claireasday

Just to clarify: Maxwell is not currently injured! She said it happened the last time she danced the role.

I also thought Maxwell's dancing was unusually off. I believe she said in an Instagram story (now expired) that she had previously sustained a tear to either her leg or foot while dancing that role, so that could explain it.

I wasn't sure who was being referenced here until I saw a recent picture of her on Instagram. I hope she's okay.

You're right, they're not Karinska. The costumes were redone in 1986 by Alain Vaes, roughly three years after Karinska died.

That pose is a sort of inversion of the knee-to-nose moment in Symphony in C, which makes sense because Farrell was reportedly the first to do it in that ballet.

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@Susu_nyc, it's from the coda of Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux.

Kurt Froman has posted clips of Verdy and Bonnefoux dancing Sonatine at the Paris Opera on his Instagram page (here and here).

Doesn't first cast usually go to the most senior ballerina in the company? Of the principal women who have done it, Hyltin is the eldest. I think you're correct here in that what is deemed "appropriate" in ballet is often a regurgitation of oppressive and/or restrictive societal ideals. Baldness onstage doesn't bother me.

That is strange. I just checked and it's still there, so it looks like the person at the box office was mistaken.

She danced SPF during yesterday's matinee. Per her Instagram: I have footage of this from an audience member's Instagram story, but I assume it cannot be posted here for copyright reasons.