Word: balletically
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...audience gasps with delight at the magical picture, captivated by the fairy-tale scene unfurling through pirouettes and arabesques before their very eyes. But this is not your everyday, run-of-the-mill Brothers Grimm tale winning the hearts of people all over the city. This week, the Boston Ballet is weaving Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" into the stuff that dreams are made...
...would be difficult to select a single strong point in this production--everything simply meshes together too superbly. However, the stage and the costumes are perhaps the most eye-catching features of the ballet. The incredibly elaborate aqua-tinted forest set created the perfect playground for fairies of all ages, from the colorfully-dressed youngsters pattering around the stage to the majestic and dignified Fairy Queen's court marching faithfully behind their queen...
...curtain-raiser to "A Mid-summer Night's Dream," the Boston Ballet performs a short dance entitled "Glazounov Classique," an elegant piece with several short solos. Each of the dancers give an excellent performance, but Adriana Suarez in particular stands out. As the lead female of the dance, she is an absolute wonder to behold. Her fluid style contrasts with her sharp, majestic movements to create a spellbinding performance...
DIED. MORTON GOULD, 82, versatile composer; in Orlando, Florida. A child prodigy--Just Six was composed when he was just six--Gould drew heavily on American themes and music in pieces like Fall River Legend, the Lizzie Borden ballet for Agnes de Mille, and in compositions rooted in idioms as diverse as jazz, folk music and marching bands. He won a Pulitzer for Stringmusic, commissioned by the National Symphony...
Judging from how beautiful she looked at her father's State of the Union address, the White House hasn't hurt her too much. She has gone from a gawky 13-year-old to a self-confident 16-year-old (perhaps the ballet lessons helped?), all in front of the television cameras...