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[Alexandra]

Hi, Mega-Fan.  Welcome to Ballet Alert!  

The omitted section was a section Balanchine added to "Emeralds" a few years after the premiere -- an adagio section at the end, a Sarabande, not a pas de deux, but for the four women and three men.

Reportedly the Kirov wanted to stage the original version of the ballet, so it's not that they omitted it for these performances. It's just not in the version they perform.

That's my understanding, anyway.  If anyone wants to elaborate, please feel free    smile.gif

[ February 24, 2002: Message edited by: alexandra ]

[Alexandra]

Hi, Mega-Fan.  Welcome to Ballet Alert!  

The omitted section was a section Balanchine added to "Emeralds" a few years after the premiere -- an adagio section at the end, a Sarabande, not a pas de deux, but for the four women and three men.

Reportedly the Kirov wanted to stage the original version of the ballet, so it's not that they omitted it for these performances. It's just not in the version they perform.

That's my understanding, anyway.  If anyone wants to elaborate, please feel free    smile.gif

[ February 24, 2002: Message edited by: alexandra ]

[Alexandra]

Hi, Mega-Fan.  Welcome to Ballet Alert!  

The omitted section was a section Balanchine added to "Emeralds" a few years after the premiere -- an adagio section at the end, a Sarabande, not a pas de deux, but for the four women and three men.

Reportedly the Kirov wanted to stage the original version of the ballet, so it's not that they omitted it for these performances. It's just not in the version they perform.

That's my understanding, anyway.  If anyone wants to elaborate, please feel free    smile.gif

[ February 24, 2002: Message edited by: alexandra ]

[rg]

the TIMES misspoke, in my view, here; the only portion missing from the kirov's 'jewels' was the pas de sept. the pas de deux was in place and given as usual. the confusion likely arose from reading the 'choreography by balanchine' catalogue which mentions the '76 addition to 'emeralds' of a pas de deux and a pas de sept, leading to the assumption that if the kirov decided against the pas de sept it also decided against the pas de deux, which it did not.
another confusion in that review came from suggesting that balanchine commissioned the new (post-harvey) decor for the ballet, when in fact the new decor was presented after balanchine's death. robin wagner, the newer designer, took his suggestions for what to do from lincoln kirstein and ronald bates, to the best of my knowledge he had no advice from balanchine on what he ended up providing for new decor.

[rg]

the TIMES misspoke, in my view, here; the only portion missing from the kirov's 'jewels' was the pas de sept. the pas de deux was in place and given as usual. the confusion likely arose from reading the 'choreography by balanchine' catalogue which mentions the '76 addition to 'emeralds' of a pas de deux and a pas de sept, leading to the assumption that if the kirov decided against the pas de sept it also decided against the pas de deux, which it did not.
another confusion in that review came from suggesting that balanchine commissioned the new (post-harvey) decor for the ballet, when in fact the new decor was presented after balanchine's death. robin wagner, the newer designer, took his suggestions for what to do from lincoln kirstein and ronald bates, to the best of my knowledge he had no advice from balanchine on what he ended up providing for new decor.

[Ari]

I seem to recall that the 1976 expansion of Emeralds did include a new pas de deux for Verdy (in addition to the one that was already there).  Supposedly this was done as a sort of consolation prize for her being left out of Union Jack.

[Ari]

I seem to recall that the 1976 expansion of Emeralds did include a new pas de deux for Verdy (in addition to the one that was already there).  Supposedly this was done as a sort of consolation prize for her being left out of Union Jack.