Skylar Brandt and Duncan Lyle in The Golden Cockerel publicity image, American Ballet Theatre, June
Skylar Brandt and Duncan Lyle in The Golden Cockerel publicity image, American Ballet Theatre, June 2016. © Fabrizio Ferri.The most startling, dazzling dancing is the choreography Ratmansky has devised for the cockerel (Brandt). Her movements are both bird-like and stiff, like those of an automaton: she slides on her pointes and bends 90 degrees at the waist, and then she folds about eight ways to land on her knees on the floor. She kicks her legs up to her nose, while hinging her upper body. She flutters, just a few inches above the stage, her feet moving so quickly you can barely see them. It’s a total tour de force, and looks like a real killer. -- source link
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