Word: ballets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Poulenc: Les Biches (Paris Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Roger Désormière; London). Impudent musical commentary on I'amour, composed for a ballet by one of France's gayest composers. Superbly played...
There was good news for ballet fans: the New York City Ballet Company, generally considered the best in the U.S., reported that in the first three weeks of its present run its weekly box-office take had jumped from $36,000 to $41,700. Advance sales were going strong. Originally scheduled to end Dec. 14, the season will be extended, probably well into January. Said Lincoln Kirstein, boss of New York's City Center: "The general public has become our audience. If it keeps coming, we will have the same kind of permanent position here as the Sadler...
...Mazurka one of the evening's high-points. Usually a fine virtuoso, Krizna is too flashy to be a good supporting partner. Yet his Drummer divertissement in the Graduation Ball was a disappointment--probably because he had to twirl drum sticks as well as execute some complicated steps. The ballet itself was unusually gay and frivolous due to the excellence of the cast. Throughout the entire performance, they projected themselves well and always danced as a group...
...Demoiselles de la Nuit, a premiere for Boston, was the most enjoyable selection of the program. From the humorous antics of cats to the tragedy of a human-feline love, Roland Petit's ballet is both original and dramatic. Tall and tensile Mary Ellen Moylan conveyed the struggle of her love, arching and pawing with convincing quickness and grace. Her costume, as well as those of the ensemble, and the scenery contributed to the frenzied effect...
...balks from praising too much, but Ballet Theatre boasts several excellent principals and a smooth functioning cast. Excepting a few rough spots, one cannot ask for much more...