I appreciate it’s a slightly different market and quality not quantity but…

£9.99 a month is a lot when you consider the price of Netflix/Amazon prime/Disney plus etc and what you get in return. They really don’t make them as good as that any more. Also, the same for Peter Schaufuss’s excellent series Dancer (also four parts I think) explaining the work and the training of male dancers, with some fantastic dancing by principal dancers from various companies across Europe, many partnered by him. It was such a high quality and well written, informative series. Totally off topic final comment, but I would definitely pay to acquire a clear, HD recording on DVD or digital streaming of Margot Fonteyn’s complete four-part documentary series The Magic of Dance (which had excerpts of lots of Royal Ballet performances and other companies’ performances). What would be great to potential international and local customers is if they could negotiate the rights to stream recent and older documentaries (with wonderful excerpts of dancing) aired on BBC or SkyArts profiling Royal Ballet dancers or productions that aren’t released on DVD, that international viewers would love to see but can’t, and British viewers missed the first time round. 😆 😂 It’s a really good fundraising item though. I realised when I was watching it that I must be a DVD addict as I have DVDs of every production in their trailer that I’d like to watch. I think it’s a good way of taking back control of their filmed content and having it all “under one digital roof” for supporters and their fans. I suppose they are following the example of other arts organisations, from Berlin Philharmonic to Dutch National Ballet (I think) in having their own streaming service, priced to raise funds for their organisation, and also perhaps to take back some ownership over the videos, recordings and clips that are out there in cyberspace that others would have “pirated” and profited from anyway. Ooh! I have now started receiving the marketing bits for this.

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