Loved the American Ballet Theatre lady, Skylar Brandt at 14:52. Great musicality, and such a joy and genuine feeling for dance that you don't always see.
So glad to see so many lovely upcoming ballet dancers. Seems as though they are finally able to really concentrate on dancing emotions again rather than exhausting themselves on acrobatic moves, e.g. the abuse of the almost 180 degrees leg which very often breaks the fluidity. Less is more and makes really talented performers sparkle and allows delicious footwork❤
The girl from dutchballet is so impressive she may not be dancing regular classical ballet but i found the choreography and the aura of the dancer were mesmerising
@@elliottrogers735 To say what? I can't even look at Royal ballet... No turnout, no legs, everything slower, less Sharp... And to cofirm that, a lot of the dancers who currently work as soloist there come from Vaganova or Bolshoi. Why? Because they're better.
@@danza521 Go on then. List the Royal Ballet soloists who come from the Vaganova school. Should be easy for you since there are "a lot"... But since you "can't", or more correctly don't, look at the Royal Ballet, you can't make a list of one never mind "a lot". Without looking them up you probably couldn't name a single ballerina at the company. I can help you with a few dancers' names, all of whom your own dancing would surpass of course - Nuñez, Osipova, Hayward, Takada, Kaneko, O'Sullivan, Stix-Brunell, Magri... Vaganova school, did you say? Osipova comes from the Lavrovsky and Moscow State schools. Akane Takada was at the Bolshoi school for a short while - she is your list of one. Most ballet dancers the world over have the highest regard and respect for each other's abilities. It's a brutal, disciplined theatrical art that includes acting, not just double joints. I take it you know what "theatrical" means, and "acting"? We should have the highest regard for the dancers who graduate from the Vaganoval school. And the Bolshoi. And the Royal. And Paris and so on. And American - I bet you can't stand Skylar Brandt. Ballet snobs really are the worst, most ignorant and narrow-minded fools, and spout the most ridiculous trash. PS. When you speak of fast and slow, you seem to have no idea what choreography is. You don't seem to understand that it's not the dancers who decide the speed of the piece. As I said, ballet snobs spout the most ridiculous trash.
i honestly think fumi kaneko is going to be the next huge thing, especially after dancing aurora last year. she has such a promising career ahead of her
@Sara Shepard I agree. But she was the only one not in classical garb doing a classical piece. It unintentionally plays into the stereotype that black women don't have the technique or body type to be classical dancers.
@@LeeBeeDeeTree51 wow, really? Michaela IS a classical dancer who has both the technique and body, incredible facility and musicality. There are many videos of her doing classical on YT. I loved the piece they used here.
@@mademsoisellerhapsody1868 I'm not the person you have to convince. I KNOW that Michaela is a talented classical dancer. I've followed her career since the documentary First Position. I liked the contemporary piece. I just wanted to see her dancing a classical variation.
They’re all beautiful young dancers, will be interesting to follow them...my favorites are Daria Ionova and Maria Iliushkina, I think they have something special. I’m also a fan of Elena Kovaleva. (not on the list thou)
definately taken too long. sometimes the royal can be a weird mob in not promoting dancers quick enough. Fumi has been a favourite of mine for a long while. the royal ballet does have a lot of great young talent at the moment, such a shame this dam pandemic has put many young performers lives on hold, carnt wait until i can see them again live. Many ballet ballet lovers think the russians are the only companies to produce top class dancers, maybe that was true in years gone by but times have changed and other companies produce incredible talent.
@@jillgooner I agree. I love The Royal Ballet but sometimes they don't promote their dancers quick enough or at all. I like Fumi, Anna Rose, and Yuhui Choe.
Mesmerized by Daria Ionova, I had to go back and watch her part again. I rarely see such effortless fluidity in the arms and hands, soft all the way to her fingertips without the energy breaking at any point. Splendid dancing. Too often port the bras get overlooked for footwork, but it really finalizes the performance and pulls it all together when it's done well.
I'm astonished by the number of people that have give this list a thumbs down. These dancers might not be my exact choice, but they are all wonderful ballet dancers - what's not to like?
@@fionaerleigh Skylar Brant is a principal dances and yet she is on this list, she was a soloist too at the time of the making of this video. Also Fumi is a soloist as well. Personally I miss Maria Khoreva and May Nagasha too.
@@saratrencseni8045 yes these lists are always random and personal. That’s ok. I think Skylar may have been a soloist not principal at the time this video was made. Fumi is now a principal, and probably would have been one year ago if not for the pandemic 😉
Except,Liz, Michaela de Prince, I think from Holland ?who is much more like a gymnast with a masculine body and even in a gymnasts outfit. Ballet is ballet and gymnastics are gymnastics.she would probably be a great gymnast!
The list is missing a few more Mariinsky soloists... Anastasia Lukina and May Nagahisa both have had leading roles already. And why include Renata if you're not going to include Maria Khoreva? Both are already 1st soloists.
All were beautiful. However the Russian dancers in general had more fluidity in their arms. The western dancers seemed to add more personality to their performances.
that is too broad a generalization to make about vague terms like "personality", especially from a small clip of one differing performance from each, and the fact lot depends on music and choreography.
sittingnut1, I don’t think so. It might be a generalization by accident but it appears to be the truth, at least to me. And I’m not only judging by this tiny video. I think it’s the Vaganova influence. Every girl who has come in touch with her method is being taught to take a very good care of her arm posture. And almost all of Russian ballerinas are taught Vaganova method in class.
@@D.A.A.321 almost all of your sentences are false, and typically you merely asserted those prejudices without justifing any of them with facts and reason.
4160219212356701 sittingnut1, Alright, I’ll walk you through this. A prejudice is merely and opinion based on no prior observation whatsoever, so this word is totally out of place here, since my claim was based on a year long observation, you probably meant something else. Claim based on observation: Russian ballerinas have more fluidity in their arms (admittedly subjective). Reasoning: Fact number 1: almost all Russian schools teach Vaganova method. Fact number 2: Vaganova method stresses the importance of the fluidity in arms and expression. Whether this is a mere assertion is indeed left to your opinion based on your knowledge of classical ballet schools worldwide. Perceptions might be subjective and I might be wrong and you’re allowed to agree or disagree, but I just justified my observation with facts. You on the other hand base your disagreement on mere unsustainable claims about my reasoning ；）
@@D.A.A.321 prejudice what is not supported by facts or reason, your ridiculous claims(which btw are different from op's) are merely based on your own false assertions. get why your claims are prejudices? if not, ask someone with a brian to help you. you are the one making assertions, so it's you, not me, who should support them with facts and reason (not more assertions labeled "facts"). again get help to understand the logic.
Thank you so much for this! Such lovely dancers ... delighted to be introduced to some that I didn’t know, including Alexandra Khiteeva who was particularly charming. As a close follower of the Royal Ballet I’d agree 100% with your two choices there. 🙏🙏. So many more always coming along, I am currently looking out for Elizaveta Kokoreva (Bolshoi), Chloe Reveillon (Mariinsky), Laura Fernandez-Gromova (Stanislavsky), Annette Buvoli (RB), Mariko Sasaki (RB), Julia Conway (ENB), Francesca Velicu (ENB)
I honestly can’t understand the amount of thumbs down! It’s stunning. If you don’t like ballet , don’t watch. What’s not to like about 15 beautiful dancers who have all trained so hard. Yes, I rally could pick a few I really like but I won’t. And my choices come from everywhere. They’re all beautiful and the best of luck to them. Only thing ( and my problem!!) try as I may, I just can’t take to contemporary. No reason why they can’t choose that if that’s their preference but I’d love to see them doing something classical. Thank you so much. A delight to watch and good luck to,them all. I’m watching about a year on in November 2021. 👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you for posting the video ! I too was surprised not to see Alena Kovaleva appearing on your top fifteen- I think she’s an extraordinary talent- or do you consider her to have already “ arrived” ? Notwithstanding that small gripe... keep up the good work and thank you for posting the video!
Rory Lee she’s definitely already at the top.. as a First soloist at Bolshoi, dancing major roles at important performances. Last weekend she was Myrtha in Giselle, and the performance was broadcasted all over the world in cinemas Edit: just saw at the Bolshoi webside that Alena is now even leading first soloist! Merely 5 years after Prix de Lausanne, where she didn‘t even make it to finals 🤦🏻♀️
she's already a star - not an up and coming star. She has a massive following and dances as soloist at the Mariinsky and as a guest soloist all around the world at top ballet companies already
Well, of course, the list is not in the order I would choose - what are the odds that you are going to agree with all 15 - but I had not seen some of these dancers, and thought they all represented a great future for us ballet lovers. One thing that struck me (Not a dancer, me, but a 70 year balletophile) that all the dancers seemed to exhibit a more fluid and expressive arm technique than the dancers of a decade go. What I don't get is the number of thumbs down - what's not to like about 15 wonderful dancers?
My list would overlap with yours quite a bit! Ionova, Khiteeva, Iliushkina, Sevenard, Kaneko and I would add Elizaveta Kokoreva. (It's all very subjective, of course.)
@@lilbatz When she was a student, I honestly didn't get all the fuss about her. Now I do. Her port de bras, her musicality. She's breathtaking. She has something that can't be taught.
I would’ve exchanged Fumi and Anna Rose places and also add Mayara Magri to the list. All 3 are most likely to become principals for the Royal in a year or two.
@maseratic boychik I think she falls a lot under the same kind of roles which doesnt help her . That's why I highlighted Fumi and Mayara, because both have been doing for the past 2 seasons all kinds of roles and most of the time to great acclaim . This end of the season Fumi and Mayara will both debut as Odile and Odette in Swan Lake and it's telling that it has been many many years since a dancer in the company has danced this role and it's not either a principal or is promoted to principal.
@@nidzuj right? I knew I had written about those 3 being promoted somewhat together somewhere. Glad my hunch was right about them. My bet for male dancers is still Corrales ( who just got promoted), Clarke and Bracewell.
Is it true that Maria attended VBA pre-ballet but wasn't taken afterwards, so she had to train at Kuramshin ballet school? If so.. how ironic. Seems like years later they noticed her potential.
@HamuAndXerxl - They took her, the problem was she refused to give up Kuramshin's school where she was as a kid, continued to perform there. They gave her an ultimatum - VBA or Kuramshin. She continued to do both, went to a competition without permission skipping classes (and telling she was sick). As a result, she was expelled after the first year. She continued studying with Kuramshin, then took additional private lessons to prepare for the VBA audition. She then auditioned again for the VBA and was accepted for their 6th (ballet) year which is post secondary (5th year is 5/9 - 5th ballet, 9 - academics, but she passed academics' exam by herself a year earlier.) So, she ended up a year ahead of girls she was with during the prep and first year. You can actually see her in the prep exam video here. (edited to add) The reason I know it is that there was a long post from her father in a Russian forum in 2014, right after she was expelled from the VBA.
Bulanova is amazing and I love that Mariinsky has been realizing how unusual she is - especially because she is not the usual ultra skinny Mariinsky dancer
Hey! I was thinking about 3 dancers of la scala theatre: maria celeste losa (argentinian), agnese di clemente and caterina bianchi. Those are 3 young dancers what are your opinion about them? And also Martina arduino and nicoletta manni (young and already principals but not etoiles...)
I'd like to ask you, do you know if the video of Shakirova is quite recent? In the past I have seen footage of her graduation performance and her debut in Don Quixote, and remember I didn't really like her back then, but she absolutely killed this variation from Raymonda! I guess she really matured during her time in the company?
This variation was recorded in 2018. It's from a live broadcast of the ballet with Viktoria Tereshkina and Xander Parish as Raymonda and Jean de Brienne. You can watch the entire performance here: ruclips.net/video/l0TyeUthjqc/видео.html
Khoreva has a lovely physicality and looks like a ballerina doll. But she lacks depth. She has an empty, unsophisticated interpretation as if still a student.
For some reason, the "most watched" feature does not work in this video. Shame, it would be easy to determine the "winner". My choice - Daria Ionova - is unlikely to coincide with the most popular. She is aristocratic and precise but above all she can mesmerize with her dance. And who needs art without magic?
Some great choices here! I have to mention my extreme admiration for the Russian corps dancers. All ballet corps dancers, actually, but in Russia corps dancers seem to be held in the regard they deserve. I don't understand how they can dance full-out and stop dead in such incredibly uncomfortable positions. Then hooooollllld -- and they just. Don't. Budge. And start dancing full-out again. The cramping muscles, the aching kneecaps -- that's got to take it's toll! BTW, Ballet pros: What is that jump done by Ms. O'Sullivan called -- the one where her front leg is straight but the back is flicked up with a bent knee? It's like the little flick leap Aurora does at her birthday entrance in Sleeping Beauty, but bigger. It's so charming! It might be much more common than i think, but i was interested to see several dancers doing backward hops en pointe. If I was in these audiences, I would be sitting on my hands to prevent myself from jumping to my feet and cheering.
When the back leg is bent it's called attitude derriere. She probably did a jete with the back leg in attitude. There aren't many positions in ballet. Just different ways of presenting them and combining them.
Nina J. I respectfully disagree. While she has good technique, her musculature is overdeveloped. Her bulging muscles create a line that is better suited for a gymnast than a dancer. With no disrespect intended, her line is not long and delicate. It is broad and muscular. When I watch her dance I can’t help but see what appears to be a professional swimmer or gymnast doing ballet.
I disagree with you, I think that her muscles enable her to form the most beautiful lines, especially compared to dancers who were trained in Russia. Their legs and arms look like they're not part of their body which is one of the reasons why I am not the biggest fan of Svetlana Zakharova (I'm sorry if I wrote her name wrong), Misty Copeland, Mayara Magri or Michaela De Prince for example look like their body is moving as one whole thing and therefore they are able to create perfect lines.
Anna Schwinghammer We respectfully disagree. But thank you for sharing your perspective. I think it’s safe to say that we both appreciate the art form and respect the work that the dancers put in.
Laura Streeter You make valid points about how lighting can affect a dancer’s line. However I’ve seen this dancer in various roles and outfits. In my opinion her musculature is overdeveloped. That is not a criticism of her as a dancer, only my personal opinion of her line. And I agree with you about Misty Copeland. She is mostly just PR hype and frankly is overhyped in order to sell tickets to the general public. She markets herself based on the color of her skin instead of her artistry and technique. It limits me from viewing her as a talented ballerina because she insists on telling everyone to instead, view her as only a black ballerina. It sells tickets to those who know little about ballet. They oooh and aaah at “the black ballerina” while thinking of themselves as sophisticated, cultured and refined.
Briah Victory check the website of the Prix de Lausanne, it is one of the variations allowed for this year and there is a file of the music on their website! :)
Loved the American Ballet Theatre lady, Skylar Brandt at 14:52. Great musicality, and such a joy and genuine feeling for dance that you don't always see.
She's wicked famous now :) I hope you're still following her!
@@winterrrsea1674 As much as I can, from Australia!
So glad to see so many lovely upcoming ballet dancers. Seems as though they are finally able to really concentrate on dancing emotions again rather than exhausting themselves on acrobatic moves, e.g. the abuse of the almost 180 degrees leg which very often breaks the fluidity. Less is more and makes really talented performers sparkle and allows delicious footwork❤
The girl from dutchballet is so impressive she may not be dancing regular classical ballet but i found the choreography and the aura of the dancer were mesmerising
Rip Michaela DePrince🕊️❤️
Khiteeva for shure! , once in a long time port de bras, the kind of Obratzova:s and Lopatkina's. Along with great technique and musicality. Thank you!
Dull
Thanks for including Daria Ionova!I had not seen her before and now she has stolen my heart. What grace and delicacy. Beautiful.
Me too. I enoyed her performance the best. She reminded me of Galina Ulanov,a.
The technique at Marinsky is excellent the dancers very attractive and bring the story they portray to life
Greta Hassock Mariinsky dancers are generally the best in the world
Mariinsky is wayyyyy above all ! so much etheral grace and natural technique. Nothing comparable
Ur right! How can anyone do a graceful pa de chat 😑
Royal would like to have a word
They really do just seem to float and are in general quite a bit more effortless than the rest of them.
@@elliottrogers735 To say what? I can't even look at Royal ballet... No turnout, no legs, everything slower, less Sharp... And to cofirm that, a lot of the dancers who currently work as soloist there come from Vaganova or Bolshoi. Why? Because they're better.
@@danza521 Go on then. List the Royal Ballet soloists who come from the Vaganova school. Should be easy for you since there are "a lot"...
But since you "can't", or more correctly don't, look at the Royal Ballet, you can't make a list of one never mind "a lot". Without looking them up you probably couldn't name a single ballerina at the company. I can help you with a few dancers' names, all of whom your own dancing would surpass of course - Nuñez, Osipova, Hayward, Takada, Kaneko, O'Sullivan, Stix-Brunell, Magri... Vaganova school, did you say? Osipova comes from the Lavrovsky and Moscow State schools. Akane Takada was at the Bolshoi school for a short while - she is your list of one.
Most ballet dancers the world over have the highest regard and respect for each other's abilities. It's a brutal, disciplined theatrical art that includes acting, not just double joints. I take it you know what "theatrical" means, and "acting"?
We should have the highest regard for the dancers who graduate from the Vaganoval school. And the Bolshoi. And the Royal. And Paris and so on. And American - I bet you can't stand Skylar Brandt.
Ballet snobs really are the worst, most ignorant and narrow-minded fools, and spout the most ridiculous trash.
PS. When you speak of fast and slow, you seem to have no idea what choreography is. You don't seem to understand that it's not the dancers who decide the speed of the piece. As I said, ballet snobs spout the most ridiculous trash.
All names to watch and definitely Skylar Brandt who recently brought the house down in her Giselle debut at ABT!
She is so amazing!!
agree !
Looking at the video now, this was a very accurate list. Especially, Fumi Kaneko, Anna- Rose, Renata Shakirova, and Indiana Woodward.
Yes Mariinsky Theatre 🎭 has such beautiful dancers.
Oh how I love your ballet lists! Thank you for taking the time to put these together.
Chopan music and the ballet dance by Marinsky was pure poetry
i honestly think fumi kaneko is going to be the next huge thing, especially after dancing aurora last year. she has such a promising career ahead of her
I %100 agree. Shes amazing!!!
apparently ROH thinks the same! She is finally Principal!
The dancers are all gorgeous and literally light up the stage. Thank you for this compilation! C❤❤❤
Thank you, SuperBalletGirl. Your taste is impeccable. So glad to see Renata as #1.
I so agree with the comments about The Mariinsky dancers.
11:56.... OMG. and Khoreva!!
It's not Maria Khoreva. She's a major omission from this group.
She's the best.... For me she's the future Svetlana Zakharova
N . A have you seen her youtube channel? Beautiful dancer, and she’s able to speak and teach so eloquently. She is amazing
@@JaxiXD210XD yeah I subscribed her.... She's awesome... So much love for her
8:50 so pretty! I always love Paris Opera technique!♥️
I feel like dancers from the Paris Opera have the cleanest technique!
Ballet is so beautiful dance hard choreographing, beautiful music and thank for Post is vedeo
I wish that a classical piece had been shown for Michaela de Prince.
@Sara Shepard I agree. But she was the only one not in classical garb doing a classical piece. It unintentionally plays into the stereotype that black women don't have the technique or body type to be classical dancers.
There are very few videos of her dancing classical pieces, and 0 that would have been high enough quality for the compilation.
@@LeeBeeDeeTree51 wow, really? Michaela IS a classical dancer who has both the technique and body, incredible facility and musicality. There are many videos of her doing classical on YT. I loved the piece they used here.
@@mademsoisellerhapsody1868 I'm not the person you have to convince. I KNOW that Michaela is a talented classical dancer. I've followed her career since the documentary First Position.
I liked the contemporary piece. I just wanted to see her dancing a classical variation.
It was a treat for me to watch all of these amazing and beautiful dancers!
Who else is so addicted to watching these
Michaela DePrince is mesmerising!
she died
They’re all beautiful young dancers, will be interesting to follow them...my favorites are Daria Ionova and Maria Iliushkina, I think they have something special. I’m also a fan of Elena Kovaleva. (not on the list thou)
Khiteeva has such beautiful facial expressions and connection with the audience
10:30 🤯
Agreed. Wow!
Pure poetry from the Marinsky
it bugs me that only now fumi kaneko and anna rose are being recognized! they have been shining for years!
definately taken too long. sometimes the royal can be a weird mob in not promoting dancers quick enough. Fumi has been a favourite of mine for a long while. the royal ballet does have a lot of great young talent at the moment, such a shame this dam pandemic has put many young performers lives on hold, carnt wait until i can see them again live. Many ballet ballet lovers think the russians are the only companies to produce top class dancers, maybe that was true in years gone by but times have changed and other companies produce incredible talent.
@@jillgooner yes!!! Thankyou i totally agree!
@@jillgooner I agree. I love The Royal Ballet but sometimes they don't promote their dancers quick enough or at all. I like Fumi, Anna Rose, and Yuhui Choe.
Mesmerized by Daria Ionova, I had to go back and watch her part again. I rarely see such effortless fluidity in the arms and hands, soft all the way to her fingertips without the energy breaking at any point. Splendid dancing. Too often port the bras get overlooked for footwork, but it really finalizes the performance and pulls it all together when it's done well.
Michaela has a strong and beautiful presence
The best dancers
Michaela is such an inspiring dancer! 😍
Она гимнастка- да! Танцовщица- нет.
@@Д.Вениаминова Why is she a gymnast? Go on, speak plainly.
I'm astonished by the number of people that have give this list a thumbs down. These dancers might not be my exact choice, but they are all wonderful ballet dancers - what's not to like?
You forgot Sae Eun Park (POB), and May Nagahisa of Marinsky.
I saw Sae Eun Park dancing in Garnier recently and she's amazing. Indeed she deserved to be in this video
May Nagahisa is already a soloist at Mariinsky, and has danced many principal roles already, so maybe didn’t qualify for this list?
@@fionaerleigh Skylar Brant is a principal dances and yet she is on this list, she was a soloist too at the time of the making of this video. Also Fumi is a soloist as well. Personally I miss Maria Khoreva and May Nagasha too.
@@saratrencseni8045 yes these lists are always random and personal. That’s ok.
I think Skylar may have been a soloist not principal at the time this video was made. Fumi is now a principal, and probably would have been one year ago if not for the pandemic 😉
Sae is a principal now 😁
What about May Nagahisa ?
What about Mary Mount or Leticia Gormley?
Michaela DePrince is a beautiful dancer and has a beautiful story.
I agree. She is very fluid in her movements.
True.
Just wished the creator of this video had picked something where she danced classically
Her legs! They’re so elegant.
Her legs! They’re so elegant.
Jesús!! The Russian ballerinas look like porcelain dolls, and move so beautifully
Except,Liz, Michaela de Prince, I think from Holland ?who is much more like a gymnast with a masculine body and even in a gymnasts outfit.
Ballet is ballet and gymnastics are gymnastics.she would probably be a great gymnast!
@@karennoble1168 I strongly disagree Michaela is a phenomenal ballerina and her body does not determine her abilities.
@@tenik4484 i agree
@@karennoble1168 as far as I know....gymnasts don’t wear pointe shoes?
Yes dancers are perfect.... Such an amazing artist
Also the girls from the Mariinsky have all beautiful faces!!
The Mariinsky's girls are the bests! Bulanova👏👏👏
Великолепные танцы с классической строгостью, эмоциональностью --- очей очарование!! Блеск!!
Yeees you included Renata Shakirova!!! She really does have something special.
The choreographer of the 13th act is a genius.
Thank you! Could you put the list in the description box?
The list is missing a few more Mariinsky soloists... Anastasia Lukina and May Nagahisa both have had leading roles already. And why include Renata if you're not going to include Maria Khoreva? Both are already 1st soloists.
yess!! I was searching for someone that wanted to include Maria Khoreva! She's so young and are 1st soloist already!
Maybe the uploader doesn't like them
Maria Khoreva should definitely be included in any up and coming list. She is the next Osipova for sure.
Bianca Scudamore is a young Australian soloist with the Paris Opera Ballet (19 I think) she’s one to watch
How did you now that
WOW!THAT IS GOOD
All were beautiful. However the Russian dancers in general had more fluidity in their arms. The western dancers seemed to add more personality to their performances.
that is too broad a generalization to make about vague terms like "personality", especially from a small clip of one differing performance from each, and the fact lot depends on music and choreography.
sittingnut1, I don’t think so. It might be a generalization by accident but it appears to be the truth, at least to me. And I’m not only judging by this tiny video. I think it’s the Vaganova influence. Every girl who has come in touch with her method is being taught to take a very good care of her arm posture. And almost all of Russian ballerinas are taught Vaganova method in class.
@@D.A.A.321 almost all of your sentences are false, and typically you merely asserted those prejudices without justifing any of them with facts and reason.
4160219212356701
sittingnut1, Alright, I’ll walk you through this. A prejudice is merely and opinion based on no prior observation whatsoever, so this word is totally out of place here, since my claim was based on a year long observation, you probably meant something else.
Claim based on observation: Russian ballerinas have more fluidity in their arms (admittedly subjective). Reasoning:
Fact number 1: almost all Russian schools teach Vaganova method.
Fact number 2: Vaganova method stresses the importance of the fluidity in arms and expression.
Whether this is a mere assertion is indeed left to your opinion based on your knowledge of classical ballet schools worldwide. Perceptions might be subjective and I might be wrong and you’re allowed to agree or disagree, but I just justified my observation with facts. You on the other hand base your disagreement on mere unsustainable claims about my reasoning ；）
@@D.A.A.321 prejudice what is not supported by facts or reason, your ridiculous claims(which btw are different from op's) are merely based on your own false assertions. get why your claims are prejudices? if not, ask someone with a brian to help you.
you are the one making assertions, so it's you, not me, who should support them with facts and reason (not more assertions labeled "facts"). again get help to understand the logic.
Thank you so much for this! Such lovely dancers ... delighted to be introduced to some that I didn’t know, including Alexandra Khiteeva who was particularly charming. As a close follower of the Royal Ballet I’d agree 100% with your two choices there. 🙏🙏.
So many more always coming along, I am currently looking out for Elizaveta Kokoreva (Bolshoi), Chloe Reveillon (Mariinsky), Laura Fernandez-Gromova (Stanislavsky), Annette Buvoli (RB), Mariko Sasaki (RB), Julia Conway (ENB), Francesca Velicu (ENB)
Yes! Shakirova and Bulanova are my favourites!
I honestly can’t understand the amount of thumbs down! It’s stunning. If you don’t like ballet , don’t watch. What’s not to like about 15 beautiful dancers who have all trained so hard. Yes, I rally could pick a few I really like but I won’t. And my choices come from everywhere. They’re all beautiful and the best of luck to them. Only thing ( and my problem!!) try as I may, I just can’t take to contemporary. No reason why they can’t choose that if that’s their preference but I’d love to see them doing something classical. Thank you so much. A delight to watch and good luck to,them all. I’m watching about a year on in November 2021. 👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Pray tell, what ballet are Indiana Woodward and her fellow NYCB ladies dancing? I've never seen it, but it's pure visual poetry!
NVM, I saw it is Chaconne
Thank you for posting the video ! I too was surprised not to see Alena Kovaleva appearing on your top fifteen- I think she’s an extraordinary talent- or do you consider her to have already “ arrived” ? Notwithstanding that small gripe... keep up the good work and thank you for posting the video!
Rory Lee she’s definitely already at the top.. as a First soloist at Bolshoi, dancing major roles at important performances. Last weekend she was Myrtha in Giselle, and the performance was broadcasted all over the world in cinemas
Edit: just saw at the Bolshoi webside that Alena is now even leading first soloist! Merely 5 years after Prix de Lausanne, where she didn‘t even make it to finals 🤦🏻♀️
I look forward to maria iliushkina!!! she would make a lovely aurora and odette
She's danced O/O; she had her debut with Nikita Korneyev a few weeks ago. You can watch it here: ruclips.net/video/N1083lS8N8E/видео.html
The quality of dancing is very high. Such a pleasure to watch.
Well done but where's Maria Khoreva? I mean... She's AMAZING and deserves to be in this list
Lana Dellacour she doesn’t get to be in the video because it’s practically common sense that she’s gonna be a star lol
She already is a star at Mariinsky :)
I was looking for it
she's already a star - not an up and coming star. She has a massive following and dances as soloist at the Mariinsky and as a guest soloist all around the world at top ballet companies already
I was just thinking that!
Well, of course, the list is not in the order I would choose - what are the odds that you are going to agree with all 15 - but I had not seen some of these dancers, and thought they all represented a great future for us ballet lovers. One thing that struck me (Not a dancer, me, but a 70 year balletophile) that all the dancers seemed to exhibit a more fluid and expressive arm technique than the dancers of a decade go. What I don't get is the number of thumbs down - what's not to like about 15 wonderful dancers?
Alexandra khiteeva is going to be a future prima for sure
Shirley Neustein She has something extra special in her expression; always stands out to me!
YESSS!!! She's so uniquely musical and her port de bras is mesmerizing!
I think she’s physically beautiful but compared to Bulanova and Khoreva I don’t see it
@@meredithfrances9438 you can't compare ballet dancers, because at the end of the day, they all have something special to bring to the table
Such lovely dancers.
My list would overlap with yours quite a bit! Ionova, Khiteeva, Iliushkina, Sevenard, Kaneko and I would add Elizaveta Kokoreva. (It's all very subjective, of course.)
Love Khiteeva. There's some personality behind the technique.
@@lilbatz When she was a student, I honestly didn't get all the fuss about her. Now I do. Her port de bras, her musicality. She's breathtaking. She has something that can't be taught.
I love Eleonora Sevenard, she is unlike anyone else ♥️ Future Prima ⭐️⭐️
I find her so captivating, love her 💖
i only wish she would open her eyes all i see is her Beautiful eyeshadow
s ju lol this made me laugh. She has oriental cut like eyes, quite small, this might be why
シャキロワの表現力‼️素晴らしい👏👏👏
thx. Lovely. Such talent and grace. I wish they listed what piece they were dancing. I knew some but ....
Awesome list...In my personal opinion, I would put Fumi a little bit higher and I would include Mayara Magri on the list.
I would’ve exchanged Fumi and Anna Rose places and also add Mayara Magri to the list. All 3 are most likely to become principals for the Royal in a year or two.
@maseratic boychik I think she falls a lot under the same kind of roles which doesnt help her . That's why I highlighted Fumi and Mayara, because both have been doing for the past 2 seasons all kinds of roles and most of the time to great acclaim . This end of the season Fumi and Mayara will both debut as Odile and Odette in Swan Lake and it's telling that it has been many many years since a dancer in the company has danced this role and it's not either a principal or is promoted to principal.
this comment aged well
@@nidzuj right? I knew I had written about those 3 being promoted somewhat together somewhere. Glad my hunch was right about them. My bet for male dancers is still Corrales ( who just got promoted), Clarke and Bracewell.
@Didi N
You were again right!
I just watched super graceful Natascha Mair during the newyears concert routine and there is really no comparison. It's like watching an angel dance.
Bulanova the best of them all
Is it true that Maria attended VBA pre-ballet but wasn't taken afterwards, so she had to train at Kuramshin ballet school? If so.. how ironic. Seems like years later they noticed her potential.
@@hamuandxerxl4255 No, she herself decided to stay at Kuramshin's school.
@HamuAndXerxl - They took her, the problem was she refused to give up Kuramshin's school where she was as a kid, continued to perform there. They gave her an ultimatum - VBA or Kuramshin. She continued to do both, went to a competition without permission skipping classes (and telling she was sick). As a result, she was expelled after the first year. She continued studying with Kuramshin, then took additional private lessons to prepare for the VBA audition. She then auditioned again for the VBA and was accepted for their 6th (ballet) year which is post secondary (5th year is 5/9 - 5th ballet, 9 - academics, but she passed academics' exam by herself a year earlier.) So, she ended up a year ahead of girls she was with during the prep and first year. You can actually see her in the prep exam video here. (edited to add) The reason I know it is that there was a long post from her father in a Russian forum in 2014, right after she was expelled from the VBA.
Hannah O'Neill! NZ represent :D
Can anyone tell me what piece is it that Indiana Woodward performs around the 3:34-ish minute mark
Bulanova is amazing and I love that Mariinsky has been realizing how unusual she is - especially because she is not the usual ultra skinny Mariinsky dancer
Hey! I was thinking about 3 dancers of la scala theatre: maria celeste losa (argentinian), agnese di clemente and caterina bianchi. Those are 3 young dancers what are your opinion about them? And also Martina arduino and nicoletta manni (young and already principals but not etoiles...)
ruclips.net/video/Y61P_Tlu5fQ/видео.html recent video of maria celeste losa
ruclips.net/video/K85JQTD0wSc/видео.html caterina and agnese (who improved a lot lately)
ruclips.net/video/e2M4SgLc2Yc/видео.html martina
What is the piece of music Alexandra Trikoz is dancing on (13.20) ? It's beautifull.
Gabriel Fauré. Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80: 2. Fileuse, Andantino quasi Allegretto.
@@gfhkkhfg6905 Thank you so much 👍🙂 !
Let's face it, they're all glorious! Would be great if you could list the dancers and their variations....
a slo slawomir one. cuz i made one for female too, top 15 for remember when, thans thanks for teaching!!!
Skylar is brilliant - astonishing. She too is now a principal with ABT
Goosebumps from viewing 13 numbers, from pleasure. The drug is full. The more you look, the more you want.
The girl who did the Grand Pas Classique was magnificent.
I know I love her!
Khiteyeva has finally been promoted! She is now a Coryphée!
so beautiful!🩰
The Mariinsky dancers are so far superior to the others it's not even funny. I wonder how many of them are Vaganova grads?
all of them
Eleanor Severand is one of the most physically beautiful ballerinas and she’s improved immensely over the last few years.
I'd like to ask you, do you know if the video of Shakirova is quite recent? In the past I have seen footage of her graduation performance and her debut in Don Quixote, and remember I didn't really like her back then, but she absolutely killed this variation from Raymonda! I guess she really matured during her time in the company?
This variation was recorded in 2018. It's from a live broadcast of the ballet with Viktoria Tereshkina and Xander Parish as Raymonda and Jean de Brienne. You can watch the entire performance here: ruclips.net/video/l0TyeUthjqc/видео.html
@@BalletomaneM - Thank you very much, I appreciate that you took the time to add the link! I will surely dedicate a free night to it.
Glad to see, watching in 2023, that a lot of these dancers have since been promoted and some are even at the tops of their companies
Why not Maria Khoreva? She graduated with Bulanova and co. and you’ve excluded her?
She is a first soloist already. Maybe that's why she is not really "up and coming"
Khoreva has a lovely physicality and looks like a ballerina doll. But she lacks depth. She has an empty, unsophisticated interpretation as if still a student.
Excellent!
Love Skylar Brandt very much.
Omg amazing dancers....
Woowwwww #14 made it look completely effortless, gorgeous feet and technique incredible.
I'm very excited to see where she goes!
She’s a dancer with the English National Ballet
For some reason, the "most watched" feature does not work in this video. Shame, it would be easy to determine the "winner". My choice - Daria Ionova - is unlikely to coincide with the most popular. She is aristocratic and precise but above all she can mesmerize with her dance. And who needs art without magic?
Daria is the pure beauty of ballet.
I love ballet I do it it but I sound like a graceful elifant 🤣🤣
Lovely.
Some great choices here!
I have to mention my extreme admiration for the Russian corps dancers. All ballet corps dancers, actually, but in Russia corps dancers seem to be held in the regard they deserve. I don't understand how they can dance full-out and stop dead in such incredibly uncomfortable positions. Then hooooollllld -- and they just. Don't. Budge. And start dancing full-out again. The cramping muscles, the aching kneecaps -- that's got to take it's toll!
BTW, Ballet pros: What is that jump done by Ms. O'Sullivan called -- the one where her front leg is straight but the back is flicked up with a bent knee? It's like the little flick leap Aurora does at her birthday entrance in Sleeping Beauty, but bigger. It's so charming!
It might be much more common than i think, but i was interested to see several dancers doing backward hops en pointe. If I was in these audiences, I would be sitting on my hands to prevent myself from jumping to my feet and cheering.
When the back leg is bent it's called attitude derriere. She probably did a jete with the back leg in attitude. There aren't many positions in ballet. Just different ways of presenting them and combining them.
Ines McIntosh with Paris Opera Ballet is a genius. She’s such an exceptional young dancer. She should be promoted to Étoile . She is still very young.
I definitely think real ballet and also the the Paris ballet and American dancer ballet 11:09 Besides that point they are really good at it
Michaela De Prince is such a beautiful dancer!
Nina J. I respectfully disagree. While she has good technique, her musculature is overdeveloped. Her bulging muscles create a line that is better suited for a gymnast than a dancer. With no disrespect intended, her line is not long and delicate. It is broad and muscular. When I watch her dance I can’t help but see what appears to be a professional swimmer or gymnast doing ballet.
I disagree with you, I think that her muscles enable her to form the most beautiful lines, especially compared to dancers who were trained in Russia. Their legs and arms look like they're not part of their body which is one of the reasons why I am not the biggest fan of Svetlana Zakharova (I'm sorry if I wrote her name wrong), Misty Copeland, Mayara Magri or Michaela De Prince for example look like their body is moving as one whole thing and therefore they are able to create perfect lines.
Anna Schwinghammer We respectfully disagree. But thank you for sharing your perspective. I think it’s safe to say that we both appreciate the art form and respect the work that the dancers put in.
Laura Streeter You make valid points about how lighting can affect a dancer’s line. However I’ve seen this dancer in various roles and outfits. In my opinion her musculature is overdeveloped. That is not a criticism of her as a dancer, only my personal opinion of her line.
And I agree with you about Misty Copeland. She is mostly just PR hype and frankly is overhyped in order to sell tickets to the general public. She markets herself based on the color of her skin instead of her artistry and technique. It limits me from viewing her as a talented ballerina because she insists on telling everyone to instead, view her as only a black ballerina.
It sells tickets to those who know little about ballet. They oooh and aaah at “the black ballerina” while thinking of themselves as sophisticated, cultured and refined.
fumi is a principal at the royal ballet now!!! 🎉❤
What is the piece of music Alexandra Khiteeva is performing to?
It's from the Awakening of Flora
Briah Victory awakening of flora :)
Imogen Walters thank you! Do you by any chance know where I can get a copy of the music?
Briah Victory check the website of the Prix de Lausanne, it is one of the variations allowed for this year and there is a file of the music on their website! :)
Some of this dancers are already established ballerinas who graduated years ago.
Read the criteria at the beginning of the video
It’s clear that you are a fan of the more delicate demeanours, utterly hypnotising
Fumi Kaneko and Michaela De Prince
Are there any new Cuban ballet dancers?
TONIO good question
Katherine Ochoa is a first soloist at National Ballet of Cuba. She’s fairly young and AMAZING
What ballet/role is that for Anna Rose? I can't place it for some reason.
She's dancing cupid variazione from Don Quixote
I think it's a good list.