Ahmad Shiddiqi - Ballet Rosette

(dedicated to Ms. Alina Cojocaru, a great Romanian ballerina)

flowing
precise
graceful
ethereal

pointe work
the movements
choreographed
turn-in of the legs

Cecchetti
Vaganova
Balanchine
Bournonville

setting
narrative
theatrical
flexed hands

Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
Nureyev, and Baryshnikov
non-classical costumes
off-centered positions

mime
dance
acting
music

(inspired by Edgar Degas' Ballet Rehearsal)

Ahmad Shiddiqi

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ballet-rosette/