A friend of mine had an assignment to write a sample of an "ABC's of..." children's book. She chose to do "The ABC's of Ballet" and was having some serious problems with V, Q, and X, to which I reply "Duh, Vaganova method, Don Quixote, and Xenia Ivanovich". She doesn't like any of my suggestions, so I've decided to make my own.
A - Agrippina Vaganova
B - battement
C - Cecchetti method
D - Darcey Bussell
E - Ekaterina Maximova
F - Firebird
G - Galina Ulanova
H - Hallelujah Junction
I - Illuminations
J - jete
K - Kristin Sloan
L - Lost Sonata
M - Mikhail Baryshnikov
N - Natalia Markova
O - Oksana Skorik*
P - Polina Semionova
Q - Don Quixote
R - Rudolf Nureyev
S - Svetlana Zakharova
T - tour en l'air
U - Undertow
V - Vaslav Nijinsky
W - Wendy Wheelan
X - Xenia Ivanovich
Y - Yuan Yuan Tan
Z - Zhanna Ayupova
*(I'm only mildly A Beautiful Tragedy obsessed, and it hasn't even come out yet...)
So, there you have it. I did it. Now, I'm gonna try and do the whole thing with just names.
Stay on your toes,
Selly
B - battement
C - Cecchetti method
D - Darcey Bussell
E - Ekaterina Maximova
F - Firebird
G - Galina Ulanova
H - Hallelujah Junction
I - Illuminations
J - jete
K - Kristin Sloan
L - Lost Sonata
M - Mikhail Baryshnikov
N - Natalia Markova
O - Oksana Skorik*
P - Polina Semionova
Q - Don Quixote
R - Rudolf Nureyev
S - Svetlana Zakharova
T - tour en l'air
U - Undertow
V - Vaslav Nijinsky
W - Wendy Wheelan
X - Xenia Ivanovich
Y - Yuan Yuan Tan
Z - Zhanna Ayupova
So, there you have it. I did it. Now, I'm gonna try and do the whole thing with just names.
Selly