dirac Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 An obituary for dancer Johaar Mosaval. Quote Mr. Mosaval (pronounced MO-sah-val) was a magnetic performer whose solo roles — and the pyrotechnics he brought to them — were praised by critics and beloved by audiences for the many years he performed in England. A diminutive man, he was the prankster Puck in “The Dream,” Frederick Ashton’s one-act ballet drawn from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; the puppet Petrushka in Michel Fokine’s ballet of the same name, set to music by Igor Stravinsky; and the Blue Bird in “The Sleeping Beauty,” with music by Tchaikovsky. Link to comment
dirac Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 The National Ballet of China presents "The Red Detachment of Women." Quote The ballet creatively combines Western ballet skills with expression methods of Chinese folk dances and perfectly integrates Chinese and Western cultures in ballet. Since its premiere in 1964, The Red Detachment of Women has been performed more than 4,000 times and invited to at least 20 countries, including the United States, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy. The image of Chinese women soldiers wearing military caps and toe-pointed shoes has become a classic symbol of Chinese ballet, and people even consider that the ballet is entirely comparable to Swan Lake. Link to comment
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