Paris Opera Ballet's 'Paquita' 2001

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Wed Jan 31, 2001 1:32 am

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Clement Crisp sees POB's reconstruction of 'Paquita' and likes what he sees:

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Pierre Lacotte loves the 19th-century repertoire, and his researches, his sense of an old balletic style, his theatrical acuity, have summoned several works from the mists of time. I have seen half a dozen of these reconstructions. A couple were rather underpowered, but his Sylphide for the Paris Opera, his last year’s Pharoah’s Daughter at the Moscow Bolshoi, were skilled, sensitive, and he has now produced what I find to be his best restoration yet - Paquita for the Opera. It is, as I saw at the Palais Garnier, a great charmer and great fun.

Clement Crisp's review

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Basheva · **Posted:** Wed Jan 31, 2001 6:14 am

I have the tape of Lacotte's La Sylphide and I love it. I have read that it has many flaws - but I still love it.

Basheva · **Posted:** Wed Jan 31, 2001 6:16 am

I also believe, I am searching my mind here, that in the film (I have the tape) of "Children of Theater Street" - in the final performance of the school year they danced "Paquita" - or maybe it was just excerpts. The other tape I have is "Backstage at the Kirov".Both of these are marvelous, in my opinion.

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Sun Feb 04, 2001 10:25 am

'Danced with elegance and panache': Paris Opera Ballet's Paquita Photograph: Photo Icare Trip 'Trip to light fantastic. It means a journey to France, but Paris Opera Ballet's fabulous Paquita is worth it, says David Dougill.' <A HREF="http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/02/04/sticuldnc02001.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/02/04/sticuldnc02001.html</A> [This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited February 04, 2001).]

Basheva · **Posted:** Thu Feb 08, 2001 6:34 am

From the New York Times, Anna Kisselgoff review:<center>CASTANETS AND A MAZURKA IN PARIS'S "PAQUITA"</center><center>

</center><center>Marie-Agnès Gillot in the title role, with José Martinez in "Paquita." photo by Icare/ Opéra National de Paris</center> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>As Théophile Gautier once said, "Giselle" is a poem, while "Paquita" is a melodrama. This range in Romantic ballet has come alive this month with the Paris Opera Ballet's new version of a full-length "Paquita."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/08/arts/08PAQU.html" TARGET=_blank>MORE...</A>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited February 08, 2001).]

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2001 12:54 pm

'A handsome muddle - Paquita at the Palais Garnier,' by John Percival <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Once known and admired all over Europe, Paquita for years now has been only a name, remembered by ballet fans for two brilliant showpieces that survived their original context. Now the Paris Opera Ballet has again put on her full story. The ballet was created for this company by Joseph Mazilier in 1846. The famous Marius Petipa remounted it the following year for his St Petersburg début as a dancer. Later, having turned choreographer, he elaborated the work, adding the best-known numbers, and in that form it endured complete until the 1920s. What now reappears is a reconstitution by Pierre Lacotte, based on descriptions, notes and the preserved fragments, but mostly his own choreography.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <A HREF="Http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Theatre/Dance/Reviews/2001-02/ballet090201.shtml" TARGET=_blank>Http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Theatre/Dance/Reviews/2001-02/ballet090201.shtml</A>

Kevin Ng · **Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2001 5:31 pm

Stuart, you should take the Eurostar to Paris more often.


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