Wow. What a guy. He is the new masculine face of ballet and he is doing well. He has a toned, muscular body a common feature of all ballet dancers both male and female. The difference between him and other male ballet dancers, is his on stage persona, he exudes masculinity and authority and he manages to give out just the right amount of strength and grace when he is dancing. But not only this, his technical skills were faultless, each move, lift jump, were timed to perfection.
If he is the new face of ballet then it can only be a good thing because he shows the true physicality involved in ballet beyond all the pomp and circumstance that surrounds it. Watching this man was a pure delight from start to finish and it made me think that if more people had the privillage to see this man in action they too would be struck by what an entertaining and beautiful art form ballet actually is.
