July 6th, 2008
…shows on different countries I am stopping by at my parents place in Frankfurt, Germany, as I currently am. Since my last post one month ago I’ve been around quite a lot. I’ve been to Seoul in Korea, Taipei in Taiwan and to Astana in Kazakhstan. Tomorrow I’m leaving for 4 performances in Italy: Roma, Florence, Treviso and Acqui.
After all that I will relax and enjoy myself in Varna, Bulgaria for two weeks watching the competition and swimming in the black sea. I repeat, I will not dance in Varna, not in the competition, nor in the gala.
PS: Photo was taken by the New York based dance photographer Eduardo Patino
June 4th, 2008
I wrote that one post on a flight, most of which is mindless mumbling…anyway someone might like to still read it…:
Another flight. A lot of time to spend as useful as possible.
Well, I am in the plane from Franfurt to Korea and actually I kinda get really used to fly these days lol. Some twenty hours ago I was in St. Petersburg Russia dancing Les Bourgeois in an Openair gala performance. Performance went fine, but for the first time I experienced what the people call the white nights in Russia.
White Nights
First what comes to my mind is of course the infamous hollywood-cold war-anti-soviet-kitchy-love story-movie ‚White Nights‘ with our beloved Mikhail Baryshnikov, which probably saw a lot of people not because of the wonderful story, but because of the actors playing in it.
Anyway here is the probably most famous excerpt of the movie:
When it’s bright in the night the night(-life) itself feels different, more alive (I know this sounds weird). But anyway I think I just got a small ‚touch‘ what the White nights are about.
Anyway of course this night I didn’t sleep due to the fact that I was picked up at 3:30 in the morning which was 1:30am in Frankfurt (where I travelled from the day before.) I flied back to Frankfurt, where I slept and repacked my things. And now I am back in the plane flying to Seoul where I will be performing in two Galas and staying almost for a week.
Somehow flying becomes for me to be something special, something more and more useful. I can feel how I can use my time every time better and better with things I still have to do or want to do. I learn how to keep my efficiency up on a high level and it feels good therefore.
This is one thing I admire flying for and what brings me to talk about dance.
The same thing happens with my dancing. Every time I perform a step, every time I execute an exercise, or I perform a variation or an excerpt, it leads my body to heighten its efficiency. Well of course not every time. I was a little exaggerating. There are days the body cannot improve anything, some days it just has to keep the current status of shape, of control, of efficiency. I don’t think any dancers likes these days, since these days are unproductive.
Anyway I’m gone to watch another episode of House M.D. … anyway I’ll write again soon!
May 27th, 2008
Dear readers and followers. I am on the road. After being to Toronto (it went ok), Malaga (good experience with my new partner Maria Kochetkova), I am sitting in the plane from Kazan, Russia back to Frankfurt.
Kazan was a great experience for me (except the horrible hotel with no broadband Internet connection…wahhh!) . First of all I danced the second full Don Quixote performance of my life there. It went great and I am happy for this. Furthermore I was able to dance two more galas there dancing Les Bourgeois and Don Quixote PDD. I am normally a person becoming better and better if I dance in the same conditions, so I especially liked the feeling of familiarity after the first performance. Furthermore I was able to watch some performances in the Nureyev Festival (which gave me a lot), like Gracheva - Uvarov in La Bayadere and Osipova - Merkuriev in Giselle. I met so many old friends… .
Anyway now I am staying for 3 days in Frankfurt to regenerate my body & mind. After this I am off for one day and a show of Les Bourgeois in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 31 and from there I am flying with a stop in Frankfurt (to eat my mothers‘ pelmeni one more time) to Seoul, Korea. I am kinda worried about Korea… I am definately coming, but I am not sure with who I will be dancing with…anyway it is not your problem.
That should be enough for now. I am sorry for not keeping you updated so often, but I’ll try to do it more often than I did in the last days…
By the way. I am working on a new design for my blog. It will take some time…
May 3rd, 2008
Dear readers, followers and friends. It is now finally official. As of fall 2008 I am joining American Ballet Theatre as a soloist.
Beside this I am currently in Toronto for the Gala Stars of the 21st Century.
Everything is fine and I will get back to my blog when I have some more time 
