agnes Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Has anyone watched any of the performances by this recently formed company? What do you think about the female dancers' technical virtuosity and expressivity? Link to comment
Dale Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 agnes, there's been several threads on the new Los Angeles Ballet in our "other American companies" section. I'm sure you'll enjoy reading what everybody thought: http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showforum=61 Link to comment
dcportrait Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hi Agnes - Hoping it's allowed (I didn't see anything against it in Rules & Policies), I will include a couple of links to critics' reviews of the past Balanchine performances. There are several references to technique & virtuosity. This, combined with the Los Angeles Ballet "section" pointed out by Dale, might give you a broader view. LA Ballet review From the LA Times (5/26): LA Times review Link to comment
agnes Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thank you Dale and dcportrait. It's heartening to read positive reviews of a fledgling/re-grouped company. I have a teacher who danced for LAB back in the eighties, before the company closed. It might be worth my money to watch next season's performances, although for a regional company performing in smaller city auditoriums, their admission fees were at par with ABT's. Not necessarily a good thing IMHO if they are trying to promote more active patronage of classical arts performance in a city that isn't necessarily classically-arts inclined. Link to comment
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