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"I am seeing Herrera in a matter of hours and will report tomorrow. \nIt is disappointing to read that Newton or his assistants haven't cleaned up the corps work.  It is hard to praise his work if he can't get basic patterns, consistency and ensemble from the corps.   \nMy problem with \"Sylvia\" is actually dramaturgical.  I think there isn't enough conflict in the storyline.  It has to be made clear that Sylvia believes that she has killed Aminta and only realized that she loved him after she killed him.  A lovely pas de deux with her supporting his prostrate body a la \"La Sonnambula\" would be a good touch in Act I.  She has to go through all of Orion act believing Aminta dead but faithful to his memory.  Sylvia shouldn't know that he is alive until Act III.  I have this image of Eros taking a long white scarf and wrapping it around her eyes like a blindfold (\"love makes you blind\").  When she is carried on in Aminta's arms in the final pas de deux entrance she still has the long scarf tied around her head with Eros holding the flowing ends billowing behind her.   Eros would then pull the scarf away (it would be tied in a bow) and Sylvia would discover with wonder and ecstasy that she is in the arms of her beloved who is alive and restored to her. "
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