Comments on: Once more, with feeling: the late, great, Maya Plisetskaya https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 16 May 2015 16:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893705 Sat, 16 May 2015 16:58:27 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893705 Sharon W:

There are a lot of good dancers. Great dancers, however, are uncommon (and great dancers who are more than great technicians are getting less common each year, IMHO). The gap between a very good dancer of the sort you find in a regional company and a great dancer is very wide. I was fortunate enough to live in NYC—which had two great companies and where all the world’s great companies used to come to perform—during one of the greatest eras for ballet, and so I saw a great many of the greats. When you see someone such as Plisetskaya in person when you are a child, you don’t forget it easily.

]]> By: Sharon W https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893697 Sat, 16 May 2015 16:10:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893697 Thank you for this Neo. Over the years, I am so appreciative for posts like these. I have saved many, and learned a lot. Two years ago, we began a tradition of taking our granddaughter to the Nutcracker as part of our Christmas celebration. You would think that in Los Angeles, we would have a considerable selection of performances, but we have now attended the Alex Theatre in Glendale twice. After the performance this year, my daughter and I compared notes on the successive performances, both concluding the same thing…better costumes this year, less technically impressive dancing this year. In my lifetime with only a handful of ballets under my belt, it is amazing how one can begin to appreciate beautiful talent. I find it surprising that there should be such apparent professional lack, as I say in a city our size. This year we are going to branch out, and find a performance that includes a live orchestra. I will say, for all of us, watching my granddaughter (who will be 5 this month) enjoy the ballet has been delightful!!

]]> By: Scott https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893567 Fri, 15 May 2015 23:28:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893567 Sheer brilliance. Thanks for posting!

]]> By: Scott https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893565 Fri, 15 May 2015 23:27:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893565 Watching closely and watching her alone, the grace, power, and sheer physical beauty of her dancing are wonderful. I know nothing of dance, but I can see why she was among the greatest. Thanks for posting!

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893561 Fri, 15 May 2015 22:53:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893561 As a general rule, I can’t see what people tell me I’m supposed to see in art.
But in this case, it certainly looks as if she’s having fun.

]]> By: clarityseeker https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893549 Fri, 15 May 2015 21:46:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893549 Am I the only one who sees the puppet strings attached to her at the 3:50 mark? She’s a damn puppet.
“I object, your honor! This ballet dancer is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.”

]]> By: clarityseeker https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893548 Fri, 15 May 2015 21:41:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893548 Gumby and Pokey got nuthin’ on this dancer…

]]> By: clarityseeker https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893547 Fri, 15 May 2015 21:40:24 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893547 I just looked up the word, ‘FLUID’ in the dictionary. Her picture was there.

]]> By: Ralph Kinney Bennett https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893546 Fri, 15 May 2015 21:31:18 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893546 I cannot recall such a display of discipline and abandon, grace learned and grace from the heart. I am incapable of delving deep enough into “grace” or into “heart” to explain what she does and how she does it. Thank you for this video!

]]> By: eugenia https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/15/once-more-with-feeling-the-late-great-maya-plisetskaya/#comment-893515 Fri, 15 May 2015 18:39:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49192#comment-893515 Just fabulous. Thank you !

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