MetaFilter posts tagged with dance and ballet

A Pregnant Ballerina Dancing on the Beach.

chunking express — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:04:47 -0800

A Pregnant Ballerina Dancing on a Beach. I thought it was kind of sweet and compelling. Her other videos are interesting enough.

When you can walk the rice paper en pointe and leave no trace, you will have learned

homunculus — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:01:53 -0800

"Long River High Sky" is a collaborative performance by Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and the monks of the Shaolin Temple USA.

The Red Detachment of Women

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:41:22 -0800

I'm not the world's biggest ballet fan, but there's just something about seeing Chinese ladies doing their plié and their relevé and their pirouettes while pointing rifles that speaks to something deep and primal within me. It's The Red Detachment of Women, of course. And comrades, you are urged to view it in its entirety. [note: see hoverovers for link descriptions] The Red Detachment of Women at YouTube: Part One and Part Two. And I don't know about you, but I'm totally ordering this poster. Maybe this record, too. And hooray, it's recently re-released on DVD!

Excavation Ballet

carsonb — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:01:43 -0800

Pretty Big Dig
A dance film by Anne Troake that gently illustrates the assimilation of technology. QT video If you are interested, ArtsAlive.ca has an excellent collection of ballet and dance videos.

Les Ballets Trockadero

homunculus — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:10:03 -0800

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo . There was a previous post about the Trocs in the dark age before YouTube.

Nude Ballet

Yer-Ol-Pal — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:04:05 -0800

Nude Ballet sparks national anger The Russian National Ballet will perform Romeo and Juliet - with nude scenes - for the first time in its World's Greatest Ballets program set to debut in Australia next month.

Dancing

semmi — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:59:26 -0800

The Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, with Margeaux Mundeyn, Pavel Törd, Ida Nevasayneva, Vladimir Legupski, Sveltlana Lofatkina, Olga Supphozova, Lariska Dumbchenko, Fifi Barkova is reviewed by Joan Acocella, "they pass through the joke and come out the other side, where the subject, having been laughed at, is once again embraced, enthroned." pic 1, and 2 .

Does this tutu make me look fat?

romakimmy — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:55:17 -0800

Ever worn a very sparkly, floppy table?* Just one requires enough fabric to cover a tennis court from baseline to net, at least 20 different measurements and the finished product can end up costing more than 10 iPods. [bonus links inside]