52 Final Bows / Hollander / Hallberg

[Quiggin]

From Gia Kourias's article in the Times today, a collaborative video between Madeline Hollander and David Hallberg cataloguing all the varieties of the balletic bow – a typology of the art, endlessly fascinating. Funniest of all for me was the self-effacing New York City Ballet female bow.

https://theshed.org/program/219-madeline-hollander

[sandik]

This is so great, but it made me wonder if we'll see him move into some of those character parts -- the Von Rothbart bow and the Dr Coppelius bow made me laugh out loud.

[ABT Fan]

Oh, these are so spot on and at times, hilarious! Loved his Kitri, Odile, Kachei from Firebird, Nureyev sweep and NYCB female. Those made me laugh out loud.

[PeggyR]

Oh my, I haven’t laughed that much in the past year and a half.  My favorite was the Bolshoi bow, which lasted longer than the ballet.  And based on his Odette bow, he’d be a gorgeous white swan.  Thanks so much for posting; this one gets a bookmark.

[seallen]

🙏 for sharing this...an absolute joy!

[pherank]

Fun and interesting, thanks. I like the little look he gives during the "Bolshoi Male" bows. The "Bow to Tokyo Audiences" with all the hand waving instantly reminded me of the YouTube drum prodigy Yoyoko, who begins and ends most videos with a wave of her drum stick. I suppose that is a thing in Japan. "Bow After Dancing Poorly" - I think we've all seen that one.

Edited September 17, 2021 by pherank

[balletgirl22sk]

Too funny!

[diane]

Excellent, thanks! 

I thoroughly enjoyed that. 

Another one we see a lot here in Germany is the "Tanztheater" bow (not to be confused with the Pina Bausch bow), where the dancers line up and roll /bend far forward with straight knees, their arms and hands nearly touching the floor, and they sort of stay there for a few seconds, causing wonderment in the audience if all is well with the dancers.

-d-