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Ha,ha..! Well, Helene...if you ever want to come and visit-(and maybe catch a performance of MCB in its first season with Lopez)- you're more than welcome to stay at my little place-(next to the ocean). And Versailles...well, what can I tell you...it is a symbol, and a place of gathering also. At any random day of the week one can stop by and see the hardcore right wing old timers screaming at one another-(Cuban style...we scream rather than talk)-over the imminent return of democracy in Cuba. Thing is, the predicaments have been happening for the last half century... . About the food...have you ever had "ropa vieja"..? (yum!)

Aaaaw...the ever present "Miss Beautiful Tragedy"...

And now we have a Cuban AD at MCB...task completed. I hope a little more effort-(compared to the non existent so far)- is made to finally accept-(and address)- what Jayne just mentioned. I hope Miss Lopez could make good use of her bilingual background and transport its significance to other levels all in favor of the community.

"for Bronislava Nijinska: bronchitis hijinks"

Which was exactly my point earlier when I said that he could give lessons to straight dancers on how a man should correlate with a woman onstage. I personally think he's the best example of how to "dar una galleta sin mano"-(a Spanish saying which would be translated somehow as to "how to slap a face without using your hand")- to much vitriol on male ballet stereotypes out there. Good for him.

Oh, what a great idea..!

Well...you can always take a wild guess. The voice ages too I guess, and it usually shows... One way I find easy in my workplace while dealing with female doctors of all ages, is by addressing them as Dr. so and so,hence eliminating the confusion of the Miss/Mrs...

Mmm...you got me on that Natasha..! Can you shred some light on the subject, even as in a PM..?

"I can't do 32 fouettes anymore, but then,I never could..!" Ballet dancers stories overoming physical limitations are many out there. From the top of my head I recall Viillella's and Farrell's books on dealing with serious lessions, and then of course Alonso and her early non reversable blindness. The stories are indeed inspiring. Thanks, Mme. Hermine for the clip.!

I have seen Gomes just a couple of times, but I want to add my two cents to this well deserved thread to say that it is important to note that the one openly gay-(within a very scarce list)- ballet dancer has been the one to look at as an example of what a masculine danseur should look like. He should be giving lessons to many straight dancers out there on how a man is supposed to correlate to a woman onstage. That is Mr. Gomes, so here's my reverence.

I laughed my meart out. Didn't know she had such stand up skills.

Indeed one of the things I feel in owe while watching Miss Novikova is the strenght she shows on her legs-(particularly over her ankles and pointes). She looks such in control up there and not in a bit of hurry to fast up the steps or the balances. in order to get down. Yes, many times one can perceive a bit of "artistic choice" in the way some dancers-(both male and female)-seem to opt to do a couple of changements in certain passages and pass them as entrechats-(perhaps they think no one will realize due to how fast they get done..?). Anyway...that's why I always show the videos of divine Soloviev to see how a super-trouper textbook perfect entrechat well done ought supposed to look like, and then that also remind me that anecdote of Nureyev watching a dancer stage rehearse a sequence of entrechats, and by mid sequence he stormed out of his chair and screamed..."Is that and entrechat-six..?! That's an entrechat-PISS!!" (From Kavanagh's biography)

You're right, rg. I never saw either version before coming to Miami, but the work here is presented with the chiffon costumes and under the "Ballet Imperial" title.

Ditto with me about his Solor, but I would still need to see his Albrecht, James, or even The Poet to give him a final grade-(not that he needs one anyway.. ). Nureyev, Baryshnikov, V.Vasiliev, Esquivel and Acosta are for me the complete packages. Same with the ballerinas I mentioned earlier.

I asked about Vasiliev's Albrecht because for me that's the ultimate sign for a dancer to show that he/she has conquered the very essence of the art form. Just a few dancers-(male and female,past and present times)- have demonstrated such capability to convince in the romantic roles once the leaps and turns have been demonstrated full capacity. Perhaps Vasiliev is not there yet...? Perhaps he will never be..? I keep thinking on the likes of Markova, Nureyev, Fonteyn, Alonso, Baryshnikov, Kirkland, etc...who eventually conquered such diversity...

Yes, I guess Feijoo is still in maternity leave. I wonder how she will face her career after such absence, being already in her 40's. She's a strong ballerina, though...

Ah, now I get it. Ms. is sort of a mix in between Miss and Mrs...! Wow, I didn't really know that. But then, when not in writing, but orally...doesn't "Ms." sound more or less like "Miss"..? There's a huge Cuban population down here, for which the practice of a woman adopting the husband's last name is completely alien. In Cuba a person can not change his/her last name. One dies with the same last name one is born with. Then, the whole "Mrs so and so", referring to a new marriage-related last name, doesn't happen. Here I notice that the use of the "Mrs" is strongly related to last name change due to marriage.

ABT was is and will be an international company. I think there has never been a real effort to change that. Vasiliev and Semionova will DEFINITELY cut down other's hopes for roles, but that's the way it is...

I noticed Domitro is only scheduled in one performance of Div.#15 during the whole thing...

Taglioni to Livry...: "Make me forgotten, but do not forget me..." A lovely photo indeed...

Use "Miss" and you risk causing offense, even if nothing is said. Please, tell me why...I'm honestly clueless now... In our hospital all my female coworkers-(nurses)-are always referred as Miss So-and-so...and I've never seen any bad response to it...

I'm with those in favor of the Mr./Miss term, and totally against the "girls and boys" fashion. Even if the ballerina is pass her 40's,or even a retired one over 50, I would still use "Miss" on them.

Hallberg in the Bolshoi roster and Vasiliev in ABT's. What a sign of the end of the cold war..! (Has he ever danced Albrecht, BTW...?)

Wow...three Russians-(Toumanova, Krassovska, Danilova), one British-(Markova), Austrian-Hungarian Empire-(Slavenska) and Indonesia-(Theilade). Talk about an international "All Stars" troupe...! .I can't decide who was more beautiful, Toumanova or Krassovska...