In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated February 3, 2009
Coming up soon – the Latin ballroom show Burn the Floor performance (and rehearsal!) at the Post Street Theatre in Union Square in San Francisco, my first full length Cinderella, and Program 2 at the San Francisco Ballet this weekend. I am obsessed with the raw power of the pas de deux from Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, which I saw for the first time at the opening night gala a few weeks ago at the SF Ballet (and is in Program 2)- I prefer Sofiane Sylve’s wild curly hair but still a wonderful video nonetheless with Svetlana Zakharova and Andre Merkuriev of the Mariinsky. Turn up the volume, and enjoy!
I wanted to go to Burn the Floor but ug.. my parents didn’t want to so no luck for me. Have fun!
Thanks Katrina! I got invited to watch a pre-show thing too, so hopefully I’ll be able to take a lot of photos. I’ll blog about it soon.
“In the Middle …” is sublime! So glad you got to see it.
By the way, do you know anyone in LA who’s been to this? http://www.theboxla.com/exhibitions/index.html … sounded intriguing (not necessarily good, but intriguing)
Jolene, They have new pics of the new revival of West Side Story:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_New_Production_Images_of_WEST_SIDE_STORY_20090205
I wanna see!
I can’t wait to see “In the Middle” in full! I loved the pas de deux that I saw a few weeks ago. Sofiane Sylve will be performing it when I see it this weekend. And no, I don’t know anyone in LA who’s been to that exhibit. It does look very very intriguing, and a bit puzzling. I could tell my younger sister about it who lives in LA, but I’m not sure how interested she’d be to see it.
Thanks Katrina! It’s so weird that Cody Green’s in it – his sister was in my med school class and I’ve met him once. Good for him though, he totally deserves it.