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!