Word: ringers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Ballet's Darcey Bussell, 25, a beautiful young woman who seems poised to be a major star of the future. American Ballet Theatre's Paloma Herrera, only 19, commands the stage in every bold, joyous performance she gives. And at the New York City Ballet, two relative beginners, Jenifer Ringer, 21, and Miranda Weese, 20, both just promoted to soloist rank, are darting through the difficult repertory and making it sizzle...
...Jenifer Ringer took the more conventional route. After graduating from the School of American Ballet, she went on to New York City Ballet. This winter season has been a sort of Jenny Ringer festival at Lincoln Center. She has danced 15 roles already this season. Her boss Peter Martins says he "hasn't yet seen what she can't do. And she learns roles like lightning." Dark, willowy, with a lovely, lyrical line, she is unusual in the current City Ballet roster in that she obviously enjoys acting. Balanchine's motto, "Just do," isn't enough for her. Sean Lavery...
...Ringer plays to the crowd, Miranda Weese says she dances "as much for myself as for the audience." Perfectly proportioned with an ample, sculpted style, she is an especially gifted turner (ballet patois for the ability to spin). A native of Southern California, she is a reticent, thoughtful person whose concentration is complete but not inhibiting. "When performing I feel completely free," she says. "Only in rehearsal do I worry about technique." Jerome Robbins chose her (and Ringer) to be in his new ballet, 2 & 3 Part Inventions. Weese enjoyed working with the master, who is 76. Her Southern...
That is where Bussell and her bridesmaids come in. Darcey always dances big, her moves expanding the music and lending pliancy to the tautest Stravinsky in Agon. Herrera carries with her the timeless aura of the theater. Ringer has the potential to bring forward the Romantic tradition. As for Weese, there is a mysteriousness that is still intact, while her grace and skill are obvious. We may be approaching an era of poetry in motion...
...bodies come not from "Schindler's List" but from The Raft of the Medusa and The Death of Sardanapalus. Delacroix and Gericault sit on Chereau's shoulders like twin angels of visual excess. (Chereau also includes nods to Rembrandt; Pascal Greggory as Margot's brother Anjou is a dead ringer for Rembrandt's Polish Rider...