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[Michael]

Which staging of Sylphide was it for the Kirkland/Baryshnikov performances?

[Alexandra]

An earlier staging by Bruhn, very much "after Lander" -- Gurn was a comic character, although not a middle-aged one.  I think Bruhn staged and directed it without "rethinking" (think of that!  How revolutionary!!!) although there are a lot of details missing.  The Met production (which I have to say I do not like at all) where James now lives in a grand house, was done because the other designs, and the scale of it, were just too small for the Met.

[atm711]

Manhattnik--I liked your list.  I saw Tudor's R&J danced by Markova and Kaye--but it is Hugh Laing's performance that has stayed with me.  At the time, I found it too slow moving and I wasn't thrilled with Delius' music---However, having  matured much since then I would love to see it again--but I don't know where they could replace Laing's brooding performance.  

As to Berman's "Giselle"---no!  All those blues and blacks made for a very cold atmosphere--I like my "Giselle" to be bathed in  the warmth of autumn colors.