I enrolled - incorrectly - at the sister site, and even pecked out my Happy-to-be-Aboard post, only to find out I was in the wrong place.
I don't dance. But, I've acted a lot—on the Community Theater level. And as I said at the other site, I played the title role in The Dybbuk, and having seen "Dybbuk Variations" listed in 101 Sotries of the Great Ballets, I found the perfect name for me.
I'm a guy (in case you have any doubts about the gender of the Dybbuk), who, in the past year or so, has discovered the jaw-dropping beauty of ballerinas. In fact, I cannot understand why this isn't the favorite spectator sport for males from 13 to 133.
I haven't seen a ballet in the flesh yet, and have had to content myself with watching DVDs. But when these include the likes of Gillian Murphy, Julia Makhalina, et al, well, I don't feel severely disadvantaged or culturally deprived.
I'm here to learn about this mind boggling art, and I hope some of my inane questions don't drive you crazy. And while I'm at it, here comes one:
Why didn't Balanchine include Scheherazade in his "101 Stories..."? He also left out Polyvetsian Dances but since I can't spell it, I won't mention it here.
Anyway, I'm very, very happy to be a member here at last. I'll probably just lurk for awhile, at least until I get a good feel for this very nice place.