Marquis de Carabas

I found a news item that there will be a lecture about the Ballet West performances of Le Chant du Rossignol (yes, the Hodson/Archer version) and Apollo, with excerpts performed by Ballet West dancers. Not in Salt Lake City though - rather at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Lecture times are 3 pm and 7:30 pm on Sunday, Sept 29. "Ballets Russes expert Lynn Garafola, Professor Emerita of Dance, Barnard College, Columbia University, moderates a discussion with Hodson, Archer, Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute, and Balanchine Trust repetiteur Victoria Simon." The event description ment

I hope you were able to find a great place to stay for Napoli weekend. I searched a bit and found there aren't a lot of Bed and Breakfast style lodgings in the Phoenix area. The following link may be helpful: metro Phoenix bed and breakfasts. Note the highest-rated B&Bs on this list are in Scottsdale (12 miles from central Phoenix) and Chandler (24 miles). I recently ordered season tickets for Ballet Arizona ("silver front side", aisle seat), will be seeing everything from Napoli through Evening at Desert Botanical Garden. I'm staying at downtown hotels for convenience.

I also loved the music for Traveling Alone. It sounded like some sort of piano quartet. I was a little bit disappointed with Archetypes. It lacked any significant work for the men, who were mostly used to lift the women. It got noticeably less applause than the other 2. On the other hand, the friend who went with me to the Lone Tree Arts Center performance (which curiously was never mentioned on the CB's website) said that she liked the choreography but found the (minimalist) music "grating". Archtypes was the most "modern" of the 3 works. I could never quite figure out the story. I agr

This is a brief report on Tribute, the last show of the current (2011-2012) season. Tribute was a program of three recent short works by female choreographers, designed to honor the women who founded Colorado Ballet 51 years ago, Lillian Covillo and Friedann Parker. (Personal note: I am a very new ballet fan - the only live performances I have seen are this one, and a recent Boulder Ballet program. I have slightly more experience watching ballet on video.) Although I don't feel qualified to write a detailed review, I enjoyed this show a lot. I was very impressed by the technical ability