Word: balletic
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...first act of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Lysander tells Hermia, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” Likewise, the course towards a stunning performance of the ballet adapted from this play is full of potholes and detours...
...most troublesome aspects of the ballet is that the dancers involved must force themselves into the routine of George Balanchine’s preexisting choreography, regardless of their artistic preferences. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is not only difficultly choreographed, but also requires more theatrics on the part of its dancers than usual ballets...
...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...
...Russian production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The experience revealed his early interest in Shakespeare’s great comedy, but it was Felix Mendelssohn’s music that sparked the transformation of the delightful play into a full ballet. In 1962, New York City Ballet premiered “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” introducing not only the famous play as a new ballet but also the famous dancer, Balanchine, as a new choreographer...
...Brought up on a property near Forbes in central western New South Wales, Stewart left school to study social work in Sydney, where he discovered ballet at the relatively late age of 19. His professional trajectory began with two years at the Australian Ballet School, but the seeds had been sown back on the family farm. "Even before I started dancing," he recalls, "I used to listen to music and imagine bodies flying through space." For how much longer at ADT, one can only surmise. Stewart was recently mentioned as a possible successor to Graeme Murphy at the Sydney Dance...