I’ve been lucky enough to see the main Bolshoi Ballet group at the Bolshoi theatre itself. The single thing struck me about the whole evening was that ballet was unique in that it was dedicated to honing both control and strength of the entire human body not for any specific achievement (throwing something far or running or jumping) but for simply the art of it.
That they could wield such amazing, all-encompasing control over themselves was amazing to watch, and made me think that all organised sports are just really, really stupid. It also made me mildly ashamed that I wasn’t treating myself better.
And yeah, I guess the pretty dancing was nice too.
I would highly recommend attending the ballet at least once.
(I’m blogging about ballet? It must be 2:55am.)
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