PNB's Giselle-Albrecht variation feat. Lucien Postlewaite

[kabardinka1]

Lucien is a very good dancer but this a horrible version of Albrecht's variation. Whoever re-choreographed it ruined it and made it cluttered and lose its focus.

[KYleBallerino]

@kabardinka1 it wasn't re-choreographed. This is a recreation of the original choreography. During Konstantine Sergeyev's tenure as Artistic Director of the Kirov he beefed up the choreography to most of the men's variations, and those are the versions that are most commonly seen today. Though I am inclined to agree with you. I saw PNB's staging of Giselle this past spring, and though I appreciate the beautiful recreation and the insertion of lost scene's, the men's variations lacked gusto.

[kabardinka1]

@KYleBallerino When you say recreation, do you mean recreation of Petipa or Perrot? All I know is the 'standard' Albrecht variation (whether it's the Sergeyev one or not... the one Baryshnikov does in the early 70s performance with Makarova on YouTube and the variation I've seen done the most) is a lot better choreographed than this one where none of the steps are strung together. If it's the Perrot version, then by all means... recreate it but leave it in the museum.

[KYleBallerino]

@kabardinka1 Haha, my sentiments exactly. They worked with many never before used sources relating to the Perrot version, and the Petipa version. With an expert on Stepanov notation and the worlds foremost Giselle scholar. And the attention to detail was beautiful. But Giselle of all ballets is one that has been best preserved and most versions you see are not far off from the original, but with every change I saw, I thought, great to know, but leave it in the museum.

[TheAuroraBallerina]

STUNNING! Absolutely love the ending!

[ballerinawannabe1991]

I love the new orchestration and the new time it takes to get from one leap to the next; it really puts a beautiful new spin on it! Big fan!

[GariGold]

Superb.

[KevinKimberly94]

Lucien Postlewaite is the definition of EPIC.