Word: ballets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some other critical verdicts were harder to follow. Reported New York Times Dance Critic John Martin, after watching a Ballet Theatre performer in a pas de deux from The Nutcracker: "Mr. Bruhn has nice elevation but a weak batterie, and indulges in a good deal of unnecessary ictus...
This fragile fable reaches its climax in a beguiling 17-minute ballet that recalls The Red Shoes' dance sequences but dwarfs them in scope, lushness and variety. Set to the Gershwin musical suite that gives the film its name, the ballet is a kaleidoscope of the city's landmarks and moods, shifting with the adventures of the hero in his pursuit of the girl. Dance patterns, costumes and scenery fuse handsomely to paint each scene in the style of a different French artist: Dufy, Utrillo, Renoir, Rousseau, Toulouse-Lautrec...
...Town, in which he served as co-director and star, Kelly staked his claim as the most original talent in Hollywood musicomedy; the new picture makes his claim secure. As a dance designer-performer, he is equally adept in Hollywood's most ambitious ballet and in a delightfully informal number setting I Got Rhythm into the form of an English lesson for an adoring clump of French children...
...American in Paris is a product of many talents and a triumph of teamwork. Actress Caron, a young (19) French ballet dancer discovered by Kelly, combines dancing skill with a fetching simplicity and the plump-cheeked freshness of a Renoir model. The script, by Alan Jay Lerner, bounces wittily along under the direction of Vincente Minnelli. The Gershwin score brims with a dozen of his works, some heard only in snatches, some unfamiliar, ranging from such standards as 'S Wonderful and Embraceable You to Piano Concerto in F, played by Gershwin's leading interpreter, Pianist Oscar Levant...
...score as high in imagination as in lavishness. Notable example: the costumes for a tumultuous Beaux Arts Ball, which would tempt most moviemakers into a rainbow splurge, are all black & white. The effect, striking in itself, is the perfect aperitif for the banquet of color that follows in the ballet...