Talk:Concerto (ballet)

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Did you know... that choreographer Kenneth MacMillan turned a duet in his ballet Concerto into a female solo when the male dancer broke his foot prior to the premiere?

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:45, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Concerto was inspired by ballerina Lynn Seymour's warm-up? Source: "The second, soulful andante movement opens with a pas de deux based on warm-up stretches MacMillan had watched Seymour doing a a ballet studio as she readied herself for rehearsals." ([1])
- ALT1:... that choreographer Kenneth MacMillan turned a duet in his ballet Concerto to a female solo when the male dancer broke his foot prior the premiere? Source: "The final movement was originally conceived as a playful duet but, days before the premiere, Silvia Kesselheim’s original partner broke his foot. Unable to find a replacement MacMillan rechoreographed the duet as a solo and it has remained so ever since." ([2])

Reviewed: Break My Heart (Dua Lipa song)

5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:26, 13 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

its always exciting to see balet related articles make it to DYK. While I find both hooks interesting, I think ALT1 is just a hair more compelling. This review is for that ALT.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: 5x expansion on July 13th. I am AGF that "The Ballet Bag", the website the hook is cited to, is a reliable source. All in all a great short article on a ballet with an interesting conception! Found5dollar (talk) 23:27, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Found5dollar. The book cited in ALT0 also mentioned the event in ALT1, but "The Ballet Bag" is more detailed so I chose to use that. Corachow (talk) 12:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]