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"I also enjoyed Sylvia.  I have seen Gillian Murphy dance before.  Her dancing has always been very good, but I never felt that she was right for some of the roles that she played in the past.  However, this is a role that fit her like a glove.  She was able to combine everything together wonderfully last night.  She is such a powerful dancer, but last night there was also a gentleness and sweetness to her dancing. \nOne thing I can't get over is how short the ballet was.  The first act ended at 8:45 and the ballet was over at 10:00 on the dot.  The corps was a little sloppy in the beginning, but got better as the night went along.  I sat in Dress Circle and one of the things that bothered me was - should the corps be making THAT much noise when they dance?  In some parts, it sounded like they had heels on the bottom of their toe shoes. \nAshton's choreography is always wonderful to see.  I had the pleasure of attending a night of the Ashton Centennial back in the summer of 2004.  Many of the group dances in Sylvia reminded me of the shapes and patterns that the dancers made in another of his ballets, Scenes de Ballet. \nMaxim Beloserkovsky and Marcelo Gomes were both wonderful.  The role of Aminta is not a flashy role, but Beloserkovsky brought his powerful partnering and solo dancing to it.  Marcelo Gomes looks like such a great guy in person, but he is so right for bad guy roles.  I'm thinking not only about last night's Orion, but also his von Rothbart from Swan Lake.  He oozes charm and sex appeal in his attractive bad guy roles. \nBravo to Carlos Lopez as Eros for being able to stay in that immobile position for so long as the statue.  His dancing was a little shaky in Act III and unfortunately, at the end of Act II, some people around me started to giggle when he assumed that Statue of Liberty pose at the front of the ship. \nI felt bad for one of the corps ladies in Act III.  Her prop fell apart and when she bent down quickly to pick it up, her hand missed, and when she stopped to try again, the girl behind her danced right into her. \nI liked the Goats!  They were played by Anne Milewski and Craig Salstein.  \nHow I wish Veronika Part had more to do as Terpsichore!  I couldn't take my eyes off of her when she was on stage.  Same for Zhong-Jing Fang who came in Act III as one of Sylvia's attendants.  No one in the corps carries themselves the way she does.  Next year, I would love to see more Part and more Fang!! \nBut the night belonged to Gillian Murphy!    "
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