catching up...

Hey there beauties, so this is my apology... for being away for so long. I have missed you so!!!

Since I got back from my biz trip it's just been hectic, work has been so busy (I was promoted, yayyy!!!) and ballet has been demanding.

I dont know if I told you but I am back in ballet after 7 years of not dancing. It was SO HARD!!! but now it seems I am back on track and this weekend I am having my first theatre performance so wish me luck ;)

This is me after my first class in 7 years... nearly dead...

OH, I also am a brunette now ;) so far... I am having as much fun as a blonde.

Hugs and xoxo to all of you, I promise to be around more now. What are you up to????

Saturdance! High Up in the Air...

That's right. HIGH up in the air is where she belongs.

My second favorite Prima Ballerina is Natalia Osipova. A beautiful young dancer {she is 25} who recently left the Bolshoi Theater to move to the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg. She cited "artistic freedom" as her reason for leaving..... so did her fiance, the AMAZING Ivan Vasilev {the next Baryshnikov, as critics call him}.


Natalia has dance every single leading role but the ones I like for her are energetic, explosive roles, as the allegro & jumping are CLEARLY her thing. Check her out and try to disagree!

LUVS HER.

Happy Saturdance!!!!!!!!

Saturdance!

Today, I dedicate Saturdance to my Idol........... Diana.

There’s little question in anyone’s mind that Diana Vishneva, a graduate of the Vaganova School in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a principal dancer with the Kirov (Maryinksy) Ballet, is one of the great ballerinas of our time. An impeccable technician, with a gloriously supple body.

But leaving the technique aside, I find her dancing to be the most deeply intense and passionate out there, she brings a remarkable dramatic intelligence and theatrical savvy to every roles, I tell ya, can be quite remarkable to witness.

Above: Diana Vishneva performs in Dwight Roden's "Three Point Turn," one of the three dances that make up "Beauty in Motion." Credit: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times

“As a member of a big company, you never have the chance to feel independent in your creative life,” says Vishneva. “Of course it’s great to do the classical repertoire, but I am always looking for something else too. If you are not growing as an artist, you might as well stop.” Diana Vishneva


Many xoxoxo! and happy Saturdance!!!

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it's Saturdance!

Ok, I am in need of some SERIOUS attitude adjustment for the weekend, so, I know it's still friday, but I figured, in some countries it's already Saturdance so we might as well get with the program... what say you???

Enjoy!!.............

Happy dance, silly dance, EVEN chicken dance. Just get up and DANCE ;)

Happy weekend gorgeous people of the world!!!!

xoxox

it's Satur-dance...

oh yeah...........!

Totally note-worthy.... La Danse

Darlings! this is exciting and thrilling beyond words!...

“La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,” opened this week, and according to reviewer A.O. Scott of The New York Times, “a feast for ballet lovers” and “one of the finest dance films ever made.” So hurry over to THE ERRANT AESTHETE, for a full and wonderful article (as usual!) on this masterpiece.

“What a thrilling week for dance onscreen.A portrait of one of theworld’s great companiesby one of theworld’s great vérité documentarians.

LA DANSE captures a living ecosystem.Beyond offering the privilegeof watching gorgeously photographed scenesfrom seven balletsclassically smooth and atonally jarring,LA DANSE is an anatomy.It’s about flesh and bone and sinew,about sublimity on Earth.”
David Edelstein, New York

Having been a balerina myself, and having a huge crush on the Paris Opera Ballet, this is grand. Certainly much anticipated and highly coveted. Me LIKEY!!!!

xo

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