Top Posts
-
Categories
Recent Tweets
- @Dance_Reader @manhattnik Truth be told, I've avoided this whole week entirely. 2 hours ago
- A bit rattled by Pam Tanowitz's "The Spectators" at @NewYorkLiveArts. In a good way. Go see it tomorrow or Saturday. 1 day ago
- Ick. Just saw raw chicken juice leak out of a woman's grocery bag onto a subway seat. Then another woman sat in it before I could stop her. 1 day ago
Blogs
Dance Publications
Dance Writers I Like
Tag Archives: Giselle
The Paris Opera Ballet at the Lincoln Center Festival (Review for The Brooklyn Rail)
Check out the September issue of The Brooklyn Rail to read my review of the Paris Opera Ballet’s recent season at Lincoln Center. The company danced three programs: a triple-bill of pieces by 20th-century French choreographers, the Romantic classic Giselle, … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet, Lincoln Center
Tagged Boléro, David Koch Theater, Giselle, L’Arlésienne, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Festival, Marie-Agnés Gillot, Maurice Béjart, Orpheus and Eurydice, Paris Opera Ballet, Pina Bausch, Roland Petit, Serge Lifar, Stéphane Bullion, Suite en Blanc, The Brooklyn Rail
Leave a comment
Two Takes on Shakespeare: Balanchine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ & Frederick Ashton’s ‘The Dream’
Balletomanes, an argumentative bunch, are always making judgments by way of comparison. They might debate whether George Balanchine’s or Michel Fokine’s is the better Firebird, whether Gillian Murphy or Sara Mearns is New York’s best Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, or … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet, New York City Ballet, Frederick Ashton, American Ballet Theatre, George Balanchine, Lincoln Center
Tagged New York City Ballet, George Balanchine, Sara Mearns, Maria Kowroski, American Ballet Theatre, Joaquin de Luz, Giselle, Swan Lake, Alina Cojocaru, Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oberon, The Dream, Odette, Odile, Firebird, Felix Mendelssohn, The First Walpurgis Night, Athalie, Scherzo, Lysander, Hermia, William Shakespeare, Titania, Bottom, Herman Cornejo, Puck, Theseus, Hippolyta
2 Comments
Romanticism Revealed: Some Belated Thoughts on Alina Cojocaru & Natalia Osipova in ABT’s “Giselle”
A product of the Romantic Era, Giselle is supposed to be a ballet about uncontrollable passion. Originally choreographed for the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1841 by Jean Corelli and Jules Perrot, and set to a score by Adolphe Adam, the … Continue reading
Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center
Tagged ABT, Adolphe Adam, Albrecht, Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Angel Corella, Aurora, David Hallberg, Giselle, Jean Corelli, Jules Perrot, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Myrtha, Natalia Osipova, Paris Opera Ballet, Romantic ballet, Romantic Era, Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Wilis
2 Comments
Limitless Potential & Empty Flash: Ballet Nacional de Cuba Performs the Classics at BAM
Before their season at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week, the Ballet Nacional de Cuba hadn’t performed in New York for eight years. Lengthy absences aren’t uncommon with foreign companies (the Danes return this week after 23 years), but … Continue reading
