POLISHED PERFORMANCES CAPTURE TRUE SPIRIT OF THIS MELODRAMATIC DANCE |
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) Photo: Maarten Holl LA SYLPHIDE Choreography: August Bournonville Producer: Matz Skoog Design: Anne Fraser Music: Herman Lovenskjold Lighting: Jon Buswell DANCES FROM NAPOLI Choreography: August Bournonville Staged by: Gary Harris and Greg Horsman Design: Gary Harris Music: Eduard Helsted, Holger Paulli Lighting: Jon Buswell at Aotea Centre at THE EDGEŽ, Auckland From 26 Aug 2009 to 29 Aug 2009 Reviewed by Bernadette Rae, 28 Aug 2009 originally published in New Zealand Herald |
As near as we can know, La Sylphide today is virtually unchanged from its premiere in 1836, because of the careful stewardship of the Royal Danish Ballet which has maintained and regularly performed it over almost two centuries. [more]
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