tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post7753667819509641772..comments2024-02-28T08:15:38.345+02:00Comments on Pointe Til You Drop: Princess PowerJohannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06703652246667999345noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-18938805487888491192012-02-27T13:05:05.520+02:002012-02-27T13:05:05.520+02:00Hi Shannon,
the dancer in the video above is Ali...Hi Shannon, <br /><br />the dancer in the video above is Alina Somova of the Mariinsky Ballet. <br /><br />There is so much to choose from - I believe there has to be a suitable variation for everyone! :) But not all ballerinas dance all roles, and not all variations are suited for every adult dancer alike. I would love to be a beautiful ballerina, but alas, I'm not. <br /><br />In class I doJohannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703652246667999345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-48849286836676145332012-02-27T05:53:39.696+02:002012-02-27T05:53:39.696+02:00who is this dancer, Johanna? sigh, so exquisite. ...who is this dancer, Johanna? sigh, so exquisite. and people wonder why I feel inferior and don't believe their praise! i'm learning a variation from Paquita myself! (look up Leann Fromm paquita 4th on youtube!) i'm substituting emboites for the little bent leg steps she does, and soutenous for her turns in 5th. it IS challenging, but it's also really fun. i like the idea of Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-58155870497982715192012-02-26T18:43:38.806+02:002012-02-26T18:43:38.806+02:00Hi N!
You're right! I could pretend to be a q...Hi N!<br /><br />You're right! I could pretend to be a queen instead, be all elegant, classy and experienced.. :) Love it! <br /><br />I found Lopatkina's interpretation after Somova's, and I gotta admit hers is more sophisticated. She comes across a much stronger character, both noble and womanly. I feel my freak-out fading alreay.. <br /><br />Although I have to add that my teacher&Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703652246667999345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-55836963742532939572012-02-26T12:16:08.121+02:002012-02-26T12:16:08.121+02:00Why not to think queen instead of princess? :)
I ...Why not to think queen instead of princess? :)<br /><br />I don't think Paquita is as princessy character as Aurora etc. Paquita can be danced with maturity and class, like Raymonda, grand pas classique... I think Lopatkina's interpretation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK2Cf-4va6g&feature=related) is more mature than Somova's. And Paquita has an edgy side to her too as she has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-48375619917986828522012-02-25T19:47:51.161+02:002012-02-25T19:47:51.161+02:00Hi Kaija!
I have to confess that I'm a little...Hi Kaija!<br /><br />I have to confess that I'm a little intrigued by the tutu - but certainly not desperate to climb into one! <br /><br />Although some floatier and longer tutus are lovely and not too girly, if you leave out the ruffles, laces and those frilly arm-thingys. You know the tutus they wear in Serenade? I would like to dance in one of those. At least once, just for the heck of Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703652246667999345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-1835125012621480492012-02-25T19:01:51.603+02:002012-02-25T19:01:51.603+02:00As usual, Johanna, you've put something from m...As usual, Johanna, you've put something from my experience and thoughts into words so eloquently. I am also a grown-up tomboy, not a girly girl, and have never had "princess dreams", and certainly not as a grown woman! There are women in my classes who want so badly to wear a tutu and I just am thankful that as a recreational dancer, I NEVER will be forced into such a thing! I Kaijanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-89397150945126059832012-02-25T18:59:28.852+02:002012-02-25T18:59:28.852+02:00Minttu, that is a good point. It's been a whil...Minttu, that is a good point. It's been a while since I have been silly in love.. Guess my sarcasm has taken over too much already! I do love a happy ending (or beginning), it gives you hope. That maybe I'll find a frog who likes to do the dishes ;)<br /><br />Another friend just educated me that the port de bras might have a background in traditional folk dances, which does makes more Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703652246667999345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-28488664836194444862012-02-25T18:29:56.889+02:002012-02-25T18:29:56.889+02:00Even as a grown ups, we still want to believe happ...Even as a grown ups, we still want to believe happy endings. We know there won't be a prince coming to rescue us, but we like to believe that there are happy, ballety pink things in the world. For me, princess stories are all about finding and fighting for a true love. (Even though in real life those misadventures are something more ordinary than fighting with dragons or evil witches.) And minttuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838749922334467291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-85484550332644640172012-02-25T17:51:19.866+02:002012-02-25T17:51:19.866+02:00Thank you, Noora for the link. I saw a documentary...Thank you, Noora for the link. I saw a documentary of this once, it was very impressive!<br /><br />But I did not mean to say that fairy tale librettos is all there is to ballet. The Princess story-line relates to what we have been pratcising in pointe class, and my ambigious relationship towards that. I should have tied these two better together. <br /><br />I'm kind of missing my inner Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703652246667999345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620316363664400359.post-16480159806101374242012-02-25T17:10:07.705+02:002012-02-25T17:10:07.705+02:00The fairy tale ballet librettos are really popular...The fairy tale ballet librettos are really popular in the Western world, but if you look at ballet in China, after Mao's rise to power, you'll see ballerinas holding rifles. Here is an image from the ballet "Red Detachment of Women" <br /><br />http://www.unruly.ca/unruly/wp-content/uploads/Red-Detachment-of-Women-Natl-Ballet-of-China-via-nytimes.jpg <br /><br />As you can see, Noorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766476522119445969noreply@blogger.com