Square Dance Monologue

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Scheller danced well as Sanguinic this afternoon (though I thought I saw her take a tumble in the finale--since no-one else has mentioned it, I'm a little puzzled.) Mearns dancing Sanguinic Friday gave a more powerful and sharply etched performance. Scheller is a 'gentler' dancer but her dancing seems very straightforward and unaffected which I admire. I also remember her as creamy smooth in Who Cares. At curtain calls, she was warmly applauded by the entire cast, received two bouquets, and also took a solo bow--rather to the puzzlement, I believe, of at least a few members of the D.C. audience. I have been taking recent reports that De Luz is 'ageless' with a grain of salt. Was I ever wrong! He was just sensational in Tarantella this evening which, for me, unexpectedly overshadowed Woodward making her debut in the ballet. I thought she began flat (nerves I assume) and though she got better quickly and danced well and often with real charm she could not match De Luz who was dancing with such tremendous brilliance and GUSTO. Harrison Ball's debut in Square Dance this evening was very enjoyable. I find the way he uses his hands a little self-concious, though I rather appreciate a young male dancer giving thought to such things. In general I thought he was maybe a little too self-concious in his (quite excellent) dancing, but this may also have …show more content…

I did find that the much discussed scene with a couple (I saw Magan Fairchild and Daniel Ulbricht) being shadowed and supported/partnered by a group of men shifted midway from somehing dreamy and full of longing to something violent and disturbing as the men began to toss the ballerina about and her partner faded from the picture. It has been suggested this is the man's dream and, after, when the woman slaps him, she is waking him up, but to me it looked like a slap of anger especially as she turned her face away from him after striking him. I did not feel I had been watching a

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