Comments on: I only recently discovered this dancer… https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 11 May 2015 19:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: G6loq https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892537 Mon, 11 May 2015 19:14:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892537 Needs a bit more horse would be nice!

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892492 Mon, 11 May 2015 14:44:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892492 Last version of Swan lake i saw was the all male gay version… after that, i had all kinds of gay mail, literature, and naked pictures in my mailbox… cause everyone who loves broadway has to be gay, right? (and broadway wonders why few bother to go… but then again, why go if you have the angry inch?)

]]> By: snopercod https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892343 Sun, 10 May 2015 16:14:56 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892343 I’ve never been a fan of ballet, but Galina Mezentseva’s rendition of Swan Lake was just enchanting. The discipline required to reach that level of skill is beyond my comprehension.

]]> By: Steve https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892320 Sun, 10 May 2015 13:10:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892320 Mothers Day Videos:

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2015/05/happy-mothers-day-to-all-moms-out-there.html

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892314 Sun, 10 May 2015 12:55:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892314 Tonight, on 60 minutes (channel 2), interview with ballet dancer Misty Copeland…

and funny funny, interview with Jack Barsky – KGB sleeper mole living in the US that changed sides and will be cluing us in on what he did…

]]> By: Irene https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892246 Sun, 10 May 2015 04:25:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892246 OMG! She is just amazing in The Legend of Love!

Actually, she is just amazing – period.

Thanks so much, neo!

]]> By: Geoffrey Britain https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/09/i-only-recently-discovered-this-dancer/#comment-892114 Sat, 09 May 2015 16:50:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=48530#comment-892114 “There isn’t a moment you aren’t assured that her balance will be plumb straight. There isn’t a moment she isn’t fully stretched, particularly her endless (and somewhat thin, even for a dancer) arms. Nothing is left to chance, nothing is unintentional, and everything is of a piece. … she gives the illusion of filling the entire stage not just with her presence, but with her body.

I’ve never seen anything like it. … her poses are the fullest, most extreme expression of the music and the ballet I’ve ever seen, and she does all of this without looking like a gymnast or contortionist.”

In the first video, starting @ 3:36 she exhibits perfect balance, total control and exquisite grace.

Why is it that some of the very greatest artists are not appreciated until well after their time?

“She was the first of the crop of tall Kirov ballerinas with long and thin lines, introducing a new aesthetic look to ballet audiences. Mezentseva is recognized as a dramatic performer, and is known for her improvisation. Mezentseva completed her dancing studies in 1970 at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The intensity of Mezentseva’s best live performances is believed to not translate well into the (few) available recorded presentations. Most of these recordings were taken after a severe achilles tendon rupture experienced by her in the early 1980s.”

“When you’re one step ahead of the crowd, you’re a genius. When you’re two steps ahead, you’re a crackpot.” — Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

The contrast in public appreciation between Michelangelo and Vincent van Gogh would appear to support the good Rabbi’s observation.

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