Gina Ness Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Yes...Richard Cragun is a good addition to the list. Did you know that he is from Sacramento, California? dirac....Seeing Gable and Seymour live in Mac Millan's "Romeo and Juliet" was one of the most memorable performances I have EVER witnessed. No cast I have seen since quite compares to this remarkable pairing. They were the choreographer's inspiration; the ballet was created for them. Link to comment
Renata Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Yes, Richard Cragun was from California and claimed to be part native American as well. He was also a wonderful dancer. Gina, Christopher Gable was fantastic (in addition to being handsome) as was Lynn Semour......did you ever see the Invitation or Daphnis and Chloe with Gable? Link to comment
Gina Ness Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 I never saw "Daphnis and Chloe", but I did see "The Invitation". Lynn Seymour was riveting in that role! Such a powerful actress...They both were remarkable actors as well as dancers! I know this is a bit off topic, but do you or does anyone out there know if there are any videos that exist of Christopher Gable? I know he made a movie (I seem to remember him with Twiggy?) But, I mean, any dancing videos hopefully from the time he was a star with the Royal Ballet... Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 "Hammoudi" means cutie in hebrew, and also probably Arabic!!! THe things you learn on this site! More handsome Danes: Ib Andersen, angelic Arne Villumsen, dreamboat Yes, Christopher Gable -- he was not only handsome, his way of being handsome was like an allegory of bright youth -- You could call his picture "Glad Day" and everyone would understand. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 More handsome Danes:Ib Andersen, angelic I never really though of him as angelic-looking, despite the blond curls. Having seen him yesterday from about 10 yards away, I must say he is the most early-thirties-year-old-looking early-fifties-year-old I think I've ever seen. (In real life, not after a team of air-brushers and make-up artists have done their best.) While he still could be the child of the snowbirds in the audience, I suspect most think he's no older than their grandchildren, and they just don't believe him when he says in Q&A's that he's an old man. Yes, Christopher Gable -- he was not only handsome, his way of being handsome was like an allegory of bright youth -- You could call his picture "Glad Day" and everyone would understand. Gable was like taking all those British WWI era poets' version of Youth on a Pedestal and adding red blood to it. Link to comment
MissChristine Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) Vladimir Malakhov Edited June 10, 2005 by MissChristine Link to comment
Terry Hoyland Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Am astonished no one has mentiond Igor Zelensky and Konstantin Zaklinsky - both are very good looking hunks The young Anthony Dowell was the most beautiful danced ever. More recently the Kirov's Victor Baranov rates the most beautiful. Jorge Donne was probably the sexiest ever. Karl Musil of Vienna Opera Ballet was also a stunner. Terry Link to comment
Helene Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Welcome to Ballet Talk, Terry! We hope you'll introduce yourself on the Welcome Forum http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showforum=9 by starting a New Topic (button at top left), and telling us a little about yourself and what companies' performances you attend. Link to comment
Marga Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Am astonished no one has mentiond Igor Zelensky and Konstantin Zaklinsky - both are very good looking hunksYes, welcome, Terry!nySusan posted Igor Zelensky's name and jose manuel had Zaklinsky on his list, but they're worth mentioning again! Link to comment
Terry Hoyland Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Marga - thanks for pointing that Zaklinsky and Zelensky had already been mentioned. In fact, the handsomest male dancer I have ever seen was Konstantin Zaklinksy's uncle, Alexei Zakalinksy (slightly different name spelling for the Moscow branch of the family) a Bolshoi soloist of the mid-1960s. I was at the Moscow repeat of the Vaganova Academy's Graduation Performance the year Konstantin Zaklinsky debuted in a ballet to Glazunov's 'The Seasons'. Alexei Zakalinsky and his wife Svetlana Adyrkheva (Bolshoi principal dancer) were sitting front row centre. When I asked him if he was related to Konstantin Zaklinsky he said proudly "He's my nephew". In contrast to Konstantin's dark good looks , Alexei was a stunning blue-eyed blonde. His big number was a divert pas de trois 'The Ocean and the Pearls' which he danced with Natalia Taborko and Natalia Ryzhenko wearing 'Spring Waters' type costumes. Anyone else remember him from those far off golden days? Terry Link to comment
DancingPixie Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 My favourites are Yuri Possokhov and Jo Funaki (a Japanese dancer now with RNZB) Link to comment
FauxPas Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 (edited) I thought the handsomest dancer I saw was John Markovsky the husband of Alla Osipenko. I never saw him live just in the Swan Lake movie with Evseeva. Anyone ever seen him live? I forgot to mention two other beautiful men: 1) Ivan Cavallari former principal of the Stuttgart Ballet and now a freelance choreographer. Here is his website: Ivan Cavallari's homepage 2) The other is Ivan Liska who danced with Marcia Haydée in the film of John Neumeier's "The Lady of the Camellias". He now heads the Bavarian State Opera Ballet. His bio in German Edited June 30, 2005 by FauxPas Link to comment
artist Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 wooh! Had to get a couple glasses of water after reading many of my favorites mentioned! Just to add, the fiery Farouk Ruzimatov, Jonathon Cope, Jean Babilee, and this photo of Nijinsky: http://www.hagaselamusica.com/img.php?imag...ho=126&alto=200 James Dean, anyone? Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 manuel legris. le dernier cri je ne sais plus manuel legris Sorry estelle, I had a little "poetic" fit there.... without having enough French to poetize. He's the bomb. Link to comment
scherzo Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 manuel legris.le dernier cri je ne sais plus manuel legris Sorry estelle, I had a little "poetic" fit there.... without having enough French to poetize. He's the bomb. He is a bit of a bomb isn't he! Though I must say, POB scores rather highly in the overall department (men and women). Link to comment
vissi d'arte Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Maybe this is mostly a girls topic but I have to say CARLOS ACOSTA! Link to comment
Ray Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Some handsome/hot blasts from the past: Kip Houston (handsome) Peter Schaufuss (hot) Patrick Bissell (handsome) John Tourjaman (both) Ethan Browne (both) OT: Christopher Gillis (hot) [am I dating myself?] Link to comment
dirac Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Some handsome/hot blasts from the past:Kip Houston (handsome) Peter Schaufuss (hot) Patrick Bissell (handsome) John Tourjaman (both) Ethan Browne (both) OT: Christopher Gillis (hot) [am I dating myself?] Ray, I must dissent on one point. Patrick Bissell wasn't hot? I had to get out my oven mitts just to put up a poster. Link to comment
Ray Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Some handsome/hot blasts from the past: Kip Houston (handsome) Peter Schaufuss (hot) Patrick Bissell (handsome) John Tourjaman (both) Ethan Browne (both) OT: Christopher Gillis (hot) [am I dating myself?] Ray, I must dissent on one point. Patrick Bissell wasn't hot? I had to get out my oven mitts just to put up a poster. I submit, gladly! Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 On the basis of the photo of Leon Danielian recently posted by RG ( partnering Mary Ellen Moylan, if I remember right), oh my God, what a hot guy. and Youskevitch in the next photograph, what a thoughtful, sensitive, handsome man. Like a horse or a dog, almost, so beautiful, so present, so intelligent, so alive. Link to comment
dirac Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 On the basis of the photo of Leon Danielian recently posted by RG ( partnering Mary Ellen Moylan, if I remember right), oh my God, what a hot guy. and Youskevitch in hte next photograph, what a thoughtful, sensitive, handsome man. Like a horse or a dog, almost, so beautiful, so present, so intelligent, so alive. Danielian, definitely. And add John Kriza to the ABT stud muffin list, if his name hasn't arisen already. Link to comment
Klavier Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I never found Peter Martins handsome, and Carlos Acosta is (I'm afraid) not very attractive, at least to my eyes. Very good-looking from ABT's current roster is Grant DeLong. Casting him as Paris alongside Hallberg and Paloma was a mistake, as I couldn't understand why she'd turn down Grant for David. I also like Craig Salstein for his unaffected American good looks. (My post made it here, but the server had an apparent glitch - probably it was mad at me for speaking ill of Carlos and Peter - and it didn't update the index or list of Last Posts.) Link to comment
Charming_Lise Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I have to say: Carlos Acosta Jose Maunel Carreño Thiago Soares Roberto Bolle Federico Bonneli Link to comment
papeetepatrick Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I see them as at their handsomest in particular roles. Some I've seen offstage and I don't count that, because they aren't always as handsome there. Peter Martins in 'Davidsbundlertanze' Nikolaj Hubbe in 'Apollo' Peter Schaufuss in 'Coppellia' Rudolph Nureyev in 'Sleeping Beauty' (1973) Marcelo Gomez as Von Rothbart, ABT/PBS production of 'Swan Lake' Also remember thinking Patrick Dupond in Ballet at the Beacon, 1980; and Michal Denard in video of 'La Sylphide'' looked pretty fantastic. Link to comment
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