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Now THAT'S funny. :wink: Thanks for introducting me to this site and cartoonist.

Re: the 129th position. Is this the famous "pas de nez" first performed by Youbetyabootsskaya in the original Petipa-Ivanov production of Swan Lake? I believe this is also known as "pas de bec" in homage to the Swan figure who first danced it.

Watching a dancer take on the enormous challange of 32 consecutive hops "en bec" is still one of the most thrilling memories I have of those wonderful days at the Imperial Ballet. And, remember, that was BEFORE the invention of padded nose-protectors, one of many signs of the deterioration of classical technique in the modern ballet world. Dancers in those days did it bare-nosed (or "bec nu," to be more true to the spirit of ballet). This may have contributed to the early demise of the ballerina depicted in this cartoon.

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