Word: soloiste
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...sang the lead in "Serenade in Blue" after the medley, and his restrained polish combined with a wonderfully textured ensemble to create that delicate balance between soloist and group which makes a capella great...
...rest of the cast is practically seamless. Particularly shining contributions come from Joe Hill, as Charles Errol, a conniving, racist cousin; and Amanda Frye, as a zealous church soloist. The only low point in this area is another church soloist. Beth Salm's, flat and slightly nasal voice...
...musician's musician, Holiday got unequalled respect from every jazz soloist and jazz band with whom she played. As she said, "I don't feel I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn. I try to improvise...what comes out is what I feel...
...drama in the music. A ballerina may fall off point more than her American counterpart, and her fouettes may veer out of control. But apparently this bothers neither her nor her bosses. The dancers display an endearing, innocent pleasure in the least of their achievements; a chaste young demi-soloist, having completed her variation, will milk the audience for applause -- and get it. At the New York City Ballet such deportment would be considered inexcusably vulgar...
Differences between the two approaches show up starkly in the Kirov's foray into Balanchine: Scotch Symphony, set to Mendelssohn, and Theme and Variations, with its vibrant Tchaikovsky score. City Ballet's Suzanne Farrell and Francia Russell, a former soloist who is now co-artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet, went to Leningrad to teach the works to the Kirov. Russell, who prepared Theme, had the harder assignment because the choreography is difficult for even Balanchine dancers. Both women learned that the no-nonsense rules they live by do not apply at the Kirov. By American standards, classes were...