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...that made the ballet more poetic than I’ve ever seen it. As the two eased in and out of darkness with a series of quirky arm contractions in repetition, the beautiful Arvo Part music pulsated, carving Kowroski and Evans as agents of a heartbeat.Twyla Tharp??s brilliant “In the Upper Room” closed the evening, but what probably seemed like an obvious choice to end the performance in the programming office did not translate as well to the stage. The fascination in this particular ballet lies in the buildup...
...studio. They’re wearing sneakers, and one of them is going the wrong direction. A good-natured Keith Roberts, longtime dancer with American Ballet Theater, is coaching them through the still unfamiliar choreography of “In the Upper Room.” One of Twyla Tharp??s most grueling and intricate works to date, the piece is slated to be performed during Boston Ballet’s upcoming season. This scene took place on March 19 during the latest installment of Boston Ballet Dance Talks, a collaboration between the Office for the Arts...
Shee lacks the energetic style he displays so well in “Never Gonna Dance” at the beginning and end of Tharp??s piece. Yet at the climax of “Sinatra Suite,” that energy resurfaces with a significant payoff. The piece becomes much more physical, and the two dancers practically force each other around the stage; eventually, though, physicality becomes sensuality, and Shee and Moore come to a beautifully poised equilibrium...
...Spunky, limber, and slim, Merritt A. Moore ’10 is Shee’s partner in Tharp??s “Sinatra Suite.” Moore is a textbook ballerina, immediately identifiable by her impeccable posture and the way she elegantly executes even simple gestures like unwrapping a candybar...
...schedule wasn’t the only challenge she faced in rehearsals. Tharp??s choreography has petite Moore flinging herself both across the stage and into the waiting arms of Shee, who, prior to rehearsals, she had never...
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