GISELLE VISITS COLUMBUS
THE WORLD'S MOST ESTEEMED BALLET WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE OHIO THEATRE BY WONDERFUL BALLETMET
I can't wait! She's in the wings(!)and she's gorgeous! She's got the stamina of a long distance runner, the integrity of Joan of Arc, the passion of Emma Bovary, and the lightness of a Cocoa Puff!
She's Giselle, a ballerina/heroine nearly two hundred years old, going on eighteen. The ballet, Giselle, was first performed at the Paris Opera in 1841, even before there were gas lights. The vivacious Carlotta Grisi danced the title role.
As entrusted to Artistic Director Gerard Charles in 2005 by the spirits of the original choreographers, Jean Coralli, 1779-1854, and Jules Perrot, 1810-1892, the choreography is bound to be first rate.
Charles' derived choreography for Cinderella was crystal-slipper
perfect. Not too old, not too new. Not too busy or too flashy, and never dull. It was a champagne and candy kiss evening, and the audience seemed to love it.-
Giselle, the ballet, possesses an eternally glorious score -- peasant dances, love trysts, hunting horns, moonlight and redemption--as composed by Grisi's friend Adolphe Adam, who wrote specifically for the ballet. A few measures of this, a couple of bars of that--bourree and jete there, levitate here. Pause for a forbidden kiss.
With Carrie West and Christine Mangia alternating as the soulful and perky Giselle,--and with Dmitri Suslov and Christian Broomhall as Albrecht, Giselle's flim-flam aristocratic lover,--the dancing should be expressive and of highest quality. (Believe me, our heroine Giselle is no Desperate Housewife.)
Into a disheartening environment of war casualties and Katrina's devastation, Giselle's ageless story continues to beam flashes of beauty and hope. I can't wait.
In Conclusion:
With choreographic works by Stanton Welch, James Orrante, Gerard Charles and Maria Glimscher, Balletmet continues to win kudos
and fellowships in New York and other places. I'm proud of all the BalletMet dancers and I wish them the best.
BalletMet Columbus will present Giselle at the Ohio Theatre September 22-25, 2005. For tickets call 614-229-4848.--Best wishes from Liz.
I can't wait! She's in the wings(!)and she's gorgeous! She's got the stamina of a long distance runner, the integrity of Joan of Arc, the passion of Emma Bovary, and the lightness of a Cocoa Puff!
She's Giselle, a ballerina/heroine nearly two hundred years old, going on eighteen. The ballet, Giselle, was first performed at the Paris Opera in 1841, even before there were gas lights. The vivacious Carlotta Grisi danced the title role.
As entrusted to Artistic Director Gerard Charles in 2005 by the spirits of the original choreographers, Jean Coralli, 1779-1854, and Jules Perrot, 1810-1892, the choreography is bound to be first rate.
Charles' derived choreography for Cinderella was crystal-slipper
perfect. Not too old, not too new. Not too busy or too flashy, and never dull. It was a champagne and candy kiss evening, and the audience seemed to love it.-
Giselle, the ballet, possesses an eternally glorious score -- peasant dances, love trysts, hunting horns, moonlight and redemption--as composed by Grisi's friend Adolphe Adam, who wrote specifically for the ballet. A few measures of this, a couple of bars of that--bourree and jete there, levitate here. Pause for a forbidden kiss.
With Carrie West and Christine Mangia alternating as the soulful and perky Giselle,--and with Dmitri Suslov and Christian Broomhall as Albrecht, Giselle's flim-flam aristocratic lover,--the dancing should be expressive and of highest quality. (Believe me, our heroine Giselle is no Desperate Housewife.)
Into a disheartening environment of war casualties and Katrina's devastation, Giselle's ageless story continues to beam flashes of beauty and hope. I can't wait.
In Conclusion:
With choreographic works by Stanton Welch, James Orrante, Gerard Charles and Maria Glimscher, Balletmet continues to win kudos
and fellowships in New York and other places. I'm proud of all the BalletMet dancers and I wish them the best.
BalletMet Columbus will present Giselle at the Ohio Theatre September 22-25, 2005. For tickets call 614-229-4848.--Best wishes from Liz.
posted by Liz James at 1:25 PM
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