helpop Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Interview in the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2551693/Ballets-new-boy-wonder.html It's a slightly odd interview - it comes across as the Daily Mail decided to send a teenage intern to interview him, rather than anyone who knows anything about dance. It's a bit...giggly. Edited February 9, 2014 by helpop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Don't you think the writer adopted that giggly ballet aficionado role on purpose? Vasiliev comes across so arrogant that I really thought she did this on purpose. I'm still puzzled... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Don't you think the writer adopted that giggly ballet aficionado role on purpose? Vasiliev comes across so arrogant that I really thought she did this on purpose. I'm still puzzled... do you think so? It's probably the silliest interview I've ever read. I think more that Vasiliev was making fun of the poor lady, being impossible to take her seriously... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I agree annamicro.Any interviews I have read with Ivan he comes across anything but arrogant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Looking at some of her other interviews (at least as many as I could stand without getting a sugar overdose), she seems to do celebrity interviews and it doesn't seem to matter what sort of celebrities they are. So she very probably doesn't know much if anything about ballet, but that doesn't seem to have been the point of the interview anyway. The whole interview seemed like a bit of a waste of space - Daily Mail readers who aren't into ballet will probably have never heard of the guy, and the ones who are into ballet won't find anything interesting in the interview, other than the fact that he seems to get embarrassed by interviewers who only want to talk about sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Call me an old cynic, but isn't this simply a plug for the Kings of Dance show which I think takes place next month? The giveaway is the show's impresario acting as translator, paticularly as Vasiliev has very good English and could probably manage without help. As an interesting/informative interview I rate it 0/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Good point MAB but I think 0/10 for the interview is a tad generous! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I like the way she seeks confirmation of her knowledge of ballet by referring to a cabriole as "a big leap". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think more that Vasiliev was making fun of the poor lady, being impossible to take her seriously... But it was HER to write the whole thing down in her words, and she can't be so bland not to know how dumb and silly she comes across. OK, maybe she is. This interview makes the both parties involved look really bad - I still wonder why anyone should publish such a text... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Well, it is the Daily Mail... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Well, it is the Daily Mail... Indeed. Yesterday the Mail had an article about the American ice skater Jason Brown and his ponytail hairstyle, which apparently has a following all of its own. To my shame, I actually sat and read this piece of cutting edge 'journalism'. No pun intended. Well, it was my day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Best wishes to Ivan Vasiliev and Maria Vinogradova on their wedding coming this Saturday and for the entire marital life. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/11643915/Ivan-Vasiliev-about-to-marry-Bolshoi-ballerina.html Photos of the couple in the Russian edition of Tatler: http://www.tatler.ru/nashi_lyudi/interview_and_photo_set_21/347625_istoriya_lyubvi_ivan_vasilev_i_mariya_vinogradova.php#p=347627; Shouldn't the Mail Online be ashamed of their presentation of this news! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3107206/Russia-s-superstar-ballerina-known-Sex-legs-reveals-details-Bolshoi-love-triangle-shocked-fans-discover-marrying-rival-dancer-long-time-love.html Edited: The last remark added. Edited June 4, 2015 by Amelia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Shouldn't the Mail Online be ashamed of their presentation of this news! Yes and so should the Daily Telegraph over the reporting in its 3rd June edition. Osipova has done nothing to deserve being demeaned in this way. Of course, Vasiliev himself, albeit clearly bounding with happiness at his forthcoming marriage, might have been more circumspect to begin with. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The happy couple: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=876827625721824&set=a.141057892632138.33377.100001837832602&type=1&theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ivan Vasiliev, sex on legs? I beg to differ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It is the most stupid ballet interview ever but given it in the Daily Mail, I cannot say I am surprised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 For goodness sake. I'm not surprised he responded in the way he did. What silly questions. Sounds like she is interviewing him for a teenybop magazine! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxette Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Come on folks, unless you've been lobotomised, the Daily Mail is a big journalistic joke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well, that has been amply confirmed here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 The wedding photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I don't suppose Maria is related to Oleg Vinogradov the former artistic director of the Kirov in the 1990s? I tried to find out something about him but the few articles there were just concentrated on his work rather than personal life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 There appears to be some sort of interview with, or possibly just article on, Vasiliev in today's Daily Telegraph arts supplement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) There appears to be some sort of interview with, or possibly just article on, Vasiliev in today's Daily Telegraph arts supplement. This is featured in today's LINKS. The Telegraph Supplement has a cover photo of Vasiliev entitled Flying High: how the world's greatest ballet dancer leapt to the top. Admittedly they want to promote the Ardani Gala but the paper has to be joking with that claim!!!! [Do I need to duck and run for cover?] Edited July 11, 2015 by capybara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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