Talk:Russian ballet

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Is this a legitimate article? What is it about? Is this "Vaganova & Friends"?--tufkaa 21:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My complete deletion of most of this article -

This article made my jaw drop when I read it, and I'll go ahead an quote sections that are so horribly WRONG in order to justify why this article need an accurate re-write-

"It has very expressive upper bodywork, with extra attention focused on the "line" of the dancer. In comparison with English or French styles, the Russian method is more extreme, with higher arabesques and longer bodylines. The style is often considered forceful and showy. An ideal look for all ballet dancers, and not just Russian dancers, is a long neck, legs, and arms. They are flexible, slim, and strong with a short torso." -Let me start by saying the reference to the more "higher extensions" and "longer bodies", etc. is a VERY recent evolution that has come to the ballet in Russia, and is a natural progession of balet evolution that has nothing to do with Russian ballet. Not 20 years ago dancers on the Russian stage looked very different. But even with all this, we have no definition of "Russian Ballet".

Again, this quote has nothing to do with defining "Russian Ballet" - "Ballet today in the United States was partly adopted from the Russian influence. The New York City Ballet was co-founded by a man named George Balanchine. A key dancer from Moscow named Mikhail Mordkin started the company that later was called American Ballet Theatre."

"Many ballet instructors were poor in Russia so companies like Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes went on tours in Western Europe promoting and making money for the company." - This is not true - when the Ballet Russe was founded ballet dancers and instructors in Russia were anything but poor. And again, we have no definition of Russian Ballet.

"The Russian Ballet Company was based in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre, and it was founded in 1776." - the bolshoi theatre was finished in this year, if memory serves. The ballet of Russia however was first established in 1738 by the Empress Anna.

I dont know what this is supposed to mean, but it was not true then and it is not true now - "The Bolshoi had a contemporary and earthy style it also had symphonic music and a dramatic action. Russian Ballet is still appreciated in the U.S. today." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mrlopez2681 (talk • contribs) 10:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC).