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Good to hear your individual opinions on the recent performances of MCB's Giselle. Did anyone attend the Sunday matinee in West Palm? I thought both Acts were well danced.  Thoughts?

So no luck on finding the names?

Hi sorry still new at this so I think I posted in correctly. Anyway, my question remains. Do you know the names of the dancers who performed the Grand Pas ? I may have been there for that performance.

Thank you

Did you ever find out the names of the Sugarplum and Cavalier from that performance or do you still have your program from that show? I wonder if that was the show I attended. Thanks. I'm interested.

Ah...what a wonderful performance. I still get amused by the evolutions of the children in Act I. Like the way little Clara plays a very proper hostess role by taking great care at gathering her friends' capes just to quickly pass them to the maids. It occurs to me that this is probably what Balanchine was used to as a kid while growing up in czarist Russia. Every time I see Act I and feel its wonderful vintage Christmas feeling, I feel nostalgic for a time that has gone by...when things were simpler, less electronic but probably more family oriented. I wonder if this type of celebrations are still somehow in vogue here in America. I just came back from a 5 days returning trip to Cuba, and I saw there's still no Christmas celebration there. Such a shame.

From Act II I paid more attention tonight to the Salome-like Arabian dance. Oh...Balanchine's version certainly gives one a brake from the controrsionists of the world usual display in this divertissement. Flowers were amazing, with a great leading Dewdrop danced by Leigh Ann Esty. Zoe Zien was scheduled to dance it, and I was really looking forward to it, but Esty made up for it big time. Another highlight of the night was the Grand Pas. I don't have the names of the dancers-(some new debutantes)-but as soon as I retrieve my programme from my car I will add them here.

House was packed, and people were cheering.

In Houston Ballet II, are all of the dancers that are accepted given full-scholarship or only some of them?? Are students accepted into Houston Ballet II also given full-scholarships to their SI too?