altongrimes Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I will always remember Melanie Nix in the 2004 issue of Dance Europe exclaiming: "They say writing a good review is harder than writing a bad one -- possibly because you sit mesmerized and then forget quite how you got to such a hypnotic state". Such was the case as I -- as if for the first time -- basked in the Marguerite and Armand pas de deux video featuring Sergei Pounin and Tamara Rojo. Filmed in the most refined high definition, I was seized by a swell of hope that there might yet be a return of the art form to live performance -- even to the inclusion of a live audience. And then out of some well within, bubbled up a little Shakespeare: "Now is the Winter of our discontent ". Indeed. And a little Thomas Paine as well: "these are times that try men's souls". They are. Even so, I wanted to write "something" on this wonderful Ballet Alert and not allow my creative spirit to collapse under the weight of the mere verdict of my senses. Link to comment
Drew Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Thanks for writing. And it's good to be hopeful. (Well, in this case...) I don't know if I will see anything live before 2022 but I'm hoping for mid-to-late Fall 2021... Link to comment
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