Thursday, September 30, 2010

But Don't Swans Have Very Pointy Toes?

OMG, OMG, the Great Chinese State Circus does "Swan Lake".

The whole video is worth seeing, but if you want to understand very quickly why I say OMG, OMG, skip ahead to 3:00 and watch for 20 seconds.




Author website: J. J. DeBenedictis

6 comments:

fairyhedgehog said...

That is extraordinary!

aspiring_x said...

wow.
*sits here with mouth agape in astonishment*
and i don't have enough balance to walk in heels- short ones...
that's just... wow.
golly, talk about skillz.
dude.

Lexi said...

Goodness me. Amazing balance.

I don't like the way Odette's legs bend too far the wrong way at the knee, though; it's ugly. Though I'm keen on circus, and went to a lot of shows during the nine years my daughter did trapeze, I do feel the Chinese State Circus hasn't quite grasped the essence of ballet as an art form.

Sarah Laurenson said...

OMFG!

Forget skipping anything. That whole video was amazing.

jjdebenedictis said...

FairyHedgehog: I thought it was lovely until she started piroetting on the fellow's body parts; then I thought it was lovely and amazing!

Aspiring_X: Hee! Yes, I doubt I'd have the balance to do that with flat feet, never mind my tip-toes.

Lexi: Oh, I really thought she looked lovely, but I'm no expert on ballet.

Actually, that's probably my blind spot. When it comes to dance, I always seem to fixate on the physicality rather than the form. I'm too hung up on thinking, "That looks really hard," to think "Gee, that's really pretty."

Sarah: I agree! Although I do still find that spin while balanced on the poor fellow's head to be the show-stopper.

pacatrue said...

A wee bit of muscle control there.

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