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Article: Graceful, lithe and 'fat': Lyon Opera Ballet dancers make beautiful movement.
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- The Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2006
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Byline: Diana Morse
Oct. 8--Think opera, and a sturdy Brunhilda in winged helmet, preparing for the gallant Ride of the Valkyries, may come to mind.
Think ballet, and most envision graceful, lithe "swans" floating across the stage.
French dance company Lyon Opera Ballet is offering up avant-garde ballet that merges these images.
In Maguy Marin's "Groosland," one of three repertory pieces to be featured at the company's Tuesday night concert at Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center, dancers are wrapped in heavy latex costumes as they move to Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto. Some make the dancers look scantily clad. Others give the ...