Failed ballet
Looks like the performance wasn't a complete triumph. Or was it?
Matchika Flenesky after her stunning performance of Pommetalia in 2012.
Flenesky rose to fame when she was picked to play the character Zurunilda in 1969. Zurunilda is in hospital after an ingrowing toenail operation goes wrong, and is the focus of a story of endeavour, achievement and a battle against the odds.
After that performance (glowingly reviewed in Glissade as "lame"), the world was ready for her innovative interpretations. Delighting in the new genre of ballet, her ability to judiciously catch a passing tutu at an inopportune moment or halt just short at the start of a lift certainly caught the eye.
Pommetalia, the story of a little apple selling girl who is in love with an orange seller who loves a banana girl, is not an easy part. A difficult assemblé followed by a single chassé would leave her utterly exhausted. Post show requests for interviews were usually met with her stock response, "pas de chat".
Flenesky is due to make a comeback in the 2024 revival show, "Hopalong Cassidy - the Dancing Years".
Failed ballet
Looks like the performance wasn't a complete triumph. Or was it?
Matchika Flenesky after her stunning performance of Pommetalia in 2012.
Flenesky rose to fame when she was picked to play the character Zurunilda in 1969. Zurunilda is in hospital after an ingrowing toenail operation goes wrong, and is the focus of a story of endeavour, achievement and a battle against the odds.
After that performance (glowingly reviewed in Glissade as "lame"), the world was ready for her innovative interpretations. Delighting in the new genre of ballet, her ability to judiciously catch a passing tutu at an inopportune moment or halt just short at the start of a lift certainly caught the eye.
Pommetalia, the story of a little apple selling girl who is in love with an orange seller who loves a banana girl, is not an easy part. A difficult assemblé followed by a single chassé would leave her utterly exhausted. Post show requests for interviews were usually met with her stock response, "pas de chat".
Flenesky is due to make a comeback in the 2024 revival show, "Hopalong Cassidy - the Dancing Years".