At Hamburg Ballet
April 25, 28 and 30
May 6 and 7, 2009
July 4, 2009
7.30 PM

First performed in 1876, it broke with romantic ballet and the ethereal image of the fairy or sylphide. However my interest in “Sylvia” lies less in its historical and cultural aspects and original choreography than in its music. The score is full of poetry and sensuality. Danced sequences depicting an Amazon at that fragile moment between adolescence and womanhood. Torn between strength and vulnerability, she has difficulty in finding a balance between aggressiveness and tenderness, between denial and self abandon, and only succeeds in discovering true love with the awakening of her own sensuality.

The characters are pure and eternal, and use a rich and bright language. The ballet is fresh, showing invention and originality, appears to be one of the big successes of the American choreographer.

-Review by Le Figaro

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