This expression of gratitude carries a magnitude rarely encountered. "Thank you, Marcia," read a flyer that fluttered down onto the audience at the Stuttgart Opera House a few years ago. That thanks was immediately followed by an all-encompassing "for what"—unmistakably attributing a significance to Marcia Haydée’s milestone birthday that transcended mere local pride and resonated within the history of ballet. It was a "Thank you for Juliet, Tatiana, Katharina, Marguerite, Medea, Blanche, Madame, Angel/Lilli, and so on..."—a tribute highlighting the enduring impact Marcia Haydée’s diverse portrayals have had in expanding and influencing the ballet repertoire far beyond the Stuttgart valley.
To call her the "greatest dramatic ballerina in the world"—as the back of that flyer proclaimed at ...
