rg Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 in advance of the upcoming re-staging of SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, identified by NY Public Library for the Performing Arts as follows: Symphonic variations Chor: Frederick Ashton; mus: César Franck (Symphonic variations for piano & orchestra); scen & cos: Sophie Fedorovitch. First perf: London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Apr 24, 1946, Sadler's Wells Ballet.//First U.S. perf: New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Oct 12, 1949, Sadler's Wells Ballet. this glimpse of its past comes in the form of an unidentified,undated photograph. though the dancer is unmistakably Anthony Dowell. [my guess might be that dancer in the background could be Michael Coleman (or maybe Gary Sherwood?), but that's only a guess.] Link to comment
rg Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 here's the photo that didn't seem to 'take' previously. Link to comment
sandik Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 What a lovely photo, and a reminder of a ballet I wish I could see more often. Thanks! Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Do the y make them like that any more? Actually, Dowell wasn't first cast by any means -- hardly even born yet -- but can anyone have been more beautiful in the role? Link to comment
Alexandra Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Do they make them like that any more?Actually, Dowell wasn't first cast by any means -- hardly even born yet -- but can anyone have been more beautiful in the role? No. No. Bowing Thank you, Robert. That is THE most beautiful photo of Dowell I've ever seen. I also like the energy of it -- quiet, but he's not a marble statue. It's gorgeous! A Link to comment
Funny Face Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I like that -- quiet, but he's not a marble statue -- yes, there's anticipation of something wonderful to come, as opposed to just a pose. Now, if we could just teach that quality! Link to comment
atm711 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Well now I know why my arthritis has been bothering me lately---I saw that first U.S. performance--FYI the rest of the program was--'The Rake's Progress', 'Facade' and 'Hamlet'. One afterthought to the above---all four ballets were shown for the first time on October 12, and Fonteyn had leading parts in all but 'Facade'.--Amazing :sweating: Link to comment
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