Mme. Hermine Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEyNcdhFcY Link to comment
abatt Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Thanks for posting that video. Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Wonderful video. Mme Danilova looks so regal. Ah, the great 80's with its shameless excesses of shoulder pads, sequined dresses and big hair! How nice when people were not afraid of the "more, please, more!" motto... Now, is that SL choreo the one used by B. in his one act staging...? I notice slightly changes in some steps here and there. And who's that pretty boy partnering Kirstler...? Link to comment
rg Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 i believe this is the 'after Ivanov' staging Danilova did for SAB when Kirstler did this pas at the S.A.B. workshop her 'graduation' year. the partner is Robert Lyon. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 why does the white haired man behind her look familiar? Link to comment
rg Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 probably Lewis Ufland, her former manager, mentioned in the last graf of the obituary run in The New York Times. Link to comment
bart Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Jerome Robbins' homage was very well done. His gentle, carefully modulated tone is surprising considering his reputation for sarcasm and rage, currently the topic of another thread. Jacques d'Amboise was charming and funny. I was looking forward to the chance to see Kistler's Odette one more time. I'm puzzled by this performance. It seemed rote, even slightly mechanical. I'm hoping my eyes deceived me on this, because I have glowing memories of a very different Darci onstage. Link to comment
atm711 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Jerome Robbins' homage was very well done. His gentle, carefully modulated tone is surprising considering his reputation for sarcasm and rage, currently the topic of another thread. Jacques d'Amboise was charming and funny. I was looking forward to the chance to see Kistler's Odette one more time. I'm puzzled by this performance. It seemed rote, even slightly mechanical. I'm hoping my eyes deceived me on this, because I have glowing memories of a very different Darci onstage. If anything, Danilova's Odette had lots of 'soul'--which was sadly lacking in this performance.---but my sympathies to any b allerina who has to perform this PDD with Danilova watching---really liked Robert Lyon (why is he not familiar to me??) Link to comment
carbro Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 ...[R]eally liked Robert Lyon (why is he not familiar to me??) He was in NYCB for only 5-6 years, if my memory is accurate, and while he had started getting roles, he never advanced out of the corps. A shame, because as he shows here, he was a valuable partner. I add my to Mme H for posting this wonderful segment. Link to comment
rg Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Lyon left the co. of his own accord and went to Columbia University, i believe, for a while, then, i'm not sure what he chose to do. Link to comment
canbelto Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Danilova looks so regal and beautiful even in old age. Amazing. Every inch the star. Link to comment
Amy Reusch Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Love the opening of the video!!! Link to comment
rg Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 f.y.i. the Winter 2012-2013 School of American Ballet News -mailed out by S.A.B. and possibly distributed on the premises? has an interview with Robert Lyon on p. 5: Interview with SAB Alumnus Robert Lyon. His current job is "segment produce for "The Rachel Maddow Show." Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Thanks, rg! Now that's interesting! Link to comment
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