dirac Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 La Scala presents the first Gala Fracci. Quote Fracci’s partnership with Rudolf Nureyev, who created several ballets for La Scala, was widely celebrated. His Nutcracker (that Carla, as she often recalled, only just back from maternity leave, was challenged to learn in only five days before the premiere) was finely represented by the corps de ballet in the intricate Waltz of the Flowers and by the principal dancers Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko who executed all the tricky balances of the Grand pas de deux with regal assuredness. The Sleeping Beauty (that Nureyev created in 1966) was remembered through the Rose Adagio performed by Agnese di Clemente with Gabriele Corrado, Christian Fagetti, Edoardo Caporaletti and Mattia Semperboni, while Romeo and Juliet signed for La Scala in 1978 by Nureyev, and performed by Fracci with Margot Fonteyn as Lady Capulet, was evoked by its idiosyncratic Balcony Scene, frantic more than exquisitely passionate, but danced with intensity by Marco Agostino and Vittoria Valerio. Link to comment
dirac Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Misty Copeland should be American Ballet Theatre's next artistic director, opines Sarah L. Kaufman in The Washington Post. Quote Yet as ABT’s director, Copeland would also have the capacity to materially enrich her art. It’s fair to say no ballet dancer can match her celebrity and glamour, which bodes well for the essential task any artistic director faces: fundraising. It’s a major thrust for ABT, which has 84 dancers and an operating budget of $42 million. Copeland possesses matchless sizzle factor, a significant plus as ABT seeks to catch the public eye again after the years it lost to the pandemic. Link to comment
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