And why we should all get to see them before people stop even watching it. I’m not joking.

Why or how is lost to memory for me but I posted the first version of the Joffrey’s debut of “Le Sacre du Printemps” – a virgin if ever there was one as no one had ever seen the ballet. These dancers needed to create an emotional anti-ballet masterpiece based on the story telling of Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer. They told it well. The company drew from their own pains and joys and confusions and staged the footprint that all companies thereafter had the luck to follow. Luck? Yeah. Talent? Not necessarily.

As soon as the Mariinsky 2008 HD version was posted on YouTube all was sort of lost. Had the Joffrey allowed a posting of a clean copy then people would be able to see dancers experiencing their roles not counting their steps. Here is a tiny clip of what the original Joffrey from 1987 would look like were it not being hoarded like the end of the world were coming and only turned in toes would save you:

So it exists.

The Companhia Nacional de Bailados also performs the ballet semi-regularly but will not release a copy. I know they have some hardcore perfection in their history but this is what I have been able to get:

HOWEVER…there are a ton of Chosen One performances I have pulled together because of the dancers’ kind sharing or my good fortune. SEE FOR YOURSELF …uh…I forget the point. Oh yeah..I’m tired of trying. I don’t think there is anything left out there that I could acquire for free so if you would like to take over, drop me a line.

Yours until you do it,

Fatova