Sorry, been away on vacation. Just now saw this. Sorry to say I never danced Apollon. But I love Balanchine. It would have been a wonderful fantasy.
I did dance for a Balanchine protoge at the Los Angeles ballet (now defunct) in the late 1970s.
The gods Apollo and Dionysious are often portrayed as opposite poles on teh aesthetic spectrum. I am old now, but when I dance I like to think myself Apollo.
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