fandeballet Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 If you had your way, what ballet would you want to see your favorite dancer in? Or any dancer!!!!!! My Picks: Acosta- La Bayadere, Manon, Tetley's "Rite of Spring", Spartacus, and Giselle. Herman Cornejo- as Ali and Conrad in Corsaire. Also: Albrecht, Basilio, and just about any Principal Role ABT wants to put him in!!!!!! Marcelo Gomes- Spartacus, Miss Julie, and Manon.
Hans Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Michele Wiles as the Lilac Fairy oh, and as Sugarplum. That would be beautiful. Maria Bystrova in just about any soloist part in the classical repertoire. Elizabeth Gaither as Giselle (I know Washington Ballet doesn't do Giselle, but I can dream ).
zerbinetta Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Acosta: Apollo Fang: La Sylphide H Cornejo: La Sylphide Bouder: Rubies Sylve: Chaconne Part: Lilac Fairy Gomes: Troy Games
cargill Posted July 26, 2005 Posted July 26, 2005 I would love to see Part do the enchanted princess in Fokine's Firebird. That costume is just so lovely, and the music she dances to is even better. And I would love to see her do it with Murphy's Firebird. Hallberg as Apollo. Gomes as anything!
bart Posted August 1, 2005 Posted August 1, 2005 This is one of those good topics that somehow got lost. (I checked and note that a similar thread was on the Board in 2001-02. But -- hey! -- times pass, tastes change, and dancer wish-lists need updating. Question: fandeballet, what about Gomes made you think of Spartacus? Seems like a great idea, but I don't quite know why. I agree with the wish for Gillian Murphy and Firebird -- her intensity, large scale and stage persona seem perfect for this glamourous other-worldly creature. But in the (IMO) far more dramatic and beautiful Balanchine version, please. Just saw Nicolaj Hubbe in a largely- student production of Giselle. He came to the NYCB after we moved away from NYC, so I've not seen him on stage (just a few videos) and don't know much about his rep. But even in those humble (and scaled down) circumstances, he was a lovely, elegant dancer, a moving actor, and an attentive and considerate partner. The smooth flow of step and gesture (to the fingertips and toes) and the ballon reminded me of Mikhail Baryshnikov in similar roles. I'd love to see him do Albrecht with a world-class Giselle -- as well as Siegfried, Sylphides (I usually detest the male in this), Chaconne, Leaves are Fading, Liebeslider Walzer.
Hans Posted August 1, 2005 Posted August 1, 2005 I came up with another one: Michele Jimenez as Odette/Odile. She'd be perfect! And I know these aren't dancers, but I can think of some teachers who would be pretty terrifying in The Lesson.
fandeballet Posted August 5, 2005 Author Posted August 5, 2005 Dear Bart........I have just come around to Marcelo's wondeful interpretive skills, along with his wonderful all-round dancing abilities, over the last two ABT seasons at the MET!!!!! I just would love him to get a chance to do a ballet like Spartacus !!!!!!!!!
Cygnet Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Gomes as anything! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Amen to that! I'd love to see him as SPARTACUS!
Kate B Posted August 7, 2005 Posted August 7, 2005 I would love to see Darcey Bussell dance Pavane again...
ViolinConcerto Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 I would love to see Albert Evans do Theme & Variations. Some of my ballet pals would love to see him do Apollo. I'm not sure about that, he might be too strong (in character) for that, since Apollo has just been born. I wouldn't mind seeing Rasta Thomas do it -- again!!
jllaney Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 I will add my adoration for Gomes as anything!!! His technical abilities are dazzling but it's his understanding of the dramatic intent of every character he dances that really moves me. He was so fabulous in Swan Lake. Gomes as Spartacus or Desire. Putrov as Desire or Oberon or Acteon. Sylve as The Firebird. (just to see her back) Emmanuel Thibault as James. Cornejo as Basil. (Just to see how high he could really jump) Part as the Dieing Swan. (Such long arms) Johan Kobborg and Alessandra Ferri in Le Spectre de la Rose. (ageless beauty dreaming of............_______)
Mashinka Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Maria Alexandrova in Firebird, Raymonda, Scheherazade and Etudes. (would love to see this dancer paired with Carlos Acosta in something) Caroline Cavallo and Thomas Lund in The Dream Yuliana Lopatkina and Igor Kolb in A Month in the Country Laetitia Pujol in La Fille Mal Gardee and The Two Pigeons Emmanuel Thibault as the blue boy in Les Patineurs, In just about anything by Bournonville and with Pujol in Ashton's Rhapsody. Not sure if she will return to the stage, but would love to see Nina Ananiashvili dance Ashton's Chloe and Scenes de Ballet.
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