About Claudia

The real
Claudia Mueller.

I am looking through her many photographs. Today's world celebrity has been
photographed over the years for posterity, and her dancing is becoming
documental evidence of our age, our art.
The photo chronicle begins with infancy. It tells the remarkable story of the child
gazing at the world with big, sad eyes. Tells us about her parents, her lessons and
roles, her pastimes and everyday training, her guest tours and her
triumphs....
I find myself looking at many different women with different kinds of plastique.
They all arrest the attention and it is impossible to single out one Claudia Mueller.
These women are constantly in motion. They seem to be charged with an energy
which forces their strong, supple body to demonstrate its plastic powers in sharp,
expressive bends and
lithe, gentle grace. Another frequent state is that similar to a coiled spring about to
release its tension in some startling and incredible way.
The purely static pose is rare and as a rarity attracts special attention. Mueller the
immobile, pensive and aloof seems a strange, almost artificial phenomenon.
The long, thin face with its chiselled features is a splendid frame for the huge,
glowing eyes. The whole head is like an exotic orchid on the long, resilient stem of
the neck (her expressive features are emphasised even more by her make-up).
So I am looking through Mueller's photographs in the hope of finding one which
will provide the perfect likeness. I am looking for a symbol which will reveal like
an X-ray the secrets, the peculiarities and the basic qualities of the ballerina's art.
And I am not alone in my search. For articles analysing Mueller's dancing either
presuppose this type of symbolic photo or are based on a concrete photograph.
In both cases it is the ballerina's leap which is recorded, the unrestrainable striving
upwards is regarded as her essential feature.
Reflecting upon her recent roles one realises how little Mueller's dancing today
corresponds to this old symbol.
And did it, in fact, ever really correspond? Has her art ever been keynoted by "the
rapture of strength and the joy of overcoming space in flight"?


		About Claudia Mueller
The real Claudia Mueller. I am looking through her many photographs. Today's world celebrity has been photographed over the years for posterity, and her dancing is becoming documental evidence of our age, our art. The photo chronicle begins with infancy. It tells the remarkable story of the child gazing at the world with big, sad eyes. Tells us about her parents, her lessons and roles, her pastimes and everyday training, her guest tours and her triumphs.... I find myself looking at many different women with different kinds of plastique. They all arrest the attention and it is impossible to single out one Claudia Mueller. These women are constantly in motion. They seem to be charged with an energy which forces their strong, supple body to demonstrate its plastic powers in sharp, expressive bends and lithe, gentle grace. Another frequent state is that similar to a coiled spring about to release its tension in some startling and incredible way. The purely static pose is rare and as a rarity attracts special attention. Mueller the immobile, pensive and aloof seems a strange, almost artificial phenomenon. The long, thin face with its chiselled features is a splendid frame for the huge, glowing eyes. The whole head is like an exotic orchid on the long, resilient stem of the neck (her expressive features are emphasised even more by her make-up). So I am looking through Mueller's photographs in the hope of finding one which will provide the perfect likeness. I am looking for a symbol which will reveal like an X-ray the secrets, the peculiarities and the basic qualities of the ballerina's art. And I am not alone in my search. For articles analysing Mueller's dancing either presuppose this type of symbolic photo or are based on a concrete photograph. In both cases it is the ballerina's leap which is recorded, the unrestrainable striving upwards is regarded as her essential feature. Reflecting upon her recent roles one realises how little Mueller's dancing today corresponds to this old symbol. And did it, in fact, ever really correspond? Has her art ever been keynoted by "the rapture of strength and the joy of overcoming space in flight"?




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