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Martha F

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  1. What about Lauren Cuthbertson? Admittedly I have not seen her in many Ashton ballets but her beautiful rendition of Summer Fairy in Cinderella last year made me want to see her do more Ashton.
  2. Donald MacLeary who coached the principals also danced in the ballet I believe. From what I remember from the masterclass, his partners include Fonteyn, Beriosova and Mason (in the one-act version I think).
  3. I don't know if this is the reason but Cojocaru also has Fille and Ondine to come, both of which are new to her I think.
  4. I agree with your assessment here (though you articulated the whole thing way better than I ever could!) I felt that Yanowsky really came into her own in Act II- her ever so resourceful Sylvia was a great fun to watch and she did seduction so well- using her eyes especially to maximum effect! This is indeed the image that has stuck in my mind. One could see the relief on her face after she had successfully retrieved the arrow from Orion and then the despair and desperation after she had realised that there was no way out- I thought she conveyed all these emotions so well. I also agree with your comment here that none of them is an ideal Ashton dancer. (Yanowsky said in an interview that after she had seen the video and realised how petite the choreography was, her jaws dropped to the floor!) But Christopher Newton commented in an article that he saw the three Sylvias cast as strong and athletic dancers whom one could easily imagine as fresh air beauties leading the hunt in the Amazon (or something to that effect!) We could perhaps speculate on their decisions but personally I am really glad that the RB decided to be adventurous with the casting this time around and gave Yanowsky in particular the chance to take on Sylvia. This is really a great opportunity for her admirers to see her dance on stage for more than the usual two minute solo she is normally given to do! To me, she is one of those special dancers whom I would see in anything and on this occasion, tall as she maybe, I think she made enough of the character to merit the part. I also saw Darcey Bussell on opening night but I think I will wait until I see her again next week to comment since she seemed so nervous then! Having seen Nunez in the master class, I am also looking forward to seeing her next week! A different question- do you think ABT can turn this into a two-act ballet? I was just thinking that there is so much dancing for Sylvia in each act that the ballerina might really need those intervals to rest? Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay! In fact I'm enjoying reading your reports so much I am beginning to think that you should stay for the rest of the season!
  5. Oh thank you so much for posting this! I can’t imagine a better way to spend a rainy week in London than going to ballet night after night! Sadly for me, though, I really overdid this last week (what’s with two debuts in Sylvia in the main house, Arc Dance downstairs in the Lindbury and Rambert at Sadlers’ Wells!) so it's now back to real life for me this week! I saw this triple bill a couple of weeks ago and personally I found Requiem to be sublimely mesmerising. I am not familiar with many of the American works that you’ve mentioned, though, so I wasn’t thinking about their possible links. I read on the ballet.co board that there was applause in between the pieces in Requiem last night and I wonder if this broke the piece’s spell somehow? I also enjoyed the Wedding Bouquet when I saw it, although I did not care too much about the narration. When I saw Les Noces, the corps de ballet was a marvel- dancing the piece with absolute conviction and exhilarating energy- I am sorry to hear that they were not on top form last night but glad that you still enjoyed the piece nonetheless. Now I’m looking forward to hearing more from you! I am very sorry that I have to miss Marianela Nunez’ debut as Sylvia tonight. I saw her in a master class a month ago and she already looked very promising then. Enjoy the rest of your week!
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