Carlos Molina highlights new ballet 'Fausto'

There's a laconic ease to Carlos Molina's demeanor as the former soloist from American Ballet Theatre works with a willowy Annabelle Henry in a pas de deux from "Fausto," a new work that Napoles Ballet premieres this weekend at the Cowell Theater.

For a moment, his economy of movement might be mistaken for passivity. It's the end of a long day of rehearsals at the Shan Yee Poon studios in the Richmond district, and beside the sharp, almost adamantine shapes and trajectories that choreographer Luis Napoles demonstrates for them, Molina's small nods and quiet comments suggest a certain lassitude.

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