“Paquita”
Paris Opera Ballet
May 28, 2015
The Copenhagen Opera
“Take Four”
Royal Danish Ballet
May 2015
The Drama house
Talent Award to Tobias Praetorius
The Paris Opera Ballet make a seldom visit to Copenhagen showing Pierre Lacotte’s big style reconstruction of “Paquita”. Although the ballets shares several similarities with the Danes own French heritage (Bournonville) it comes across more as a collection of fashionable scenarios than as a work of art. It definitely shows the trends of mid-19th century European taste. The performance is partly saved by the Russian reediting by Petipa, but as a vehicle for the Paris Opera Opera Ballet, it cannot provide the content to really display the company’s high qualities and skills.