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Do you have some time...like a year or two?

written by balletboy  on 20.08. at 04:39:25 - as answer to: Another question?? :) by Daniel
Hi Daniel!

I don't have a preference for a syllabus....but enjoy taking classes from teachers who do their own variations as well as those who follow a strict syllabus.  I enjoy teachers who try to incorporate sensible body movement rather than a strict structure that may not fit to everybody's body.

I've been known to talk for three to four hours on the difference between the arabesque, from the Cecchetti to the Vagonova as the extremes.  But the truth is they may not be the real extremes, as some teacher prefer even different looks for an arabesque.  What is the real relationship between the heights of the knee and foot?  Some statue of Mercury in some city in Italy?

What I like best happens to be the teachers who allow the student to achieve the most appropriate look, for example, in the arabesque that suits the student's body.  In many ways, I believe that ballet is the interpretation that the danseur can achieve with his body rather than the pure technique of a strict syllabus.  There is a real difference between the different syllibi (syllabuses?), but it's "acadmic."

I don't critcize any dancer because they did not achieve the perfect Vaganova (or whatever) arabesque.  In my book, the idea of dance is to get the feeling across.

I'm moved by a dancer, not by the technique.  The technique is an academic pursuit, and I love academic pursuits, as intellectual "masturbation."

To develop as a danseur, I believe I need to investigate all the different techniques that are available.  But to "move" my audience, I believe I have to show what suits my body best so that I can get the feeling across.  If I look "uncomfortable" in a perfect Vagonova arabesque because I cannot achieve the correct relationship between the height of the knee and foot, it will obscure the message of the dance.  That's the reason to know the differences!

So I'd advise to try everything, but choose what best gets the message across for you and your body.

balletboy

>Thank you!>So you've studdies the different types of syllabus's which one did you like and perfer? Whats the real difference between them?>Thank you once again>Daniel


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