Our own Yuriko Kajiya along with Connor Walsh will premiere the new Giselle at Houston Ballet tonight. What a wonderful clip this is. How lucky the city of Houston is to have these great artists perform in the greatest ballet of all time.
ballet blog with occasional diversions
Our own Yuriko Kajiya along with Connor Walsh will premiere the new Giselle at Houston Ballet tonight. What a wonderful clip this is. How lucky the city of Houston is to have these great artists perform in the greatest ballet of all time.
8 responses to “observations 6-9”
I have tickets to see the Kajiya/Walsh cast next weekend. I can hardly wait!
I have tickets to see the Kajiya/Walsh cast next weekend. I can hardly wait!
You will be rewarded.
You will be rewarded.
“Picture a fluttering leaf as it drifts and shifts, carried by a breeze.
That is the rarified air that ballerina Yuriko Kajiya brings to Stanton Welch’s nuanced new “Giselle.”
During Thursday’s premiere, all sorts of things floated: fog, miles of featherweight tulle but, most especially, Kajiya. “
And this:
“Kajiya balanced a fragile temperament with an explosive inner burn; she can float one second and shift course with startling, quicksilver speed the next. Connor Walsh, a playfully shallow Albrecht in Act I, brought mature eloquence to Act II, when he translated his character’s heavy heart into dazzling footwork, including tour-de-force entrechats. He partnered Kajiya with a strength and fluidity that made their kindred spirits palpable.”
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Houston-Ballet-s-Giselle-a-heartbeat-in-motion-8053645.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoRMjExNzcwOTg5MTcwNTc5NjMyGmNhZTcyMTQ3MDEwOTE4MTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFMV2oh0Sp-Mx6kQ3U2z1gJZICONw
[You have to access the article via Google in order to avoid the paywall.]
“Picture a fluttering leaf as it drifts and shifts, carried by a breeze.
That is the rarified air that ballerina Yuriko Kajiya brings to Stanton Welch’s nuanced new “Giselle.”
During Thursday’s premiere, all sorts of things floated: fog, miles of featherweight tulle but, most especially, Kajiya. “
And this:
“Kajiya balanced a fragile temperament with an explosive inner burn; she can float one second and shift course with startling, quicksilver speed the next. Connor Walsh, a playfully shallow Albrecht in Act I, brought mature eloquence to Act II, when he translated his character’s heavy heart into dazzling footwork, including tour-de-force entrechats. He partnered Kajiya with a strength and fluidity that made their kindred spirits palpable.”
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Houston-Ballet-s-Giselle-a-heartbeat-in-motion-8053645.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoRMjExNzcwOTg5MTcwNTc5NjMyGmNhZTcyMTQ3MDEwOTE4MTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFMV2oh0Sp-Mx6kQ3U2z1gJZICONw
[You have to access the article via Google in order to avoid the paywall.]
And tonight Jared takes on the role of Albrecht opposite Sara Webb:
And tonight Jared takes on the role of Albrecht opposite Sara Webb:
