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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This Gala from Prague, is a MUST HAVE for ballet lovers. I only found out about it because I'm a fan of Polina Semionova and saw it under her name. She appears in the first item only but that is so stunning that I didn't feel at all disappointed. She was dancing an excerpt from Manon with Igor Zelensky. She says this is her favourite ballet.
The other items were lovely too, all preceded by brief introductions from the dancers: 'Wie lange nog', with Natalia Hoffmann and Altin Kaftira, who also dance 'Who cares?' later in the program. Delphine Baey dances 'Memoire', and Maria Alexandrova (with Sergei Filine) dance an excerpt from 'La Fille de Pharaon'. Two longer items were the Grand Pas de Deux 'from Sleeping Beauty' (Oksana Kutcheruk and Roman Mikhalev, 11:11 minutes) and the Moor's Pavan (20:50), Othello's murder of Desdemona, danced by Charles Jude and three others, to music of Purcel. It was possibly the highlight of the mixed bill, controlled, gentle and yet very tense, in the buildup of the impending tragedy.
I say 'possibly' because two choreographed songs of Jacques Brel, 'Amsterdam', and 'Les Bourgeois' stole the show for me. The 18 y.o. Daniil Simkin's performance, coming after that of his dad was breathtaking... Where Amsterdam was strong and virile, 'rough' and even 'raw' (as befits the song) Daniil's performance was so agile and light, funny and accomplished that it completely took my breath away. I'm still struggling to get it back... actually I'm not sure I really want it back... I want more of the same.
The other items were lovely too, all preceded by brief introductions from the dancers: 'Wie lange nog', with Natalia Hoffmann and Altin Kaftira, who also dance 'Who cares?' later in the program. Delphine Baey dances 'Memoire', and Maria Alexandrova (with Sergei Filine) dance an excerpt from 'La Fille de Pharaon'. Two longer items were the Grand Pas de Deux 'from Sleeping Beauty' (Oksana Kutcheruk and Roman Mikhalev, 11:11 minutes) and the Moor's Pavan (20:50), Othello's murder of Desdemona, danced by Charles Jude and three others, to music of Purcel. It was possibly the highlight of the mixed bill, controlled, gentle and yet very tense, in the buildup of the impending tragedy.
I say 'possibly' because two choreographed songs of Jacques Brel, 'Amsterdam', and 'Les Bourgeois' stole the show for me. The 18 y.o. Daniil Simkin's performance, coming after that of his dad was breathtaking... Where Amsterdam was strong and virile, 'rough' and even 'raw' (as befits the song) Daniil's performance was so agile and light, funny and accomplished that it completely took my breath away. I'm still struggling to get it back... actually I'm not sure I really want it back... I want more of the same.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is worth getting because of 2 great performances of 2 great stars.The Manon pas de deux danced magnificently by Polina Semionova and Igor Zelensky and the solo Amsterdam danced by Daniil Simkin.I dont think you will ever see the Manon pas de deux danced better ever by anyone.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
THIS WAS ON THE ARTS sic. CHANNEL THE CLASSIC BALLET PIECES WERE GOOD BUT THE MALE DUETS WERE NOT AT ALL PLEASING TO THE EYE AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MISSED IF DELETED, AN OVERLONG PIECE WITH PURCELLS MUSIC WAS ALSO SUPERFLUOUS TO THE PERFORMANCE, I HAD PLANNED TO BUY THIS BUT ITS NOT GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY SO I WON'T BOTHER.THE GERSHWIN WAS EXCELLENT AND A REPEAT OF BARASHNIKOVS COMPLETE VERSION OF THIS WOULD BE WELLCOME.
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