That's an interesting point Laurey. It would be good to know the answer. Perhaps some of the US mods will be able to help on that one.<P>Meanwhile another unimpressive review from Jenny Gilbert in The Independent.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>No one ever said it was easy choreographing to song lyrics. And no one ever said it was easy (or advisable) to persuade a Sadler's Wells audience to join a communal singalong after a ballet. Pacific Northwest, the Seattle ballet company that now ranks as the fifth biggest in the US, would have been on safer ground opening with a selection of Balanchine classics than the Jerome Kern medley it chose to show last Tuesday. PNB has a repertory bristling with Balanchine ballets rarely seen in London, but instead it brought Silver Lining, a big-budget, rhinestone-studded, full-evening creation by its artistic director, Kent Stowell. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/reviews/story.jsp?story=313057" TARGET=_blank> <B> MORE </B> </A><P> But also a very positive and complimentary one from John Percival, also from The Independent.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>A big cheer for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Silver Lining, the show that opened their second London season, is pure entertainment and, at the same time, first-rate dancing. It is entirely their own, made specially for these dancers, but it extends them into something new: singing. Also, it joyfully celebrates their own American culture in the musicals of Jerome Kern. If only more companies would work like this. Kent Stowell made the piece, we are told, out of sheer nostalgic enthusiasm for the movies and shows that inspired his youthful self to become a dancer. The enthusiasm is clear, and he has succeeded in passing it to the company, who perform with a whole-hearted unanimity. There are lots of solos, duets and other small ensembles to show off the principals and soloists, but it is the complete group who are applauded from the very beginning, three dozen of them dancing to the title number, right through to the end, when more like four dozen join in the reprises, that make up the finale.<P><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/reviews/story.jsp?story=313170" TARGET=_blank> <B> MORE </B> </A><p>[This message has been edited by Joanne (edited July 09, 2002).]
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