Aurélie Dupont and Mathieu Ganio.
Photo by Julieta Cervantes for the New York Times.
(via vivoroni)
Thanks to a late night discussion about ballet plots (or the lack thereof), here are the storylines of some well-known ballets, summarised.
Swan Lake
Giselle
Romeo & Juliet (but with more dance and zero Shakespeare!)
Don Quixote
Saw these mothers cut up a rug not too long ago.
Though they didn’t turn in (hurhur) a technically flawless performance, it was completely irrelevant. Because le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris est nonpareil in expression and emotional depth. They are true artists of romanticism.
It was epiphanic.