ToThePointe Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 As I get older and realize what handrails on staircases are for, my mind drifts back to the good old days. It seems like everything hurts anymore and after five hours of teaching my ankles feel like they are going to explode. So here's my premise: If the ballet fairy came to you with her wand and dust, and zapped you back into perfect form and technique (or gave it to you if you never danced) for one night, which ballet / pas de deux/ or solo would you like to relive. For me, it would be the Act II pas from Swan Lake (or just Swan Lake for that matter). Of course I'd want the fairy to zap some extra strength into that left foot/ankle just for good measure. It is not necessarily my favorite ballet to watch (don't get me wrong, I love to watch it, but it's not my top pick), but it was one of my favorites to dance. The music takes me away and it is a ballet that I can get totally lost in. What about you? Link to comment
Helene Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Apollo's solo before the pas de deux. It's one of the few pieces that really makes me wish I could get up there and do that. The male solo in Square Dance is one of the others. It would take one powerful fairy to accomplish this, though And not even having a ballet fairy wish would tempt me into pointe shoes. Link to comment
lampwick Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Well, I love Balanchine ballets and am sad that I'll probably never have the opportunity to dance in one of them. I'd love to dance 4Ts or Agon. Any corps role would be fine. The opening of Serenade would be magical too. Link to comment
soubrette_fan Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Maybe in the future there will be some kind of virtual reality technological device that can transport us (however little) back to the moment. Until then, I will be content with fantasizing about myself in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux. Link to comment
perky Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I want to dance Balanchine's Diamonds with Peter Martin as my partner. Link to comment
scoop Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 For me, being alone on stage would be the most frightening thing ever! I think that's why I love Balanchine's Concerto Barocco -- I imagine it must be great fun to dance one of the leads, having a buddy on stage to play off of. Link to comment
Balanchinomane Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Theme and Variations with Baryshnikov at NYCB in 1978. At 5'2" and blonde we would have looked smashing together! Link to comment
BalletNut Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I hope there's no limit on how many wishes we could make... 1. Lise in La Fille Mal Gardee 2. The female lead in Square Dance 3. Kitri 4. Ballerina in Etudes 5. Tchaikovsky PDD 6. Liberty Bell 7. Any role in Serenade 8. Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (any role) 9. Gala Performance (Russian or French) 10. Siren in Prodigal Son (the ballet fairy would have to add 8 or 9 inches to my height for this to work, however) Great topic, ToThePointe! Link to comment
Gina Ness Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I actually got to perform two roles on your list, Balletnut..."Lise" and "Jump Girl" in Serenade. And, they were two of my most favorite roles I ever performed. The one role I never was cast in that I regret most was "Juliet" in our production of R and J at the time. That's the role I wish the ballet fairy had helped me out with! I came close once, but it just wasn't meant to be... Link to comment
Marga Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 The candle dancer -- La Sonnambula! Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 3rd girl Bizet -- that's what I want!! oh please. Or anybody in Serenade. Take that back, I wouldn't want to be one of the guys in Serenade. That's what I'd want. now that I get to think about it, i'd also love to be James in La Sylphide. Link to comment
carbro Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I was debating among a number of roles: Odette, a Phlegmatic girl in 4T's, 2nd Movement ballerina in Bizet . . . Then, last night on Classic Arts, I saw a clip of PNB in Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream. I want to do three roles in that ballet: Titania, the second act pdd, and Hippolyta. Yes, definitely Midsummer! So I beseech the Ballet Fairy to come do her (or his) stuff so I can do mine! Link to comment
chrisk217 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 If the fairy would grant me ballon and elevation I'd like to be Myrtha, queen of the wilis. Link to comment
atm711 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 The Second movement of Symphony in C---nobody does it better than I do in my head and the solo waltz in Les Sylphides....... Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Am I right? I jus took a nap, never sure if what I think's true after waking up n sat afternoon -- that Allegra kent did bot h the second AND third movements of Bizet (SYmphony in C)? not on the same day, of course.... Link to comment
julip Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 If the ballet fairy visited me... first I would want to take an advanced class and look as wonderful in reality as I do in my head. second would be In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, any role third would be my own choreography that I always want to do but never can lastly would be Giselle ok, I'll add Waltz Girl ... and Feld's Intermezzo Link to comment
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