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...role that he usually plays in other versions. Both the Dancing Master (Robert Wallace) and the Fairy Godmother (Kyra Strasberg) perform their roles with grace and dignity. Each of the Four Seasons and Cavaliers also dance with a deft combination of stunning beauty and breath-taking strength. In particular, Pollyana Ribeiro and Paul Thrussell, as the Autumn Fairy and her Cavalier, stood out with their exquisite dancing...
...opens with Tatiana's birthday party, with girls in deep orange, red, and brown dresses that resemble autumn leaves swirling across the stage. Lensky exuberantly expresses his ardent love for Olga as the party gets underway. Pollyana Ribeiro dances the role of Olga with strong technique and an attractively flirtatious smile. She is more than well matched by Lensky, danced by the amazing Patrick Armand, whose impishly pouty grin, high jumps, and perfectly sustained balances and pirouettes are always a pleasure to watch. During a pause in the festivities, Onegin spurns Tatiana and rips her letter up, letting the pieces...
...first dance, entitled "Company B," is basically a lighthearted demonstration of fun 1940's-style dances, against the darker overtones of the tragedies of World War II. Some dancers, particularly Pollyana Ribeiro in "Rum and Coca-Cola" and Paul Thrussell in "Oh Johnny," win lauds for balancing spirited charm with grace and elegance. Unfortunately, many of the other performers do not seem to know now to have fun. In the supposedly-lively "Pennsylvania Polka," dancers Jennifer Gelfand and Carlos Ivan Santos look uncomfortable and embarrassed to be doing the polka between melodramatic air-kisses on-stage...
Daniel Pelzig's choreography, which blissfully wove both graceful elegance and gutsy heart, was also a perfect compliment to Lovett's soulful and catchy music. The entire company glided and twirled across the stage with nothing short of perfection, but Pollyana Ribeiro and Viktor Plotnikov, in particular, captured the audience's gaze and adoration. Their enormous ranges of talent--from suave sophistication to "get-down" showiness and from poignant emotion to joyful enthusiasm--was a delight to behold...
...premiere, is the most conceptually interesting of the pieces. It is the only one that succeeds in transporting the audience to another world, magical and captivating. The title character (Adrianna Suarez) sings only for her Emperor (Paul Thrussell) and is forced to leave when he finds a Mechanical Nightingale (Pollyana Ribeiro) to replace her. But the new bird eventually breaks down, and the prince is broken-hearted and alone...