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...Boston Ballet??s new show delivered what its title deftly suggested: “new visions” for the ambitions of modern ballet. Most interestingly, it both affirmed and denied ballet??s classical roots in its quest to discover just how “modern” modern ballet will become. With each of its three episodes—“Break the Eyes,” “Polyphonoia,” and “Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion”—“New Visions...
...Despite these great challenges, the Boston Ballet??s production, staged by Ballet Mistress Sandra Jennings, provided a night of elegant entertainment—a beautiful ballet for anyone with a sense of humor...
...Line to Northeastern, sit back and relax as Mother Ginger, Marzipan, and the Sugar Plum Fairies hypnotize you into a psychedelic stupor of lust. Beware, though, as the ballet has a tendency to bring out the worst in the closeted pretentious: should your date say anything about the Boston Ballet??s failure to live up to his/her Lincoln Center expectations, run away as quickly as possible...
...Chorus Line” is, after all, a show about a dance audition. The cast’s technical abilities are clearly impressive–Katie Johnson’s in particular–but are largely wasted on a lack of imagination.“At the Ballet?? is particularly disappointing. The dreamlike, nostalgic sequence screams out for a wistful, airy choreography to match. Instead, the song’s three dancers walk around each other in circles.The climactic audition sequence, exciting in its forceful precision, is an exception and the kickline is still awesome...
...Boston Ballet??s revival of “Don Quixote” is a fluffy, lighthearted romp that forgoes a sense of plot in favor of character, allowing the superb technique and humor of its dancers to shine through. Fortunately, the dancers’ energy and comic bravura compensate for any lack of emotional impact in the ballet. The Boston Ballet opened its 43rd season last weekend with “Don Quixote,” which runs Oct.19-29 at the Wang Theatre. Last performed by the company in 2003, “Don Quixote” boasts...