NYC Ballet Fall Gala

Let’s start with the present now.

These couple of days is Ballet night.

The NYC Ballet Company just open their fall season yesterday with a fabulous Fall Gala.

The Fall Gala besides opening the season it’s also an Event where the Company work together with some of the great Fashion Designer to design the costume and make the dance an art piece.

There’s Red Carpet in front of the Lincoln Center a couple of hours before the show begin. Then a pre-show cocktail on the 2^nd ring lobby.

Then the show start with a introduction documentary about the costume, Carolina Herrera design the costume for the first piece Morgen.

But with a big piece of Ballet like Morgen, it tends to make people compare with all the principle dancers. Because it’s a couple piece with 3 couples dancing in the same dance.

So there’s a clear significant for the premier principle and non-premier.

But the set and the dance is still magnificent.

After the first piece, the orchestra rest and the gorgeous Carolina Herrera take her bow. The costume is exquisite.

After the intermission, there’s a following of 4 short pieces of Ballet.

 The Bitter World, by Dinah Washington accompanied the piece. With just 2 dancers in gray and skin colored costume. It is beautifully choreograph, because there’s nothing that take away from the dance, not even an orchestra or singer. Therefore, every spin, turn, twist and plié and brisé is view in it’s entirety and in plain sight.

A great start for the 2nd section, then the 2nd dance is Clearing Dawn, a 6 dancers piece with the most elaborate costume effects ever, the dancers are dressed in gray navy suits and skirt. The extremely large coat that covers the shirt at the beginning of the dance is pull up to the ceiling to reveal the costume underneath. Clearing Dawn is a little bit about childishness and bullying and fights and love. The giant Ego shadow of the giant costume we put on the outside and the gray smaller discipline uniform within the conformity to rules.

3^rd piece is Funérailles, it’s about the funeral and the love of our lives would be like. The costume piece is this exquisite embroidered piece for the dying female character and the love dance around her, lamenting her.

And the closing piece would be Balles-Lettres. The most suitable piece to close the event. Of course the costume is all these letters sewn onto Ballet stretching tights.

Since it’s a skintight costume with no frills, the dance simply fly at ease.

The choreography is the largest in Scale with 7 dancers, taking in the whole stage.

Every subtle changes in movement is exaggerated with some beautifully executed Ballet techniques. And pointed out with formation by the dancers.

So after the dances closed, we congratulate everyone and start to stuff our mouth and hungry stomach at the real Gala.

Of course some of the costume that were worn there u’d wonder how are these people going to sit down. So naturally some actually just stand and eat a little and then walk out for cigarettes or just simply chat away and leave half way through like we did to avoid breaking Eric’s Sober Streak.

Enough said. Tonight will be the real start of the season with Tchaikovsky and Balanchine opening night, which we got!!!!

So I’m off now to get ready!

Top 10 Male Models 2008

Top 10 Male Models of the year 2008!!!
1. Kerry Degman: Scaling at 6.0 feet he wouldn’t be the tallest model in the business. But ever since he is revealed last year Kerry have virtually taken over the Model/Fashion Essential Blog world. With his angels faces and devilish body. He have conquer the homosexual society with the first batch of portfolio and now he is one of the most sort after editorial models in the world.
2. Justin Gaston: An underwear model that tried out a reality show, Nashville Star might not be your first choice as the top model, and with the tabloid and gossip hot on his relationship with Miley Cyrus. It’s even harder to consider Justin as a Professional Model it seems. But Before all the tabloid, he was picked up by internationally acclaimed photographer Bruce Weber and with multiple Catwalk show, an Armani Campaign and Just Cavalli he will be another model that’s bound as the next big thing.









3. Simon Nessman: the model that seem unlikely yet have skate through every job smoothly. Simon is part of the ensemble that represent the young and hip of the new generation model of the year. In the time that’s little over a year’s time, Simon has model and catwalk to virtually every brand out there, ranging from Givenchy to Tim Hamilton and appear in tons of magazine spread.















4. Garrett Neff: from the beginning Garrett has been book in some of the most luxurious brand out there, from Perry Ellis to Louis Vuitton and Tommy Hilfiger and appear in magazine like GQ and L’Officiel Homme and V. Garrett rise to general public attention when he nails the Campaign for Calvin Klein Man cologne and later replace Jamie Burke as the face for Calvin Klein Jeans.











5. Edilson Nascimento: after taking model editorial for some of the best photographer in the world, Edilson is formally introduce to the world population in modeling video Terra- The Boy. Straight after that, Edilson started booking for every magazine around the world and never look back.











6. Stan Jouk: Taken under the wings by Steve Klein and own a cover spread on L’Uomo Vogue. Life have never been the same for this young star. An Editorial in Interview and then the D&G 2005 Spring Campaign propelled this model into greater heights. Now he is part of the great pack that grace the cover of ever magazine and last year alone he has walk the spring collection for Charles Nolan, Michael Kors, Lacoste, Perry Ellis, Rag & Bone, and Y- 3.











7. Holden Nowell: would be the new guy to look for. Book for some of the most famous photographer. The new face is making a wave as Kerry did a year ago the same time. And every online Blogger are expecting another tsunami to strike the online modeling buzz this year.

8. Rob Devita : Red Modeling Agency’s newest member this year to be introduce. He is one of the freshest faces that’s moving totally in the different direction. With an amazing tattoo Sleeve, Rob appear to be the James Dean-esque modern rebellious images. The Bad boy vibe is so strong that it became the signature for the model in every shot. Sometimes it’s consider limiting to have such elaborate feature on a model’s body but this intensified the seriousness of Rob potential instead.












9. Lucien Thomkins: is part of the white boyish model clan. The European look have capture the hearts of millions since he started appearing on the fashion circuit. With the appropriate skin tone, he have been booked to walk for most of the major label, from Salvatore Ferragamo to Dolce & Gabbana .











10. Reid Prebenda: is an American with a European look, the boyish feature with the mature build gave Reid the advantage to book mostly every show available from American to European circuit. Ranging from Dolce & Gabban, Roberto Cavalli to Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Valentino. His look are the rare combination of Classic and Boy Next Door essence.