Here's what the dance critic for the San Francisco Examiner said about the opening night performance of Lady of the Camellias:
Sex sells for a reason. Everyone has it, or wants it. It relates to the ever-unifying theme of love, and all art forms have capitalized on it. Ballet is no exception.
American Ballet Theatre’s “Lady of the Camellias,” a tragic love story based on the same novel that gave birth to “La Traviata,” is full of the heavy-breathing, necking, nuzzling and bodice-ripping passion that great romance is made of, and choreographer John Neumeier doesn’t shy away from the specifics.
The lovers’ choreography is rough yet elegant, swift and sweaty, never crude, yet startlingly sensual.
Read the rest of Lauren Gallagher's review "Zizzling sensuality at American Ballet Theatre" in the San Francisco Examiner.
4 responses to “SF Examiner on Lady of the Camellias ”
Haglund, I really hope you were at Vishneva/Gomes performance tonight! It was beyond extraordinary!
I have been a long-time follower (and fan) of your blog–after every ballet I see, I have to go and check out what you thought, and I’ve found that your thoughts often match mine very closely! Much, much more closely than that He whom shall not be named!
Bravo, bravo for your fine work!
And here is another review I thought you might enjoy:
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=7531
Cheers!
Haglund, I really hope you were at Vishneva/Gomes performance tonight! It was beyond extraordinary!
I have been a long-time follower (and fan) of your blog–after every ballet I see, I have to go and check out what you thought, and I’ve found that your thoughts often match mine very closely! Much, much more closely than that He whom shall not be named!
Bravo, bravo for your fine work!
And here is another review I thought you might enjoy:
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=7531
Cheers!
Hi Batsuchan! Thanks so much.
Yes, I was there tonight. Unbelievable. I was as totally wasted at the end as the dancers must have been.
Hi Batsuchan! Thanks so much.
Yes, I was there tonight. Unbelievable. I was as totally wasted at the end as the dancers must have been.