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.

wow , glad to hear some more about Mateo - his choreography is quite beautiful. If memory serves me correctly Elizabeth Scherben Shinzawa was performing Sugar Plum fairy on that night ,She has an amazing arabesque line . The dew drop I saw was younger than she . I was also very impressed with the Russian duo.I read some of the reviews for the Cuban Condition and will definately make it over there to attend the spring performances as I will be passing through Boston. Edited to remove duplication of dido's post, above.

I was randomly in Cambridge MA and saw Jose Mateo Ballet Theater , a small ( but strong) company , perform the Nutcracker. I was quite surprised to see such accomplished dancers in such a small company. Their budget was obviously small , but the dancing held it together tremendously well. Mateo has some wonderfully talented young dancers , one girl in particular , was quite incredible.She danced the dew drop fairy . What amazed me so much was that she not only had wonderful lines and amazing pirouettes , but she could literally jump like a guy. Why would such an amazing dancer be in such a small company ? I want to go back to see them perform this spring - is there anyone out there who knows of Jose MAteo ? I had never heard of him before I went to Cambridge.

i totally agree with you. some of the best ballet dancers i have seen are incredibly strong modern dancers also.