Ivan Vasiliev and Nicoletta Manni in Le jeune homme et la mort, La Scala, 2014
Ivan Vasiliev is a powerful performer, both physically and emotionally. His prowess in ballet pyrotechnics — the leaps, the turns — has brought him fame throughout the world. But he’s no circus performer as his Quasimodo in Roland Petit’s Notre Dame de Paris in Milan or his Romeo in Frederick Ashton’s production of Romeo and Juliet in London demonstrated; he has a fierce and passionate interiority which he is able to communicate instantly and clearly to the audience. No more so, maybe, than in Petit’s Le jeune homme et la mort.
Vasiliev worked on the role with Petit shortly before the choreographer’s death in July 2011.… [continue reading]
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