ballet
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The Latest Trailer For Disney’s Nutcracker And The Four Realms Tastes A Little Sour
Video: I’ll admit, I was shocked at how much I loved the debut teaser trailer for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. It was beautiful and weird and put Morgan Freeman in an eyepatch. The new trailer gives us a closer look at the plot, the world and Keira Knightley’s weird-arse accent choice. It…
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How Ballerinas Can Keep Spinning Forever
Video: The third act of Swan Lake is considered one of the most difficult in the balletic cannon, requiring a dancer to twirl around 32 consecutive times. How its accomplished is as much a feat of physics as it is athleticism.
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The Preparation Of Ballerinas Is So Intense To See
I can just close my eyes and listen to the sounds of this video about Swan Lake and The Royal Danish Ballet. Or I can just mute the audio and watch the visuals of the ballerinas. No matter how I watch this video, I always walk away impressed with the intense dedication and sacrifice. It’s…
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This Robotic Camera Will Make You Feel Like Part Of A Ballet Performance
Watching ballet on TV doesn’t provide nearly as satisfying an experience as seeing it performed in person — at least using traditional filming techniques. Director Tarik Abdel-Gawad has taken a radical new approach to capturing footage of a ballet performance, using a motion-control camera on a robot arm that’s been choreographed as part of the…