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...Boston Ballet took on years of history and tradition with the recent opening of the exotic La Bayadere, a ballet known for the opulence of its costumes and sets as well as the extreme challenges it presents to an ensemble as a whole. Set to the music of Ludwig Minkus, the 123-year-old ballet epic premiered in Boston for the first time last week in the ornate Wang Theater. With choreography by artistic director Anna-Marie Holmes after Marius Petipa's original, this was an ambitious enterprise in innovation and the preservation of tradition...
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...dancers in white tutus descend the ramp one by one, a hush falls over the audience. Conscientious staging is evident, and the company deserves applause for its careful attention to detail. The corps, perfectly in line, display breathtaking synchronization and attunement to the music. But like much of the ballet, the scene is tentatively danced with a hesitance that takes away from the total emotional impact. Near the climactic ending, the technical prowess of the two leading roles still fails to compensate for the emotional poignancy so essential to a romantic ballet...
...with a simple height comparison and progresses though pretty silly contests, with plenty of laughs along the way. Berwick and Carmichael play off each other remarkably well, finishing each other's sentences and creating huge verbal fugues. (Kudos to director Jordan R. Berkow on choreographing such a complicated verbal ballet.) Both men are appealing and personable, in spite of their faults and their one-upmanship. But as the play goes on, the verbal spars become far more aggressive as they needle each other about affairs, jobs, and kids...
...Gary Lewis). But the boy really wants to dance. He's got happy feet that can drive him into a dervish fury. He finds a crabby, loving teacher (Julie Walters), who is impressed enough by his skill and spirit that she prods him to apply to the Royal Ballet school. Thus ensue the inevitable domestic disputes, softening of hard hearts and pirouettes in heroic slow motion...