FAILED... ...

watched rock n rolla on monday at cathay



my point of view:
it's a very GUY'S GUY kind of movie

went for my FTT  (15/10/08)
i think i killed 80% of my brain cells
i finished the 50 questions in less than 10 mins
then i click the previous buttons one by one
till i'm back to question 1
n i re-read my answers again
then, someone stepped out of the class
n i saw the [FAIL] on his screen
when i reached question 50
some random guy near me stood up
n i saw another [FAIL]
when i was about to click the [END TEST] button
how cool~
reluctanly
i scroll all my questions one more time
this time round
i wasnt concentrating already
i couldnt sit still
n all i am thinking was to click the [END TEST] button
alas
the cant-sit-still me click the fatal button




[FAILED]
how u wish right
*raise an eyebrow*


but "your small n mighty" is indeed SMALL AND MIGHTY
who passes on her first attempt to FTT
well done
=)


*teeheehee


smsed my instructor
n realised the earliest test date for driving is during febuary
bohooo~
but still okay la!
cause i want to get the licence before march
so i can drive my parents for dinner like, SOON
but that means i prolly cant get it before CNY
which is what i'm expecting
so i can drive my family to house-visiting
how cool is that right!!!

car isnt one thing i have to worry
in fact
what i have to worry is which car am i going to drive
lol
just in case if u dont know
i work in a CAR MART = endless supplies of car to be drove around
but i'm worried as i'll get so used to driving a lancer
n i cant drive the european cars
=(











later in the evening
went over to city hall to meet yang first as miss OL's caught in the office
had some finger food before the russian ballet @ esplanade















































azuki coffee
























strawberry romantasia




































the deep blue pack














after watching the performance
we even wanted to watch day 2's performance
but guess what
it was SOLD OUT!
that is how good this performance is!
those who wanted to go but didnt,
u should bang your head against the wall
(sounds too serious, but)
it was farking good la
the whole performance was just basically duet dances
so u really focus on the main dancers chosen to perform the selected dance variations














Russian Ballet Gala
with the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet and the Premier of the Bolshoi Ballet















the performance totally worth even single cent one pays for the tickets
=)













Prima Ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet


[it was originally a rank given to an exceptional female soloist in 19th century ballet. The rankings for women, from highest to lowest, were:

• Prima ballerina assoluta
• Prima ballerina; a.k.a. première sujet or première danseuse
• Sujet
• Coryphée
• Corps de ballet]

Born in Moscow, Russia, Ryzhkina completed her training at the Moxcow College of Choreohraphy in 1989, and graduated from the ballet master's faculty of the Institute of Choreography.


She has performed many notable roles with the Bolshoi Ballet including Giselle, Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Kitri in Don Quixote, and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She also performed in the company's premieres of John Cranko's Taming of the Shrew as Katharina and Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room. In 2001, she appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre in La Sylphide with Toyal Ballet premier Johan Kobborg, and in 2004, she appeared in Don Quixote with the then American Ballet Theatre premeir Julio Bocca.


A recipient of prizes at numerous international dance compeitions, she won Personality of the Year in a dance nomination at the Golden Lyre competition, and was awarded the Meritorious Artist of Russia award in 2002.




i managed to you-tube Donquixote, which she performed, as the last item of the night.
was damn good can
especially when she was doing her pirouttes
she can still close the fan
n open the fan at certain time
wonderful co-ordination la!


 








Ryzhkina did a total of 4 items on the first night

• Duet from Carmen Suite
• Duet from Spartacus
• Duet from Anuta
• Pas de deux from Don Quixote

inserted a clip of hers in giselle also
to let u guys have an idea of the standard of the pirma
=)












Premier of the Bolshoi Ballet

For men, the ranks were:

• Premier danseur noble
• Premier danseur
• Sujet
• Coryphée
• Corps de ballet

Born in Lvov, Ukraine, Belogolovtsev completed his training at the Moscow College of Choreography and graduated from the performer's faculty of the Institute of Choreography. He joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company in 1992, and has been a student at the choreographer's faculty of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts since 2002.


He has performed many lead roles with the Bolshoi Ballet including the Prince in Cinderella, Oberon in A Midsumer Night's Dream, Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris, Basil in Don Quixote and the title role in Spartacus.


Among his numerous awars are the Meritorious Artist of Russia award which he received in 1998, and Ballet magazine's Soul of Dance prize which he received in 2005.



searched you-tube and found the below (in nutcracker)
to have an idea of what he did during the concert
look out for what he did during 3:15 - 4:00




 







 2:00 - 2:25 (7pirouttes)
2:38 - 3:53 (twirls and jete)
which he did during the performance
=)










Belogovtsev did a total of 4 items on the first night (together with Ryzhkina)

• Duet from Carmen Suite
• Duet from Spartacus
• Duet from Anuta
• Pas de deux from Don Quixote

First Soloist, Bolshoi Ballet


Graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1996 and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. In 2000 he graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. His repertoire includes Sleeping Beauty (Blue Bird), The Nutcracker (Prince), Don Quixote (Basil) and Tarantella. He also performed in the Bolshoi premieres of Balanchine's D Major Symphony, Cards Play and Flames of Paris.





you-tube but didnt see his performance in nutcracker
but instead
saw his performance in Don Quixote
2:04 - 2:18
and 2:28 - 2:39 (continuous twirls)








look at (0:22) and (0:33)
how he lifted the lady using onely one hand
which stunned everyone in the audience seat la!












Bolotin did 2 items on the first night

• Pas de duex from La Sylphide
• Pas de deux from Le Corsaire
  

Soloist, Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet


Chashchegorov graduated from the Vagnova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2002 and joined the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet in 2002 as a soloist. Since 2007, he has also been a soloist with the Bayerisches Staatsballett. His repertoite includes Sleeping Beauty (Blue Bird), Fire Bird (Ivan) and La Bayadere (solar), among others.




couldnt find any of his performance online
thus i inserted the dance which he danced in that night






Chashchegorov did 2 items on the first night

• Pas de duex from La Bayadere
  
• Pas de deux from Swan Lake
  

oh
did i mentioned the swan lake was oh-so-good
-D












Soloist, St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre (mikhailovsky Ballet)


Graduated from the Novosibirsk Choreographic School and joined the Saint Petersburg State Ballet Theatre in 1996. Her repertoire inclues Swan Lake (Odette-Odille), Raymonda (Raymonda) and Sleeping Beauty (Aurora), among others.


She has won prizes at international competitions including the Bagnov Prix in 1995, the Arabesque in 2000 and the Serge Lifar in 2006




attached in the pas de duex for sleeping beauty, one of the 2 items she did that night








Kosheleva did 2 items on the first night

• Pas de duex from Sleeping Beauty
  
• Adagio (Diamonds) from Jewels
  

Soloist, St Petersburg State Ballet Theatre (Mikhailosky Ballet)




Graduated from the Vagnova Academy of Russian Ballet, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in 1998  and joined the M.P.Mussorgsky State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater as a soloist. She has since dance in Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Princess Florina), Don Quixote (Kitri), Raymonda (Raymonda). The Nutcracker (Mary), Giselle (Giselle), La Sylphide (Sylphide),  Cinderella (Cinderella), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Le Corsaire (Gulnara), among others.


in 2004, she won second place in an international ballet competition in Perm, Russia, and in 2006, the third place in an international ballet competition in Kiev, Ukraine.




you-tube but didnt managed to find any clips under her name
thus i'm putting up the slave pas de deux from le corsaire which she did that night
one of my favourite item
=)













Lomachenkova did 2 items on the first night

• Slave Pas de deux from Le Corsaire
  
• Classical pas de duex

Soloist, St Petersburg State Ballet Theatre


Ploom graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2001 and joined the M.P.Mussorgsky State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, as a soloist. His repertoire includes Sleeping Beauty )Prince Desire, the Blue Bird), Don Quixote (Bazil), Raymonda (jean de Brien), The Nutcracketer (the Prince), Cinderella (The Prince), La Sylphide (James), La Fille mal gardee (kolen), Halt of Cavalry (Peter), La spectre de la rose, and Le Corsaire (Lankedem), among others.


In 2007, he was awarded first place in an international ballet competition in Riety, Italy.




you-tube n found his own performance in Le Corsaire although he did a pas de duex during the performance





Ploom did 2 items on the first night

• Slave Pas de deux from Le Corsaire
  
• Classical pas de duex

both with Lomachenkova
go watch his numerous pirouttes (1:44)
he's one of my favourite male dancer for the night
=)












Soloist, St Petersburg State Ballet Theatre


Graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Ballet Academy in 1998 and joined the Saint Petersburg State Ballet Theatre that same year.


His repertoire includes Swan Lake (Siegfried), Don Quixote (Basil) and Le Corsaire (conrad), among others.




included the pas de deux from sleeping beauty which he dances with Kosheleva







Sivakov did 2 items on the first night

• Pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty
  
• Adagio (Diamonds) from Jewels

Boishoi Ballet, Corps de Ballet



Stashkevich graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 2003 and joined the Bolshoi Ballet that same year.


Her repertoire includes Flame of Paris (Amour), and solo roles in Twyla Tharp's In the Room Upstairs and Cards Play.


She has won prizes in international competitions including the third prize in the Vagnov Prix in 2002, and the second prize in the Arabesque in Perm, in 2004.





found her in the item i heart
Don Quixote, which she did not do in the performance











Stashkevich did 2 items on the first night

• Pas de deux from La Sylphide
• Pas de duex from Le Corsaire (VERY GOOD!!!)

Corphyee, Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet



Sukhorukova was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Balet in 2001. The same year she joined the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet. She is currently also a first soloist with the Bayerisches Staatsballett.


Her repertoire includes La Sylphide (Sylphide), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Jewels (Emeralds), The Sleeping Beauty (Gold Fairy, Silver Fairy, Candide Fairy, Sapphire Fairy) abd Ondine )the Fourth Naiad), among others.






swan lake swan lake swan lake
damn nice la!!!!





Sukhorukova did 2 items on the first night

• Pas de deux from La Bayadere
  
• Pas de duex from Swan Lake (totally rawks)
  

as usual
we have our late dinner/supper after the performance
christina and jacqueline actually bought tickets for both nights la!
damn lucky they are!!!
the only ballet performance left is the nut cracker by SDT end of the year
booo~
i wan more ballet concerts!!!

























































i know *jeanjean* gonna say
this entry is so ballet
hahahaha
aiya
once in a while okay one ma
lol


sunday ballet's class n rehearsal's been cancelled
n push to saturday instead
wohooo~
meaning i've have one sunday free
which equals to.. ..
i might be able to get my tann
so
pls pray for me that it'll be sunny on sunday pls
=)