Friday, July 30, 2010

'The next great Russian dancer'

is, they say, Ivan 'Rocket Man' Vasiliev, age 21.



He's currently dancing in London with the Bolshoi and I first heard his name on radio the other day, with an interview. Dancing makes him happy, he says, because it is his element. 'I am fish in water.'

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5 comments:

  1. paul walterJuly 30, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    He looks like a really young Nureyev, years before he went to seed.

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  2. BerniceJuly 31, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    There's a DanceChannelTV?

    His Spartacus is the most menacing I've seen. Osipova is no slouch either - her Kitri is astonishing.

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  3. Tatyana LarinaJuly 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    Wow! 'Fish in water' indeed.

    He says he is Iron Man too.

    I agree Bernice, Natalia Osipova is also amazing.

    What a nice interlude ...

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  4. Alexis, Baron von HarlotJuly 31, 2010 at 4:04 PM

    He's so leapy! It's almost enough to make me want to take up exercise.

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  5. MeredithJuly 31, 2010 at 11:54 PM

    Goodness--he actually hovers for a split second at the tops of those jumps.

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