dirac Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 A review of American Ballet Theatre by Mary Cargill for danceviewtimes. Quote The most splendid piece of the evening was Balanchine's "Theme and Variations", one of the Russian-trained choreographer’s most elegant explorations of Petipa's ideas, set to the music by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky. It is grand, formal, hierarchical, and full of old world courtesy. As the anonymous princess, Devon Teuscher danced with a luminous majesty, showing the arc of emotions without extraneous dramatics. In the quiet moment when the corps consoles her, she was not playing Odette, she was the abstract embodiment of Odette's isolation. Teuscher's dancing was clear and pristine, her upper body luscious and her petite allegro exhilarating. She danced as if she had been born wearing a tiara. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 A review of Australian Ballet by Alison Flett for InReview. Quote But there are also moments so delicate and intimate that they require a quieter attention. Sharni Spencer’s “Variation de Raymonde”, for example, is performed with exquisite grace, her bourrées as ethereal as gossamer, her arm movements as glitteringly fluid as liquid gold. And as Raymonda’s fiancé Jean de Brienne, Chengwu Guo inhabits the music with characteristic precision, every cabriole beat-perfect, every landing flawless. Link to comment
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