1. Friendship. Dancer are living in special rhythm, working the evenings and week-ends, their schedule is busy: ballet class, rehearsals, peformances, auditions, tours, guestings. Ballet is very demanding both physically and mentally. Emotionally too. In many Opera houses all around the world dance companies are often "orphan childs", dancers are less respected than their should be. In these conditions having a dog means a lot of sacrifices and complications but
many dancers find place still in their life for a pet. Me and István Simon, principal dancer of Hungarian National Ballet, we have 2 black pugs, Darth Vader and Dr. Watson.
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Svetlana Zakharova and her poodle |
2. Pack members. A dance company is like a big family, dancers spend their time together, they protect and support each other. Lonelyness doesn't exist.
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Cesar Millan's pack |
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Ballerinas of Degas |
3. Sympathy for veils
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Elena Vostrotina as Myrtha in David Dawson's Giselle |
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István Simon as Solor in La Bayadere |
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Watson is rehearsing Giselle |
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Vader as bride |
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Watson with the curtain |
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Vader and Watson |
4. Dancers and dogs are hard to shot because they move too much. I think I need a better camera and more practice... I have thousands of pictures presenting unrecognisable black (pugs) and white (dancers) figures.
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Vader and Watson |
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Vader in pullover (Lucky Dog) |
If dancers and dogs are really focusing on something they don't move so much so I can make some clear photos i.e.:
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Istvan Simon and Darth Vader in the ballet studio |
Some other people are better in this field. Dogs in motion:
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Running pug puppies |
Dancers in motion:
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Elena Vostrotina by Costin Radu |
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Istvan Simon by Ian Whalen |
Together:
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Sylvie Guillem with her dog, Zak |
5. Bone problems. Health issues from the side of the dancers (being a physio I have great solutions in these cases) and surprisely erupting predator instincts from the side of the pugs (while feeding bones). Darth Vader, our older pug became a black pather when he got a bone to play with at the very first time. Coordianted steps, tight muscles, raised hackles. Slowly he became more altruist and now he shares his bone with our puppy, Dr. Watson.
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Vader and his 1st bone |
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Dr. Watson and Vader's bone |
Combination: Vader has a kind of ballet hip. He needed kinesiotape and physiotherapy. It was a bit more complicated than working with professional ballet dancers because he was a bit less cooperative on balance-boards...
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Vader was able to stand on 2 feet again with the kinesiotape |
6. Spiral esthetic
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Amanda Shepherd: Ballerina |
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Pug tail in perfect double curve |
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Snail dreams about ballet |
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Dancing dog |
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William Forsythe demostrates |
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Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancer Lauren Fadeley in Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude by William Forsythe |
7. Splits. Standard for a ballet dancer. And some dogs.
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Svetlana Zakharova splits |
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French bulldog splits |
7. They love to be on stage!
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On stage |
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Giselle in Mikhailovsky Theater |
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