Natalia Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 Here is the ultimate cast: SCARLET - Sylvie Guillem...gorgeous minx who, I'm sure, will know how to get her Rhett RHETT - Konstantin Zaklinsky...picture him with a mustache ! Remember, in the novel, Rhett was quite a bit older than Scarlet MELANIE - sweet Yvonne Borree (Darcey Bussell would be a second choice but she's too tall to be ideal as 'meek-and-mild') ASHLEY - Charles Askegaard...no question about it! MAMMY - Mark Morris in drag AND blackface. ....and in a cameo role.... AUNT PITTIPAT - Natalia Dudinskaya (currently in Boston, rehearsing Bayadere...so I'm sure she can swing down to Atlanta for this!) [This message has been edited by Jeannie (edited October 10, 2000).] Link to comment
dirac Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 I pity the unfortunate choreographer who has to explain to Kschessinska that in the postwar scenes she cannot wear her jewelry to pick cotton. [This message has been edited by dirac (edited October 10, 2000).] Link to comment
cargill Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 Not to mention having to throw up after eating some mouldy vegetable! Maybe she could just become dizzy after too many fouettes. Link to comment
Yvonne Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 My tastes are sometimes eclectic, but I would cast....... SCARLET- Tanaquil LeClerq RHETT - Edward Villella (on stilts) MELANIE - Eleanor D'Antuono ASHLEY - Erik Bruhn SCARLET'S WHINEY SISTER (remember, Scarlet married HER boyfriend)- Gelsey Kirkland MAMMY - Lynn Seymour (think of her in "Dancers") PRISSY - Heather Watts BELLE WATLING - Gloria Govrin and Karen Von Aroldigen will share the honors! MR. O'HARA - Baryishnikov (an OLD Baryshnikov!) MRS. O'HARA - Melissa Hayden I don't know who would compose the score, I would have my hands full just keeping this cast together!! [This message has been edited by Yvonne (edited October 10, 2000).] Link to comment
Lillian Posted October 11, 2000 Share Posted October 11, 2000 All this Heather Watts talk has me seeing her as Scarlett (let's not forget the kitchen scene in Dancing on my Grave). I'm seeing Jillana as Belle. Link to comment
liebs Posted October 11, 2000 Share Posted October 11, 2000 Sara Leland is Belle Watling, think of her in the Explosion Polka in Vienna Waltzes and you'll see what I mean. Link to comment
glebb Posted October 11, 2000 Share Posted October 11, 2000 I see Violette Verdy as Aunt Pitty Pat. Link to comment
glebb Posted October 11, 2000 Share Posted October 11, 2000 I think Sally Wilson could pull off the role of Prissy. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 could consider yvette chauvrire as scarlett, a really good balletic 'fiddle dee dee'! and as aunt pitty pat, agnes de mille. [This message has been edited by Mme. Hermine (edited October 11, 2000).] Link to comment
Victoria Leigh Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 There it is, Agnes de Mille as Aunt Pitty Pat! That is too perfect!!! Link to comment
Nanatchka Posted October 13, 2000 Share Posted October 13, 2000 Yoo-hoo, Victoria, do you want to play Scarlett? You can have anyone you want for Rhett. Link to comment
Victoria Leigh Posted October 13, 2000 Share Posted October 13, 2000 Well, since so many people often call me Vivian instead of Victoria... Link to comment
dirac Posted October 13, 2000 Share Posted October 13, 2000 Wouldn't Agnes de Mille be a little...steely for Aunt Pitty? (Too thin, too.) Link to comment
Françoise Posted October 13, 2000 Share Posted October 13, 2000 Why don't imagine a cast by POB dancer Scarlett: Aurélie Dupont or the première danseuse : Marie-Agnès Gillot Rhett : Kader Belarbi or Laurent Hilaire Ashley : Manuel Legris or Jean-Guillaume Bart Mélanie : Elisabeth Maurin is not a good choice she seems for me like Bette Davis. I will see more Delphine Moussin. I don't know very well foreigner dancer to may an international cast. I think unless Belarbi could be a perfect Rhett Butler, he must make a coreogragy about Wuthering Heights for POB the next year. I don't know if he must dance in but I saw completely him as Heatcliff. New temptation of casting ???? Link to comment
glebb Posted October 14, 2000 Share Posted October 14, 2000 I think Agnes is more the India Wilkes type, but Victoria knows her much better. Francesca Corkle would make a great Belle Watling, or should it be Nora Kaye dancing the role of Belle? Maybe they could alternate. Having had the good fortune to see Victoria dance on stage, sur la pointe, wearing a similar dress to Scarlett's green barbecue dress, I adore the idea of Victoria as Scarlett. [This message has been edited by glebb (edited October 13, 2000).] Link to comment
Victoria Leigh Posted October 14, 2000 Share Posted October 14, 2000 Actually, while I thought that Agnes would be perfect for Aunt Pitty Pat, there is another thought I had, and that is Lucia Chase! Link to comment
glebb Posted October 14, 2000 Share Posted October 14, 2000 Victoria, I like your idea of Lucia Chase being in this production. I got to see her as the Queen in SWAN LAKE at ABT in 70s. What do you think of our Mel playing Frank Kennedy? He has Civil War Whiskers. Link to comment
Victoria Leigh Posted October 14, 2000 Share Posted October 14, 2000 Oh yes, Mel and his whiskers would be perfect! Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 14, 2000 Share Posted October 14, 2000 And besides, they make such convenient handles for partnering! You haven't lived until you've seen the muttonchop whisker-promenade! Link to comment
glebb Posted October 15, 2000 Share Posted October 15, 2000 Ok, all this GWTW talk made me get out the DVD and watch. In doing so I discovered that Nina Ananiashvili looks very much like Olivia DeHavilland. Link to comment
Estelle Posted October 16, 2000 Share Posted October 16, 2000 Catherine/ Françoise, this is getting off-topic, but could you tell us more about that "Wuthering heights" by Kader Belarbi next season? Will it be a full-length ballet or a shorter ballet? What music will it use? Link to comment
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