Ballet dancers perform to the Pixies

Ape Lad sez, "Every time I see this it makes me smile: ballet dancers performing to the Pixies' 'Where is my mind.'" Link (Thanks, Ape Lad!)

[#1 posted by MacLuddite, April 25, 2008 4:53 AM]

That was charming. :-)

[#2 posted by doggo, April 25, 2008 5:13 AM]

Heeheehee!

[#3 posted by Celestyna, April 25, 2008 6:01 AM]

This has me all bleary-eyed and waxing nostalgic for my old dance recital days.

[#4 posted by Bobdotcom, April 25, 2008 6:44 AM]

Kudos to the instructor on his/her choice of music.

Death to the Pixies!!

[#5 posted by absolutetrust, April 25, 2008 6:50 AM]

First time I've ever enjoyed watching ballet.

[#6 posted by opensource, April 25, 2008 7:41 AM]

I anxiously await their interpretation of "Wave of Mutilation".

[#7 posted by paddysat, April 25, 2008 8:47 AM]

I am sure this is exactly what Frank Black had in mind when it was written.

*shudders*

[#8 posted by IronyElemental, April 25, 2008 8:54 AM]

I'm hoping for "Debaser" next, personally.

"Slicing up eyeballs, wah-ha-ha-ho!"

[#9 posted by igpajo, April 25, 2008 9:25 AM]

Awesome. I'd love to see the look on all the family members faces who had no idea what music their darling little ballerinas were dancing too.

[#10 posted by tim, April 25, 2008 9:40 AM]

Ah, happy memories. Many years ago I worked as stage manager for a ballet school whenever they did shows. What a perfect job for a teenager; a place where a large number of barely dressed girls actually want you to watch them. Not all pleasure though; I used to learn the entire choreography so I could remind nervous dancers what their part was in the wings. Great fun.

[#11 posted by Lobster, April 25, 2008 10:14 AM]

If you don't like ballet, it helps to remember that no matter how light you are, standing on the very tips of your toes is remarkably painful. That's some serious discipline.

[#12 posted by Lauren O, April 25, 2008 10:17 AM]

These girls are not standing on the very tips of their toes. I thought this was going to be some good professional ballet, and I'm a little disappointed.

[#13 posted by Pope Ratzo, April 25, 2008 10:20 AM]

Look closely. They are dudes in drag.

[#14 posted by ioksotot, April 25, 2008 10:52 AM]

The Fall did it first (1988)and played live at the gig

"I am Kurious Oranj"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4CWf1FwwePw

[#15 posted by skramble, April 25, 2008 11:25 AM]

Just Dreamy, no bulging packages, just pretty young ladies dancing to the Pixies. My kind of Ballet.

[#16 posted by The Urban Naturalist, April 25, 2008 1:05 PM]

Really wonderful.

[#17 posted by jetsetsc, April 25, 2008 1:08 PM]

Now I wanna see Frank Black dancing to Tchaikovsky.

[#18 posted by w000t, April 25, 2008 2:49 PM]

Bravo!

Best. Band. Evar.

Seeing this helps make up for accidentally deleting the eps I made of the flying P (from which I made my bb user pic).

[#19 posted by Tenn, April 25, 2008 3:42 PM]

@16 The Urban Naturalist,
We know already! Put it in your profile before Mom has to pick up after you and gets annoyed.

Oh my gosh this is SO COOL. If ballet had done this when I was little I might have toe shoes and a tutu!

[#20 posted by takeshi, April 25, 2008 4:40 PM]

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/CM/Mister_Hopkinsons_Computer_-_Where_Is_My_Mind.mp3

[#21 posted by absolutetrust, April 25, 2008 8:34 PM]

Love that track Takeshi.

The 'Fake Plastic Trees' cover is also excellent:
http://www.myspace.com/computersings

[#22 posted by Takuan, April 25, 2008 8:42 PM]

that is quite atmospheric, Takeshi, thanks

[#23 posted by hikeebahikeeba, April 26, 2008 12:18 AM]

wow. the ballet recital was perfect to begin with,but following it up with the computer's cover version...i love the ineffable.

[#24 posted by Aurora317, April 26, 2008 8:46 PM]

We did choreography to "Black Hole Sun" for a recital my senior year of high school. My favorite part was dying our toe shoes black. :-) This is fantastic, thanks for sharing.

[#25 posted by kennapea, April 28, 2008 2:43 AM]

those are some bad-ass ballerinas - pairing them up with the pixies is just brilliance.
I DEMAND MORE@

[#26 posted by Matt Sanderson, May 9, 2008 7:40 PM]

So, has no one noticed how appropriate this is, given Surfer Rosa's cover art? I think Frank Black would be smiling ear-to-ear at this.