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Lizzie

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  • Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
    Avid balletgoer
  • City**
    Paris
  • State (US only)**, Country (Outside US only)**
    France
  1. I agree with Estelle, French discussion boards only reflect what a handful of people think. For instance, read reviews here and you'll see that some people on the contrary really enjoyed the performances. And most of the people I spoke to liked it too, they only found Bayadère a bit disappointing. I saw the first two nights and I really had a good time ; ABT is a great company ! I didn't really appreciate La Bayadère, but I wasn't accustomed to Makarova's production and I found Paloma Herrera a bit miscast in this part. I liked Dark Delegies very much ; it's a great ballet ! I found Tudor's choreography really interesting and so moving. And it was pretty well danced. Julie Kent is wonderful in this part, what a great dancer she is ! And Carlos Lopez was also very good. The last but not the least, Fancy Free, I just loved it ! American people are so lucky to have the chance to often see such pieces. And what a cast ! Ethan Stiefel and Jose Manuel Carreno were especially amazing and Herman Cornejo, Gillian Murphy and Stella Abrera were very good too. I hadn't planned to go to Saturday's matinee, but I finally got a ticket just to see them again. Yesterday night was I think even better ; each piece was really worth seeing. First, Symphonie concertante, a very lovely Balanchine ballet (I'd like to see this kind of ballet more often in France...). Once again, Julie Kent stole the show, her dancing is just perfect. Paloma Herrera wasn't very convincing, especially comparing to Kent ; I wonder if she's really made to dance such pieces. In his very short part, Marcelo Gomes gave a great performance. Jose Manuel Carreno and Xiomara Reyes were amazing in Diana and Acteon ; his dancing is very impressive. I liked Sinatra Suite a lot, both Angel Corella and Misty Copeland were charming and very well cast. Finally, I loved The Green Table, this ballet is striking and so interesting ; it has great dancing too and was almost too short. And David Hallberg was so amazing ! He really was impressive in that part. But all the dancers were very good too, I found Jennifer Alexander especially heartrending. It was therefore a really good performance and all the people I know (or even my neighbours) liked the show. I'm eager to see next performances. And by the way, French audience is known to be cold and not the most enthusiastic of audience ; calm applauses are not a proof of disliking. Except Bayadère, I'd say that they really enjoy the show and the company.
  2. Thank you, I will tell you who dance. I just wonder if we'll have the chance to see Ethan Stiefel in one of them, as he will only appear in Fancy Free.
  3. Has someone an idea about In The Upper Room and Drink to Me... casting ? Thanks
  4. No, Friedemann Vogel didn't dance in Paris, neither did Maria Eichwald. I saw two casts : - Kang/Barankiewicz/Tentschikowa/Rademaker/Zaitsev/Stewart - Wünsche/Reilly/Carillo Cabrera/McKie/Magitov/D'Alesio There was also a third cast, led by Alicia Amatriain and Jiri Jelinek. It was the first time I saw this ballet and I liked it very much ; in Paris, we don't really have the chance to see such entertaining pieces. I found Cranko's choreography very nice and interesting (especially pas de deux, the last is really wonderful) and the company was very good. In the part of Petruchio, Barankiewicz and Reilly were both amazing, as were Kang and Wünsche. The audience seemed to appreciate the show and the dancers were enthusiastically acclaimed.
  5. For more info, there is this website too : Paris Opera Dancers All Paris Opera dancers are listed with a picture.
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