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My favourite rehearsal footage

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.  Four times, today alone.  Polina Semionova is rehearsing an Act 1 solo from La Bayadere, under Vladimir Malakhov’s watchful eye.  Pay special attention to the incredible bourree starting at 2:10.  Are there wheels on the floor?  A string pulling her along?

What makes this solo interesting [...]

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A first position account of ballet: the ups, downs and all classes in between. As an old instructor once said, “This is going to be very, very hard because ballet needs to be very very perfect.”