Preview: The Washington Ballet's Carmen.For years, Septime Webre searched for the ideal Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. , a ballerina who would possess the right combination of fire and ice, aggression and sensuality. Webre, artistic director of The Washington Ballet The Washington Ballet is one of the premiere ballet companies in the United States. The company is an outgrowth of the Washington School of Ballet, which was founded in 1944 by Lisa Gardner and Mary Day; pioneers in American dance. , found her in 2001 in the gifted, Dominican-born Michele Jimenez--all dark hair, steely legs, and regal carriage. This season the one-act ballet returns, with Jimenez and Brianne Bland sharing the role, illuminated by Picasso-esque costumes and scenery, and, of course, Bizet's ravishing rav·ish·ing adj. Extremely attractive; entrancing. rav  ish·ing·ly adv. score. "Many assumed Carmen was a wayward, loose woman
getting her comeuppance come·up·pance n. A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" ," the choreographer says. "But I view her as the first modern woman of the theater." November 2-6, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.; www.kennedy-center.org; www.washingtonballet.org. |
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