apropos of absolutely nothing

[swan_tower]

I would pay money to see somebody choreograph a contemporary ballet pas de deux to the song "Gaeta's Lament" from Battlestar Galactica. It would be a beautiful adagio, morphing into something huge and powerful when the drums kick in. Alternatively, do it on ice, with some really athletic side-by-side and throw jumps at the end.

I never had it in me to be a professional dancer, but there is and always will be a choreographer living in a back corner of my head, drafting movement to the music I'm hearing.

Comments

[amysisson.livejournal.com]

I think the only nuBSG music I have on CD is first or second season. I'll have to track down Gaeta's Lament and listen to it.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Fourth season. Vocal version, not instrumental, and extra awesome points for the fact that it's the actor himself singing -- apparently he has opera training.

I quit on BSG after the second season, but the music throughout is bloody amazing.

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

How Ironic that you picture a ballet for that song, given that Gaeta's Lament is *spoiler* that he lost a leg :)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I'm aware. :-) But since I've never seen the ep, my brain instead pastes the song onto about three or four different stories in my head, none of which features amputation, but all of which would do nicely as ballets.

(I like my versions better. <g>)

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

Bah. I like a little bit of amputation in my ballets. :)

Though don't ask me to choreograph one, I'd be stumped.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I like the music even if the show bored me catatonic.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

The show didn't . . . bore me, per se, but it never really hooked me. I attach to characters first and foremost, and while I thought BSG had some who were interesting, I didn't really care about any of them. So when I heard the writing went sharply downhill in S3 and S4, I figured I should quit where I was.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Here you go. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjGOSmH6kw&feature=related)