Ashton's Sylvia, Balanchine's Don Quixote

[Farrell Fan]

I haven't seen a link here. It's in the current issue, July 25. Here's a quote:

"The revival of 'Sylvia' will not alter our idea of who Ashton was as an artist. The lovely things he did in it he had done before, and would do again. That is not the case with Balanchine's 'Don Quixote.' 'Don Quixote' has been called a 'problem' ballet. What this means, as with Shakespeare's 'problem' plays, is that the work in question does not conform to our idea of that artist."

[Leigh Witchel]

It's also discussed (under camouflage) here:

http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.p...topic=20161&hl=

I've read the entire article, which is beautifully written even though I do not agree with some of Acocella's conclusions at all.

[dirac]

Farrell Fan, it was in the July 18 Links, just for the record. Thanks for the notice, anyway -- it might have been missed.