tomuchtallent Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 My favorite football team doing ballet with ENB!! Dont know if this is on UK tv but for anyone who has not seen it hope you enjoy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Are the dancers identified by name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Anjuli: This first began to appear on the net some days ago, and I chose not to put it in Links as I failed to find the dancers named anywhere, unlike all of the players, and I'm not sufficiently up to speed on identifications. One of the girls might be a Principal, Begoña Cao, but my impression is that ENB normally offers members of the corps for these promotional efforts. If someone can do the idents, I'd be delighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmadmom Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Crystal Costa (First Soloist) is one of the dancers. The one with the more definied leg muscles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 That is my point, Ian. The players apparently were identified in the ad - by the creators of the ad (if I am understanding it correctly) while the dancers were not. I am not questioning you - but the creators of the ad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmgard Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The dancers are Fernanda Oliveira, Begona Cao, Crystal Costa and Desiree Ballantyne. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmgard Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I should add that the movement was arranged by the very talented Jenna Lee who is also the co-choreographer for the Flawless tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Anjuli, I take your point about the anonymity of dancers compared to footballers, but I think the advertising agency are professionally correct to assume that the names of the Arsenal players are what will attract people to the product. It's good that ENB/the dancers receive some consequential publicity (and hopefully payment!) from this but in reality for the target audience for the product it wouldn't make much difference if they had used Sylvie Guillem and Polina Semionova or first year performing arts students in tutus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Well I really enjoyed it, what good fun it was, however wouldnt it have been more gripping to have watched the male dancers doing a dance of with the football players. Obviously there couldnt be a comparison but then the dancers doing football wouldnt compare, but it would still be great fun to watch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janabiyah-Jane Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I love this ad, and can only hope that it also highlights to tv viewers the beauty and talent of ballet. We so little of this art form on our tv screens. How fab to associate it with high profile football players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Just watched again as its brilliant, loved it where the footballer is really straining himself when he is lifting the ballet dancer. The real male ballet dancers appear to show no such strain but never seem to get the recognition for their strenght. Edited to add the word real Edited April 13, 2012 by primrose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Anjuli, I take your point about the anonymity of dancers compared to footballers, but I think the advertising agency are professionally correct to assume that the names of the Arsenal players are what will attract people to the product. It's good that ENB/the dancers receive some consequential publicity (and hopefully payment!) from this but in reality for the target audience for the product it wouldn't make much difference if they had used Sylvie Guillem and Polina Semionova or first year performing arts students in tutus. I can't see where naming the dancers would have harmed the ad. People who enjoy ballet buy cars too - and naming the dancers wouldn't stop someone who enjoys the sports team from buying the car. What the ad says now is the sports athletes are important - the dancers are not. Crediting the dancers would have taken but a moment as a flash screen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie 2 Milner Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 This is brilliant! We are arsenal season ticket holders and my son is a professional ballet dancer so love the over-lap. Thought Scezney looked very promising. The great Martin Keown on piano. Fantastic. Joking apart I often think there is a huge over-lap in the life of a ballet dancer/training and football. Talent alone often isn't enough in both and hard work really does pay off. Though most ballet dancers will never have the adulation of a footballer they often have similar temptaions and stresses due to a non 9-5 lifestyle. Anyway thank you for posting the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CouldDoBetter Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Perhaps I just missed it, but I did not see the footballers names anywhere either. Not too sure that I understood the advert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie 2 Milner Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I know the footballers so I'm afraid I didn't look. What does it mean? Well i guess the advertisers are going for a beauty and brawn/ subtle and in your face/ type of thing. Arsenal footballer Thierry Henry has been used in the past by Citroen. The car has a play of beauty and strength maybe. I always find car adverts a puzzle! Maybe the car is a wonderous learning experience.lol Who knows. Must admit I loved watching the Arsenal boys try ballet. Oxlade Chamberlin just looked a little embarrased bless him, but he is young. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I think that the advert is saying that the Citroen car has beauty, strenght, elegance, poise and class as shown by both the ballet dancers and footballers, oh and that it is fun to drive and doesnt take itself too seriously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Julie 2 Milner,Well,i use to go to all the Arsenal matches when i lived in the UK also!Only lived 15 mins from the Arsenal! Its funny in my house while watching this as my dh and my boys are mad about Arsenal and then my dd and me love ballet!But we did take the micky out of the Arsenal boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 It's a shame that they couldn't somehow have managed to include some real male ballet dancers lifting the ballerinas, thereby showing everyone how strong they are compared to the footballers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Congratulations to Alex O-C who is starting for England in a couple of minutes time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie 2 Milner Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 He is such a talent. A joy to watch and a seemingly nice young man. Saw him interviewed after the game. He played well. Maybe if Van Persie does go we'll be ok:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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