Comments on: Nureyev: The Russian Years http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/ Thoughts on theater in the Bay Area Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:09:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Tom Fri, 16 May 2008 17:09:21 +0000 http://saturdaymatinee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/nureyev-the-russian-years/#comment-77 hi, i know this is an old post, but i was just perusing...I'd have to say, pants on a ballet dancer would just be ridiculous... The tights show the body and legs, pants don't. it's that simple. If your friends don't watch ballet simply because they have a problem with it, isn't that a little childish? Jeez. Do they have a problem with the male body or the form of the body? I know a few females that devilishly love the tights, for obvious reasons. They show alot :) I guess to each his own. But i think some traditions should endure, and i'm a pretty progressive person. Men and women in tights in ballet! (by the way, I'm a totally straight guy :) hi, i know this is an old post, but i was just perusing…I’d have to say, pants on a ballet dancer would just be ridiculous…

The tights show the body and legs, pants don’t. it’s that simple. If your friends don’t watch ballet simply because they have a problem with it, isn’t that a little childish? Jeez. Do they have a problem with the male body or the form of the body? I know a few females that devilishly love the tights, for obvious reasons. They show alot :)

I guess to each his own. But i think some traditions should endure, and i’m a pretty progressive person.

Men and women in tights in ballet!

(by the way, I’m a totally straight guy :)

]]> By: tonya http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/comment-page-1/#comment-76 tonya Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:28:12 +0000 http://saturdaymatinee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/nureyev-the-russian-years/#comment-76 I know, they do all seem too nice and down to earth for temper tantrums! I do wish that M would spill, hehe -- maybe if he's still all high on those vitamin IVs he will :D I know, they do all seem too nice and down to earth for temper tantrums! I do wish that M would spill, hehe — maybe if he’s still all high on those vitamin IVs he will :D

]]> By: jennifer http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/comment-page-1/#comment-75 jennifer Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:15:37 +0000 http://saturdaymatinee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/nureyev-the-russian-years/#comment-75 the pants in "Born to be Wild" were perfect, Tonya :) who else do you think is a diva at abt? Would be perfect if M jumped into the discussion, but I doubt he'd spill :p all of them do seem really nice and down to earth though. i can hardly imagine temper tantrums occurring behind the curtains during intermission. the pants in “Born to be Wild” were perfect, Tonya :)

who else do you think is a diva at abt? Would be perfect if M jumped into the discussion, but I doubt he’d spill :p

all of them do seem really nice and down to earth though. i can hardly imagine temper tantrums occurring behind the curtains during intermission.

]]> By: tonya http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/comment-page-1/#comment-74 tonya Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:08:44 +0000 http://saturdaymatinee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/nureyev-the-russian-years/#comment-74 Yeah, I was thinking of the pants in "Clear" -- those were good :) (Hi, e2c, by the way!) I saw a bunch of small dance things over the past couple of weeks in NY and a lot of the modern guys were wearing normal pants -- some far too baggy; you couldn't see the body move properly at all -- it made them look kind of short and squat, and they really kind of looked silly for dance. But I'd forgotten about that "Born to Be Wild" tape, Jennifer! I think as long as they're tight enough to showcase the body properly and made of stretchy material so the guys can move -- perfect! Yeah, I was thinking of the pants in “Clear” — those were good :) (Hi, e2c, by the way!) I saw a bunch of small dance things over the past couple of weeks in NY and a lot of the modern guys were wearing normal pants — some far too baggy; you couldn’t see the body move properly at all — it made them look kind of short and squat, and they really kind of looked silly for dance. But I’d forgotten about that “Born to Be Wild” tape, Jennifer! I think as long as they’re tight enough to showcase the body properly and made of stretchy material so the guys can move — perfect!

]]> By: e2c http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/comment-page-1/#comment-73 e2c Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:18:56 +0000 http://saturdaymatinee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/nureyev-the-russian-years/#comment-73 I'm not sure that getting the "guys in pants" would help anything - checked any male gymnasts' uniforms lately? They're pretty revealing. I can really see the point of wanting tights, for line alone, back in the early 60s. Most of the current ultra-stretchy fabrics we have today were a chemist's dream then... (Lycra, anyone?!) I’m not sure that getting the “guys in pants” would help anything – checked any male gymnasts’ uniforms lately? They’re pretty revealing.

I can really see the point of wanting tights, for line alone, back in the early 60s. Most of the current ultra-stretchy fabrics we have today were a chemist’s dream then… (Lycra, anyone?!)

]]> By: tonya http://www.saturdaymatineeblog.com/2007/08/nureyev-the-russian-years/comment-page-1/#comment-72 tonya Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:52:14 +0000 http://saturdaymatinee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/nureyev-the-russian-years/#comment-72 That marriage proposal was a bit confusing to me. She said he proposed, then right after that another woman (I can't remember all their names) said she asked him why he wouldn't marry her and he said something like then he'd never be able to leave Russia?...(sorry, I can't exactly remember at this point), but I just remember being confused. The diva thing is funny -- I think Gia Kourlas referred to Julio Bocca that way a bit -- somewhat jokingly, but still, made me wonder if he was that way at all (I didn't see much of Julio's dancing until towards the end of his ABT reign). That marriage proposal was a bit confusing to me. She said he proposed, then right after that another woman (I can’t remember all their names) said she asked him why he wouldn’t marry her and he said something like then he’d never be able to leave Russia?…(sorry, I can’t exactly remember at this point), but I just remember being confused.

The diva thing is funny — I think Gia Kourlas referred to Julio Bocca that way a bit — somewhat jokingly, but still, made me wonder if he was that way at all (I didn’t see much of Julio’s dancing until towards the end of his ABT reign).

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