La Sylphide News

 
Richmond Ballet: What a doll
Richmond Times Dispatch
Story ballets such as "La Sylphide" and "Giselle" summon images of love, often in its tragic variant. "Coppelia" reflects a comedic sensibility. A doll-maker longs to infuse one of his creations with real life. He loves what his hands have made; ...


 
Chicago Tribune
Trocks' parody plus expertise equals delight
Chicago Tribune
The pretentious posing and overall archaic air of "La Sylphide" often seem self-satirizing in traditional performance, antique in sentiment and inflated in self-seriousness. The Trocks, of course, have a field day with a version they call "ChopEniana" ...


 
Southold dancers earn awards
South Bend Tribune
The following ensemble pieces were recognized: "The Reel" from "La Sylphide," choreographed by Southold artistic director Erica Fischbach and Amy Rose; "Acceleration," choreographed by Carlos dos Santo Jr.; "Identity," choreographed by Dawnell Dryja; ...


 
Telegraph.co.uk
Sergei Polunin: the ballet cheek of it
Telegraph.co.uk
Tuesday's resignation was “with immediate effect” and he will dance none of his scheduled debuts: no Oberon; no Romeo; no La Sylphide; no A Month in the Country. This cruelly abrupt departure leaves a lot of disappointed ticket holders (his dates were ...
The Dream becomes a nightmare: Royal Ballet's youngest ever Principal quits a ...Daily Mail
Door left ajar for Royal Ballet star who quitThe Arts Desk

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Dancer showed his inner self
The Australian
... in Jerome Robbins' The Concert, Colas and Widow Simone in Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee, Madge in Erik Bruhn's production of La Sylphide, Romeo and Mercutio in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, and Albrecht in Maina Gielgud's Giselle.

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Dance review: Trivial flaws fail to keep SF Ballet's 'Onegin' from triumphing
San Jose Mercury News
Many moments in the ballet, motifs echo the ballet canon, from "Swan Lake" to "La Sylphide" and even "Apollo." Catching the quotes isn't what matters. What does is how Cranko deepens the meanings of the dance phrases this way and alerts us that he is ...

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ChicagoNow (blog)
Vivien's Travels: 7 amazing spots in Paris for kids
ChicagoNow (blog)
Paris Opera Garnier: During my first experience seeing a La Sylphide at the Paris Opera the summer after college, I promised myself I would come back again when I had a daughter. Years later, I couldn't have been more excited to introduce Vivien to the ...