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Unfortunately, "Carmen" is the only one of the three ballets that delivers Boston Ballet's publicity promise of an "international feast of fiery ballet." The first dance of the evening, a supposedly Spanish-flavored ballet entitled "Paquita," is little more than a traditional ballet--only more simple and repetitive. The children's number at the start is fairly adorable, as the Boston Ballet's young dancers usually are. Even the company dancers won much applause, usually due to a particularly difficult set of pirouettes or jumps. But by the sixth variation on the same few classic moves and poses...
Overall, the anticipated spice of the "Carmen" program falls a bit short of audience expectation. But keeping that in mind, the majority of the ballets are vivacious successes. "Paquita" is less than captivating, but the dancing is still elegant and refined. The blissfully unconventional "Flights of Fancy" will certainly capture yours. And last, but by no means least, "Carmen" wraps its audiences in a passionate spell that lasts long after Suarez's swan-like death onstage. As ballet, the program is a decided triumph. But leave the "international feast" up to the Newbury Street restaurant Tapas...
...perfectly willing to allow its students to be happily co-opted into doing military work," said Paquita Zuidema, an MIT graduate student speaking at the rally...
Tuesday night's offering opened with "paquita," a revival of a ballet choreographed by Marius petipa, that was reinterpreted by Natalia Makareova. The dance tells the story of paquita. Who as a child was rescued from a massacre by gypsies, and who years later, while travelling and dancing with the gypsy band, returns to her home in the Spanish valley town of Sargossa and is reunited with her family. Although the plot sounds exciting the dance itself did not leave one enthused. The leading dancer, Martine van Hamel, displayed technical expertise although her partner, patrick Bissel, looked lost and confused...
...Paquita's" choreography was very traditional. In that the corps de ballet constantly returned to their two-line positions. Not only is the technique itself out of fashion and quite trite, but the actual dancing was careless. The dancers were not synchronized not did they seem confident in their movements and gestures. Only two dancers, Christine Spizzo and an inspiring Carla Stallings, altered the monotony of the sluggish variations the dancers performed. They were also the only two dancers who seemed to have the most challenging combination, which probably worked to their advantage...