Ballet Rosette

(dedicated to Ms. Alina Cojocaru, a great Romanian ballerina)

flowing
precise
graceful
ethereal

pointe work
the movements
choreographed
turn-in of the legs

Cecchetti
Vaganova
BalanchineBournonville

setting
narrative
theatrical
flexed hands

Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
Nureyev, and Baryshnikov
non-classical costumes
off-centered positions

mime
dance
acting
music

( inspired by Edgar Degas' Ballet Rehearsal)

poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi
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