Carlu Carter - Clippings

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Carlu Carter - Clippings

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WIL pe entered into . w Prairie Ballet A Triumph -Canadian Work Of Art E R I as tion a са et sess со ai BY FRANK MORRISS thematic material , and its mod Spontaneous ernism is not too dissonant . The applause echoed and re - echoed through the Play but Mr. Fleming has things of his feeling of Aaron Copland is there , house theatre Friday night well it might . The audience wit- own to say , too . It lacks , however , nessed the premiere of a definite the incandescence of Miss Lloyd's work of Canadian art . choreography , and there are times t Shadow on the Prairie , as pre : would improve it . when a more vivid climactic sense sented by the Winnipeg Ballet te ranks foremost among the distin- has fashioned her performance on Miss Carter , as the young wife , guished works that Gweneth Lloyd , its founder and director , drawn quality to the interpreta an introvert note . There is a with has given us . It is blessed with a th workable and fluent score by Rob- tion , and the surprising thing is ert Fleming of Ottawa , striking that a dancer so young should pos the dramatic insight and decor by John W. Graham and or th fine costumes by Stuart Mackay . strength of inner fire to project it across the footlights in such a Miss Lloyd's ability to make movement the vehicle for a poig telling way . This is far from an Don nant and starkly dramatic insight easy role . It is not bombastic in into the loneliness of the human any sense of the word , and its very of spirit is here disclosed in its full economy of gesture present form maturity . idable difficulties . SINGULAR QUALITY Gordon Wales was also able to pr lis She has been singularly lucky in do a great deal for the part of the kn the return of Carlu Carter from ardent and perplexed young hus England , for Miss Carter gives the itself . Josephine Andrews , who is band . It was an achievement in tit role of the withdrawn young wo man , overcome by the vastness of new to the company , did remark strange new land , a singular qual- ably well with a role that could ity of sweetness and searing pa stand further development by the thos . Praise also for some notable choreographer . IF ONLY ! fi work by Gordon Wales as the hus band , Josephine Andrews as a bit The rest of the principals , in ter cause for trouble indeed cluding Roger Fisher , Gloria Camp for the whole cast . bell , Leslie Carter and Paddy Mc SI This is a ballet in which the Intyre were all excellent . But this central figure moves against a was no occasion for a corps de background of understandable ballet . Each person on the stage human beings . The movement , had a clearly defined role . ju which has its roots in Scottish Finally , a salute to Betty Far steps , is not over - elaborate , it is rally , who directed the work in at never fussy , but it is strikingly out that Miss Lloyd had put into a fashion that brought everything apt . Time and again there are mo is ments in which the pulse is quick- it . If Mr. Massey could only have ened and the imagination touched seen it ! st with a gesture . Considering the unfamiliarity te From the first moments of the with the score , the orchestra did idyllic happiness of the young very well with it , thanks to the couple the feeling of " rightness " firm direction of Eric Wild. fi is there . The sudden interjection This leaves little time for the li P of a tragic note , its dismissal , its rest of the evening . Marina Kat D return , and its development to ronis was particularly outstanding the final frightening entrance of in the pas de deux from Masquer- d the young woman into the chest ade , Eva von Genscy and Arnold as a final refuge against wavering Spohr shone in Arabesque , and all this , and more , is there was a blithe performance of G. expressed in a masterful and Finishing School , in grimly pitiful work . But in this corner , the shouting a TOO SHORT is all for Shadow on the Prairie , whi The only criticism , at this stage Bravo ! her of the game , is that the ballet is too short . There moments which could be carried farther , but which are swept away in the progress of the score , Mr. Fleming's score is a good one . It has its basis in Scottish 이 SE RETH AN OREA W се a ) reason are Breast