Boston Ballet’s Boyko Dossev presents his first work with Festival in Sehnsucht (1999), set to Philip Glass. It’s a fast-paced double portrait of passion and longing, with high-drama gestures and partnering. Vilia Putrius and Mindaugas Bauzys accomplish several startling moves, including one when Putrius leaps to sit astride Bauzys’s shoulder, her legs straight down.
The two classical pieces of the evening are set to Prokofiev and Daniel-François-Esprit Auber. The latter is a pas de deux titled Grande Pas Classique (1949), with choreography by Victor Gsovsky; it is designed to highlight the technical strengths of the dancers, not to suggest any emotional narrative. Yves de Bouteiller’s choreography for the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet (Henry Montilla and Jennifer Ricci), however, is all youthful exuberance and lingering kisses. This “Up CLOSE, on HOPE” is, indeed, a versatile presentation of dancers and choreographers that shouldn’t be missed.
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- Mood swing
She is Giselle, the peasant girl of Adolph Adam’s ballet, and she’ll come to the VMA Arts & Cultural Center once again via Festival Ballet Providence.
- Dancing the night away
The cat is back; the clock is back; the fire is back.
- Getting up close at Festival Ballet
Festival Ballet Providence's second Up Close on Hope series this season began last weekend and continues February 24-25 and March 2-3.
- Get CLOSEr
Festival Ballet Providence’s “Up CLOSE, on HOPE” program is a stunning selection of short classical and contemporary ballet, performed with polish and passion.
- Photos: Boston Ballet's World Passions
Photos of the Boston Ballet's "World Passions" collection, including Jorma Elo's Carmen ; Helen Pickett's Tsukiyo ; Viktor Plotnikov's Rhyme ; and Marius Petipa's Paquita.
- Armenian moves
Mark Harootian wanted to create a piece that would celebrate that music and his own Armenian heritage.
- Charming
Trust Festival Ballet Providence to put a new spin on Cinderella, Sergei Prokofiev’s classic ballet.
- Mixing it up
If your exposure to the world of ballet has been limited to The Nutcracker, do yourself a favor and get to the current incarnation of Festival Ballet Providence’s Up CLOSE, on HOPE series.
- Giant Steps
Island Moving Co.’s summer concert series, Flight of Steps , once again combines company members and guest performers, local and out-of-town choreographers.
- Arabian nights
At a time when the world's attention is often focused on the countries of the Middle East, it's especially intriguing to dip into the Arabic folk tales of the region, which became the stories told by Scheherazade across a thousand and one nights.
- More new than old
Artistic director Mihailo "Misha" Djuric has a polished ensemble of dancers and impressive choreographers at the Festival Ballet Providence.
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