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A disappointing `Giselle'
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GISELLE Performed by Boston Ballet At: the Wang Center last night.
Production continues, with changing casts, through Oct. 11
One of the more interesting moves a ballet director can make is
casting against type, which is what Boston Ballet artistic director
Anna-Marie Holmes did in giving last night's opening performance of
"Giselle" -- the production that begins the company's 35th season --
to the young soloist Pollyana Ribeiro. Ribeiro is generally feisty
rather than frail; Giselles...
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A round robin of leading roles in `Giselle'
The Boston Globe
; Boston Ballet is giving four couples the chance to dance the leading roles in the production of "Giselle" that opens the company's 28th season and runs through Sunday at the Wang Center. Trinidad Sevillano and Patrick Armand, the opening night couple reviewed here previously, tackled the roles of
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A tale of intrigue, passion; Controversial Maina Gielgud stages romantic 'Giselle' for Boston Ballet; Gielgud dances back to Hub with 'Giselle'.(Scene)
The Boston Herald
; You might think Giselle'' is an old-fashioned ballet, irrelevant to modern audiences. But imagine the scenario as it might occur in the present. What if charming Prince William of Wales, for example, during one of his hunting jaunts (apparently he does like chasing hares with his beagles), began a
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GIELGUD'S NEW ROLE AT BOSTON BALLET
The Boston Globe
; It is nothing short of startling to see Maina Gielgud at Boston Ballet these days. Unlikely though it may seem, Gielgud is indeed working with the organization from which she fled a year ago, when she was still artistic director designate. Her departure was as dramatic a moment as any her
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BUJONES JOINS BALLET TONIGHT FOR 'GISELLE'
The Boston Globe
; Instead of collapsing on the floor, why not collapse on me?" Fernando Bujones said to Laura Young the other day. The invitation, delivered during a rehearsal at the Boston Ballet's South End studios, is not one that many ballerinas would refuse. Bujones, often called the greatest male ballet dancer
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Gielgud's choreography captures the heart of `Giselle'
The Boston Globe
; Dance Review Giselle Presented by Boston Ballet Choreographed by Maina Gielgud At: the Wang Theatre, last night (program continues, with varying casts, through May 20) Maina Gielgud's production of "Giselle," elegantly performed by the Boston Ballet, pares the mid-19th-century classic to its
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