Video Blog

The Dream
Choreographed by: Frederick Ashton

Between the two videos we watched in class, "The Dream" was the best one to me. I liked bw it told a clear vivid love story with ballet movements. I noticed in the video that most of the mibes were based off of the moves we learn in class just with a little expertise added on to it. My favorite move in the video was when the ballerina did a full 360 turn on one foot. Inwas also amazed at how most of the horse's movements were done on its toes. I know that took alot of hard work and practice. In ballet, I know that having your toes poimted is a serious thing and must be done in every step, but what wss mind blowing was when Titania went to sleep under the tree she had her toes pointed in her sleep. I wonder if it's just a habit for her or if she really had to have her toes pointed. Overall the movie and concept was great, I loved every moment of it and the little "Love Angel" character added a some funny moments to the show.


La Vivan Diere
Choreographed by: Arthur St.Leon

This video didn't have a story line to it. It was simply just like a dance concert. I notived though, that each dancer's personality was expressed while they were on stage. The energy and passion for dance was clear. They all looked like they were having fun. In this video k also saw basic hands and foot positons, and most importantly I saw numerous amounts of "plies" the dancers executed before certain steps. One other thing that stood out to me for this video, was the bottom half of the dresses because it reminded me of a tutu and I know back in the days ballerinas and tutus were very much related.