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TRIO CON BRIO
John Lindquist Photograph, Copyright © Harvard Theatre Collection
Photo Courtesy: The Jacob's Pillow Archives
Synopsis:
In this short, punchy pas de trois technical statement, Tudor presents a woman and two men who
work in Petipa-like movement formulas to Glinka's predictable music with pirouettes, bourrées, and movement
patterns. The men partner her and walk around like peacocks. She acknowledges their obeisance, treating both men
as elegant porters for her leanings. Upstage, she extends her . leg front and arches back. She waits and deigns
to move from one cavalier to the other, balancing, pirouetting, and unfolding her legs. The men have their moments
of individual triumph as well. In a very presentational way, they cover the jumps, turns, and the quick, difficult
batterie that we associate with the origins of ballet. Alone, the ballerina executes step piqué pirouettes
and pas de chats on diagonals. She concludes with a double pirouette and bows as if to say, now the audience must
recognize my command performance. The show literally stops, and she goes off. After the other cavalier performs
his variation with a lot of quick, stiff, beating jumps, the three dancers come out , with typical end of the pas
de deux/trois fireworks-ballonnés, Czardas steps and rapid folksy steps, one arm up, pulling into fifth
positions, a fitting ending to this imperial academic display.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor - (Vispitin - Tudor did not wish the piece to be thought
of as his choreographic work) |
| Music / Composer |
Mikhail Glinka
Dances from RussIan and Ludmilla |
| First Performance |
Lee, Massachusetts
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, June 27, 1952
Resident company |
| Cast First Performance |
| Tatiana Grantzea, Nicholas Polajenko, Ralph McWilliams |
| Costumes / Scenery |
| Marie Nepo and Adolphine Rott |
| Notated |
| In Construction |
| Number of Dancers |
| 1 Women, 2 Men |
| Average Length |
| NA |
| Costumes |
| New York Theatre Ballet |
| Scenery |
| None |
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