Rendezvous in Sarasota

Weekend away from the city of New York ice, I had the opportunity to Sarasota Ballet (based in Sarasota (Florida) to see the program very interesting, consisting of "Les Rendezvous" Progress Libertines Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois "and iTunes Joe" tour the Great. "For the creation of all three ballets by the British companies (Vic Wells Ballet, President of Wells Sadler Royal Ballet in) the evening and was entitled "The right Affairs Royal." The company is celebrating the twentieth year, and the fourth under the leadership of the Web Ian, originally from the north of England, who danced with the Royal Ballet Wells Sadler and. his wife, Australian-born ballerina Margaret Barbieri, director of the testing company and the coach, and the stages of the ballet for him. During her long association with the Royal Ballet British main choreographers of the twentieth century, including Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan and Antony Tudor. It is clear that the company secret weapon, the source of knowledge is inexhaustible, and ballet, in particular with regard to the representative of the British, who quickly touch on the company. Alastair Macaulay wrote in 2008, to celebrate the premiere of the company "PATINEURS LES" Ashton Sarasota Ballet "suddenly became the exponent of the leading and Ashton ballet U.S. . Not bad for a small local company. will be held in March, they will perform in the second chapter of "Naples" Auguste Bournonville, according to Kobborg Johan from the Royal Ballet (which was for the Web fruitful cooperation), and in April, will have the evening of Balanchine, comprised "Prodigal Son", "piece number 15", and "Who cares?" in the fall, and they danced in Tuila Tharp poem's dancerly fatigue, "in the upper room." are often interested in the Web, in Barbieri clear limits Pushed to the dancers, and challenge audiences . On the one certificate in this performance, dancing character and story-telling is the home of the company. Not surprisingly, Barbieri as the Web is primarily a dancer, a character with the Royal Ballet and danced played a major role in most of the ballet a great story ("Giselle", "Coppelia, No money fille Garden, "" Sleeping Beauty "), and the creation of roles in other countries, including the Black Queen in Ninette Valois''Checkmate de," and Gertrude Lawrence in the Great Joe Eaton round (in this program.) has an anomaly, such as a lot of plot present or less ballet abstraction, in the wake of the American tradition of Balanchine, but this company seems to be the challenge of creating characters and telling stories to enjoy, not just a group of ordinary people. The Works implementation of the three, only the first, and Ashton-les-date, " the abstract. this work in the very early (1935), but his second term in the Vienna International Centre of Wales was pregnant, in his words, as "merely a tool to dance pretty Stanislas Idzikowski and Markova Alicia" (and danced in the later said Margot that. Fontaine and Robert Helpmann) Markova Spirit, Russes Ballet, "ballet dancer child" What Ballet British for decades of hegemony, there is still about the program as a useful story: the central role was not born just a ballerina in "Rendezvous LES," but the role of "betraying Girl" in rakes progress Valois " .
However, Ashton is a beautiful, soft and sharp dance what is known about the flexibility of the upper part of the body, generous épaulement facial expressions, and subtle use by the choreographer's. Fashion is a simple white balletrokkies trmmed with bows, pink and white gloves for the ladies. A solo dancer in the middle of what she and pretend to lose balance and then jump over the pond, and take advantage of the shoulders of men than women, and turning their attention to get the applause body at the time of the main dancers and escort, and many kisses. This is all very neat and fun. The steps are very classic, but with the privacy Ashton common, such as de PAS chat with legs tucked under suddenly life becomes an extended mid-foot jump. Gloves used emphasizes the application of the fingers. Pitch small and beautiful, but very detailed and fast. Seems very difficult. Dancers were working hard, and showed that, especially in the toddler stage, intimate the former Soviet Union Center for the Performing Arts, also known sometimes as the Asolo Theatre. This is a very nice theater, but the stage is a little tight for a big job like this, and hearing, every grain of sweat seen on the faces of performance. Has not looked this cast in an entirely private ease the challenges of the choreography, except for three dancers in a short period, strong, Centocchi Pas-de-Troyes, Sardelli Sara, Logan learned, and Nicolo, which held the glass in small, eager to express the pain that does not differ from happy dance to another . Sure, the show was the first, and we hope in time, perhaps on a wide stage, and will grow to become the choreography and give it more variety and beauty required, and the band live will help dancers deal with the music The easiest way to respond. As it was, recorded music (which Aubert, organized by the lamp shines Lambert) hair cut of "progress rake in" Dancing Wheaton "Grand Tour". Much better. "Rake" is one of business's most famous de Valois' (in England), one of the most representative of her style, and we do not see her here ballet choreography in the United States pantomimes the British at the beginning of her career, de Valois in Russes ballet and dance the roles of the dominant character in ballet, such as "Biches Les" Nijinska and "Le Train Bleu" After the establishment of ballet in the Vienna International Centre in Wales early thirties (which will become the Royal Ballet in 1956), and continued to dance character storieballette roles and began to take advantage of the talents of artists such as Markova, Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann created. Insightful and many (and well written program Sarasota) notes said. "It's dance style English model for the production, based on materials in English or resources" Rake and progress "is an example: directly inspired by a series of paintings and very descriptive by William Hogarth, who is now in the Soane Museum in London, depicting the decline and fall of Rakewell Tom and heir to the careless and wasteful for a wealthy merchant in London. in a series of paintings, popular and ballet shows Rakewell soft (in resolution), and wasted his fiancée, virtuous, and orgy in a brothel (Spectacular scenery), a party gambling, where it lost Rakewell imprisonment of a debtor of all, and crazy, where Rakewell rough and then fall, and shaken by violent disturbances.
This was a remarkable danced ballet, the company for the first time in 2009, and worked with these vital that it was difficult to imagine that these were the same dancers on what seems so far in the past. Particular importance is how to rake Octavio Martin, which ranged between facial expressions of confusion and clear in the first scene, in his detailed in the final, Simon Mumma is the Lord of the Dance, spot-on characterization of the type of authoritarian song Daniel Brown, Henninger, runner-up as a dancer and a singer well known in every dancer Theater, prostitution, Victoria Hulland and betrayal girl. During the scene dance lesson, ballet and perhaps most fully, with prissy teacher is never satisfied and dissatisfied still with his students, and are all over the pitch Betty Allegro tax demonic (and holding a violin). Mad scene is the triumph of the grotesque, such as any of your stupid crazy. Makeup, fashion, ugly color all add to the strong influence of the dance.
Victoria Hulland and Danielle Brown again last ballet, part light for iTunes music by Noel Coward (orchestrated by Kay Hershy), was the first time since 1971 in Wales Sadler "Grand Tour". It is included in their twenties, on the back of the cruise ship that can be an American tourist, an elderly woman, started under the leadership of Europe. Her shipmates include some celebrities (Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas), and two passengers of the Roma, whom she protected. This is more of a dance theater: each character some special summary Bernard Shaw, his or her recipes, George, is a dirty old man, Fairbanks Noel Coward smoking (danced by the handsome, Brazil Ricardo Graziano) is the correct and beautiful. It's quite funny, and I especially enjoyed when Fairbanks (Graziano) to Alice. Toklas for a walk (waltz), but interrupted by Gertrude Stein archaeological (danced by a man, Miguel Piquer), who later went on the training Toklas tango. Ballet and as a result of a nice, and the United States a woman is married, is very sweet, played by Amy Wood, of shipmates have rejected most glamorous of travel taken at the dance very romantic with the Director-General (Ricardo Rhodes). Slim, Leighton retains adhesive tags to the end, it does not turn suddenly to the Self is an exciting performance of dance great, but with a stutter, and is also affected by joy and gratitude. It, and the rest of us, a moment of it. With Sarasota Ballet him.
The following achievements of the March 4-6 Sarasota Ballet program, Fleming Flindt in the "lesson" and the second law of Bournonville in the "Naples".