Remember the ballet dancer's effortless rise, Kierkegaard's illustration of the "leap" of the "knight of faith"? I think I saw it tonight. Natalia Osipova, in a scene from Act II of "Giselle," at the otherwise rather unremarkable Gala opening American Ballet Theater's 7oth season.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Suspension of disbelief
Remember the ballet dancer's effortless rise, Kierkegaard's illustration of the "leap" of the "knight of faith"? I think I saw it tonight. Natalia Osipova, in a scene from Act II of "Giselle," at the otherwise rather unremarkable Gala opening American Ballet Theater's 7oth season.