KPop: Allegro (Jongin/Sehun, Kai/Sehun, Jongin/Kai, NC-17) [Masterpost]

[maayacolabackup]

Title: Allégro
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jongin/Sehun, Kai/Jongin, Kai/Sehun
Summary: There’s Kai, and then there’s Jongin, and reality slips through Jongin’s fingers like sand as he dances under a single spotlight.
Warnings: (highlight to see) non-linear story-telling, split personalities (DID), ballet.

Author Notes: a kink_bingo fill (headspace/subspace), sort of for tatoeba, who joins me on my mad k_b quest, at a Kai-heavy price. This is pretty up there on the weirdness scale. It might be the strangest thing I have ever written. This was also supposed to be 3k, but here we are, have around 18k. 


ACT I | ACT II

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Story Notes and Extras: There’s a lot of ballet, in this story. Below are notes on the key terms, and additional structure notes about the story if you’re curious—they are not necessary to read the story, in my opinion, but in case you’re a nerd like I am, and can’t stand not knowing, I’ve attached an appendix of sorts. This project took a long time to figure out, and I think I cut and rewrote about 8k of it until I was pleased. I hope someone enjoys it, even if it’s not in the vein of what I usually write.

I’ve also included videos and music from the ballets I’ve referenced.

These notes were a lot longer, but I've decided to let things just stand on their own.


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The story is structured somewhat like a stage rehearsal for a performance. Generally, the week before the show, a cast and second cast will both be in full time rehearsal on stage for a show going up the following week. The headers are instructions. Shouts, if you will, by the ballet master or mistress.

You may notice the mix of French and Italian… such is the international mix of ballet! It’s to my dismay that there isn’t more Russian.


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Instead of alphabetical order, I’ve put them in order of appearance.

TEMPOS:

Adagio (Adage): slowly, stately. It’s very exacting and precise—the challenge is in completing the moves as elegantly as possible, without revealing the strain to your limbs.

Andante: It’s a medium, walking pace. Neutral speed, if you will.

Allegro: Quick, Lively. This pace is very fast, and equally challenging to the adagio in a different way, as it requires speedy leaps and perfect technique to prevent injury. It can also look sloppy if done incorrectly.


structurally, the parts follow the speed of the tempo they are set to! so adagio is slower than andante is slower than allegro. 


BALLET AND MUSIC SELECTIONS:

Pétrouchka(links to Scene 1)
Spartacus (adagio)
Le Sacre du Printemps
The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora variation)
Sylvia (variation)
Swan Lake (ABT!!!, Finale)
The Nutcracker
Le Corsaire

Comments

[singlehappiness.livejournal.com]

SCREAMING. I CAME BACK TO UM. READ EVERYTHING ELSE OF YOURS ON MY TO-DO LIST. BUT THEN THERE IS THIS

SCREAM

CANNOT STOP TYPING IN CAPS.

[singlehappiness.livejournal.com]

and there are links LINKS LINKS

did you know allegro is my favorite tempo marking

other than presto and rubato and leggiero. the last of which is isn't technically a tempo. sorry i am just sobbing because you are the best.

[maayacola.livejournal.com]

JEN IT IS REALLY WEIRD I AM JUST WARNING YOU THAT IT IS REALLY WEIRD OKAY SO YOU CAN JUST NOT BE EXCITED OKAY GO READ KRISPY LAYS.

[tinybars.livejournal.com]

*___* LOOK AT ALL THOSE NOTES.

Yes. Excellent. *hogs all the stuff to read*

[maayacola.livejournal.com]

i've done something crazy again #wheelbarrows off a cliff

[tinybars.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure that's part of your charm

[goldengutgirl.livejournal.com]

OIC

OIC

obv i have nothing else to say as i drown in feelings of awe

[maayacola.livejournal.com]

PLS READ THE WARNINGS AND DISCLAIMER OF WEIRD. >.>

[goldengutgirl.livejournal.com]

I LOVE WEIRD.
i wanted to comment at the end, but then i'd be first, and i have lost all eloquence after reading this. (I read fast.)

[maayacola.livejournal.com]

asodjkfgfds <3

[miawee7.livejournal.com]

I want to go through each link before I read, I'm a HUGE ballet buff.
Before I read, I must say that already you have earned my admiration because this has definitely NEVER occurred in this fandom before.
I'm super excited to read this!
I shall comment on the acts after my heart stops racing!

[maayacola.livejournal.com]

osdifghfds I'm a ballet dancer, or was for 10 years, before I became ballroom. <3 I really have been excited since I found out Kai used to do ballet!!!! BECAUSE BALLET!!! The links are mostly to Royal Ballet performances, as well as a few others where I just really liked the male leads-- I have a fondness for a few of the Russian soloists and demi-solists!!! I mostly wanted people to get a feel for what the music sounds like, so it wouldn't be unreadable for people not into ballet! :D But you'll already know! <3

[miawee7.livejournal.com]

OMO....I envy you soooooo much, I never had the chance to take lessons when I was a kid, now I'm too old to learn it properly, says my family lol i guess 21 is a grandmother compared to three year olds, because I'd start that low! LOL
But, yeah, I am a huge fan of the Russian soloists and have even seen some great Royal Ballets covers by Chinese gymnasts that are almost perfect in their technique and execution. It's awe-inspiring!!!!!

And yeah, nothing too new here, I do love how you're blending it all in though and beware, I am in the middle of writing an essay as a comment...Soooorrrrrrrry but it's soooooo good and I can't stop finding awesome things in just ACT I...I haven't even gotten to the second one yet!

[natsudive]

thought you might like to know that your link to the second part doesn't work. >.<

[maayacola.livejournal.com]

GOT IT <3 <3 missing number at the end! <3