sandik Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Just go. What she said. More later... Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 What they said....................WOW, and then WOW again! Link to comment
Helene Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 "In the Middle" was created for the young stars that Nureyev pushed through the hierarchy and cast prominently. Decades later, Benjamin Millepied is making his mark by casting someone who was trained at the Australian Ballet School and is currently a coryphee as Odette/Odile: http://dancelines.com.au/japan-australia-hannah-oneill-takes-leading-role-paris/ Link to comment
Helene Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 "New Suite" is a series of pas de deux from works William Forsythe made for Frankfurt Ballet, and each time it is staged, he picks a different set of dances. It's a great way to ensure continuity, as new generations of dancers learn choreography that would otherwise be lost when the full works themselves aren't re-staged, and it's also a great way to see both the range and similarities in his choreography. It also means that each combination and/or order has a different resonance. At the Q&A on Saturday night, Peter Boal told us that Forsythe, who was in Seattle for opening weekend, thought that the Slingerland Pas de Deux might not be a fit in the group selected for PNB, and on opening weekend Saturday, it was left off. (It was serendipitous that Karel Cruz, who was scheduled to dance it, was able to partner Sarah Ricard Orza in the Bach pas that followed.) From the cast lists on the website, he must have concluded that "New Suite" works better without it; there are eight, not nine, couples listed. I was glad to have seen and heard the Slingerland pas. I wish it could be added into the "Emergence" program next year as a stand-alone along with the Lang (4-minute solo) and the Suddarth (TBD), but that might put that program into overtime. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 I just realized that Maria Chapman's comeback role was supposed to be in Slingerland There were a few casting switches as well in "New Suite." The updated spreadsheet is here: Forsythe 2015 03 20.xlsx Link to comment
sandik Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I just realized that Maria Chapman's comeback role was supposed to be in Slingerland There were a few casting switches as well in "New Suite." The updated spreadsheet is here: Forsythe 2015 03 20.xlsx So she goes from maternity leave to Swan Lake? That's a jump. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 I just got a heads up that I missed this change for tonight: Elle Macy dances in "In the Middle" for Sarah Ricard Orza. Here's the updated spreadsheet with that change: Forsythe 2015 03 20 v2.xlsx Link to comment
Helene Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Here's an instagram snippet from the opening piece (Handel 1) in "New Suite" with Elizabeth Murphy and William Lin-Yee: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152894711373952&set=vb.21358443951&type=2&theater¬if_t=notify_me Edited to add: More: Jahna Frantziskonis and Ezra Thomson in Handel 2: https://instagram.com/p/0ZIQKIGelh/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Angelica Generosa and Eric Hipolito Jr. in Handel 3: https://instagram.com/p/0a2jaJmejE/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Leslie Rausch and Raphael Bouchard in Berio 1: https://instagram.com/p/0b236jGetk/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Lindsi Dec and Jerome Tisserand in Berio 3: https://instagram.com/p/0b236jGetk/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Lindsi Dec and Seth Orza in "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated": https://instagram.com/p/0O_siNmevM/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Benjamin Griffiths and Jonathan Porretta in "The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude": https://instagram.com/p/0MRCEomehj/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Link to comment
sandik Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Last night (Friday) Macy really looked great in New Suite. And, unfortunately, Jonathan Porretta was out of In the Middle, replaced by Ben Griffiths, who was already dancing in New Suite. Someone asked about the substitution during the post-show Q/A, and Peter Boal said that Porretta's big toe was bothering him again (he was out earlier in the year with the same difficulty) Link to comment
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