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...commissioned and premiered in 1987. The lively piece has three movements and includes four main couples and a corps de ballet of 16. The choreography consists of numerous lifts and turns, and at times the corps looked chaotic and stiff rather than organized and fluid. The male corps dancers, in particular, were incredibly strong and their jumps incredibly high. The lead couples included both principal and corps de ballet dancers. Though each couple was excellent, the refinement and artistry of the principal dancers stood out in contrast--but not in negative oposition to--the raw talent of the corps...
...first selection, "Pas de Quarte," choreographed by Jules Perrot, was originally tailored to showcase the abilities of the 19th century's premiere ballerinas: Marie Taglioni, Carla Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Lucile Grahn. This epic performance by the four dancers became infamous for its air of heated rivalry, each woman vying for the spotlight and the audience's attention. In this 20th century rendition, four women re-enacted the parts of these famous ballerinas. The Conservatory students amusingly portrayed this onstage tension through exaggerated, flowery arm movements and strained smiles, plastered across the face of each dancer. The underlying competition, acted...
...opening of "Pas de Quatre" entailed the four statuesque dancers en pointe, fluttering across the stage in symmetrical configurations. As each attempted to outdo the next with instant charm gushing out of the numerous pas de bras and arabesques, it became humorously evident that the small Conservatory stage was not expansive enough to accommodate the simulated egos of such tutu-ed princesses. The simplicity of the choreography complimented the complex interplay of rivaling ballerinas, and each dancer carried off her role with distinct glares and cross-stage sneers...
...five years later for Tony Manero. The fever still burns! The sequel to "Saturday Night Fever," "Stayin' Alive" was written and directed by Sylvester "Sly" Stallone. John Travolta returns as Tony, now trying to make it as a professional dancer on Broadway. A nefarious plot left this bomb in movie houses across the country...
...Tahitian Gauguin, Bathers. With time to kill, they dropped in on the small upstairs gallery of Thomas Gibson, a private dealer in Old Bond Street. And there, on an easel, was a painting that had just come in on consignment a few hours before: Degas's pastel Dancer Taking a Bow, 1887, one of the finest of his ballet scenes, which had been in one of the collections of the Rothschild family for the past 80 years and had not been exhibited publicly in a half-century. "It just shone," Wynn recalls. "It knocked me flat. I knew...