lindsaymthomas

Jayne, the casting is about as strong as possible for the first three Tharp performances, and that may well help.

I find it VERY depressing that the marvelous (in every way) Imler is apparently not going to be given the principal Barocco role.

Obviously Boal subscribes to the long/lean/Farrell-archetype view of casting this part, which is a pity because

Marie-Jeanne, who of course created the ballerina role, was not tall. She also had astounding feet, a huge jump, and tremendous strength.

The part was also far, far jazzier and more interesting then, according to virtually every account of the ballet through the years.

Not tall, great feet, great jump, jazzy, and incredibly strong sounds more like Imler than just about any other dancer in PNB or out of it.