I have watched more crappy videos of the various courageous ballerinas who danced the role of The Chosen One over the last 12 years but I’ve pretty much stopped looking. It still boggles the mind that such a jewel in a ballet company’s Crown was filmed so poorly by nearly everyone but the Mariinsky .

Of course there are other companies -I’m certain – that have nice quality but for some reason they don’t want to release it. I suppose there is a great fear that Philistines may become educated and then where WOULD we be? Or, they just weren’t good.

And then out of the blue I stumbled upon a 1994 rehearsal video – still crappy quality – of CNB’s  Ana Lacerda.

I had long thought it was impossible to get a greater lunge out of that solo then the one Zenaida  Yanowsky got but I was wrong. All of the extension and perfection only turned inward and awkward it’s just stunning. There is something very special about Ana Lacerda. She is an elegant ballerina an emotional contemporary dancer a gorgeous model and on top of all that she’s a sweet person. This combination doesn’t usually conclude with the words “sweet person”. I suppose you could say simply she is an exceptional person.

 

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And I’m so glad that the video is rehearsal so that the dress is not covering what she’s achieving. She’s elegant,  she is right  on time boy right on each mark though sadly the video will show something a little different because it’s so old and the settings were a little weird.

I wish I could see rehearsal footage of each dancer just to see what is happening, what they’re doing with their body that you cannot see because of the costume.

Would that not interest you?  Doesn’t this amazing stunning video of Ana Lacerda make you want that?  If you are not saying “yes” then you may have wandered off the path from the Nutcracker or some other torturous thing. Cirque du Soleil.

Yours because no one else wants me,

Fatova