Untitled - Tarom

INSIGHT TAROM Prim\var\/Spring 2007 29
BECOME HIS/HER OWN
MODEL
To become his/her own model.
To have his/her own ideas based
on what he or she wants to do. If
something doesn’t come out of your
soul it doesn’t belong to you. We
become someone else... That doesn’t
mean that we shouldn’t respect
and learn from other people but
after that, in each one’s individual
development, everything has to
come out of each one’s heart.
HOW IS ALINA COJOCARU
BESIDES THE STAGE
I am at an age when I still learn
in my profession and in my life. And
from all this experience (the two ballet
evenings on the National stage,
the bringing of the original stage set
from London for „The Lesson“,
inviting the ballet dancers from
Covent Garden and the Royal
Danish Opera, n.red.), I learned that
I have more pacience than I thought.
I travel a lot, I meet people that speak
different languages, represent different
cultures and that makes me not
to tell right ahead what I think. I
want to understand and be understood.
Being a perfectionist with
myself I expected from the people I
worked with to be the same. It was a
big mistake and I was wondering all
the time: “Why don’t they try, why
don’t they succeed, it’s so simple...“ I
understood later that many arrive at
their accomplisment in their own
way. With more patience, I tried to
be more opened, to see how other
people work, to learn from them. It
was a big lesson because it changed
me as a person. I began to enjoy
more my collegues, to be more
happy for my efforts.
In London is a very difficult
atmosphere because there is less
exercise. If at 18:30 the study is over,
the class rooms become empty. At
the beginning of my carrer I felt
weird... I went home to practice. I
didn’t dared to be in theatre, lest
someone say “look, she’s mad...“.
But in Russia we worked until they
kicked us out. That was my habit.
But now I learned that if I need this,
then tha’ts what I do, without pretending
from the others to do the
same. The results are much better, I
am more relaxed... Well, the nerves
before the show are the same! ∫
scena Na]ionalului, aducerea decorurilor originale de la Londra pentru
„Lec]ia“, invitarea balerinilor de la Covent Garden [i de la Opera Regal\
Danez\), am `nv\]at c\ am mai mult\ r\bdare dec‚t am crezut. ~nv\] s\
g‚ndesc `nainte s\ vorbesc. C\l\toresc mult, `nt‚lnesc oameni care vorbesc
limbi diferite, reprezint\ culturi diferite, [i asta m\ face s\ nu pot spune ce
g‚ndesc imediat. Vreau s\ `n]eleg [i s\ fiu `n]eleas\.
Fiind o perfec]ionist\ cu mine `ns\mi, m\ a[teptam c\ [i cei cu care
lucram s\ fie la fel. A fost o mare gre[eal\ [i permanent m\ `ntrebam: „De
ce nu `ncearc\, de ce nu reu[esc, e a[a de simplu“. Am `n]eles mai t‚rziu c\
mul]i ajung la reu[it\ `n felul lor. Cu mai mult\ r\bdare, am `ncercat s\ fiu
mai deschis\, s\ v\d cum lucreaz\ ceilal]i, s\ `nv\] de la ei. Asta a fost o
mare lec]ie pentru c\ m-a schimbat ca persoan\. Am `nceput s\ m\ bucur
mai mult de colegii mei, s\ m\ bucur de eforturile mele.
La Londra este o atmosfer\ foarte grea pentru c\ se lucreaz\ foarte
pu]in. Dac\ la 6.30 s-au terminat studiile, s\lile sunt libere. La `nceputul
carierei m\ sim]eam ciudat. M\ duceam acas\ s\ lucrez. Nu `ndr\zneam s\
fiu `n teatru ca s\ nu zic\ cineva „uite-o, e nebun\“, dar la ru[i... noi lucram
p‚n\ ce ne d\deau afar\ din sal\. Veneau s\ sting\ lumina [i se trimiteau
acas\. Pentru mine \sta era obiceiul. Pe c‚nd acum am `nv\]at c\ dac\ eu
am nevoie de asta, atunci asta fac f\r\ a avea preten]ia ca ceilal]i s\ m\
urmeze. Iar rezultatele sunt mult mai bune, eu mai relaxat\... Bine, nervii
`nainte de spectacol nu se schimb\! ∫
Alina Cojocaru, balet la superlativ / Alina Cojocaru, ballet at the highest level