dirac Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 A review of the Central School of Ballet’s Summer Showcase by Deborah Weiss for Bachtrack. Quote The first years, alongside third year student and soloist, Shiori Akimoto, made an impression in excerpts from Raymonda. Sensibly, the choreography had been modified to be within their capabilities – single tours en l'air instead of doubles, changements battus instead of entrechats six and so on. This is a good compromise as they learn the original work of a master choreographer and are able to perform it accurately. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 An essay on "Rubies" by Dilara O'Neil in The New York Review of Books. Quote The arabesque penché is central to Rubies, executed over and over by the corps and the principals. Balanchine taught his dancers to open the hip of their outstretched legs, instead of squaring both hips forward, in order to lengthen the extension. The gesture became bolder and more aerodynamic in his choreography; his method changed how dancers could move. As Joan Acocella once wrote, “The better the dancer’s first arabesque penché—the more exact, the more spirited, the more singing its line—the more he or she will embody the promise of the ancient Greeks, lasting at least up to Keats, that beauty, truth, and virtue are inseparable, that we live in a good world.” Link to comment
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