Sylvia (Darcey Bussell-Roberto Bolle, Royal Ballet 2005)
AVI | 710 MB | Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, 192.00 kbps avg | Video: 720x576 (1.25:1), 25 fps, DivX Codec 5.x or 6.x, 780 kbps avg
Length: 117 minutes
This is Ashton's Sylvia as a Second-Empire entertainement, magnificently danced and sumptuously staged. Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle are flawless in roles that are quite difficult yet ironically not showy. They make excellent partners.
Sylvia is a ballet rarely performed these days. This Royal Ballet version has superb dancers, the lovely Darcey Bussell, a fine score and good classical choreography. The ballet has a mythological story line that is as daffy and arbitrary as many fairy tales (statues coming to life, for example}. The dancing is lovely.