I noticed that in our Nutcracker rehearsals, a particular dancer looked like she didn't want to be there. Very low energy, and not very interested so it appeared. Well I went to one of the shows to watch my teacher dance Sugar Plum since I wasn't cast that day. The dancer that appeared uninterested came alive on the stage. They looked like a completely different person. It was Amazing!!!😊💝
Very interesting video, as usual. You offer such a unique input on a ballet channel. As an avid balletomane - for 60 years - if I were being totally truthful and not holding back, there are so many times that I will see a dancer make it to principle who are so less good than some others and so then balletomanes are stuck with them and it pains me greatly because then I am deprived of the full beauty of ballet because the greater dancer has been eclipsed by lesser dancers. I also have seen dancers in recent times dancers get promoted to principle yet I feel corps members are just as good or better. Recently, I have been shocked by a lower dancing level at a big national company by some female soloists and principles. Ballet is my sacred church and I want the highest practitioners before my eyes. To me of course, I'm not interested in how reliable they are with learning choreography. I just want to see great artistry and great dancing on stage. Thank you for the video.
I noticed that in our Nutcracker rehearsals, a particular dancer looked like she didn't want to be there. Very low energy, and not very interested so it appeared. Well I went to one of the shows to watch my teacher dance Sugar Plum since I wasn't cast that day. The dancer that appeared uninterested came alive on the stage. They looked like a completely different person. It was Amazing!!!😊💝
Very interesting video, as usual. You offer such a unique input on a ballet channel. As an avid balletomane - for 60 years - if I were being totally truthful and not holding back, there are so many times that I will see a dancer make it to principle who are so less good than some others and so then balletomanes are stuck with them and it pains me greatly because then I am deprived of the full beauty of ballet because the greater dancer has been eclipsed by lesser dancers.
I also have seen dancers in recent times dancers get promoted to principle yet I feel corps members are just as good or better. Recently, I have been shocked by a lower dancing level at a big national company by some female soloists and principles. Ballet is my sacred church and I want the highest practitioners before my eyes. To me of course, I'm not interested in how reliable they are with learning choreography.
I just want to see great artistry and great dancing on stage.
Thank you for the video.
Thank you so much, Brenda!
Thank you! This video was super helpful. These are things that change your approach to being in a professional world.