Measured but never bloodless, ranging from skittish to melancholy, it was a fittingly virtuoso way to close an evening that underlined the Academy's reputation for musical excellence.
Maillot's choreography showcases all the delicate expressiveness of her long arms and cantilevered back, and while it maximises the virtuoso power of her supple legs and feet, it also probes the pressures and conflicts she carries with her as a world-class ballerina.
The knockout stages belonged to Roberto as he almost single-handedly won Italy the World Cup with a series of virtuoso displays in what surely would have gone down as the best one-man show since Diego Maradona at Mexico 86.
He's up against the virtuoso flashiness of Matt Berry from Toast of London, the understated heart of Tom Hollander from Rev and Hugh Bonneville from being the least annoying thing about W1A.
The Sergeyev records include snippets of material that were introduced during the first western productions, including the virtuoso fish dives in the Act 3 pas de deux and a solo variation for the Prince.
They were powered by a virtuoso innings of brilliance from Virat Kohli, who hit an unbeaten 74 from 48 balls, and a belligerent half-century from Suresh Raina.
Yet at the same time, his public persona is cheeky and cheerful: he sometimes seems to heckle himself.At a recent public meeting outside Bristol, in south-west England, Mr Farage played the packed room (Tory-faithful types, ranging from pensioners in blazers to brawny small businessmen) like a virtuoso.
The giant, who claims, incidentally, to have built Stonehenge, warms to Rooster and gives him a drum; if he ever needs help he should bang it and the giants will come.At the end of "Jerusalem", as the Rooster is about to be evicted from his mobile home, Mr Rylance gives a virtuoso performance on that drum.
But today, aged 25, the Chicago-born organ virtuoso is instead pursuing a career as a recitalist and teacher.That is a wise choice.
We have known for a long time that he is a virtuoso technician, with almost too much facility for his own good.
The article holds up the Linux crowd as the "virtuoso practitioners of new work principles that produce energised teams and lower costs".But it is not just geeks in the software industry who have learnt to work in this way.
