Last August, Stella Abrera and Gennadi Saveliev performed the Bedroom PdD from Le Corsaire at the grand opening of The Tarkington Theater at The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana. The theater is named after author Booth Tarkington who happens to have been one of Haglund's relatives.
This is a stunning debut for Stella, who in this clip creates Julie Kent-like lines and elegance from the first note to the last.
The theater is small and not able to accommodate large horizontal movement, but the dancers managed to compact the PdD without making the movements look too small. The video and audio of this clip are really out of sync but all-in-all a lovely, lovely debut for Stella and a super partnering job by Gennadi.
So, instead of seeing this impossibly gorgeous, beautifully classical-in-the-ABT-tradition, and unique dancer in the role of Medora this spring, why do we have to put up with the unclassical, unaesthetic Osipova who of late has been dancing more grossly with her mouth hanging open like she's trying to be a Kardashian? And every time she opens her mouth, she's less than a ringing endorsement for Russian dentistry.
Here are the lovely Stella and gallant Gennadi:
After initially viewing, to replay the clip at the begining of the PdD, either refresh the entire page or return the clip to the 32'55" mark.
16 responses to “Stella & Gennadi in Le Corsaire @ The Tarkington”
So beautiful i could spew 😉
thanks for sharing!
So beautiful i could spew 😉
thanks for sharing!
LOL. Me, too.
LOL. Me, too.
Talk about refined! Stella is exquisite. It’s criminal that she isn’t being promoted and given more principal roles. And she is so secure in Gennadi arms.
Talk about refined! Stella is exquisite. It’s criminal that she isn’t being promoted and given more principal roles. And she is so secure in Gennadi arms.
Criminal it is. McKenzie’s arbitrary casting of the two LEAST EXPERIENCED women soloists in leading principal role after leading principal role while ignoring the uber-talented senior soloists is transparent and capricious.
Yes, Stella is definitely secure with Saveliev. He is a superb partner who has the strength to do it all – unlike ….
Criminal it is. McKenzie’s arbitrary casting of the two LEAST EXPERIENCED women soloists in leading principal role after leading principal role while ignoring the uber-talented senior soloists is transparent and capricious.
Yes, Stella is definitely secure with Saveliev. He is a superb partner who has the strength to do it all – unlike ….
Actually, watching Stella, I can’t help but feel that there’s something seriously out of whack. She is so obviously exquisitely classical, it’s difficult to believe that the AD doesn’t see it. And if he doesn’t, then what about Martine? She was a beautiful dancer. Doesn’t she have something to say about this? And those two LEAST EXPERIENCED soloists are so uninteresting to watch. Without making a direct accusation, it almost makes me think of racism. You can delete or edit this post, Haglund, if you think it inappropriate.
Actually, watching Stella, I can’t help but feel that there’s something seriously out of whack. She is so obviously exquisitely classical, it’s difficult to believe that the AD doesn’t see it. And if he doesn’t, then what about Martine? She was a beautiful dancer. Doesn’t she have something to say about this? And those two LEAST EXPERIENCED soloists are so uninteresting to watch. Without making a direct accusation, it almost makes me think of racism. You can delete or edit this post, Haglund, if you think it inappropriate.
I retract that previous notion. I’d forgotten about the lovely Sarah Lane. It’s just sheer stupidity.
I retract that previous notion. I’d forgotten about the lovely Sarah Lane. It’s just sheer stupidity.
No problem.
No problem.
Watching this once again today, and I find the tenderness and refined beauty in this performance just stunning.
Watching this once again today, and I find the tenderness and refined beauty in this performance just stunning.