a GREAT night at the Royal Ballet
1. when i have kids i want to look as GORGEOUS as Darcey Bussell
2. when i am 40 i want to look as AMAZING as Sylvie Guillem
'who are these people?', you ask. THEY ARE MY INSPIRATION! i remember watching Darcey Bussell perform in a Royal Ballet production of Sylvia earlier this year and she looked FABULOUS! she had just come back from maternity leave and she was sooooo beautiful and slim! last night Sylvie Guillem, who is 40, looked STUNNING on stage.
which leads me to another point. I WANT TO BE A DANCE CRITIC! or maybe work in the Royal Ballet... so that i can watch great nights like last night's in nice expensive seats and maybe someday actually go up to either one of them and get an autograph and just stand there in their presence.
remember Angel Corella? the American Ballet Theatre dancer i have been swooning over for the last million years? i found a new male dancer that dances with such flair and charm... Ivan Putrov... i loved the jumps he did in Rhapsody! reminds me of Angel Corella's WONDERFUL performance in Don Quixote...
last night was a Quadriple Bill and it was a stellar performance! first up was Fredrick Ashton's Rhapsody which was captivating and so full of energy. Miyako Yoshida had an electric smile which just seemed to lift her up as she danced. as she danced with Ivan Putrov i truly could sense the rhapsody of it all especially in the pas de deux with the crescendos in the music! Ivan Putrov impressed me with his elevation and the ease at which he jumped... and i know he was putting a lot of effort because i was sitting in the stall circle and could see him trembling when he had to stand still and support Miyako Yoshida. and watch out for Yuhui Choe. she is a member of the corps de ballet but there was something about her that caught my eye. she looked to regal and the small flick of her head was able to captivate more than the other dancers with their more dramatic interpretation. a downside was that the male corp de ballet needed to work on looking effortless because they looked like they were trying to execute steps, not dance them. i would so love to have seen Mikhail Barishnikov perform this because Ashton choreographed it for him.
the second was Pavane Pour Une Infant Defunte and it was choreographed by Christopher Wheeler. sadly i wish i had seen Darcey Bussell perform this because it was made for her and Jonathan Cope. But Mara Galeazzi and Federico Bonelli did a good job. i loved the fluidity of the dance and the tenderness with which they danced together... the connection they had... i felt drawn into the dance...
third was Duo Concertant by George Balanchine and it saw a pianist with a violinist on stage (mind you he had a grand piano on stage) and the 2 dancers, Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg came up on stage and stood there listening to the music before they started to react to it. it was a strange Stravinsky piece but Balanchine captured the mode of the music beautifully. the music was rather choppy initially and Balanchine matched that with fragmented arm movements. the innocence of which the boy and girl danced contrasted with the poigant ending that was unexpected yet so powerful.
lastly, what i went to the ballet for... Marguerite and Armand by Ashton, originally choreographed for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev. it is a dramatic piece and while i think Fonteyn wasnt a fabulous technical dancer, she was very dramatic and expressive. and there was always a sexual tension between the 2 which would have been electric on stage. Sylvie Guillem and Jonathan Cope danced with so much passion that it became almost reckless and dangerous. at one point i think Cope stumbled as he was doing a pas de deux with her and i could feel myself gasp. it's a good thing that i went to the opera house alone because i was so enthralled by it i found myself moving along as they danced. i could see the desperation of Marguerite through Guillem's performance... she had BECOME her. and Cope played the lovesick young man very convincingly. you could hear her heavy breathing and the pain on her face as she had to forsake the love they shared and the brief reunion before she died. in fact, Sylvie Guillem looked stunned when she took her first curtain call, almost as if she woke up from a dream.
i want to lose myself in dance so badly. i want to be part of that world where for the duration you are lost on stage.
2. when i am 40 i want to look as AMAZING as Sylvie Guillem
'who are these people?', you ask. THEY ARE MY INSPIRATION! i remember watching Darcey Bussell perform in a Royal Ballet production of Sylvia earlier this year and she looked FABULOUS! she had just come back from maternity leave and she was sooooo beautiful and slim! last night Sylvie Guillem, who is 40, looked STUNNING on stage.
which leads me to another point. I WANT TO BE A DANCE CRITIC! or maybe work in the Royal Ballet... so that i can watch great nights like last night's in nice expensive seats and maybe someday actually go up to either one of them and get an autograph and just stand there in their presence.
remember Angel Corella? the American Ballet Theatre dancer i have been swooning over for the last million years? i found a new male dancer that dances with such flair and charm... Ivan Putrov... i loved the jumps he did in Rhapsody! reminds me of Angel Corella's WONDERFUL performance in Don Quixote...
last night was a Quadriple Bill and it was a stellar performance! first up was Fredrick Ashton's Rhapsody which was captivating and so full of energy. Miyako Yoshida had an electric smile which just seemed to lift her up as she danced. as she danced with Ivan Putrov i truly could sense the rhapsody of it all especially in the pas de deux with the crescendos in the music! Ivan Putrov impressed me with his elevation and the ease at which he jumped... and i know he was putting a lot of effort because i was sitting in the stall circle and could see him trembling when he had to stand still and support Miyako Yoshida. and watch out for Yuhui Choe. she is a member of the corps de ballet but there was something about her that caught my eye. she looked to regal and the small flick of her head was able to captivate more than the other dancers with their more dramatic interpretation. a downside was that the male corp de ballet needed to work on looking effortless because they looked like they were trying to execute steps, not dance them. i would so love to have seen Mikhail Barishnikov perform this because Ashton choreographed it for him.
the second was Pavane Pour Une Infant Defunte and it was choreographed by Christopher Wheeler. sadly i wish i had seen Darcey Bussell perform this because it was made for her and Jonathan Cope. But Mara Galeazzi and Federico Bonelli did a good job. i loved the fluidity of the dance and the tenderness with which they danced together... the connection they had... i felt drawn into the dance...
third was Duo Concertant by George Balanchine and it saw a pianist with a violinist on stage (mind you he had a grand piano on stage) and the 2 dancers, Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg came up on stage and stood there listening to the music before they started to react to it. it was a strange Stravinsky piece but Balanchine captured the mode of the music beautifully. the music was rather choppy initially and Balanchine matched that with fragmented arm movements. the innocence of which the boy and girl danced contrasted with the poigant ending that was unexpected yet so powerful.
lastly, what i went to the ballet for... Marguerite and Armand by Ashton, originally choreographed for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev. it is a dramatic piece and while i think Fonteyn wasnt a fabulous technical dancer, she was very dramatic and expressive. and there was always a sexual tension between the 2 which would have been electric on stage. Sylvie Guillem and Jonathan Cope danced with so much passion that it became almost reckless and dangerous. at one point i think Cope stumbled as he was doing a pas de deux with her and i could feel myself gasp. it's a good thing that i went to the opera house alone because i was so enthralled by it i found myself moving along as they danced. i could see the desperation of Marguerite through Guillem's performance... she had BECOME her. and Cope played the lovesick young man very convincingly. you could hear her heavy breathing and the pain on her face as she had to forsake the love they shared and the brief reunion before she died. in fact, Sylvie Guillem looked stunned when she took her first curtain call, almost as if she woke up from a dream.
i want to lose myself in dance so badly. i want to be part of that world where for the duration you are lost on stage.
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