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[lmspear]

If we count Icarus as a bird-boy there are several versions. The first one that I'm aware of is Lifar's.

[Kerry1968]

Please add to the list

(1) Flamingo in Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

(2) Peacock in PNB's The Nutcracker (my favorite!)




PS: @Cristian: I seem to recall from the "least favorite variation" thread that you dislike Coffee (Arabian Dance) from The Nutcracker. Warning! Peacock is the Arabian Dance!

[cubanmiamiboy]

Please add to the list

(1) Flamingo in Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

(2) Peacock in PNB's The Nutcracker (my favorite!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P74dNR-4_CA


PS: @Cristian: I seem to recall from the "least favorite variation" thread that you dislike Coffee (Arabian Dance) from The Nutcracker. Warning! Peacock is the Arabian Dance!

Well, the music is certainly very long and slow, and none of the choreographies I've ever seen really conveys the mistery and glamour that I guess such Arabian fantasy crafted by Russian and French hands was supposed to have had back in the XIX Century. The peacock costume reminds me of that of the Coq d'Or...there's some cute vintage feeling to it-(reminding us about a time when dancers and designers were not afraid of over the top head pieces and lavish costumes... )

Thanks for the clip, Kerry!

[Lidewij]

The ballet Shurale is also about a bird.

I still can't find how to embed a youtube video, so here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNXk21kjCCo

edit: apparently I found it!

[lmspear]

Mark Morris's Renard features a cat, fox, cock, goat and three hens. Unfortunately, I haven't seen it and can't offer a description or opinion.

[sandik]

The peacock costume reminds me of that of the Coq d'Or...there's some cute vintage feeling to it-(reminding us about a time when dancers and designers were not afraid of over the top head pieces and lavish costumes... )

The Sendak designs for this Nutcracker have a great Middle Eastern element throughout the Kingdom of the Sweets (Drosselmeyer shows up as a "Pasha" with a turban the size of Gibralter) - I often think of Scheherezade when I see it.

[JMcN]

The Raven and raven corps in Bintley's Beauty and the Beast.

The birds in Chrisopher Gable's Cinderella.

[JMcN]

The Swan in Siobhan Davies Carnival of the Animals and of course, the Dying Swan

[Mashinka]

MacMillan's House of Birds featured an evil Bird Woman who turned men into birds. I haven't seen that one for years, does anyone else remember it?

[Mme. Hermine]

um, in sleeping beauty act 3?

[cubanmiamiboy]

um, in sleeping beauty act 3?

... the blue companion of Petipa's Florine...

[Mme. Hermine]

[AG]

Bintley's Still Life at the Penguin Cafe--penguins and a Great Auk.

[JMcN]

I saw a ballet at the Bolshoi in 1986 based on Chekov's The Seagull.

[lmspear]

Martha Graham did "The Owl and the Pussycat" based on the poem.