Les Gentilhommes
Les Gentilhommes is a
Lincoln Center
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Les Gentilhommes was subtitled "Skol, Stanley!" at its premiere and is dedicated to the late
Stanley Williams, co-chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, who taught Martins at the Royal Danish Ballet school. The ballet consists of three trios of different moods preceded and followed by sections for the whole ensemble, concluding with a solo. "In Gentilhommes, I didn't just want to make a big bravura piece, showing beats and double air turns, but showing how elegantly and beautifully men can move."[1]
Casts
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Footnotes
- ^ Dance Magazine interview with Peter Martins