Talk:Gayane (ballet)

Untitled
Either the piece was in both Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games or just in Clear and Present Danger. I doubt it's both but I'm possitive that it's in Clear and Present Danger. You can listen to a sample of it here under the track "Looking For Clues".

Successful before Stalin
The ballet Gayane was modestly successful when danced before Joseph Stalin (my bolding)


 * Comment: Apart from a citation being required, what does it mean for a ballet to be "successful"? When I hear of an artistic creation being "successful", that usually means it had a long run in theatres, or soon became part of the standard repertoire, or had many performances, or sold many copies, or made a lot of money for its creator and promoters/publishers, or elements of all of these.  Are we being told that Stalin saw it a few times?  Or are we being told that Stalin enjoyed and approved the (probably single) performance he attended?  And what would his approval have translated to in real terms?  I suppose in Stalinist terms, getting Stalin's nod for anything equated to "success", but we have to say it in a way that makes sense to modern readers.

Characters
The infobox lists the characters as Gayane, Karen, Armen, Nune and Giko. Yet in the text there are references to Ovanes, Kazakhov (also seen as Kazhakov and Kasakov), Aishe and Izmail. Not to mention that Gayane and Gayaneh appear in the same sentence, as if they were different characters.

This mess needs work. --  Jack of Oz   [Talk]  19:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I took care that all be Gayane and Kazakov. As to the characters mentioned in the infobox, I think it is normal to mention in the infobox only the main characters, while the plot section can make mention of additional characters. Debresser (talk) 01:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC)