Review: Anna Karenina (S'pore Arts Fest 2009)
Title: Anna Karenina
Cast: Finnish National Ballet
Musicians: Singapore Festival Orchestra
Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, the production is an Asian premiere. I thought that the set was pretty nice and versatile enough. I also liked the train. And the costumes were so pretty, especially Anna's red dress in her final scenes - very gorgeous. What's not to like about ballet? Beautiful costumes, elegant dance steps, graceful movements and arches, etc...
The dancers were really fine too. At one point, lead dancer Minna Tervamaki (Anna K) fell down. But she recovered so quickly, it could have been a blink-and-miss affair. SN later told me she suspected the dancer probably broke her shoe, but she was so strong, she recovered almost immediately. It's always such a pleasure to watch ballet dancers who're wonderful... :)
Anyway, next on my agenda of things to do will be to buy the book and finally read it. I'd been thinking of getting the book for years, but have always procrastinated. So, no more excuses now.
