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Article: Troupe therapY; As the Stanislavsky Ballet prepares to visit Britain, mystery surrounds the disappearance of its artistic director. Andrew Wilson goes backstage to hear tales of love and intrigue...
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 21, 2004
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Byline: ANDREW WILSON
The scene looks like a moving work of art as painted by Degas. A dozen or so waif-like young women stand around the edges of a mirrored room and bend and stretch by the barre, limbering up for the evening's performance of Petipa and Gorsky's Don Quixote. The romantic ballet - its grand pas de deux is one of the most frequently performed gala pieces in the world - is one of two works the Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet is bringing to London's Royal Festival Hall in December and January.
Watching the company rehearse at their theatre in Moscow, I am struck by the foundation of discipline that lies behind their seemingly effortless and ...