Katherine Healy 16 yrs old R&J Aubade Scene

Bedroom Aubade scene Juliet R&J Katherine Healy at 16 years old. Ashton had Healy completely change her port de bras for this role and chose her for the premiere, he said at the time, because she was so young that he knew he could mold her and that she would dance it the way he wanted it danced. He did not want any soft wrists, preferring a very clean straight line from the arms to the hands. The difference is quite clear when you look at her softer port de bras in her other roles, both before and after. The amount of time she spent working with Ashton probably answers the question I have seen someone else ask on another video of hers about how she was able to transform herself so completely and easily back and forth when necessary from a purely Balanchine trained dancer (which is what she was) in the Balanchine ballets to a more conservative classical Royal Ballet style in Sleeping Beauty and Raymonda.

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