QUOTE (carbro @ Jul 23 2008, 11:42 AM)

QUOTE (volcanohunter @ Jul 23 2008, 02:50 PM)

Since I've never had the opportunity to see Dolin's Variations, would someone mind describing them, so I could get a better idea about what sort of dancer would be suitable for each?
I couldn't give you specifics, having seen it only two or three times a few years ago, but I'm choosing to be less literal and pretend it's a whole new ballet we'd be casting. I'm also going by the "current dancers" rule Leigh specified in the female thread.
Carbro is right about this. I also saw it a couple of times years ago in Havana, but memories of it are kind of vague. Anyways, as said, this is just an excuse to cast four "divos' together...(Actually, there's even a better ballet for this purposes, which was choreographed by BNC by Azary Plisetsky in 1973 called "Vital Song" to a Mahler's Symphony. I also believe this ballet was included in the last US tour of the Cuban troupe) . The original cast included the best four male dancers at the time in Cuba:
Jorge Esquivel (now at San Francisco Ballet) portraying "The Fish",
Andres Williams (the first black Cuban dancer to get to the top ranks back then, who portrayed "The Beast",
Orlando Salgado (one of the last Alonso's partners) who did "Nature" and finally
Lazaro Carreno (
Jose Manuel Carreno's uncle and currently included in Patrick's list on this thread

), who danced "The Bird". It is a powerful ballet, and the dancers are presented almost naked.
Here's a pic of it:
http://www.exploredance.com/pressphotos/ba...ubacantov2.jpegSo we can switch ballets...