Last November, I posted a tribute to Kiril Kulish, one of the original "Billy's" in the Broadway musical "Billy Elliot." It turned out to be my third most popular posting ever, with 150 hits.
Some of you who found it worth reading (and its links worth watching) might be interested in a recent interview of Kiril, a 17-year-old American-born dancer whose parents immigrated from the Ukraine. The interview was produced -- and produced very nicely -- by Russian television.
The YouTube video lasts about ten minutes. The interview itself is interspersed with cuts to scenes in which Kulish reprises some of his dance steps and acrobatics from the musical and attempts as an older teenager (his voice having lost much of its range when it changed) to sing the musical's signature song, which he accompanies with his own piano improvisations. The interview concludes with scenes from the 2009 Tony awards.
Kiril Kulish is now a student at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in New York.
Спасибо, Kiril, и удача!
P.S. -- The Russian interviewer himself never appears on camera. He asks quiet questions and keeps the focus on the person being interviewed. If only American television producers would take note!
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