UCraig Salstein njengeCarabosse kwi Ubuhle bokulala. UGene Schiavone UJane Eyre kunye noTyla Tharp banezinto ezimbalwa ezifanayo, ngaphandle kokuba bobabini babonakalisiwe kwiiveki zokugqibela zexesha le-ABT, ziphelile. Ucinga ukuba ngubani oza ngcono? Hayi uJane. ENgilani, amabali eballet kaCathy Marston ayinto enkulu-ngokungathi umhlaba ubukhala nge-Masterpiece Theatre. Masithandaze ukuba usulelo lungasasazeki kakhulu kunxweme lwethu, nangona ndingaqinisekanga ukuba umthandazo uza kuwenza iqhinga-baninzi kakhulu abalawuli bezobugcisa ngaphandle apho benethemba lokubetha igolide ngeebhulethi ezizeleyo.
Uhluphekile uJane Eyre-khange ahlupheke ngokwaneleyo? Kuyabonakala ukuba akunjalo. UMarston uyinciphisile inoveli kaCharlotte Brontë ebangel 'imincili kwimbali engagungqiyo engenanto ngaphandle kokungena kwisiza esintsonkothileyo kwaye enethemba lokuba abaphulaphuli banokulandela. Njengoko isenzeka, ndiyayazi le ncwadi ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye ukanti ibikhutshiwe kukungxama ngokuvula ngokungxama: Bekufanele ukuba ndiyifundile ingqungquthela, hayi inoveli. UMarston uxinanise yonke into ngaphandle-kokuthanda, ubungqongqo obunqabileyo, uthando ityala. Ndikulungele ukukholelwa ukuba yenziwe ngengqondo ebalisayo Iziporho, uMthandi kaLady Chatterley, uLolita (!) kunokuba yenziwe UJane Eyre , kodwa andisoze ndikholelwe ukuba unesakhono esinzulu somdaniso. Khange ndibone inyathelo elinye elinomdla-okanye umzuzu-kuyo yonke i-mishmash. Umlungiseleli, nceda ususe oku….
BONA KWAKHO: Umdanisi omkhulu kaPaul Taylor unyathela ezantsi
Umboniso weTyla wawuyinto eyamkelekileyo ebuyayo-kunye ne-hit! -Kodwa ndingathanda ukuba ndibone into entsha kwaye mhlawumbi ndikhuselekile kuye. Yakhe Iinguqu zeBrahms-Haydn yi-ballet yeklasi eyimpumelelo, kwaye inkampani iyakwazi ukuyiphatha, kodwa kutheni ingamoyiki ngakumbi kwaye icelomngeni Umdlalo weBach ? Kwigumbi eliphezulu kuyachulumancisa ngalo lonke ixesha, kodwa elixesha ujonge nje okwexeshana-kukho i-armada yabadanisi abagqwesileyo eqongeni, kodwa hayi iinkwenkwezi ezihamba phambili zangaphambili. Ekupheleni kweveki, wonke umntu wayesele ezinzile, kwaye Igumbi eliphezulu yayijongeka njengokufana kwayo kwakudala. 
UChristine Shevchenko kwi INdebe yeDeuce .UGene Schiavone
Inoveli enkulu yayikhona INdebe yeDeuce , ithathwe kwi-ABT 46 iminyaka-ewe, 46 iminyaka-emva kokuba yaqhuma okokuqala kwihlabathi lethu xa i-Tharp yahlasela iJoffrey kunye ne-Tharpists yakhe eqaqambileyo kunye ne-Beach Boys. Emva phayaa yayinenguquko-ukudibana okumnandi kwale mihla, ipop kunye nebhaleyi. Ayinakuba nefuthe elifanayo namhlanje, kuba siyifumene; kwaye ukusukela bonke abadanisi be-ABT baqeqeshwe ngokwaseklasini, akukho mahluko kwizitayile ezazikhona ngaphambili. Kwindlela yam, INdebe yeDeuce inde kakhulu kwaye uzimisele ngaphezulu, kodwa abaphulaphuli bathande wonke umzuzu wayo. Babuthandile ubusuku bonke. Bayayithanda iTyla. Kwaye u-Twyla, ethatha isaphetha ngokuphendula kwi-ovation, wayebonakala ebathanda kwakhona.
ICorsair kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo, ehlekisayo. Okwanelisa ngokukodwa yayinguGulnare kaSarah Lane-umdaniso wakhe owomeleleyo, ochanekileyo ulonwabo olukhulu ukuwubona. Abafana abaxhaphakileyo baziphosa, amantombazana athinjelweyo, iPasha ityebile kwaye ididekile njengangaphambili, kwaye umbono ngumbono wobuncwane bePetipa. Ungakonwabela oko ICorsair okanye awunayo-ndihlala ndiyenza, kwaye ndenza njalo ngokuzonwabisa ngakumbi kulo nyaka kuba incede ukucima iinkumbulo UJane Eyre .
Ngokuphathelele kuhlobo lukaKevin McKenzie Ichibi laseSwan , Kuyaphambana kwaye kuyacaphukisa njengangaphambili-kodwa ungumphathi. Ndaye ndaya kubona uChristine Shevchenko kuba wayenobungqingili kuye, kodwa u-Odette wayephoxekile — engachaphazeli kakhulu, engasebenzi kakuhle. Wayefanele ngakumbi u-Odile, kwaye ke wazikhupha iifouettés ezidumileyo ngokugqibeleleyo njengoko amawaka ayevuya. UFonteyn wayenengxaki nabo, uMakarova wayenengxaki nabo-ke ngoku? Amanyathelo okhuphiswano, kunqabile iingxelo zobugcisa. 
Indawo yokugqibela yeAlexei Ratmansky Ubuhle bokulala .URosalie O'Connor
Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, Ratmansky's Ubuhle bolele- olona vavanyo lwenkampani. (Ubude obugcweleyo Ubuhle ngu nayiphi na Uvavanyo lwenkampani.) URatmansky uphumelele ekumiseleni isimbo esithandekayo seyunifomu kubuchwephesha bayo, ekucingelwa ukuba busondele kwindlela abadanisi abadanisa ngayo ngo-1890. Ithambile, iyavisisana: ii-arabesque ezisezantsi, i-mime engaphezulu, iivesi ezithathwe kwi-demi-pointe kunokuba kwi-pointe. Imveliso ilungile ukuba ijonge, kwaye ingxelo iyahamba-inkampani isebenza nzima kakhulu ukuba inike uRatmansky emva kwakhe. Kukho ubuthathaka. Ukufika kosana u-Aurora kwiPrologue akukwenziwanga; kuMthetho wokuQala, ukungena kuka-Aurora kumbhiyozo wakhe wokuzalwa awonwabanga kangako njengobucukubhede kunye neflethi, ngenxa yezithintelo zeseti; Umbono Womboniso uxinene, kuba utyhalelwe kude kakhulu ezantsi. Ndikhumbula umsebenzi kunye nomculo othile kutshintsho olusuka echibini luye kwinqaba. Ezinye zeengubo - ngakumbi iminqwazi yamadoda kunye neewigi - ziyaphazamisa (iNkosana yaseIndiya ayinakubonwa ngaphantsi kwesoyikiso esithe nca entlokweni yakhe-ngubani okhathalayo ukuba iyinyani?) Ezi ziingxaki ezincinci, kwaye zinokulungiswa. Inye ingxaki enkulu, nangona kunjalo, kwaye ayinakubalelwa kwiRatmansky: ukusilela kwe-ABT yeAurora ezukileyo. 
URoman Zhurbin kunye noTatiana Ratmansky kunye noKumkani kunye noKumkanikazi kwi Ubuhle bokulala .UGene Schiavone
Akukho nqununu yabasetyhini kwinkampani enazo zonke iimpawu ezifunekayo: ubuhle, ubumnandi, umtsalane, indlela elula edityaniswe nobuchule obungagqibelelanga. Akukho mntu, ukubeka ngokucacileyo, ukuthanda. Kuyavunywa, ndaphawulwa ngobomi ngu-Aurora wam wokuqala, uFonteyn ngo-1949. Andizange ndibekho kwi-ballet ixesha elide, kodwa ndaye ndayiqonda eyona nto iphambili xa ndikhubeka kuyo. (Ngethamsanqa, kukho ifilimu eqinisekisa ubukhulu bakhe, kunye nobukhulu bemveliso yonke.) URose Adagio owaziwayo? Ngamanye amaxesha wayewubethelela, ngamanye amaxesha wayedidizela, kodwa wayesoloko ekhazimla. Kwaye ukukhanya kwe-Aurora kubalulekile kuyo Ubuhle bokulala. Ndabona uBoylston kunye noLane njengo-Aurora-bobabini banononophelo, bafanelekile, bamkelekile. Kwaye yintoni?
Zininzi izinto ezintle ezenziweyo kwezi zinto zimbini ndizibekileyo. UCraig Salstein wayeyiCarabosse entle-yasendle, i-demented ngumsindo; U-morphed from a know-it-all into igcisa. UCatherine Catherine Hurlin noJoo Won Ahn bebephumelela iBluebirds-eHurlin’s kuluhlu. I-Roman Zhurbin kunye noTatiana Ratmansky yayinguKumkani noKumkanikazi obalaseleyo, kwaye nguwuphi umahluko owenzayo! Uninzi lokwahluka kweFairy lwaluthandeka, uMdaniso weGarland wagqitywa ngokuphumelela. Le mime ibingaxutywanga, nokuba abaphulaphuli bethu abangaqeqeshelwanga ukuyifunda.
Baza kufunda, nangona kunjalo, kuba iRatmanksy's Ubuhle bolele ngumgcini.
