At times, the ballet was interesting and engaging (the audience gave it a very warm response), but ultimately, there was a disconnect between all of the ballet’s elements. A plot-less ballet that exhibited shifting temperaments from dark and brooding to coy and playful, it personified its simplistic title in that the ballet felt like several pieces strung together to make a whole. Next on the program was Caniparoli’s ballet In Pieces, which received its world premiere on February 22, 2013. While the music called for more expansion, tempting them to luxuriate in a pose a second longer, both Tyukov and Mosina seemed more concerned with the technical execution of each step. Unfortunately, they were not alone in this performance quality and they didn’t seem to use either the music or each other as a driving force through their pas de deux.
However, at times, their faces showed the effort. Both proved they had the technical chops to plow through the ballet’s challenging and brisk choreography. Where the ballet did slightly lack was in the chemistry between its principal couple, Maria Mosina and Alexei Tyukov. He utilized his trademark intertwining, eye-pleasing patterns and fast, intricate pointe work, which was executed particularly well by the four female demi-soloists (Dana Benton, Asuka Sasaki, Shelby Dyer, and Caitlin Valentine-Ellis).Ĭolorado Ballet presents Balanchine’s ‘Theme and Variations’. Balanchine took all of these tools, which were so frequently identified with the art form, and still managed to push the limits of the classical ballet vocabulary. Yet, despite all of this formality, Theme and Variations was not just another ‘tutu-ballet’. It was, and still is, a ballet full of pomp and circumstance: tutus, tiaras, chandeliers, a regal air of confidence in every demanding step, and a distinct ranking between the ballet’s corps, soloists, and principal couple. The company started the evening off strong, attacking George Balanchine’s technically ferocious ballet Theme and Variations with aplomb. The program was a belated Valentine to ballet, cherishing the dance innovators of the past and celebrating the dance innovators of the present it encapsulated the works of some of ballet’s most renown choreographers, including the legendary George Balanchine, contemporary ballet pioneer Glen Tetley, and the highly sought after American choreographer Val Caniparoli. On Saturday, March 2, 2013, Denver’s Colorado Ballet presented a mixed bill program titled Ballet Masterworks.
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