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Ballet dancers

Besides figure skating, I also love to watch ballet. However, I’ve never had special favorite ballet dancer in the past. I just love to watch beautiful elegant movements of Russian ladies ballet dancers and also was interested in the story. My favorite theme was always “ Giselle “ and “ Nut cracker”. Recently, I found an amazing men’s ballet dancer called “ Daniil Simkin “ who is from Austria. I found him in Johnny ( Weir )’s Myspace a several month ago but at that time my mind was full of about skating COP, so I didn’t pay attention for his performances. And after the skating COP season (2007-2008 ) was over , one day there was an American men’s ballet dancer documentary on TV, and by chance, my husband and I both saw it. We both were not so inspired with the performances the TV program showed, because it looked like sports, acrobat or Chinese Kung fu , instead of classic ballet. More technically performance than artistry. It’s too masculine for me... I wonder is it because of c