to cheer up a dear friend...

[delos13]

Dear selket531, I know life has been harsh towards you recently though the rays of hope started to pierce the darkness. I know you like ballet and Baryshnikov is one of your favorite dancers. I recently came across this post, I hope you'll enjoy watching it; I only wish you could understand the words of song, it makes the dance even more meaningful. http://

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Merci mon cher ami!

[selket531]

I love White Nights and have long wondered about the song Baryishnikov dances to. I did discover Votsotsky through YouTube, but never the lyrics through the song. Thank you. Yes, they are a bit to close too close for comfort right now. Lately the Moirai or the Erinyes, perhaps both of them are playing dice with me, I think. I am trying to be a good sport. Suffered a little mishap a week ago, and my car went into a ditch which was full of water, so I lost my laptop. It was a new experience, I must say to sit in a car and watch the water flood in wondering....hum... Thank the gods for 911, our er number here in the US.

Anyway, Russian has always fascinated me. The fatalism that seems to compel. At least that's what I've been told by some friends I had who were from St. Petersburg. He told me an old peasant saying that stays in my head a lot right now I don't know if it is accurate or not, but I know you will:

"God and the Tsar are very far away."

Yes, I agree.

BTW I agree Nureyev was the greatest dancer, Baryisnikov I love, but Nureyev, I feel with his desire to press forward and extend the boundaries of dance for men made it possible for him to follow. I think he paid a high price, and was not only a superb dancer, but a tremendously courageous individual, perhaps more than those who applaud him only for his contributions to dance. The more I learn about him, and I know a good deal, having studied dance at SF Ballet as a child, etc. the more I find he is a soul to admire and perhaps even emulate. I find it interesting that they both were students of Alexander Pushkin.

Again, Merci for your thoughtfulness.