I love how blunt and honest Anthony Dowell always seems to be in interviews.

I love great Ballet Dancers. Darcey Bussell and many dancers have devoted to the greatest beautiful art to us.

Darcy is being so kind! Dealing with those little so-and-sos at the kirov must have been pretty horrid, but she remains so diplomatic

She didn't say there was anything wrong with it, she was just pointing out the differences. It's very normal to be respectful of the 'masters' in any walk of life.

Do you have the rest? could you upload the rest?

Nice to see Bussell/Zelensky partnership documented here in the late 90s. Thanks for posting. Adding Zelensky's name to the summary or tag should help his fans find him more easily. Just a suggestion.

did you see lopatkina and volochkova

I am sorry,was that reply aimed at me? I trained at Royal Swedish Ballet school and I have danced for 10 years, 3 of that as a classical dancer and I have never EVER been told off or felt I should not ask a principal dancer a question.I have even managed to kick a principal dancer on the leg in class and I was mortified, her response was "If you are in my way, I will kick you back" and smiled. PLEASE do NOT criticize me about something YOU don't know.

I think ballet world is definitively competitive (haha a blood sport) I must admit i am not pretty, and i am shure that is a problem, anyway part of being a dancer is never give up

@DancerWithTheBadKnee I disagree, I feel we (ballet dancers) should not say or intend that our art form is this sphere. It shouldn't be this arrogant world where people outside of ballet wouldn't understand. I don't know if you EVER danced in your life or your probably just a admirer of ballet but real artist are as normal as anyone else in the outside world. Ballet doesn't save lives, doesn't end wars, doesn't cure diseases... get over it!

And what is so strange with people asking a principal dancer a question? i can understand the thing about ho stands where etc but talking to another human being, is that something you have to wait until they say it is ok? They are principal dancers, not kings or queens...or? Maybe the tutus have gone to their heads...