Interview with Joaquin DeLuz 

Hey Megan! Thanks so much for these interveiws, I love them! I would also love to see an interveiw with Lauren Lovette!

Megan and Joaquin, what a fun interview! Thank you for putting this together and sharing it with the world. I really enjoying hearing the stories about your art.

It is such a joy to see you speaking to all these fine dancers, and charming people. I had a major laugh when Joaquin De Luz described the scene of having his audition at SAB , for NYCB, and Mischa, who was to teach the class +Peter Martins, Jerry Robbins and Eddie Vilella were all sitting there. What a moment! Thanks so much Megan for your own highly skilled interview skills as well as speaking about your own experiences. I have been a dancer and a follower of dance for many decades, originally training with Thalia Mara, Arthur Mahoney and Yurek Lazowski at Ballet Repertoire, in the 50's and 60's...the passion has never left me. I went to NYCB so often in the 60's that I knew the repertoire at that time, step for step, in many cases. I LOVE your interviews. So many of the dancers I saw on stage went on to become ballet masters and representatives of the Ballanchine Trust, staging his ballets all over the world. What a wonderful legacy and tradition. Carry on!

Interview Marianela Nunez, Francesca Hayward, Yasmine Naghdi Royal ballet dancers next!!!💖💖💖

I heard a story once about Sylvie Guillem. She just wasn’t hitting her balance or fouetté or something. Apparently she shrugged her shoulders and said “Demain ( tomorrow).” 🙂

I love your relationship....so charming fun respectful. Incredible. Thank you so much Megan. Really amazing insight that you bring to these interviews.

He’s so dreamy oml

Thank you Meagan for this interview with Joaquin. I always enjoyed your special dance onstage partnership, and this video allows us the public to see the special rapport that you have from a different angle. Congrats to Joaquin in his new career.

good gracious he's stunning

wow he was in class with Tamara Rojo, Lucia Lacarra AND Angel Corella that's amazing! I didn't know that

What an incredible journey. These interviews are so insightful and inspiring.

What a wonderful fun interview! Cannot wait for the next one, Megan. I am so enjoying them.

Megan, you are so good at this! And I wish I had been born in Spain. I had an exchange student back when I was in middle school who was from Madrid and I love that country so much. I'm half Italian, half French, but wish to be Spanish! Anyway, this was one of the best interviews I've seen! Keep doing them please!!! Love!!

This was GREAT, it's so obvious what a lovely friendship the two of you have!

Another fantastic interview and video. Im enjoying all of these so much i cant wait to see who is next!

Megan Fairchild = the next Oprah... Love your interviews! They're personal but still funny, and relaxed.

What a treat to listen in to those interviews! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️

He’s the Spanish Tom Cruise, Tomas Cruzito!!!

I miss and love you both so much. Thank you for doing these wonderful, candid interviews. I am so enjoying each one to the fullest. You’re giving us lot of wonderful memories and a lot of hope for a beautiful future. ¡Gracias! ❤️💋❤️

A cliche, but Joaquin is THE BEST. Can't believe he's retired. Time flies at such rocket-speed in the world of ballet.

These interviews have all been wonderful. Please keep them up!

Googles Barbara Karinska...

The N with the little hat!!!!!!

This interview made me happy 😃 very lovely people you are! Thank you for sharing! ✌️

Joachin,i saw your Bach and I find it breathtaking!!! Perhaps you don'nt have the age to go on with it but please teach the new dancers to dance with your passion!!! 🕺🏻🥰🥰🥰

Wait, it was a Karinska?!😮😂 I literally snorted several times watching this. You guys are a riot! Please keep these coming! And thank you for sharing your experiences, memories, and feelings so candidly and honestly with us. 🙏 Thank you!

Is the painful slaughter of an innocent animal funny Joaquin and Meghan? The bull is starved for weeks and enclosed. When the bull is finally let out into the arena the bull thinks that he has finally been set free and that his hunger and isolation is over only to get a very crude awakening. The bull finds himself trapped yet again. The bull has to endure a slow, tortuous, death from stabbing. One bull is cornered by men on mules and a matador. The machismo bullfighter is mascarading as a brave victor but it is a very pathetic thing. If a matador is so brave and courageous, why doesn't he go into the ring by himself unarmed and battle the bull? What a sad commentary that so much of the macho patriarchy of the world renders a perception that it is a big giant act of courageness for a matador to savage a bull and come out as the "victor" when the bull collapses in agony and is bleeding to death in his own blood as the matador arrogantly pumps up his chest for his brave "victory". A "victory" achieved by stabbing a bull dozens and dozens of times to declare the matador's "superiority" over a weak, savaged, dying animal. Bull fighting is archaic. It should be done with and chuckling about it so casually I find offensive. All matadors need to end bullfighting and use their artistry and skill to learn a new trade: ballet or other forms of the dance. Matadors should become dancers. That would take courage.

Thank you for a funny and informative interview 😄. You two had a wonderful partnership and I hope to find some of your performances on RU-vid.

These are amazing! What you're doing is so important for the history of ballet (and you're an extraordinary interviewer!) Serious request to interview Gelsey Kirkland

Joaquin: I auditioned for NYCB first Megan: Ohhh 😂

Wow...he has fantastic hair

Thank you Megan!! Such a great interview!! Would you interview yourself?? Let your fans submit questions and then answer?? I for one, want to know how your French is coming along!!

One of THE BEST interviews. So much history captured and presented with such charm. Their rapport and transparent joy in their shared dance journey is palpable.

“Mum I think I got a contract from where Dracula is from” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You’re a natural at this please keep them coming ! 👏

One of my favorite male dancers! Such fantastic stories! Great job on the interview!

I love how lighthearted he is. Hearing all the backstage stories was wonderful. What a beautiful man and dancer.

I'd love to see an interview with Robbie, Ashley Bouder and Peters Martins (don't know if it could works). Thank you so much for these videos! Megan, you are such a special dancer and you talk to me. I saw you on "On The Town" on Broadway and loved it. Next time I come back to NY, I'd love to see you in a NYCB show!

Joaquín en Tarantella fue excelente performance ,gran técnica transmitió fuerza y energía.

Thank you Megan, you’re keeping me sane during quarantine. You’re so lovely and personable and I’m grateful you’re doing these interviews!

Hi Megan, Hi Joaquin. Fascinating discussion between the two of you. Miss you in NYC, Joaquin! Megan- congrats on the baby!

Please interview Tiler Peck!

Great interview! Would love to see a interview with Joy Womack or Misa Furanaga or some other dancers from Boston Ballet and San Francisco Ballet .

These are such fun!

So fun!

I loved this soooo much!!! Your friendship is truly special and endearing and it was beautiful to watch. Your dance partnership was magical. I didn’t want the interview to end!! 🥰❤️

Love this!

Such at beautiful interview I hope you are doing one with Ashley Bouder

Is there a chance that there will be an interview with Daniel Applebaum and Russell Janzen? Thank you.

Watching this from the future :) Megan, I am so glad I will be able to watch your performance next week!

How is he alone?!?

so cute

So miss you two on the stage together!! Loved your interviews, looking forward to seeing more!

Yay fantastic!

Loved this interview. So fun!

great interview!!!

Please interview Maria and Lauren!!

😀

Y'all act like you can't get together after the pandemic and do a B&W ballet. ALSO - so basically you are telling me that JDL did mostly Eddie's rep?

Obsessed! I could listen to Joaquin tell stories all day! I wish he didn't get cut off as much in the middle of sharing... ❤️

Tutu !

Grande Joaquín. Lo adoro

Megan needs to get more international. Enough with the American small time folksy stuff. Europe is also on the net, as is Russia.