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Welcome. I for one would like to hear about performances at the National Theatre especially the upcoming Natalya Makarova production of "La Bayadere."

Regards

Thanks

And, I am sorry, I didn't quite understand, which National Theatre is the question about?

(National Theatre in Belgrade - where I am from, will not produce "La Bayadere" in the near future, as far as I am informed

In the case your question was for me personally )

Thank you, Mel!

Leonid, I didn't know about that Russian superstition. Knowing that, the tale becomes even more interesting.

It is fascinating how some fairy tale like this one, intended to be for the kids, carries so much information and tradition, and historical background!

It is a spindle from a spinning wheel that gets handed to her; it is appropriate as a coming-of-age gift, because another name for it is a "maiden". It would also mark her accession to "spinsterhood", as a marriageable single woman.

So, if I understood you correctly, the spindle that she gets as a present should represent that she is old enough to become a woman? It would be like a tradition, or something like that?

Thanx in advance for the answer!

miscalculation, indeed.

o'course louis le desire was dauphin in the 17th (as noted in the correction post) and not 18th c. (as n my miscalculated dating.) i stand corrected.

I know for sure ( I read in some encyclopedia) that Louis XIV stopped dancing around 1680. because he became too old and fat for dancing. That is also the time when other people from the Court stopped dancing, following his example, and professional dancers from Academia that he opened some years before became popular.

So, it is for sure that he lived in 17. century

Anyway, since this is my first post, I just want to say hi to everybody