I guess I'm a dance snob
Jul. 11th, 2012 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
switch842Watching these first few weeks of So You Think You Can Dance has taught me one thing: I don't give a shit about modern/contemporary dance. I guess I'm like Erik from Center Stage: "I do ballet because it has nothing to do with the people. Give me tiaras and boys in tights any day."
I didn't think I was this snobbish about it, but it would seem I am. Or maybe I'm just in a bad mood cos work was pretty awful and then Martouf was being a two year old so, you know, that was fun....
Out of all the numbers I only really liked two: the one with Amelia with the dumpster and they were cats; and the Broadway one with Cyrus. On the topic of Cyrus, I gotta admit he didn't really do too terribly. I think he managed to get a good style this week. Broadway, I think, is a fairly easy transition for him into learning choreography. But even in the opening number, he was holding his own pretty well. I still don't think he'll last terribly long, just because, technically, he doesn't have what he needs: flexibility, technique, etc. But, like Nigel said, he is a phenomenal performer. I hope he's able to really do something with the exposure this is giving him.
I didn't think I was this snobbish about it, but it would seem I am. Or maybe I'm just in a bad mood cos work was pretty awful and then Martouf was being a two year old so, you know, that was fun....
Out of all the numbers I only really liked two: the one with Amelia with the dumpster and they were cats; and the Broadway one with Cyrus. On the topic of Cyrus, I gotta admit he didn't really do too terribly. I think he managed to get a good style this week. Broadway, I think, is a fairly easy transition for him into learning choreography. But even in the opening number, he was holding his own pretty well. I still don't think he'll last terribly long, just because, technically, he doesn't have what he needs: flexibility, technique, etc. But, like Nigel said, he is a phenomenal performer. I hope he's able to really do something with the exposure this is giving him.
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Date: 2012-07-13 11:09 am (UTC)Yu know the main guy in that, Ethan Stiefel, he's the new artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Quite the coup apparently. They also have a documentary series following the ballet company, it's really interesting - its called "The Secret Lives of Dancers".
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Date: 2012-07-13 11:57 am (UTC)Really? Good for Ethan! There was actually just a 6-week series here following Ballet West out in Salt Lake City. It really is very interesting. I may have to look up that one online, see if I can find it anywhere.
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Date: 2012-07-13 10:24 pm (UTC)