Just a demi plié in the fourth position... and a conversation...

Yes, just the other day, I was just discussing with a dancer - who shall remain nameless - the necessity of not "faking" a demi plié in the fourth position and going "deep", when I realized that he was filming me... naughty, naughty boy!

Ricardo, this old boy here, does not belong to the category "elderly dancer showing that he can still do it in front of a camera", no way... I don't like it much! No, I don’t like it at all!

But one important question was born from a funny video and from this conversation. I would like your opinion:

We were discussing my “past” as a dancer and how it “helps” me on my critiques… Don't you think that it is extremely necessary that a critic should understand at least the simplest notions, the basic principles of ballet before "daring" to write a critique on this very special Art form?

I'll leave you with that today