BALLET CHIC
RWB’s Artistic Director André Lewis lets you in on a little secret
Over the past number of months we’ve seen ballet images and themes come up in many areas of popular culture. I’m thinking of the movie Black Swan, with Natalie Portman as an obsessive, disturbed ballet dancer struggling with the demands of her lead role in Swan Lake. And there’sthe Kanye West music video for Runaway, with its studio full of dancers in tutus engaged in movements both classical and modern. Even AT&T features in one of its commercials a young woman whose busy life of ballet rehearsals and performance seems to be intricately connected withher smart phone.
Can we say that BALLET IS BACK?
That it’s IN STYLE again?
Well, here’s a little secret:
BALLET NEVER LEFT.
While many might perceive that ballet is making a comeback or is showing a resurgence in popularity, there are those of us—who belong to ballet companies, who are students or teachers at ballet schools, and who regularly sit in performance halls as audience members—who know that this art form is timeless and evergreen. The beauty, grace, magic and intrigue of ballet are not fleeting or faddish. They are qualities that have charmed audiences from Russia to Rome for centuries—and in Winnipeg, Canada for 72 years. Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet has been carrying this secret around for the pasts even decades. Just thought I’d let youin on it. So, don’t just jump on the ballet bandwagon. Why not be one of the thousands who appreciate the central role that ballet can and should play in our community.
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