1/26/2008

ballet, sans limbs

I love ballet, but this piece is a bit too overly-sentimental for me. Still, it's interesting to see how the leg amputee uses his crutch and his body to move around the stage. What do you think?

1 comment:

littlemissattitude said...

You're definitely correct that the piece was overly sentimental.

The thing that interested me...and this is because I've worked as a props handler for the ballet off and on for a few years...was how the male dancer's crutch was integrated into the dance as a prop, in the traditional meaning of the word as opposed to it being there "just" to prop him up.

Other than that, I thought that the choreography for the female dancer was a bit too frantic at times, but overall, as a fan of the ballet, I enjoyed watching the clip.