Cast -- Aurélie Dupont as Nikiya, Nicolas Le Riche as Solor, Dorothée Gilbert as Gamzatti.
First scene.
"Djampo" Dance.
Gilbert and Dupont.
One of the people helping with the carriage, waiting to go onstage.
Solor arriving on an elephant.
Le Riche really made it interesting - he arrived, looked over everyone, and only then descended. (The other Solors have been somewhat preoccupied with getting down.)
Dance of the Golden Idol.
Fakir & Indian Dance.
Le Riche after solo.
He is always sincere and in the role, and his dancing has a 'free' quality. All the ballet vocabulary seems to come simply and naturally.
After Wedding PDD.
Gilbert was an interesting Gamzatti, with an aristocratic presence.
The apotheosis was excellent -- and I had a good view at the top because I could see the sun/flower-like circle-within-circle, with Gamzatti doing fouttés in the center.
The tutus are beautiful.
Dupont.
Shades PDD.
Her jump was probably one of the best I have seen -- light, silent, with really long "air-time."
Final pose.
Bows: Gilbert (as Gamzatti), Carbone (as the Golden Idol),
and Mallem, Zusperreguy, Dayanova (as the three Shades...I don't know them so I'm not sure what order they stood in)
Gilbert, Le Riche, Dupont
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