Angel Corella's Giselle for Pennsylvania Ballet

By Carla Escoda, 13 March 2019

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Reviewed at Academy of Music, Philadelphia on 9 March 2019

Giselle (Ángel Corella)

Philadelphia Ballet

Yuka Iseda, Dancer

Ian Hussey, Dancer

Alexsey Babayev, Dancer

Alexandra Hughes, Dancer

So Jung Shin, Dancer

Misa Kasamatsu, Dancer

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Ivy Lin, 29th April

George Balanchine’s short-but-thrilling ballet Allegro Brillante is tailor-made to Mayara Piniero’s talents in Philadelphia.

****1

Succesful Storyelling in Philadelphia

Hilary Stroh, 8th March

Philadelphia Ballet's Story-First Swan Lake

****1

Classics and clichés

Hilary Stroh, 20th October

It’s alright, sometimes, for a classic to own the fact that it is a cliché. The Pennsylvania Ballet’s performance of The Sleeping Beauty, directed by Angel Corella was a lovely, lush but unsurprising presentation

****1

A new Albrecht makes a polished Giselle shine even brighter

Deborah Weiss, 7th March

A last minute injury to Natalia Osipova does not mar the magic of Sir Peter Wright's Giselle as Marianela Núñez steps in to partner Patricio Revé.

****1

A Valentine’s Day Giselle in Atlanta: Romantic excellence

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 14th February

A lovely production of Giselle by the increasingly good and ever-growing Atlanta Ballet.

****1

The RB: Peter Wright’s Giselle is as near perfection as you can get

Amanda Jennings, 14th February

Sir Peter Wright’s Giselle was given a well-deserved, thunderous ovation on opening night. A near perfect rendition of the ballet from all quarters of the Company was deeply satisfying.

*****

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Soloists and corps step up in Angel Corella's Giselle for Pennsylvania Ballet