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...ballet that really rang in Tharp's big season was Bach Partita, which American Ballet Theater is performing on its current tour. Despite some radical moves, it is a classical ballet that Petipa would recognize, and as such, it completes Tharp's range as a choreographer. She has nothing more to prove; the challenges now are the ones that she, a master, gives herself...
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...
...though, that Vinogradov has another invitation in mind, although there is no channel through which to send it. "My dream is that Balanchine would come back to Leningrad and do something with us," he says. "If only that were in the stars. Balanchine is one of the gods. After Petipa he is No. 2-among living choreographers, No. 1." If that assessment of the great classicists reflects Vinogradov's priorities, the Kirov is in safe hands. -By Martha Duffy
...Royal is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season with a tour of North America. As the Sadler's Wells Ballet, it burst upon the American scene in 1949 with an exquisite Sleeping Beauty that introduced Margot Fonteyn to U.S. audiences. The Royal's reworking of the Petipa-Tchaikovsky masterpiece became its signature, and was featured on its current tour with a performance attended by the visiting Prince Charles...
...first goal is better classical dancing, Baryshnikov's second is better mime and "character dances." These usually appear in full-length works like Petipa's Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Though they are often polonaises or czardas, they are not folk dances but theatrical steps that must be performed with panache. It is a European style that Americans must learn. Explains Baryshnikov: "Classical dancing means moving through the rules and trying to extend them a little. In character dancing you don't stop until someone says, 'That's bad taste.' It's show...