Genre:
Ballet
Release Date:
Jun 2001
Recorded:
1999
Number of Discs:
1
Sound Format:
Dolby Surround; Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio:
16:9 Anamorphic
Display:
NTSC
Catalog Number:
OA0810D
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pacific Northwest Ballet)
Patricia Barker (Tatania); Paul Gibson (Oberon); Seth Belliston (Puck); Lisa Apple (Helena); Julie Tobiason (Hermia); Ross Yearsley (Lysander); Jeffrey Stanton (Demetrius); Timothy Lynch (Bottom);
Choreographed by an artistic genius, George Balanchine, Shakespeare's comedy of magic and loves delusions set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn is a guaranteed audience pleaser. The Pacific Northwest Ballet displays all the vitality, brilliance and versatility of its wonderful dancers in this award winning production of Balanchine's first original full-length ballet.
Filmed in High Definition.
Reviews
"It is a fine company with an enviable reputation and some altogether excellent principal dancers: Lisa Apple's Helena and Julie Tobiason's Hermia are particularly fine, and the scene between Titania and Bottom is most affecting. The fairy scenes are imaginatively handled and staged." (The Penguin Guide)
"... lavish ... full of colour and brilliant images ... Such productions surely guarantee the survival of classical ballet well into the next millennium." (Morning Star (USA))
"Skirting the stage with razor sharp jetés, Seth Belliston (as Puck) made a terrific impact." (The Stage)