ninjarina

loud shoes can really take the magic away from a performance , russian shoes and suffolk pointe co. shoes are like cement and i really don't understand anyone wearing them at all.I can't explain why , but some stages can make you sound really loud even if your pointe shoes are relatively broken in .... happened to me once or twice

unfortunately i cannot politely type what i think of this stupid lecture .....

what are the other factors...out of curiocity... i have crossed a few amazing jumpers with short achilles during my career - so my comment probably wasn't too acurate, however they have all without exception , had complaints regarding their shins and knees , and have not achived quite the same elevation as the dancers i have seen with longer achilles.

does anyone know where i can get a CD of Diana and Actaeon ?

while this is true , facility to be able to achive this is purely genetic , for example - you will never see a dancer with a short achilles achive elevation...

it is such a beautiful Ballet and is refreshingly different .

i agree with you

Tetsuya is incredible...those double cabrioles !!!

me too.

i would have to go with... in no particular order...Alla Sizova , Natalia Markarova ,Francoise Voranger,Ivan Putrov, Edward Villela,Baryshnikov,Joel Prouty

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> actually alot of european companies have done stuff like this - good to see that companies in the USA are starting to catch on.it can only make them better - and needless to say the opera becomes alot more bearable !!

...yes , the company seemed very diverse and most of the dancers seemed quite strong -it's just so unusual to see so much power and control come from a female dancer.She is defiantely one to watch for the future. Its refreshing to have alot of different style dancers to look at in one production.Most companies have carbon copies for their corps de ballet dancers , and while that is still lovely , it's nice to see a change. The only drawback I saw was the lack of male dancers in the company.I must say that David DuBois was beautiful to watch . I am quite interested to see what Mateo will do with the upcoming spring perfromances.

just thought i'd mention that I found out that Francoise Voranger was the dew drop that I saw at JMBT's Nutcracker. Great little dancer.

try www.naxos.com there is alot there for classical music scores. you could also have an audio engineer slow the track for you.

thanks - it's always difficult to find good class music.he is a wonderful pianist.