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...Giselle," a product of the Romantic Era, is a ballet which celebrates the depth of human emotions, the elemental bonds within a community, and the simplicty of pastoral life. Indeed, the ballet does not make sense unless these themes are stressed...
...Boston Ballet has an eclectic agenda for its 31st season. The company's program includes traditional ballets which feature three radically different kinds of heroines--the betrayed in "Giselle," the doll which comes to life in "Coppelia," and the spunky Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew." In addition, the Boston Ballet's 1994-95 season blends the classic with the modern in American Festival I and II, two ballets which feature the works of recent American ballet luminaries like Cunningham, Feld, Balanchine, Taylor, and Tharp...
Despite this dynamic assemblage, the season's opening last Thursday with "Giselle" was less than inspiring. Associate Director Anna-Marie Holmes staged her version of Giselle as a reproduction of Leonid Lavrovsky's 1944 milestone adaption, which is still performed and taught at the Kirov Ballet. However, this production lacked the kind of festive, group energy necessary to do justice to this time-honored tradition...
...today he works with the intensity of someone who knows his time is running out. He creates as many as five new pieces a year for his own New York City-based Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane dance company, as well as for such classical troupes as the Berlin Opera Ballet and the Boston Ballet. "I'm terrified," he says, "but I'm going to try to pursue these dreams I have while...
...backs of their heads, or they wander about pensively on stilt legs, passersby in the parade of life. They somnambulate while the acrobats somersault on a trampoline bent up at the ends, as others jump from one vertical pole to another using only leg power -- and that gorgeous bungee ballet of angels unfolds to Rene Dupere's ethereal music. For this powerful, beautifully designed fantasy, applause is unworthy. Awe will...