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Fancy Free. Choreography by Jerome Robbins ::
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"Jerome
Robbins’ Fancy Free has never looked fresher or more spontaneous.
As the three sailors, Herman Cornejo, Ángel Corella and
Iain Mackay exploited the laddish humour as if they were dancing
the ballet for the first time".
Enmma Manning. Dance Europe. November 2009
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Music:
Leonard Bernstein*
Sets: Oliver Smith
Costumes: Kermit Love
Lighting: Ronald Bates
Choreography Preparation: Judith Fugate
Timing: 39 minutos
First performance: April 18, 1944. Performed by permission of the Robbins Rights Trust
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Natalia Tapia,
Iain Mackay, Ángel Corella, Carmen Corella, Herman Cornejo,
Adiarys Almeida, Principal Dancers in Fancy Free. Photo: Manuel
de los Galanes
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The ballet concerns three sailors on shore leave. Time: 1944, a hot summer night. Place: New York City, a side street.
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Carmen Corella,
Herman Cornejo, Ángel Corella, Iain Mackay. Photo: Castillo
de Peralada Festival. Miquel González
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Ashley
Ellis & Ángel Corella.. Photo: Castillo de Peralada
Festival. Miquel González
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*Music
by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, In. and Monge & Boceta
Asociados Musicales S.L.).
Big Stuff sung by Dee Dee Bridgewater. Recording directed by Glen Roven.