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David Hallberg
American
Dancer
Ballet
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Me
World
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Because of the way I'm built, I constantly have to strengthen. This is sort of a ritual: I put on my tights first, and right when I'm about to put on my costume, I get down on the floor, and I plank.
David Hallberg
First
Down
Way
Constantly
About
Costume
Ritual
Put
Sort
Because
Built
Tights
Get
Plank
Floor
Right
Strengthen
I love the dancers in the Bolshoi, but all of my Moscow friends are outside the company. A friend introduced me to Vika Gazinskaya, a well-known Russian designer. I met her group. The rest is history.
David Hallberg
Love
Me
History
Rest
Met
Group
Dancers
Introduced
Russian
Outside
Moscow
Friend
Friends
Company
Her
Designer
New York at times runs me dry because there's so much to do. There's never enough time to do everything. It's nice to have the balance in Moscow.
David Hallberg
Time
Me
Balance
Nice
Enough
Enough Time
Everything
Runs
Never
New
Moscow
Dry
Because
Times
York
New York
Much
When I went to Moscow, I felt I was relearning Swan Lake - which was written for the Bolshoi - and being immersed in a tradition and history I had never experienced. It took a while to adjust to living there and learning the language, but now I have lots of friends. I get the best of two completely different worlds.
David Hallberg
Best
History
Learning
Language
Living
Worlds
Took
Immersed
Adjust
Never
Had
Written
Moscow
Felt
Tradition
Lots
Friends
Get
Being
Different
Experienced
Lake
Which
While
Swan
Now
Different Worlds
Two
Ballet is incestuous. This world is smaller than small.
David Hallberg
World
Small
Smaller
Ballet
Than
Bejart is almost never performed in New York City; critically, he just gets attacked here.
David Hallberg
Critically
City
Attacked
Never
He
Almost
Performed
New
York
Gets
Just
New York
New York City
Here
I stopped acting Romeo and just became Romeo.
David Hallberg
Became
Just
Stopped
Romeo
Acting
The Bolshoi style is bigger and more emotional, in a way that I love. It has the freshness and intensity that is like what I've tried to achieve in my dance-acting roles.
David Hallberg
Love
Achieve
Style
Way
Tried
More
Emotional
Like
Freshness
Roles
Intensity
Bigger
Russians are very discerning about ballet. They're very opinionated about what classical ballet is.
David Hallberg
Classical
About
Russians
Discerning
Opinionated
Ballet
Very
I'm not one who goes to a lot of fashion shows or tries to infiltrate that world, really.
David Hallberg
Fashion
World
Tries
Lot
Goes
Infiltrate
Really
Who
Shows
I've been interested in art and fashion for as long as I can remember because they are so visual. I am fascinated by the idea of visual creation from the ground up, which is a challenge in ballet when the audience has seen every show of yours, every other principal that you've shared a role with, and every different production.
David Hallberg
Art
Fashion
You
Remember
Challenge
Long
Seen
Creation
Every
Other
Visual
Shared
Idea
Principal
Because
Audience
Am
Ballet
Been
Up
Role
Different
Which
Interested
Production
Show
Ground
Yours
Fascinated
I've always questioned the way dancers, myself included, must do the same role year in and year out. It's important for me to be able to say to myself, 'O.K., I don't want to be a prince anymore. I want to put on a leather jockstrap and pose.'
David Hallberg
Myself
Me
Important
Year
Dancers
Way
Say
Out
Must
Able
Put
Prince
Always
Leather
Questioned
Role
Same
Want
Anymore
Included
Pose
If I can relay anything, it's that if someone has a dream, and it isn't the norm of what others are doing around you, it doesn't matter. Reach for it. Go for it - because I'm a shining example of that.
David Hallberg
You
Matter
Example
Others
Relay
Dream
Someone
Reach
Because
Around
Doing
Go
Go For It
Norm
Shining
Anything
With Bolshoi technique, the movements are quite large, the jumps are big, and I'm a tall dancer, so I've learned to use my height more, to elongate my moves, jumps and positions. I'm physically using my body more to my advantage.
David Hallberg
Big
Positions
Dancer
More
Physically
Advantage
Learned
Tall
Jumps
Quite
Movements
Moves
Height
Body
Use
Large
Using
Technique
Ballet needs figures that people can recognize and relate to. People don't know ballet dancers as well as they know other artists.
David Hallberg
Needs
People
Other
Relate
Dancers
Recognize
Know
Well
Ballet
Artists
Figures
I will never stop questioning. I will never stop wanting more and discovering other things and wanting to do other things. That will always be a part of me, and it's something I've come to terms with.
David Hallberg
Me
Will
Other
Something
More
Never
Part
Never Stop
Come
Terms
Always
Discovering
Questioning
Stop
Wanting
Things
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