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1. Amael952002 says:

   Your dad and you are fantastic. Go on, you’ll be an international star as “danseur étoile”.
   Spassiba.

   December 5th, 2007 at 9:49 pm

2. King Douglas says:

   Thanks for posting the fabulous videos. You have a great career ahead of you. Your father must be very proud. All the best.

   December 6th, 2007 at 8:55 pm

3. Amrita Massaguer says:

   Hey Daniil! i’m a ballet lover on the(rocky) way to becoming a dancer, and i just think your dancing is INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! looking at your pieces gives me so much courage and happinness! thank u! congrats on ur new blog, it looks great!and good luck with keeping up the writing,hope u r better than me with regularity or we’ll all be in trouble here! all da best!

   December 6th, 2007 at 10:56 pm

4. italo de oliveira says:

   oi daniil sinkin tudo bom espero que vc me ententa pois sou brasileiro,escrevo pois sou seu fa de coraçao, meu sonho tambem e ser um grande bailarino assim como vc, adoro vc, vc dançe demais cara espero que vc me responda pois te admiro muito cara pretendo vencer como bailarino tambem,acho vc um charme um grande artista mesmo espero que vc me responda mesmo de coraçao um super beijo e um grande abraçosss!!!!do seu fã que te adora:ITALO

   December 8th, 2007 at 2:30 am

5. Rasa says:

   Mielas Daniil,
   penktadien? buvome spektaklyje “Don Kichotas”. Man ir sesei labai patiko kaip tu šokai. Ypa? tada, kai tau plojo, vos tik ?žengei ? scen?. Tu šaunus. Lauksim sugr?žtant.

   Rasa, Vilnius, Lithuania

   December 8th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

6. Rasa says:

   Mielas Daniil,
   Mums patiko, kaip tu sokai spektaklyje “Don Kichotas”. Lauksim sugriztant.

   Rasa, Vilnius, Lithuania.

   December 8th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

7. Mikayla says:

   You are amazing. Congrats on your accomplishments.

   December 13th, 2007 at 6:00 pm

8. Yann says:

   Grats for the new site Daniil! Feels great! Nice design and atmosphere!

   Yann

   December 16th, 2007 at 1:02 am

9. Ashley says:

   Hey I found you on YouTube and now you are one of my favorite dancers, especially for being so young. Your pirouettes and your extension is amazing! You should come perform in NYC someday soon!!! God Bless!

   Ashley

   December 19th, 2007 at 8:03 am

10. Alexandre Cardoso says:

    Daniil, Parabens pelo D quixote. Hj na casa de uma amigo conheçi seus videos de dança, vi o video da Gala em Praga que vc dança com o seu pai (My Way). SOu brasileiro, aluno da Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil.
    Parabens pelo seu sucesso, e sei que vc ainda brilhará nos palcos do mundo, falo isso pq sei reconheçer uma estrela assim que vejo uma.

    Mais uma vez Parabens…

    December 20th, 2007 at 10:05 pm

11. sigalit says:

    daniil- your grace and charm is a gift i thank g-d for just so i can have the mere pleasure of watching you dance-
    -your father is a little comedian- i just luv luv luv the choreography he designed for your competitions!

    i hope you come to nyc- would very much like to see you perform live

    best, sigalit

    December 21st, 2007 at 8:30 am

12. Zaure says:

    Hallo, Daniil!
    Wie geht’s dir? Ich hoffe, bei dir ist alles OK!
    Ich habe schon zwei- oder dreimal in deinem Gastbuch geschrieben, aber leider habe keine Anwort bekommen!
    Ich kann sagen, dass ich ein echter Ballettfan bin und du wirklich ein urwuechsiges Talent bist!

    Im voraus besten Dank fuer die zukuenftige Antwort! ;))

    Deine Zaure

    December 22nd, 2007 at 8:08 pm

13. dan balan says:

    yuty

    December 24th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

14. andrei says:

    you are a verry good dancer:D!!!!!!good luck

    December 24th, 2007 at 10:47 pm

15. Sanna says:

    Saw you first at Helsinki IBC in 2005 and then in Vienna 2006 together with Malakhov in Giselle.

    You are a star:)

    December 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

16. Matt says:

    Oh my god

    Daniil i love watching you dance and i hope i can soon be like you. im 12 years old and i hope im a brilliant, elegant and graceful whilst dancing like you! i would like to download some of your videos so please contact me if you would.

    matt

    December 27th, 2007 at 1:16 am

17. Piotr Sadowski says:

    You are simply great! Go ahead and Good Luck! Leave alone any obstacle or physical weakness. Always be fantastic, charming and wonderful. God bless you! Happy New Year - 2008!

    Piotr Sadowski
    Warsaw - Poland
    Dec. the 28th, 2007

    December 28th, 2007 at 11:48 am

18. Katharina says:

    looking forwards to seeing you as prince in nutcracker! its great that finally you got a principal part at the state opera:-)
    all the best,
    Katharina

    December 28th, 2007 at 11:44 pm

19. Natalia Carrusca says:

    Hi daniil!
    i saw your don quixote’s video (youtube)… and it’s stunning!!! i live in brazil and, i’m gonna tell you: you’re starting being famous for here!

    ^^
    love watching you…
    I hope someday your company come to brazil!!!
    your wonderful!
    kisses!

    December 30th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

20. Mi-Gyeong says:

    Glückliches Neues Jahr, Daniil !
    Stay healthy all the time and good luck to you. Wish you a very happy new year !

    Mi-Gyeong

    January 1st, 2008 at 4:02 am

21. rachel says:

    Our bright star of the century !!!!!! It has missed all these years

    Bon courage

    January 2nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm

22. Juan Cruz Argento says:

    Hi!! You are a excellent dancer.. These in contact for msn.

    January 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 am

23. Mi-Gyeong says:

    Hey Daniil,

    Last December, A TV program broadcasted and it’s about reintroduce how many performances have done in Korea 2007.
    And also you were on TV a few seconds.
    There were about Musical, Opera….and during reintroduce about Ballet performances, also mentioned about Gala World Ballet Stars on Jan 2007. But only you were appearing on TV with subtitles of Vienna State Opera Ballet ‘Daniil Simkin’.
    [check out the captured pic -
    http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff253/balletic/071226SDTVXviD_002765195.jpg
    There was not mentioned other dancers who performed that show
    It was interesting ’cause there were many dancers that gala show but you only on TV.
    You know….it means how YOU were the best admirable in the Gala Show !

    PS. I wish you the best luck for debut as the Prince in ‘Nutcracker’ on next Wednesday. I believe you will doing superbly ! CHEERS !

    January 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am

24. Yvette says:

    i adore your talent and passion as a dancer and ballet!
    I loved all your performance you posted on youtube but I must say my favorites are the ‘my way’ gala performance
    anyways. best of luck and happy newyear!

    all the best,
    Yvette

    January 6th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

25. me says:

    i like you;)

    January 12th, 2008 at 5:00 am

26. Lilit Markosian says:

    Hi.

    I was just going through youtube and i found your vedios! your a real insparation, ive been dancing ballet since i was 3 or even before that i can’t remember… I think your an amazing dancer! I’m from San Fransisco California and it’s my dream to go touring all over europe!!! your soo lucky! and i go to an art school i draw and do photography and your paintings are pretty cool! O.O! my teacher would like them!

    January 13th, 2008 at 10:00 am

27. Danny Enrique says:

    Daniil, I’m going to buy my tickets for your performance in New York. Your CUBAN fans will be there cheering you!!! On YOU-TUBE I’m Qbendanny1.We all love you! Te queremos mucho eres brillante!!!!

    January 13th, 2008 at 11:12 am

28. Mi-Gyeong says:

    Some of already know the info though might be interesting who looking forward to see the performance in New York.

    15 Year Anniversary Celebration Gala Stars of the 21st Century
    Monday February 11, 7:30PM
    Lincoln Center, New York

    Poster :
    http://www.starsofthe21stcentury.com/stars/events/images/newyork2008.jpg

    Daniil’s program :
    Don Quixote Pas de Deux (with Roberta Marquez of Royal Ballet), Les Bourgeois, Moorhuhn

    from ballet forums

    CHEERS

    January 20th, 2008 at 9:38 am

29. Marian says:

    Danil you rusian?parle rusien i am from |Moldova

    January 23rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm

30. Su says:

    Daniil, simple the best!!!
    Mach weiter wie bisher, und du wirst einer der besten Tänzer des 21.Jhdt.Ich wünsche dir das Alerbeste, und freu mich schon auf M&M am 20.3.08 Toi,toi,toi!!

    January 24th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

31. boris says:

    hola daniil como estas espero q muy bien aaaaa se q ya deves estar cansado de escuchar lo bueno q eres bailando no pero solo te queria preguntar quien mas esta detras de ese gran bailarin mas que conocer al bailarin me gustaria conocerte ati yo tambien estudio ballet y tambien me gusta pero creo que deveriamos ser mas que solo grandes cuerpos q pueden hacer maravillas si quieres una amigo que con quien hablar de lo q sea cualquier cosa no importa q sea buscame borisito1322@hotmail.com ok un abrazo y un beso

    January 26th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

32. Katharina says:

    Congrats for the Opernball!! you are just brilliant! also all my best compliments for Nutcracker! Vienna can be very happy to have you:-)
    greetings,
    Katharina

    February 3rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm

33. Mi-Gyeong says:

    I wish you all the best luck in NY !!

    Hope there is a video which can see

    February 9th, 2008 at 3:47 am

34. Jessica says:

    hola daniil,

    Primero felicitar…eres muy bueno!! yo soy bailarina profesional en Perú, gané medalla de bronce en el concurso internacional de Cuba hace ya varios años, pero por cuestiones de la vida y por el nivel de cultura en mi país, mi vida todo otro rumbo, es decir, estudie una carrera profesional y ahora soy Ing. de Sistemas.
    Bueno te quería consultar un detalle no sé si has escuhado hablar de Rolando Sarabia, él es un bailarín cubano y según la critica considerado el sucesor de Baryshnikov, sin embargo, considero en ti y tu profesionalismo y por la edad que tienes,ya que eres muy joven, que tu deberías también ser considera como el sucesor ya que tienes un excelente futuro por delante. Te reitero mis felicitaciones otra vez!! y como compañera sé que esta carrera es muy dura y sacrificada sigue con todo tu optimismo y luchando por el amor que tienes por este bello arte.

    Hello Daniil,

    First to congratulate you … you’re very good! I’m a professional dancer in Peru, won bronze medal in the international competition of Cuba several years ago, but on issues of life and the level of culture in my country, my life took other way, I consider a professional career and now I’m Systems Eng
    Well you wanted to see a detail I don’t know if you have heard the name Rolando Sarabia, he’s a Cuban dancer and according to the critics considered the successor to Baryshnikov, however, believe in yourself and your professionalism, you should also be seen as the successor as you have a great future ahead. I reiterate my congratulations again! And as a colleague I know that this carreer is still very hard and sacrificed, Keep you’re all optimism and fighting for the love that you have for this beautiful art.

    PD: Please forgive my gramatic if I make some mistakes

    February 9th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

35. lina says:

    hey i just saw you prefrom tonight at the stars of the 21st century
    you were amazing i enjoyed your preformances the most i hope to see you soon =]

    February 12th, 2008 at 8:30 am

36. Aimée says:

    Hi Daniil.
    Hope all is well. I saw you last night (02.11.08) @ NYC Lincoln Center Stars of the 21st Century Int’l Gala. The entire extravaganza was absolutely phenomenal! I will not be bashful in saying you were outstandingly amazing and therefore my favorite. I hope to hear more about you and see you perform again.
    cheers!
    Aimée

    February 12th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

37. Andris Liepa says:

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    February 14th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

38. Andris Liepa says:

    Dear Dmitry and Daniil,

    Maris Liepa foundation kindly ask you to provide us we you direct contact information, preferebly telephone numbers to have possibilities to discuss our future projects with your participations.
    Adris Liepa would like to talk to you about the plans.

    Best regards,

    Foundation manager

    Natalia Ivanova

    February 14th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

39. vilma says:

    Happy Valentine Danil (little late one though) and my best wishes for the future

    February 15th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

40. Eduardo68 says:

    Congrats for the Opernball!! you are just brilliant! also all my best compliments for Nutcracker! Vienna can be very happy to have you:-)
    greetings,

    Eduardo

    February 17th, 2008 at 5:10 am

41. Mi-Gyeong says:

    Knock Knock~~~
    Here are some reviews with Daniil’s dancing photo in ‘Stars of the 21st Century’.
    It seems that he were the BEST ;)

    http://www.dancemagazine.com/reviews/February-2008/Stars-of-the-21st-Century

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/arts/dance/13cent.html

    http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2008/02/useful.html

    http://www.nysun.com/article/71290

    February 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

42. Elizabeth Schiler says:

    Daniil,
    I will be making your prize tunic from the 2006 International Ballet Competition in Jackson. I have your measurements and it will be in production in May. I will be in Berlin June 12-15 but will not be able to get to Vienna (I wish I could). If you could contact me with the address to send the tunic it will be better for me to send it from Berlin than pay the shipping to send it from Texas, USA. BTW, you were wonderful in Jackson and I knew you had to win…. I should have measured you myself while I was there.
    Elizabeth Schiller, TutusDivine
    etschiller@sbcglobal.net

    February 21st, 2008 at 7:20 am

43. ale says:

    hello daniil…i’m italian!!!i’m a “dancer”.
    is true that you are “barishnikov…2″???
    see you…
    hello venus villa,too…
    the blog is very well!!!

    February 25th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

44. Aurora says:

    hi well im from mexico, and i like so much the ballet especilly you, i dont now so much speak english, sorry for that… i really dont now dance ballet, im so bad jaja, but i like see how all the people who practice ballet expressed so much feelings, i like the art, and the dance is a perfect manner for expressed, sorry for my bad spelling… see you latter bye bye

    February 26th, 2008 at 1:12 am

45. andismile says:

    heo.. gibts eigentlich einen Fanclub in Wien??? Wär doch angebracht, oder? Also ich hab mal ne Gruppe im StudiVZ gegründet Daniil, darf ich ein Bild von dir da reinstellen?

    March 1st, 2008 at 1:23 am

46. Andrey Lankinen says:

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    March 1st, 2008 at 8:34 pm

47. Andrey Lankinen says:

    Apreciado Daniil,
    Veo que mi pregunta no aparece por no aceptar el cirilico su sitio’WEB.
    Sabemos que se planifica su participacion en San Petersburgo a finales de Marzo.
    No hay manera de asistir su propio concierto en San Petersburgo?
    Le deseamos mucho exito desde ciudad imperial y capital de ballet.
    Andrei Lankinen

    March 1st, 2008 at 8:41 pm

48. From JAPAN says:

    Hello daniil-!

    I saw your schedule.
    There is “Gala performances in Japan,
    and two times in Tokyo.”in Aug 6 – 13 2008.
    What Gala is that?
    Please tell your japanese fan.
    I’m looking forward to see your dance.

    Thank you,
    T.I

    March 6th, 2008 at 10:00 am

49. irene fok li says:

    I wish to know of your calendar of performances, so that I can go to see you dance

    March 8th, 2008 at 12:29 am

50. Julietta says:

    Hallo Daniil!
    Ich schreibe dir auf Deutsch, da ich nicht so gut auf English schreiben kann. Ich bin ebenfalls Tänzerin und ich habe Ballet nicht nur in Argentinien(Heimat) gelernt sondern auch in Deutschland(Geburtsort). Ich habe mit unterschiedliche Choreographen gearbeitet und in der Heinz Bosl-Stiftung mitgetanzt. Ich bewundere dich als Tänzer u als Interpret. Wünsche dir viel Glück für deine Zukunft in Wien!!! Toi,Toi,Toi!!!
    Julietta(19)

    March 8th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

51. Audrey says:

    I’m so silly, I’ve just found out you are going to Taipei in this June after I said that I might go to Japan to watch your performaces. I live in Taipei, and now I’m really looking forward to seeing you here~

    March 15th, 2008 at 12:08 am

52. Kim youn ji says:

    Hello..
    um~ I’m always whoop it up
    to U.
    your performance are makes me disquiet.
    I hope to see u again on stage.

    bye~! - from Korea -

    March 15th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

53. ballet freaker says:

    hi! danny~ wow~ it’s gald to heard that u r going to attend the gala in june..
    i’m your big fan …wow…don’t know how to tell my feeling..it’s great u will attend ~~look forward to see u on stage of taiwan~

    March 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

54. Alexa Martinez says:

    hello daniil.
    aunque yo no pueda ver tus funcion en vivo las veo por video. pero de igual forma bailas hermoso!!!!
    cuidate

    March 18th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

55. Nina De Santos says:

    Dear Mr. Simkin,

    Was it difficult to be trained by your parents?

    You are a fabulous dancer, by the way!

    Nina

    March 20th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

56. MissHaraKei says:

    I’ve just felt in love with you(r) way of dancing…
    I’ll think about you the next 11th at the Royal Opera House. My first ballet: The Sleeping Beauty! I’m looking foward!
    Oh, forgive my bad English. I’m Spanish. Hope to see you at the Royal Theatre (Madrid) very very soon.

    March 20th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

57. Cynthia Tsai says:

    (sorry, my English is not very well ^^” )I dance ballet in Taiwan . I am not dancing as a professional dancer,but I am trying to dance as well as I can. After watched your video, you are my super idol!!!!! (( like you so much )) ???! (( “I’ve just found out you are going to Taipei in this June after ”
    It make me feel very excited. ))

    March 20th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

58. Rebeca says:

    Hi!!Daniil, you dance very beautiful, I expect you, to come Mexico. ^_^

    March 23rd, 2008 at 2:09 am

59. Camille says:

    Hello,
    I don’t really know what to say (in addition, my english is not really good…). When I see you dancing, I feel so strange, as if you were an angel
    Continue on this way…
    I hope to see you soon in France.

    March 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm

60. Christine says:

    Dear Daniil, My family and I have just been watching you on Sky TV in the Prague Gala Performance. Your dancing enthralled us. Are you planning to appear in London or anywhere else in the UK in the near future? I wish you all the very best for a glittering future,
    Good Luck and God Bless,
    Christine from London.

    March 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am

61. tingyu_tsai says:

    Hello~ I think you are very busy now , I cheer you on
    ^^

    March 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm

62. Angelina says:

    Hello!My name is Angelina!I am from Russia!I saw you,Daniil,at the Dance open in Saint-Petersburg!Actualy I am from Cheliabinsk!But I study at Vaganova Ballet Academy!I want to dance with you?but I am 15!!!You are the great dancer!Thank you!!!!!

    March 31st, 2008 at 5:42 pm

63. Cynthia Tsai says:

    we are always with you

    ?? ^^

    April 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

64. Abigail says:

    Hello Daniil!
    Your dancing is exceptional. ( :
    I fell in your love with your dancing after watching videos of you on youtube. ( ;
    Your stage presence is supperrb. ( :
    Unfortunately, I live all the way in Indonesia. ) :
    So, I don’t think there will be any plans in the near future on seeing you. ) :
    I wish you all the best.

    Good luck. ( ;
    Abigail.

    April 5th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

65. Elsa says:

    Dear Daniil,

    I discovered you thanks to an article in Châtelaine magazine written by Caroline Fortin here in Montréal. I too was once a ballet dancer and I would like to express my great admiration for your work. Your interpretation of Bourgeois is fabulous! Come and visit us in Montréal, you have many fans!

    Kind regards,
    Elsa

    April 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

66. christine says:

    superb dancing! i can see that you really enjoy dancing ballet

    April 7th, 2008 at 1:17 am

67. Danielle says:

    Hi! I just ran across your videos on youtube, and you are an amazing dancer!

    April 7th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

68. Diane Charette says:

    Hi! I’am from Canada, Québec to be more precise so I am a francophone and my english writing is not very good. But I want to express the joy the video of you dancing le bourgeois of Brel made to me. Seing a young boy with that perfect smile and all those mouvement really move me deeply. So I look at the fallen angel and other of the video that was there.. You have a special gift a kind of joy transpire in your way of moving.. Hold on to that someting special in your soul that make you dance like that. Tank you very much those emotion are rare and precious.

    April 14th, 2008 at 12:48 am

69. Elsa says:

    Dear Daniil,

    I just discovered your blog and I must say, I am quite impressed! I would love to see you dancing some day…hopefully soon. I will try to think of your amazing dancing during my next ballet class.
    All the best,
    Elsa

    April 16th, 2008 at 11:42 am

70. Anne-Marie Latulippe says:

    You are incredible! You are assured your name in history of ballet. You are an inspiration.

    April 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

71. Mirco says:

    Hallo Daniil,
    du kennst mich nicht aber Dein Vater und Deine Mutter kennen mich und Dich habe ich gesehen wie Du klein warst.
    Ich habe mit Deinen Eltern in Düsseldorf bei Spoerli getanzt( das ist aber wirklich lange her). Ich bin heute selber Ballettmeister und Gastlehrer und lebe zur Zeit in Spanien. Ich wollte durch Dich Deine Eltern grüssen, wenn Du das mach könntest. Ich danke Dir Daniil und wollte noch hinzufügen das Du ein fantastischer Tänzer geworden bist. Wo immer Du tanzt ich wünsche Dir das allerbeste für Dich.

    Mirco Fila

    April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 am

72. Dominique says:

    shalom,
    I am very curious to see you performing ” LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE “.
    It seems to me that it is impossible to reach the intensity and the perfection of Nureyev unless you present a completely different interpretation.
    SEE you

    April 22nd, 2008 at 11:50 am

73. Veronika says:

    hallo. du kennst mich nicht und ich kenne dich auch nicht. Ich tanze ballet zeit ich 4 bin und tus wircklich gern machen. ich lebe in Peru aber meine Familie kommt aus Österrich. na gut ich wollte nur wissen zeit wann du ballt tanzst und wie lande du pro woche trainirst. beso

    April 24th, 2008 at 11:03 pm

74. Elsa says:

    Dear Daniil,

    I am just working on a really bugging translation I have to do till wednesday and wish I could be stretching and rehearsing instead of sitting here and thinking about right words!
    By the way, do you happen to know a good exercise for the grand plié?
    All the best,

    Elsa

    April 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

75. Anarosa says:

    Hola Daniil, es un placer haberte descubirto, ya que ahora después de Polina Semionova eres mi segunda figura de esta nueva generación a la que se debe admirar,valorar y disfrutar con verles danzar, Tienes una técnica tan depurada y una actitud tan agradable a la vista que deleita a cualquiera que te ve bailar, Gracias por darle al mundo un motivo para soñar y por aportar alegria a la vida. Por favor, sé que te presentaras en España, pero ya es tarde, las entradas estan agotadas, estare pendiente para la proxima vez que te encuentres en España para poder disfrutar de un verdadero artista como tu. Con Admiración Anarosa.

    May 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm

76. Simone Newstadt says:

    Hi Daniil,
    I saw you perform tonight at Stars in Toronto. You were superb in “Les Bourgouis”, one of my favourite pieces for men, ever.I think you will dance La Spectre brilliantly, and I wish i could see it.
    To a wonderful future with ABT,you’ll be in good company.
    Merci pour ce soir,
    Simone.

    May 5th, 2008 at 6:35 am

77. Oleg says:

    BRAVO!!!!
    TORONTO, CANADA

    May 7th, 2008 at 3:32 am

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79. matthew Madsen says:

    Great news Daniil Bravo!!! so happy for you we send you lots of love from Toulouse and greetings to your parents

    matthew

    May 10th, 2008 at 6:14 am

80. Svitlana says:

    Dear Daniil,

    Your performance in “Stars of the 21st Century” on May the 4th in Toronto was incredible. My freinds and I were so delighted with your performance and had a long discussion that night. BRAVO!!! Hats off to you!!!

    Is it possible to have a schedules of your performances in Toronto if any are planned this year?

    May 11th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

81. NORIKO says:

    Hello
    I’m just a ballet lover in Japan, unable to speak even English but really looking forward to seeing you in Japan this summer.
    I saw you dancing in YOUTUBE. So lucky and happy. You are so elegant, beautiful and original.
    I have deeply moved.
    Cannot say any other words.

    May 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

82. Olivia Zivot says:

    I am a dancer in toronto, canada, and i am amazed at the amount of precision and technique you have. Also the love you have for the audience is great, and your not fake and say things like ‘i feel the music inside of me’ or ‘the world disappears’. You love to perform, and your real. cute too lol

    xox Olivia

    May 14th, 2008 at 2:50 am

83. Francesco says:

    Hi Daniil. It was an honour to see u tonigt in Malaga. When I see u in Don Quixote I see again Baryshnikov in his beuatifull days. I am sure u can have the same o more exitus of him.
    Ciao
    Francesco
    PER ASPERA AD ASTRA

    May 15th, 2008 at 1:13 am

84. Ting-Yu Tsai says:

    Hello ^^
    I want to be a successful
    dancer like you.
    You are a shining star in my mind.

    keep working!

    May 21st, 2008 at 3:21 pm

85. patricia matheu says:

    dear dancer,,,,,,,,,from chile,,,,,,,,,sudamerica,,,,the last coountry in the world,,( mundo,)..y send my congratulations , you are magnificient,,,,
    y am sad because you dont come here,,,,,,,,,,,,love,,

    May 21st, 2008 at 11:44 pm

86. The Boss. says:

    Do principal dancers have Managers and/or Agents? Whats the average salary of a principal? oh, and you rock.

    May 23rd, 2008 at 1:46 am

87. Elsa says:

    Dear Daniil,

    It is very nice to read more about all the galas you danced in the last weeks and I am really looking forward to see your new blog soon, since it has become my every day “Dream-Break”. I wish you all the best for Korea and that you don’t have to worry about your partner for too long.
    xxx
    Elsa

    May 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

88. Anton Fleurov says:

    Daniil, shall you dance in Mikhailovsky? - No info on the site of the theatre and nowhere

    May 29th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

89. Fuxiao Saper says:

    Oh My God! The first time I saw you was when my ballet teacher showed us a video of you dancing “Les Bourgeois”. You were AMAZING, we were all awed. I live in Chicago, and can’t wait to see you in ABT!!!

    June 1st, 2008 at 8:20 pm

90. Nicole Lee says:

    Beautiful dancing.Keep up the good work and keep me inform when you perform for ABT. I will come to a real talent.

    tks Nicole

    June 2nd, 2008 at 6:27 am

91. Mi-Gyeong says:

    WELCOME TO KOREA-with the most fickle weather of this year !

    June 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pm

92. jesus arroyo navarro says:

    Hi, my name’s Jesus, i am from spain, i wanted you , dannil to talk about me, i love dancing and i know my dream is to be principal ballet dancer, this year, 2008, the royal ballet school director called me and told me to go to the next audition, they invited me so i went, They told me that the aren’t going to have scholarchip for this year so my family, my parents dont have much money and its so really expensive, so if you can write to me to my msn adress and tell me more auditions in london or france or wanna watch me dancing, i’ll thank you, thanks so much for reading my letter,
    jesus arrooy navarro,

    June 4th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

93. Modesta says:

    Priviet Daniil,

    I’ve just seen Gala in Seoul and you were amazing! Funny enough I knew nothing about you before coming to gala (did not even know you were dancing in Don Quijote in my native Lithuania) but now I’ve watched all you videos in this blog and again - you’re amazing. Best luck to you! ni pucha ni pera

    June 6th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

94. Mi-Gyeong says:

    You were absolutely fantastic more than yesterday, especially jumping spread the legs at the final movement before Kitri’s fouette. I saw a tiny mistake that part yesterday, so it’s like a repay for audience ? ;)
    Wow, we were completely astonished by your dance as Basil.

    We missed you again…there were ballet supporters are waited at the stage door long time but we’ve got a news after long time that the dancers already gone with the other door. It was very regret..

    I was so delightful to see your admirable dance and you made the audience a very very surprise
    Hopelly see you again.

    Guten Flug !

    June 6th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

95. Ji-Sook Yoo says:

    Hello~
    Daniil~
    The performance was great and thanks for your kindness to my students.
    You gave a lot of meanings to them.(hope, passion, love, dream etc…:-)
    Keep dancing good and delight.
    I hope we could meet again in NY~^^
    And have a good sleep tonight^.~

    June 7th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

96. RASA PULLIN says:

    Congratulations on your commencement with ABT. I will fly from Los Angeles to NY to see you dance.Best wishes to you.

    June 13th, 2008 at 6:32 am

97. Jorge Rojas says:

    Dear Mr. Simkim:
    I am writing to you from my country, CHILE, in South America. I knew you dancing in a performance in Praghe. To me was a big surprise to know you. really THE BEST. I hope to enjoy some performance alive some day. Really you will be the top dancing all over the world. I have no words to tell you my admiration.
    Sincerely,
    Jorge Rojas
    History teacher

    June 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

98. Indy says:

    Hello !!! I love how you dance and I just want to say that looking at your pieces gives me so much corage to become a great dancer. I hope your answer me spme day and we can talk some day

    June 16th, 2008 at 7:11 am

99. Astrid says:

    DANIIL, TE HE VISTO ANOCHE POR PRIMERA VEZ EN LA GALA DE PRAGA. AND I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, WITH YOUR DANCING. MERDE AT THE ABT!!!!! YOU’RE GONNA BE THE NUMBER ONE, YOU ARE A NUMBER ONE!!!!
    LOTS OF LOVE, ASTRID

    June 16th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

100. Astrid says:

     DANIIL, TE HE VISTO ANOCHE POR PRIMERA VEZ EN LA GALA DE PRAGA AND I SIMPLY FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR DANCING, GOOD LUCK AT THE ABT, YOU’RE A NUMBER ONE!!!!
     LOTS OF LOVE, ASTRID

     June 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

101. eddie says:

     hi~daniil
     i’ve been expecting your perform in taiwan for a hell long time~finaly~ you’ll be here soon! i and my students are so excting and can’t wait for your amanzing Les bourgeois!

     June 17th, 2008 at 3:49 am

102. Audrey says:

     Welcome to Taiwan~~~I can’t wait to see you in Taipei~

     June 18th, 2008 at 11:29 am

103. ???? says:

     Hello~Daniil
     Today is my first time see your performance. I really love it! Your performance in “International Ballet Gala in Taipei” was a great sucsess! Your “Les Bourgeois” is very impressive.
     I’m learning Russian in university, so I use my Russian name!^^
     Hope you can come to Taiwan again soon!
     Hope you have a big success in every performance!

     June 20th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

104. Cindy says:

     Oh…It can’t type in russian. What a pitty!
     I really enjoy your dancing!:)

     June 20th, 2008 at 5:46 pm

105. Audrey says:

     Thank you for giving us this wonderful night, the wonderful Le Spectre de la Rose and the amazing Les Bourgeois!!We were completely crazy for you!!!

     June 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

106. Zhening says:

     hi Daniil,
     ur performance tonight in taiwan is so great,the movement is smooth and the feeling of the dance is full!
     thought it’s ur first time to perform la spextre de la rose,it’s still good and u do dance it in a new style,ur style!
     hope to see u again in taiwan!!

     June 20th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

107. Ting-Yu Tsai says:

     Hello!You were the best in stage yesterday.Every audience were crazy about you^^

     June 21st, 2008 at 3:34 am

108. Andrea says:

     hola soy andrea, estudio musica en el Conservatorio Nacional de Musica en la ciudad de Mèxico. Soy amante del Ballet y me parece que tienes un talento impresionante y sobre todo que sabes como usarlo.Es maravilloso que los jovenes como tu y Venus Milla esten haciendo notar que la juventud tiene muchas cosas buenas que ofrecer. con cariño y admiracion. ANDREA CORTES-MORENO, Soprano

     June 22nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm

109. ashley says:

     I have seen you and your father on a dvd “Divine Dancers Live from Prague” I hope I can see you in more dvds.

     June 23rd, 2008 at 2:31 am

110. *JO!!* says:

     hi there!! for circunstances in live I found a video of your dancing as basil in don quixote .Jajaja it was great!!! i love ballet too jajaja… i really hope yo can come to mexico some time, you are really great , i know it will be great for my national company and for my own issues jajaja;) jejeje well see you sooon and take care ok?? jajaja

     June 23rd, 2008 at 3:54 am

111. ashley says:

     I hope I can watch your “La Spectre de la Rose”on your website or youtube.

     June 24th, 2008 at 7:27 am

112. sin? says:

     What did you eat when you went to the night market in Taipei?What did you visit in Taipei?Did you go to Taipei 101?

     June 24th, 2008 at 7:29 am

113. sin? says:

     Did you made this website by yourself?It’s good,especially your photos.

     June 24th, 2008 at 7:33 am

114. Kevin Ireland says:

     Thanks so much for posting your wonderful videos on YouTube. I’ve create a page of your work at http://www.thebestarts.com/daniilsimkin/

     Congratulations on your new position with ABT!

     Best,
     Kevin

     June 25th, 2008 at 7:56 pm

115. ashley says:

     May I ask you the detail of your performance in Tokyo?(Which days and where.Is there a website about the performance? and can I buy the ticket on the internet?I live in Taipei,but will go to Tokyo to watch your performance.

     June 26th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

116. April says:

     This is my honor guard performance:
     1.
     http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZv-Xxrgm8
     2.
     http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Td1Li-_Yt78

     June 26th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

117. morgan says:

     wow. you are pretty talented. i saw one of your performances on youtube. have you ever thought about dancing with ABT?

     June 29th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

118. Kira says:

     thanks Daniil, enjoyed your talent in Toronto. You are very good already, I think you have a lot of potential to become a great dancer once you put more personal feelings in your roles. I think it will come with the age. Technically you are amazing. Good luck!

     June 29th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

119. song-joo says:

     YOU!
     Gifts that give joy to the world^^

     June 30th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

120. Gabriela says:

     Oh, Daniil. Congratulations to you, is underfull when you dancing. So, when you will visit Brasil ? And, one question: who is your coreograph ?
     P.S. I’m sorry about my english. I’m a student of this language

     July 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 am

121. Elizabeth says:

     Oh, wow ! you are really good, i just saw some of your videos on youtube, and oh my god you are so talented..
     Sorry about my english, im only 14 years old.(:
     Good luck in the furture

     July 9th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

122. Tatiana says:

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     July 10th, 2008 at 1:28 am

123. Frederic says:

     Hi
     you are very good at dancing ,expecially turning and jumping

     July 14th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

124. andy :3 says:

     I like your dancing, your nearly as good as chocolate.
     Hoping for more videos.
     g’luck & g’night ^-^

     July 21st, 2008 at 5:53 am

125. Erich Yetter says:

     Dear Mr. Simkin, When is your next trip to the United States? Are you available for guesting and if so could you send me details or your requirements? Will you be dancing with ABT or NYCB sometime soon? I look forward to hearing from you soon,
     Sincerely,
     Erich Yetter
     Peoria Ballet
     Artistic Director

     July 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 pm

126. nick says:

     gaHUYU hi! hice site!

     July 30th, 2008 at 12:55 am

127. Oksana says:

     Zdravstvuite Daniil.
     kak vashi dela? mi s vami videlis’ na koncerte - prazdnike Sankt-Peterburga. Mne bi hotelos’ postavit’ koncertnii nomer na vas, esli vas eto zainteresuet, pisite na mail: balletgalkinoy@nm.ru ili zvonite 8-921-926-05-52
     s uvajeniem, oksana

     August 7th, 2008 at 1:48 pm

128. mai says:

     Dear daniil. hello! I am japanese girl age of 17.Yesterday, (7th August)I met you at Haneda airport in japan.I am glad to meet you. Thank you for taking a picture with me and autographing to my pouch of dog.I like your dancing very much! Because very noble, beautiful and great expression. I am supporting you forever! Good luck with your performance in japan.

     August 8th, 2008 at 3:55 am

129. arturo says:

     wow you are fantastic!! I wonder if you are planning visiting mexico! it would be wonderful!!!
     good luck !

     August 10th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

130. Claudia Calvo says:

     Hello Daniil!Your dance is wonderfull.I admire a lot.
     From Argentina my congratulations

     August 13th, 2008 at 12:26 am

131. andy says:

     hey come to peru for my bday in september lol that would be a nice present :0

     August 13th, 2008 at 5:47 am

132. Name says:

     I have never seen such a brilliant technique. But Ballet is more than a perfect foot position and more than controlling your body. I am missing in your case the whole emotion while dancing. You are putting movements in your roles, but isn’t it more important, to put life into them? In your age you are techniqually better than Nurejew ever was, but his presence at the stage is unsurpassed up to now. If we want Ballet ever back at the center of societies attention, than you have to become more than this brilliant roboter at the stage. Don’t missunderstand me, you are able to become this emtional man, but the question is will you?

     August 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

133. hadas says:

     love your perouettes and the drama you creat while dancing..so bored of contemporary “nothing moves on stage”..keep celebrating your body-only classical and neo classical ballet can help with that (and help us, the audience, to enjoy your performence..)

     August 22nd, 2008 at 4:35 pm

134. FLORA says:

     I’m “la_applebum”. Daniilsimkin is mene.

     August 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 am

135. Juliet says:

     Dear Daniil,
     I am so glad that you are coming to Paris.I have taken places for two galas,and I shall come once with a great columbian star male dancer,who admires you so much.For us,you are a real genious,you have all the qualities of a great artist,and we love your sensibility.You are a very musical dancer,which is very rare.Thank you a lot and continue like that.All the best,Juliet.

     August 26th, 2008 at 5:19 am

136. Vivienne says:

     Dear Daniil
     I have just got round to watching the Prague Ballet Gala, which was on TV at Christmas. I was bowled over by “My Way”, which you danced with your father, and knocked out by “Les Bourgeoises”. I have just found your website and, having been a fan of ballet and dance for more than 50 years, I’m delighted to come across an amazing new talent who dances with such maturity. Due to age and illness, I can only see dance in and around London, but if you’re ever dancing here, would you please let me know? I enjoy modern ballet and dance as well as “the classics”. I’m a “Friend” of Matthew Bourne’s company, New Adventures. Do you know their work? Like the videos - I’ve sent a web link to my other dance-mad friends.
     Keep dancing and keep healthy! Best Wishes for a brilliant future, and visit London soon!

     August 26th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

137. Vivienne says:

     Moderated version:
     When are you dancing in London?

     August 26th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

138. Mary says:

     Daniil, your gift is truly breathtaking! Your expression of passions is inspirational!

     August 27th, 2008 at 5:34 am

139. Joseph says:

     Daniil: When are you go to Hungary?

     September 1st, 2008 at 11:29 pm

140. Elsa says:

     I don’t know who wrote this on August, 14th…but I just want to say how I strongly disagree. Please watch Fallen Angel again…before you say Daniil Simkin is a kind of dancing “robot”! I think Daniil is already a brilliant light in the world of ballet and that is certainly not ONLY because his technique is amazing…
     At Daniil: when are you starting at ABT?
     All the best,

     Elsa

     September 7th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

141. Sophie Giardina says:

     Hi,

     Do you know if you will be coming to Montreal? I would love to see you dance live.

     Congratulations on joining the American Ballet Theater.

     Take care.

     À bientôt je l’espère!
     Sophie

     September 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

142. julie Allainmat says:

     From France….
     I am a corporal theater actress…and I had forgotten;.before I find by chance your videos.;how dance is beautiful….
     You are amazing..inspired, beautiful, clever and sensitive…
     Ok..life is nice with you. :-)) .Good luck..all the best…;

     September 8th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

143. Simone Newstadt says:

     Just watched your new youtube clip, you look like a MAN on stage, beautifully executed and fun! Best of luck with the Visa bit and your start at ABT. I look forward to the next time I see you live on stage, I got the same feeling watching Baryshnikov and Nureyev when I was a little girl!!!

     September 8th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

144. Lin Adamian says:

     To those of us who are watching your career, no posting is boring. Saw you In New York last spring and looking forward to anything you do. You are marvelous. Thanks.

     September 9th, 2008 at 6:02 am

145. Priscila Toscano Marchiolli says:

     From Brazil…
     Hi Daniil, i just had to say how amazed I am everytime i get to see you dancing. My husband and I really believe that you´re certaily one of the five most wonderful ballet dancers in the world today. And so young… I love to think of so many things that you´ll still acomplish in your carrier.
     You may think that here in Brazil we must not know about you or your work, but I had to prove you wrong. In a good way, I guess… So, I hear your joining ABT, right? Best of luck … and please, try to come to performe in Brazil sometime…. PLEASE!!! Let us be amazed LIVE!
     Best Wishes,
     Priscila

     September 9th, 2008 at 11:21 pm

146. Zoe says:

     hello!I was at your concert tonight in Athens!Just wanted to say your dancing was very captivating and I hope we’ll see you again in greece sometime!good luck in your career ^^

     September 12th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

147. maria says:

     after last night in Megaro Mousikis, I hope to get that blessed to see you DANCE live many times more…

     September 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am

148. Giorgos Sarigiannis says:

     Dani, I saw u tonight in Athens. It was a revelation. I am in the net seeing your videos. Thanks. I am sur, a new Barysnikov was born. I hope u ll be back here soon. Goog luck in ABT. Giorgos

     September 15th, 2008 at 1:30 am

149. VIKY says:

     Helo Danil!My name is Viky and I was yesterday in Megaron.I want to tell you that you were amazing!I don’t know much of dance but i know that you make the world a better place!Thank you!Keep up the good work and the Greek audience is waiting for you to come back!

     September 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am

150. ANDROMACHI TSINTZOU says:

     Hello,
     Two days ago I was lucky enough to see you live at Athens.No need for you to say how wonderfull you are.I only need to ask you Do you know how you make us feel? How you make our heart beating, how you make our blood running, how you make us fell lucky to be alive
     How happy we are that you live somewhere in that planet.Keep on excisting!

     September 15th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

151. Anna says:

     Hello dancing angel! I saw u in Athens Megaron yesterday. You really blew my mind. I wonder how Zakharova dealt with the audience - me including - clearly loving you more…:) Anyway thank you for a truly beautiful night.

     September 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

152. maria says:

     You were just amazing!!!!!!i saw you in athens..i have no words…

     September 15th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

153. Emanuela Danielewicz says:

     Hello Damiil,
     when are You comming to Germany again?? I would like to see Your dance live.
     Best wishes.

     Emanuela Danielewicz

     September 17th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

154. Eugenia says:

     wow…you’re really great!
     nice greats from germany

     September 17th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

155. Elizabeth says:

     I love “Just a Clip.” No regrets asking you for a clip… It’s a spectre of a Spectre, a rose by another name.
     Best wishes! I guess you didn’t want to read a thousand OMGs!

     September 18th, 2008 at 8:03 am

156. Marie says:

     Lieber Daniil,

     ich habe einige Ihrer Videos gesehen und Ihre Art zu tanzen hat mich tief berührt. Ich habe von Ballet kaum Ahnung, ich kann somit nicht beurteilen, was Sie können und was nicht. Aber das interessiert mich auch nicht. Sie bewegen sich so ästhetisch, wie ich es noch nie zuvor gesehen habe. Sie strahlen Leidenschaft, Humor und Sympathie aus. Es freut mich hier zu lesen, wie begeistert die Menschen von überall auf der Welt von Ihnen sind.- Ich wünsche Ihnen von Herzen, dass Ihre Familie Sie stark genug unterstützt, damit Sie mit all´dieser Aufmerksamkeit gesund umgehen können und Sie liebevoll an beiden Beinen auf der Erde hält. Aber nur, wenn Sie nicht tanzen ;o) Ich freue mich schon jetzt, wenn ich Sie das erste Mal live sehen darf.- Danke für die Freude, die Sie mir gemacht haben. Marie

     September 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

157. emina says:

     Hallo,
     Is there any possibility to come in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, and make a great pleasure to us- ordinary mortals by Your visit :-)?
     All the best!!!
     Emina Karovic

     September 18th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

158. Catie says:

     daniil, your performance is breathtaking. i’ve first seen you dance moorhuhn, which was great fun to watch and then I searched for more on the internet. I’ve got to see you live!

     September 20th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

159. Juliet says:

     Oh!My God!I am worrying about your insomnia.Try to relax and forget everything before sleeping.Breathe deeply,and think that you are becoming heavy,that all your muscles relax,and that a gold light is around your body.
     Think that everyday,everything is going better for you.It can help.

     September 21st, 2008 at 7:48 pm

160. Lena says:

     I saw your performance last night in Paris and you were just amazing!
     i had watched you many times before on the internet but alive you are just magic!
     i am speachless, come back soon!

     September 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 pm

161. stanze says:

     Paris wäre nicht weit von hier gewesen. Paris wouldn’t have been far from here. Oh well…
     Ich wünsche ihnen alles Gute und vor allem Gesundheit. I wish you the best and first of all healthiness.

     September 27th, 2008 at 12:08 am

162. young hey says:

     Hello.
     I was very impressed by your dance.!
     I used to dance in moscow, Russia.. but, I hurt my back. so…. now don’t dance anymore T.T

     But,, your dance makes me happy… really….
     Thank you!

     always best wishes~

     far from Korea.

     October 9th, 2008 at 10:22 am

163. Simone says:

     Ich habe bei Youtube deinen Auftritt von “Les Bourgeois” gesehen und habe es gestern auch im Theater gesehen wo es jemand anders getanzt hat.
     Ich finde,du tanzt es leichter und geschmeidiger und dein Schauspiel war stärker und insgesamt waren Tanz und Schauspiel mehr miteinander verbunden.

     LG,
     Simone

     October 12th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

164. Ashley says:

     Welcome to New York!!! I can’t wait to finally see you perform live!

     October 13th, 2008 at 6:33 am

165. Su (Natis Mom) says:

     Since we have birsthday on the same day,I wish you all the best from my haert.Hope to see you again in Vienna. A big kiss and hug!!!
     Toi,Toi,Toi!!!

     October 13th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

166. Su (Natis Mom) says:

     Since we have birthday on the same day,I wish you all the best from my haert.Hope to see you again in Vienna. A big kiss and hug!!!
     Toi,Toi,Toi!!!

     October 13th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

167. Iceprebarie says:

     Hello.
     Watched attentively by big sisters Maud and Leah the newest member of the Norwegian royal family has been captured in homely shots used by proud parents Princess Martha Louise of Norway and her husband Ari Behn to introduce her to the world.
     Bye.

     October 15th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

168. Katy says:

     Hello Daniil. Congratulations on joining ABT! I see that the company will in in London in the Spring (March and April) at the Coliseum performing Swan Lake and Le Corsaire, will you be coming to London with them? I’ve watched so many clips of you dancing on YouTube, I think you’re wonderful and would love to see you dance live. I hope you’ll perform in London soon. Also, I was lucky to attend a performance earlier this week of the Mariinsky Ballet performing works by William Forsythe at Sadler’s Wells, I can clearly imagine you dancing Forsythe’s choreography. Is that something you have done or would be interested in doing? I think the dynamism of his work would suit you perfectly! I imagine you would dance something like ‘In the middle somewhat elevated’ amazingly. All my best wishes to you. love, Katy xo

     October 17th, 2008 at 6:15 am

169. Gloria says:

     Hi Daniil,
     how it is to dance with ABT? How are the others dancers with you? I guess you are one of the youngest. Do you like to stay in N.Y.? How long you will going to stay with ABT?

     October 20th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

170. visitorhello says:

     Don’t mine me, just visiting

     yeah

     October 21st, 2008 at 6:10 am

171. JUDITH anderson says:

     We enjoyed your dancing in Company B. You did great.

     My daughter Kira is at JKO.

     We look forward to more dancing!

     October 26th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

172. Eun Nye Yang says:

     You have an incredieble skills with power and grace. Your dance is very beautiful to watch. I love your weightless elevation and speed of spinning and balance. Moreover, your well controlled confidence in yourself. It is such a pleasure to find dancer like you, and love to see more of your unlimited achievement.

     Eunnye from NYC

     October 27th, 2008 at 1:03 am

173. Helen Polynsky says:

     I saw you dancing in New York on Friday, October 24,2008.You were FANTASTIC!!!!!! Your Tico-Tico is one of the strongest impressions of this year.We want to wish you all the best and good luck in your career.

     October 27th, 2008 at 5:14 am

174. Jon Fraser says:

     Wonderful performance at ABT last night (Tuesday, Oct. 29)! Can’t wait to see more!

     October 29th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

175. Michele Mintzer says:

     I did not know who you were when I saw your ABT premier Tuesday. You were amazing! You did things I’ve never seen before - and I’ve seen a lot of ballet. I’m so glad you’ll be dancing with ABT.

     November 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am

176. rick bookstaber says:

     I just got back from watching you and Sarah Lane. My thought was “so now I have witnessed ballet being passed to the next generation, and as with prior generations, the level of artistry and athleticism has been elevated”. You were breathtaking; all the more so because I had no expectation before the pas de deux started. And Sarah also was just wonderful to watch. I hope I will be able to watch the two of you for many years to come.

     November 3rd, 2008 at 12:30 am

177. Anonomyous says:

     i saw you do flames of paris today and it was absolutely amazing! i’m so happy you’re in abt!

     November 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 am

178. Julie says:

     Hello,
     I just saw your performance at the city ballet! It was incredible!! You did a fabulous job, you have an amazing life of beautiful dance ahead of you. Good Luck!!

     November 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 am

179. Sarah says:

     Wow, you are an amazing artist. Loved watching your videos on youtube.

     November 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

180. Akanbi Babatunde says:

     Hey Daniil! I really think that your one of the best dancers on the face of the earth!

     November 9th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

181. Andrea Hihn-Peyerl says:

     Lieber Daniil,
     ich habe mir den Luxus erlaubt und bin von Frankfurt nach Vilnius geflogen, um Sie dort vorgestern zu sehen. Es war unglaublich! Obwohl ich Sie schon häufig auf der Bühne sehen konnte (ich wohne in der Nähe von Wiesbaden und habe Sie bereits als Till oder Augustje sehen können und danach bei jeder sich bietenden Gelegenheit), war ich sprachlos von Ihrer mentalen Stärke, die Sie im zweiten Teil der Vorstellung über sich hinauswachsen ließ. Ich glaube, Ihr enormes Talent und diese Stärke sind es, die einen ganz großen Tänzer ausmachen - und das sind Sie zweifellos.
     Ich wünsche Ihnen von ganzem Herzen die Gesundheit, damit Sie Ihren Weg so weiter gehen können und die Zeit, auch
     privates Glück und Ihre Jugend zu genießen.
     Liebe Grüße Andrea

     November 14th, 2008 at 11:48 am

182. Nicci says:

     Hallo
     Hoffe du tritts mal wieder in Wiesbaden auf ganz liebe Grüße von zu Hause

     November 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

183. Anissia says:

     Congratulations!
     Amazing dancer…
     Did you dance with Roberta Marquez???

     November 27th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

184. michael selway says:

     hi Daniil,

     Hope you are well. Like to hear more about the Russian hamlet you saw !

     mike

     November 28th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

185. CECILIA LEON says:

     How can I buy all the videos, I nedd it please

     December 1st, 2008 at 7:07 pm

186. pasquale says:

     ciao, volevo farti i miei complimenti… secondo me sei il bellirino piu bravfo del mondo. Quando faccio la sbarra di danza classica penso sempre a te… Complimenti

     December 4th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

187. Jasmin says:

     Please tell me, when I can see you in Germany. Never loved ballett, but now I do. Thanx. Jasmin

     December 6th, 2008 at 12:17 am

188. Minas says:

     Hi Daniil, a good day from Athens Greece. We are expecting to see you again here. Take care of yourself, wish you merry Cristmas.

     December 17th, 2008 at 9:41 am

189. Lorenzo says:

     Hi Daniil I’m an Italian dancer and I think that you are amazing, I don’t know how old are you bu t I’m sure you’ll became soon the greatest dancer in the world…I wish you an happy new year full of works and dance! Bye bye Lorenzo

     December 31st, 2008 at 12:04 am

190. Jana says:

     Dear Daniil, Happy New Year! It’s been a while since I last saw your performance and as there are no events schedule in your calendar, I was just wondering where are you heading next? Don’t you plan to come to London? It would be great if I could see your performance again - last time I saw you dance in Prague and it was the best performance I’ve ever seen - breathtaking and beautiful. Take care and all the best in 2009! Jana (from Prague and currently living in the UK)

     January 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm

191. Daniel R. Cooke- of America says:

     I have been dancing for 2 years now… a late start for most [I'm 16 now], but dance is my passion… I use to watch your videos all the time and a lot of the inspiration for me to dance came from you (among the already great male dancers of the world). You are only five years older than me; saying that, I hope to dance with you one day in ABT or somewhere in the world (ABT, lol). If you get to this make sure to remember the name Daniel… and when we meet i’ll take you to your site and show you this letter. Until then keep up what you’re doing…its an inspiration to many!
     INCLUDING ME. . . Daniel
     Peace=D

     January 9th, 2009 at 3:15 am

192. Jane Demas says:

     I have been an admirer of your dancing since I saw you on Youtube. I tried to see you dance in Boston a the gala, but you weren’t there. I hope to get to NYC to see you dance.

     January 18th, 2009 at 1:27 am

193. mike says:

     4E4XGB hi! how you doin?

     January 18th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

194. mike says:

     w0wR6h hi! how you doin?

     January 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

195. Tanya says:

     Hey sweety, could you please post updated schedule of your performances ?

     January 19th, 2009 at 2:38 am

196. Adi says:

     Hallo Daniil!!! I’m imprest of your tehniq and interpretation abilities at this age.You are a GREAT DANCER!!! wish you the best end health 100%.:))

     January 27th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

197. temi says:

     hey u r amazing i am a dancer myself but u r just fantastic, ur ballet skills r amazing, i would luv 2 learn some of ur choreography

     January 29th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

198. dionne says:

     hey daniil

     what do you prefer, ballet or contemporary ? also have you done any other types of dance ?

     dionne x

     January 31st, 2009 at 9:24 pm

199. evan morales says:

     Hi Daniil!
     Wow all i have to say is you are far more then an amazing dancer! Im a dancer as well and some day i hope to find my own ballet and become as great a dancer as you! But still my confidence has begun to lower, im having trouble a lot lately and many of the girls in my ballet treat me differently. what advice would you give to a 15 year old dancer like me? what should i do? I feel as if I might not fullfiill my dreams of dancing.

     February 5th, 2009 at 12:43 am

200. Jitka says:

     Hi Daniil. I would like to ask you if it is possible see you dance in Prague.
     It is great pleasure to see you dance.
     And…do you interes in baroque dance?
     Thank you very much.
     Good luck.
     Jitka

     February 17th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

201. sabine says:

     dear daniil, please let me know when you dance in vienna again.

     hope I got the info soon.

     best wishes

     sabine

     February 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm

202. Susan says:

     Daniil, Where were you at curtain call after Thursday’s Giselle in Ottawa? Such a breathtaking performance of the peasant pdd, it was worth every mile of driving from Montreal just for that part of the ballet. Thank you for such memorable moments, your connection with the music was divine. Wishing you all the success in the world in the years to come, you will have quite a following - trust me!

     February 27th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

203. Alexandre says:

     Sorry, but I don’t speak english verry well ! Dès que j’ai vu une vidéo je suis resté abassourdi ! Je trouve que tu es LE danseur car ta technique est iréprochable et ton sens de la scène vraiment incroyable ! Bravo mille fois ! J’aimerai te ressembler plus tard…

     March 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pm

204. Alexandre says:

     Sorry, but I don’t speak english verry well. I did mistake in the Email, now it’s ok ! Sorry !

     March 5th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

205. Mary Rose Pardales says:

     Daniil,

     I watched a recorded performance of you and Dmitri dancing to Sinatra’s “My Way” on television. I don’t know what propelled me to look for you but you are fantastic. I found myself stopping everything to watch your performance. You both were absolutely exquisite. I am no dancer but I thank you for making it so beautiful to watch.

     -Mary

     March 17th, 2009 at 5:59 am

206. Jimmy says:

     Hi Daniil,
     I’m a New Zealand figure skater and I just find your dance wonderful. For my sport, I love to call it ballet on ice. It’b be cool to have a dancer as a friend.

     March 29th, 2009 at 10:00 am

207. Sandra says:

     Hello!

     I ended up here by complete accident while searching for stuff on Don Quijote. Anyway, I saw that you are performing in Gothenburg this May, is that right? I have never seen any ballet performance live, but I have gone to musicals and such. Is it very a very different experience or should I take a chance and go see you and hope I’m a ballet loving person?

     Love,
     Sandra

     March 29th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

208. Giuseppe Alù says:

     You are fantastic! But I think you are always a little gloomy, but Idon’t know because. Ya?

     April 1st, 2009 at 1:16 am

209. G.Geurtsen says:

     Hi, I’m from Holland and I have seen several clips on You Tube from the ballet “Don Quixote”. Last sunday I have seen this ballet in Breda in the Netherlands. But I like your performance MUCH MORE !!!! I would like to know if there are any dvd’s availebable from your performances, because I would like to buy therm !! I hope my english isn’t to bad, because I learned it a long time ago , I’m now 55 years old. lots of love ! G.

     April 7th, 2009 at 12:02 am

210. Lila Loveda Lange says:

     Sweden? I saw in your calendar that you’re coming to Gothenburg in the middle of May; will you be performing here tehn or is it something else - If there will actually be a possibility to see you on a swedish stage, when is it??? And where? It would really be a shame not to get to see you if you come here.

     Best of everything to you! :-* /L

     April 10th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

211. evan says:

     hello daniil,
     you are amazing, the very aspect of a god of dance. I hope one day to find my own ballet and become as beautiful a dancer as you.

     April 12th, 2009 at 5:59 am

212. bolor says:

     love fallen angel

     April 15th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

213. 123 says:

     Could you post the videos recorded when you were 5 years old?

     April 20th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

214. alvaro marban martin says:

     hola soy alvaro bailarin del ballet nacional de españa solo te quiero decir que eres un fenomeno y si pudiera hablar contigo esta es mi telefono 687904885 gracias

     April 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm

215. Tuula Westra says:

     Spasiba, from your adoring fans from Finland.

     April 22nd, 2009 at 5:41 pm

216. Eun Nye Yang says:

     No one danced like you at the YAGP last night.

     April 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 am

217. natalie says:

     Privet!

     I saw you perform in Russia at the Gala of the Stars and I was at the cocktail party afterwards. I just wanted to express my appreication and ethusiasm for your dancing, it was an amazing performance and i hope to see you dance again. Will you be in NYC this summer- in June or July?

     April 27th, 2009 at 5:33 am

218. Tori Scott says:

     Daniil, you are such an incredible dancer. Ballet has been my heart and soul since my first class in grade school. Unfortunately, I had to stop a few years ago, due to various complications; and ever since, my heart has longed to rejoin the life of dance. Hopefully, when I’m off to college in a year or so, I will be able to pick up where I left off. But in the meantime, thank you for helping me remember my life again. Your performances lift my spirits and allow me to feel my soul in time with music. Thank you for growing your talent and sharing it with us.

     May 1st, 2009 at 7:40 am

219. Belle says:

     Heyho Daniil,

     ich schreibe dir jetzt einfach auf Deutsch - mein Englisch hat nicht genug Adjektive, für deine Art zu tanzen, also kann man mir dafür kaum einen Vorwurf machen … Ich bin eher aus Zufall auf deine Videos auf youtube gestoßen und wann immer ich (na gut, ich geb´s zu, auch zwischendurch) ein Motivationstief im Tanzen habe, schaue ich mir sie wieder an. Danach bin ich zwar frustriert und komme mir noch mehr vor wie eine Seekuh mit 3 pro Mille in Ballettschuhen, aber immrhin weiß ich dann wieder, warum ich mehr auf Blasen denn auf Füßen durch die Weltgeschichte humple und mir auch zum hundersten Mal anhöre: “Füße strecken”. Es ist absolut faszinierend mit welcher Leichtigkeit du selbst die schwersten Sprünge und Schritte tanzt und wie viel Freude es dir offensichtlich bereitet. Allgemein: dein Ausdruck ist amazing. Ich liebe diese Selbsironie wie z.B. in “Les Bourgeois” … Du scheinst wirklich zum Tanzen geboren zu sein und ich wünsche dir noch alles erdenkliche Gute für die Zukunft - weiterhin so viel Erfolg, keine Unfälle und Verletzungen und ganz viel Spaß! Und dass du noch viele, viele weitere Videos auf Youtube einstellst :-):-):-)

     Liebe Grüße
     Belle

     P.S.: Ich habe immer noch nicht die hoffnung aufgegeben, dich irgendwann mal life tanzen zu sehen. Denkst du, du tanzt irgendwann in näherer Zukunft in Deutschland?

     May 1st, 2009 at 8:41 pm

220. avril says:

     hi mi name is avril and i dance classic ballet in mexico city. you are the best dancer for me, plis come to mexico, i want meet you and see you dance.
     sorry but I don´t know so much english

     May 7th, 2009 at 2:20 am

221. SZ says:

     Best of luck with Allegro, et al., your debut with ABT in NYC! You’ll be Brilliante!

     May 16th, 2009 at 6:01 am

222. Christine Johnson says:

     I saw your performance in Le Corsaire tonight, and you are fantastic. Not only do you dance beautifully, but you are a wonderful partner and have great stage presence and energy. I am very happy that my most favorite ballet company ‘acquired’ you. Take good care of yourself so that we have you to watch for many years to come! By the way, I was going to the ballet when Baryshnikov, Nureyev, Godonov, Kirkland, Makarova were around…

     May 29th, 2009 at 5:35 am

223. SZ says:

     Congrats on Corsaire at the Met with ABT! I saw two of them and you were the male star of Act 1 — just wonderful.

     May 31st, 2009 at 4:55 pm

224. SZ says:

     Wow! Your debut in Prodigal Son was absolutely amazing. You’re such a fine actor, as well as a fantastic dancer. The ballet world is one big open door for you, and you continue to bring us sooooo much happiness. You must be, and should be very proud of yourself.

     June 4th, 2009 at 6:07 am

225. Old Dancer says:

     I saw you perform as the Prodigal Son on Sat, June 6 at ABT. Amazing! I noticed many bruises during your bows, were they make up or real from the final scene where you were begging your father’s forgiveness? Looked painful.

     June 8th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

226. Daisy says:

     Daniil-
     Saw your Prodigal Son with K. Boone on Saturday at 2:00. You were a substitution for the substitution, and yet I couldn’t have been luckier to see you. Such technique and such theatrical power–BRAVO! Thank you for coming to NY, and congratulations on seizing the day.

     June 8th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

227. Pia says:

     So bad! You wasn’t in the gala 2009 (finish ballet competition)! I hope, i will see you some day. something in german: Du bist mega-ober-affen-uga unglaublich! Du tanzt echt gut und das sieht alles soo leicht aus!! Deutschland ist stolz auf dich! Viel Glueck beim Tanzen, obwohl ich weiss, dass alles sowieso gut klappen wird.. Viel Spass! Have a nice day!

     June 13th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

228. Pia says:

     

     June 13th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

229. claudio says:

     e favoloso vederlo danzare

     July 5th, 2009 at 8:44 am

230. SZ says:

     Ok, I’ll write again!!! I must! Congratulations to you on a fantastic first season at the Met. Although, with every perf, I could picture you making a brilliant debut in any principal role, I was thrilled to catch you in many supporting male roles: 2 diff parts in Sylvia, Gurn of LaSylphide, Benvolio tonight in R&J and Benno with pas de trois of Swan Lake. Wow! Benno and the trois being my favorites for you this season - after recovering from my first three posts!!! You are easily the best male dancer I’ve ever seen… with such robust, charming, fresh, all-male personality on top of your finest technique. I can’t wait for the next ABT season!!! Please send updates during tours.

     July 11th, 2009 at 5:59 am

231. ppssshh... this is'nt DEMIE... says:

     OMG…

     AWE-MAZING

     July 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 am

232. nana says:

     ???????????????
     ?????????????????
     ?????????????????
     ????? ????????

     July 25th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

233. paula says:

     In my country, some of your videoes cannot be seen in youtube by author’s copyright. For any days, already it is not possible to see ” les bourgeois “. You are an excellent dancer and it is a shame that we could not enjoy your videos.

     July 26th, 2009 at 8:26 am

234. Yasue says:

     Danil,
     I saw your performance for the first time at Ueno in Tokyo today. Your dance was so beautiful, even female dancers can not compete with you.
     I am very much looking forward to seeing your dances in A program and B program. Are you going to dance on 13th as well?
     Thank you for giving me unforgettable moment tonight.

     July 29th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

235. nana says:

     you’re so wonder
     you’re my miracle
     my performanced is so good
     cuz you’re the best for me
     yesterday i’m danced DON QUIXOTE - aldonza
     in SSRU Thailand

     July 30th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

236. Anasma says:

     Dear Daniil,
     You cracked me up!!! with the ckicken/ bird piece: the wiggling feathers, the egg, the musicality. And “Les Bourgeois”. Fantastic to see your huge sense of humor and comedic talents on top of the incredible dance skills and mastery. I love you work. Keep inspiring your audiences.
     All the best to you . Love,
     Anasma

     August 1st, 2009 at 7:18 am

237. Lisa says:

     I am a great fan of you.
     I am a Japanese high school student,and I have practiced ballet since I was four years old.
     I saw you “World Ballet Festival” on 8.1st.
     I was impressed by your dance.
     Please cheer up!!
     I will respect you forever.

     I am sorry that my English is not so good.

     August 3rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm

238. monica says:

     you are great. you make your family proud. please continue to work hard, you know that is what it takes….you are the next mikhail baryshnikov,and he is not your limit. bravo and good luck

     August 13th, 2009 at 2:29 pm

239. Spencer says:

     Are you going to do IBC in 2010? I think it’s in Jackson MS which is where I live. I would love to see you perform in person instead of having to watch youtube all the time lol

     August 15th, 2009 at 6:20 am

240. Jordan Fife Hunt says:

     I came across some videos of you ballet variations on youtube.com! You are breath-taking! You’ve definitely got a fan in me! Keep up the amazing stuff!

     -Jordan

     August 18th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

241. mieko says:

     Dear Danil,
     I saw your ballet for the first time in Tokyo.
     Don Quixote and A pro, B pro, and “gara performance”.
     Your ballet performance is so wonderful! You are the very rarely man dancer who excites me so much.
     The performance with toe shoes was also very beautiful and charming.
     I’m looking for some DVDs that can see your dance. I want to see on a larger screen though it is possible to see also with Youtube.
     After that, I am very glad to know it seems to like your feeling after the computer though I am web creator.
     I want to see your ballet again ASAP.

     August 20th, 2009 at 1:33 am

242. Ballet class music says:

     Daniil is very good dancer!

     August 21st, 2009 at 12:49 pm

243. Emma says:

     Dear Daniil,

     I saw your performance tonite— it was awesome. I was lucky enough to see you perform in Taipei twice actually, and I have enjoyed both of them immensely.

     Keep the spirit! Your visit has been a great inspiration to many ballet lovers here. Take care and best wishes.

     August 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm

244. Christine Ortaliz says:

     We absolutely love you in TAiwan! Thanks for coming back for another gala We can tell the difference in how your dance form and ability has progressed even more than last year!! how was that possible??? haha. Don’t be a stranger and come and dance again in Taiwan! You can come every year if you like I’m on still a ballet high after watching your performance!!!!

     August 23rd, 2009 at 6:22 pm

245. Vivian from Dancegala in sweden! says:

     Hi!
     Your a great dancer love your teknik.
     Most of all your piruettes and jumps.
     Be ready for some pictures from sweden in facebook.

     September 4th, 2009 at 10:37 pm

246. Joanna Cielecka says:

     you are so inspiring… from your schedule I gather that you might be soon performing in London.. I hope to see you onstage! Thank you for the real, beautiful fight!

     September 16th, 2009 at 1:30 am

247. Agathe says:

     Hello !
     I don’t know if you still check this web page, and I’m not going to be very oiginal, but I saw you dancing tonight for the very first time, and it was like nothing I saw before ! It’s just like magic… I really do hope you’ll come back to Paris often !

     September 19th, 2009 at 12:31 am

248. s.eyde says:

     I think I just saw you perform in Millepied’s Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once… You’re AMAZING! and so is Millepied… thank you!

     October 10th, 2009 at 10:59 pm

249. Sylvia says:

     I saw you dance/fly in yesterday’s performance of “Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once”. Your dancing in that role is truly one of the most amazing things I’ve seen on the dance stage (and I’ve been in ABT’s audience since the late 1980s). Congratulations and here’s to many more such performances!

     October 11th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

250. ????????? says:

     Happy birthday to Mr.Simkin!
     I’m a fan of yours.
     I’m always checking to your blog.
     I’d love for you to come to Japan.
     I’M looking forward to watch the live your dancing.

     from YOSHIKO.T

     October 12th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

251. David says:

     Hello Daniil. I saw you dance to a French song on the DVD called Divine Dancers: Live From Prague. Your performance was unforgetable and I watch it again every few days.

     October 21st, 2009 at 8:04 pm

252. Agnes Tappe says:

     Hallo, durch Zufall bin ich
     auf Ihre Website gekommen. Ich bin eine “ältere Dame” von 65 mit walking handicap
     und würde schon froh sein, wenn ich nur normal laufen
     könnte. Aber Sie tanzen zu
     sehen, war für mich eine
     wahre Offenbarung. Sie sind auf der Bühne
     ein wahres Naturtalent. Viel Glück und viel
     Erfolg weiterhin und eiserne Konstitution, viele Erfolge und weltweites Rennommée. Essen hat ein herrliches
     Opernhaus und ein gutes
     Ballett. Vielleicht …..kann ich Sie dort
     einmal erleben. Alles
     Gute! Agi T.

     November 18th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

253. Lidongbo says:

     Dear Danil,
     I LOVE YOU

     November 22nd, 2009 at 11:04 am

254. Veronique says:

     I’m a french girl, found of dance and I wanna tell you that you are fabulous: You have all the main qualities expected both from a man dancer and from a woman dancer, so you can express and dance everything. when you dance, it seems so simple, easy… i know it’s a lie, there’re so many hours in front of the mirror, so many mistakes, so much will and patience… SO “Bravo” and “Chapeau Bas” as we say in France !

     November 24th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

255. EFTIHIA VOYIATZI says:

     YOU ARE A COMBINATION OF BARISNICKOF AND NOUREYIEF,I LOVE DANCE AND I WAS TAKING LESSONS WHEN I WAS MAUCH YOUNGER.I WILL DO MY BEST, BECAUSE I AM UNEMPLOYEED AT THE TIME BEING, TO SEE YOU HERE IN GREECE IN DECEMBER. I WISH YOU THE BEST, GOOD LUCK WHICH IS ALREADY GOOD!!YOU ARE JUST PERFECT

     November 25th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

256. EFTIHIA VOYIATZI says:

     I REALLY LIKE YOU!!

     November 25th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

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May 21st, 2007

Contact

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July 7th, 2007

Queen - Vienna*

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Hommage to the rock band “Queen”.

Volksoper in Vienna
I may not participate in all the shows, since the cast will change from time to time.

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1. andismile says:

   please… du musst!

   February 18th, 2008 at 12:21 am

2. vilma says:

   well that sounds cool It would be so nice to watch a video of that, since everybody can’t fly just like that to vienna.. Please try

   February 26th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

3. andismile says:

   du warst spitze

   March 1st, 2008 at 12:49 am

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July 7th, 2007

Gala - Les étoiles du 21e siècle

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Théâtre de Champs-Élysées - Paris
Repertoire:

- Le Corsaire Pas De Deux with Venus Villa
- Les Bourgeois

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July 8th, 2007

Gala - Vilnius, Lithuania

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- Don Quixote Pas De Deux (1st time)
- Les Bourgeois

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December 4th, 2007

cold cold Vilnius

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December 4th, 2007

First post, insomnia and such things

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Dearest readers, this is my first post ever on this blog. I really want this blog to work for me, that means that I will keep posting…but you never know whow life goes on so please don’t be offended or sad if I sometime will just stop writing. It may happen because I am bored from my blog, too busy or whatever reason there may be, just be understanding

Anyway, this was my first and hopefully last Disclaimer, so let’s go to the interesting stuff.

Well so I’m in a hotel room in Vilnius, Lithuania writing this on my laptop actually out of boredom and insomnia, because, as some of my friends would know I often have problems with the sleep. After a performance it is actually impossible to sleep, even if you’re physically and mentally exhausted, it just doesn’t work. Even if you’re lieing in the bed with the lights turned off, it doesn’t work.
Not that I had a performance today.

I am currently preparing my first full-lenght principal classical role of Basil or Basilio as some may call him in the Performance Don Quixotte. Here in Vilnius the production is set by Vladimir Vassiliev, which means pretty “russian”. I already did some work for preparing it in the summer coming here to Vilnius and then my partner, Miki Hamanaka, came to Vienna to help me a bit. So basically the performance is more or less ready from the technical aspect,now I have to come together with the other people and get the ‘grip’ of the performance.

Well beside this I just arrived here from Cannes where I paticipated in The Ballet2000/BallettoOggi Award gala, where I danced Les Bourgeois and the Don Quixotte pas de deux with Venus Villa. After I have my premiere of Don Quixotte in Vilnius I’ll be (hopefully) in Turino for one day to dance there in a gala again the same program as in Cannes, so a lot to do.

After all that I’ll be preparing the Prince in our Nutcracker in Vienna for my premiere on January 9th 2008, so I got pretty much enough of work for the near future;).

Anyway I’ll try to keep you posted on my progress, plans and such in the future on his blog.

The videos on this site may not work properly. You can enjoy the same videos on my Youtube account!

So, I hope to hear from you my dear readers and wishing you the best from he cold cold and rainy/snowy Vilnius,

-Daniil

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16 comments

1. Mi-Gyeong says:

   It’s lovely to see your new design and hope to see your more infos on this site. Good luck with your Don Quixotte !

   December 6th, 2007 at 3:26 am

2. Dani says:

   hey Daniil please put new videos on youtube account.
   or something of your basil performances

   sorry my inglish is not good, im from Argentina…

   Bye…..!!!!

   December 6th, 2007 at 5:39 am

3. David says:

   Hello Daniil- I admire you so much you are such a talented dancer. I am a dancer myself. Just want to let you know that you are simply amazing and you inspire me every day to go to the studio and put on my tights and ballet shoes and do what I love most… Dance. Thank you, David

   December 6th, 2007 at 7:13 am

4. Kornelija says:

   Hi Daniil,

   I have found your blog by accident. Sorry, but I haven’t seen you dancing before. However Don Quixotte is my favourite ballet and by accident I have succeded to buy tickets for the tomorrow’s performace in Vilnius (although it is fully sold out).

   So I keep my fingers crossed for you I believe it will be a great show.

   Best regards,

   Kornelija (Vilnius)

   December 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

5. Amrita Massaguer says:

   Hey Daniil! this is Amrita again. Just wanted to wish u good luck for your performance! Don Quixotte is such a fantastic piece. Wish i could be there to watch it! happy dancing!

   December 8th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

6. Gabi says:

   Hey!
   I have seen you yesterday in Don Quixotte. You were amazing!!! The best performance ever seen! You are really talented dancer. Hope to see you in Lithuania again! Good luck!
   Your huge fan.

   December 8th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

7. Sarah says:

   Hey
   Oh I think it’s a great idea that you have had creating this blog!
   Like that, your fans (maybe me…) will be able to follow your adventures.
   Don’t worry for your performance, you’re a fantastic dancer.
   I wish I could see you in live one day. So please come in Paris.
   Good Luck for everything.
   sarah

   December 9th, 2007 at 6:58 pm

8. mali says:

   super mal wieder etwas zu lesen, wünsch dir auch viel Glück in Vilnius freu mich aber auf die Vorstellungen in Wien! Jippie!
   viel Spaß beim Tanzen!

   December 9th, 2007 at 9:33 pm

9. Carol Rasslan says:

   Hi Daniil! I am your biggest fan! I love to see you dancing… it’s amazing! Sorry about my english.. I’m from brazil.
   all the best
   kisses

   December 11th, 2007 at 5:44 am

10. mali says:

    I was watching U 2day!

    December 19th, 2007 at 12:48 am

11. Zaure says:

    Hi Daniil!
    Ich habe dein DonQ gesehen und habe keine Worte ausser “SUPER!! COOL!!”
    Das Foto ist auch wirklich nett!

    December 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 pm

12. andrei says:

    hye daniil,my name is andrei.i am a romanian.i love verry much to see you dancing:D.you are a verry good ballet dancer.good luck!!!i born in constanta,romania and i’m a junior ballet dancer.i want to be a verry good ballet dancer as you.i want to speak repeatedly to you .my email adress is : andy_200921.bye:D!!!!!!

    December 24th, 2007 at 10:43 pm

13. Fabiano says:

    ‘u are a perfect dancerrr lol I like ‘u do muck , ‘u are maus big idol in averething world to dance! so long!

    December 29th, 2007 at 9:39 am

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    like like like like like like like ‘u so muchhhhhhhhhhh :D

    December 29th, 2007 at 9:41 am

15. sophia says:

    hello,I am French I know not write English very well so I hope you understand … I wanted to tell you that you dance too well for me it’s 7 years that I made the ballet and our dance teacher us a video shown on a music of “Jacques Brel” large worshiped my cute little
    good continuation gentleman

    December 16th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

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December 7th, 2007

Updates & the day before the day

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Well here in Vilnius it’s 00.45, so basically the day of the performance, but in Austria it’s still 23.45, the day before the performance so actually I don’t know how to call this post, but WHATEVER…

I did some updates to the site, updated my (google)calendar, which now can be visited via the menu up there. The blog schedule I will update in the next days. Worked out the image posting and such. More updated will hopefully follow in the next days.

The main rehearsal today, a runthrough in the studio, went pretty well even though I was kinda confused in the beginning. I always was rehearsing with my partner only and therefore was puzzled to play and dance the performance with people around Anyway wish me luck for tomorrow, my first classical principal role ever

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1. Alexandra says:

   Hi Daniil,

   I wish you all the best for your upcoming performances in Vilnius. I’m sure, you will be great!
   We miss the Simkins in Wiesbaden!

   Have fun on stage,
   Alexandra

   December 7th, 2007 at 11:24 am

2. Mi-Gyeong says:

   I believe everything will be alright there and also tomorrow or today I’m sure you will have successfully complete the role of Basil !!
   cheers !

   December 7th, 2007 at 4:39 pm

3. tina says:

   i don’t know may things about you but i saw you dancing for a few times and i am sure that no competition can be a problem for you .i wish you all those good things that can help in such competition!

   December 7th, 2007 at 9:31 pm

4. Kornelija says:

   Hi Daniil,

   Thanks for the wonderful performance!!! You were great!

   Of course, still there were few tiny mistakes. But considering that it was your first full ballet it was really good! I have seen lots of Basils as it is my favourite ballet and you were one of the best

   Anyway if you ever have a possibility to visit out theatre once more, there would be lots of people waiting for you

   Best regards,

   Kornelija

   December 7th, 2007 at 10:14 pm

5. Miliooosha says:

   Hello Daniil,
   I want to thank you again for this amazing performance!
   I wish I can see you again in this theatre!
   Thank you, and good luck! :):)

   December 8th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

6. Angel says:

   Hey Daniil,

   Glad to see you blogging again. Hope the performance went well; I’m missing dancing right now as I had to take the last term off for uni work, which I am still trying to get finished.

   Best of luck in Turino

   Angel

   December 11th, 2007 at 1:39 pm

7. olga says:

   it was amazing!you are wonderfull!!we love you and wait in Vilnius again!

   December 11th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

8. swantje says:

   Hey Daniil,du hast ja jetzt ‘nen Blog.Cool!Wars schön in Vilnius/Turin?Ich bin sicher,du warst toll - wie immer…

   December 14th, 2007 at 11:33 pm

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December 17th, 2007

I’m alive and living my life…

Posted in Ballet, life and such things by Daniil

Hey there. Well after that 10 exciting days abroad with 2 gala performances and one whole pricipal performance I spend last week again in Vienna rehearsing and working as usual.

I got Saturday and Sunday more or less free so I finally had time to relax (beside working out in the gym and feeding my addiction to insomnia haha…

The performance of DonQ (that’s how ballet people call Don Quixotte shortly went actually really well. I will upload a video to YouTube and this site here in the next days (or maybe even today…we’ll see).

 Sorry guys I’m writing so shortly, but I’m sitting in the Opera between rehearsals and I gotta go already, so I’ll try to write soon and post the video. See ya…

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1. toby says:

   Hello Daniil! I hope u are fine! I wonder whether u have watched the vidéo I posted to u in facebook (The Rain)… what do u think about it?

   Concerning insomnia, I feel really sorry for u and hope u will sleep well soon huggs
   T

   December 18th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

2. mali says:

   I was watching U 2day

   December 19th, 2007 at 12:52 am

3. Winston Chu says:

   Dear Daniil,

   I’m a big fan of you from China. I’m now studying at UK and will a term break at around Feb 2008, my mum (also your fan) told me that you’ll be performing in NY City at the Lincoln Centre around Feb 9 or 11? Mum and I are going to plan for a trip to NY then and hope we can buy the tickets on the internet before they all sold out

   Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year and many more successful performances coming up in Year 2008.

   P.S. Is there any chances that you’ll come and visit and perform in Hong Kong China?

   This is my dream…..

   December 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

4. demie cao says:

   hi, my name is demie cao. i’m 11 years old and a ballet dancer. my ballet teacher’s name is julia bourlina. i am a HUGE fan of yours. you r an AWESOME ballet dancer.(my mom says she has NEVER seen anyone dance better than u do!)
   from
   demie

   January 5th, 2008 at 9:12 am

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December 19th, 2007

Don Quixote - Video

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals by Daniil

I just quickly stop by to post the video.
Just push play! Enjoy

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1. Talia says:

   this is an absolutely gorgeous performance from both of you. just looking at basil’s variation here and the one you have from earlier you can see how much improvement there’s been. so lovely.

   talia.

   December 20th, 2007 at 4:25 am

2. Andrea says:

   I found your videos on Youtube.com and had to come over to check out your blog. I know absolutely nothing about ballet, except that it’s gorgeous. Your movements are so graceful and you make everything look so effortless. Bravo on the new role, and if you continue to perform as flawlessly as the video portrayed, I am sure that you will go far.

   December 23rd, 2007 at 12:34 pm

3. Rachel says:

   Your technique is very pleased to have you seen dancing in the fields élysées theatre in Paris, I unfortunately missed your benefit in Cannes, warn me when you come back to Paris.Bisous
   Rachel

   January 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm

4. Nina says:

   Oh mein Gott! Deine Pirouetten sind der Hammer!!!! :O

   January 15th, 2008 at 12:53 am

5. Megan says:

   Daniil, as a dancer myself I have to just tell you how much I appreciate your artistry and strength. Your performance in Don Q (one of my favorites) is absolutely outstanding. What we do isn’t easy, but I can see through to your love of dance when you are on stage. I think that is what’s at the core of ballet. I can only wish I could be in your shoes and be traveling the world to dance. How you dance embodies what it’s all about for me. Thank you, and well done.

   February 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

6. Gloria says:

   BRAVO !!!!!!
   you are amazingly talented!
   I have never seen anything like this.
   Congratulations, you are great!

   June 17th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

7. Aïcha says:

   Waw, your performance is absolutely amazing !! This video is so cool i can’t choose what i like the most !I love when you do your “pirouettes” and that you clap in your hand. And the end is…..simply gorgeous ! I live in Switzerland so i’m sorry if we don’t say”pirouettes” anyway.Here it’s very very rare to see real ballets so try to convince your bosses to come here !!! Bisous and Bravo ! <3

   January 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

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December 24th, 2007

Merry Christmas and something different…

Posted in Random Stuff, life and such things by Daniil

Dear readers, I wish all of you a Merry Christmas!!!

I hope all of you will have a delightful and happy holiday!

As a christmas present I will reveal my paintings I recently made. It’s something different you get to know about me…have fun.
The first two paintings are huge, the 3rd one is smaller.

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1. Zaure says:

   Deine Bilder sind so niedlich!!

   December 24th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

2. Mi-Gyeong says:

   You are an artist, Daniil ! ;D
   Happy Xmas and happy new year !!

   December 27th, 2007 at 9:11 am

3. Kristina says:

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   P.S.
   ??????? ???? ????? ???????????,? ???? ? ?????????? ???? ??????)))????? ?????????? ????????????

   ??????,?????? ?? ?????????? ??????????? ?? ?????????,?? ????? ????? ???????=)

   Hope that your computer can read russian letters.

   Kika)

   December 27th, 2007 at 11:54 pm

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   December 27th, 2007 at 11:55 pm

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   December 27th, 2007 at 11:55 pm

6. Kristina says:

   Privet!
   Kogda ja ujezzala v Venu,moja podruzka mne skazala,cto-bi ja shodila na tvoi vistuplenie esli vozmoznost budet.Ja konechno-zhe vse zabila,a potom poluchilos tak,cto ja poznakomilas s parnem,kotorij tozhe tancuet ballet v Vene,i vspomnila pro to,cto podruzka govorila.Vot tak i poluchilos,cto tvoj sait nashla…)))Kstati,pochemu u tebja tolko balletnie foto…ved sait zhe ne tolko o tebe i ballete…)))

   December 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am

7. Kristina says:

   P.S.
   Rissunki tvoi ochen ponravilis,v etom ja razberajus kuda bolshe.=)))Davno risovanie zanimaeshsa?Dla sebja ili na professionalnom urovne?
   Pochemu na kommenti poklonnikov ne otvechaesh!?Im bilo bi ochen prijatno)

   Kika)

   December 28th, 2007 at 12:03 am

8. Rachel says:

   Happy New Year

   January 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm

9. rachel says:

   Your technique is very pleased to have you seen dancing in the fields élysées theatre in Paris, I unfortunately missed your benefit in Cannes, warn me when you come back to Paris.Bisous
   Rachel

   January 2nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm

10. the writter says:

    If I would buy those paintings…How much would you ask?

    January 5th, 2008 at 1:26 am

11. Yvette says:

    wow what an artist you are!
    congratulations on your first performance as basil you were superb! couldn’t believe it was your first

    I am very looking forward for your next performance!
    and bon chance!>_<

    January 6th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

12. Havah says:

    The curvature of the lines on your paintings makes me think you are splashing paint with a small paintbrush, but in such a movement that you would dance in. There is an artistry to such painting, and it can even be translated into writing. Calligraphy is an artistry that is very commonly taken up by fencers and dancers and requires grace and control of the hands and wrists. If you love ballet and painting, maybe you ought to look into trying your hand at such a minute and beautiful art form: I’m sure you would do well at it.

    January 18th, 2008 at 5:52 am

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December 24th, 2007

1st

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My first painting

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December 24th, 2007

2nd

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My second painting

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December 24th, 2007

3rd

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My 3rd painting, a smaller one, 80cm*80cm

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January 15th, 2008

Nutcracker and life doesn’t get boring…

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, life and such things by Daniil

Hey. Well Nutcracker went really well and I’m pretty satisfied with it. No big issues or mistakes. Of course not perfect, but it’s good I know what I have to work on now…
Here’s a picture from the performance together with my partner Maria Kicevska (© Wiener Staatsoper GmbH/Axel Zeininger)

I will write very soon again to get back to the questions you asked me…See ya

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1. Mi-Gyeong says:

   Wow !!
   Thank so much for let us know how was the perform and with beautiful picture ! Is there any more pictures ?
   Oh, I found article !
   http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?alias=wzo&tabid=4539

   January 15th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

2. Lila says:

   Hi Daniil! I just found your videos on youtube this morning and got stuck watching all of them! Wow what an incredible dancer you are. I will bookmark your blog and most certainly come back for more updates about your life & ballet career! I do hope you will have a guest appearance here in London sometime, seeing you in a live performance would be really fantastic.

   All the best!

   January 18th, 2008 at 11:10 am

3. benn says:

   hay, wat could i do to get great feet like urs and be so flexible and turn so well and jump so well plz tell a fellow male dancer

   February 13th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

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January 19th, 2008

Ask me a question #1 and insomnia again…

Posted in Ask me a question, Ballet, Feeding Insomnia, life and such things by Daniil

Dear readers, hereby I start my “Ask me a question” column ;). Just so you know it’s almost 2 am again and I have to get up in 6 hours so well… like always I’m feeding my insomnia

What do you enjoy doing when you have free time, and do you have enough time to meet your family ?
- Well what I like is eating, sleeping, recovering, complicated and sophisticated books, simple movies, everything high-fi, technical and mechanical, computers and design, hanging out and meeting friends, going out and having some time out, but only when I can afford it myself with my body and state of mind. Beside this I enjoy writing blog entries trying to put myself in a good light for everybody reading them, haha.
Furtunately I see my parents pretty often since they are not only my parents, but also work as my coaches, artistic advisors and psychotherapists. Therefore they try to come to me as often as possible to support me.

What is your favourite dance piece ?
- Albrecht in Giselle, which I’ll be hopefully doing next year.

Professional dancers do not seem to become nervous. Do you get nervous when you dance onstage?
- From my own experience a certain degree of nervousness has to be there to have a good performance. Nervousness heightens the awareness and sharpens the senses. It gives me more control and a complete fixation on the things I am doing. Through experience and repeating a dancer finds a good level of nervousness he needs. One needs more, one needs less, but in general a certain degree has to be there. If I am not nervous, because I am too familiar with the surroundings or the piece I am perfroming, I might get sloppy, that’s why I then artificially start myself to get nervous through routines I discovered work for me best. But by now I start to bore everyone with that, so I stop here

How/what do you feel when you are dancing ?
- Billy Elliot says: “Don’t know. Sorta feels good. Sorta stiff and that, but once I get going… then I like, forget everything. And… sorta disappear. Sorta disappear. Like I feel a change in my whole body. And I’ve got this fire in my body. I’m just there. Flyin’ ike a bird. Like electricity. Yeah, like electricity.”
Uhm…I know for everyone it’s different, but to me this quote sounds kinda kitschy and funny (sorry if I insulted somebody with that).
I don’t feel any elictricity. Nor Fire. Sorry if this sounds now very unspectacular, but I just try to completely focus on giving a good performance. I try to remember the mistakes I made before and to do the corrections I heard from my teachers. The only thing I ‘get’ from time to time is that I feel the audience. It’s hard to describe, but it’s like the audience becomes one ‘thing’, a creature which follows me and which I can control. I don’t see it, nor can I touch it. It’s one abstract whole, surveiling me.

Oh, and if achieved my goal and danced well that’s is pretty much how I feel afterwards:

——————-

Ok actually it’s really time I’m getting some sleep. I’m leaving for London to rehearse with my partner Roberta Marquez tomorrow, a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London, for our gala performance in New York in February. I ‘ll be staying only two days, so there is not much time.

Anyway good night to everybody and hope to hear from you.

PS: Thanks to Mi-Gyeong Song for the questions. If you out there have any more questions, please don’t hesitate to ask them.

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1. Sue Siers says:

   I have really enjoyed reading your answers and viewing your video clips. Your English is brilliant! Please will you tell us if the New York Gala is being televised and If so which channel we will be able to watch it on?

   January 19th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

2. the writter says:

   that’s what i call electricity!!^^
   (about the video)

   about the insomnia,
   you need to organise some things in your life to combat her.
   you need to do a shedule with the time that you wake up and you go to bed (an adult with 20 years needs 8 hours and 30 minutes do sleep, in a night, but that depends of your organism).
   You need to eat the dinner, 4 hours before to sleep. 15 minutes before to sleep you eat a fruit, than you do some exercises of the respiration. 15 minutes after that, you go to sleep^^ (some people thinks that theese exercises are not important and they don’t do any difference in our body, but it’s not true.)
   It’s important that at 23:00p.m. You must be sleeping, cause the liver start to recieve and to trasforme all of the nutrients and chemists that we ingested in that day (that process start at 23:oo p.m and ends at 02:00 a.m). if in that time you’ll not be sleeping, the process will not work well.
   well, theese are a little of the things that my doctor sayd to do when i had insomnia. don’t forget the healthly food and to drink 3L of watter in a day. theese things could help you but sometimes not combat the insomnia at all. that’s because the reasons to can’t sleep are particular problems, like love, family, work, and very much stress. try to don’t be so nervous (if you are). If you want to resolve your problems, you need to be calm, and to think well. don’t think in them at the night, cause if you will do it, you’ll can’t sleep. when you’re in bed, don’t think in bad things. just think about what you’ll dream in that night, and try to imagine that. in the next day you’ll not remember when you falled asleep.
   Theese was the things that i did in last summer to combat the imsonia, and it resulted. Not at all, but it helped me much. even now i continue to combat the insomnia, and i will never stop.
   To combat the insomnia it’s not something about days. it’s much time.
   I hope that my adives could help you.
   And i’m sorry for my bad english!
   Wishing you a wonderful
   Weekend!
   Take care =)

   January 19th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

3. Mi-Gyeong says:

   Dear Daniil,

   What an excellent post !

   I read them all very gladly of your honestly and clear answers.
   The ‘feeling’ is very different each persons so if you feels like it, and it is. Some feels can’t describe a words. You made a very nice spaces on the web and it shows how you care for about your career and enjoy doing.

   “The only thing I ‘get’ from time to time is that I feel the audience. It’s hard to describe, but it’s like the audience becomes one ‘thing’, a creature which follows me and which I can control. I don’t see it, nor can I touch it. It’s one abstract whole, surveiling me.”
   It’s very impressive ! As an audience, I also feels we are the one ‘thing’ when cheers and applause to onstage. And It’s very glad to know that I was the one of ‘the audience’ :D.

   By the way, on the top video clip, it’s pretty much how I felt saw you on the stage haha

   Wish you have a good rehearsal with beautiful dancer Roberta Marquez !!

   Many thanks
   Mi-Gyeong

   January 19th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

4. Angelina says:

   I have brother and he danceing ballet and he is 15 years old and he love it very much and trying to be like u .so if u can tell me pliz what should he do ? Pliz iam really wanna help him but i dont know how so help me to help him angelina love

   January 19th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

5. Olivia says:

   my mom is my psychotherapist too

   January 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 am

6. Amrita says:

   Hey Daniil!
   Hope everything’s going well with u! enjoy london! well, you might not feel electricity when you dance but you certainly make your public feel it!!! so…here comes some material to feed your insomnia.(-; 1)what would you say makes you love dance/what makes it special for you? 2)If you’ve ever felt discouraged about your career, how do you pick yourself up and keep going? 3)how did you come to chose ballet as a carrer in the first place?did it just happen naturally? 4)Didn’t know u also painted… interesting! do u see it as a way of expressing yourself in a different way?how do you feel about manual art? 5)sophisticated books hm? what are ur favourites? so…at least your insomnia might be fruitful. haha!(-: Talking of which,i know how maddening it is to be submerged by all kinds of damn advise, but it really does help to fall asleep to focus on something steady like your brething or a road you walk everyday.or the multiplication table if you know it well/most boring highschool class u’ve ever survived.lol. that will REALLY make u want to fall asleep atleast!so…take care and happy dancing!

   January 26th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

7. Nini says:

   I saw your clips in Youtube just few weeks ago. They were very…hmm I cannot pick up proper word, anyway very interesting and I think elegant. So I visit here and look around your posts:)

   well, you said you like complicated and sophisticated books. What kind of? Is there something special categories or genre?

   I heard that you had visited Korea, Seoul.(I am living in Seoul) Oh. God..If I were there! haha

   Anyway, Hope your good rehearse. Take care:)

   February 3rd, 2008 at 6:20 am

8. Justine says:

   just wanted to say what a great site and your such great dancer. But what i found interesting was how do you keep youself so modest. I used to be a dancer before i decieded to go to university this year but i know some people in my class would gain a sense of arrogance as soon as they were chosen to dance with the company attached to our school. Thats when you can somtimes see a different side to some people and realize who they really are. I was just wondering if its what you learned when your were little or just came by naturally.

   February 7th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

9. windows debtfree says:

   debtfree states for debtfree

   February 16th, 2008 at 6:54 am

10. andismile says:

    hey.. wie wars in NY?? gibts da irgendwelche Videos?
    Warum hast du denn heute nicht den Invisible Man getanzt… das kannst nur du so wie es sein muss!
    lg

    February 18th, 2008 at 12:09 am

11. Susan Yeh says:

    Dear Daniil,

    What you feel when you dance is no surprise. It wouldn’t be possible to do what you do without intense focus and concentration on countless details and put it all together at just the right moment. And maybe what you “get” from the audience is due to the fact that they love you and your performance so much. And what you feel as control over them comes across as that magic and aparkle you exude which enables you to elicit such response from them.

    As for Billy Elliott, if he were a real person, perhaps he would feel some kind of “fire and electricity” since that was all he had to keep his passion for dance going. Before he had access to dance training, he didn’t have much to think about so he only danced how he felt.

    On behalf of dance fans everywhere, thank you so much for giving us something to be excited about.

    Good luck trying to sleep.
    Susan Yeh
    San Francisco, CA, USA

    February 20th, 2008 at 11:21 pm

12. Stéphanie says:

    dear Daniil,
    when do you come in France?? I hope I will see you one day in the Palais Garnier or Opéra Bastille ! I really really love your dance, you’re such a genious when you’re dancing on Les BOurgeois, it’s a pleasure for eyes!!
    thanks for dancing like this…
    Stéphanie, from Paris, France

    March 20th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

13. Katerina says:

    Dear Daniil,

    What languages do you speak? Mother tongue? Language spoken in family?

    Thank you

    March 29th, 2008 at 12:48 am

14. tingyu_tasi says:

    hello!my super idol daniil simkin?
    my question is……
    Have you ever hurt on dacing way?
    And how to overcome of it?

    March 30th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

15. tingyu_tasi says:

    hello~my super idol ?daniil simkin ^ ^
    my question is……

    Have you ever gotten hurt and couldn’t dancing for a while?

    And how to overcome of it?

    March 30th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

16. tingyu_tsai says:

    Are you excited to go to Taiwan in June?(INTERNATIONAL BALLET STAR GALA)
    Audience are already excited now^^

    March 31st, 2008 at 3:42 pm

17. Ting-Yu Tsai says:

    What kind of training to improving ballet ?

    May 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pm

18. demie zhu cao says:

    if your nervous, then how do you look so light and easy-going? when i get nervous, i stiffen and i look weird when i do my port a bras.

    July 18th, 2008 at 2:44 am

19. diana says:

    Hi i would really like to know what is your native language? You’re english is impecable … but since you were born in a former soviet region it’s a bit peculiar to read what you wrote and not be surprised by the way you handle english ..it is remarcable. And by the way if you will ever read this message i would like to wish you goodluck and i trully hope that you will never give up on the beautiful work you do … Bbye

    August 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am

20. Zellynne VanTriceDiaNora says:

    What is it you read, if i may ask?

    August 30th, 2008 at 7:48 am

21. Evgenya says:

    As i know,your perents are from Russia,do you know russian?

    October 24th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

22. Liza says:

    Hey there. Am just wondering whether you ever perform in London or Moscow? I would love to see you dance. Live.
    Not sure whether you ever reply to any of the posts here but I would be very grateful if you eventually do. ??????? ?????

    March 8th, 2009 at 12:24 am

23. Liza says:

    The question marks actually stand for: “bol’shoe merci”…

    March 8th, 2009 at 12:26 am

24. addicted to watching daniil says:

    hey!!!

    here is my question:

    how is proofessional ballet dancing different from amateur ballet dancing?

    July 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

25. SZ says:

    Don’t tease…. Who did you have dinner with?

    August 3rd, 2009 at 1:19 pm

26. Nicoleta says:

    Dear Daniil,

    You remind me Baryshnikov, which is my favorite. For 3 hours I was watching to you on Youtube. You are really amazing and you made me cry. It’s hard to explain what I feel. You are a very good artist, a complex one.
    I wish you all the best and I hope someday I’ll have the opportunity to see a ballet presentation with you.
    Best regards, Nicoleta

    December 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 am

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January 7th, 2008

Ask me a question and what I am currently up to…

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals, Updates, life and such things by Daniil

Hey there. Well first of all, Happy New Year 2008 to all of you even though I am one week late. I wish everyone who reads this first of all health and then… everything else! I often catch myself worrying about stupid things and then I have to remind myself that my number 1 priority is staying healthy. So stay healthy, all of you!

Well I had a nice New Year’s eve and am currently working on my second principal performance of the prince in our Nutcracker here in Vienna. I will have the premiere very, very soon on January 9th. Wish me luck ! Unfortunately there will be no video this time since they are very strict here with performances being recorded.

Beside this I know that this blog is being read by a lot of people from the United States. Just to let you know and remind you, I will be dancing in New York on February 11th in the Lincoln Center on the gala “Stars of the 21st Century”! Get a ticket if you want to see me perform live ;).

Hmmm, some friends told me that I have a social network account on Orkut, which I do not! One more time: I have no Orkut account! Anybody seeing an Orkut account, that is not me, but a person pretending to be me ;). One more time in portugese for my brazilian friends (I apologize in advance for the google translation): Não tenho conta do Orkut! Or in spanish: No tengo cuenta de Orkut!

Well something more…you know, I am kinda busy these days and therefore am unable to answer mails, comments and such from people who admire me or like my work and would like to know me better. Therefore I was looking to a way in which I could answer some questions which would interest not only one person, but a group in the same time. So I thought of that: write me one or a couple of interesting questions, send them to me, no matter which way. It may be through a direct comment to this post, and email or myspace message or whatever. Out of these question I will try to pick the most interesting ones and answer them in a post here on my blog (hopefully there will be more than one and I will have the possibility to make a series out of it ), so my answer will not only go to this particular person, but you as a reader will get to know me better!

Take care!

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1. Mi-Gyeong says:

   Hallo Daniil,

   So good to hear from you officially how are you these days and I must say, the photo is absolutely fantastic ! Probably from ‘Les Bourgeois’
   Oh ! It’s great idea for people who wants to know about you and etc…and I will send you a question. The questions & Answer will be posting on here board at ?
   Daniil, I wish you the best luck for the Prince in ‘Nutcracker’ ! It’s sad that the video won’t exist but I hope you will doing great as always

   Stay healthy
   Mi-Gyeong

   Very envy people who lives in New York ! Must go and see Daniil’s perform !!

   January 7th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

2. dodo says:

   welche Schuhgröße hast du??
   warum tanzt du??
   Wurdest du gezwungen??

   January 7th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

3. Mariko says:

   Hello Daniil,

   First of all, a very happy new year to you. I saw your performance at Paris last year and I am a big fan of you since then.

   I find it so generous of you to try to respond to the questions of your fans (which is NOT a small number of people!).

   Well, my question is;
   Can you give us some more detail about the ‘Galas in Japan’ which you have scheduled this coming August. (which Gala you’ll be perticipating, or what you might dance, or…any small information!)

   I’m staying in Tokyo this summer and it will be great for the Japanese fans (including me, of course!) if you come and dance in Japan!

   I wish you the very best luck for the ‘Nutcracker’ at Vienna!

   January 8th, 2008 at 1:38 am

4. Slavko says:

   ??? ?? ?? ????? ??????

   January 9th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

5. Adrian says:

   Heyloo..

   I was wandering, how tall are you??

   ps. Happy new year..

   Joy

   January 9th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

6. kk says:

   Do you speak português ?

   January 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

7. mali says:

   Hallo Daniil,
   erst einmal herzlichen Glückwunsch zu deiner Nussknacker Premiere! War wunderbar! Also mir sind tausend Fragen durch den Kopf geschossen, als ich dich da hab tanzen sehen… mal schauen welche dir gefallen!

   1) was denkst du, wenn du da in deiner Nussschale sitzt und den anderen beim Tanzen zuschaust?
   2) was tanz du am liebsten (hat dir bislang am besten gefallen)
   3) Wie findest du Wien und wie oft fährst du nach Hause zu deinen Eltern oder wie oft kommen sie dich besuchen?
   4) Wie viel musst du arbeiten/trainieren und was machst du in deiner Freizeit?
   5) Wie viele Sprachen sprichst du und welche magst du am liebsten?
   6)wie viele Geschwister hast du?

   naja… das sind zwar keine Tausend… aber für den Anfang sollte es langen!
   weiterhin viel Spaß beim Tanzen…
   ich freu mich auf den Invisible Man
   Grüße

   January 9th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

8. Nina says:

   Hallo Daniil!
   Ich hab in dem Video Simkin vs. Simkin gesehen, dass du (wie fast alle Profis ) diese geilen, warmen Boots zum Aufwärmen hast. Ich suche schon so lange nach diesen Dingern. Kannst du mir vielleicht sagen, wo ich die bekomme? Das wäre echt super nett von dir!

   Übrigens ist deine Don Quichotte Performance Wahnsinn!

   Lg Nina

   January 15th, 2008 at 1:01 am

9. Laura says:

   Daniil, I have a (VERY IMPORTANT) question for you… When are you going to come and dance in Lyon (France)??

   January 15th, 2008 at 1:01 am

10. Havah says:

    So you will be dancing at the Gala of the Stars, eh? This is a huge event for Americans, and is more often than not televised. ’tis an honor befitting to your skill to be able to dance at this event, and know that for the people who are there to watch you payed a pretty penny to go. I myself would love to go see it, but I have to be around for my Great Grandma’s surgery (I am her Power of Attorney). I wish you the best of luck, and I envy those who will enjoy your artistry.

    January 18th, 2008 at 5:29 am

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February 21st, 2008

London, Opernball and Preparation for NYC…

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals, life and such things by Daniil

Wrote that really some time ago. Sorry to post it only now
—————–

Hi again.
I’m sorry I did not get back to blog some days (actually more than 2 weeks :-/ ). I had a busy time back there.
Well I’m sitting right now in the plane to Amsterdam (the connection flight to New York) and write this thingy here to later post it on my blog.

London
Well I was in London for two days to rehearse and unsurprisingly it rained like always. Whenever I am there it somehow happens to rain, no matter what time of the year or how long I stay. It just rains buckets. The rehearsals with my partner Roberta Marquez from the Royal Ballet went well and I had a nice time over there walking around in Covent Garden and meet some old friends. I was there already before. What comes to my mind now is a clip I found back last year in YouTube. It’s funny actually. Please watch that clip here and focus on Second 00:36…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsGHSg81wbk (unfortunately the embedding is disabled)

 

Furthermore here are some pictures I made with my phone (I apologize for the quality).

Covent Garden:

View from the Royal Ballet area:

(By now I was interrupted by the stop in Amsterdam. Now I am writing from the flight to New York.)

Vienna Opernball
Well immediately after that took place Vienna’s Opernball. I actually don’t know how popular this is apart from the German speaking countries, but here it is definitely a big thing. (Really excessively) dressed up people come together and celebrate, dance and have fun. Even the theatre itself gets dressed up for the occasion. The tickets have a hefty price tag, but luckily I got to go for free since I was dancing a small variation choreographed by Giorgio Madia. All in all it was a nice and special experience, which I will not forget.

New York Preparations
Well, my program in New York is not an easy one. I am going to dance Les Bourgeois, Moorhuhn and the Don Quixotte Pas De Deux with Roberta. First of all the worst thing is that DonQ (that is the acronym for Don Quixotte) will be in the very end and it is definitely the piece which I need the most energy for. It always has been and will be, so I just have to deal with it, I guess. The problem is the constant warming-up-dance-getting-cold cycle, which really drains on your powers, especially when you are dancing three times. In this case the normal routines you are used to do not apply fully and you really have to plan things and your energy out in between the performances and in the breaks. I will try my best as always but unfortunately you never know with what surprise life comes up for you. I like things to be pinpoint precise and planned out in advance, but you never know If you have watched, please know I tried to do my best

Well. They are giving out ice-cream inflight now (even though unfortunately it is no Ben Jerry’s or Häagen Dazs, but now any icecream will do it actually ^_^) and the flight is about to land soon, so I’ll finish that here and post it later in my hotel.

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1. Flavia says:

   Hey Daniil!
   I’m a brazilian dancer (not professional) that follow your career and love the way you dance.
   I was so happy when knew that you and Roberta danced together! The photos taken by gene schiavone are wonderful! Congrats!
   Hope to see the video!
   bye

   February 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

2. vilma says:

   Nice video! A little short though… And the Opernball looks kinda nice Lots of luck for NYC!

   February 26th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

3. Mi-Gyeong says:

   It seems that you had a great days !!
   Nice photos with cloudy of London ^^ Those exoticism structure in London(or other europe cities) I really desire to visit and see.
   A sight of Openball is not familiar where I come from, it looks richness ^^ Well I don’t know but the Openball place looks like theatre without chairs ^^
   Haha, I watched that clip sometimes before and now I watched carefully more than Ms. Bussell
   (Also on second 00:43 ^^)

   Hope you are sleep well and take care !!

   March 11th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

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April 18th, 2008

Changes and Schedule…

Posted in Announcements, Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals, Updates, life and such things by Daniil

I just returned from my last performance in the Vienna State Opera.

I am sorry again that I was gone from blogging for some time. Last weeks have been nice. I was working on La Spectre with my mother and sorting out a lot in my life besides ballet. One thing is sure now. I am leaving Vienna as my residence and the ballet company as of May.
…
Here is a list of my performances in the months of May and June:

• May 04th - Stars of the 21st Century in Toronto, Canada
• May 14th - Hommage a Rudolf Nureyev Gala in Malaga, Spain
• May 20th - Full Don Quixote in Kasan, Russia
• May 23rd & 24th - Gala in honor of Rudolf Nureyev in Kasan, Russia
• June 1st - Full Don Quixote in St. Peterburg, Russia at the Mikhailovsky Theatre (Maly Opera)
• June 4th & 5th - World Ballet Stars in Seoul, Korea
• June 20th & 21st - World Ballet Star Gala in Taipei, Taiwan (premiere of ‘La Spectre de la Rose’)

I am preparing another post about ‘La Spectre de la Rose’ in the moment. Stay tuned!

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1. Aurora says:

   Greatt!!! congratulations!!!

   you have a lot of work, that is fine :), i hope someday you come to mexico…
   i wanna see you dance in person maybe one day
   well see you latter bye bye

   April 19th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

2. angel says:

   Love to watch you dance. Hope you come to Los Angele California. u.s.a.

   wish you all the best

   April 20th, 2008 at 9:30 am

3. Anton Fleurov says:

   Daniil, shall you dance in Mikhailovsky? - No info on the site of the theatre and nowhere.

   May 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

4. randy says:

   Why don’t you just come to Beijing, since you come to Taipei. I’m expecting your performance.

   June 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 am

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May 3rd, 2008

American Ballet Theatre

Posted in Announcements by Daniil

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

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1. Cris says:

   Congratulations! keep working hard! i am sure there are a lot more goals to reach! you are VERY talented! and i know you could become more great than you already are!

   May 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 am

2. Nina says:

   Wow, ABT!!! Herzlichen Gkückwunsch! Du wirst uns in Wien zwar sehr fehlen, aber ich freue mich natürlich sehr für dich!
   Wünsche dir weiterhin viel Glück!

   Lg Nina

   May 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

3. Aurora says:

   ohhh my god!!! congratulations!!!!

   im so happy for you!!!

   good luck and be wonderful alwayss!!!

   here in Mexico i learn everyday for one day can dance whit you jeje,

   well see you latter cangratulations again!!! bye bye

   May 4th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

4. Havah says:

   Wow, this is amazing! I always knew you were ABT material. They do pick the best

   May 4th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

5. Elsa says:

   oh wow!!! You got into ABT, congratulations! I wish you a really great time there! Bye, Elsa

   May 5th, 2008 at 12:07 am

6. Megan says:

   Congratulations! I’m glad you’ve come to the states. Hopefully I will get a chance to see your perform!

   May 5th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

7. alex says:

   HEY I SAW YOU AT THE STARS OF THE 21ST CENTURY GALA AND YOU WERE AMAZING!! NICE 6 A LA SECONDE PIRO0UETTES IN DON Q CODA

   May 6th, 2008 at 4:11 am

8. Dreyzzy Santos says:

   Hi,
   I’m very moved with your dance…
   you’re amazing boy..
   I loved to see your dance in youtube,ow imagine see there..
   Congratulations.

   May 9th, 2008 at 11:57 pm

9. vilma says:

   Oh my god, CONGRATS!!! Abt, not bad! Following mihail baryshnikov’s footprints…:) I wish you all the best for your States carrier. Bye Vilma

   May 12th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

10. Gema says:

    I have just come from the tribute to Nureyev in Málaga… you’re perfect.

    I can not believe what I’ve lived in that theater. I had seen to you at youtube but live its incredible.

    I hope to have the opportunity to return some day to see you.

    Sorry my english and thank you for dancing.

    Gema.

    May 15th, 2008 at 2:02 am

11. maiwenn says:

    Hi ! Sure wish a perfect time in Russia !

    I saw you mentionned Varna in your schedule this year, are you giving us the great pleasure of presenting into the competition this summer ?

    May 16th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

12. camille says:

    wow, Congratulations daniil!! you are amazing and i think you are not only a solist but the best!
    i wish i will get a chance to see your perform in real one day! but usa it’s a little beat far to france!
    Sorry for my bad english and good luck there!

    May 18th, 2008 at 11:51 am

13. hihikiko says:

    sorry!
    chinese not put the blog
    so,appear lot of query.
    I’m very admire your dance
    sorry!my English was not
    good!forgive me!
    for you~
    HIP!hip!hurray!

    May 26th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

14. Lena says:

    Congradulations! That is realy exciting. I will come and see you dance.

    June 27th, 2008 at 1:48 am

15. Poncho says:

    Congratulations! you’re awesome!

    July 1st, 2008 at 7:02 am

16. Angela says:

    Ich hab’ die Nachricht erst jetzt gelesen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Toll für dich. Ich hoffe es wird dir dort gut gefallen.

    July 12th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

17. morgan says:

    yeah, you deffinetly have enough skill to handle ABT. maybe some day you will dance with one of my friends whos dream is to be a dancer at ABT. good luck with your dancing career!

    July 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm

18. Juliet says:

    I am sure that you will have great success in ABT.All my best congratulations.I am so glad for you!It is a hole new life that is opening for you.And you will be able to work with Mr Barishnikov:he lives there.It would be fantastic to make a choreography danced by both of you!What do you think about that?
    All my best wishes and love.

    September 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 am

19. RENE NER says:

    DANIIL SIMKIN, ANGEL CORELA ,PALOMA HERERRA , ABT, BOLSHOI AND MARINSKY BALLET IS A GIFT TO DANCE LOVER AS VAN CLIBURN, EVGENY KISSIN AND TSUJII IS TO MUSIC.

    July 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm

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November 30th, 1999

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May 27th, 2008

On the road…

Posted in Random Stuff by Daniil

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…

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1. Migyeong says:

   You seem to had a great experience over the past few months

   The Korean website says that you will dancing with Roberta Marquez.
   [http://culture.joins.com/balletstar/casting.htm]

   People and I just curious, why you are not dancing with a partner among the Vienna Opera Ballet to Gala in Seoul ?

   Hope you have a good condition when you will arrive in Seoul and very look forward to seeing you soon !

   May 28th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

2. Tyas says:

   love the picture.

   June 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

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March 13th, 2008

New York and such things…

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals, life and such things by Daniil

One month it is gone since I was in New York and only now I kinda feel like writing something about it. This tells you a lot of things happened to me since then which I am not yet willing to share, but definately will, when the times comes right.

New York

(All of the following pictures are from the courtesy of Mr. Gene Schiavone)

To sum it up, everything went pretty well and accordingly to the critics pretty successful.

“Even in distinguished company, certain artists seem to rise to the surface. This time it was Vienna Opera Ballet’s Daniil Simkin, a compact dancer of amazing agility and range. In his first solo, Moorhuhn, to messed-about Mussorgsky – parts of Pictures at an Exhibition mixed with sounds of clucking chickens, tweeting birds, etc – Simkin gave quirky choreography an impish twist and acrobatic prowess. His comedic versatility looked even better in Les Bourgeois to Jacques Brel in a solo epitomising a cheeky garçon at large in Paris.

It was not until Simkin partnered the Royal Ballet’s Roberta Marquez in the obligatory gala pas de deux from Don Quixote that his classical line, soaring elevation and attentive partnering came through. He was nicely matched with Marquez, a piquant whiz of a technician, and they gave this occasion an appropriately high-spirited finale.”

- Financial Times

“…We saw 13 dancers in 13 pieces plus a stage-crossing finale. The occasion’s discovery was Daniil Simkin, a 20 year old currently in the Ballet of the Vienna Staatsoper and Vienna Volksoper but the product of Soviet training via his parents, Dmitrij Simkin and Olga Aleksandrova.
Looking boyish still, Simkin’s bravura stems from an airy technique and a light-boned, smooth-muscled physique. With Puckish charm he carried off two overly cute solos, his father’s “Moore Hen” which calls for him to lay an egg (supposedly to Mussorgsky music) and Ben Van Cauwenbergh’s “Les Bourgeois” in which he swaggers and smokes accompanied by a Jacques Brel song. What really put Simkin over was the “Don Quixote” pas de deux with Roberta Marquez. He had the clean classical elegance and full range of standard steps for this “Petipa” showpiece plus the ample strength to add extra turns on the ground and twists in the air. Simkin lifted Marquez high and partnered her attentively…”

“…Next year, let’s have several new talents like Simkin this year! ”

- DanceViewTimes

“And a “Don Quixote” pas de deux, danced by Roberta Marquez of the British Royal Ballet and Daniil Simkin of the Vienna Opera Ballet. But Mr. Simkin was oddly subdued. Only in the finale did he and Mr. Matvienko tear up the night in feats of fast, stage-crossing, bravura dancing. ”
(You cannot please all, or can you ;)?)

- NY Times

“Newcomer Daniil Simkin of the Vienna Opera Ballet also made three appearances Monday night. Mr. Simkin exemplifies the current vogue for very young dancers who look even younger. To some extent it’s a perennial vogue, and ballet perpetually capitalizes on the thrills of the prodigy. According to the program, Mr. Simkin was born in 1987, but he’s very childlike: small, slight, and cute in an urchin-like fashion. He performed a solo in each half of the program. One was created by his father, Dmitrij Simkin, and one was by Ben Van Cauwenbergh. Both blended acrobatic ballet stunts with actual acrobatics, and left no doubt about his hypertechnical and hyper-flexible capacities. He closed the program by partnering the Royal Ballet’s Roberta Marquez in the “Don Quixote” pas de deux, which had been the final number on last year’s program as well.”

- NY Sun

” The irrepressible Daniil Simkin (above), who performed two humorous solos in addition to closing the evening in the Don Quixote pas de deux, was a favorite of the audience, which liked the quirky solos and applauded his high leaps and multiple turns in the pas de deux.”

- Dance Magazine

“…and one of the evening’s favorites Daniil Simkin, Vienna Opera Ballet.

A winner of the several ballet competitions including Varna in 2004, D. Simkin won the audience over as much with his personality as with his craft. In the twitch and tangy “Moorhuhn” by Dmitrij Simkin, D. Simkin moved with the fluency of Tharp dancer—boneless and razor sharp and once again in “Les Bourgeois” by Ben Van Cauwenbergh, Simkin proved a beguiling guide through the music of Jacques Brel…”

- Eye on Dance and Arts

” Stealing the show, undoubtedly, was Daniil Simkin, a dancer with the Vienna Opera Ballet. Daniil took the stage three times last night–twice in solos and once in a Don Quixote Pas de Deux with Roberta Marquez of the Royal Ballet. Daniil’s charismatic stage presence almost overshadowed his bounding leaps and perfectly solid turns. You never worried that Daniil might miss a beat or lose his spot. He was flawless the entire evening and each time he took the stage he was welcomed with resounding yells of “bravo!” from the audience.”

- Dance Spirit

Well what else can I say…not much for the moment actually. There is a gala coming up in St. Petersburg, Russia. Actually it’s my first gala in Russia and it was funny to obtain a russian visa at the embassy (since I am a German citizen).

As you saw I added a facebook button at my networks. You can add me if you want.

In the next days and weeks I am going to try to set up the calendar/schedule on the right side of this page so you can see my following performances. and maybe recode some of my videos. Beside this I’ll have a photoshoot soon and it may be you will see some photos of that soon on this site…a lot to do.

But as I said I have some news concerning my future, but in the moment I am unable to make them official. Please be patient and understandable.

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1. Mi-Gyeong says:

   What a nice photos ! I read an articles about that performance, as you put them on, almost best review written about especially you. Also ordinary Ballet fans, they felt admiration for your talent that night. I wasn’t there though there are many reivews on world wide web ^^
   Anyways.. Take your time and take care
   Cheers !

   March 13th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

2. susan kim says:

   congratulations, daniil!
   you deserve the wonderful reviews.

   March 25th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

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March 13th, 2008

My Japan performances this summer!

Posted in Announcements, Ballet by Daniil

Hello there again. Just a quick information about my two performances this summer in Japan (since so many asked)

I will perform on the

• 9^th of August 2008 at the Sunport Theater Takamatsu
  and on
• 12^th of August 2008 at the Youport Theater Tokyo

My performance will consist of my two contemporary numbers “Les Bourgeois” and “Moorhuhn”

Get yourself some tickets

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1. Mi-Gyeong says:

   COOL !! I must tell to my Japanese friends
   By the way, some sentence is broken so I can’t see correct dates.. Only me ?? ^^;

   March 14th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

2. Audrey says:

   I may go to Japan to watch your performances,haha~~It would be my second time to go abroad,XD~

   March 14th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

3. From JAPAN says:

   AMAZING!!
   I am sure to go to see your performance at the GOTANDA YOUPORT THEATER!
   right?
   t.i

   March 15th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

4. Maddie Rose says:

   Hello! first of all, i just want to say how much i love your dancing! you are truly incredible and you totally inspire me! i also have a question for you since you have been inquiring after questions yourself. i’ve watched all of your videos, but i must say that fallen angle touched me the most deeply. the way in which you dance that piece has so much overflowing emotion in it, which is extremely beautiful to behold! when you are dancing where do you have to look to find that emotional place inside yourself? i would assume that it’s different with every piece that you dance and also different depending on the day. but i guess what i’m really curious about is your process of connecting with yourself, and then in turn connecting with dancing. i would love to hear anything you have to say in regards to that.
   thank you so much!
   ~Maddie

   March 18th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

5. CHIE says:

   That’s AWESOME!!
   I’ve been a big fan of yours since I saw you at Paris last september.
   I’m really happy that I can see your performance in Japan!
   I will absolutely go to see it. I’m so excited!

   March 19th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

6. Keiko Osawa says:

   Is there any DVD available for Don Quixote with Ms Miki Hamanaka?
   I saw it YouTube.That was great performance.Hope any chance to see it again. Love your beautiful dance.

   July 13th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

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March 24th, 2008

Happy Easter and and something else…

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, life and such things by Daniil

Happy Easter to everyone (even though I am one day late to be precise).

Anyway I was reading an article some days ago I found on the another dancers’ blog, TheWinger.com . It’s a great blog from contributors around the globe.

David Hallberg, Principal with ABT (who I’ve met recently in NY for the first time at the gala) mentioned and presented this article in Newsweek , which was written by his collegue Sascha Radetsky. I would like to share it especially with my male readers:

© Nathan Perkel for Newsweek

My business attire is a pair of tights. All right, there it is. I wear makeup onstage, and some of my colleagues are gay. Can we move on now? Can we leave behind the tired male-ballet-dancer stigma—that ballet is not a masculine pursuit—in order to move toward an appreciation of the athleticism and artistry involved in this line of work?

On an average day at the job, I handle lithe, lovely women, engage in duels and delight in the experience of an exotic locale. I move like a gymnast or martial artist and embody the vilest of pimps or the most chivalrous and passionate of lovers. I constantly expand the borders of my physical capabilities, and I hone my mind to a quick-learning, focused edge. Come 8 p.m., I’ll fuse dynamic movement and storytelling with the grandeur of a full live orchestra.

Yes, I’m proud of my profession. Yet I find myself slightly guarded when I tell people what I do. Like some sort of incurable blight, the male-dancer stereotype has taken root and metastasized in our cultural consciousness. Pioneers like Baryshnikov or Nureyev might have opened some minds, but their days have long passed, and despite the noble efforts of a handful of current ballet leaders to expose fresh audiences to our art form, a whole new generation looks at male dancing with skewed vision. Some of my peers are foreigners; in many other countries male dancers are held in higher esteem. I studied in Russia for a year and always marveled at the way Russians celebrated their artists, whether their medium was dance, music or the written word. But I’m American, and I want to live in my own country, as a dancer, with some respect.

The most irritating aspect of the male-dancer stereotype is the underlying insinuation that we in some way lack strength of character or a courageous spirit. Male and female, all dancers undergo strenuous training from a very young age, and constantly wrestle with injuries and fatigue. But male dancers must possess a special type of will and fortitude if they are to become professionals, for, like fish swimming upstream, we have to fight through the current of thinly veiled contempt that much of society harbors for our chosen path. In our culture, girls are encouraged to take ballet; boys receive no such endorsement, except of course from ballet teachers or exceptionally supportive parents. The boy who perseveres in dance must have a genuine hunger for it, must be uniquely motivated and dedicated, and must develop a truly thick skin.

I started taking ballet when I was 5. My open-minded parents thought it was a good way to channel my rambunctious behavior. A few years later I was hooked. I loved the physicality and, of course, the girls, but I also learned that not everyone recognized the value of dance the way I did. I don’t remember the first fight I got into for being a kid who took ballet, but I remember fighting a lot before I realized that maybe I should keep my extracurricular activities to myself. But ballet was rewarding enough to be worth a fat lip or a black eye, and I emerged from my years of dance training more focused than ever. My background is not unusual among my American colleagues—they share similar stories of discouragement, harassment and even violence. But these experiences served to harden resolve and develop courage, and I know I can always count on several of my dancer buddies for steadfast support—they got my back! Ironically, the stereotype of the sissy male dancer has given rise to a male dancer who is anything but.

It’s frustrating that I feel obliged to extol the virtues and describe the rigors of my profession. I’d just like to make it known that the path of the male dancer isn’t necessarily easy—as with any truly worthwhile endeavor—but the rewards can be limitless. I feel lucky to have discovered a vocation that has allowed me to glimpse the great depth of human potential, both physical and mental, and has given me the opportunity to bring joy to so many people in so many places. I feel there is honor in the arts, in the world of dance, in the realm of male ballet dancing.

Exposure to ballet is all that is needed to open minds, for the combination of athletic movement, ardent drama and beautiful music can instill a profound appreciation in an audience. But for you out there who still feel compelled to malign male dancers with half-truths and petty stereotypes, well, maybe we need to step outside. I’ll leave my tights on.

Radetsky lives in New York City.

© 2008

I find the article both interesting to read and enlightening about the situation of a (young) male dancer in our society.
Luckily I was not in such a demanding situation. I had the luck of being trained and supported fully by my parents and surroundings. I never got into a fight in school with someone because I do ballet. Maybe it was because almost no one in my academic school (untill the very end) knew I did ballet. I rather kept quiet about my other activities out of school. In the very end it was just too obvious since I missed weeks being on ballet competitions, so slowly most of my friends knew about that. By this time most of the people around me were pretty much grown up and open minded, so there were practically no conflicts.
In my childhood I somehow didn’t mind not speaking or mentioning ballet to other people. Why should I bother them, making problems, letting them have prejudices? As Sascha has put it, ‘Yes, I’m proud of my profession.’ That’s pretty much it. It gives me so much personally, that I don’t have the urge to force it to people. If you like it, great! If you don’t, I really don’t mind, since people and therefore tastes are different.
In the end you cannot and will not be able to please all.

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1. Migyeong says:

   I just remembered, on the TV talk show, Colin(a young dancer) received a message from a young boy dancer who is his friends teasing him, so Colin adviced to him, “Tell them that, you play soccer with all sweaty boys but I’m dancing in the studio with all beautiful women !”
   Anyways, these article is really good to know how their life and being a male ballet dancer, I didn’t know exactly how they feels and how’s the life their society.
   I do see appreciation the most beautiful something of male dancer. It could be ’cause I’m female but I realize more and more it really is. I believe, they sublimated a pain in art their deep genuine minds by their passion of profession.
   Sascha was stunning in the movie ‘Center Stage’ even his role is not that big by the way

   Thank you for sharing the article and Daniil, your thoughts.
   Happy Easter too even it pasts 2 days

   March 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

2. Alexander Bernal says:

   I have always admired the courage it takes young boys and men to freely admit they dance the ballet. In the United States where I live, the stigma is widespread. I grew up in the south and bullies would most certainly have beaten up male ballet dancers in middle school. By the way, keep up the excellent work Daniil. I hope one day you get to be on American television like the Oprah Winfrey Show, Jay Leno, or David Letterman late night shows. Perhaps Conan O’Brian will have you on his show. Write to them and see. Send them your videos. I hope to see you perform in New York City sometime soon.

   March 25th, 2008 at 5:58 am

3. Aurora says:

   hi again daniil, maybe you remember me?? im from mexico…

   well for me, all the guys who practice ballet are so sexys jajaja, really!!! because, have a great body, are so strong, and they see so elegants, obvious you too, in special you…
   ohh and your dance whit venus villa, is incredible, congratulations…

   many many kisses… and sorry for my bad spelling…
   see ya

   March 26th, 2008 at 12:48 am

4. Havah says:

   Thank you for publishing this article, I considered both the writing and the critique excellent. As an american, I would not have viewed the article as you did, and so your two cents were worth it to me.

   Glad you are well.

   March 26th, 2008 at 9:09 am

5. Elizabeth says:

   When I was young in America, my dance interest was made fun of too. I loved to be in childhood performances where there were some male dancers, but I felt sorry for them too, because I could imagine that if it were hard for me, it would be harder for them. Mostly the male dance students were sons of other dancers. Now I’ve seen young boys in America who dance and have less trouble. I hope that trend continues. By the way, Happy Easter to you too. You are a wonderful dancer, and I hope to see you one day. I saw Nureyev when I was young; a very charismatic dancer. I think the details and emotion of The Specter of the Rose would fit you well, and you could add something to it.

   April 29th, 2008 at 8:01 am

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March 26th, 2008

At the Vienna Airport on my way to Russia…

Posted in Random Stuff by Daniil

Just a quick entry this time.
Right now I am sitting in the Vienna Airport waiting for my flight to Munich and then I am flying further to St. Petersburg, Russia. Actually it is going to be the first time I am dancing there, so if you want to see it like this, it is a debut. There I am dancing tomorrow in the ‘October’ Hall. The repertoire includes ‘Les Bourgeois’ and ‘Moorhuhn’. No Pas De Deux this time. It’s a pity :-/.
Well that is pretty much it.
I still cannot make any statement about my news I want to bring to you. The only thing is that it will probably be great news to the biggest group of people visiting this website (according to my site’s statistics ;-))
Well I probably will not be able to be Twittering (the status updates on the right side of my blog) in the next days, so please excuse me and understand that (unless I have a steady Internet connection there in the hotel). Bye!

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1. Migyeong says:

   Oh ! Congrats, Daniil ! I believe you will doing great as always ! I-and all supporters-are waiting for your news !!
   Anyways, good luck in Russia

   Cheers
   Migyeong

   March 26th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

2. Valery says:

   Dear Daniil,
   I was yesterday at the October hall and it was my first time to see you on stage. I’ve heard about and read about you but have never seen. So, yeaterday was a big good surprise for me. I expected to see just a virtous which is not bad at all, especially for your age, but saw a wonderfull dancer and artist who really understand what and why he does. I will be looking forward to see more of your art. Congradulations with your outstanding debut in St.Petersburg. All the best for you!

   March 28th, 2008 at 10:48 am

3. Aurora says:

   Hiiii again!!

   well congratulations!!!

   i hope see you someday… i really want see you!!

   sorry for my comments sometimes are incoherents, but i cant speak very well the english…
   im starting to take classes of ballet!!!!
   im sooo happy!!!!

   well care for, good luck!!!
   bye bye

   March 28th, 2008 at 11:31 pm

4. Katerina says:

   I’ve been there. Thank you! You were really great. Shame it was just two pieces! Hope to see you in St-Pete again!

   March 29th, 2008 at 12:51 am

5. Nikita says:

   Danya!!!Vy luchshii!!!Koncert v BKZ byl super!!!

   March 29th, 2008 at 11:00 am

6. Katy Sue Wheeler says:

   Wow! Russia. Congratz!!!
   I performed in Sergie Pasad and Moscow last summer! It was an amazing experience!!! Good luck to you, and enjoy!
   - Ribbit =D

   P.S. Sorry if you get this comment more than once. My computer is being strange. Lol
   Oh! And I don’t have a website yet. I’ll let you know when I get one. So long!

   April 8th, 2008 at 3:47 am

7. Diane Charette says:

   Hi! I’am from Canada, Québec to be more precise so I am a francophone and my english writing is not very good. But I want to express the joy the video of you dancing le bourgeois of Brel made to me. Seing a young boy with that perfect smile and all those mouvement really move me deeply. So I look at the fallen angel and other of the video that was there.. You have a special gift a kind of joy transpire in your way of moving.. Hold on to that someting special in your soul that make you dance like that. Tank you very much those emotion are rare and precious.

   April 14th, 2008 at 12:46 am

8. Calinai says:

   You should come to San Francisco..or Berkeley, we want to see you here!

   April 21st, 2008 at 6:05 am

9. Airport Finder says:

   Thanks for sharing…real good one.

   June 26th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

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April 22nd, 2008

La Spectre de la Rose

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals by Daniil

Before I start, I have to set something clear, preferably from the mouth of the master himself:

From Wikipedia:

“Le Spectre de la Rose is a ballet of the Ballets Russes based on a choreographic poem by Théophile Gautier. The music, by Carl Maria von Weber, was taken from his short piece Invitation to the Dance. Choreography was by Michel Fokine and set and costume design by Léon Bakst. It premiered on April 19, 1911 by the Ballets Russes in the Théâtre de Monte Carlo.

The story is about a debutante who falls asleep after her first ball. She dreams that she is dancing with the rose that she had been holding in her hand. Her dream ends when the rose escapes through the window. The dancers at the original performance were Vaslav Nijinsky as the Rose and Tamara Karsavina as the Girl. …”

Youtube was a great help. I was able to watch so many great dancers performing that piece. I could see, compare and decide what I like and what I don’t like in every performance. You get a couple of clips right beside here, so you can get an idea about the piece:

Manuel Legris:

Baryshnikov:

Nureyev:

Ruzimatov:

These are just a few and there are even more on Youtube to watch.

This piece of dance is pretty delicate to dance since it’s pretty different from what I’ve done. It’s far more important how you move and involve your arms and hands.
What is really dangerous is that all the big names of ballet history (starting with Nijinsky) danced that piece already and as an audience it is really tempting to just be lazy and start comparing. Who is jumping higher, who is doing which version etc…, but in the end please keep in mind there is no perfection possible in any art form and therefore comparison is useless.
I don’t know how about you, but for me it’s important if a performance/photo/painting/show, plainly said any art piece, gives something or not. This giving may be private or public, strong or weak, delicate or bold, but if you’re satisfied with this ‘present’ please be satisfied. There is no need for comparison.

Oups, I got kinda drawn away from my main subject, but whatever…just my two cents ;-).

If everything goes right I will be able to perform it the first time in Taipei on June 20th and 21st.

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1. Migyeong says:

   It is one of lovely ballet piece.
   Their arms, legs, show expressing themself…all different and they are not the same person. I think there the good thing is that only remain happiness to has a chance to watch various version by each dancers with not comparison.

   April 23rd, 2008 at 7:11 am

2. Philip says:

   Daniil, I have never seen SPECTRE yet…and I’ve decided to wait until YOU are dancing it…at ABT. It will be something to look forward to. There is a memorably staged excerpt from it in the 1980 Herbert Ross film NIJINSKY.

   I agree with Migyeong that one can enjoy multiple interpretations of the great ballets without making comparisons.

   Have you ever listened to the Hector Berlioz song SPECTRE DE LA ROSE from LES NUITS D’ETE?

   May 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 am

3. Kathy says:

   Damil,

   The Rudi’s version is no longer available. Do you know where else I can go to see his?

   May 15th, 2008 at 4:40 am

4. pourpasseletemps says:

   Hi, Danil.
   I am looking forward to seeing your first perfomance of ‘Le Spectre de la Rose’ in Taipei.
   See you soon!

   June 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

5. ashley says:

   I saw your Le Spetre de la Rose in Taipei “two times”!I bought the most expensive tickets and use a telescope to see you.It’s so clear and your facial expression is sooooo great!

   June 22nd, 2008 at 4:46 pm

6. ashley says:

   By the way.I born on 1987,too.

   June 22nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm

7. Serena says:

   I saw you dance in Taipei twice, too! I was almost crazy!!! You’re really awesome!!! Hope next time you could come to Taipei again.

   June 24th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

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November 30th, 1999

Gala Stars of the 21st Century

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June 4th, 2008

There’s something in the air…me, lol!

Posted in Feeding Insomnia, Random Stuff, life and such things by Daniil

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!

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1. Migyeong says:

   It looks like you getting realize the profundity about work, yourself, life and suchlike as you are grow a year older and older.. or am I too serious thinking ?
   Anyways, on Friday, it’s the official national holiday in Korea-the Memorial Day-so, there will be many people.
   Then.. See you tomorrow !

   June 4th, 2008 at 7:41 am

2. maiwenn says:

   Sure admire how you keep your performances at very high level even with all the flying and travelling ! I know by experience jet lag is quite disturbing physically and mentally, so it sems you have found some way to manage with it ! bravo !

   by the way, we are really really happy here in Paris that you’ll be here in September !!!

   June 4th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

3. Anne Taylor says:

   I discovered you flying through the air on Youtube and fell instantly in awe of your skills as a dancer. You can fly! Maybe only for a brief moment, but you are airbourne, and you make it look so effortless. I never even thought about whether I enjoyed watching ballet or not - it’s just one of the many things I’ve rarely been exposed to. But I know that YOU have peeked my interest. I look forward to watching more from you on Youtube and maybe someday, I’ll be able to see you perform live.

   You can FLY! You really can!

   June 14th, 2008 at 7:31 am

4. Indy says:

   Hi !!!! well I was reading,and I feel the same about flying, have to stay there for hours…. mmmm I don’t know what to say, I just Think that maybe when You are on Stage you can feel like free, that what I feel. and I just think that you are an Excelent dancer, I’m a dancer too, I love ballet, but I don’t have lucky to perform in a big stage like you, or dance like you, doing a profesion,because I’m too old. but I love see your videos on youtube and I hope that one day i can see you perform live. bye !!! good luck !!

   June 16th, 2008 at 6:35 am

5. Jie Ting says:

   Hi!It’s unbelievable for me to found your website.I went to 2nd International Ballet Star Gala in Taipei last Saturday.That was my first time to see you dancing on the stage.You are a relly good dancer and your ballet techniques are excellent!I enjoy watching you dancing on the stage!!I hope you can come to Taipei again and I can’t wait to see you dance on the stage again.
   PS.Les Bourgeois is wonderful!!!

   June 25th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

6. Elizabeth says:

   Do you have more videos this year? You are very generous to put the videos on Youtube, and share your insights on your website. I hope you do get enough sleep, and enough relaxation, and I hope to be able to see you perform soon.

   June 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

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July 6th, 2008

In between…

Posted in Announcements, Ballet, Random Stuff by Daniil

…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

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1. sleeping beauty says:

   What a marvelous photo!!!

   July 6th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

2. penny says:

   this photo took at 2008 international ballet gala in taipei? if so, i was there.

   i love your dance.

   bon courage.

   July 10th, 2008 at 4:00 am

3. penny says:

   oh~ i see the note below… in NY….

   July 10th, 2008 at 4:03 am

4. Liza K says:

   Why such a detailed report of every second of your life on this website? I understand that some fans really are fanatics, but why write exactly at what time you brushed your teeth and when you had breakfast? I am fascinated by your dancing, don’t get me wrong. But shouldn’t there be a limit as to how much is public? Consider 90 percent of the stars in Hollywood. You want your future to be like Britney Spears’???? Leave some mysteries for your fans please, we don’t want to know about your “Hollywood dramas”. We just want the dancing, thank you!

   July 17th, 2008 at 5:40 am

5. Magz says:

   TO Liza K,
   HERE is Daniil’s website, his blog…and I’m wordering why he can’t write everything he likes here?? I don’t understand….He is free to write anything..everything I think…

   Just a little confuing….^^

   July 23rd, 2008 at 6:46 pm

6. Misa says:

   You´re great..=)

   July 25th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

7. luna_lovegood says:

   Daniil You`re great and I saw you at the Varna`s ballet competition ;].And this photo is great , too ;] .

   August 1st, 2008 at 8:06 am

8. Mi-Gyeong says:

   Hello Liza K,
   I understand that you care of Daniil and his career. But…I more completely agree with Magz’s opinion, this is Daniil’s blog and he can do anything he want The website Twitter’s function is write some brief things, not only for supporters but also his friends.
   I thanks to him open blogs to people and how’s the life of ballet dancer who famous and work hard.
   We just keep encourage him and watching his dance future in ABT

   August 4th, 2008 at 5:30 am

9. tadheo de Carvalho says:

   Imagino yo que en la actualidade es uno de los bailarines mas bello que se hay surgido en la face de la Tierra que dio lo bendigue siempre un beso grande .. Tadheo Brasil Rio de Janeiro

   November 16th, 2008 at 12:25 am

10. romicha says:

    I’d like to see the pas de deux “my way” with daniil’s father. I didn’t find it in you tube.
    I saw it on tv and I cried with emotion..(sorry my english, I’ writting from argentina)Romicha

    December 26th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

11. Francisco Javier says:

    Hi!!!my name is Javier!! soy de Mexico, y estoy estudiando ballet, mi hermana da!!tengo 13 años y me encanta estudiar ballet, muchos me dicen que eso es de niñas, pero no les hago caso, bailas padrisimo, la verdad, un abrazo!!

    February 19th, 2009 at 5:13 am

12. ed~ says:

    When i first saw the list of dancers in taipei gala..i couldn’t believe my eyes~~danill simkin…wow!! this talent young dancer will be here on stage lively!! normally, i enjoy ur dance on u2, but, never expect that one day, u

    February 25th, 2009 at 10:19 am

13. Gerrity says:

    ?? ?????????!!!????? ????, ??? ?? ?? ????????? ????????, ?? ??? ????? ? ???? ??????!!!

    April 30th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

14. Gerrity says:

    ?? ?????????!!!????? ????, ??? ?? ?? ????????? ????????, ?? ??? ????? ? ???? ??????!!!

    April 30th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

15. Zii says:

    Just oowww!!!!! I have no words to say You’re the best

    July 14th, 2009 at 7:46 am

16. marie-josé says:

    hello ! on my site, or my blog, I have posted for my visitors, some words about your story, and the name of your site, it is difficult to post some photo as “the spectre de la rose” ! can you send me it ? or some pub for spectacles, thank you for Jacques Brel it is a wonderfull performance ! with so goods feelings ! I admire you, you are welcome on my blog of course and so ypur family, perhaps did you were going to Deauville in France, so I could see you and applause !!! so long Daniil, be care of you !

    September 26th, 2009 at 3:09 am

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August 13th, 2008

Back in shape…

Posted in Announcements, Ballet, Random Stuff, Rehearsals, life and such things by Daniil

Well again I’m sitting at an airport noticing that my last post has been more than a month ago. Hmmm. My plane from Tokyo to Frankfurt is late for three hours, what can I do ;).
Anyway yesterday I had my show in Tokyo which went really well. After my vacation period in Varna (what? I am on vacation…impossible! hahaha) I got back in shape and went for a week to Japan to perform first in Takamtsu and then in Tokyo and now I’m heading back home.
4 days in Frankfurt to recover from the Jet-lag and get back in shape for class.
(As you might or might not know there are different kinds of ‘being in shape’. To be in shape for rehearsing is different than to be performing. Then again for every performance and for even every Pas de deux you need different shapes, as different muscle groups are needed to perform. Actually it’s logical. Different kinds of jumps, different muscles, different shape.)
Well after that i am going for a week to Vilnius, Lithuania to prepare the role of Solor, which I’ll be doing there in December for the first time. My partner will be again Miki Hamanaka as Nikiya and Natalia Ledovskaya as Gamzatti.
After that I will be in Vienna for a week to visit friends and do some trainings there.
And I guess then I’ll be writing again to update you ;-).

By the way I have good news for my Mexican followers and friends. As it is planned I will be very probably performing in Guadalajara on September 26. Stay tuned for updates and news concerning that show.

Anyway I’ll write again, I just don’t know when

Bye and wish me a good flight!

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1. Camellia says:

   I’m really happy that you are in good spirits !! Prince, see ya !!

   August 13th, 2008 at 11:51 am

2. Camellia says:

   Say to add.
   Thank you for this new blog post I’m looking forward to that next “update”.
   To Pomantic Prince

   August 14th, 2008 at 3:17 am

3. luna_lovegood says:

   Dear Daniil I`m so happy for your vacation in Varna.But please, if you come in Varna next time, don`t be just in vacation.
   I`ll be very happy if I see your beautiful dancing(and won`t be just I).
   Thank you so much ;]

   August 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

4. Camellia says:

   I’m really happy that you are in good spirits !!
   and Thank you for this new blog post
   I’m looking forward to that next “update”.
   To Romantic Prince

   August 16th, 2008 at 3:04 am

5. Aurora says:

   Heyy!!!, you post the day of my birthday thanks!!!

   and well congratulations again for be a great dancer… i hope someday see you in mexico…
   good luck and many many kisses!!!

   August 24th, 2008 at 2:29 am

6. Marian says:

   Thank you for posting!!, “back in shape” sounds like real complicated ^^
   oh!! im from mexico!!!
   Oh, i would love going to see your performance!!
   i´ll check dates on ticketmaster or something.

   Anyway…good luck with your “back in shape”!!!
   Love your dancing!!

   September 6th, 2008 at 5:50 am

7. Gloria says:

   Hi Daniil, thanks for posting the new videos about your receent performance in Don Qixote.
   You are even better than before!!!!
   Bravo!!!
   please keep on posting your videos for us .
   For me is difficult to come and see you in theater around Europe, but surely I will come to see you when you will be here in Italy.
   You are great!

   September 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

8. Hubert says:

   Dear Daniil,

   I’ve just seen your show at the Champs Elysées for the Gala des étoiles…It was amazing.. CONGRATULATIONS to you and your partner!!!! Really I’m charmed by your grace. You ‘ve just come to make me love classical.

   Go on!!!

   September 21st, 2008 at 12:22 am

9. vesta in lithuania says:

   Dear Daniil,

   I’m so happy when you was in Vilnius and I hope see you next time in my country. I can’t say to your incredible dance while i’m so charmed.

   Vesta

   December 5th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

10. vesta in lithuania says:

    Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!You are amazing!!!!!!!!!

    December 5th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

11. Lialia says:

    i’m “originaire de kazan” and so sad bcs wasn’t there at this moment. even in paris it’s impossible to see you. you’re simply the best. technique, emotion, magic - everything is there. I imagine that representes a hard work. really BRAVISSIMO dani

    December 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 pm

12. karla says:

    you are really amazing i watch your videos, wow, i hope i can be that talented, i’m from Guatemala, if you ever come dancing here let me tell you i’ts a really nice country that need inspirational dancers like you, keep yorself like that, and hope your vacations have only make you better

    February 14th, 2009 at 9:10 am

13. tom says:

    Hi Daniil,
    I am new to twitter, I have been an admiring you for a few years now. I love to see you dance even if only on YouTube, I have studied Classical Ballet in the Past in London, really it was just for a hobby and to keep fit !… I believe that you are a beautiful dancer, full of grace and power, I am sure that these ingredients make you what you are. A great Dancer !… Keep up the Good Work Daniil, I will get to see you in person I hope sometime, ok. Take care and Best to you !… Tom !… Tchuess !…

    March 26th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

14. Yanina Bilo says:

    Hi there, I’m yani, and i’m from argentina, well I just want to tell you (like everybody do) I love what you do, I realy do, I haven’t seen something like that since baryshnikov lol. You might be tired of hearing things like this, so I stop, hehe. I hope one day you came to my country, to see you! Congrats!!!!!

    July 10th, 2009 at 6:16 am

15. Anne says:

    saw you in Paris Théatre des Champs Elysées as well. You were SO great. Really you are ahead of such a wonderful career. Thank you for having given me so much happiness yesterday with Les Bourgeois
    Anne

    September 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm

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September 11th, 2008

New DonQ and performance schedule…

Posted in Ballet, Random Stuff, Updates by Daniil

Hey there,

got a new video (technically it’s 2) up on Youtube:

Well, I’ve been pretty busy the last days preparing everything for my travelling and especially for New York Just so you have it, here is my schedule for the next weeks before joining American Ballet Theatre’s rehearsal period on September 29:
September 12-14: Athens, 3 shows at the MEGARO MOUSIKIS stage
September 15-18: London, rehearsals
September 19-22: Paris, Théatre des Champs-Elysées, 4 galas
September 26: Guadalajara, Mexico, Auditorio Telmex, gala

Anyway, I have to leave now for rehearsals. Just so you know, there will be some more videos up on Youtube soon ;).
Hope all is well with all of you!

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1. luna_lovegood says:

   Thanks for the new blog.I wish you good luck in the new premieres!!!

   September 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

2. maiwenn says:

   Always as busy !
   I will be very happy to see you live in Paris on Sept 20th.
   Looking forward to the new videos also !
   Enjoy and keep up the excellent dancing !

   September 11th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

3. Adams42 says:

   When RU dancing in New York??? I want to arrange to be there.

   September 12th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

4. nicola says:

   Just came home from the Megaro and, I think it’s safe to say that after these great performances, you’ll have so many new fans here in Greece. You took everyone’s breath away! Thank you for the excellent performance, it was great to see you dancing live
   Take care, keep up the good work, and come again soon!

   September 12th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

5. minas says:

   I was in megaron mousikis too yesterday 13/9. Daniil if angels dance they must dance like you. We’d like to see you again here in Athens maybe in a whole play with you as prime dancer. Thank you, looking forward to see you again. Minas - Penelope

   September 14th, 2008 at 9:54 am

6. ifi says:

   Last night I really adored your performance at Megaro!! You are un believable!! The best performance I have ever seen!I feel so lucky that I had the chance to see u, Svetlana and all the other dancers!It’s really hard memories to remember! I hope to see u soon in another performance too… Come back to Greece soon! We love u here!!
   Take care and be always so creative and incredible as you are right now…pc: sorry for my english…

   September 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am

7. elli says:

   Hey,there
   I enjoyed the performance in Greece a few hours ago too!You were perfect and I think the Greek audience showed its preference for you!Come again we love u here!

   September 14th, 2008 at 11:15 pm

8. Penny says:

   Well I am another one who had the pleasure to enjoy your great perfomance in Magaron, Athens! And I would like to thank you for offering us these magical moments!Wish you the best,hoping to have the privilege to watch another great show of yours very soon!

   September 15th, 2008 at 1:52 am

9. alkistis says:

   hi!! I was also there yesterday in Megaro,at Athens! and I have to say that it was fantastic I had a greate time and everything was perfect all the dancers were amazing and I realy enjoi it!!! I hope to see you again very soon!! you were perfect!!!

   September 15th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

10. Juliet says:

    Dear Daniil,I was today on the first rank of orchestra-how lucky-in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,and I saw you,for the first time,alive.What a great emotion,it was fantastic.Thank you so much!I hope you are happy and that you enjoy your time in Paris.I am coming back to see you dance on Monday.I shall be ”esho raz na vastorge!!!”Tseluyu.Paka,daragoi,Daniil!

    September 20th, 2008 at 1:26 am

11. maiwenn says:

    The gala Sept 20th in Paris was really a moment of real real pleasure. I loved the perfect Moorhuhn, and you were as usual impressive in Don Q, even if I would maybe suggest that it was a little less perfect on the partnering part, than it was on all the solo parts. There is no doubt you will evolve and progress more and more, with ABT !
    Take care !

    September 21st, 2008 at 1:47 pm

12. Juliet says:

    Only four days between Paris and Gadalajara!I hope you can have a little rest!I saw you to- day once more in the Champs-Elysées.It was extraordinary,thank you so much.You are a very musical dancer,it is so rare!
    All my love and best wishes.

    September 23rd, 2008 at 1:08 am

13. Marion says:

    Hello, I’m a little french dancer in Paris. I saw you dancing on Monday at the Champs-Elysées, an I was so happy ! You’re a great dancer, and your jumps are really really good ! I was very impressed in your Don Quichotte performance with Roberta Marquez, you were fantastic ! In Moorhuhn too ! It was the first time I could really see you dancing, so thank you so much for this extraordinary moment !
    I hope I’ll see you another time in Paris,
    Take care,
    Marion.

    September 24th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

14. Kitri_NYC says:

    Daniil,
    Your dancing is exceptionally beautiful, fresh, elegant, joyful with gorgeous lines and technique. Some may be confusing this elegance, princely quality, with “girly,” but that’s not at all you! Some ballet princes are cold, aloof — but again, that’s not at all you!

    As for insominia, try a cup of yogurt before you go to sleep. All that calcium might help you unwind.

    All the best –

    January 22nd, 2009 at 7:33 pm

15. luca de carlo says:

    hoping to see you also in rome , he is absolutely astounding , speechless every time I saw him dancing

    June 23rd, 2009 at 9:46 am

16. Dancer4life says:

    Daniil, you are an exceptional dancer! Can you put up a performance schedule of when you perform with ABT? Hope to watch you dance live!!! best luck to you

    August 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

17. Jana Jagoe says:

    Please have someone keep your fans informed of your schedule. Most of us would travel as far as necessary to see you, we just need to know in advance. You were beyond superb in Paris. I feel so fortunate to have seen you and want to see more of you in NYC.

    September 24th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

18. Jack Cesar says:

    Hi, I am Brazilian. Sorry, I don’t talk excelent english, you are excelent dancer. Congrulations! I old 17, I’m Ribeirão Preto / SP. Good Bye. Como eu faço pra chegar um dia ao seu nível? A idade influencia?! Thanks

    September 25th, 2009 at 12:55 am

19. liza says:

    Daniil,
    I happened to be in France when you danced at the TCE. I discovered your name there but your dance took my breath out. By watching you, I had the impression there was no gravity any more. Elegance, Flexiblity, Maturity and so much body control.
    ????, ????

    October 3rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm

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November 30th, 1999

Posted in Random Stuff by Daniil

Hello friends. I know it has been a while since my last post. The only thing I can assure you is that I have been very productive since the last time I wrote.

Before and during my stay in NYC

As previously mentioned I had a marathon of shows before finally arriving in NY. They all went well, though by the end I was exhausted and happy that I was in NYC. Athens, Paris and Guadalajara were all a great experience on their own.

NYC was a bit of a hassle, especially in the beginning. I had a sublet, two suitcases (for one and a half months), a lot of ballet stuff with me and basically chronically no time to do whatsoever. Work was nice, I got used to the working habits of ABT and got to know a lot of new people with no bad experiences at all. Concerning the repertoire I was rehearsing and performing the ‘Tico Tico’ solo in Paul Taylor’s ‘Company B’ and beside this the ‘Flames of Paris’ Pas de Deux with Sarah Lane.
A Social Security Number, a lot of Starbucks Coffee Cups and millions of Subway rides later I finally found an apartement and finished my first season at the New York City Center.

Coming back to the kitschy and tacky clichés about New York, consider them true. Wether it be ‘The city gives you so much energy’ or ‘the city is so alive’ or basically anything which starts with ‘the city is…’, actually most of it is true. It really is a unique experience and definitely a privilege to be there.

(Why I write there is because I currently am writing this post while being on a train ride for a day-trip to Munich)

La Bayadère

After NY I did a full DonQ in Vilnius and afterwards prepared for around 9 days the role of Solor in ‘La Bayadère’. It was actually enough time since most of the work I did in the summer preparing the role in Vilnius with my parents. It was abig step forward for me and everything went well.

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December 3rd, 2009

INTENSIO, Twitter and a new website

Posted in Announcements, Ballet, Random Stuff, Updates by Daniil

Hi everyone.

I know I’ve been absent more than a year. A lot of changes, a lot of things happening, a lot of work. I am sorry the only possibility I had was to keep you up-to-date over my Twitter account.

But just two things. I my INTENSIO project happening on December 11, 12 and 13 in the Pallace Theatre in Athens. Join me if you want/have the possibility!

The list of appearing dancers include:

• Daniil SIMKIN – American Ballet Theatre
• Alina COJOCARU - The Royal Ballet
• Lucia LACARRA – Bayerisches Staatsballett (Munich)
• Cyril PIERRE – Bayerisches Staatsballett (Munich)
• Daria KLIMENTOVÁ – English National Ballet
• David MAKHATELI – The Royal Ballet
• Irina KOLESNIKOVA – St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre
• Semyon CHUDIN – Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet Theatre
• Marie LINDQVIST – The Royal Swedish Ballet
• Dragos MIHALCEA – The Royal Swedish Ballet
• Aurelie DUPONT –Paris Opera Ballet
  
• Jiri Bubenicek –Dresden Semper Oper
  

Furthermore, a new website is in the making by GNV& Partners. It will feature a re-do of my current wordpress theme, but the general concept of Blog/website will stay the same. Stay tuned.

Last but not least, you can become a ‘fan’ or better said a friend now on my Facebook Page. I have reached 5000 friends on my actual profile and therefore have to relocate my friends to my page. If you are not one yet, please join!

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1. KOZUE says:

   Hi,Daniil!!im happy to work your site again!!
   Please come to Japan:)

   December 4th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

2. Katerina says:

   Hi, Daniil! I was in Pallace Theatre on Saturday night and I thought the performance was breathtaking! The best gala I have ever seen in Greece! Sheer excitement! I hope you have filmed it. Good luck in everything!
   Katerina

   December 13th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

3. Katerina says:

   Hi, Daniil! I was in Pallace Theatre on Saturday night and I thought the performance was breathtaking! Good luck in everything!

   December 14th, 2009 at 2:46 am

4. SZ says:

   Bravo and hello Daniil!!,
   Your performance in the Le Corsaire film clip on You Tube was absolutely fantastic! You are truly brilliant, technically and artistically. It’s so wonderful to again see your fresh, sexy, youthful male power and beauty. Congratulations! That lucky audience!

   December 19th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

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