Yekaterina Shipulina Екатерина Шипулина (Bolshoi Ballet) as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna Karenina Анна Каренина” (rehearsal) based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, choreography by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфман, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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David T. LeBlanc
Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 12:43
Looking at this photo and seeing Shipulina wearing elastic knee braces, with pads no less, reminds me of the toll dancing takes on the body.
Gene Kelly once said as he got older, his brain understood better of what to do, but his body was less capable of doing it. Sad fate for all athletes and dancers.
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Gustavo Dalmasso
Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 13:21
Hi David, let’s start from the basis that it’s a rehearsal, but even so, many Efman Ballet dancers wear elastic knee braces with pads under their performance clothes since Boris Eifman’s choreographies are considered the most physically demanding for dancers. Boris is the “terrible child” of the Russian ballet for various aspects of his work, this is just one of them.
As if all this were not enough, Katya Shipulina is considered the dancer with the best athletic condition among Russian dancers.
At times I think that dancers are people who don’t measure the consequences that their work will bring over the years of their old age. In fact Maya Plisetskaya ended her days with serious problems in her spine.
Have a nice Sunday day!
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David T. LeBlanc
Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 13:50
Wonderful information, Gustavo. Things I didn’t know.
Thanks for the reply. Hope you have a good Sunday as well.
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Gustavo Dalmasso
Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 14:31
You’re welcome, it’s my pleasure!
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