Katherine the Great
I like to think of myself as a storyteller. Mostly I tell stories about knitting.
Feb 07
2013

I saw Billy Elliot (the musical) recently. I didn’t really have any expectations other than being pretty sure a boy was going to take up ballet. It was a really good show and I enjoyed it enough that I’d see it again. If you get the chance, I recommend you opt in.

My favorite song was the grandmother describing the night she met Billy’s grandfather. The choreography was well-done and it was funny.
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It was interesting that I thought the child version of Billy was really quite a good dancer, until the piece where he was dancing parallel to a professional male ballerina playing the adult-version of Billy. wow. what a contrast. It was really beautiful to watch them dance together, but also highlighted the differences. I have a whole new appreciation for ballet.


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2 Comments

  1. Pumpkin says:

    Wow, that does seem like a very interesting contrast. I feel that it would be difficult to be a male ballet dancer in general. All the guy dancers I’ve ever know were into tap dance.


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