Alexandra Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 If you could pin a wish lift/gift list to the chimney Christmas Eve, what would it be? It could be that you wlil see your favorite ballet danced by your favorite dancer, or that your favorite company would do this or that, or anything. Remembering the A.A. Milne poem about King John (who was not a good man) and his long Christmas gift list which remained unfulfilled until he whittled it down to what he really wanted, he got it, I will say, "Oh, Father Christmas, if you love me at all, please send me a ... NEW BALLET!!!!! I wish that in 2003 there will be at least one new ballet. New. Something exciting, something that I'd actually like to see again, many times, that stands up to different casts. Not a retread, or a faux classic. Or modern/contemporary/Broadway/tap/flamenco extravaganza. (Not that we don't need them too, but this is a Ballet Alert wish list). Just a new ballet. What's your gift list? Link to comment
Calliope Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 money and 2 weeks of Suzanne Farrell Ballet in NY. and since I've been extra good this year : no more injuries for Miranda Weese Link to comment
Old Fashioned Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 I wish I could frequent the New York dance scene so I could participate in the majority of the discussions here. Just two more years, just two more years... Link to comment
Maxi3D Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 My wish-list will be a new Romantic era style classical ballet. I wonder why haven't any company has come up with a new ballet in the style of Swan Lake or Gislle? I I belive that most audiances want to see ballerinas in tutus and new classical ballet or/and dramatic ballet would help the artform of ballet. P.S. Los Angeles City Ballet company will fit very nicely on the wish-list also. I wish, I wish. Link to comment
Giannina Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 I got my Christmas wish: Monica Mason!! Giannina Link to comment
Juliet Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Money for dancers. Good health for dancers. Jobs for those who need them (see #1.) A full company and adequate funding for Suzanne Farrell. good wishes for health and prosperity for everyone on this board. Link to comment
Hans Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Just two things: I want Asylmuratova to have carte blanche as director of the Vaganova Academy, and I want ballet to be as popular as football. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted December 20, 2002 Author Share Posted December 20, 2002 I'll support your popularity plea, Hans, but could you add a codicil that making ballet as popular as football won't make ballet look like football? Link to comment
kfw Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 I'd like a two-seater time machine, please, in which to zip back to City Center in the late 40's, 50's, and early 60's. If the batteries hold out, I'll take it to 1928 Paris for the premiere of Apollo too. Link to comment
piccolo Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 I wish for the start of another Ballet Boom! (And if kfw's time machine is still working, I'd like to borrow it to see Judith Jamison perform "Cry" for the first time.) Link to comment
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