kaskait Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 https://youtu.be/BkAOhe-4Q74 This is a Giselle clip from Starburst of Dance Gala 2014. Seo didn't even do the entrechat in the opening, that just seems lazy to me. There were a few balance issues as well. Good thing Whiteside was there for her to lean on. Later on, she seems to struggle a bit with stamina issues. And this is only a portion of the ballet. This is the dancer that will taking over the bulk of Semionova's performances this spring? Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Personally, I had more issues with Whiteside. Link to comment
kaskait Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Personally, I had more issues with Whiteside. No, he was wonderful with Abrera at the recent Guggenheim exhibition Almost a different dancer. What a wonderful thing it is not to be used as leaning post. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I was objecting primarily of the solo dancing. Link to comment
kaskait Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Well, he used the bulk of his strength keeping Seo upright in the opening pas. I'm not surprised he was off his game. Seo, however, has no excuse. Link to comment
abatt Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I've seen Seo in Giselle, but not in quite a few years. I would say that her weaknesses become most apparent in Petipa. Link to comment
Helene Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Well, he used the bulk of his strength keeping Seo upright in the opening pas. I'm not surprised he was off his game. Seo, however, has no excuse. That is no excuse for his solo dancing. For everyone, please keep in mind If you want to be: ...The voice that must make negative comparisons repeatedly to bolster a dancer or theory and/or become the living incarnation of deja-vu-all-over-again...get a blog. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Well, he used the bulk of his strength keeping Seo upright in the opening pas. I agree that the relative difficulty of partnering a ballerina can have a discernible impact on the variation that follows (i.e., how the same male dancer performs the same variation after partnering different ballerinas). One of my cardinal rules of attending ballet is to applaud the adage for as long as humanly possible, even if I didn't enjoy it as much as all that, in order to give the poor man a chance to recover. Link to comment
choriamb Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 One of my cardinal rules of attending ballet is to applaud the adage for as long as humanly possible, even if I didn't enjoy it as much as all that, in order to give the poor man a chance to recover. Link to comment
Amy Reusch Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Abatt, do you mean in Petipa's staging of Giselle or strsight forward Petipa like Sleeping Beauty? Link to comment
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