Richard Tanner's SOIREE premiered at New York City Ballet in 2001. With enchanting costumes and superb lighting - and a really splendid Nino Rota score - the ballet struck me as one of the most attractive new works staged there in recent years. Tanner used corps dancers and soloists in this ballet which has a youthful, romantic feeling. I liked SOIREE so much that I saw it several times and brought friends especially to see it; their response was much like mine. {The Paul Kolnik photo at left gives you an idea of the atmosphere.}
In the second season, there was an extra dividend for me when Amanda Edge stepped in for an injured colleague and made a wonderful impression; my friends all singled her out (without any prompting from me) as a particularly luminous dancer.
Why do such really enjoyable ballets disappear from the repertoire, and could it be revived? Please?
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