#ahiru

[samipekoe]

clumsy duck

[eeadrawings]

Balcony pas de deux

Music: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2: 19-21. Balcony Scene, Romeo's Variation, and Love Dance

Maybe an interesting thing about the balcony scene is that Romeo's variation before the pas de deux isn't technically supposed to exist and Prokofiev was always quite pissed about being forced to write it (he thought it disrupted the narrative flow to have Romeo randomly dancing by himself for a few minutes before the pas de deux). And that, as well as a few other dances he thought were pointless (Morning Dance, the second Juliet variation, and Dance with Mandolins), left him annoyed by the 1940 score and he always considered the score from the original cancelled 1935 production the official/correct one. But the most infamous change was of course not those additions, but that the original 1935 version has a happy ending where Romeo and Juliet survive, because, in his words, "living people can dance; the dead cannot dance lying down." But the 1935 version has somehow never been recorded, whether due to copyright/museum drama or people simply finding the happy ending "uncool," I don't know. At any rate, the music was written to lead up to the happy ending and that version has the intended resolution of all the themes, so I don't see why both versions aren't performed. Those who get precious about Shakespeare disagree, but the fact is, Shakespeare didn't originate the story of Romeo and Juliet to begin with and his version, too, is merely an adaptation.

That's only a tiny bit of that story, but anyway, for my drawing here, the poses are from the MacMillan choreography: Top, Middle (with no kiss. I added it in because I thought it suited the pose, haha), and Bottom

If you start with the first link, the rest are within the next ten or so seconds. The first pose varies a lot depending on the dancers, if you compare it to here, here (I guess I drew it most like this one), here, etc.

Then, I went with a "rose by any other name" etc. theme, so the darker roses are supposed to be like the red ones in Fakir's vases in the show, then the lighter ones are swamp roses. And the birds are Canary Mama and one of her chicks.

[alicenpai]

finally remembered to put these side by side!! my ptutu illusts so far 🩰 2024 & 2022 🦢 prints

[shalmonsdraws]

princess duckduck

[xephia]

[soundlesswind]

Midsummer Night's Dream

[eggtempest]

watched princess tutu for the first time :')

[arymiyu]

More Tutu!

[apricatt-art]

princess tutu posting <3

[fuedalreesespieces]

top tier hating

[tunaslammy]

princess tutu i love you,,.,,,.,,..

Im a firm believer in the t4t4t4t dynamic the main 4 have but i was just so compelled by this reference specifically after my recent rewatch . i also skipped out on artfight this year to draw this

[samipekoe]

ahiru attack 🦆🦆🦆

[tutuarchive]

source

[cattnipt]

Princess Tutu and (her) Knight

[daniifanz]

So Princess Tutu is my favorite show and Duck and Fakir are my sweet babies and I’ve been meaning to mention something I noticed in the opening and closing.

1.) In the opening when it shows quick successions of Mytho, Fakir and Rue dancing I could swear Fakir is doing the mime for love

2.) In the ending when Duck wakes up from dozing in the pond and looks up you see a reflection of someone on the water that looks to be wearing a boys uniform…presumably Fakir coming to visit after she went back to being a duck 🥹🥹