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A BOW, WITH MOTION, TO `GISELLE' TRADITION AN UNDERSTATED, TRADITIONAL END TO `GISELLE'
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If an efficiency expert were reviewing the first act of American
Ballet Theatre's "Giselle," it would get high marks indeed. In last
night's opening of a five-performance Boston run the dancers conveyed
the story clearly, with more elaborate mime than in most modern
productions of this survivor of the glory days of 19th century
Romantic Ballet. There were flashes of technical virtuosity that
were very modern, and they made the audience gasp. At all levels -
principals, soloists, corps - ever...
