The art of dancing

[LONDONER]

Fascinating. I identify with a lot of this as I had an affair with a  Russian repetiteur (spelling?) for the Australian Ballet. The theatrics behind the scenes were often more dramatic than what got onto the stage. 
The introductory section of your documentary frightened me as the choreography appears to be designed to maximise the chance of the dancers injuring themselves. Nerve wracking. 

I found the section on unionism in the NY theatre in and of itself intriguing. There’s the plot for a very dramatic ballet in that little episode. Shame Jerome Robbins is no longer with us. He’d be perfect for the job.

The piece in the documentary that I have returned to over and over again is the "Piazzola Caldera" for the sheer technicality of the dance but also for his interpretation of the tango.  It may not be classic tango but he captures the essence perfectly, just as Nicola Benedetti does here:



OK, the video is more about music than dance but what is interesting is that it shows two men dancing together just as it would have been in the brothels of Buenos Aires where the tango began.