dirac Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 A review of San Francisco Ballet by Charles Lewis III for 48hills. Quote A funny thing happened during SF Ballet’s opening night of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (through March 23 at the War Memorial Opera House): quite a few people thought the intermission was the ending. In fact, I’m pretty sure a few folks didn’t return from the intermission. After all, the first-half had the cast take their bows after 70 lovely minutes of Balanchine-choreographed beauty, so one would be forgiven for thinking it’s time to go home. Link to comment
dirac Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 A review of the Paris Opera Ballet by Jonathan Gray for Bachtrack. Quote Despite its French name, Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée is a British ballet classic, one of the choreographer’s absolute masterpieces. Created for The Royal Ballet in 1960, but based on a much older, pre-revolutionary French work, Fille is so quintessentially British it comes almost as a shock to see it performed anywhere but in the UK. However, over the years the ballet has proved such a warm-hearted delight that companies around the world are eager to take it into their repertoire. One of them – the Paris Opera Ballet – has just revived Fille at the Palais Garnier, and for those who love Ashton’s ballet, the temptation to see it again, especially as it has not been performed in London for a few years, is too great to resist. Link to comment
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