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Amy Reusch

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  1. Yes, there were times where a caricature seemed very familiar but I couldn't put my finger on who it was... and wished I had a guide to tell me who it was... There were times I thought I was seeing Maria Tallchief, but thought the dancers were too young to be channeling her... Peter Anastos was thanked in the program, by the way.
  2. When I was young, I was just aghast at the thought of such a company... until I finally saw a live performance... [Of course, this was back in the Dark Ages as I tend to think of the world pre-YouTube... ] Today's youth have so much more at their fingertips. As familiar as these artists may be on the flat screen, to see them live has it's own enchantment...(after all, in such a case Wei Bling Bling might indeed be batting her prodigious eyelashes directly at you!) Some of the gags amusing to the casual balletomane ring as inside jokes for dancers familiar with the demands of the choreography the Ballerinas are so aptly referencing. No novice has ever attempted cygnets without knowing just what these birds are getting at. In Swan Lake, they all wear Tiaras, but none can quite compete with Odette's for sheer magnitude. Nina Naananananaananiashvili may have bowed off the stage previously, but never with more charm. Would that every aspiring ballerina would come study the stars of Les Ballets Eloelle, for their charm is transcendent...before long one has suspended disbelief and these are not men in tights but cameos of great personalities of the stage and studio... And where exactly was the limen passed where they ceased to be men and instead enthralled the audience as divas?... . The ballerinas of Ballet Eloelle have located the well... Perhaps to the point of being tipsy... But as a lesson in charm, they are not to be missed. Where comedians of the non dance world's lame attempts at parody fall flat, Ballet Eloelle's goofs crack theirs with the aplomb of the connoisseur. Nina Naanananaananiashvili (Victor Trevino); Wendy Raven (Ari' Mayzick); Cookie Crum (Oswaldo Muniz); Sylvie Gruyere (Jace Coronado); Alina Coakvilvilduju (Jonathan Mendez); Wei Bling Bling (Wilson Li); Marianella Mororlas (Walter Battistini) and Tamara Chilirojo (Alexis O'Farrill) brought new life to the classics... (if one takes the program credits as word).
  3. Who will control Fille now? The Ashton Trust?
  4. I am happy to report that the programs have found a home... But i think this thread may help others in a similar situstion.
  5. Didn't Ashton give him the rights to Fille because he made such a wonderful Alain? I see no mention of it in his wikipedia entry.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grant_(dancer) ) I feel the wonderful Fille performances i saw at Boston Ballet and the Paris Opera were so because of Mr. Grant's gift for restaging. Thank you Alexander Grant for inspiring so many smiles.
  6. Yes, it seems some smaller performing arts library, college library or ? I wouldn't want the bother of selling them , just the ease to my conscience about tossing them. In Cynthia Gregory's gala program, apparently she choreographed a solo for another dancer. There were some nice Joffrey photos in their program. I wonder if some place in Chicago might not be a good home.
  7. A friend just passed on to me several old Lincoln Center programs from another late friend's estate.... Joffrey at the State Theater (1985), Bejart at City Center (1985) NYCB (1978)(1981)(1982) (1986) (1995) (1997) ABT (1976 at the Uris)(1984) (1985-Cynthia Gregory's 20th Anniversary Gala) Royal Danish Ballet (1979) After enjoying paging through them and seeing familiar names and faces and how young they all looked... I really have no use for them. I keep programs of performances I've been to myself, but not if I never saw the performance. Is there a good home for old programs? I can't but imagine NYPL has more than enough of these... I can't quite bring myself to toss them out. Any advice?
  8. Thanks for sharing! The Apollo footage was incredible!
  9. I am selfishly sad to hear of this transition, but wish Mr. Villella only the best of everything and surely trust his judgement. I'm thinking it is good thing that they are due back in Paris a year later as it will marshall the forces behind whomever his successor is.... It will help to have the excitement of Paris to buoy the troupe through the transition.
  10. I sort of enjoyed Rothbart's "Go on, Get out of Town!" reaction to to Siegfried's earnest attempts to swear eternal love to Odile, but more the most part I was just dumbfounded by the whole production. It reminded me of when post modern Hollywood takes on a classic adventure legend and can't help poking fun at itself in the process. Truly the strangest production ever (although i never Vasiliev's Odile-less production).
  11. Bocaballerina... Do you think Lifeforms is a good method of preserving the qualities of the interpretations or simply a good shorthand for recording the steps? I rather thought the steps to the choreographies were not in danger of being forgotten but rather the particular qualities of appropriate interpretation that come from skilled coaching... Would be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
  12. Not sure I would discount those two too much.... Besides been co AD for PNB, doesn't Francia Russell set pieces for the Trust? . - Setting Balanchine on Het Nataionale
  13. Am I remembering rightly that there was another Ballet Russe version with the same costumes and music? Done in Australia? It seems so strange to me that anyone would consider using the same costumes, set and music without the same choreography... maybe the same music, but the same costumes & set? (Or am I, once again, mixed up with some other Ballets Russes curiosity).
  14. Thank you Mel, you always come in with the most useful arcane information!
  15. Glad to see you were alarmed too,Vagansmom! I may do just that Sandik. Will reportback if I find out.
  16. What?? I started this thread because there was nothing listed in the brochure I received! Maybe they added the dance in later on-line? This is wild! Thank you for the good news! I checked on-line and sure enough... very glad to see it. Still a mystery of why it wasn't publicized in the mailing. I wonder if the agent that organizes these college tour was late finalizing negotiations for UConn... (I can't remember the name, seems to me there was an organization originally from Philadelphia, later from Michigan that seemed to organize dance series for college presenting organizations... perhaps someone knows who I'm referring to and can supply the name?) It seems very odd to leave a whole genre out of the season brochure.
  17. Rather confusing.... Here I thought the Hornpipe was a sailor dance and never realized it was meant to be a solo... And It sounds like "fancy dancing" was some sort of trained theatrical dancing by unprofessionals?
  18. University of Connecticut has no dance department, but has presented dance every year since 1996, I believe... Before that I would not know. It seems unlikely that colleges with dance departments eliminated dance from the performing arts presented, but what about other universities like UConn that have no dance program. What about University of Pennsylvania, say? No... Danoce is still presented there. What would be a university in the same class as UConn? Large state university with no dance department?
  19. Very interesting sites... And, Wow, I had no idea Muybridge's personal life was such a soap opera! Wish they had chosen to animate the "fancy dancer". I didn't realize Isadora had precursors besides Loie Fuller, but then she seems to have been a master of self promotion... Wonder how she would have used Youtube....though I suspect she would blended in with current lifestyles and been less notable.
  20. Looking for Belle Epoque images of dance lately, in the last 24 hours two images caught my attention: http://www.thursdaysantiques.com/images/photos/photogalley/enlarged/prints/BelleEpoqueAntiquePrintDetail3Dancer.jpg From this website: http://www.thursdaysantiques.com/categories/prints.html And the "fancy dancer" photograph here (look to bottom of page) http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/degas/#photos=gallery_%252Fgallery.html%253FLgalleryHandleId%253D487 Fairly ignorant on such things, I wondered what was Belle Epoque in the first image as it seemed to depict Empire era dance... Is it the artist's style? Or a misnomer? Or is it inspired by a Belle Epoque "fancy dancer" like the one in the photograph? I thought the way the dancer balanced her weight on her feet looked more like images from an earlier era rhan depictions of women by Belle Epoque artists. I've never quite understood what a "fancy dancer" was... Looks like a marvelous exhibit coming up at the Royal Academy.
  21. I was sadly surprised to discover the performing arts center on the University of Connectucut campus is presenting no dance in it's 2011-2012 season except for Connecticut Ballet's Nutcracker. In the past we've gotten standard college tour fare: one night stand Russians, AspenSsanta Fe, Complexions, Graham, Parsons, Taylor, Tharp, Philobolus, etc... Or so it has been for the past dozen or so years since I've lived here... I've been impressed by how the Jorgensrn would get generally better quality than plays the broadway road house called The Bushnell in Hartford. The Jorgensen leaves a lot to be desired (don't epect to see the dancers feet or anything below the knees if you sit in the orchestra) (and no fly space for sets) but the programming has been very good (just sit on the risers for a good view of the performance). The brochures tended to do things like sell Swan Lake with pictures of The Shades from Bayadere... But still... The absence of dance from the programming this year shocked me. Is this a trend in college arts presenting across the country or a unique benefit of living under the culteral influence of the University of Connecricut? Please tell me it is a fluke and not a sign of things to come...
  22. I has a friend, now passed, who was sure Dana Afams could read a dance score... He was a stage manager, and my memory fails now on the details of his amevdote, but from the day I heard hs syoru, I have always wondered if it culd have been true that Diana Adams could read some form of dance notation... It is unusul in a ballerina of any generation and was certainly unusul for her generation. Selfisuly, I hope your book answers that mystery for me...
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