On Saturday night, during the final bows of San Francisco Ballet's production of Romeo and Juliet, principal dancer
Davit Karapetyan (who played Romeo) proposed to his girlfriend, fellow SF Ballet principal dancer Vanessa Zahorian (who just happened to be Juliet). Here's an excerpt of his story straight from the company's blog:
"...I forgot my speech. I realized that I’m not going to remember anything I said and it was all getting very emotional for me. I just walked around to Vanessa and went to my knee and the audience went crazy! They started screaming and I got even more nervous. I handed the ring out of my poison case and I asked Vanessa to marry me. She got teary eyed and was in shock; she said, “yes, yes, yes!” It was one of the best moments in my life. What a great way to end the season and with
Romeo & Juliet: a true love story. Thank you for all who helped me make this a reality!"
To see her priceless reaction visit the company's blog,
Open Studio.
I love proposal stories.
Do you have a good one? Maybe your own?
HOW SWEET! Seriously one of the best proposal stories on earth. I linked over the to picture---she looks so happy and surprised!
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The look on her face says it all! It's just a fantastic way to end a performance and such an amazing story. I don't have a proposal story yet, but I adore them and when I finally do, I will let you know.
ReplyDeletehow beautiful! one of the best proposal stories i've heard :) thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteand i was proposed to on top of the empire state building. i think it made for a pretty fantastic proposal. not that i'm biased or anything :)
Oh. My. Gosh. THIS IS SO SWEET! Honestly, cute proposal stories are my favorite. I once read one about a boy who spelled out "Will You Marry Me?" with pumpkins in a huge field. How cute is that?! :)
ReplyDeletesoo beautiful and elegant, i adore!
ReplyDeleteThat is sweet, although I'm not sure I would want my relationship modelled on Romeo & Juliet.
ReplyDeleteFantastic - though I agree R&J is not actually the most romantic of ballet's to choose !! Bit like all those people who want to marry on the balcony in Verona. I mean, why ? It doesn't have a happy ending !!!
ReplyDeleteBut you heard about the proposal story at the RB I guess ? In Nutcracker ? Made all the papers and Hello !
So heart warming!
ReplyDeleteAdore true story like this~
SWEET!!
Oh my gosh, how magical! I bet that was a wonderful night to be in the audience.
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omggg so SWEET! I love it. Matthew has to step up his game haha
ReplyDeleteHow incredible!!! Wish I could have seen it :-)
ReplyDeleteThat story's so.... yeah, I'd love it if something like that happened to me :p
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This is so romantic;-)
ReplyDeleteThat is so lovely and cute! Have a sweet day!
ReplyDeleteHow romantic! I wish I would have seen it! But sorry, no story from me...
ReplyDeleteAww, that is sooo sweeet! :)
ReplyDeleteWAH!!! i would have burst into tears had i been there to witness this AWESOME proposal! and thank god she said yes!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the best! Thank you for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a senior in college on of my friends boyfriends proposed to her at our senior show, in front of the who audience! They never actually got married, but I think it's sweet just to have the idea! xo
Now that's romance!
ReplyDeleteAwe!!!! :)
ReplyDeletethats too adorable!
ReplyDeleteAwww, I love proposal stories. I love how he pulled it out of his poison case.
ReplyDeleteI just got really teary-eyed, that's too romantic!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a story. So romantic! (Gee, just imagine she wouldn't have said yes... Better lets not go there ;-)
ReplyDeleteoh! so so sweet :D
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful proposal story. Ah, dancers and romance:)
ReplyDeleteI agree, I love proposal stories! And this one was really sweet. ;)
ReplyDeleteSoooo adorable!
ReplyDeleteMy now husband surprised me and woke me up (while I was in a different country!) to take me skydiving! After the HUGE leap of faith (so fun!) he proposed at the bottom. So great!
xxMK
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