nanushka Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 An IG clip of Abrera and Forster rehearsing the Seasons PDD that connects to a complete video: I love how much the man really gets to dance throughout, in addition to partnering. Link to comment
kbarber Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 BEAUTIFUL. Thanks for sharing, @nanushka Link to comment
sandik Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 22 hours ago, nanushka said: I love how much the man really gets to dance throughout, in addition to partnering. No kidding -- that's some really wonderful stuff. There was a long (and sometimes cranky)m thread on Facebook a couple years ago that included Ratmansky, who was opposed to men "dancing like women" in ballet. I think that everyone involved got the period conventions mixed up with the kinetic possibilities, and tempers became a bit frayed, but right here he's managed several things that are stereotypically female-identified, and it all looks fantastic. This is both thoroughly classical (there are some moments here that could have been straight from Petipa) and absolutely modern -- what a thrill. Val Caniparoli made a work for PNB a few years ago, using this score -- I liked it very much, and wish that parts of it could come back, but this is ever so much more so (to quote Robert McCloskey). Now I really want to see the whole thing! Link to comment
Drew Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Thank you @nanushka for posting! I would have missed this entirely otherwise.... Link to comment
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