Leigh Witchel Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 Ushering the holiday season - has there ever been a dancer you thought was going to get coal in her (or his) stocking, and that's what you liked about her? The "bad girl"/"good girl" dichotomy is pretty entwined in ballet's history as much as western society's - we've got Taglioni and Elssler and then Salle and Camargo from even earlier. When I was dancing, Merrill Ashley was a classic "good girl" and Heather Watts a "bad girl" although those two were usually not thought of in tandem - the dancing dichotomy was usually Ashley/Farrell. I think Farrell eludes typing that way, though. "Good girl" and "bad girl" is as loaded a concept in ballet as in society, of course - a woman is sometimes a "bad girl" because she has a mind, or a body, of her own. Are there dancers of either sex that you think of as "good" or "bad"? Do you like them for it, or not? You better watch out. . . Link to comment
Juliet Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 Nice: Jenifer Ringer Naughty: Viviana Durante There are other, glaringly obvious ones....;) Link to comment
glebb Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Nice: Merle Park Naughty: Lynn Seymour Link to comment
Manhattnik Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Nice: Ulanova Naughty: Plisetskaya Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Or, to take the comparison back to near-parallel generations, Naughty: Struchkova Link to comment
Victoria Leigh Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Glebb, I agree on Lynn Seymour, but I loved her! Her Giselle was new every night, but always wonderful, at least the ones I saw when she danced a series of them with us in Nat'l. Ballet. Link to comment
Giannina Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Nice: Cojocaru Naughty: Durante Link to comment
Lovebird Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Nice: Elisabeth Maurin Naughty: Sylvie Guillem Link to comment
liebs Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Dowell- Nice Nureyev - Naughty Woetzel - Naughty Boal - Nice Link to comment
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