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La
Fille mal gardee (Ashton) - ROH 2001 (also in 1999)
I
love this ballet! The title is meaningless, and the story is
pretty thin, but the choreography is fantastic e.g. the Clog
Dance. Essentially it's about a girl (Lise) who's in love with
a boy (Colas), but her mother (Widow Simone), who's danced by
a man, plans for her to marry a rich stupid boy (Alain) who'd
much rather be with his red umbrella.
High
points - the ribbon dance and maypole (takes me back), the clog
dance and the chickens (how do they dance in those costumes?).
Irek was pretty good as usual - although he's a bit old to do
a convincing boy.
Performers:
Ashley Page (Widow Simone), Miyake Yoshida (Lise), Irek Mukhamedov
(Colas), Jonathan Howells (Alain).
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