Word: giselleã
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...midpoint, Kuperman’s conclusion that “the main critique is that you’re too pretty,” draws a laughing assent from the dancers. After all, this dance does deviate from classically beautiful performances like Petipa’s “Giselle?? and Balanchine’s “Diamonds”; like all six pieces programmed for “Momentum”—which will run from Nov. 6 to 14—it is an experiment in fusing the traditional with the contemporary...
...show is not without a handful of weak points, however. For instance, the pas de deux of two peasants who live in Giselle??s village is technically satisfactory, but leaves much to be desired. The pair is oddly matched and inexpressive in their movements...
...order to advance the plot of the performance in Act I, the dancers have to take on the job of being actors, with disappointing results. Toward the end of the act, during Giselle??s death scene, the theatrics of the performance stifle the quality of the dance, forsaking its technical difficulty for simpler modes of plot explication...
...takes place on Giselle??s grave, from which she rises as the newest member of the Wilis, spirits of young women who have died before their wedding days. The Queen of the Wilis, Myrtha (Kathleen Breen Combes), leads the ensemble in dancing from midnight until dawn and forcing any men to die if they happen upon the Wili lair. Albrecht comes to Giselle??s grave and almost dies at the hands of the Wilis, only to be saved by Giselle??s spirit...
...With a talented ensemble, Gielgud resurrects a beautiful example of classical ballet in the 20th century. Giselle is vibrant, stunning, and entertaining—and “Giselle?? is all the better...