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• Blog: Saturday, Aug 22

  Saturday, Aug 22, 2009 3:34PM / Standard Entry / Culture, darlings! / Members only
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  Last night's showing of Cinderella by the Hong Kong ballet was a tantalizing delight. 

  
  

  The debut performance of Margarita Demjanoka left the audience spellbound and captivated us all with the grace exhibited in the final pas de deux.

  
  

  I do love attending the ballet but my knowledge of terms is rather dismal, though I've been trying to search for the term for one of my favourite of her displays and have been coming up with nothing. 

  So, I'll try and explain it as best I can, but if you know what I'm trying to say then please let me know the technical term for it - I love it! 

  
  

  She circles the stage in a series of pirouettes (that look like fouettes?) in a series that goes : 1 fouette, 2 fouette, 1fouette with leg raised (extreme arabesque?) and repeat.

  
  

  What on earth is this called? It's extremely beautiful and she delivered flawlessly. 

  
  

  Oh, and there was another position where Ms. Demjanoka rested her entire body on her stomach in a backwards arch on the shoulder blades of her partner Zhen Huang. 

  Yes, think of the letter 'K' at an anticlockwise 45• angle, with both Demjanoka and Zhen facing forward left.

  Amazzzzing.

  
  

  I really do look forward to attending more of her performances in future and highly recommend it! 

  R