Word: deux
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heart of the Tchaikovsky score is the pas de deux in the lake scene, and it was for Bourne the biggest challenge. Not wanting to alienate some members of his audience by making it homosexual, he turned it into a dance for man and bird. The device works, but that won't completely eliminate the snide remarks about guys on pointe. Even so, this version soars on the surprise and exhilaration it engenders, and has received the recognition of last year's Olivier Award...
...Laszlo Berdo), a handsome Russian nobleman clad in black, with whom Tatiana immediately falls in love. That evening Tatiana composes a love letter to Onegin, and falls asleep only to dream of him coming to her through the mirror in her room, thus beginning a tenderly beautiful pas de deux, superbly danced by Ponamarenko and Berdo. The choreography reflects the growing love of the young girl, with the steps and movements sweeping from the floor to lifts into the air. As the music builds, so does the emotion and intricacy of the steps until the scene ends with Tatiana sending...
...Onegin's regret and sorrow in his portrayal of the character's painful moment of discovery. In the final scene, Tatiana is in her room reading a love letter from Onegin. He comes to see her, and once again they are swept up into a passionate pas de deux: clearly, Tatiana's feelings for Onegin were never completely crushed. The tortured feelings of love and despair are captured both by the climaxing score and by Cranko's choreography. Ponamarenko and Berdo complements the technical perfection of their steps with an intensity of emotion that draws the audience to a breaking...
...park a short drive from Paris. Fill it with happy, smiling faces, quaint rides and catchy, inoffensive music and wait for the cultured, sophisticated Europeans to flock to it. It was absurd, a sure failure. Imperial America at its most foolish. Five years ago, Parisians smoking cigarettes at Les Deux Magots sniggered into their cafe au laits as Disneyland Paris opened. No way would the land that invented Existentialism, perfected ennui and made dourness hip go for the hyperactive cheeriness of Mickey Mouse. Ce n'est pas possible. For a while, it seemed like they were right. For its first...
...Just as it has been since Gene Kelly and friends pioneered the idea. A production number in a glamorous jewelry store--all sinuous chorus kids, wowing us with their giddy athleticism? Absolutely. It puts us in touch with the long-lost silliness of movie musicals. A romantic pas de deux on the banks of the Seine? Yes. And could we have seconds on that...