FITNESS. FASHION. FOOD.
The athletes who smile
A night spent admiring sculpt bodies and contortionistic movements gains different colours after discovering all the hard work that goes into the art of ballet
Published by Silvia Cerisara on 1/05/18
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Something most people don’t think about while watching these performers is all the work that goes into the beautiful choreographies, which is actually incredibly hard, exhausting and draining.
“I do think these people are athletes as well as performers, I think you can see it from their bodies and the muscles, I think the endurance, the muscles and the resistance that they got is the same of an athlete, so they are athletes altogether,” continued Andreoli, who is not alone in thinking of these performers as athletes.
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The Royal Opera House, there is no better place to start what is anticipated to be a magical evening. Many people gathered here to see the first performance of Manon with guests Marianela Núñez and Roberto Bolle, two of the current best ballet dancers in the world.
The theatre is packed with people excited to see the two stars in action and after the first act there are no doubts left: the chemistry, the performance, everything exceeds expectations and the public is tumbling with enthusiasm. Many people are particularly involved as the pair’s chemistry truly is remarkable and makes it hard to look at anything else on stage but them.
“I’ve seen him in Milan with Mrs Núñez which is dancing with him and I really like it. I think the chemistry together is awesome! ” said specialist nurse Luigi Andreoli, 34, whose passion for ballet transpires as he speaks.
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Father Alan Robinson, 65, shared his view on all the hard work that’s behind those smiles people see on stage: “I go to the gym regularly and I see people working out and stuff but none of them are as athletic, as fit, as flexible or agile as these people. These people work so hard, they have to do a class which is an hour and a half long every morning, and then they rehears, then they perform, and it’s the same every day except from Sunday, every day they have to do that, and smile while doing it. I have this friend who’s in the company and she played one of the swans in the Swan Lake, and it’s marvelous, but she says that you might be standing there, with a cramp in your leg or something in your eye, and all you have to do is stand there and you have to look great and just smile. It’s a very very difficult disciplined art.”
All the years of hard work truly paid off for both of these dancers whose careers are skyrocketing and those who are lucky enough to be here to witness such magic happening on stage will remember this night for the rest of their lives.