Brilliantly told and illustrated and so true of some companies Love how you put this over its a vexed subject but needs to be tackled for ballet to survive
I was cautious when I clicked on this video, preparing myself for the worst, but ended up agreeing with you 100%. Thank you for your conversation! I subscribed to your channel not too long into the video! There was talk a couple of years ago, where people in the industry were asking if ballet class needed to change in order to help dancers better prepare for contemporary choreography, and my response has always been, no - choreographers need to change. The problem is - no one is creating new techniques or styles to help dancers adapt to their choreography the way Balanchine or Graham or Fosse did. But they were the greats! Now, dancers are given a classical ballet class and then expected to know how to move in a "windey twisty" way (and then surprise surprise get injured). No one puts steps together any more, they put movement together. There are no characters, just bodies. There are no emotions, just blank stares. There is nothing for audiences to relate to. Which I believe is one of the reasons why regular people have no interested in watching ballet. Not because of tutus! Audiences like movies, television and theater because they find situations or characters within them that are relatable; ballet should be no different. Honestly, too many choreographers just don't know what they're doing - and sometimes even directors for that matter - the ones who hire the choreographers. But this is all just my opinion.
I'm glad you are back after a pause, and mincing no words
Brilliantly told and illustrated and so true of some companies Love how you put this over its a vexed subject but needs to be tackled for ballet to survive
I was cautious when I clicked on this video, preparing myself for the worst, but ended up agreeing with you 100%. Thank you for your conversation! I subscribed to your channel not too long into the video! There was talk a couple of years ago, where people in the industry were asking if ballet class needed to change in order to help dancers better prepare for contemporary choreography, and my response has always been, no - choreographers need to change. The problem is - no one is creating new techniques or styles to help dancers adapt to their choreography the way Balanchine or Graham or Fosse did. But they were the greats! Now, dancers are given a classical ballet class and then expected to know how to move in a "windey twisty" way (and then surprise surprise get injured). No one puts steps together any more, they put movement together. There are no characters, just bodies. There are no emotions, just blank stares. There is nothing for audiences to relate to. Which I believe is one of the reasons why regular people have no interested in watching ballet. Not because of tutus! Audiences like movies, television and theater because they find situations or characters within them that are relatable; ballet should be no different. Honestly, too many choreographers just don't know what they're doing - and sometimes even directors for that matter - the ones who hire the choreographers. But this is all just my opinion.
This is a great comment and I completely agree with you! We need more choreography that people can relate to. Thank you for watching and subscribing!