| re: Has the ballet world changed in terms of sexuality? | |
| Posted by: enoch10 07:45 pm EDT 09/06/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Has the ballet world changed in terms of sexuality? - AlanScott 12:59 pm EDT 09/06/18 | |
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| this is bad. this is really, really bad - and not just because of how heinous the actions that precipitated it are. chase finlay was the future of city ballet, at least in terms of male dancers. it's been decades since a male dancer shined that bright. he was the youngest principal dancer i can remember with the potential to be as big as david hallberg - maybe bigger. amar ramasar and zachary catazaro are wonderful dancers but they're just ... new york city ballet excellent. amar ramasar is in his mid 30s and isn't far from aging out. zachary catazaro is younger and "only" a soloist but was definitely on track to be made principal. but, wonderful as they are - and they are - both combined doesn't equal the loss of finlay. i was in the audience the night chase finlay first danced appolo. not even halfway through it felt like there was electricity in the air. the audience would not stop until he got a solo bow. I can't ever remember clapping louder or longer. people, including me, were scrambling for their program trying to figure out who this guy was. i saw him dance it after that and every time he was, somehow, just as good. martins bumped APOLLO way back up in the repertoire which meant others had to sometimes dance it . i felt so bad for them. i know of at least one woman who complained when someone else danced it and demanded her subscription be credited and, unbelievably, it was. in spite of the fact that he wasn't a substitution. it wasn't just APOLLO. he shined in everything he did but he shined especially bright dancing robbins. it wasn't just the centennial that had them - finally - scheduling more robbins.. macaulay, who rarely deigned to even acknowledge the ballet had male dancers, gave him a rave after that first performance. it was all very exciting. what a loss. what a waste. what a jerk. |
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