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[idfk-ballet]

Can someone tell Mr. Balanchine that he should lay off the pulling off pointe? It’s bad for my joints.

[bonniexviii-blog]

Upon Seeing Stars and Stripes

Well hello there dear friends and strangers I feel it is my duty to inform you that I may have just seen THE BEST BALLET ON EARTH. 

Yes, you heard me correctly eighteenth century France. I am sorry to say that you have been outdone by Suzanne Farrell Ballet’s three part production of Balanchine. 

When I say this ballet was good, I don’t know if you are fully understanding the visual satisfaction of watching about thirty people simultaneously spin and balance on their toes as they weave amongst each other. 

How could I convey this? I suppose it felt like what I imagine a Jack O'Lantern feels this time of year. That is, it felt as if all my insides had been ripped out in a weird pleasure and I began to glow from within through a unchangeable smile. 

There is so very much to be said of this production: the mastery of the dancers, the perfection of the choreography, and the background which faded from dark to light blue. As I sat in the second seat of row K and marveled, I heard the heavy breathing of the dancers, and for a moment they were autumn grasses blowing in a huffed wind. But oh the symbolism! How might I tell of the symbolism!? 

Stars and stripes. Perhaps that is all our flag is after all.  Just a cloth with fifty stars and thirteen stripes. With the swoon of the orchestra I asked myself what it means to be American. Is it this? This blood ghost of complete ecstasy that shivers through me? I wondered what the audience was thinking, right then as they raised the flag behind the dancers. Did they revere it? Think nothing of it? Peer at it with disdain? I do not know. 

I sat but I felt as if I should stand, for if not for this country than for freedom. Who are we as a nation or as individuals without our symbols? What distinguishes two fingers from meaning peace or the number two? I felt then that an orb of light had been cast upon my most precious symbol, and I ought to stand.  Though it remained in determinable whether the light cast upon the flag marked it’s celebration or memorial, I felt in that moment compelled to stand for what is mine.

[sketchesforanassumedname]

See the music, hear the dance.

Balanchine

[ohbabyboston]

Boston Ballet's Jewels: Three Gems

Boston Ballet’s Jewels: Three Gems

Both my children appreciate a little “fancy”.  Whether it is dressing up for a special occasion, or having just the right accessory, these little things matter.  It is the frivolous and unimportant things that are important sometimes.

You don’t have to be a 5 year old girl to appreciate the twirling, dreamy, glittery, playfulness of dressing up.  We all have our inner child who floated above the…

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Happy birthday Mr. B

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Person: What's your favorite ballet?

Me: Who Cares?

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I feel like Balanchine is an under rated style on tumblr