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ABT's Tchaikovsky Spectacular


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June 15th's Tchaikovsky Spectacular was just that! Gillian Murphy and Ethan Steifel danced in Theme and Variations, Herrera and Gomes in Swan Lake, Jaffe and Acosta in the Nutcracker pas de deux, Ananiashvili and Correna in Balanachines' Pas De deux and, finally, Julie Kent and Angel Corella in Sleeping Beauty's Act III.

Initially, I had planned to post this as an "add on" to an earlier post under the section devoted to ABT that Manhattnik had written, but then I thought better of it and decided to see if any of this sections readers might have seen it too. If so, I hope you'll consider sharing your impressions.

Sadly, I can't put my hands on the program as I know there were two substitutions in Sleeping Beauty for the dancers who performed the Bluebird pas de deux - and they were great - very sprightly. :(

I can't analyze the technique - but I can say that we enjoyed each piece fully and felt lucky to have been there. What can I say - I'm a smitten fan :) and loved every minute of it! I also found it interesting to see, in one evening, the differences - choreographically speaking - in the styles presented... Nina Ananiashvili took my breath away in Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux - I believe it was the first time I'd seen her dance to his choreography besides Symphony in C earlier this season.

Although we hadn't intially planned to attend this performance, something came up which initiated a switch of dates... had planned to see The Merry Widow this coming Saturday... As it turned out, the evening was particularly interesting for me as I've seen other dancers perform most of these same roles before...and I am happy to say that I really enjoyed seeing Ms. Herrera perform the pas de deux in Swan Lake's Act II - I hadn't been sure that I would, only because I have seen another ballerina perform it quite a bit and thought I might not be able to come out from under her spell! Happily, I found Ms. Herrera's potrayal to be lovely and convincing in her own, more subtle, way.

Great costumes, the best music - excellent seats for wonderful dancing...but then again, on that old Which Famous Dead Russian Composer Are You? test, I came out Tchaikovsky. :(

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