The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory

Les Sylphides

Music by Chopin Choreography by Fokine

Staged by Denise Warner Limoli The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory IMPACT 2015 Warner Theatre

ELENA KITTEL TCHERNICHOVA

We can't think of a more perfect setting than Jacob's Pillow to celebrate the first day of summer.  The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory wishes you a wonderful summer season!

'Swan Lake' is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer; it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training.

“In classical pas de deux, the man controls everything. He picks up the girl. He puts her down. He turns her, takes her weight, stops her, and she must always go where he leads. The woman submits to all this completely. But her submission is not feeble. In fact, the only reason she can submit so utterly is because she is very strong in herself. In her center. She does not collapse, or cave, or stutter-step, or flop. No, she holds herself very consciously, very confidently. She is centered within her own weight. So the man always knows where she is. He can feel her. He can absorb her strength.”