Past Links 2011

[swanchat]

Thanks for the link. The youngest dancer highlighted is a peer of my daughter's. I thought her observations and statements were spot on, insightful and true to herself. I could actually hear her voice in her quotes. She is a lovely dancer.

[lacetree]

Thanks for this link. Yasmine Naghdi couldn't have been at the Lower School at aged nine, though, as she would have been too young. I believe she had been a Royal Ballet School Saturday associate but didn't actually get a place in the Lower School until she was 12. Melissa Hamilton's story, with her once-a-week classes, is really amazing!

[Mulberry]

My sister started at White Lodge when she was ten (one year early, rather than two). She was the youngest in the school and was put in a little dorm named 'Room Orff' (based on the pronounciation of the Head of the school), which is where the youngest in the school always went, apparently. This was in 1979, though, I don't know whether they ever take children early now.

[Hans]

As this topic has generated a good deal of interest, I have started a new thread for it: http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=52806

[lacetree]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/dec/09/movetube-nutcracker-valentina-simukova

 

Footage of a 16-year-old Vaganova Academy student who died the following year of measles aged 17.

[tinyzinnia]

Thank you for sharing this link! It is true what they say- the best die young. She really looks like the Alina Somova of the 60s with her beautiful hyperextension and high legs.

[Danielle DeVor]

Matthew Bourne On Where He Gets His Imagery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16083699

 

 

What's Afoot In San Jose? No One's Going To Say

http://www.sfcv.org/article/big-trouble-at-ballet-san-jose

 

Look Out Kid

 

http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2011/12/look-out-kid.html

 

As Time Goes By

 

http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2011/12/my-entry.html

[pinkbubblegum17]

That was really interseting. I thought Mellissa Hamilton's was very inspiring. Thanks for posting!

[Ballet Bunnie]

This is not exactly ballet, but dance related, and it definitely stimulated my brain and gave me some inspirations, so that's why I want to share with you guys on BT4D!

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal.html?awesm=on.ted.com_Bohannon&utm_campaign&utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=awesm-publisher

[dancemaven]

My DD shared that with me the other day. Way too cool----especially given that I've always found powerpoints to be tediously boring.

[Doubleturn]

Thanks for sharing this - I thought it excellent!

[LauraR]

As a science teacher and a dance fan, I found it very enjoyable! I may look around for a visual I could use in class.

[dcns]

Sharing this with the dance Dads who always talk physics at the performances! Very neat!

[Momof3darlings]

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