Thought this might be interesting. First is me marking the man's solo from the 1st Pas de Trois in Balanchine's masterpiece (one of them), AGON, with music by Igor Stravinsky, when I staged it for the Sacramento Ballet. This is exactly the musical timing Balanchine wanted, and he taught this variation to me in a private hour-long rehearsal. He normally didn't take rehearsals for his older ballets unless he had a reason. With me, as his official protege, he wanted to be sure I got it right. The second clip is the Bolshoi Ballet's Yan Godovsky dancing this when I staged it for the Bolshoi Ballet in 2004. He does a couple different poses but he got the musicality exactly right. Balanchine wanted you to "see the music, and hear the dance." This is what he means.
