tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post6245155412399956521..comments2024-03-28T08:56:27.855+00:00Comments on Going Gently: A Thing Of BeautyJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-67696361058738941442021-04-13T10:20:23.035+00:002021-04-13T10:20:23.035+00:00Takes me back to ballet lessons when I was 13 - le...Takes me back to ballet lessons when I was 13 - learning to do the "turns". "Spotting" with your sight, then the head was the last and the fastest thing to turn. These days I get a crick in my neck just thinking of it. This ballerina is incredible! Take care, Michelle in Wellington, NZ.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939791530691311242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-27092836809651989252021-04-12T18:00:52.688+00:002021-04-12T18:00:52.688+00:00People have choices People have choices John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-46027362688636010362021-04-12T17:48:53.999+00:002021-04-12T17:48:53.999+00:00I have grown to love it dearly I have grown to love it dearly John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-47149955968873784522021-04-12T17:46:24.306+00:002021-04-12T17:46:24.306+00:00Beauty, skill, athleticism...and yes, her poor toe...Beauty, skill, athleticism...and yes, her poor toes!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-55041148290265949272021-04-12T17:41:11.768+00:002021-04-12T17:41:11.768+00:00Beautiful...her poor toes!
Beautiful...her poor toes!<br />grammyscrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417753623590727379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-90815486703824107392021-04-12T17:27:16.344+00:002021-04-12T17:27:16.344+00:00I like those clips.I like those clips.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52894406888069460072021-04-12T15:56:35.419+00:002021-04-12T15:56:35.419+00:00Technically astonishingly admirable, but I find ba...Technically astonishingly admirable, but I find ballet does nothing for me (watching, not the doing - I have never tried the doing). People dancing with all that leaping about always looks to me like they are trying to be like birds or squirrels but just never managing to defy gravity and always too soon coming back down. Watching real swans flying around and landing and taking off on a real lake (or loch) is much better. As for The Nutcracker Suite - that just sounds painful and what's it all about? Are the legs meant to represent the levers of a nutcracker? (Needless to say, ballet is not my specialist subject).Andrew R. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824432165509761439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-87207832876491393812021-04-12T15:36:48.690+00:002021-04-12T15:36:48.690+00:00I find I watch with my breath held. Breathe Linda ...I find I watch with my breath held. Breathe Linda breathe.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895379382598203558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-36858221230904318962021-04-12T14:14:48.294+00:002021-04-12T14:14:48.294+00:00I am woozy just watching! Amazing how many times s...I am woozy just watching! Amazing how many times she can spin so perfectly!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45132612643908583302021-04-12T14:11:42.213+00:002021-04-12T14:11:42.213+00:00They make it look so easy, don't they!They make it look so easy, don't they!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-5103713617987206202021-04-12T12:48:44.368+00:002021-04-12T12:48:44.368+00:00I love ballet and in my younger days went whenever...I love ballet and in my younger days went whenever I could to see it (we lived close to Birmingham which had the big companies when they toured). Dancers deote their lives to it completely. It is punishing but they choose to do it. It goes to show though when I watch the clip you have put on that 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Its loveliness increases' even when I can no longer go to live performances. Don't know which poet said it.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-57433906333281306532021-04-12T11:25:48.963+00:002021-04-12T11:25:48.963+00:00How on earth can you compare animal cruelty to bei...How on earth can you compare animal cruelty to being a ballet dancer? Dancers choose to dance, it's usually all they've wanted to do from an early age and their training may be rigorous but that's needed if they want to succeed in their chosen profession. It's the same in other professions, anyone joining a ballet school knows what to expect the same as anyone joining the army. You don't make a soldier by letting them sitting around, you drill and train them to exhaustion but that soldier can quit the army whenever they want. <br />However animals are used by humans for entertainment with no choice, they're abused and tortured to achieve what humans want them to do. I recently watched a video on the high stepping horses of America, they're trained by tying them between two horizontal barriers so they can't move forwards, back or sideways then their legs are cruelly whipped so they pull their knees up to try to avoid the pain. Continued whipping which goes on until the horse is exhausted. Some use a form of electric cattle prod on their legs. It made me feel sick. That's just one example, how can you compare that to a ballet dancer? Harrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-59161406431672733972021-04-12T08:11:33.610+00:002021-04-12T08:11:33.610+00:00I would so love to see a live performance of Swan ...I would so love to see a live performance of Swan Lake.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-18027402092530648092021-04-12T07:18:01.569+00:002021-04-12T07:18:01.569+00:00Amazing, I absolutely loved going to see Swan Lake...Amazing, I absolutely loved going to see Swan Lake when the cinema in Llandudno Junction did the live link up with The Royal Opera House.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-82195444373267293552021-04-12T04:21:01.154+00:002021-04-12T04:21:01.154+00:00Beautiful, but definitely dizzy-making. Someone co...Beautiful, but definitely dizzy-making. Someone commented on Weaver’s blog, about the abuse of horses and another about greyhounds, dancers must be somewhere on that list too? They can quit (which the animals can’t) but it’s still a ridiculous profession, with its weight problems and injuries. But, I do love watching it. Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864657381173674455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34378134882173318842021-04-12T03:50:06.612+00:002021-04-12T03:50:06.612+00:00Just as Paganini used to test his violinist's ...Just as Paganini used to test his violinist's capabilities, certain Ballet choreographers seem to test the capabilities of their dancers. That (although extremely beautiful) looked like a nightmare to perform. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-17220520737351049892021-04-12T02:45:53.434+00:002021-04-12T02:45:53.434+00:00The beauty of the ballet - breathtaking!The beauty of the ballet - breathtaking!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-40446003556588208892021-04-12T02:24:00.608+00:002021-04-12T02:24:00.608+00:00Stunning . . . Stunning . . . Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723721131329150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10749512949173696802021-04-12T01:53:15.142+00:002021-04-12T01:53:15.142+00:00Fouettés are a beast. I was just learning to do th...Fouettés are a beast. I was just learning to do them before the pandemic. I have lost that now but hey! My toenails are starting to look normal again!elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339299191893097155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-48444515268198917042021-04-12T01:04:57.521+00:002021-04-12T01:04:57.521+00:00That certainly is a thing of beauty.
Love,
JanieThat certainly is a thing of beauty.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-28792223993689860482021-04-11T23:50:22.469+00:002021-04-11T23:50:22.469+00:00I am reminded of the ballerina inside of my jewelr...I am reminded of the ballerina inside of my jewelry box xflisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-47921288556877942852021-04-11T22:58:18.287+00:002021-04-11T22:58:18.287+00:00I have no idea how she doesn't fall over when ...I have no idea how she doesn't fall over when she stopped spinning. Amazing skill.<br /><br />Jo in AucklandJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654932887735045108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-19194076937477391082021-04-11T22:15:21.551+00:002021-04-11T22:15:21.551+00:00John, I'm dizzy. Thanks for that....my love of...John, I'm dizzy. Thanks for that....my love of dancing, vocalizing, and acting bring back so many memories. By the by, that cooking do yesterday was spectacular. I loved it. Hugs from the mini-mountain in Maine where all is quiet & lovely w/ my pooch & kitty. Take care.Regina M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01390749728685272776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-89939752177848197292021-04-11T22:04:52.711+00:002021-04-11T22:04:52.711+00:00The things people do to earn a living!
Her feet wi...The things people do to earn a living!<br />Her feet will be wrecked as all ballet dancers feet are.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-91052372655808281342021-04-11T21:14:00.802+00:002021-04-11T21:14:00.802+00:00Such skill and grace. Beautiful. xxSuch skill and grace. Beautiful. xxhappy hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895402170116525521noreply@blogger.com