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Manifestor_of_Light

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1. Watching Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines together is really great.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:54 AM
Feb 2016

I've seen another ballet movie, the one with Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine having bitch fights, and I absolutely HATED it. I am a classical musician. I love the symphony. I love chamber music. I love jazz. I love opera. I love old rock and roll. I do not understand ballet at all. It seems so unnatural and painful.

The athletic sequence of Baryshnikov in the opening credits of White Nights is pretty cool.

I went to see Alexander Godunov when he went on tour by himself across the United States. He and Baryshnikov were classmates.

The woman who played Gregory Hines' wife was Isabella Rossellini. She is Ingrid Bergman's daughter and has been in several movies. She was in Blue Velvet and Immortal Beloved, which was about Beethoven.


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Watching Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines together is really great. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #1
Yes, watching the whole movie now. elleng Feb 2016 #2
I've played a lot of ballet music in college/amateur orchestras. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #3
I used to turn Coppelia and Sylphides on elleng Feb 2016 #4
Cool! That's the most famous part! Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #7
Right, and there are reasons for it! elleng Feb 2016 #8
From that movie; Our Song annabanana Feb 2016 #5
My condolences on your loss of Mr. Banana. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #9
Another good song from that movie OriginalGeek Feb 2016 #6
I'd forgotten about that song. Cool! Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #10
His early solo career was so 80s OriginalGeek Feb 2016 #11
I love this movie. On top of the two male dancers, you have Helen Mirren too yellowdogintexas Feb 2016 #12
RIGHT! elleng Feb 2016 #13
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