Word: paquita
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...formerly starred with Leningrad's Kirov Ballet-floats to her forest glade in Swan Lake, the ragged corps resembles a Long Island duck farm rather than anything 19th century Choreographer Marius Petipa had in mind. Equally disheveled is a new ABT production this season of a Kirov specialty, Paquita; at times, the arm placement of the corps looks like a demonstration of semaphore signals...
...Sadism. Still, ABT has the widest repertoire of any company around, ranging from admirable productions of such classics as Swan Lake and Coppelia, to The River, a bluesy work by Modern Dancer Alvin Ailey. The company diligently polishes up a few new ballets each season. In addition to Paquita and Tudor's restaging of Romeo, the current novelties include Ulf Gadd's choreography of The Miraculous Mandarin, Bela Bartok's horrific musical study in sadism, and an airy piece called Mendelssohn Symphony by a promising dancer-choreographer, Dennis Nahat...