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nelle

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    Joy Womack

    Joy is competing at the Moscow Ballet Competition—one of the rare chances to see a professionally filmed performance of her: http://www.medici.tv/en/others/moscowballetcompetition-seniors-round2-1/ In round two, she danced the pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty as well as her standard modern piece to Purcell. (If on a desktop, you can select individual performances from the sidebar.)
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    Joy Womack

    For those interested, Joy's performance in the second round of Varna (pas de deux from Le Corsaire): https://www.facebook.com/rtvcvarna/posts/1046720802085357
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    Yulia Stepanova

    For anyone interested, her DQ variation from earlier this month is here: https://youtu.be/lK4TcaeTsTA?t=4m58s
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    Joy Womack

    It happened just today. Her entry this afternoon contained some very unflattering characterizations of both her company and her partner. I continue to be surprised she's comfortable putting such things online. Refraining from mentioning names does nothing to protect identities, since anyone with Google can quickly figure out to whom she's referring. Anyway, someone left a long-ish, articulate comment stating basically what most here have been saying: that this very public airing of grievances is unprofessional and can hardly do her favors. The poster of the comment was extremely polite. The comment was truthful, but not mean. And, an hour later, it was gone. It is, of course, quite possible that the OP reconsidered the comment and deleted it...but it's also possible that Joy got rid of it herself.
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    Joy Womack

    The bridges burned pretty brightly when Womack left the Bolshoi, though. It's hard to imagine the door back there being anything other than slammed shut, unless she suddenly morphs into Zakharova II (i.e. so good they can't ignore her). Even then, I don't know. She's already shown her willingness to cause trouble for her directors at more than one company, and it's difficult to see the Bolshoi heads being willing to undergo that risk a second time. For that matter, any director considering her would have to think long and hard about having an amateur Breaking Pointe production on their hands. In regards to her personally, my indecision mainly stems from the fact that (a) she's really young and (b) she's on a public vulnerability kick, which, while probably honorable (and effective in building a brand, apparently), really subjects her to lots of this kind of speculation and discussion. I often give her the benefit of the doubt because, really, who among us would pass the consistency test if we honestly recorded our thoughts and uploaded them to the internet everyday? I'm not above admitting that, on certain work days, my stream-of-consciousness would likely sound pretty whiny, too. The difference is: I work though my anger, disappointment, sadness, etc. and mostly present a unified front, especially professionally, because that's what's socially expected. Joy uploads all those emotions to the internet for us all to pick over and dissect, ad infinitum. Is this wise? For her sake, I hope it works out. But I also think there may be a real risk -- maybe one she's calculated and is willing to take -- of having a huge YouTube channel...and no job.
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    Joy Womack

    Joy recently danced her debut leads in Swan Lake and Don Quixote within two weeks of each other. Not sure why they scheduled both debuts in such close proximity -- seems a risk for such a young soloist -- but there you have it. You can see her Swan Lake here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoZW_qmkDQE. Don Quixote clips are on Facebook on the Балет Кремлевский page. I have a hard time making my mind up re: just about anything Joy Womack. I want to believe her because she's so darn likeable and earnest, but there are so many elements of her story that don't add up or are just plain odd. I'm sure we'll never know the whole truth or even a decent majority, but I admit to being intrigued. She's supposed to have a documentary coming out soon, but the trail on that one is interesting: it seems that it was already released to a few festivals, and was mostly a story about her and her ex-husband, who, I guess, is no longer in the picture. But in recent videos she mentions that the documentary crew is filming her again, so...an addendum? Maybe they're scrapping the young lovers bit altogether since it obviously no longer applies (Joy, to my knowledge, has never referenced her husband or even the fact that she was married). In any case, I doubt it will be a probing, truth-seeking kind of production. Who knows. What do you all think about her O/O and Kitri?
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