swanprincess Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I'd be happy to be in the swan corps as long as I don't have to do that Little Cygnet dance!! Me too! The Swan corps would be just as good as Odette I think, anything to get me on stage in that final scene... <3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin16 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I think I would quite like to do the cygnet dance but maybe that's because I've never done it to realise how hard it is. I'm short enough to make a good cygnet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Would it be devine to dance in the corps the Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadere? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Would it be devine to dance in the corps the Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadere? Â Especially if you were cloned and danced all 32 Shades! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 You'd be fine Munchkin.....you have youth on your side!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Especially if you were cloned and danced all 32 Shades! You would see yourself coming and going as you came down the ramp. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecatsmother Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 A real vision. I guess if this was heavenly you would not get cramp either. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I think if I was in ballet heaven I would have to be dancing Romeo in MacMillan's R&J. As much as I'd love to dance Albrecht, Siegfried, Onegin, des Grieux, and so many other roles, Romeo surpasses them all for me. I'd get to do the masks trio, the balcony PdD, the bedroom PdD, the crypt scene, and more. Although it would mean heartbreak every night... It's a tough choice for my heavenly Juliet - how can I choose?! Cuthbertson, Nunez, Glurdjidze, Semionova, Ferri...!  However, I would be tempted to skip doing a full-length in order to do one particular variation - the torch bearer in Gayane. It's not a very well known variation (I can't find much of it on YouTube) but my teacher taught me it during a summer course last year. I've never felt so free whilst dancing. It's the hardest variation I've danced but also the most rewarding and I'd be in heaven if I could experience that feeling over and over. I've never seen Gayane (or even heard of it before learning the variation) so don't know if it would be worth doing the whole ballet, but that variation would be worth it alone. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Dave, I would love to see you dance on earth! I am so cross that due to the stupidity of English firms you are going to have to cross the pond to work! ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 I'm surprised no one has chosen Sleeping Beauty.......  You get to dance with four princes bringing you roses.  You get a huge ovation for the Rose Adagio  You get kissed by a handsome prince  You get to dance the PDD to gorgeous music  Everyone loves you  Costumes are beautiful 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin16 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Think of the arabesques in Shades though... I was thinking about Sleeping Beauty because I love the music but the attitudes scared me off, although four princes are even better than one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Think of the arabesques in Shades though... I was thinking about Sleeping Beauty because I love the music but the attitudes scared me off, although four princes are even better than one! Â See- here's the thing......in Heaven the attitudes are perfect.! Â It's interesting how we have trouble letting go of our fears - even in heaven. Edited May 6, 2014 by Anjuli_Bai 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin16 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Then I think I might have to change mine to Sleeping Beauty, I prefer the music and I think as a final performance something happy might be nicer than the rather depressing story of Giselle. Don't know who to pick as the prince now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfbrew Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Then I think I might have to change mine to Sleeping Beauty, I prefer the music and I think as a final performance something happy might be nicer than the rather depressing story of Giselle. Don't know who to pick as the prince now!How about David Wall? He was lovely! Edited to add one for dh. He says Widow Simone! Edited May 6, 2014 by hfbrew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) I didn't pick Swan Lake or Sleeping Beauty as they are both so technically difficult and demanding!! Â So you are right Anjuli even though "in heaven" am still expecting things to be taxing obviously!! Â I do love the music of both those ballets though!! Â I like the pure joy of Fille though! Â Actually thinking of Farouk Ruzimatov the bit in Fille where Colas jumps out of the bales so Lise knows he has seen her heartfelt desires .......well I was just imagining Ruzimatov jumping out .......I think I would think some genie had been let out of the bottle if I suddenly saw him appear in this way!!! Â No offence though I love his dancing! He just seems a bit exotic for Fille. Edited May 6, 2014 by LinMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I always loved the way Robert Parker (BRB) jumped out of the hay bales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Sleeping Beauty was one of my two choices; the music alone in the grand pdd brings tears to my eyes. Fiendishly difficult choreo though; all those Fish Dives! Eek! Â Mind you, if being in Heaven means my technique (and my partner's) would be perfect then that would naturally lessen the worry about being dropped. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin16 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Had to search David Wall on youtube, he is lovely, he can be my prince! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfbrew Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Had to search David Wall on youtube, he is lovely, he can be my prince! He was a very fine dancer, rather good looking too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Well he's one of my three for Colas!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Sleeping Beauty was one of my two choices; the music alone in the grand pdd brings tears to my eyes. Fiendishly difficult choreo though; all those Fish Dives! Eek!  Mind you, if being in Heaven means my technique (and my partner's) would be perfect then that would naturally lessen the worry about being dropped. :-)  In Heaven there are no worries.     Well he's one of my three for Colas!!   You only get one choice of male partner in the Foyer de la Danse.  If you want three different male partners - well, that's another Foyer entirely.  (We could make a thread for that but somehow I think that might come up against the Acceptable Use Policy)  Edited May 7, 2014 by Anjuli_Bai 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 I am also surprised no one has chosen Don Q, Â There's that wonderful Grand PDD and Kitri's soaring dance with her fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin16 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I love the ballet but even in the afterlife I will never be a jumper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 I love the ballet but even in the afterlife I will never be a jumper... Â Heaven is more than just the "afterlife" - in Heaven you can jump for all the joy you have in you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Don Q would definitely be my 2nd choice after Swan Lake..... Is it odd that I'd rather dance Basilio than Kitri?! The leaps and pirouettes in Basilio's variation are phenomenal, and I could listen to that music forever!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecatsmother Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I have to say that some of the Manon pas de deuxs would be lovely too particularly if they were effortless in terms of lifts and transitions from lifts. The music is one of my favourites as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Unlike the general consensus I would like to be a bad girl of some sort, there are various witches and Wilis of course but all very unsexy, so..........after a lot of thought.........Scheherazade. My Golden slave has to be Tsiskaridze and the Shah will have to be Taranda, wouldn't mind dancing the ugly queen in Legend of love either, again with the same two dancers. Taranda's company dances a brilliant version of Carmina Burana how erotic it comes across depends on the cast; therefore I will dance it with their most torrid interpreter: Nariman Bekzhanov. When I get to heaven I will be very agile indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Not Gamzetti? She has to be the epitome of sexy and evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Unlike the general consensus I would like to be a bad girl of some sort, there are various witches and Wilis of course but all very unsexy, so..........after a lot of thought.........Scheherazade. My Golden slave has to be Tsiskaridze and the Shah will have to be Taranda, wouldn't mind dancing the ugly queen in Legend of love either, again with the same two dancers. Taranda's company dances a brilliant version of Carmina Burana how erotic it comes across depends on the cast; therefore I will dance it with their most torrid interpreter: Nariman Bekzhanov. When I get to heaven I will be very agile indeed.  After seeing Tsiskaridze as the Golden Slave in Scheherazade - I totally agree.  And Taranda as the Shah is truly inspired thinking, MAB.  However, with the two of them around - I wouldn't want to die.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Anjuli, just thinking about it has made me decide to dig out a DVD with Taranda as the Shah tonight, sadly I don't have a record of Tsiskaridze in the ballet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Anjuli, just thinking about it has made me decide to dig out a DVD with Taranda as the Shah tonight, sadly I don't have a record of Tsiskaridze in the ballet though. Â Here tis, MAB - enjoy: Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuqlHffkzUE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Oh - to dance like that for just one minute - would be heaven..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimum6 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I would like to dance Manson. From zenith to nadir... An emotional roller coaster x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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