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Tag Archives: ballet
Baby Ballerinas
That’s what they called them, the three young Russian ballerinas who starred in the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in the 1930s. Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, and Tatiana Riabouchinska. They were 13, 14 years old, on the run from the … Continue reading
Red seats at the New York City Ballet
Photo by Kyle Froman. Gorgeous.
Walking in the city
Even at the grossest dingiest most bustling jackhammery intersection … look up. You never know what you will find up there, but sometimes you see something that makes you go all quiet and still inside, peaceful, like all the sound … Continue reading
“The performance is now.” – Suzanne Farrell
Like most people, I have heard of Suzanne Farrell and knew she was a big deal in the world of ballet. Names like Gelsey Kirkland and Allegra Kent and Darci Kistler … well, first of all … aren’t those all … Continue reading
Nureyev and Gender
I still can’t really read, but here are some Nureyev images, since he’s been on my mind. I am halfway through the Nureyev book, and hopefully I’ll get to finish it some day. I love the androgyny of Nureyev in … Continue reading
“We only lived when we danced.” – Rudolf Nureyev
“They seemed aware of each other even when their backs were turned. When their eye met, a message was passed.” — Alexander Bland on Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn “To see Fonteyn was one thing. To see Nureyev was another … Continue reading
“Even his walk made him different from everyone else.”
I’m reading Nureyev: The Life, by Julie Kavanagh right now, and it is superb!! I don’t know anything about ballet, and know very little about the ballet world itself – and while the bare bones of Nureyev’s story are familiar … Continue reading
The Dancer Who Could Pause In Mid-Air:
Joan Acocella writes: Almost everyone who describes Nureyev eventually compares him to an animal. They bore you to death with this, but it was true. New biography of Rudolf Nureyev is out – and I must read it. All 700 … Continue reading
Corner of 38th and 8th
Ballerinas, above the fray.
Degas
I know that he, in reality, hated ballerinas. That just goes to show you how little a person’s actual views on things has to do with the art that he makes. There’s a beautiful mixture of practicality and fantasy in … Continue reading