First thoughts

Fall in love with ballet.
That's the aim of this project; everything is designed to help us appreciate, enjoy and adore ballet and lets be honest if we're not all pretty much there already! I'm so excited about the upcoming weeks and all the things we're going to learn and the skills we're going to develop. Already after today's introduction I feel already as though this is the perfect project for me. Something I love and am so interested in, the enthusiasm our tutor has for his topic is infectious and is really fueling my passion not only for Ballet but dance as a whole.
Tonight we're going to see the Moscow City Ballet's la Classique Swan Lake at the Pavilion in Bournemouth- they're reputed to be among one of the best ballet companies in the world. Having seen the St Petersburg version a few years ago it will be interesting to see a slightly different take and also see how my understanding of ballet as altered my perceptions of the performance.
As part of the project though not to be handed in we will also put together a scrapbook of ideas, images, references, information, synopses and biography to keep as a personal record. Also we will produce a 1500 word essay comparing the Swan Lake we see tonight with two other versions (one of which I assume will be Matthew Bourne's all male swan cast- which I adore) I cannot wait!