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Speaking of repertoire - do you prefer Mariinsky or Bolshoi?

Definitely Mariinsky.  The Bolshoi has three of my favorite ballets (Ivan the Terrible, Lady of the Camellias, and Onegin), but as a whole I prefer the Mariinsky in both actual ballets and the versions of their ballets, including their versions of other favorites of mine (La Bayadere and Legend of Love).  

I’ve slowly come to the realization that I am definitely a Mariinsky girl, through and through lol.

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I feel like this is such a random question, but... 20?

My favorite coda?  Is it bad that I didn’t even have to think about it lol.  Raymonda’s grand pas coda!  It’s so good!!

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For the ballet ask - La Sylphide, Bolero (Béjart), Alice's adventures in Wonderland (Wheeldon) and Le jeune homme et la mort...

Oooooo these are interesting!

Boring: La Sylphide.  This entire ballet puts me to sleep, I’ve tried watching so many different casts and productions and just…ugh.  The closest I’ve come to being entertained was watching Vyacheslav Lopatin as James, but even then I can’t even watch the entire pas de deux.  I understand it’s so historically significant and a huge deal, but oh my god.  The only ballet I find more boring is Chopiniana.

Great: Bolero.  The first time I watched it was the Plisetskaya version and honestly I was confused about why people thought it was great, but I felt compelled to watch it again and then every time and with every new dancer I saw different layers and holy shit it’s so good.  I would kill to see it in person with Diana Vishneva.  I also think that Ekaterina Shipulina would be amazing in it because she is so good at just pure dance; she doesn’t need a story to be great.

Terrible: Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland.  Literally the only thing that saves this ballet from completely crashing and burning are the Mad Hatter and the Tart Adagio.  The rest of it is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring, oh my god.  

Want To See: Je Jeune Homme et La Mort.  I find this ballet so interesting and stunning and challenging to the viewer.  My favorite performance I’ve found on YouTube is Kimin Kim.  Kimin is AMAZING because he uses every single prop on stage to tell part of the story; he grasps and pushes and leans on them in an effort to keep himself grounded, on earth, alive, and yet still ends up pushing them away one by one.  He stands up to the Girl and consistently tries to show her that he’s still alive and can resist, but eventually he succumbs to her.  I love that you can see the final string snaps at the cigarette lighting, normally dancers “break” after the blow job part, but Kimin was gone way before that, but then he comes back with one final push using the table before he is gone.  And then when Kristina Shapran drops the chair in front of him, his reaction of fear/disbelief/dislike further drives home his madness.  His use of the furniture seriously gives me chills; for whatever reason no other dancer’s interactions with those pieces impacts me in the same way.  And after he dies when he’s standing with Death, he doesn’t have emotion, he isn’t there anymore, which I think is perfect.  My favorite Girl is either Ekaterina Kondaurova or Viktoria Tereshkina; both of whom are absolutely amazing.  I want to see Ekaterina Kondaurova with Andrey Ermakov who hasn’t danced it yet but I think he would be amazing.  And I wish there was video of Tereshkina and Kim, they danced it together recently and I haven’t been able to find footage.  

Kimin Kim and Kristina Shapran videos: part 1 and part 2

Viktoria Tereshkina and Alexander Sergeev (who is also brilliant): part 1 and part 2

Sorry, that was a total run on paragraph, but that ballet just gives me so many feelings!!!

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And here's 6 from me. Mekhmene Banu, Anastasia from Ivan le Terrible, Kitri, Spartacus, Tybalt and Jean de Brienne.

So a few of these are easy, but…WHY did you give me my two favorite female roles?!!?!  

Push off a cliff: Jean de Brienne.  As much as I love Raymonda, his character is soooo boring so maybe watching him fall would actually be interesting…

Kiss: Spartacus.  I mean, have you SEEN Mikhail Lobukhin as Spartacus??  I wouldn’t ever marry him because he’s too self-sacrificing and serious, but I could absolutely support some physical somethin-something if you know what I mean.

Marry: Kitri.  She’s the most fun and chill-est one out of the bunch; can you imagine being married to MB??

Set on fire: Tybalt.  He was kind of a jerk, so I guess fire is a great way to send him out.

Wrap a blanket around:Mekhemene Banu.  Homegirl needs to chill, relax, and take a timeout from herself.  (Blanket should probably be a straightjacket for a little bit though)  I still love you MB!!!

Be roommates with: Anastasia.  She is so sympathetic, sweet, and if she’s able to keep Ivan sane then I have no doubt she could keep me sane too!

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@strechanadi replied to your post “Coffee stand au with Eggsy as the cashier/owner whose weekly regular...”

YES for caffeine intolerance! Because it is a thing, stop looking at me like I'm making this up saying "No, I can't drink coffee, it could very well kill me."

yep. i googled it before writing just in case.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Swan Lake & Related Fandoms, Лебединое озеро - Чайковски | Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake(Nureyev) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Siegfried&Wolfgang(Swan Lake) Characters: Prince Siegfried(Swan Lake), Wolfgang(Swan Lake) Additional Tags: Fluff, sneaking out of bed, Siegfried is a kid with awesome AWOL skills, but Wolfgang is just better than him, Sneezing, Description Porn Summary:

“It’s half past eleven. I went to your room and found it empty. What do you have to say for yourself?” “Um,” Siegfried said, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation.

Or, Siegfried sneaked out of his room, much to the chagrin of his tutor.

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Ballet: La Sylphide or Les Sylphides? Character: Romeo or Armand Duval? Character vol.2: Onegin or Lensky? Dancer: Friedemann Vogel or David Hallberg? Anything (not really creative): Arabesque or attitude?

Thanks for asking! :)

Ballet: Les Sylphides... I haven’t seen La Sylphide live so I guess I haven’t really ‘experienced it’ (I saw the Mariinsky do Les Sylphides live two years ago), but I just love Frederic Chopin’s music so much that I definitely have to choose Les Sylphides.

Character: That’s a really tough one... lately I’ve been really obsessed with Lady of the Camellias so right now, I’d have to say Armand Duval...

Character pt. 2: Lensky. I feel like I’m definitely more of a Lensky than an Onegin, I haven’t really found that darker side of myself yet. So Lensky it is!

Dancer: Friedemann Vogel :) (Sorry David but Friedemann is so close to my heart, having seen him live so often!)

Anything: Arabesque!

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