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Article: Ballets Russes Reunion: One Last Grand Adventure.
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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THE STANDING OVATION erupted before the show even began at this spring's Ballets Russes Gala Performance, held at New Orleans's Orpheum Theater as part of the four-day Ballets Russes Celebration. When the curtain rose on a half-moon of nearly seventy-five original company members--all formally dressed, most white-haired--the anticipatory buzz that had begun in the lobby built into thunderous applause, shouts of "Bravo!" and tears visible on both sides of the proscenium.
During the subsequent greatest hits program from the Russes repertoire, including Gaits Parisienne, Graduation Ball, and Les Biches, Bolshoi dancer Dimitri Gudanov's sweeping, weightless jumps in ...