**Ballet Bows Out!**
Dearest Dance Delights,
Gather 'round, darlings, and prepare to be scandalized. A news bulletin has just sashayed across my desk that is as shocking as a rogue pas de deux at a Royal Ballet premiere. Hold onto your diamante tiaras, because ballet, our beloved, timeless art form, is *throwing in the towel*!
Yes, you read that right! The grand dame of dance, with its history stretching back to the opulent courts of Louis XIV, is about to do a graceful pirouette into the annals of history. But fear not, dear dance devotees, this isn't a tragic tale of swan lake swan song. This is more like a… well, a graceful swan dive into the bright and fabulous unknown.
It's official! From this very day forward, 17 December 1996, the classic pink and white tutus, the legendary leotards and the time-honoured ballet shoes will all be… retired!
I know what you're thinking - "How can we possibly say goodbye to the magic of ballet?" And trust me, darlings, it's not easy! It's like biddy-bye to a long and passionate affair with a French lover – full of grace, sophistication, and the occasional, shall we say, "grand jeté" into the realms of dramatic tears. But all things, even love affairs, must eventually end. And as they say, the only constant in life is change.
So what's a ballet enthusiast to do now that their beloved swan costume has flown the coop? We must move forward, darling! We must *leap* into the unknown. Embrace the new. And what could be more exciting than this radical and revolutionary change in our cherished art form?
Instead of the elegant twirls and the graceful arabesques, the ballet stage will now become the haven for *contemporary movement*, the platform for *wild expressions*, and the canvas for *a dance style* that is more reflective of the modern times, dare I say it, *more '90s!*
I can see it now, my dear readers! We will witness breathtakingly bold and powerful routines with:
- Dancers who will ditch their tights for fishnet stockings.
- Choreography where they break out of the strict, rigid traditional techniques.
- Ballet shoes, as we know them, will be swapped out for killer platforms! (Think Manolo Blahnik or Jimmy Choo – because a girl's gotta strut her stuff.)
- They'll dance to a sound track that isn't *only* Tchaikovsky!
- Maybe they'll wear a bit of leather here, a hint of metal there!
And wouldn't it be positively divine, darlings, to see our dancers don the boldest of new "costumes." Instead of tutus, we can embrace outfits that are more avant-garde – a splash of vibrant neon, perhaps a little "cyber-chic", maybe a hint of street style thrown in! After all, ballet, for years, has been trapped within the Victorian era and a strict code of conduct! Let's have some fun, darling! Let's free the ballerinas, liberate the dance!
So, the future of ballet, my dears, is a bright one! It will no longer be the traditional, structured, and almost Victorian dance we've come to know and love. Oh, the change, the evolution, the *revolution*! A ballet that’s vibrant, bold and utterly modern will grace the stages, leaving audiences enthralled in ways they've never dreamt possible. We’ll witness daring and edgy moves that will leave us breathless, inspired, and undeniably...entertained!
I can see it, can’t you, darlings? It will be quite *simply fabulous! * I’ve always felt a tutu was a bit constricting, you know what I mean?
So, join me in raising a glass of champagne to this *evolution* in our beloved ballet, and raise another toast, darlings, to the brave ballerinas who are going to rock these revolutionary new routines.
From one dance devotee to another, let's keep dancing, darling!
Your Fashionable Friend,
Beryl Bloom