Here's the first review of ABT's Romeo and Juliet at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in LA that Haglund has been able to find. Sounds like the kids took the place by storm:
The principals turned the balcony scene, despite its often awkward lifts, into a wondrous spectacle, with Dvorovenko floating on her points and Bolle afire through every spin.
. . . and, it sounds like Stella put some Georgina-Zing into her Lady Capulet while mourning over Tybalt's dead body:
Stella Abrera demonstrated a marvelous abandon in her mourning rant over Tybalt’s body.
Yeh!
8 responses to “ABT – L.A. Review of Bolle & Dvorovenko in Romeo and Juliet”
I’m a total ballet novice: I don’t really know anything about dancing, I go because I love Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev’s glorious scores. So, take the following with a grain of salt.
I had a great time, totally worth it. I sat in the balcony and the orchestra played well, a certain lack of depth in the string tone being understandable due to the reduced string section. I loved how the story played out, and obviously the purely athletic things ballet dancers do are jaw dropping. Robert Bolle was to die for physically and I liked his dancing. The duets with Ms. Dvorovenko were quite compelling. I found the crowd scenes didn’t come across all that well simply because the C’s & M’s all kinda dressed alike. One thing that really impressed me is that the many sword fights were timed to the music, an excellent decision.
I wish I had the money to go back and see David Hallberg but alas.
I’m a total ballet novice: I don’t really know anything about dancing, I go because I love Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev’s glorious scores. So, take the following with a grain of salt.
I had a great time, totally worth it. I sat in the balcony and the orchestra played well, a certain lack of depth in the string tone being understandable due to the reduced string section. I loved how the story played out, and obviously the purely athletic things ballet dancers do are jaw dropping. Robert Bolle was to die for physically and I liked his dancing. The duets with Ms. Dvorovenko were quite compelling. I found the crowd scenes didn’t come across all that well simply because the C’s & M’s all kinda dressed alike. One thing that really impressed me is that the many sword fights were timed to the music, an excellent decision.
I wish I had the money to go back and see David Hallberg but alas.
Henry –
WOW! New York is so jealous that you saw Bolle and Dvorovenko’s third performance of Romeo and Juliet. We flipped out over them here. All the other dancers seemed to bring their games up a level when Bolle was on stage – not that they were slouches in the first place – but everyone tried so much harder.
Sorry you have to miss Hallberg. The company is scheduled to bring Giselle to Orange County the first week of November. Hallberg has just started performing Albrecht this year, and he is remarkable in it. Maybe you will be able to catch his performance in November.
– Haglund
Henry –
WOW! New York is so jealous that you saw Bolle and Dvorovenko’s third performance of Romeo and Juliet. We flipped out over them here. All the other dancers seemed to bring their games up a level when Bolle was on stage – not that they were slouches in the first place – but everyone tried so much harder.
Sorry you have to miss Hallberg. The company is scheduled to bring Giselle to Orange County the first week of November. Hallberg has just started performing Albrecht this year, and he is remarkable in it. Maybe you will be able to catch his performance in November.
– Haglund
Ooooohhhh, that Giselle sounds very interesting, I’ll have to keep on eye out on the casting.
I work for a company that does business with a lawyer who used to dance for the National Ballet of Canada. She was impressed with Roberto Bolle’s performance too, she brought up something that a novice like me missed: when the focus wasn’t on him, he *still* was completely in character. I was so fired up after Thursday’s performance that I told our bookkeeper “You have to take your daughter, you’ll both love it”. They got tickets for the Friday Herrera/Gomes pairing, can’t wait to hear what she thought.
God, I can tell: I’m going to become a ballet fan, to add to my already expensive and time-consuming opera and symphony fandoms. *sigh*
🙂
Ooooohhhh, that Giselle sounds very interesting, I’ll have to keep on eye out on the casting.
I work for a company that does business with a lawyer who used to dance for the National Ballet of Canada. She was impressed with Roberto Bolle’s performance too, she brought up something that a novice like me missed: when the focus wasn’t on him, he *still* was completely in character. I was so fired up after Thursday’s performance that I told our bookkeeper “You have to take your daughter, you’ll both love it”. They got tickets for the Friday Herrera/Gomes pairing, can’t wait to hear what she thought.
God, I can tell: I’m going to become a ballet fan, to add to my already expensive and time-consuming opera and symphony fandoms. *sigh*
🙂
Haglund hates to tell you this, Henry, but when you see Giselle, it could change your life. It is the purest, most beautiful tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and forgiveness that you will ever see on the stage. And each ballerina and danseur plays their roles differently.
Haglund saw 6 of the 8 performances of ABT’s Giselle this past June and truly regrets missing those 2 performances.
It sounds like you could be $eriou$ly hooked.
Haglund hates to tell you this, Henry, but when you see Giselle, it could change your life. It is the purest, most beautiful tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and forgiveness that you will ever see on the stage. And each ballerina and danseur plays their roles differently.
Haglund saw 6 of the 8 performances of ABT’s Giselle this past June and truly regrets missing those 2 performances.
It sounds like you could be $eriou$ly hooked.