Anna Pavlova performing the Dying Swan blew my mind when I watched for the first time, and I keep coming back to it. It was choreographed for her in 1905 by Michel Fokine to the music of Camille Saint-Saens and it's been done a million times since by others, but nobody does it like Pavlova. She is just as much an actress as a dancer.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3kPxWUbU50
I also found this conversation about Pavlova between Natalia Makarova and Sir Frederick Ashton which is quite funny. In addition to Makarova's amazing accent and Ashton's descriptions of Pavlova's style (he saw her live when he was 13 and decided to devote himself to dancing) there are also some more clips of Pavlova dancing.
Finally: I have decided I have to learn russian. I lööv that language. I am also reading War & Peace now and I'm completely absorbed by it. Coincidentally they are showing a quite new adaption of it on tv right now and I just saw the first episode today. I have to say they fast forward a little bit too fast sometimes but I'm very happy with the choice of actor for the part of Prince Bolkonsky (hot) so all is forgiven. Peace
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