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I saw them together in Taming of the Shrew. They were so funny and lovely in that piece. Then I saw them in Giselle and after the lights were on right after the first act, I don't think I saw a single person that wasn't in tears around me. Same thing with the second act. There was magic in the Metropolitan Opera House that night. I never got to see them live in Romeo and Juliet, just saw them in that movie Ballet and even though it's just a video, I could still feel so much passion going on in there. Too bad I won't be able to see them on June 2nd, I wish I were in NYC!!! I mean, that partnership...and in Manon too!!! I'm sure it will be amazing.

I'd go for the black gown from the Merry Widow section of Vienna Waltzes

So many of them!!! In no particular order: - Opening for Serenade - Russian dance from Swan Lake - Snake variation from La Bayadere - Raymonda. A lot of it. The Pas classique always makes me cry - The Schubert pieces from Duatos's Without Words, specially Du bist die Ruh - Lots of Prokofiev's R&J. Everytime I listen to it I find a part that I didn't remember was there and love it and I could go on forever!

At least the 1998 version (144 pages) is a souvenir book. Lots of nice pictures, bios of principal dancers, a bit on some ballet plots, advertisement, that sort of thing.

You caught me there! I was out of the country for a while (came back this year)so I'm not completely familiar with the company's activities. I do know though that they hadn't gone abroad for a while, at least as a whole. The company was very happy with the tour and also with the fact that they were dancing to live music here in Lima...something that hadn't been possible in a very long time. I'm not quite sure of what's coming next. I think some company members are scheduled to perform in Trujillo, Peru and then in Colombia (I read this in their program), but I'll ask around to get some more info about it.

Don Q and La Sylphide were done by a local company: Ballet Municipal de Lima. We have two companies here in Lima: Ballet Municipal and Ballet Nacional. I haven't seen BN for a while now, but I got to see BM three times this year. They did La Bayadere in April and then Don Q and La Sylphide in July. In case you're interested, their website is Ballet Municipal de Lima Don Q was a treat. The dancing was good, and it was done to live music. The company went on tour to Ecuador earlier this year, with Don Q, and afterwards they did 2 more performances in Lima, this time with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Guayaquil. I dragged 4 people from work with me and they all loved it. A couple of them are actually planning on going to La Sylphide tomorrow! I hadn't seen La Sylphide in a very long time and I think BM did a wonderful job. The choreography is by Mario Galizzi on the original Bournonville one. Diana Silva was a very lyrical Sylph last Sunday. She's technically strong and that allowed her to just dance...and dance she did! Antonino Risica did a good interpretation of James, he was also very clean. And Giovanni Meza was excellent as Madge, very powerful performance! I may actually go back to see a different cast tomorrow with some friends. As for plans for the "Fall" (Spring down here), BM is doing Swan Lake. I don't know anything about the other company yet. They also did Don Q this July, only they don't perform the full length version, but the suite, and I just couldn't find the time to go see their production.

My favorite is the Ferri/Eagling version of McMillan's, although the POB "making of" Nureyev's R&J is a quite interesting one. Giselle05, I totally agree with you: a Ferri/Bocca would be wonderful! I have that Weisman's documentary "Ballet", which has the balcony and bedroom scenes with those two and everytime I watch it I wish I had the whole thing on tape!

Aaaaaggghhhh! I wish I had been there!!! I saw her Giselle earlier this year in DC and loved it, her characterization was so incredibly rich and detailed. Same with her Juliet...I went to see R&J with McKerrow/Stiefel some time ago at the Met, with a friend that had never seen a full-length (she used to go only to NYCB). She was totally hooked after that, and I watched almost the entire performance through tears. By the time Romeo finds Juliet at the graveyard, I was really sobbing. I'm so thankful I got to see McKerrow in those two roles... I'll miss her.

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