Fighting the Invisible

Feature: Marianela Nunez

She was auditioned by Sir Anthony Dowell in 1998 and joined the Royal Ballet School in 1999 and became Principal in 2002. She is most well-known for her 'Gold Standard Technique'. She is one of the most technical dancers. Clean and precise, exactly what a ballerina needs. She is born in Argentina and does not come from a family with ballet background, like many other famous dancers. She insisted on taking up ballet even though she has never seen a full ballet. Almost all of her performances received high acclaim from some of the most discerning critics."In early 2007 Marianela once again took the lead in Swan Lake, of her performance one leading critic commented “every gesture sings, every step is luminous with emotion. The result is sublime". (Taken from wikipedia).

She is as I always say, beautiful. But she really is. Really really. Whatsmore, she is after all, a Royal Ballet Principal. To me, Royal Ballet is second in the world, after Paris Opera. Followed by Mariinsky theatre. Actually, it is not very fair to compare like that but I love Paris Opera because they have dancers that execute beautiful lines and their strength and flexibility always amazes. Same goes for Mariinsky. Royal Ballet's different. It emphasizes more on clean and precise footwork. Like basic closing to fifth even after very fast jetes.

Go watch Sarah Lamb, perfect example of veryy clean technique. Also, Royal Ballet dancers are always very sweet-looking. Except for Miyako Yoshida. I don't really like her, though she is mostly adored by the public. Oh, well. Different taste. Maybe Japenese dancers are not as exciting to me. (:

SO, today was boring, fullstop.

Training. I pushed for 3K. Yep, can't believe it. I don't know. Maybe I just don't like to lose. One thing's for sure, the reason I pushed is definitely not because I want to improve. I don't even like running. I have no inclinations to take any competitions next year. It's just going to be Grade 8, inter and Os. And maybe senior. So bye bye track.

It is going to be hard to tell Ms ferng and Mr Lim. At the rate I'm going, I don't think I ever will. And I think I'll end up skipping selections, and getting scolded after that. Ever.

I'm going to cut hair at T and G tmr, I think. G'night!