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<\/a>The absolutely brilliant director\/choreographer, Christopher Gattelli, who conceived the idea with Jennifer Manocherian, melds all together with the considerable artistry of scenic designer Derek McLane, costume designer Jess Goldstein, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Peter Hylenski and music director Steven Malone, who plays keyboard and leads an eight-piece orchestra.<\/p>\n
To dazzle one\u2019s eyes and imagination, Gattelli brings a glorious array of dancers, 22 of them. They are all that one might wish for in one\u2019s wildest imaginings \u2014 and some are legendary \u2014 for instance, Donna McKechnie, Tony Award-winner for her role in the original \u201cA Chorus Line.\u201d She provides continuity and does some fine singing in the title song.<\/p>\n
Performed in 140 minutes or so without interval, \u201cIn your Arms\u201d is poignant and sad and passionate and is not without a deep sense of humor, particularly in Durang\u2019s \u201cThe Dance Contest,\u201d in which four dancers, two from the U.S. and two from Russia, compete in Russia. Jenn Harris is particularly funny as the Russian woman who becomes inflamed with passion for the American, danced by Henry (\u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d) Byalikov. The others in this vignette are Stephen Bienskie and Haley Podschun.<\/p>\n The work commences with Spencer Clark and Lyrica Woodruff in a classical prologue evoking \u201cRomeo and Juliet,\u201d followed by McKechnie performing Ahrens\u2019 title song, which sets up all that follows.<\/p>\n My particular favorites are Nilo Cruz\u2019s \u201cThe Lovers Jacket,\u201d a passionate and percussive flamenco work with Glenda Sol Koeraus, Valero, Byalikov and the company. It travels from the Spanish Revolution to Argentina in the late \u201930s. The other segment that set my senses aflame was Beane\u2019s \u201cArtist and Models, 1929,\u201d which matches Jonathan Sharp as a famous artist and Ryan Steele as his model. Sexy to the nth degree.<\/p>\n Then, when each audience member has made his or her own tenuous connections and sense of overall meaning of the larger work, all of which is performed mostly without dialogue, Gattelli dazzles us with the beauty of 81-year-old George Chakiris, who received an Oscar for his portrayal of Bernardo\u00a0in the 1961 film of \u201cWest Side Story\u201d and went on to enjoy a career in film and television. Chakiris is symbolic of the survivor, who lived for love and beauty and who completes the journey filled with radiance. Indeed, each of us goes home feeling that radiance. What an uplifting and lovely evening.<\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0<\/em>Charlene Baldridge ha estado escribiendo sobre las artes desde 1979. Puedes seguir su blog en\u00a0<\/em>charlenebaldridge.com<\/a>\u00a0o llegar a ella en\u00a0charb81@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Por Charlene Baldridge | Revisi\u00f3n de teatro<\/p>","protected":false},"author":731,"featured_media":249248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"The artistry of love","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11550,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-top-stories","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>As a matter of fact, every pairing dripped with sensuality, especially Marija Juliette Abney and Adesola Oskalumi as African lovers intent on migrating to France in Nottage\u2019s \u201cA Wedding Dance.\u201d Just like life, some vignettes are violent and others, fraught with infidelity and disappointment and forgiveness.<\/p>\n