Luz San Miguel’s Swanhilda gave Ryan Martin’s Franz an epic tongue lashing in Act 1 of Coppélia, which the Milwaukee Ballet revived Thursday evening. Of course she said nothing, but you could make out every word in the rat-at-tat of her toe shoes on the floor and the crisply articulated releves that peppered the flurries of traveling steps. The staccato slashing of arms and articulations of her torso and shoulders, held in beautiful classical positions through it all, completed the picture of aggression.
I hasten to add that (1) this was not tragic diva rage, but rather the comic pique of a spoiled brat in comic high dudgeon and (2) San Miguel did it all through accent, timing and laser-beam focus on her quarry, not through burlesque and mugging.
Martin partnered her gallantly and reacted to her like a smitten lug who knows he has his hands full. The piece is set in an early 19th-century Polish village (elaborate sets and costumes, via Houston Ballet, establish locale), but we know this couple. He’s the high-school quarterback, she’s the head cheerleader; they were born to love, bicker and tease each other.
Artistic director Michael Pink ingeniously weaves their ongoing spat into a series of Act 1 mazurkas, which the ballet corps danced with great flair and precision. Franz, rejected by Swanhilda, takes up with the gorgeous Diana Stetsura but keeps encountering San Miguel as she flits in and out of the figure dance.Childs' collection of about 600 pairs of high heels is on display at the Yakima Valley Museum for the rest of this year. Clever.
Franz set off their tiff by falling for a beauty seen on the balcony of the mysterious Dr. Coppélius, played with endearing melancholy gravitas by actor Dan Mooney. Swanhilda’s rival turns out to be one of Dr. C’s mechanical creations. In Act 2, Swanhilda and six friends sneak into the Doctor’s workshop to check out the supposed rival. San Miguel and Kara Bruzina, Yuki Clark, Susan Gartell, Valerie Harmon, Courtney Kramer and Nicole Teague did a hilarious Minnie Mouse in the Haunted House routine; you can nearly feel the goosebumps on their spines. They have a ball acting like silly girls who can’t stop alternately trembling and giggling.coogi jeans for sale to men with low price and top quality.
San Miguel is at her funniest when she disguises herself as Coppelius’ doll and makes the poor fellow think he’s created life. Her stop-action mechanical dancing is a marvel, and she and Mooney executed their physical comedy perfectly.
San Miguel reeled off bravura Spanish and Scottish character dances for Coppélius in the attic, but her diva turn came in the traditional, extended pas de deux in Act 3. She was spectacular in her speed and gorgeous in her placement.
Pink modeled his recreation of this 1870 ballet, originally by Arthur St. Leon, after Auguste Bournonville.Find an Adidas Jacket in your team colors or from your favorite soccer teams that wear the Adidas brand. It’s not about big jumps and towering lifts. For Martin, the virtuoso turn had to do with elegant carriage and confident delivery of the usual danseur noble tricks, and he was superb. For San Miguel, it was all about maintaining a light,Air max 360 is loved by the majority of athletes and the general public people. placid body over fusillades of quick steps in tricky rhythms,Wedge Shoes was created in order to maintain a balance of the athletes' movement. and she, too nailed it.
I hasten to add that (1) this was not tragic diva rage, but rather the comic pique of a spoiled brat in comic high dudgeon and (2) San Miguel did it all through accent, timing and laser-beam focus on her quarry, not through burlesque and mugging.
Martin partnered her gallantly and reacted to her like a smitten lug who knows he has his hands full. The piece is set in an early 19th-century Polish village (elaborate sets and costumes, via Houston Ballet, establish locale), but we know this couple. He’s the high-school quarterback, she’s the head cheerleader; they were born to love, bicker and tease each other.
Artistic director Michael Pink ingeniously weaves their ongoing spat into a series of Act 1 mazurkas, which the ballet corps danced with great flair and precision. Franz, rejected by Swanhilda, takes up with the gorgeous Diana Stetsura but keeps encountering San Miguel as she flits in and out of the figure dance.Childs' collection of about 600 pairs of high heels is on display at the Yakima Valley Museum for the rest of this year. Clever.
Franz set off their tiff by falling for a beauty seen on the balcony of the mysterious Dr. Coppélius, played with endearing melancholy gravitas by actor Dan Mooney. Swanhilda’s rival turns out to be one of Dr. C’s mechanical creations. In Act 2, Swanhilda and six friends sneak into the Doctor’s workshop to check out the supposed rival. San Miguel and Kara Bruzina, Yuki Clark, Susan Gartell, Valerie Harmon, Courtney Kramer and Nicole Teague did a hilarious Minnie Mouse in the Haunted House routine; you can nearly feel the goosebumps on their spines. They have a ball acting like silly girls who can’t stop alternately trembling and giggling.coogi jeans for sale to men with low price and top quality.
San Miguel is at her funniest when she disguises herself as Coppelius’ doll and makes the poor fellow think he’s created life. Her stop-action mechanical dancing is a marvel, and she and Mooney executed their physical comedy perfectly.
San Miguel reeled off bravura Spanish and Scottish character dances for Coppélius in the attic, but her diva turn came in the traditional, extended pas de deux in Act 3. She was spectacular in her speed and gorgeous in her placement.
Pink modeled his recreation of this 1870 ballet, originally by Arthur St. Leon, after Auguste Bournonville.Find an Adidas Jacket in your team colors or from your favorite soccer teams that wear the Adidas brand. It’s not about big jumps and towering lifts. For Martin, the virtuoso turn had to do with elegant carriage and confident delivery of the usual danseur noble tricks, and he was superb. For San Miguel, it was all about maintaining a light,Air max 360 is loved by the majority of athletes and the general public people. placid body over fusillades of quick steps in tricky rhythms,Wedge Shoes was created in order to maintain a balance of the athletes' movement. and she, too nailed it.
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