Сашенька, всегда с огромным удовольствием смотрю на твоего талантливого сына. Жаль, что не можем видеть его на сцене нашего театра, куда давно не хожу. Это давно уже не мой театр. Остаётся только вспоминать тех, кого любила и люблю.
It seems to me, as someone who enjoys ballet but has very limited knowledge of the art, that even as late as the 1980s, the choreographers were obliged to stay rigidly to the format of 19th Century ballets. Both Ashton and McMillan were innovative geniuses, but were constrained by what their audiences would pay to watch. If you compare this, albeit with its origins in the 1870s, to the most recent productions, such as the celebration performance for Bernstein, then the Royal Ballet has come a long way in the last 40 years. Is that true for ballet in general, worldwide?
