemporary setting, McGregor and Niffenegger's ballet is a captivating piece of modern visual theatre.
Sampling the Myth runs from 5–7 September 2014. Tickets are still available. The performance on Saturday 6 September will be live streamed on the ROH website and YouTube channel.
The production is part of Deloitte Ignite 14. Find out more about the festival.
Sampling the Myth, a programme of mixed works to be staged at Deloitte Ignite 2014, will be live-streamed via the Royal Opera House website and YouTube Channel at 6.50pm BST on Saturday 6 September 2014. The event will be available to watch online anywhere in the world (with a small number of exceptions).
The programme combines dance and visual art in a modern exploration of ancient myths through performance and film. It will feature a special commission from Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili and choreographer Aakash Odedra based on the myth of Prometheus. Extracts will also be performed from Mikhail Fokine's The Firebird and The Dying Swan; Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake; George Balanchine's Apollo; and Wayne McGregor's Raven Girl. Viewers will also be treated to the world premiere of a new piece by Rambert's Miguel Altunaga. Also being screened as part of the event are three short dance films created by the National Ballet of Canada's Robert Binet, rising choreographic talent Charlotte Edmonds, and internationally renowned choreographer Kim Brandstrup.
Watch Aakash Odedra rehearsing his new piece with Royal Ballet dancers:
Deloitte Ignite, curated by The Royal Ballet with the National Gallery's Minna Moore Ede, runs 5–28 September 2014 and includes a wide range of free and paying events. Tickets are still available.]]>
Loved #Mariinsky Firebird (those serried ranks of monsters! That red, gold and blue...) & absolutely adored DSCH #Ratmanskyness. #Joy
— Catchip (@catchip) August 11, 2014
#Vishneva absolutely riveting as Marguerite. Her technical prowess & unceasing investment in the narrative are both magical. #Mariinsky
— Leena Hassan (@leenahassan) August 11, 2014
Kim shines above a brilliant cast! Concerto DSCH is great fun, with lots of entertaining dancing #Mariinsky
— Sebastian (@Sebastian_G_A) August 11, 2014
Is #Mariinsky's Firebird supposed to be underwater world? (monsters looked to me like sea weeds & corals) The bird didn't drown, thank God!
— Yosh M (@yoshkosh10) August 11, 2014
And with that #Ratmanskyness the #Mariinsky finally won my heart.
— Vampire Soup (@VampireSoup) August 11, 2014
Mariinsky/Ratmansky #ConcertoDSCH was disconcertingly like MacMillan's Concerto at first, with the "orange people" and "red people"…
— Ruth Elleson (@RuthElleson) August 11, 2014
M&A can be such overacted sentimental nonsense. Didn't move me at all... #Mariinsky
— Fedja Hadrovich (@Hadrovich) August 11, 2014
Loved Concerto DSCH - best of the three in my humble opinion, although Vishneva was a wonderful Marguerite. #Mariinsky @TheRoyalBallet
— Lesley Titcomb (@lesleytitcomb) August 11, 2014
What did you think of the Mariinsky Ballet's Firebird/Marguerite and Armand/Concerto DSCH mixed programme?
The Firebird/Marguerite and Armand/Concerto DSCH runs until 12 August 2014. Tickets are sold out though returns may become available.
The Mariinsky Ballet's Summer 2014 performances at the Royal Opera House are presented by Victor Hochhauser.]]>
'The music of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) baffles verbal description...it has no relation to music at all as most of us understand the word'. So ran a 1913 review in the Musical Times of perhaps Igor Stravinsky's most iconic ballet score. Still, despite initial criticism and the much-discussed 'riot' at the premiere, Stravinsky's contribution to dance has proved to be a considerable one. With The Royal Ballet's Rite of Spring returning to Covent Garden this Season, we thought we'd take a look at a few of the composer's other wonderful ballet scores:
The Firebird
From its eerie opening with chromatic low strings to its glowing and exultant finale, The Firebird is a masterpiece of a ballet score. It was the first of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions to have a completely original score composed for it, and with its folktale-inspired narrative, the piece was originally intended as a Russian nationalist ballet. A number of different versions of the score exist, including at least three orchestral suites for concert performance – the first of which had its premiere in 1911 – which have led The Firebird to become a popular concert work as well as an acclaimed ballet. Stravinsky had been Diaghilev's second choice as composer for the score of The Firebird (he originally wanted Anatoly Lyadov) but the success of the premiere made Diaghilev realize that he was onto a good thing in working with the 28-year-old composer. 'Mark him well', Diaghilev told ballerina Tamara Karsavina, 'He is a man on the eve of celebrity'.
Les noces
This ballet about a peasant wedding had its premiere in 1923, but Stravinsky first conceived the idea of it in 1913, while working on The Rite of Spring, and he originally planned the work for a similar-sized expanded symphony orchestra. Stravinsky rewrote Les noces several times – one of his versions was scored for roll-operated instruments including pianolas, however this was abandoned when the Parisian piano firm constructing some of the instruments repeatedly delayed delivery. Les noces's score is written for four solo singers and chorus as well as instruments. Stravinsky writing the libretto himself, using lyrics from Russian folksongs. The ballet has an extraordinary sound world: in place of an orchestra, Stravinsky eventually scored the work for a vast battery of both tuned and untuned percussion and no less than four grand pianos.
The first of several collaborations between Stravinsky and Russian/American choreographer George Balanchine saw the composer inspired by 16th and 17th century French baroque music, in particular works by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The youthful 24-year-old Balanchine took visual cues from Stravinsky's music, later writing that when he heard the score, all he could see was pristine white. Such was his clout at the time of the 1928 premiere, that Stravinsky had a great influence on the ballet's choreography - wanting a classical style of dance to match the serenity of the music. 'Dancing is music made visible,' Balanchine later quipped, in one of his oft-quoted and trademark Balanchineisms.
'Rubies' from Jewels
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, the score used for 'Rubies' from Balanchine's Jewels, had previously featured as the score for a ballet by Léonide Massine twenty years prior to Balanchine's choosing it for his 1967 triptych. Still, the piece took on a new life as part of one of Balanchine's most acclaimed ballets. Stravinsky composed Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra from 1926 to 1929 while living in France – he had settled there after the Russian Revolution made it impossible for him to return to his homeland. It was intended as a 'breadwinning' piece, with a virtuosic piano part that (naturally) Stravinsky hoped to perform himself. Capriccio was influenced by the Romantic German composers Carl Maria von Weber (who Stravinsky termed 'a Prince of Music') and Felix Mendelssohn, and is a contrast to the composer's early Russian-infused works, and even his 1928 ballet Le Baiser de la fée (which was inspired by the music of Tchaikovsky). However, despite its neoclassical style Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra sounds distinctly modern, with almost jazz-like tinges to the music. Balanchine's joyous choreography provides plenty of visual sparkle and pizzazz, giving the piece, transformed into the ballet 'Rubies, an almost Broadway-esque appeal.
Which are your favourite of Stravinsky's ballet scores?
The Rite of Spring runs from 9 - 23 November 2013. Tickets are sold out, though returns may become available. Day tickets will be available on the day of performance.
Jewels runs from 17 December 2013 - 7 January 2014. Tickets are still available.]]>
What was your favourite production or moment of the 2012/13 Season?
The 2013/14 Season opens in September. Find out about Opera and Music or Ballet and Dance performances. Booking is now open for Autumn productions.]]>
Come to Covent Garden this weekend and you'll be met by the sight of a brightly lit Christmas tree, an enormous reindeer with a glowing nose and hundreds of red baubles hanging inside the Apple Market.
But if you'd like to see a different side of the area – and have a break from shopping – you might be interested in this Ballets Russes walking tour. It has been developed by Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at the V&A, and reveals the company's close relationship with Covent Garden, uncovering some fascinating stories along the way.
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Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes made their British debut at the Royal Opera House in 1911. During the next two decades, the company performed at many of the theatres in the surrounding area (then, as now, the theatrical heartland of London), captivating audiences with their groundbreaking and visually spectacular productions. They drew on the skills of the many craftspeople who worked nearby, from wig-makers and tailors to cobblers and fabric-makers, to bring their shows to the stage, and stayed in some of the world-famous hotels nearby, such as the Savoy and the Waldorf.
A century later, Covent Garden looks very different. But the changes that have been made are largely superficial. While the shop fronts may be different, the facades of buildings often remain the same. For instance, the residence of the celebrated wig-maker Willy Clarkson, who supplied the Ballets Russes with wigs, props and make up, is now the Chinese restaurant Wong Kei. Yet there are tantalizing glimpses of its former inhabitant: a clock with the words 'Costumier' and 'Perruquier' adorns the front, while a sign claiming 'Sarah Bernhardt laid the foundation stone of this building 1904' hints at the building's theatrical heritage.
The walking tour reveals some wonderful stories. For instance, did you know that it was when rehearsing The Rite of Spring in Chandos House on nearby Maiden Lane that choreographer Léonide Massine and dancer Vera Savina (née Clarke) fell in love? They later married, leading to Savina's dismissal from the company. And when the Ballets Russes performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, some of the company were forced to get changed in Holborn Baths (now the Oasis Sports Centre), due to lack of space? They had to cross the busy road in their elaborate costumes to reach the theatre.
The tour also provides an insight into some of the larger historical events in which the company were caught up. During World War I, the Drill Hall on Chenies Street in which the Ballets Russes usually rehearsed was occupied by the army, prompting the company's move to the Shaftesbury Hotel's club room on nearby Monmouth Street. The Ballets Russes were in London again when peace was declared on 11 November 1918. After their performance that evening at the Coliseum, the company – including Diaghilev and Massine – were swept up in the jubilant mood and joined the celebrating crowds in Trafalgar Square.
As well as visiting some of the key locations associated with the Ballets Russes, the tour stops off at the National Portrait Gallery, where you can see some of the company's dancers captured in evocative paintings and photographs, among them Lydia Lopokova, Alicia Markova and Marie Rambert.
The Ballets Russes (in their original incarnation) performed for the last time in London in 1929, again at the Royal Opera House. However, their innovative style of dance transformed the ballet world and their legacy lives on in dance companies round the world. Not least in The Royal Ballet. Tonight The Firebird opens, 100 years after the Ballet Russes first brought this iconic work to Covent Garden. The mythical Firebird will once more dart onto the stage in a flash of glittering red and gold – following in the footsteps of the Ballets Russes.
The Firebird is staged in a mixed programme with Jerome Robbins's In the Night and Rudolf Nureyev's Raymonda Act III from 22 December 2012 to 11 January 2013. All performances are sold out though returns may be available, as will a limited number of day seats.]]>
The Firebird was the first completely original ballet that Sergei Diaghilev masterminded for Western audiences. It was created in 1910 - the year before Diaghilev's company the Ballets Russes was formed - in response to the popularity of his Saisons Russes in Paris, Berlin and Brussels.
The Firebird took elements from several traditional Slavic stories and combined them in an original folk tale created for Western audiences increasingly fascinated by Russian art. Both the Firebird and the malevolent immortal Kastchey (whose name translates as 'boney', hence his skeleton costume) had featured in Russian stage productions before, but never together in one plot.
While conforming to existing dance traditions, The Firebird marked the beginning of new trends in ballet. The role of the eponymous Firebird – a bird of prey 'ferocious and of great power' – draws on strong academic ballet technique. Yet her pas de deux with the hero Ivan starts the ballet rather than occurring at the climax, as was traditional. While most ballets at the time ended with a lively celebratory dance, composer Igor Stravinsky persuaded the creative team to close the work with a stately coronation accompanied by a hymn of thanksgiving.
Mikhail Fokine's choreography uses diverse styles of movement to represent various characters. A magical atmosphere is evoked from the opening, when the Firebird flies across the stage. Pointe-work is only used for the dances of the supernatural bird, to suggest flight and hovering. The thirteen captive princesses perform a circling folk-dance, known as a Khorovod, in soft shoes to folk-inspired music. Kastchey's creatures are given suitably grotesque movements in the Infernal Dance. Fokine insisted that his hero Ivan (a role he performed himself at the ballet's premiere) moved naturally. For example, at the start of the ballet, he really heaves himself over the wall into the garden.
Svetlana Beriosova as The Beautiful Tsarevna and Michael Somes as Ivan Tsarevitch in the Sadler's Wells Ballet production of The Firebird © The Roger Wood Photographic Collection/ROH Collections, 1956
Margot Fonteyn as The Firebird and Michael Somes as Ivan Tsarevitch in the Sadler's Wells Ballet production of The Firebird © Roger Wood Photographic Collection/ROH Collections, 1956
The original designs were created by Alexandre Golovin, an experienced stage designer with the Private Opera in Moscow, who created an impressionistic forest: 'a tapestry woven of green, gold, russet and silver threads'. The first production was not created with touring in mind: the heroine flew on wires and (just briefly) knights appeared on horseback. Needing a more manageable set, Diaghilev had the ballet redesigned by Natalia Goncharova in 1926. He requested scenery cloths that showed an orchard inspired by Andrea Mantegna's frescos, and a Kremlin (walled city) of gilded onion-domed churches for the coronation. This provided a nostalgic reminder of Holy Russia, apparently pushed aside by the rise of the Soviet state.
Tamara Karsavina was not Diaghilev's first choice to play the Firebird (he initially approached Anna Pavlova, but she had committed to a season performing in London). With her creation of the Firebird, however, Karsavina joined Diaghilev's inner circle of friends and advisers. From the first season she shared the role with Lydia Lopokova who interpreted the role in a very different way: she was described as being more like a hummingbird than a bird of prey. In the 1920s Karsavina coached her successors and in 1954, when Serge Grigoriev and Lubov Tchernicheva mounted the ballet for The Royal Ballet (with Natalia Goncharova supervising her designs), Karsavina coached Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes.
The Firebird was the first of Stravinsky's ballets to be performed in London. It was first presented in London at the Royal Opera House by the Ballets Russes on 18 June 1912, having been revised and revived the previous month in Paris for its first performances since its premiere season. The Firebird's originality was praised as a 'riot of rich colour and fantastic movement' and even Stravinsky's 'extraordinary command of the bizarre' was admired. As the Observer recorded: '[Stravinsky] has great imaginative power, a wonderful sense of the picturesque… while under the wealth of captivating and curious harmonies and rhythmical embellishments lies a strong and graceful line of independent and individual melody.'
The Firebird runs from 22 December 2012 – 11 January 2013 and will be staged in a Mixed Bill alongside Jerome Robbins's In the Night and Rudolf Nureyev's Raymonda Act III. All performances are sold out though returns may be available, as will a limited number of day seats.]]>
Royal Opera House Restaurants have introduced an enticing range of menus to complement Royal Ballet and Royal Opera productions over the Christmas season with bar and food inspired by the various works on stage.
The matinee performance of Peter Wright's Christmas classic The Nutcracker, for example, is accompanied by a magical afternoon tea.
Laura Irving, Royal Opera House Restaurants, explains:
"Our own culinary Sugar Plum Fairy, world-renowned pastry chef Claire Clark, has created a fantasy-filled menu that will delight adults and children alike. It features Christmas trees of chocolate fudge cake, nutcracker-illustrated macaroons, and pecan tarts topped with a curl of edible sheet music."
A range of classic sandwiches - including Severn & Wye smoked and a cheese and ham option for the kids – also provide a savoury option, alongside scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream, a selection of premium teas and coffees, and champagne.
Find out more about Claire Clark and her range of Royal Opera House desserts.
Smoked Salmon belinis served as part of a Russian-inspired menu © Royal Opera House Restaurants 2012
A heart-shaped Pavlova with chocolate and vodka mousse served to complement L'elisir d'amore © Royal Opera House Restaurants 2012
A Nutcracker Christmas Lunch and Sugar Plum Fairy Afternoon Tea © Royal Opera House Restaurants 2012
The evening Nutcracker menu also features seasonal treats, including beetroot-cured smoked salmon, pheasant, cranberries, brussel spouts and plum pudding, while Laurent Pelly's production of Robert le diable is accompanied by an enticing menu of festive flavours, including 'sauce diable' to accompany confit free-range pork belly.
John Copley's classic production of La bohème features a luxurious menu that includes a selection of very special French wines and a decadent choice of desserts, while the mixed programme of The Firebird, In the Night and Raymonda Act III features, fittingly, a Russian-inspired spread that includes blinis with smoked salmon.
Laura continues,
"With prices on some of the matinee menus starting at only £5, it's like Christmas has come early. A combination of dinner and ballet really does make the perfect Christmas gift!"
For the 2012/13 Season, Royal Opera House Restaurants launched a tantalising range of new menus designed to complement each production on the Royal Opera House stage. Find out more about the new dining options.]]>
Priority group booking for winter productions opens tomorrow (2 October), several weeks ahead of public booking. Group bookings offer visitors to the Royal Opera House the chance to see both popular favourites and brand new productions at discounted prices.
Groups can save up to 40% on tickets, making it the perfect opportunity to introduce first-time friends and family to ballet and opera. Other benefits include priority booking, a 'book now, pay later' arrangement and a dedicated group booking phone line.
Group booking offers for the Winter Season include Jonathan Kent's production of Puccini's tragic Tosca.
For ballet fans, a Russian-flavoured mixed bill of Mikhail Fokine's The Firebird, Jerome Robbins's In the Night and Rudolf Nureyev's Raymonda Act III is also included; as is John Cranko's Onegin, based on Pushkin's heartbreaking novel in verse.
Groups of 10 or more are eligible for these offers. Tickets can be booked through our Group Sales Department by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and by telephone on +44 (0)20 7304 4002.
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With Kasper Holten's production of Eugene Onegin, John Cranko's Onegin and Michel Fokine's The Firebird coming up in the Winter Season, we continue our focus on Russian literature with five other works that have been adapted to the operatic and balletic stage. For the first five adaptations, see our previous feature.
The Firebird - based on Russian folk tales
Legendary in Russian folklore, the Firebird is a majestic creature from a strange land, with magical powers and is a harbinger of both good news and disaster. The most popular version of the tale is Ivan Tsarevitch, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf, in which Prince Ivan goes on a quest to retrieve the feather of the elusive Firebird. His search takes him on a dangerous journey to the home of Kastchei the enchanter. Mikhail Fokine's balletic take on The Firebird was given its premiere by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in 1910. The music for the ballet was written by Stravinsky, and was his first ballet score.
The glorious melodies and energetic rhythms of Stravinsky's music, combined with Fokine's lively choreography, catapulted one of Russia's best-loved fairytales into the 20th century. The Firebird was Stravinsky's breakthrough piece, and paved the way for future collaborations between the composer and Diaghilev, including two more pieces inspired by popular Russian culture: Petrushka and the iconic The Rite of Spring, the Kenneth MacMillan version of which staged so memorably by The Royal Ballet.
This year, The Firebird will be performed in a mixed programme alongside In the Night and Raymonda Act III. The performances mark the centenary of The Firebird's first performance at Covent Garden.
Anna Karenina - based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Considered by Tolstoy to be his first true novel, Anna Karenina is one of the classics of world literature and has been consistently popular since its publication in 1877. Anna Karenina tells the tragic tale of society beauty and married woman Anna Karenina and her affair with the young officer Count Alexis Vronsky. The latter offers to marry Anna if she can get a divorce from her husband but, in the conservative world of 19th-century aristocratic Russian society, things are far from straightforward.
The novel has been adapted for both the operatic and balletic stages on a number of occasions, including an operatic version by Iain Hamilton. Commissioned by English National Opera in 1978, it had its premiere at the London Coliseum in 1981. Anna Karenina has most recently been transformed into a ballet by choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. His interpretation compressed the action of Tolstoy's substantial novel into just 90 minutes and two acts. Ratmansky's Anna Karenina was performed at Covent Garden by the Mariinsky Ballet in 2011.
The Queen of Spades - based on the short story by Alexander Pushkin
An opera by the brothers Tchaikovsky – Pyotr Ilyich composed the music (in only 44 days) and Modest Ilyich wrote the libretto – The Queen of Spades is based on a cautionary short story by Pushkin about the dangers of greed. The opera, with a superb score, was an immediate success on its premiere in 1890 and is regularly performed to this day.
Pushkin's story tells the tale of the officer Gherman, who becomes obsessed with obtaining an unfailing formula for winning at cards, possessed by an elderly Countess. Intent on making his fortune by gambling, he pursues the Countess, determined to find her secret, and seduces her granddaughter Liza to help him in his quest. Tchaikovsky made several important alterations to the story when creating his opera. His Gherman and Liza (unlike Pushkin's) are genuinely in love with each other, and Gherman is drawn to gambling partly so that he can win money to marry Liza. Liza also becomes a far more important and more tragic figure in Tchaikovsky's opera.
Away from the stage, the opera recently cemented itself in Russian popular culture through the title phrase of the popular TV show What? Where? When?, drawn from the line 'What is life? It is a game!' from Act III of Tchaikovsky's opera.
Boris Godunov - based on the play by Alexander Pushkin
The most recorded Russian opera after Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov was Modest Musorgsky's only completed opera and is considered to be his masterpiece. Two versions by the composer exist, but are rarely performed in their original form. Many opera companies perform the version of the opera edited by Rimsky-Korsakov; another version exists edited by Shostakovich.
Boris Godunov is based on Pushkin's play dramatizing the life of the 17th-century Tsar Boris Godunov, who allegedly murdered the Tsarevich Dmitri Ivanovich, son of Ivan the Terrible, in order to obtain the crown. The composer was inspired by the Shakespearean dramatic style of Pushkin's drama, written in 1825 but not performed until 1866, two years before Musorgsky began work on his opera. Over the following five years, the composer created one of the most quintessential Russian operatic masterpieces. The role of Boris has become an iconic part of the operatic bass repertory, with famous Boris Godunovs including Fyodor Chaliapin, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Boris Christoff, Matti Salminen, René Pape and John Tomlinson.
Kat'a Kabanová - based on the play The Storm by Alexander Ostrovsky
Leoš Janáček was 67 when in 1921 his Kat'a Kabanová, the first in a series of four great operas written late in his career, had its premiere. The opera is based on Russian writer Alexander Ostrovsky's play The Storm. Although his profile has since diminished, Ostrovsky was a towering figure of Russian literature during Janáček's time, and one who inspired music by other distinguished composers including Rimsky-Korsakov (the opera The Snow Maiden) and Tchaikovsky (an overture inspired by The Storm and the opera The Voyevoda).
Kat'a Kabanová and its source, The Storm, tell the story of the dreamy and idealistic Kat'a, trapped in a loveless marriage, bullied by her tyrannical mother-in-law, and dreaming, hopelessly, of breaking free. Kat'a finally rebels; her confession of her guilt takes place against the background of a demonic storm, hence the title of Ostrovsky's play.
The Royal Opera most recently staged Kat'a Kabanová in 2007, in Trevor Nunn's production. The conductor was the late Charles Mackerras, a strong champion of Janáček's work.
Kasper Holten's Eugene Onegin opens on 4 February, while The Royal Ballet perform John Cranko's Onegin from 19 January. Mikhail Fokine's The Firebird will be performed in a mixed programme alongside In the Night and Raymonda Act III on 22 January. In the meantime, Joe Wright's film adaptation of Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law, opens in cinemas in the UK on 7 September.]]>
On Wednesday 17 October 2012, booking for Winter Season productions at the Royal Opera House opens for the general public. Booking for Winter Advanced Packages, which includes a Winter Family Package, has been open since 10 October.
You can see details of all bookable productions for the Winter Season on our website as well as the winter seating plan and price guide.
The Royal Opera opens the Winter Season with Kasper Holten's directorial debut Eugene Onegin. A production described by Kasper as a fresh reading of a classic opera, the titular role will be sung by Simon Keenlyside, who played the role of Macbeth in Covent Garden to critical acclaim in 2011. The season also features the hotly anticipated UK premiere of George Benjamin's Written on Skin, for which director Katie Mitchell makes her Royal Opera main stage debut; Jonathan Kent's much-loved production of the classic Tosca; and Daniele Abbado's new production of Nabucco, which will feature Plácido Domingo in the title role.
Royal Ballet productions for the Winter Season include three mixed bills, ranging from a Russian-flavoured evening of The Firebird, In the Night and Raymonda Act III, to a classic all-Ashton programme that includes the passionate Marguerite and Armand. New work comes from both Alexei Ratmansky, artist-in-residence at the American Ballet Theatre, and Christopher Wheeldon. These two works will be performed in a triple bill with George Balanchine's Apollo. The season also includes John Cranko's masterful Onegin, Arthur Pita's dance-theatre adaptation of Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis, and performances from Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black in the Linbury Studio Theatre.
Tamara Rojo as Marguerite, Sergei Polunin as Armand in Marguerite and Armand © Tristram Kenton/ROH 2011
From Pushkin's poetic Eugene Onegin to Tolstoy's epic Anna Karenina, Russia has produced some of the world's greatest works of literature. With Kasper Holten's production of Eugene Onegin for The Royal Opera opening in February, and Onegin and The Firebird onstage this Winter, we take a look at ten adaptations of famous Russian works.
Lady Macbeth of Mtensk District, by Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Leskov's short novel Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District was originally published in Dostoevsky's magazine Epoch in 1865. A tragic and murderous tale set in 19th-century Russia, it tells the story of a lonely woman driven to adultery, murder and finally suicide. Shostakovich's operatic version, Lady Macbeth of Mtensk, first performed in Leningrad in 1934, was a huge hit at its premiere. However, when Stalin saw the production in 1936, he disliked it, and the opera was condemned by the Communist Party and all but vanished from the repertory for 30 years. Rediscovered in the later 20th century, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is now acknowledged as one of the gems of the modern operatic repertory. Richard Jones's award-winning production was last performed at the Royal Opera House in 2006.
The Gambler, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky's dramatic The Gambler is based in part on Dostoevsky's personal experience of being a compulsive gambler. Written in 1866, the novel was completed in just 26 days as Dostoevsky was under great pressure to pay off debts. Prokoviev completed his operatic adaption of this brilliantly-written tale in 1917, writing his own libretto, but the opera wasn't staged until 1929. It had its world premiere in Brussels, and the text was translated into French. One of Prokofiev's first operas, it has never been among his most popular works. However, Richard Jones's stylish and energetic production, which had its premiere at the Royal Opera House in 2010 and featured stellar performances from a cast including Roberto Saccà (as the hero Alexey), John Tomlinson (as the swaggering General), Angela Denoke (as Polina, the object of Alexey's obsessive love), Kurt Streit (as the caddish Marquis) and Susan Bickley (as Polina's fierce grandmother, Babulenka), was very well received.
John Tomlinson as The General and Roberto Saccà as Alexey Ivanovitch in The Gambler ©Clive Barda/ROH 2010
Angela Denoke as Paulina and Roberto Saccà as Alexey Ivanovitch in The Gambler. ©Clive Barda/ROH 2010
Roberto Saccà as Alexey Ivanovitch and Michael Lessiter as a Gambler in The Gambler ©Clive Barda/ROH 2010
Ivan Turgenev's play A Month in the Country is considered to be one of the greatest of his dramatic works. Written in France between 1848 and 1850, it was premiered in Moscow in 1872 and is still widely performed today. A five-act play following the love affairs of frustrated housewife Natalya Petrovna, it mixes love with both comedy and tragedy. Frederick Ashton's ballet, set to music by Frédéric Chopin, was one of the last works Ashton created for The Royal Ballet and features some of his most exquisite choreography. The production had its premiere with The Royal Ballet in 1976, and was most recently performed on the Covent Garden stage in June and July 2012.
Watch Natalia Makarova and Anthony Dowell in the lead roles
Turgenev's play has also been adapted to the operatic stage. Set to a score by American composer Lee Hoiby with a libretto by William Ball, it had its world premiere at the New York City Opera in 1964.
Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov
Written in 1925, Mikhail Bulgakov's novella Heart of a Dog was swiftly banned in the Soviet Union and not republished there until 1987. The tale follows the story of a stray mongrel. Taken in by a mad scientist, the dog is given an organ transplant that transforms him into a human; he goes on to wreak havoc in the home of his creator and in society. A sharp satire on Communism and a criticism of eugenics, it provides juicy material for an opera, not least because the star of the show is a dog. Alexander Raskatov's opera on Bulgakov's novella, A Dog's Heart, with a libretto by Cesare Mazzonis, had its UK premiere at the English National Opera in 2010. The virtuoso production, by Simon McBurney, included superb puppet work and dramatic staging. Bulgakov's great novel The Master and Margarita (which features a devilish talking cat) has also been adapted to the operatic stage, but never with convincing success. Written in secret in Stalinist Russia, it is a satirical fantasy based around a visit paid by the Devil to Moscow. Andrew Lloyd Webber once announced that he was going to turn the work into a musical or opera, but then conceded that the novel was too complex to adapt to the stage.
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy's epic War and Peace is acclaimed as one of the greatest works in literature. A massive chronicle that follows the Napoleonic invasion of Tsarist Russia with meticulous detail, dealing with life both on the battlefield and at home in Moscow and St Petersburg, it would seem almost impossible to adapt to the operatic stage. Prokofiev laboured over the score during the last years of his life, making numerous revisions and amends in an attempt to secure the Soviet seal of approval. The final version, a four-and-a-half-hour work with a libretto by Mira Mendelssohn, is basically a series of tableaux, focusing on individual characters and moments in the drama rather than trying to convey the whole vast narrative. The opera War and Peace was first staged in Britain by the Sadler's Wells Opera in 1972, and in 2000 the Kirov Opera performed Andrei Konchalovsky's production at the Royal Opera House. War and Peace was performed by the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 2007, with former Jette Parker Young Artist of The Royal Opera Marina Poplavskaya as the heroine, Natasha.
Watch this space for a further five stage highlights from Russian literature.
Kasper Holten's Eugene Onegin opens on 4 February, while John Cranko's Onegin opens with The Royal Ballet on the 19 January. Mikhail Fokine's The Firebird opens in a Russian-themed mixed programme with In the Night and Raymonda Act III on 22 January. In the meantime, Joe Wrights film adaptation of Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law, opens in cinemas in the UK on 7 September.]]>
From September, those dining at the Royal Opera House will be able to select menus designed to complement the production they will see on stage.
From Black Swan Bellinis and Italian Prosecco to Spanish tapas and steamed sponge puddings, Royal Opera House Restaurants and Bars have developed a tantalizing selection of menus that will change according what is being performed at the ROH.
Smoked Salmon belinis served as part of a Russian-inspired menu © Royal Opera House Restaurants 2012
A heart-shaped Pavlova with chocolate and vodka mousse served to complement L'elisir d'amore © Royal Opera House Restaurants 2012
A Nutcracker Christmas Lunch and Sugar Plum Fairy Afternoon Tea © Royal Opera House Restaurants 2012
Highlights include a selection of Spanish wines and tapas-style menu on offer to accompany performances of Kenneth MacMillan's Las Hermanas, a work based on Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba. Las Hermanas is performed in a mixed bill with Concerto and Requiem. A selection of French wines and a luxurious menu have been chosen to complement La bohème, while a menu that includes Greek lamb kofte and mint yoghurt will offer a taste of the Mediterranean to accompany Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur, an opera based on ancient myth and set in Crete.
In the Winter Season, the mixed bill of The Firebird, In the Night and Raymonda Act III will be complemented by a Russian-inspired menu, including blinis with smoked salmon, sponge pudding with autumnal fruits and vodka cocktails.
The menus have been designed to reflect the variety of audiences who attend the performances and suit all budgets. Dining options range from a three-course dinner in the Balconies Restaurant to sandwiches, salads and snacks in the Amphitheatre Bar, with prices from £15 up to £80.
Find out more about our restaurants and bars and discover our full range of menus on the dedicated area of our website. You can book tables online and manage all aspects of your visit through your Account page on the ROH website.]]>
You may have noticed that on 25 April we launched the new ROH website. Over the last four weeks we have had our heads down, working on the inevitable issues that arise when delivering complex digital projects. We did a lot of testing, but as anyone who is involved in this type of work knows, exhaustive testing is impossible. This is why we have given ourselves plenty of time between booking days, so that we can iron out as many creases as possible.
We want the site to be in the best possible shape for the Friends of Covent Garden booking days on 12 and 13 June, which are followed by public booking in July. Before launch we invited a small group of the Friends of Covent Garden to come in for a sneak peek of the site and give us feedback, we also asked design students from St Martins College to tell us what they thought, so we could get a broad spectrum of views.
We had conducted extensive mechanical testing, using computers to simulate purchases, but there is nothing like the real thing, so a couple of weeks ago 3,000 students took part in a test booking. We are now going to up the stakes and invite Friends of Covent Garden to come to the website for a Golden Ticket Hunt. The aim of the Hunt is to allow the Friends to familiarize themselves with the new website before a real booking day, and offer a chance to win some tickets as a way of saying thank you. We use various monitoring tools to see how our website behaves and these sort of live tests with real people will also help us to get an idea what we can expect on a busy booking day.
We would like to thank everyone for their feedback, support and criticism, this helps us improve the service we offer. Of course, we can't do everything overnight and a project team meets every week to discuss and prioritize development. We are currently working on a new online shop, which should be ready soon, and many other tweaks and features are in the pipeline.
Friends who participate in the Golden Ticket Hunt will be entered into a draw to win a pair of Orchestra Stalls tickets for either The Royal Ballet's The Firebird Mixed Programme on Saturday 29 December or The Royal Opera's new production of Nabucco starring Plácido Domingo on 20 April. The first winner pulled at random, will receive the ballet tickets, the second the opera tickets
The Hunt will begin at noon tomorrow, Friday 1 June, for two hours only. We will be monitoring the process, to ensure that any glitches are resolved before Booking Period One Friends' booking opens. Friends will be able to enter the Hunt via links they receive in an email from the Royal Opera House later today. They will also be able to sign in to see the links on their account page, but these will only be visible for the duration of the Ticket Hunt. There is a ticket limit of two per performance and please do not try to add real performances or donations to your basket as you will not be able to complete the purchase.
Before the booking starts I would recommend that you read the Help pages or check the user guides below. If you are using Internet Explorer 8 you will have a better online experience by downloading a plug-in.
The site is very new and we hope you like it, it will be constantly developing over the next 12 months and we will keep you updated on our progress.
How to sign in and manage your account (PDF)
How to purchase tickets online (PDF)
How to choose your seat (PDF)]]>


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|Type and origin
|Power type
|Build date
|1989 – 1997
|Total produced
|AAR wheel arr.
|UIC classification
|4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
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|12.5 kV 25 Hz AC Catenary
12.5 kV 60 Hz AC Catenary
25 kV 60 Hz AC Catenary
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Continuous: 5,790 hp or 4.32 MW
Starting Tractive Effort: 230 kN or 52,000 lbf[1]
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|New Jersey Transit
The ABB ALP-44 is an electric locomotive which was built by Asea Brown Boveri (Sweden) between 1989 and 1997 for the New Jersey Transit and SEPTA railway lines. As of 2014, only SEPTA still operates the ALP-44 in revenue service, as New Jersey Transit has retired its fleet.
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The ALP-44 was originally ordered for New Jersey Transit's electric lines, with fifteen units, designated ALP-44O ("O" denotes Original) and numbered 4400 through 4414, delivered in 1990, with prototypes 4400 and 4401 in late 1989. A option order for five more units, designated ALP-44E ("E" denotes Extended) and numbered 4415 through 4419, were delivered in 1995. The final order for 12 ALP-44M units ("M" denotes Microprocessor) numbered 4420 through 4431 were delivered in 1996 and into early 1997 for the new Midtown Direct service.
As of late 2011, all NJ Transit ALP-44 O, E, and M locomotives have been retired. All units were retired with the delivery of the remaining ALP-46A locomotives, except 4405, 4407, and 4409, which were assigned to ACES; however, these remaining units were also placed into retirement with the cancellation of ACES service in early 2012. Units 4402, 4403, 4408,and 4410 were leased by Amtrak for work train service through the Hudson river tunnels for a period of time during summer 2011, but have since been returned.
During the winter and spring of 2012, the ALP-44's were prepared for storage in groups of five at a time. This work includes the removal of pantographs and having the cab windows covered with steel plating. These units were then moved to Port Morris Yard and Lackawanna Cut-Off stub track for storage, where there are now at least fifteen units stored, if not more.[2]
SEPTA received a single ALP-44M unit, #2308, from ABB, which was part of a damage settlement for a lawsuit stemming from the late delivery of N5 cars for the Norristown High Speed Line. ABB gave SEPTA an ALP-44M, instead of the EMD AEM-7, which make up the rest of SEPTA's electric locomotives, because EMD had discontinued the production of the AEM-7.[citation needed]
The ALP-44 based on the Rc6 model and designed specifically for New Jersey Transit as a variant of the EMD AEM-7 electric locomotive in use by Amtrak, MARC, and SEPTA. The ALP-44 is powered by overhead lines through one of the locomotive's two pantographs and can produce up to 7000 hp (5.2 MW) with a top speeds of up to 125 mph (201 km/h). In commercial use however, both New Jersey Transit and SEPTA ALP-44s are cleared for speeds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
The ALP-44M is a variant of the original ALP-44 design. It included a microprocessor control for functions such as braking and the then new EPIC brake control stand. These locomotives were notorious for their faulty software, which frequently caused problems and kept them out of service for maintenance.
NJT's ALP-44's were to be overhauled for a cost of $2 million during a two-year period by Philadelphia-based Interfleet Technology. A car builder had not yet been selected to carry out the overhaul.[3] However, as of June 2009, NJT has decided that it would be more efficient (economically and physically) to replace the ALP-44's rather than overhaul them, and has exercised an option of 9 additional ALP-46A's to enable the replacement to take place.[4]
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Well, that's overly simplistic, of course - as anyone who's followed the 'meme' controversy over the years will know. In fact, the authors of the paper I'm writing up today - Michael Doebli and Iaroslav Ispolatov at the University of British Columbia - studiously avoid using the term.
Want they set out to model was the development of religious schisms. Such schisms are a recurrent feature of religion, especially in the West. The classic example is the fracturing of Christianity that occured after the reformation.
Their model made two simple assumptions. Firstly, that religions that are highly dominant actually induce some people to want to break away from them. When a religion becomes overcrowded, then some individuals will lose their religion and take up another.
That could happen, they say, when religions are hierarchical, providing greatest benefit to a few at the top. Eventually, for those cut out from the power structure, the benefit of striking out with their own, new religion might outweigh the costs.
Second, they assume that every religion has a value to the individual that is composed of it's costs and benefits. That value varies between religion, but is the same for all individuals. It's a pretty simplistic assumption, but even so they get some interesting results.
At each generation, the religion can mutate a little, just like a virus.
With these simple assumptions, they get a range of results depending on how they tweak the parameters. In one, they end up with a wide, even spread of religions - and infinite range of religions, clustered around a central, average, archetype.
But tweak the parameters a bit more,and you get a discrete number of stable schisms - just like the religious sects seen in real life.
Now, this is a very simple model, and so the results shouldn't be over-interpreted. But it's a fascinating result for a couple of reasons.
It shows how new religious 'species' can come into being in a mixed population - no need for geographical separation. That's such a common feature of religion - from the Judaeo-Christian religions to examples from Papua New Guinea - that it's worth trying to understand what drives it.
What's more, this is the first time that anyone has attempted to model the transmission of religious ideas in evolutionary terms. It's a first step, to be sure, but just showing that it can be done is a significant achievement.
The value comes because it shifts the focus from thinking about how culture benefits the host, and instead asks how the cultural trait is adaptive in it's own right. What is important is not whether or not the human host benefits from the trait, but rather whether the trait can successfully transmit and reproducing itself (see Bible Belter for an example of how this could work).
Even more intriguing is the implications for understanding cultural-genetic co-evolution. After all, we know that viruses and their hosts co-evolve in a kind of arms race - sometimes ending up in a relationship that benefits both.
Genetic evolution in humans occurs in an environment shaped by culture - and culture, in turn is shaped by genetics. There are clearly some very deep relationships here, and the kinds of models introduced by Doebeli offer a way to untangle them.
Doebeli M, & Ispolatov I (2010). A model for the evolutionary diversification of religions. Journal of theoretical biology, 267 (4), 676-84 PMID: 20854828
This article by Tom Rees was first published on Epiphenom. It is licensed under Creative Commons.
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It's a first step, to be sure, but just showing that it can be done is a significant achievement.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure this is true. The model they use sound awfully close the the adaptive dynamics model that Doebeli and Dieckmann are champions of. How you describe the results here sounds like they have just taken the previous model and said it is now about religion.
That religious species cluster around an archetype and can arise in sympatry is the exact same result they got for biological species.
(I'll take a look at the paper later today when I have access to JTB.)
"Their model made two simple assumptions. Firstly, that religions that are highly dominant actually induce some people to want to break away from them. When a religion becomes overcrowded, then some individuals will lose their religion and take up another."ReplyDelete
As usual in the scientific study of religion, the researchers are assuming that churches form because people want to be in congregations. It is much more likely that churches are formed as business ventures. And then schisms are inevitable for one simple reason: competition. If you create a very popular church another entrepreneur is going to try to steal some of your customers.
Compare to the gambling industry. Do people who like to gamble pool their resources and open a casino? No. There may be people who like to gamble, but that's not why casinos appear. Casinos appear because someone looks at the cognitive illusions that lead people to gamble excessively -- and sees a business opportunity.
Bjorn, perhaps those words were little overinflated. But as far as I know they're the first to apply! But this sort of stuff is quite some distance outside my area of expertise, so it would be interesting to hear your opinion of it once you've read it!ReplyDelete
Yashwata, although that's a very US-centric perspective, it is basically along the same lines as the argument they're making. The benefits from religion accrue mainly to those at the top. Those who are frustrated by this start up their own firm (aka a new religion). Although their simple model doesn't address the reality that religions have a leader, who need to attract followers.ReplyDelete
Yashwata - The economics of *churches* has little bearing on the evolution of *religions* - each church is not of its own sect, and each variation of a religion does not necessarily have its own church. Most churches are founded to serve people of a particular existing religious sect whose needs were, for some reason, not met by an existing church, and many new sects develop within/from existing churches.ReplyDelete
"What's more, this is the first time that anyone has attempted to model the transmission of religious ideas in evolutionary terms."ReplyDelete
Certainly not true. For example, past studies of the evolution of religion have looked at the link between dietary laws and religious diversity, because religions tend to be more skizmatic in places where food poisoning risks are higher.
Applying evolutionary ideas to religion dates to at least the formal conception of the discipline of memetics in 1976, and before that to the structural functionalist school of sociology that dates to the late 19th century with Herbert Spenser.
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Product Summary
Intensive care with body lotion complex. For dry skin. Rich shower cream with moisturising lotion. Caring formula helps maintain the skin's moisture barrier. Inspiring pomegranate fragrance. Skin-friendly pH. Dermatologically tested. Experience the feeling of irresistibly soft skin with Right Guard Shower + Lotion. For ultimate freshness try the Right Guard range of anti-perspirant deodorants for high-performing protection against wetness and odour.
Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Ceteareth-20, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Ceteareth-12, Cetyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyquaternium-7, Parfum, Glycol Distearate, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Cocamide MEA, Laureth-10, Citric Acid, Linalool, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Salicylate
Usage Instructions
- If product gets into your eyes, rinse well with water.
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