The most hotly anticipated new #ballet of the year premieres this week in OC! Stay tuned to #FirebirdReawakened... http://t.co/eXarJyd3
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
Who danced the VERY FIRST #Firebird opposite the choreographer Michel Fokine? #FirebirdReawakened http://t.co/k3gng3Es
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
#Fokine like many others had fallen under the spell of the bewitching San Franciscan, #IsadoraDuncan. #FirebirdReawakened
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
Unknown composer named #Stravinsky unleashed a bold new cacophony & music world never recovered #FirebirdReawakened http://t.co/Nb2a8L9P
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
#Firebird broke ground in its portrayal of female sexuality, its bold music, & creation of a mythical "Russian" identity #FirebirdReawakened
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 28, 2012
Ratmansky #Firebird has no more fitting home than @ABTBallet, whose 1st choreographers incl. Fokine, Massine & Nijinska #FirebirdReawakened
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 28, 2012
Fokine said he made #Firebird jumps "highly technical" but w/o usual embellishments, turnout or preparation. Whoa! #FirebirdReawakened
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
#Ratmansky chose three #ballerinas with HUGE jumps but all so different: Osipova, Copeland, Boylston. Expect fireworks. #FirebirdReawakened
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
Natalia Osipova calls #Firebird character "b*tchy". #FirebirdReawakened going to be better than Real Housewives. http://t.co/dYI8PsAG
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 26, 2012
Béjart portrayed #FirebirdReawakened as revolutionary leader who sacrifices himself for his comrades, then is reborn http://t.co/AZ5MaURE
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 28, 2012
Balanchine & Robbins #FirebirdReawakened boasted Chagall designs & (unfortunately) cuddly Sesame Street-like monsters http://t.co/LqyJg5KK
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 28, 2012
@ENBallet #FirebirdReawakened “sexy, mutant superheroine” apparently upstaged by her costume http://t.co/96Ommimu
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 28, 2012
Are Osipova/ Copeland/ Boylston up to current gold standard for #FirebirdReawakened dancing? We mean Diana Vishneva. http://t.co/qD2vHmum
— Ballet to the People (@Carla_Escoda) March 28, 2012
Love this! The last ballet I ever danced in was Firebird at Pacific NW Ballet. I was one of the “monsters” in a fabulous sea-green unitard. I believe Ariana Lallone played the Firebird and was wonderful.
Also, my mother, who used to see the Ballet Russe whenever she could, actually saw Ms. Karsavina perform!
Wow! Do you have a photo of yourself as a monster?
Do you know Ratmansky has done away with the monsters altogether? He uses the maidens, who behave like drugged monsters at the beck and call of the evil Kaschei. The choreography for the maidens goes from being sweetly pathetic to psychopathic – very scary, but I suppose a representation of how cult leaders can brainwash their captive followers. It’s really a profound psychological innovation in the choreography, and he uses the music brilliantly. Watching the maidens, I was in awe at how they could count the music – it seems so challenging, especially as there is so much unison dancing.