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ballet_n00b

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  1. I didn't mean that as a criticism just that I know some of the jury wouldn't vote for him because he'd play scales using only fingers 123, things like that.

    he is a major talent and actually has a naturally big technique, he just needs more "chair-time". 

    I admire his playing very much, I saw him play his Medtner sonata and the Liszt sonata in April and will see him again in November (wanted to see the premiere of his piano trio this month but it's sold out).

    i just meant that Cliburn wouldn't win today for the same reason Debargue didn't win. And honestly, Debargue's technique is much stronger than Cliburn's. 

  2. I didn't even hear about this book, looks interesting.

    At his best Cliburn did deserve his fame but he definitely wouldn't have won the Tchaikovsky if he'd have entered today. His technique was just too poor, for example I've never heard more wrong notes in Mazeppa. The Russians sometimes latch on to a competitor who reaches them, much like Debargue in the last installment (who, incidentally, was last placed amongst the finalists because of his less-than-worldclass technique).

     

  3. Thanks for your impressions seattle_dancer!

    I saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

    I didn't follow the plot at all and the music was incredibly boring (I had fun predicting the harmonic progressions as I was listening) but the dancing was great.

    I especially loved Ludmila Pagliero and her beautiful arabesques.

    I went with friends who are visiting from Australia and they loved it too.

  4. On 07/04/2017 at 8:48 AM, silvermash said:

    I don't think so. It's quite complicated to film the Défilé for a question of rights and it was filmed recently. As for the homage, it has been organized in a hurry with, up to many, a rather poor bill.

     

    Not to mention it's ridiculously expensive.

  5. Did POB ever give an explanation for why Dupont was removed from Swan Lake?

    I have to admit, I was extremely disappointed that that happened.

    Even though Hannah O'Neill ended up being very good, I paid 135 euro to see Dupont (which as a student is a significant expense).

    In the end, I never got the opportunity to see Dupont danse live.

    As for Léonore Baulac, I saw her in Nutcracker last year and really enjoyed it.

  6. Onegin is my absolute favourite novel (and opera).

    Personally, I think it's good to read multiple translations.

    I've read Nabokov's and Arndt's. I guess if I had to read one it would be the former.
    I've also read it in Russian (with the help of a dictionary) but I'm not going to pretend I managed to grasp all the subtleties.

    Slightly off topic but I've always hated how it becomes "Eugene" Onegin, which sounds nothing like Evgeny.

  7. I think Follow the Fleet would've been a lot better if Irene Dunne had been in it instead of Harriet Hilliard.

    Then it would've been the same four from Roberta.

    Barkley's is only okay in my opinion; I'm not a huge fan of MGM musicals.

    I pretty much love all of their other films though, except for Flying Down to Rio, which is not really their film.

    Favourite movie is either Swing TIme or Top Hat, favourite dance is Change Partners from Carefree.

  8. But the Phrygia-Spartacus duets aren't immune to this either. Because nothing says love like holding your woman upside down with her legs split open.

    I personally love that part, especially when danced by Semenyaka!

    It also coincides with the only part of the score that's worth a damn, in my opinion at least!

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