Monday, April 4, 2011

IF ... Duet

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Misha's call came early Friday morning. He needed us on stage THAT NIGHT! The Minuet in Glee was a logical choice. It was a diminutive number from our world tour, filled with lots of toe pointing and forward balancing. And the audiences had loved it. Not that this mattered … our real hope was that Baryshnikov would overlook our fluffy form. But of course, he did not.
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19 comments:

  1. Richard EwingApril 4, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Well,
    I assumed the mouse could dance well, but look at that rare bit... I mean rabbit! The two move together in a dovetail of diagonals that sew the composition nicely together.
    I like the contrasts as well: the specifics on the fur vs. the translucency of the gown; the intensity of the violets vs. the politeness of the pinks; the solidity of the feet vs the flow of the ears ~~and more.
    This dances visually as well as it does classically; but then, that was the whole pointe, I'm sure.

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  2. Cindy PaulApril 4, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    Wow, exactly what Richard said.

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  3. erinApril 4, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    How lucky to have purple toe shoes! Your illustrations are so wonderful.

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  4. Jeehyun HokeApril 4, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    OMG! This is so awesome! Thank you for the refreshing my eyes!

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  5. TjucaApril 5, 2011 at 1:08 AM

    fantastic! i love your ballet dancers and their shadows. :-)

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  6. LindaApril 5, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    Oh cuteness! Im in love with this!!

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  7. dosankodebbieApril 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    The poses are marvelous! You certainly captured this audience (me). :)

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  8. AlisonApril 5, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    I love the whole story you create to illustrate - and it's a great illustration.

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  9. nasiiApril 5, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    They are Brilliant! Amazing Illustration:)

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  10. Morph WaffleApril 5, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    So super adorablely awesome!

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  11. PattiApril 5, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    adorable!

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  12. Linda HensleyApril 6, 2011 at 5:34 AM

    Love it! Truly captures the joy of dance :)

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  13. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    *All* of your work is so lovely!
    Best, susansorrellhill.wordpress.com

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  14. Giselle Vidal McMenaminApril 6, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Absolutely spectacular! Lovin everything about it. I can almost see them moving.

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  15. k.h.whitakerApril 6, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    love, love, love this!

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  16. Sarah MellingApril 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Another gorgeous piece. Such movement...I can just feel them stretch and pose. It's amazing to me that you can get such lifelike poses from imagined animals!

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  17. INDIGENEApril 7, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Wonderful color and energy!

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  18. studio loloApril 11, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    A perfect duet! Magicalness :)

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  19. Dayle's Painted Diary-Dayle DodwellApril 11, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    I think this is just wonderful and fun.

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