A Promotion and a Funeral

I just got the news yesterday that Maurice Bejart had passed away!!!

RIP

Modern Ballet has lost one of its most important choreographers....

This is shocking news to me as I didn't anticipate that he would be gone so soon. Just think of all the wonderful creations still inside his mind that had died together with him. He revolutionise the ballet world, modernizing his work yet still preserving the excellence of classical ballet. A great lost to the ballet world..

Moving on to some good news...There is a new Etoile in town.. PRESENTING:

Dorothee is now Etoile with Paris Opera. Truthfully, I didn't expect her to get promoted so fast, a few more years as Premiere Danseur would have been good to gain experience. Anyway, congratulation to Dorothee, now she joins the rank of legendary stars such as Guillem and Chauvire.

I love this picture of her.

The perfection of her body line, enhance by her high arches, head held high according to the height of her arabesque, strong yet soft at the same time...Just a perfect picture...