I’m not a fan of ballet. I’ve seen performances I’ve enjoyed (usually not classical ballet) but I’m not going to go out of my way to view it. So it’s exceptional that I’m offering some ballet clips below.<\/p>\n
How’d I get there?<\/p>\n
A NY Times article nearly convinced me that there may be visions of “The Nutcracker” ballet which may be fun rather than agonizing and boring as hell.<\/p>\n
Over to Youtube I went…and was reminded that, no, I just don’t much care for ballet.<\/p>\n
Then I happened upon a performance of “The Bronze Idol” that was riveting. As there were a number of videos of other soloists performing the same dance, I went through them for comparison’s sake. Though each is outstanding in his own way, there were none, to me, that approached the power of this particular dancer. And I don’t mean just physical power.<\/p>\n
Angel Corella<\/a> at Covent Garden.<\/p>\n Sergey Antonov<\/a> with the Bolshoi.<\/p>\n Andrey Bolotin<\/a> with the Bolshoi.<\/p>\n Morikhiro Ivata<\/a> with the Bolshoi.<\/p>\n Wilfried Romoli<\/a> with the Paris Opera Ballet. Wonderful staging in this one.<\/p>\n