Scandals, Toe shoes, Tutus...

News from Vienna and ballet: According to this article  http://www.repubblica.it/persone/2010/10/08/foto/karina_in_topless_licenziata_dall_opera_di_vienna-7850357/1/?ref=HRESS-9

the Russian ballerina Karina Sarkissova of the Vienna Ballet, was fired by the director. It seems it was not her first offense in posing au naturel. Ms. Sarkissova alleges discrimination as a woman.

Here she performs in a dance hommage to QUEEN:

 
Manuel Legris, a dancer enjoying the unusual...such as donning a Tutu 

all Photos by David Elofer

is a former Danseur Etoile des Balletts of the Pariser Opera - 'Primo Ballerino' (lol)'


September 1,  Legris has been nominated as head of the Vienna Ballet which is dancing at the Staatsoper
and the Volksoper and appropriately re-named 'Wiener Staatsballet".

Legris- Laokoon? Or just proving he is so flexible.

Enjoy this excursion into the world of toe shoes and tutus...posting this while waiting for the Aeros vs Oklahoma City Barons game in OK City to listen to the VOICE of the Aeros on 1070 AM!  Go Aeros!


Just passing time...

Since the news in the media is rather depressing this morning, I went surfing...
the net, that is, for funny, funky stuff to start MY day! Join me if you need a boost!
MUSIC, funny or serious, has no boundaries.
This is "SWAN LAKE" interpreted by an Indian choreographer
Is this an Alpine version of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
Mozart might have enjoyed that-he seemed to have had an 'earthy' kind of humor from all I've read about him.

For Hockey fans and those that do enjoy a bit of tongue-in-cheek irony:

Haven't you have enough giggles yet?
Well, for all opera lovers and haters: opera CAN be funny..