American Ballet Theatre - At the Met - Warner Music Group Germany

"Les Sylphides"
Music: Frederic Chopin
Choreography: Michel Fokine
Conductor Paul Connelly
Mikhail Baryshnikov - Cynthia Harvey
Marianne Tcherkassky - Cheryl Yeager

"Triad"
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan
Conductor: Alan Barker
Amanda Mckerrow - Robert La Fosse
Johan Renvall

"Sylvia - Pas De Deux"
Music: Leo Delibes
Choreography: George Balanchine
Conductor: Alan Barker
Staged by: Andre Egevsky
Martine Van Hamel - Patrick Bissell

"Paquita"
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Orchestrated by: John Lanchbery
Choreography: Natalia Makarova after Petipa
Conductor: Paul Connelly
Cynthia Gregory - Fernando Bujones

This triple bill of ballets, with an additional glittering pas de deux, is a delightful introduction to the range and excitement of American Ballet Theatres repertory. The first piece is Les Sylphides in which Mikhail Baryshnikov is the poet surrounded by the drifting chorus of sylphs. The Sylvia Pas de deux is a sparkling duet for Martina van Hamel and Patrick Bissell, and it is followed by Triad, one of Sir Kenneth MacMillian s most poetic and sensitive short ballets. Finally, in a blaze of brilliant dancing, the Grand Pas from Paquita shows off the technical virtuosity of ABT s dancers in a cascade of mock-Spanish bravura choreography staged by Natalia Makarova from the original Petipa version.