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Namaste Means:
"I honor the place in you where Spirit lives.
I honor the place in you which is
of Love, of Truth, of Light, of Peace;
when you are in that place in you,
and I am in that place in me,
then we are Truly One."
I honor the place in you which is
of Love, of Truth, of Light, of Peace;
when you are in that place in you,
and I am in that place in me,
then we are Truly One."
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3 comments:
Hi! I hope your daughter is having a great time. I'm a stitcher in the costume shop for Ballet San Jose. Say Hi to everyone from Sue, especially all the Mouse Kings.
Thank you Sue.
I will pass along your message.
The costumes are beautiful!
You must love your job!!!
Michele
DANCE
Without traditional music, witty 'Nutcracker' misses a step
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Donald Rosenberg
Plain Dealer Dance Critic
Dennis Nahat's extravagant and wayward production of "The Nutcracker" was a mainstay of Cleveland's holiday season from its Cleveland Ballet debut in 1979 until 1999. A year later, the joint venture that had come to be known as Cleveland San Jose Ballet closed shop here, leaving San Jose to seize "Nutcracker" as its own.
Ballet San Jose continues to do so to generally buoyant effect, as Cleveland is learning these days at the State Theatre. The California troupe has returned its artistic and executive director's "Nutcracker" to home turf for the first time in eight years (through Sunday), bringing along several former Cleveland Ballet eminences and a production brimming with color.
Anyone who recalls this "Nutcracker" - seen at Sunday's matinee - knows that it plays major variations on the 1892 ballet's traditional themes. The scenario, by Nahat and the late Ian "Ernie" Horvath, largely sticks close to the original in Act I but takes big detours in Act II.
No longer are Maria and the Nutcracker-turned-Prince voyagers in the Kingdom of Sweets. Instead, they travel to distant lands, minus sugarplum fairies or flowers, winding up in Russia, where the Prince is revealed to be the son of the Tsar and Tsarina.
The narrative doesn't always cohere, and Nahat's use of Tchaikovsky music other than the original "Nutcracker" jars with the ballet's careful key relationships and national episodes. Tidbits of "Capriccio Italien" and the Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin" make odd appearances in Act II, causing dramatic and sonic dislocations.
The ballet doesn't really heat up until the humdrum opening party scene - mostly pantomime - is dispatched and the naughty mice (adorable local children) begin battling with the Nutcracker and friends. Here, Nahat's witty theatricality exerts its magic.
Act II is an awkward and occasionally resplendent blend of travelogue and divertissement. The San Jose company members do handsome work in the national dances, especially the so-called ladies of the harem and slaves in Arabia and the concubines and warriors in China. (But what must the kids in the audience think?)
Sunday's performance was led by Maria Jacobs, a graceful and disarming Maria with a clean technique and keen appreciation for her character's joys and terrors. Ramon Moreno played the Nutcracker and Prince with nimble suavity.
The performance rose to the heights when Karen Gabay, a former principal dancer with Cleveland San Jose Ballet, arrived as the Tsarina. In the Grand Pas de Deux, Gabay was a model of floating elegance, managing the fish dives expertly in the arms of Maykel Solas, a refined, confident Tsar.
Many of the smaller roles also received neat performances, notably the quick-stepping Mirai Noda and Le Mai Linh as the Tannenbaum grandparents, and Willie Anderson as the nefarious Mouse King. And then there was Nahat himself, grinning like a Californian Cheshire Cat and enjoying himself to the hilt as amiable old Drosselmeyer.
The sets look swell, the costumes even better and the explosions are cool, but something must be done about some of the musical decisions. Did Nahat dictate the taffy-pulling, slow and slower tempos?
Although Tchaikovsky's numerous scores are played with mellifluous freshness by a superb local free-lance orchestra led by Dwight Oltman, the tempo distortions often come close to bringing this serviceable "Nutcracker" to a standstill.
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drosenberg@plaind.com, 216-999-4269
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