The prestigious ballet company presented 32 swans on stage in the second act and the corps de ballet was close to perfection. Not only my 'little mother' danced flawlessly, the company did a great job too. We hope that she will be nominated 'Etoile' (principal dancer) soon :)

I was so happy to see her and really would like to thank her for such an inspiring performance. She was magnificent in that role, everyone agreed. And Saturday night the principal role Odette-Odile in Swan Lake was danced by my 'Little Mother' Heloise Bourdon who is still a Sujet in the company. Each student can choose a 'little mother' and a 'little father' from the company who would help him/her throughout his/her journey in the Paris Opera. In the Paris Opera, there is a parental system between the students and the professional dancers. I would have watched that same video for more than 50 times I guess. I used to spend ages watching American Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake DVD in the MTR (Metro) in Hong Kong. They ordered the music from Tchaikovsky which is so beautiful and touching. This ballet was actually first choreographed in Russia by the master Marius Petipa and his assistant Lev Ivanov. You have some of the most technically demanding classical ballet parts, character dances, mime scenes, special stage effects and a beautiful and tragic storyline from the Russian legend. The choreography is very rich, especially in Noureev's version. I haven't seen this wonderful ballet since several years and now that I just watched it once more, I really think that it is so famous for some reasons. Even non-ballet dancers would know Swan Lake. Swan Lake is undoubtedly the most famous ballet ever. This is exactly what happened to me when I watched Paris Opera Ballet's 'Swan Lake' (Le Lac des Cygnes) last Saturday!!

Inspiration rather comes from watching a ballet performance that is good enough to touch you and thus gives you the desire to dance better. For me, dancers' inspiration won't come from a ballet class in which every dancer work on their technique individually and feels like in its own world. If we consider ballet as a form of art, dancers need inspiration too. I believe that artists always need inspiration in order to keep on going in their art.

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