http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/2009/11/22/giselle/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:46:46 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/2009/11/22/giselle/comment-page-1/#comment-64 velvetwind Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:43:08 +0000 http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/?p=360#comment-64 Dear Author www.oxfordtheatrereview.com ! I like this idea, I completely with you agree. Dear Author http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com !
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]]> http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/2009/11/22/giselle/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Uday Anand Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:49:37 +0000 http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/?p=360#comment-32 The review above captures most of what I wanted to say after watching Giselle. Just a couple of things to add however. The opening of the play with the sculpted male dancers was breath taking in a sense, and not just because they didn't have shirts on. There was a story in the piece of some kind of journey, either an exodus of thousands of people and their own stories, or the journey of one person as time moves him inexorably forward. The choreography of the opening was the work of a very creative mind. Unfortunately, the dancers were not always on point in terms of co-ordination or technical skill. This remained an enduring characteristic of the performance for me in fact, even when the ballet proper began. Beautiful acting, perfect facial expression, oh-so-expressive body language, high production value and uplifting music, sometimes marred slightly by small technical inadequacies. Despite all this, I have to say that I would give up a bit of technical perfection any day for the soul that the cast brought to the performance. Having said this, I found the performance of Laurent Liotardo to be flawless in the skill of its execution. His very tall stature may have concealed how high his leaps were. He sprang through the air with a technical skill that was unmatched by anyone else in the cast, and all with unflinching ease and grace. The scenes in the forest with the menacing yet fairy like sprites were goose-bump-enducing through the entire second act. Kudos! The review above captures most of what I wanted to say after watching Giselle. Just a couple of things to add however.
The opening of the play with the sculpted male dancers was breath taking in a sense, and not just because they didn’t have shirts on. There was a story in the piece of some kind of journey, either an exodus of thousands of people and their own stories, or the journey of one person as time moves him inexorably forward. The choreography of the opening was the work of a very creative mind. Unfortunately, the dancers were not always on point in terms of co-ordination or technical skill.
This remained an enduring characteristic of the performance for me in fact, even when the ballet proper began. Beautiful acting, perfect facial expression, oh-so-expressive body language, high production value and uplifting music, sometimes marred slightly by small technical inadequacies. Despite all this, I have to say that I would give up a bit of technical perfection any day for the soul that the cast brought to the performance.
Having said this, I found the performance of Laurent Liotardo to be flawless in the skill of its execution. His very tall stature may have concealed how high his leaps were. He sprang through the air with a technical skill that was unmatched by anyone else in the cast, and all with unflinching ease and grace.
The scenes in the forest with the menacing yet fairy like sprites were goose-bump-enducing through the entire second act.
Kudos!

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