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| DOUBLE FEATURE |
Directed and Choreographed by Susan Stroman / 2004 |
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“Stroman has created a hugely
entertaining, often wildly funny show that lives up to all expectations.
What's more, she has crafted a showcase for City Ballet's dancers to act
their hearts out like they rarely get to do. It's hard to tell who's having
more fun: the audience, or these performers who have such big grins on
their faces as they combine classical technique with Broadway showmanship” |
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“Playful, entertaining, often hilarious and superb in its theatrical timing and its musical irony in relation to songs by Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, DOUBLE FEATURE has been a hot ticket for months before its premiere on Friday night. Anticipation was high at the sold-out New York State Theater and an ovation greeted Ms. Stroman like a conquering heroine... For the most part she did not disappoint. Her use of the ballet vocabulary is conventional but effective as part of an expressive image. |
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There are also two showstoppers. One
is a routine by a live Boston terrier... Unlike Balanchine, Ms. Stroman
has always seen dance as a narrative medium, not as pure form. Storytelling
is her gift in the genre she has chosen, and with Glen Kelly's brilliant
arrangement of the Berlin and Donaldson songs, shorn of their lyrics, she
displays a musical sensitivity that Balanchine could appreciate." in "The New York Times" by Anna Kisselgoff |
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| Photos © Paul Kolnick |
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