Sylvie
On Friday 7 April I met up with son Alun with partner Trudy, and friends Richard and Maria to see my favourite ballerina, Sylvie Guillem dancing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (choreography Sir Kenneth MacMillan, mysic Sergei Prokoviev) with the Royal Ballet in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Sylvie joined the Royal Ballet as a Principal Guest Artist in 1989 and since then I have seen her dance in some 15 roles in London and in Paris.
Sylvie Guillem as Juliet dancing with Romeo in the mask ball
It appears that this may be one of her final performances dancing in a full-length classical ballet as she has no sheduled appearances at the moment in anything other than contemporary works. It is fitting then that she completed the season with a stunning performance with house-shaking curtains calls and a flower throw which lasted well after the house lights had gone up.
Sylvie Guillem as Juliet dancing with Romeo in the mask ball
It appears that this may be one of her final performances dancing in a full-length classical ballet as she has no sheduled appearances at the moment in anything other than contemporary works. It is fitting then that she completed the season with a stunning performance with house-shaking curtains calls and a flower throw which lasted well after the house lights had gone up.
posted by Maalie at 2:02 pm
3 Comments:
what can be said? the classical roles are certainly the best.
I have seen Broken Fall 3 times and it is enough.. As one person said "too gymnastic". I admire Sylvies strength and ability to do the modern roles but really the Manons and R&Js are for me too
never seen one! well you should buy a ticket and go see. Like anything the worlds bet are the best to see but I am sure there are plenty of wonderful dance companies in good ol' USA! I danced for 10 years (or there abouts). And I have made some great friends as a result too!
ciao!
Well, elisa i have not danced for 30 years! that was long ago, But i still enjoy to watch quality dance.
In dance you cannot afford to be 'conservative", and I see by your blog that there would be a clash, or a lack of comfort in some areas. So if you are not comfortable dancing on your own, get hubby involved...
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