Flemming Flindt and Toni Lander in Pas de Vestale

[WagonWheelRanchTexas]

Oh my, Toni. This is a HARD piece to dance. Try it.

[kabardinka1]

I love the nearly unisex nature of this piece. 2 amazing dancers both greatly missed.

[mom6930585]

I was fortunate to work with Toni Lander before she died and she was a wonderful teacher and a very warm hearted person.

[ilyaballet]

BIG THANK YOU FOR THIS TREASURE

♥♥♥♥♥ (>-<) ♥♥♥♥♥

[1psoas9]

@ilyaballet WOnderful! Just a guess, but my hunch is that Bournonville wanted to save the perfected line that pointe gives for big effects. THe sylphide herself does the big pirouette at the end of her sissonne-solo on half-toe -- the piques with the "all the time in the world" develloppes she does on pointe because that's hte image he wants us to keep....

Balanchine later in career had dancers do chainees on half toe and finish with a double soutenu on pointe....

[Terr58y]

Wonderful to watch! Was this filmed in the main ballet studio? Also, does anyone know why many of the turns and such were not on pointe, although she was wearing pointe shoes? Were the shoes at the time of choreography not stable enough to support turns and such, perhaps? (turning on half-pointe in pointe shoes is harder than en pointe, IMO!)

[metteholm75]

@Terr58y No, in the 1830´ies the shoes weren´t stable enough. In Bournonville style, they only dance on pointe some of the time, when they have to appear weightless, - especially in the early works.

[1psoas9]

Strong medicine. Hard as it is they don't whine.

And though it's all from the hard book, it's not ungrateful.

THANK YOU for posting this!!!!

[1psoas9]

Strong medicine. Hard as it is they don't whine.

THANK YOU for posting this!!!!

[BulletPromotions]

I envy the control they have!

[estnyc]

His soft ballon and his hands are quite wonderful. And she's amazing.

[palubob]

Thank you for this nicely filmed delight.

[AmyKauai]

wow incredible... never have seen this. Thanks for posting!

[Lissbirds]

I've never seen this piece before, either! Thanks for posting. Does anyone know who the composer of this piece is?

[pediatrapaola]

@Lissbirds l had no idea this piece existed,a rare gift

[Qbendanny]

Great post Hookham- I never saw Flindt live. He had great schooling as seen here. Off day for Toni whom I did see in her husband's Etudes and others at ABT. This is a favorite for sure. One thing for sure, ballet is not easy and never will be that's what makes it fascinating as it evolves.

[pediatrapaola]

never saw before this piece interesting posting