By all means add further thoughts to that thread - we'd really like to keep this one for thoughts on brand new polls. ta

There are some real goodies for the future here, though some of them might be a little hard to 'fit' into our very limited format.

I'd like to do the 'What makes you go time and time again to the same piece?' (changed the words a little). But we need to generate a list of up to 10 reasons for people to vote on. So readers; your thoughts for the list - and don't forget they can only be one or two words in length!

We have a week to work on this, in the meantime I'm going with a poll based on something that came up in the Clement Crisp interview - but I'll write about that on another thread.

The next one is 'What makes you go time and time again to the same piece?

But we need to generate a lits of up to 10 one or two word anserws for people to vote on. Help! (and ta in anticipation)

to start : (some are overlapping...and some too long !)
- the story/- the score/- different cast/- different company/- different choreographer/- favourite dancer (performer-related)/-reworked version/- the venue/- my friend does/- to know it by heart/- to know all versions/- to know all subtilities/- tradition/- the media-hype/- just biased/- to dance it myself/- other

I'm sorry for all my spelling-faults I'm getting a bit lazy and don't use my dictionary anymore ....

Hey ! Yes Helen, I think .."because it's the only ballet that ever comes here" is a valuable reason !
(...imagination & ideas...that's my job, Helen !)
Oh Bruce, how can you squeeze this into one or two words ????
...maybe : 'availability' ?

Just to remind you, the poll question is 'What makes you go time and time again to the same piece?

Here is the provisional list of choices:

Different interpretations
Seeking perfection
Love of a dancer
Seeing subtleties
little dance choice
other

happy to consider one or two more additions or changing words if it makes things clearer - but we have little space remember.

... and thanks for your help!

I'm being pedantic but what about changing 'love of a dancer' to 'dancers' or adding on 'love of a cast'. In response to Vivane's request that I post something on the subject, I saw Onegin's first cast all three times because that cast was so extraordinary all round and so perfectly balanced. Given that Cooper and Stiefel are guest artists, and all 4 are favourites I never thought the stars would line up for me like this again, so I saw them every opportunity I could.

Otherwise I think the list is great - I can't think of anything else to add to it!

And how about this as an idea for a future ballet.co poll - the death of new narrative/story ballets. Looking at Stephen Baynes' profile in the Independent it makes me sad that he thinks such ballets can't be made or aren't as accepted anymore. And it might provoke some interesting discussion as to why some of the best choreographers go down the contemporary or abstract ballet route.

I understand and think I'll change to
'love of dancer/cast'

It's not short but hopefully people rapidly understand what it means

>
>And how about this as an
>idea for a future ballet.co
>poll - the death of
>new narrative/story ballets. Looking at
>Stephen Baynes' profile in the
>Independent it makes me sad
>that he thinks such ballets
>can't be made or aren't
>as accepted anymore. And it
>might provoke some interesting discussion
>as to why some of
>the best choreographers go down
>the contemporary or abstract ballet
>route.

Nice one - there is something here I'm sure. I'll start a new Mini-poll thread around these issues after I have got the next poll off and running. Thank you

You've missed out "Love of the piece"! And how about "I don't!", so that we don't exclude anyone?