Pencil
Mascara
Pencil and Mascara
What we both liked about Makarova - apart from her actual performances - was her down-to-earth approach to the world of ballet. No Nureyev tantrums or bullying, none of the untouchable aloofness of Margot Fonteyn (every schoolgirl's magazine heroine of the late 1950s).
I once watched an endearing documentary about her, where she chatted away with a coffee and practiced at the bar with a cigarette in her free hand.
The lower drawing reminds me of Rodin's. (H.I. says that the upper one does too.)
Fantastic..Although l'm a fanatic about Soul music,
ReplyDeleteand dance..l was five years old when l started ballet
lessons, love it..love it..the lady my Mum cooked for,
used to give her ballet tickets for Bournemouth
Pavilion, so as a nipper, ALL dressed up..tuxedo and all
off we'd go to the ballet..! :)..
Unfortunately over the next few years, l grew to tall,
and bigger, l carried on with my tap, and, no, l never
ever fell in the sink...Joke! Joke! :).
So, over the 60/70's l spend twelve years in the
entertainment business..stand up/drums etc..But!
mostly dance, and went on to choreograph many shows,
in Germany, and across the pond, back in the world!
And, yes, Natalia Makarova, she was truly amazing,
and also a choreographer..she defected to the west
in 1970..a very beautiful and lovely lady, still with
us aged 79..! :o).
Rodin..Yes! The Gates of Hell...?
Not his sculpture, the Balinese dancer drawings.
ReplyDeleteAh! Yes! I see now..Your quite right..!
DeleteTchaikovsky...Swan Lake..still my favourite...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNQFB0TDfY
I like the drawings.
ReplyDeleteSo do I. She has been drawing since she was a child and has never stopped.
DeleteThe drawings are beautiful. It takes a lot of talent to absorb the dance movement that way.
ReplyDeleteYes, it does. She is so good at what she does.
DeleteH.I. is SO talented .... they are all very beautiful ...... the first one is my favourite. Will H.I. frame and display them ? XXXX
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Early days yet.
DeleteShe has books and books of drawings.
DeleteLove the drawings. A talented HI.
ReplyDeleteLovely drawings capturing the grace of Makarova. I saw one of her last performances (Giselle) with the Kirov in London right before she defected. Wonderful memories of an incredible ballerina.
ReplyDeleteQuite lovely
ReplyDeleteThe drawings are ballet on paper! How amazing to be able to do that....
ReplyDeleteThere is a youtoob of our Royal Winnipeg Ballet prima dancing the dying swan. Check out Evelyn Hart, it is pretty spectacular, if I do brag her up.
ReplyDeleteOh, beautiful drawings! Her arms are pretty wing-y. And I didn't know mascara was so handy.
ReplyDeleteI love the top drawing, it really captures the movement of her arms.
ReplyDeleteMessage from H.I. (Jackie):
ReplyDelete"Thank you for all your lovely comments. It is very encouraging, and that's what you need - encouragement - even after all these years."
In the sketches, the arms look so supple--wing like.
ReplyDeleteThey were in life. Have a look at the video.
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