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.'

More here.

5 comments:

paul walter said...

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

Bernice said...

There's a DanceChannelTV?

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

Tatyana Larina said...

Wow! 'Fish in water' indeed.

He says he is Iron Man too.

I agree Bernice, Natalia Osipova is also amazing.

What a nice interlude ...

Alexis, Baron von Harlot said...

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

Meredith said...

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