kwanfan1818
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I didn't see the original Kirkland/Chernov "Sleeping Beauty," but I saw the amended attempt to salvage it, and it was neither this, that, nor the other thing.
Went to the YAGP final night Gala but clocking in at almost 4 hrs, from what I heard, I only made it through the first 1/2 which was still 2 1/2 hrs! Daniil danced "Pas de Duke" with Alicia Graf Mack from Ailey and was charming but had no "soul". The piece is so specific that it looked like he needed to clock more performance hours before hitting a NYC stage. She of course, had no problem.
I love Marcelo Gomes, both as a dancer and as a person - he is the sweetest, nicest guy! I just didn't picture him as Onegin at all. I'm glad to hear he carries it well. I'm hoping I can get some tickets this year (I get comps through my connections, on occasion) David's not here much so I imagine that there won't be anything to get (I couldn't land some last year, as the Russians were buying up everything, esp for his & Osipova's Romeo & Juliet) The Sleeping Beauty I saw last year was with Gillian Murphy and she basically saved the show for me. I wanted to see Sarah Lane, since she was back after an injury but didn't want another beauty so saw her instead in Tempest. Alex Hammoudi was supposed to dance Romeo last year but had a bad injury & had to pull out. Another really nice guy!
aaaah, I am seeing Cojocaru in Bayadere on the 24th
Rob,
I am going to that performance also. I sit up in the Dress Circle; maybe we can meet up at some point and introduce ourselves.
Re: Vishneva/Gomes in Onegin: they bring drama and emotion to those roles in a way that no one else seems to. I saw Bolle also as Onegin, can't even remember who was Tatiana, Julie Kent probably. It was tepid, tepid, tepid in comparison. No emotion, no drama.
Well, different strokes and all that.
For me, the weirdest ballet ever is "The Lesson"
Closely followed by the Mats Ek "Giselle"
TRADITION AND INNOVATIONAnita18, what ballet(s) will you be seeing?
I'll be in NYC the week of May 11. I'm seeing the performance on May 16.But I really liked the Troll ballet!
Anita18, I'm seeing NYCB on May 23 and 31, if you want to meet up beforehand.
Wheeldon attached a note to his world premiere, A Place for Us. It reads: “For Jerome Robbins. A thank you,” and the title is drawn from West Side Story, the musical that made Robbins famous around the world. This duet for Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild has the quietness that Robbins prized in ballets of this kind. No visible effort, he believed, should mar a behavior as close to natural as ballet choreography (and ballet dancers) could come.
Peck and Fairchild—marvelous dancers and expressive performers— are perfectly cast.
Peck and Liam Scarlett are the two new choreographic "it" boys, both considered to be very talented. (I've only see one of Scarlett's ballets.) From everything I've read and seen, they both make neoclassical ballet, not the watered-down contemporary faux-Kylian stuff that's becoming ubiquitous.
I saw NBoC Alice when it was in Toronto. It is an amazing show. I feel that even the staunchest ballet hater would love this show. If they have ballet talk prior, go as it explains some of the inside jokes that are in this balletI was over at the Koch Theatre website earlier, buying Ailey tickets (the company will be there in June, and if you've never seen them, by all means do. "Revelations" is a must-see)
I had a wonderful surprise: National Ballet of Canada will be here in September, with Chris Wheeldon's
"Alice".
I went to see this in DC last year because I'd bought the DVD (the RB, not NBC) and adored it, and NBC wasn't touring here last year. If you've only seen the DVD- which is fantastic as is -the ballet has been changed since then, a new act added, and is even better than the original.
I bought a ticket for Friday the 12th - who will join me? I'm thinking I must have dinner at Alice's Tea Cup beforehand.
I was over at the Koch Theatre website earlier, buying Ailey tickets (the company will be there in June, and if you've never seen them, by all means do. "Revelations" is a must-see)
I had a wonderful surprise: National Ballet of Canada will be here in September, with Chris Wheeldon's
"Alice".
I went to see this in DC last year because I'd bought the DVD (the RB, not NBC) and adored it, and NBC wasn't touring here last year. If you've only seen the DVD- which is fantastic as is -the ballet has been changed since then, a new act added, and is even better than the original.
I bought a ticket for Friday the 12th - who will join me? I'm thinking I must have dinner at Alice's Tea Cup beforehand.