Ballet Up Your Ass!
March 7, 2007 9:35 AM Subscribe
Ballet Deviare is a NYC ballet company that fuses extreme heavy metal and contemporary ballet. Seriously. What exactly does that look like? Well, you can check out some stills in their gallery, or watch some video of them performing in support of technical death metal darlings, Arsis.
Get Celtic Frost instead, and I'm all over this.
Totally, holy match made in heaven.
I like less growly metal, but otherwise I'd totally be there.
They have also performed with Opeth, which might be more up your alley, but I can't dredge up any video of it.
posted by The Straightener at 9:47 AM on March 7, 2007
Totally, holy match made in heaven.
I like less growly metal, but otherwise I'd totally be there.
They have also performed with Opeth, which might be more up your alley, but I can't dredge up any video of it.
posted by The Straightener at 9:47 AM on March 7, 2007
No. The only dancing one should do to heavy metal involves thrown elbows, bruising and a pit, not chicks in tights.
posted by jonmc at 10:12 AM on March 7, 2007
posted by jonmc at 10:12 AM on March 7, 2007
Wow, someone finally answered the question "Can you dance to heavy metal?"
The answer is "no."
posted by Pastabagel at 10:26 AM on March 7, 2007
The answer is "no."
posted by Pastabagel at 10:26 AM on March 7, 2007
Oh, and of course your favorite band sucks et cetera and whatnot
posted by Pastabagel at 10:29 AM on March 7, 2007
posted by Pastabagel at 10:29 AM on March 7, 2007
This is cooler than it has any right to be.
posted by basicchannel at 10:52 AM on March 7, 2007
posted by basicchannel at 10:52 AM on March 7, 2007
No. The only dancing one should do to heavy metal involves thrown elbows, bruising and a pit, not chicks in tights.
No. Don't tell me what I can or can't do to heavy metal.
Also, these chicks know PAIN.
and this confuses me:
heavy metal does not = chicks in tights?
but heavy metal does = men in spandex?
posted by bobobox at 12:27 PM on March 7, 2007
No. Don't tell me what I can or can't do to heavy metal.
Also, these chicks know PAIN.
and this confuses me:
heavy metal does not = chicks in tights?
but heavy metal does = men in spandex?
posted by bobobox at 12:27 PM on March 7, 2007
I predict this will be big in Germany.
posted by well_balanced at 12:27 PM on March 7, 2007
posted by well_balanced at 12:27 PM on March 7, 2007
I like ballet and I like metal and I think the fusion has promise. However, from the two video clips, the first thing to learn is that ballet isn't about the band (thought, of course, the music and performance is a huge part of it). The constant cutting back to the band was irritating. I guess that is what MTV pioneered. The dancers aren't back-up dancers just for some eye-candy, they are an artform unto themselves.
That said, I'd quite like to see this live, preferably with the band in the pit where they belong, meant to be heard and not seen.
posted by Bovine Love at 1:31 PM on March 7, 2007
That said, I'd quite like to see this live, preferably with the band in the pit where they belong, meant to be heard and not seen.
posted by Bovine Love at 1:31 PM on March 7, 2007
Flametal: Flamenco + Metal. (2nd link=youtube, 3rd=loud myspace).
posted by treepour at 2:31 PM on March 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by treepour at 2:31 PM on March 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
I studied ballet for 20 years, and I would have totally been on board with this. I mean, I would have preferred Black Flag or even Type O Negative...but almost every ballerina I hung out with practiced to metal/hair bands. Then again, I was never going to be a prima, because I looked more like these girls than a waif.
Conceptually, I'm all for this. I hope the troupe has great success.
(For the record, JonMc...being a ballet dancer made it possible for me to hold my own in the center of the pit circle. Almost nobody is willing to get in kicking range of someone who can leg press 300 pounds. Heh.)
posted by dejah420 at 8:31 PM on March 7, 2007 [2 favorites]
Conceptually, I'm all for this. I hope the troupe has great success.
(For the record, JonMc...being a ballet dancer made it possible for me to hold my own in the center of the pit circle. Almost nobody is willing to get in kicking range of someone who can leg press 300 pounds. Heh.)
posted by dejah420 at 8:31 PM on March 7, 2007 [2 favorites]
The dancing just doesn't live up to the music - the women end up behaving more like pretty (albeit pouty) accessories than like real dancers.
Merce Cunningham was creating more hardcore dance than this 30+ years ago...
at the very least, these ballet girls should take some lessons from Streb.
posted by marlys at 8:50 PM on March 7, 2007
Merce Cunningham was creating more hardcore dance than this 30+ years ago...
at the very least, these ballet girls should take some lessons from Streb.
posted by marlys at 8:50 PM on March 7, 2007
I saw them open for Opeth here in NYC. It is worth noting that they did not perform with the band, but to the band's music before Opeth went on stage. Anyone know of resource pointing towards future performances? The linked site only has past performances.
posted by bastionofsanity at 9:30 AM on March 8, 2007
posted by bastionofsanity at 9:30 AM on March 8, 2007
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