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Diana Vishneva excells in practically all her roles, and as Juliet is fascinating to watch both as an actress--where details are as important to her as they are to Ferri--and in her superlative technique. She is never subtle there, but always uses it with full command.

I wonder if it's possible do do a credible Juliet if you can't carry off the the emotional center of the second scene of the ballet, between Juliet and the Nurse.

If you don't see and feel that this is a young girl who loves her nurse, genuinely if coltishly, then you're not being introduced to a character whose entire arc ricochets between love and duty.

How Juliet reacts to Paris is, in my opinion, open to interpretation, but the firm emotional connection must clearly be seen between the teenager and the woman who suckled her.

I saw Vishneva's performance, and the second scene seemed hollow and false. I saw no sympathy, much less love, from this Juliet for her nurse. I saw a dancer going through the motions. And the rest of the performance also seemed to me correct, technically superb, but deaf to the music, not actually inhabiting this role, these emotions.

Tonight, Ferri ran on in the second scene and she was Juliet; she did love her nurse; she responded and reacted to all the whipsaws of love and duty over the course of the evening.

As for Bolle, he seemed to have caught a case of the Veronikas tonight. What he should have been nervous about is unknown to me, but his ardor for his Juliet was undiminished.

And the orchestra sounded a lot better than on opening night!

This thread is aptly named. The critics are just as divided: Gottlieb and Macauley have called her "handsome" yet unmusical. Laura Jacobs (and husband James Wolcott) are wild about her. And others recognize how some might be fault her (either by her technique or managment's casting), but are intrigued nonetheless (Joel Loebenthal, Joan Acocella, Tobi Tobias, the critics at Dance View Times, and others).

When I first saw Part, several seasons ago, I was struck by her musicality and abundance of feeling.

I have become a fan of hers, fully knowing her nerves and lack of stamina can and sometimes do get the better of her. I guess you either enjoy the "will she make it across the tightrope" suspense, or you don't. (Macauley even slammed her Lady Capulet in his review of Romeo and Juliet!)

Wouldn't it be nice if Roberto Bolle would partner her in future?

Greetings! Does anyone know any details concerning the October 6 Royal Ballet performance? Is it a gala?

I don't know how Ranieri's reign will ultimately affect ABT, but I do find it ironic that he seems to be trying to impose a corporate mindset onto the running of the company at a time when that corporate mindset is not enjoying its finest hour.

Personally, I fear that a corporate mindset sees everything as "product," which is not a way to run a great ballet company.

I hope I'm wrong.

Cygnette