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...Legendary Role Our Milestone on the death of ballerina Alicia Markova [Dec. 13] emphasized her link to the romantic role of Giselle. Three years ago, TIME Europe highlighted the popularity of Giselle and included Markova's views, as well as her stringent comments on any radical updating of the classic ballet [June...
...strong, and a man who's made a great mistake' ... It's a simple enough story: Giselle, a frail young peasant girl, [goes mad and] dies after she finds out that her lover Albrecht?who is from a much higher rung on the social ladder?has deceived her ... Prima ballerinas want to dance Giselle. It's a part that can make or break careers ... 'It's considered the same as Hamlet is considered for the Shakespearean actor,' says Dame Alicia Markova, a former prima ballerina who in 1960 wrote a book titled Giselle and I. 'You have to be something...
DIED. ALICIA MARKOVA, 94, great 20th century British ballerina who popularized ballet in Britain and beyond; in Bath, England. In 1925 she became the youngest member of Ballets Russes, then the world's premiere company, and went on to work in Europe and the U.S. with such choreographers as George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton in major troupes like the Vic-Wells Ballet and the first incarnation of the American Ballet Theater. Known for her unsnobbish passion, delicacy and range, she is indelibly linked to Giselle, a role she played frequently to fervent acclaim in productions throughout the world...
...sideways E turns into an electric plug. Ernst's ingenuity is equal even to the challenge of letters that don't change when turned, like O (a bagel, an owl's eye, a fried egg) and X (a railroad-crossing sign, a treasure map's end, a ballerina's shoe ribbons...
...dancer who plays Hilarion, one such unfortunate, really makes the character come alive in his expressive face and gestures. In contrast, the wilis’ composed, ethereal faces give them a suitably statuesque and distant feel. The precise coordination of every ballerina in the group—thanks to choreographers Rebecca J. Alaly ’05 and Morgan E. Arenson ’06 based on the original design of Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot—is absolutely seamless. Their ghostly calm makes them feel suspended, evoking the magic of the story...