{"id":59492,"date":"2025-01-23T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=59492"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:21:51","slug":"iconic-figures-in-ballet-who-is-lescaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/iconic-figures-in-ballet-who-is-lescaut\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic figures in ballet: Who is Lescaut?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Not everyone knows who the most memorable characters in the dance world are. In each issue, we talk with a dancer of a renowned ballet company to find out the who&#8217;s who among the most famous and iconic figures in ballet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">A column by Alessandro Bizzotto<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Antoine Kirscher <\/strong>on Manon\u2019s sharp, ambiguous brother, the driving force behind MacMillan\u2019s iconic ballet<\/h4>\n<p>\u201c<strong>He is ambivalent<\/strong>,\u201d Antoine Kirscher responds when I ask him which adjectives he\u2019d use to describe Lescaut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-scaled.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u00a9-Svetlana-Loboff-OnP-Kopie-600x899.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a9 Svetlana Loboff<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Subscribe and Read more with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/abo-subscribe\/\">Digital Exclusive +<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihc-locker-wrap\"><div  class='ihc_locker_2'><div class='lock_content'><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Imagine_website_Digital_Exklusiv.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Weiterlesen mit Digital+<\/h2>\n<p>Alle Formate in einem ABO.<br \/>\nBequem auf Ihrem mobilen Endger\u00e4t Ihrer Wahl.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alle Artikel online lesen<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum ePaper<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum Online-Archiv von Dance for You<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Jetzt digital freischalten!<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class='lock_buttons'>\n  <!-- Login Form - 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