This is the final week in American Ballet Theater's summer season at The Metropolitan Opera House. Marcelo Gomes, a Brazilian principal dancer, is the intoxicating romantic Romeo that has somehow surpassed himself yet again. Mr. Gomes unlocks surpressed qualities in his partners that rids their fears by creating a world so tangible that they forget there is even an audience, they become enveloped the role, the become Juliet.
On Monday night, his partner was Diana Vishneva, one of the company’s worthiest ballerinas. Ms. Vishneva’s Juliet starts out innocently willful and ends up somewhere in the wild. She has a way of wilting, as if air were slowing escaping her body, until, arching her spine and throwing her long arms back with uncalculated force. She looks as though she was gliding threw air, doing so with ease and grace.
Prokofiev’s music soars while emotion builds in a charged glance or a realization, creates windows for individual touches. As Romeo, Mr. Gomes seizes those moments, transforming a flirty swagger into grown-up sensuality. To say this performance was outstanding would be an understatement.
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