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Saw David tennant today
And michael sheen
#my sister gen thought it was michael sheen#💀#goinf on the tour tomorrow#yaaaaerr#david tennant#michael sheen#king richard ii#hamlet#shakespeare#william shakespeare#swan theatre#good omens
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i've just got back from seeing cowbois at the swan, rsc and i have so many f e e l i n g s about it.
i've never felt such intense queer joy and pride in being a queer person.
the scene between lou and jack will be a moment in my heart and heat for god knows how long to come
but the one thing that got me the most, was seeing the mix of audience, there was of course the girls, gays and theys, but there was middle to elderly aged (and im assuming) cis het couples, people who you look at and wouldn't think they would spend their time and money on seeing a play about queer gender bending cowboys.
i just cant get over this bloody play. its absolutley hilarious, the dancing and the singing are precious, the 'water' scene was immaculate and the fan-ography left me in stitches.
GO SEE COWBOIS.
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Me, an hour ago: since I've seen the show twice and I want to keep a memory of it, I'll write down a short review for Ben and Imo.
Me, now: the review is three pages long and still needs to be uploaded on Canva, along with images. It's gonna be a hell of a post that no one will probably ever read. I'm doing this for myself and myself only.
#Ben and Imo#RSC#Royal Shakespeare Company#Swan theatre#Stratford-upon-Avon#Samuel Barnett#Victoria Yeates#You can expect my detailed review in the following days#Or when I'll be done with Canva#Or with my job
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#shakespeare#william shakespeare#the swan#swan theatre#rsc#royal shakespeare company#architecture#theater#theatre#stratford#renovation
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michaela mabinty deprince (1995-2024)
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today, september 13th, 2024, the ballet world lost an extraordinary dancer and woman.
michaela mabinty deprince was born on january 6th, 1995, as mabinty bangura, in sierra-leone. she was orphaned, her parents passing to due to both direct and indirect causes of the civil war in her home country. she was demonized by her caretakers for her vitiligo, being called a “devil’s child”, and suffering from other forms of neglect and abuse. in 1999, deprince was adopted by an american couple along with another girl, and they were taken to new jersey, united states of america.
her hopes of becoming a ballerina had been planted when she found a ballerina on a magazine cover in her home country. she didn’t know of ballet at the time, but treasured the picture and dreamed of dancing. this dream blossomed into truth when she moved to the states, being put into ballet lessons soon after her arrival. deprince was a four-time participant in youth america grand prix, one of the largest ballet competitions in the united states. she was awarded a scholarship to study at the jaqueline kennedy onassis school of ballet, the associate school of american ballet theatre.
despite facing racial discrimination and other hardships in and out of the industry, deprince persisted in her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer. in 2012, at the age of 16, she became the youngest member of dance theatre of harlem, and the next year, she joined the junior company of the dutch national ballet. she soon rose through the ranks, joining the main company and attaining the rank of soloist. she was the first dancer of african origin to ever join the company, and a shining advocate and role model for black women in ballet.
her other accomplishments include being an ambassador for war child holland, a dutch organization working to improve the wellbeing and resilience of children directly affected by war. she visited uganda and lebanon through the organization. she also appeared in beyoncé’s 2016 music video for ‘freedom’.
she will dance among all the stars in the sky. rest in peace beautiful michaela mabinty, you are already so missed. ♡
#rest in peace beautiful michaela#tags are strictly for reach and to share about the loss of this incredible woman#michaela deprince#michaela mabinty deprince#ballet#dutch national ballet#art#photography#fashion#film#balletcore#neoclassical ballet#american ballet theatre#nyc ballet#dance theatre of harlem#black ballerina#black excellence#dance theater of harlem#new york city ballet#ballerina#ballet aesthetic#the nutcracker#nutcracker#swan lake#gif#gifs#my gifs#black girl magic
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#RSC #SwanTheatre #StratforduponAvon Swan Theatre Refurbishment Revealed
https://stratford-upon-avon-theatre.blogspot.com/2023/03/rsc-swantheatre-stratforduponavon-swan.html
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how genderbending the warriors (2024) is done not for the sole sake of "bad-assery"
okay here we go feminist ramble time for our newest chick on the block: warriors. now i'll be honest, prior to listening to the album, when i first heard that the warriors main girls were originally dudes in the movie and the novel, i thought that the decision for the genderbending, in lmm's perspective, were from the following: 1.) girl power move in like a very basic meaning of the word "bad-ass" 2.) simply a twist on a cult movie about big gang bros loved by the film bros, and 3.) a way to have the schuyler sisters back together gjfkdfldf
but when i read more about warriors and its development and how lmm took inspiration from the gamergate controversies of 2014-2015 aka among the peak of gamerbro misogyny campaigns, that's when i realized that Oh Shit Is Serious - because adapting a story about a group being framed and targeted and harassed for something they are accused of doing without any substantial proof other than a man screaming "THE WARRIORS SHOT CYYYYRUUS" with 21st century misogyny campaigns in mind makes the theme of fighting back a lot more complicated and a lot more resonant, going beyond just marketing a cast you can call "badass"
take the hurricanes' quiet girls, for example. the hurricanes (concept album version) is the only gang that lets the warriors off the hook and with a stern warning: quiet girls don't make it home. here, the hurricanes berate the warriors for not saying shit or attempting to defend themselves from accusations they know well aren't true. THIS MESSAGE IN PARTICULAR is what stays and influences ajax, fox, and swan til the very end of their stories.
literally one song after this does ajax show how easily she resonated with the hurricanes' lesson by finally sticking with her gut and actually choosing to fight back against both the baseball furies AND against the sleazy undercover cop. the latter encounter is one of the instances that really solidifies the recontextualization of the story because in the OG movie, ajax (a dude) WAS the sleazy fuck up harassing a woman in a park - and now with the literal character switch, ajax goes from being just a rebellious gangbro dude bro into someone whose want to fight is warranted. such a want to fight is seen in fox seeing as fox is the first to comment on the quiet girls scene and that, in the concept album, she is the one that instigates the rumble against the police in union square - saying that she is sick of being afraid of them and their 'fuckin powder blue' colors (also notice how she is the only warrior that really does say fuck the cops i think that's cool BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT FOX MORE NEXT TIME)
to a less obvious extent, swan also gets the receiving end of this recurring theme - by the album's finale, the usually violence-averse caution-first interim leader becomes a lot fiercer in protecting her crew. but perhaps among what i consider to be the biggest recontextualized change in the feminist sense is MERCY and her motivations to join the warriors in the first place. according to the wiki, her attraction to swan and the warriors and um seeing the orphans as wimps is what led her to switch sides BUT IN THE CONCEPT ALBUM, mercy's motivation to become a warrior is deepened, rooted in admiration rather than attraction - wanting to be like those women who hold their head up high. and again, we see this in Sick of Runnin' when she takes part in the rumble, finding her bravery within their ranks as they fight back. here, mercy becomes less of a swan tagalong and more of someone that wants what the warriors have: pride.
of course now that i type this out i realize that warriors is not based solely on the feminist rhetoric as with their theme of hope amidst adversity, the story is more intersectional and rooted in community struggle and wanting for more than that. but nonetheless, i genuinely believe that the twt filmbros arguments on why the genders should not have been changed in the first place just for "woke" points is kinda like,,,very shortsighted because not only does the narrative of women narrowly escaping unwarranted accusations actually fucking fit, but the act of learning to fight back amidst all odds - be it that of disbelieving, predatory men or the power of oppressive pigs - stays resonant for women yesterday, today, and the days to come.
ultimately, warriors (2024) is not solely a tale of female badassery - rather, it is a tale of the need for such "female badassery" in the face of past and present realities, which is why it somehow fucking worked.
#believe me i admire lin greatly but i did not think this would work as well as it did#i genuinely thought upon the reveal of the all girl cast that this was gonna be um woo girl power moment and just that#i was not expecting the recontextualization of the plot#eSpECIALLY WITH AJAX AND MERCY HOLY SHIT#i guess less so for swan and fox tho because swan is um character development throughout the show thing#while fox! fox is um look im gonna get right back to u peeps on that#because i an still studying their film version and um gathering my thoughts#because in the film fox was the one that saw luther shoot cyrus#so with cleon now taking that burden#im studying what would this mean for fox in the concept album#but thats a story for another day but in any case#warriors (2024) is not a story solely for selling musical theatre women looking cool as fuck in punk leather#it is ultimately a story of struggle - both in the feminist lens and the intersectional sense#(because gang and grassroot communities and all)#warriors#warriors album#warriors musical#eisa davis#lin manuel miranda
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Swan Lake's entrance to the Black Swan pas de deux performed by Ekaterina Odarenko as Odile.
#i saw this on ig and HAD to gif it god#ballet#her arabesque is divine but the energy here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow#swan lake#black swan#tchaikovsky#balletedit#my gifs#*#ekaterina odarenko#Mikhailovsky Theatre
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Hello! Your grafics are the best! Was wonder if you can make som Swan Lake ones? Thank you muchly!
Sorry about bad language, English not my first language. 😣😣
Anon your English is great!! 🩵🌸
Swan Lake
#request answered#swan lake#theme: ballet#theme: dance#theme: theatre#theme: swans#theme: animals#tchaikovsky#theme: silhouettes#color: blue#color: gold#color: black#color: pink#graphic design#post dividers#dividers#color: multi pattern
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MERCY, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY, THAT YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL?
CAUSE I THINK WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOURE BEAUTIFUL
YOU’RE MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL (MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL?)
YOURE MORE THAN YOUR BODY,
YOURE MORE THAN THESE LIPS OR THIS FACE,
AND IF WE EVER SOMEHOW GET OUT OF THE PLACE,
THEN YOU’LL GO,
THEN WE’LL GO.
FIND SOMETHING NEW,
ITS ALL NEW.
MERCY,
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THIS TUNNEL’S GOT NOTHING ON YOU.
#orange is meant to be them together if u couldnt tell.#u know. how red and pink make orange.we all know this.#(i just wanted to do lesbian flag)#anyways. ive been going fucking insane over this musical for the past few days#sorry those i have added on airbuds!!!!#ur gonna see nothing but this for a good fucking while.#LIN MANUEL MIRANDA YOU ARE SICK AND INSANE.#LESBIAN SWAN AND MERCY???? I COULD DIE#mercy wanted to be with her so bad the entire time. this is sick and tiwsted#70s new york streetgang yuri i would die for you.#the warriors#the warriors 1979#the warriors musical#jasmine cephas jones#julia harriman#mercy warriors#swan warriors#swan x mercy#lin manuel miranda#lin manuel appreciation post#the warriors 2024#song lyrics#musical theatre#sapphic#lesbian
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vintage illustrations + my tattoo list
#is from a bride book but the art is by john r neill#arthur rackham udine#also john r neill#from the 1914 book of shakespeare midsummer night's dream by i think william heath#it's by robert anning bell#the curiosities of kissing by alfred fowler but not sure if he's the artist#is in greek theatre costumes by iris brookes#in the book the golden fleece and the heroes who lived before achilles and the artist is willy pogany#in the book fairy tales by hans christian andersen and the artist is charles robinson#in line and form by walter crane#in the book kitchen maid and the artist is j. b. partridge#in the book the tale of lohengrin knight of the swan and the artist is willy pogany#in the book by john keats but idk the artist#in the book illustrators of montmartre by emanuel frank#in the book early poems of william morris#in the book the eve of st anges and artist is edmund h garrett#in the book home theatricals made easy or busy happy and merry#in the book the illustrated london instructor#in the book songs for little people and artist is h stratton#from alfred tennyson's poems and artist is eleanor forescue brickdale#artist is gerhard munthe#in arthur rackham's wagner ring cycle: the valkyrie#tiburtijnse sibille by jan luyken#by peter behrens#by shigeru hatsuyama#in the book devises heroiques by claude paradin#in the book price list of magical apparatus and illusions from 1884#in arthur rackham's ring cycle: valkyrie (this is my newest tattoo i got!!)#in scapel: the 1911 year book of the woman's medical college of pennsylvania#in the child world by artist c robinson
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Chloe Misseldine photographed by Sasha Gusov.
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I'm literally roxie
#coquette#girlblogging#lana del rey#priscilla movie#coquette girl#dollette#sofia coppola#whisper girl#priscilla presley#lizzy grant#norman fucking rockwell#lana is god#lana del slay#lux lisbon#lana unreleased#lana del ray aka lizzy grant#chicago musical#musicals#musical theatre#manic pixie dream girl#black swan#ballerina#bambi#ballet#girl interrupted#giselle#im just a girl#girlhood#cinnamon girl#this is what makes us girls
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#jack schlossberg#jfk grandson#american ballet theatre#ballet#ballet dancer#ballerino#new york city ballet#balletcore#ballet class#ballet chic#black swan#tchaikovsky#nina sayers#very demure#so demure#very mindful#very cutesy#mindful#cunty#this is so cunty#feeling cunty#hes so cunty#very cunty#i'm so julia#this is what makes us girls#this is a girlblog#tumblr girls#classic dance#tumblr girlies#girlie things
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Additional photos from the production of Anastasia the Musical at the University of Mainz in Germany.
Photo credit: vidhyavictoria on IG
#anastasia#musical#anastasia musical#anastasia the musical#musical theater kid#broadway musicals#musical theater#anya#gleb vaganov#dimitri anastasia#vlad popov#countess Lily#Paris#Paris France#paris holds the key to your heart#land of yesterday#Germany#university#still/the neva flows reprise#swan lake#ballet#once upon a december reprise#I really seeing all of these cool costumes#the set backgrounds look very cool too#they have a good use of stage lighting#stage lighting#musical theatre kid#theatre design#dowager of denmark
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the famous fouettés of swan lake
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featured above is chloe misseldine, prima ballerina of american ballet theatre, as odile in ‘swan lake’.
the thirty-two fouettés in swan lake, and the embodiment of odette and odile as a whole are considered a stepping stone into a ballerina’s career as a prima. a debut is ultimately a test, a deciding factor in whether a company decides to promote a dancer or leave her alone. the fouettés of odile are difficult, requiring much strength, stamina, and training, performed during the coda after a lengthy pas de deux and variation. the legendary pierina legnani was the first ballerina to accomplish this feat in 1895, the fouettés being added just for her by choreographer marius petipa.
misseldine is the most recent ballerina to join the ranks of principal in the company: her promotion was on july 3rd, 2024, after her performance of odette/odile at the metropolitan opera house in manhattan, new york.
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footage sourced from @juliette_2626’s story on instagram, july 3rd, 2024, the met opera.
#congrats chloe :)#staticsnowfall#tags are for reach#chloe misseldine#art#photography#ballet#american ballet theatre#ballet core#balletcore#swan lake#black swan#ballet aesthetic#ballet costumes#metropolitan opera#coquette aesthetic#coquette#girlblogging#this is a girlblog#video#videography#tchaikovsky#pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky#george balanchine#balanchine#film#gaslight gatekeep girlboss#girlblog aesthetic#ballet blog#met opera
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