“The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the hights of poetry. On the other hand, through an excess of gymnastics, it can also degenerate into buffoonery. So called “difficult” feats can be executed by countless adepts, but the appearance of ease is achieved only by the chosen few. The height of the artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.”
August Bournonville, 1865

Zorica, you are one of the chosen few!
Greetings from Finland!
Sandra

Tonight’s performance (137) is dedicated to Sandra, whose technique and artistry blossomed while she was studying with me (and others) in New York, and who will stop your heart with the figure she cuts in a yellow leotard.