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Posted by: dramedy 09:39 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: re: Little dancer - tpdc 09:15 am EST 11/19/14

sing in that song, i forgot. i had thought about it during intermission and paid attention in the second act if she sang anything--and she didn't.

Tiler doesn't look 14. i think if the lead looked the age of the actual model--14--the pimping of the girls to the rich men would be creaper and have more meaning. Tiler ls tall and looks old enough to handle herself fighting off the advances. Imagine a 14 year old in the maze doing that?

i was in second row and couldn't see the feet.


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Maybe it's your frame of reference, but Tiler Peck is listed online as 4' 10"

Posted by: Ann 09:47 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: she did - dramedy 09:39 am EST 11/19/14

The average 14 year old is taller than that, and that's around the time many, if not most, reach their adult height. All of the ballerinas are very short (to make them appear young, and I am fine with the age they appear).


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That's probably from when she was in The Music Man

Posted by: audrey-in-ca 11:32 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: Maybe it's your frame of reference, but Tiler Peck is listed online as 4' 10" - Ann 09:47 am EST 11/19/14

According to the most recent article I've read, she's now 5' 5".


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That makes sense

Posted by: Ann 11:48 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: That's probably from when she was in The Music Man - audrey-in-ca 11:32 am EST 11/19/14

Though I got 4'10" so prominently by Googling I fell for it.

Link Here's a message board thread about the subject: Ballet Talk: "Shorter Professional Dancers"

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that is surprising

Posted by: dramedy 09:59 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: Maybe it's your frame of reference, but Tiler Peck is listed online as 4' 10" - Ann 09:47 am EST 11/19/14

she was taller than the other girls and didn't look that much shorter than the stars. but maybe they are all hollywood 6' on stage.


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re: that is surprising

Posted by: Ann 10:10 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: that is surprising - dramedy 09:59 am EST 11/19/14

I really thought they were all about the same height, and figured they were under 5'. I think I recognized one from the Sutton Foster TV show Bunheads.

It's a nice opportunity for the not-so-tall ballerinas. They were all very good.


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spoiler

Posted by: dramedy 10:23 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: re: that is surprising - Ann 10:10 am EST 11/19/14

i liked that the rich ballerina was clunky/noisy when she danced at the audition---nice touch probably by strohman.


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re: spoiler

Posted by: Ann 10:25 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: spoiler - dramedy 10:23 am EST 11/19/14

I'll have to look her up, but I think that was the Bunheads girl.


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re: she did

Posted by: tpdc 09:46 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: she did - dramedy 09:39 am EST 11/19/14

They don't tell us Marie's age in the musical. The actress playing the younger sister must be close to that age.

You're right that Peck doesn't sing at all in act two. The duet with the sister is the most she sings, but she sings with others in group numbers in the first act. The 11:00 number is her ballet though and it got a big response when I saw it.


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it got a good response last night (Spoiler maybe)

Posted by: dramedy 10:08 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: re: she did - tpdc 09:46 am EST 11/19/14

and i stated in the original post that she is a fine dancer.

i did read about degas in wikipedia last night and he did go blind and wander the streets of paris late at night. THe musical just went a step further and stated he was trying to find her.


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the actual Degas statue is named Little Dancer of 14 Years

Posted by: dramedy 10:03 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: re: she did - tpdc 09:46 am EST 11/19/14

So that is what i'm going on. I think they make that statement in the musical at the unveiling.

Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dancer_of_Fourteen_Years

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