Word: tutus
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...create the ambiance of a dance hall and to allow audience members to become a part of the production itself. Augustine and Walsh also introduce the use of two clowns, played by Thomas Odell '04 and Sophia Chang '01-dressed in fantastic costumes of over-sized shoes, tutus and striped stockings-who carry large signs with messages such as "The First Kiss." These signs aided the transitions of the musical, while the whimsy of their bearers keeps them from being perceived as simple plot devices...
...curtains open on the third act with low lighting and high expectations in anticipation of the famous Kingdom of Shades. As dancers in white tutus descend the ramp one by one, a hush falls over the audience. Conscientious staging is evident, and the company deserves applause for its careful attention to detail. The corps, perfectly in line, display breathtaking synchronization and attunement to the music. But like much of the ballet, the scene is tentatively danced with a hesitance that takes away from the total emotional impact. Near the climactic ending, the technical prowess of the two leading roles still...
...What to look for: This promises to be one of the most exciting dance events of the year. The dancers are amazingly talented, starring in choreography that spans many styles. Harvard Ballet Company shows that there's more to ballet than tutus, while Mainly Jazz showcases their variety with funk and precision. Watch for Fabiana Kepler's choreography to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," modern ballet pieces by Elizabeth Santoro and dance instructor Shannon Colver, a work by Boston jazz Professional Tracy Tedesco, and for the tutu-lovers out there, a short excerpt from the traditional ballet Don Quixote...
...edged, stripped-down contemporary idiom that he crisply dismisses as "technoballet," Wheeldon is an unabashed classicist. His style, a bracingly confident fusion of George Balanchine's structural clarity with the sunny lyricism of Frederick Ashton, is respectful of tradition without stooping to imitation. He's also a sucker for tutus, toe shoes and moonlit pas de deux. "I don't have much angst in me," he says. "I love to be romantic...
...music styles, giving even the most dance-illiterate audience member a general idea of the broad scope and long tradition of dance. "Pas de Quartre," the first piece on the program, spotlighted a lovely quartet of rose-bedecked ballerinas drenched in amber light and shimmering in pale pink tutus. To the lilting, romantic strains of Cesare Pugni's 18th century composition, four renowned (and infamously conceited) ballerinas of the past were recreated in all their beauty and gracious snobbery on the stage by four equally-beautiful Harvard undergraduate ballerinas. On Saturday night, Elizabeth Darst '99, Allison Lane '02, Liz Santuro...