Funny Face Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 The Tomboy Cowgirl from "Rodeo." No tutus or tiaras, please. This role would be 7th heaven for someone who grew up with six boys and likes her ballet tempered by high stepping fun. And gosh, this will be one night this hyperextended dancer won't have to worry about keeping her heels together. Giddyup! Link to comment
Watermill Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Not really into cross-dressing, but can't pass this chance up: The Cygnets...yes, all four...cuz I'm gonna have the Lion King puppeteers make the other three and connect them to my limbs so we'll be totally in unison. Of course, I'll need to get up on pointe and then there's all that boring dancing stuff, but what an entrance! Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 I think I'll come as the roi soleil -- if I can find my sunburst wig -- i know it's around here somewhere..... Link to comment
dido Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Ooh, I want to come as the Ballerina from Petrushka, and wear the exact same costume as the picture of Karsavina. Can I have her eyes too? Link to comment
BW Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Little Red Riding Hood from Balanchine's Sleeping Beauty. :grinning: Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 And while my hand is playing Thing in Napoli, the rest of me will play the Pasha in Le Corsaire. You don't really need two hands for that. So here, I'm volunteering to look DOWN the cleavages of ladies' costumes and leering a lot and trying to make the toes of my slippers uncurl. Link to comment
JaneD Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 This is Hallowe'en, so either one of the punks from Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, or one of the Royal party-goers from AMP's Swan Lake - specifically the one with the long red heir worn down when everyone else's was up, in a short dress when everyone else wore long, and who behaved "inappropriately" with any and all male staff and guests. That role always reminded me of someone ..... Jane Link to comment
perky Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 I'll go as Petipa's Esmeralda............now I just have to find a goat! Link to comment
Tancos Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 The Bronze Idol, perhaps, for the sake of the costume -- this is assuming I can exchange my current body for something a bit more svelte. If I had to pick something appropriate to my age and ability (bleah), then either Dr. Coppelius or the Baron de Zabrus (from "The Gilded Bat"). Link to comment
BW Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 LOL! Tancos, don't worry - this is fantasy land! Hmm, maybe I should renege on my Little Red Riding Hood and go for Titania in Ashton's Dream? B) Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Gosh this stacking up as some party. We could use a really good doorman, tho. Something in the nature of a balletic version of that butler in "Rocky Horror Picture Show"? Link to comment
Alexandra Posted October 30, 2003 Author Share Posted October 30, 2003 Oh, I've hired Von Rothbart and Golfo (from Napoli) to be the doormen. Great ideas, everyone -- last time we did it, as I remember it, nearly everyone wanted to be Swamp Thing (from ABT's Swan Lake). It was THE costume of the year. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 You know, I hear Siegfried's place is free but it's a bit overdone. Where will the party be held? Link to comment
Alexandra Posted October 30, 2003 Author Share Posted October 30, 2003 Carabosse said we could all come over to her place, but we'd have to find it. Golfo looked at the floor and fidgeted, so I guess the Blue Grotto is out. Dracula seemed a bit over-eager. Maybe we should be post-postmodern and have it backstage, with the whole backstage area exposed and lots of harsh lighting? BTW, I got an urgent email from Death in "La Valse" reminding me that I'd promised him he could be a doorman this year. Apologies. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Although I did hear a rumor that the Old Met might be willing to make a one-night-only comeback as a venue... Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Yo, Thing, save me a dance... you too, Carabosse! Link to comment
Hans Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Maybe we could convince King Florestan to open his ballroom for us...just as long as Catalabutte has absolutely nothing to do with the guest list. And wouldn't it be great if we could get some servants from La Bayadère to do the catering? Yummy Indian food Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Watch out for the snakes in the centerpieces, tho... :rolleyes: Link to comment
LMCtech Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 I'll come as The Siren from Prodigal Son. She's got the best hat. I will need a Prodigal Son though. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 That's it, someone has to come as Serge Lifar... Link to comment
dirac Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Apart from being the wrong sex, I'm not pretty enough to come as Lifar. However, if dido can have Karsavina's eyes as the Firebird, I shall appropriate Fonteyn's entire body and come as the Firebird, too. Link to comment
Lovebird Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 I will come as the Fourth Movement girl from Western Symphony, the one with the huge Karinska hat. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted October 31, 2003 Author Share Posted October 31, 2003 I'm especially pleased to see that hats are making a come back -- we may be starting a trend! Link to comment
Anna NYC Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 (edited) I'd be Allegra Kent in "Faun," arriving at the party sometime in the Afternoon (tee hee), then change to Muenier's 4th movement of Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, and/or Tzigane by early evening, as the sun begins to set in bright crimson and purples, then at nearly midnight, under a summer night's stars, a sampling of waltzing, et al., in Diana's Liebeslieder, just before becoming Suzanne's Diamonds... Don't set the morning alarm. Ever. (The above, of course, accompanied by the romantic, true, passionate partner(s) of my choice...) Edited October 31, 2003 by Anna NYC Link to comment
Recommended Posts