A review of Alabama Ballet in the great outdoors by Michael Huebner in The Birmingham News' blog.
http://blog.al.com/mhuebner/2009/08/alabam...ers_put_on.html
The weekend shows have become more than a workshop. Though lacking sets, they are performances designed to come close to a final product, complete with costumes. That only three intense rehearsal days are allotted is all the more remarkable.
On Friday, 10 dancers provided snippets of the coming season and past and future works on the covered outdoor stage. Classic steps from "Raymonda" revealed the title character, danced by Jenna McKerrow Wilson, as a flighty, fickle doll. Brandon Ragland partnered with knightlike chivalry and an impressive array of leaps in the finale.