bingham Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Isabel Guerin is staging " Other Dances". Is she THE Isabelle Guerin, a famous,now retired,Etoile of Paris Opera Ballet? She did dance Other Dances at POB. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Isabel also did some guest appearances with NYCB many years ago. She danced Other Dances with Damian Woetzel. Since then, I've seen it revived with various casts, including Ferri and Kent. To this day, I have never seen a performance of Other Dances that came close to the magic that Guerin and Damian brought to that ballet. She also did Balanchine's Swan Lake and Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Aria II), during her guest appearances. Link to comment
Dale Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Guerin is married to NYCB's ballet master Jean-Pierre Frolich. Judging from mentions in round-ups of galas or ballet functions, she spends at least some of her time in New York. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 She also danced Terpsichore in the Balanchine Celebration (1993) "Apollo" excerpts, which is on VHS/DVD. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 She also danced Terpsichore in the Balanchine Celebration (1993) "Apollo" excerpts, which is on VHS/DVD. Now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure that she also danced Terpischore during the guest appearances I mentioned. I think Nilas Martins was Apollo. Link to comment
Dale Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 She guested in the Nutcracker and The Concert. I thought she was wonderful in the Robbins. In Swan Lake, she seemed to want to be the cool Balanchine-style dancer. It just didn't sit right with her. Link to comment
FauxPas Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Interesting connection: in the Suzanne Farrell "Elusive Muse" documentary, Isabelle Guerin is filmed during a rehearsal of Balanchine's "Mozartiana" (am I correct?) being coached by none other than Ms. Farrell herself. Farrell is very complimentary telling Guerin that she is going to steal some of her nuances. Link to comment
Dale Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Interesting connection: in the Suzanne Farrell "Elusive Muse" documentary, Isabelle Guerin is filmed during a rehearsal of Balanchine's "Mozartiana" (am I correct?) being coached by none other than Ms. Farrell herself. Farrell is very complimentary telling Guerin that she is going to steal some of her nuances. It was Tzigane that Guerin was dancing. Jaffe did Mozartiana. It is an interesting connection. That's the special thing about ballet, the previous generation coaches the next. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 In "Elusive Muse" I don't think it was Jaffe in "Mozartiana". I think it was a dancer I didn't know before, and that her first name was Christine and she spoke with what I thought was a French accent, which I only remember because her praise sounded so beautiful in that rich, accented voice. Edited to add: I was completely wrong. Marie-Christine Mouls with the beautiful voice danced "Chaconne". Link to comment
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