Buscar na linha fria do horizonte / A árvore, a praia, a flor, a ave, a fonte...*

Marianela Nuñez, Myrtha em Giselle.

Tamara Rojo, Nikiya em La Bayadère.

"It is the eyes, looking straight out, that give the dancer the the quality of aplomb or self-assurance and complete composure. However, the tenets of ballet, have never demanded a slavish frontal focus, but rather favor turning or tilting the head to enhance a position, with the gaze oriented in the same direction as the head."  (Anna Paskevska, Ballet beyond Tradition, Routledge, 2005, p. 82 - it's good to know)

* Fernando Pessoa, "Horizonte".

Porque

"os corpos nunca mentem" (Agnès de Mille).

29 de Abril de 2011, dia mundial da Dança.

(Maria Schell e Marcello Mastroianni em Notti Bianche, de Luchino Visconti)

And the French, for the kiss and the fries...

Sylvie Guillem, here.

1, 2, 3 - idiomatic experiences and linguistic passions...
 Portuguese heart in a plurieverything expression:)

"Dedicated to be brave...

... and find a way" (Deus, Disappointed in the sun).

Polina Semionova, Beatrice Knop, Vladimir Malakhov e o Staatsballett Berlin em Caravaggio, de Mario Bigonzetti.

Mon corps est ton corps est son corps est leur corps

est mon corps.

Body and Soul

Uliana Lopatkina.

"The very essence of ballet is poetic, deriving from dreams rather than from reality. About the only reason for its existence is to enable us to remain in the world of fantasy and escape from the people we rub shoulders with in the street. Ballets are the dreams of poets taken seriously".

(Téophile Gautier, apud Jennifer Homans, Apollo's Angels. A History of ballet, New York, Random House, 2010, p. 135)

A midsummer night's dream

Aurélie Dupont, 4ª variação, Paquita.

Toxic... toxic... toxic...

Sylvie Guillem, Raymonda.

"For I am knowledge and ignorance...

I am shame and boldness.

I am shameless; I am ashamed.

I am strength and I am fear.

I am war and peace.

Give heed to me.

I am the one who is disgraced and the great one. "

(Thunder Perfect Mind - aqui)

Uliana Lopatkina, a Rainha Mekhmeneh em Legend of Love, coreografia de Yuri Grigorovich e música de Arif Melik.

Água

Uliana Lopatkina. E do ser nasce o espanto e o encanto - a marítima evocação das coisas.

Era isto...

Mas no Pátio do Castelo...

Sylvie Guillem, Kitri em ensaio.

Fiat lux!

Svetlana Zakharova, Odete em O Lago dos Cisnes.

The blower's daughter

Véronique Doisneau.

"There she goes...

... my beautiful world" (Nick Cave)

Agnes Letestu, em O Lago dos Cisnes.