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Ballet
« on: February 19, 2007, 03:27:38 am »
So what do you all think of ballet? Thoughts? Experiences? Opinions?

I'm just curious.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 03:52:27 am »
I'd like to get involved, but I don't think I have the legs for it.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2007, 03:57:01 am »
It certainly seems difficult as all hell and... I respect the hell out of its purveyors but...

I'm not much of a visual-arts kinda guy. Even plays and movies, I pay more attention to the dialogue and music.

A lot of people tell me that they think in images and I just don't. I think in text or sounds and have to concentrate a good deal to visualize things, so... I'm probably not the target audience for that particular art.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2007, 03:57:33 am »
Quote from: *****_god on February 19, 2007, 03:52:27 am
I'd like to get involved, but I don't think I have the legs for it.

Do you have two?
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2007, 04:07:23 am »
God, I love ballet. I adore(d) Rudolf Nureyev (may he rest in peace). He was amazing. He and Margot Fonteyn were unbelievable together.

I do not have a dancer's body. I have never tried to dance, but when I get back to civilization I think that I'm going to look into cultural arts events...the symphony, the opera, and ballet are three of my favorites. Pure artistry.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2007, 04:19:34 am »
Quote from: Muse_Of_Fire on February 19, 2007, 03:57:33 am
Do you have two?

Mostly, but I have been told by the ladies (credible) that they are sub-par to ones used in the arts.  A stark truth I must face alone.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2007, 04:44:42 am »
I am not a fan. I just don't get it. I am becoming more of a visual-arts person, but... it's not for me.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2007, 08:38:15 am »
I am a books and music person, as well.  I like probably less than 5 movies, even.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2007, 01:54:31 pm »
While I prefer books and movies, there are some ballets I have rather a soft spot for. Christopher Bruce has choreagraphed some wonderful stuff, as has Mark Morris.
I'm not much of a dancer though, though I spent much of  my childhood doing period dance, trained with a group from... I think the West Indies a good few years back (they used that martial art that is like a dance... you know the one), and got a qualification in dance as well. But, I'm too gangly! I'm more a one for the acting, which it seems I might be getting back into.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2007, 02:48:22 pm »
I've known lots of dancers, and ballerinas are the most mentally unhealthy of the lot as far as I'm concerned.  Eating Kleenex and whatnot.  I'm not much for ballet, I really only admire it for the athleticism and precision, but not the art.  Give me good contemporary dance - that's what I dig.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2007, 08:56:03 pm »
Only Spandau Ballet, sorry.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2007, 02:11:26 am »
Spandeau Ballet! Woo!

Your responses are quite interesting.

So now, the ubiquitous follow-up question:

Why do you have the opinion you do about ballet?
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2007, 02:50:39 am »
Three words:  Men in Leotards!

J/K, I have no strong opinion about ballet one way or the other.  I like The Nutcracker, that's a ballet right?
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2007, 05:12:09 am »
With my profession (theatre) I cross paths with a lot of other artists of many disciplines.  Also actors like to date dancers.  Also, some dancers dabble in acting and vice versa.
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Re: Ballet
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2007, 05:44:00 am »
I've been delaying my response on this topic because I needed to sort out my impressions.  In the end, I think ballet is something I could like if I was better educated in it.  I like (for lack of any sophisticated terminology) theatrical dance (e.g. Cats).  The story being conveyed is easier to grasp than ballet however - between the singing and even  spoken lines.  So - basically I'm too lazy.  My cultural enrichment time gets spent on theatre, musicals and the occasional symphony.  Opera and ballet fall into the categories of "worthy, but life is short".
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