Summary
I'd fancy more foot flicking, and a fan, but Erica Felsch brought brio to the Spanish divertissement-something I've clamored for for years. I was delighted, until Felsch slipped. She recovered gracefully, but the floor was like ice the rest of the night. I counted four more skids, three in Felsch's fatal spot. [Jennifer Tierney]'s timing was flawless in the Sugar Plum pas-she can draw out counts with the best Balanchine dancers. But after tearing a tendon last spring on the Capitol Theater's stage, as Wendy in Madison Ballet's production of Peter Pan, she took no risks. She reined in her arabesques and turned cautious pirouettes on the treacherous stage.
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Falling Like Snow
DANCE
Falling like snowPerformers tumble at Madison Ballet's NutcrackerNutcrackers are like snowflakes-no two are alike. Madison Ballet'...See the full content of this document
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