for everyone's wonderful reports and observations! Thank you! I particularly enjoyed reading about the many debuts this season for Royal, Curley, Forster, Han, Frenette, Ischuk, Misseldine, Brandt, and Hurlin.
With the absolute mess figure skating has been this Olympics, I'm genuinely over the moon for Sui and Han winning gold in pairs after coming up just short in 2018!
I tip my hat again to PA Ballet for their Resilience digital program! "And So It Is" wasn't my cup of tea, but it was nice to see Jermel Johnson. So Jung Shin stole the spotlight in "Polyphonia." "Raymonda Suite" looked beautiful -- set, costumes, lighting. I found Dayesi Torriente mesmerizing in the clapping variation (my least favorite of Raymonda's solos). "Allegro Brillante" was the best of the mixed bill. The dynamic between Mayara Piniero (vibrant) and Zecheng Liang (cool) made for a fantastic partnership.
BRAVO!!!
Thank you, nanushka! Had not seen Balanchine's ballet before. His version seemed more atmospheric than dramatic: no mention/chance of Odette's spell being broken; Siegfried left alone in despair at dawn. The groupings and patterns of the swan maidens were quite lovely.