Sunday, January 31, 2010
I want to be a ballerina
Go to the ballet.
It will make you a 5 year old again.
Who wouldn't want the be the ethereal girl floating and twirling almost magically onstage?
I'm so lucky to be able to attend the ballet (somewhat) regularly each year. I don't think I've ever missed seeing at least one program from the SF ballet since moving to the bay area over 10 years ago. This season started with the quintessential classic, Swan Lake. I've seen it before, but SF just changed the costumes and sets in 2009. It was gorgeous. I wanted so many of the Napoleanic dresses for myself. It was a feast for the eye yet still classic and elegant.
This video doesn't do justice for the pas de deux between Odette and the Prince. In fact, it doesn't show any footage of Odette (in the white swan tutu.) It really was perfection. Yuan Yuan Tan is perfection.
How is it fair that some people are so ridiculously graceful, limber, and tiny?
I know the reality of my situation. I will never grace the stage of the War Memorial Opera House.
(But that hasn't stopped me from twirling in front of a mirror a few times since Saturday.)
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6 comments:
beautiful...wish I could have enjoyed it with you!
I wish I could have been there too!!! But your description was so beautiful, I felt like I was there. Thanks for sharing!!!
I don't know who gave it those five stars, but I believe it! Dancers reflected on the shiny black floor under the enormous moon must have been stunning, not to mention Tchaikovsky. The black swan was apparently no slouch either! Gorgeous.
They do an all male version of Swan Lake in London. Edward's mom and sister rave about it! I don't get it.
LOVE your new photo, by the way.
Exquisite!
Just beautiful.
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