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[Lanny]

In classical ballet, sometimes the woman stands in front of her male partner doing pirouettes on one leg, other leg bent at the knee. Male ballet students quickly learn the correct distance to stand behind their partner.

How would you know so much about an art form that seemingly only women understand?

Edit: Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[crandc]

All genders can appreciate dance.

 

[Lanny]

All genders can appreciate dance.

I've taken my wife to more than one ballet. My father, a brick layer, was also a fan of ballet so don't take me to serious even though I can understand how you could easily think I'm a boor on the subject.

One of my favorite musical selections just happens to be "Swan Lake" which brought tears to my eyes when I was younger. Haven't seen that offered lately but we did go see "The Nutcracker Suite" which mesmerized my wife. Oh, and the music wasn't half bad, either.

 

[jlprk]

She directed A League of their Own.
She produced Cinderella Man.
And she directed a not yet released documentary on Dennis Rodman.
She was a huge sports fan.

I have never seen any of her movies, or even one minute of Laverne and Shirley. I must admit that in the 80s I did see a few minutes of Butthead and Beavis. Now THAT represents late 70s/80s culture. Never saw even a few seconds of Max Headroom.

But I have read for many years articles mentioning all of those children's classics, so I feel I know something about the decade in which Johnny Carson-style nightlife skidded to a stop for years before finally dying. It was a sad decade as the sexual revolution died, all liberals in the media became paranoid to speak freely, and the powers-that-be crowned feminism as the dominant paradigm.

 

[crandc]

Getting off topic, but I've had San Francisco Ballet season tickets for many years and take adult ballet class.

 

[Lanny]

I have never seen any of her movies, or even one minute of Laverne and Shirley. I must admit that in the 80s I did see a few minutes of Butthead and Beavis. Now THAT represents late 70s/80s culture. Never saw even a few seconds of Max Headroom.

But I have read for many years articles mentioning all of those children's classics, so I feel I know something about the decade in which Johnny Carson-style nightlife skidded to a stop for years before finally dying. It was a sad decade as the sexual revolution died, all liberals in the media became paranoid to speak freely, and the powers-that-be crowned feminism as the dominant paradigm.

I could never stand Laverne and Shirley.
However, these are new times and I welcome women's rights as they pertain to equal rights. Sometimes it's a little difficult to adjust to but I try.

 

[Lanny]

Getting off topic, but I've had San Francisco Ballet season tickets for many years and take adult ballet class.

San Francisco is a great place for the ballet.
I once took my wife to see the Bolshoi.
I've had trouble relating to ballet just like I've had trouble relating to art but I do continuously try because I know there's something there and for some reason I just don't fully understand it.
One painting struck my eye during my first term in college so I bought a print. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Manet. Don't know why I liked it but I did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Bergère
Amazon product ASIN B01KNNL7T6

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Getting off topic, but I've had San Francisco Ballet season tickets for many years and take adult ballet class.

That is very cool. Have you ever done any community theater ballet?

 

[crandc]

That is very cool. Have you ever done any community theater ballet?

No. Just started the class a few months ago when I retired, last took ballet when I was about five. Not yet ready to perform.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

No. Just started the class a few months ago when I retired, last took ballet when I was about five. Not yet ready to perform.

I see a sugar plum fairy in your future.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

No. Just started the class a few months ago when I retired, last took ballet when I was about five. Not yet ready to perform.

The mother in-law took up the cello when she retired, has taken lesson for over 10 years now and a couple of years ago joined a senior orchestra. It's pretty cool.

 

[Lanny]

No. Just started the class a few months ago when I retired, last took ballet when I was about five. Not yet ready to perform.

I took tap dancing when I was about six.

 

[Lanny]

I took tap dancing when I was about six.

Took ballroom dancing a couple years later. The teacher also taught us etiquette.

 

[crandc]

Practicing pirouettes in class, my foot slipped and I landed hard and not at all gracefully on the floor. Picked myself up and continued across the room. Next day had a hell of a bruise on my ass.

 

[e_blazer]

San Francisco is a great place for the ballet.
I once took my wife to see the Bolshoi.
I've had trouble relating to ballet just like I've had trouble relating to art but I do continuously try because I know there's something there and for some reason I just don't fully understand it.
One painting struck my eye during my first term in college so I bought a print. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Manet. Don't know why I liked it but I did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Bergère
Amazon product ASIN B01KNNL7T6

I love his work. Manet was one of the first artists to make use of the camera as a means of composing a painting for a transitory scene such as this.

 

[e_blazer]

Took ballroom dancing a couple years later. The teacher also taught us etiquette.

I don't see much evidence of etiquette in some of your posts here in the OT section, Lanny.

 

[e_blazer]

Practicing pirouettes in class, my foot slipped and I landed hard and not at all gracefully on the floor. Picked myself up and continued across the room. Next day had a hell of a bruise on my ass.

I think it's great that you're taking up ballet in retirement, crandc. I'm not fully retired yet, but am cutting back. I'm spending more time painting these days, something that I never had much time for before.

 

[e_blazer]

The mother in-law took up the cello when she retired, has taken lesson for over 10 years now and a couple of years ago joined a senior orchestra. It's pretty cool.

I went and saw my grandsons perform at the Portland Youth Philharmonic Christmas concert last night. Really impressive what those kids can do.

 

[Lanny]

I don't see much evidence of etiquette in some of your posts here in the OT section, Lanny.

I'm not surprised that you don't see it. Kind of like how it's difficult for me to see art. We all have our weak points.

 

[e_blazer]

I'm not surprised that you don't see it. Kind of like how it's difficult for me to see art. We all have our weak points.

This would have been much more effective if you had thrown in a “kind sir” and wished me a good day.

 

[Lanny]

This would have been much more effective if you had thrown in a “kind sir” and wished me a good day.

Kind sir, good day.