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...final presentation, a world-premiere ballet called "Flights of Fancy," frankly has no Latin flavor at all. But despite that flaw, the piece stuns, enchants and even raises giggles from the audience. Set to Mozart's 29th Symphony, "Flights of Fancy" fuses vivid color and classical music into a charming treat for both eye and ear. Against a pure white background, four female and three male dancers (each clad in a different shade of the rainbow) and a chorus in bright red recall the delightful simplicity of a Sesame Street skit. Daniel Pelzig's choreography is a welcome breath...
Although the show is stolen by Suarez's seductively lucid performance, passion flows freely between every member of the ballet. With echoes of her role as the youthful Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty," Ponomarenko dances with the broken-hearted delicacy of an innocent girl losing her first love to another woman. Her mournful poignancy pulls at one's heartstrings so much that one cannot be completely sympathetic toward Carmen. On a more upbeat note, however, DiMarco and his fellow toreadors strut their stuff with a confident grace that compliments that of Carmen herself. Berdo, as the torn Don Jose...
Unfortunately, "Carmen" is the only one of the three ballets that delivers Boston Ballet's publicity promise of an "international feast of fiery ballet." The first dance of the evening, a supposedly Spanish-flavored ballet entitled "Paquita," is little more than a traditional ballet--only more simple and repetitive. The children's number at the start is fairly adorable, as the Boston Ballet's young dancers usually are. Even the company dancers won much applause, usually due to a particularly difficult set of pirouettes or jumps. But by the sixth variation on the same few classic moves and poses...
Overall, the anticipated spice of the "Carmen" program falls a bit short of audience expectation. But keeping that in mind, the majority of the ballets are vivacious successes. "Paquita" is less than captivating, but the dancing is still elegant and refined. The blissfully unconventional "Flights of Fancy" will certainly capture yours. And last, but by no means least, "Carmen" wraps its audiences in a passionate spell that lasts long after Suarez's swan-like death onstage. As ballet, the program is a decided triumph. But leave the "international feast" up to the Newbury Street restaurant Tapas...
...participating groups include Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, Harvard Gumboots, Crimson Dance Team, H-R Ballet Company, Expressions, H-R Dance Company, H-R Hillel, Mainly Jazz, South Asian Association and the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team...