MCBallet

180 degree extensions are appropriate in class, if one can do them

Wow...your thoughts do provide some valid insights, even though I will always prefer a straight back leg piroutte preparation. So true about echappe to 4th!

Very good summary!

Pacific Northwest Ballet is one of my favorite companies and I know for certain, under the direction of Francia Russell and Kent Stowell, that beautiful, extreme, high-arched feet were a requirement for any dancer to walk through the studio door.

Dance is not a sport, Dance is an art. Dancers are not athletes, Dancers are artists.

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I have to dissagree......and I take nothing away from Peter Boal, but anyone who was to land the job af Artistic Director of PNB, with all of the dancers who are, in my opinion, incredible examples of the ideals of ballet, is nothing but lucky.

The clean and knowledgeable execution of the ballet technique is stellar, unaffected, and purely tasteful.

I think this is a really beautiful example of ballet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCu5cKYh78

Evelyn Hart has a heart of gold! I would say any advice given by her is worth very much, but needs to be put into perspective for what its worth. She is an icon. She is unique, focused and highly driven. A true artist!!!!

Wow - I didn't know PNB was in such bad shape under Stowell and Russell. Thank heavens Boal wrested control from them, prying the company from their bony fingers before they did even more damage. Sheesh. Maybe they should have reworded that. Do you know what you are talking about? Kent Stowell and Francia Russell made Pacific Northwest Ballet what it is today, along with many supporters and benefactors of the art. Peter Boal happened to be at a time and a place of esteem, in his own right, concerning his career in the ballet world, outside of a NYCB concept. If anything I would think he should privileged and honestly blessed with some divine luck to work with such a company!