As Nureyev commented during another scene where he was in the sauna with Miss Piggy (the real Miss Piggy): "Last week, I was dancing with Natalia Makarova and now I'm [dancing] with the lady pig". Such a brilliant dancer and great comedian: he also shows his comedic skills in his Don Quixote.
Finally!!!! That cast of course can never be supreceeded. I know that Dame Margot Fonteyn was the understudy, but luckily Miss Piggy was able to perform this iconic part herself , which became her signature role. She also made plans of performing this pas de deux partnered with Erik Bruhn, but cancelled it for ethical reasons because Bruhn was Danish and the Danish bacon export collided with her principles. Of cource many have tried to continue the tradition , but this performance has set the standards for this iconic and exquisite pinnacle piece of ballet art. The impossibility of reaching or exceeding the quality of this performance is most likely the reason for this pas de deux never being performed wether in The International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize, Prix de Lausanne or at YGAP. Miss Piggy later went on to triumph as La Sylphide in Bournonviliies coreography, and who do not remember her showing off her vesatility both as dancer and singer in the Westend production of FATS. We are lucky today to have this historical recording, because the ballerinas of today, although not bad in their own little way, do not possess the combination of elegance, stamina, and physical appearance of Miss Piggy. We can only watch this video in awe and admire the glory of the past. To be fair to Nureyev I must mention, that he did not do so bad hinself later in his cariere.
Hi girls, I actually watched this on the Muppet Show. (It was hilarious.). I didn’t have to go to the ‘history vault’ like you youngsters! Thank you 🩰🩰🩰🩰👵🇦🇺
This is absolutely amazing 😂 I am honestly surprised there isn't a Muppet movie called Swine Lake where they have muppets play the characters like their adaptations of Christmas Carol and Treasure Island.
When I first watched it I didn’t fully appreciate the skill of the dancer playing Miss Piggy, Graham Fletcher nor the cleverness of the comedy. Such a bulky costume! I’ll have to show this to my granddaughter. Hurrah for Nureyev in coming up with this wonderful parody.
Undeniable... you could not take your eyes off him. On stage, in class. Not new, but he had the "it" thing for sure. Saw his opening night, first ever time on Broadway called Nureyev and Friends. Four works. Many in the audience were seeing him for the first time. You could feel the collective awe.
I got to see him dance towards the end of his life. You could tell he was unwell, he wasn't really able to perform the big leaps of his younger days, but he walked out onto the stage, stood in position, and it was like lightning had hit the theatre.
I showed this to my brother who hates ballet, and even he loved it 😂 The ending KILLED us, but also the transitions at the first throw were so realistic!!!
Do you think you could do a video explaining the awakening of flora ballet? I always see so many variations from it at yagp and have looked for explanation videos but haven’t found any. I think it would be really cool to learn more about the story of the ballet!
I hope this goes viral! They did such an amazing job of adapting Swan Lake. I would never have known all those details if you hadn’t explained it! Thank you so much!! 🙏🤣🐽🩰👑🎶✨
@@balletreign I love comedy, and watching ballet - I love to see such a serious art form have fun once in a while! That is why I love your channel so much since you keep it light hearted, but always respectful of the art and the dancers at the same time. I don’t think there is another channel like yours! 🙏💖💚🧡🩵🌼🐷
Oooo I remember watching the video where you said you would do this!!! I was watching it with my mom and she said,” PLEASE do Mrs. Piggy!” I can’t wait 😁🩰🐷
I love you guys so much! Lol, I remember watching this the first time last year when I was in music class (because we were studying Swan Lake and Tchaikovsky's works, plus his personal life) I thought this was a break from the stressful days of class life. Thanks for making this videos!
The real Miss Piggy was also a ballet aficionado. She and Kermit hosted San Francisco Ballet’s Cinderella when it aired on Great Performances long ago. A very flirty evening. You can see it here, VHS quality and all: ruclips.net/video/F-gPro9uBys/видео.htmlfeature=shared
I saw this when it first came on the air, but I was too young to really appreciate it and too ignorant of ballet. And now I know the minimum to appreciate the cleverness of it and how funny it is. I wonder what happened behind the scenes in the making of it. So glad that Nureyev wanted take part. It looks like he was having a blast.
Golden Minutes, so pure...pure parody, I LOVE it:P I will never get tired of saying it, watching his videos every day lifts my spirits, thanks :) his work deserves all the recognition in the world 😍
Thank you! I was going to say this! Not being British I doubt they would know of it, so I wanted to point it out as a comedy parody they should watch. (For anyone who doesn't know it's from a comedy show called The Vicar of Dibley.)
Funnier when you know what they are spoofing! I did not expect them to put so much thought into something for a kid's show. But did they ever credit who the dancer was in the costume? She did a fabulous job
The Muppet Show (thank you Jim Henson) is enjoyable by kids, but not just FOR kids. The creative team was (is) crazy intelligent and do not insult the audience intellect. Children and adults were introduced to many artists of all talents. I love The Muppets! 😊
Ladies Thank you, a true gem this week! Never bettered on television as a comic take on the traditional, even by the various pastiche versions of the Four Little Swans.,,,,,but forty six years ago and Nureyev now passed for thirty years so sad. Bless you both.
There is an interview with Graham Flechter. Nureyev requested a short male dancer for this and Graham Fletcher already had experience dancing in costume from… the Beatrix Potter ballet. I tried to include the link, but the comment got deleted. You can google “Nureyev muppets and swine lake” to find it.
Hello. Thank you for the time and hard work you put into creating these videos for us ❤️ Your outfits are very inspiring to me and I was wondering if you could recommend a few brands where you shop from, please 🌻
The ending music piece you are referring to is the original ending of the Pas d'action (13.5) aka White Swan lake pas de deux, but it was cut in Petipa's/Ivanov's revival. Nurejev indeed used it in his version as Siegfried's variation, but some versions restore it, too. Just to say: See it as a big compliment that I did watch this here as I actually did never consider Swine Lake as funny and I had no intentions to rewatch it. Yes, Nurejev is a great dancer and now rewatching it, I also wonder why I quit it. There are so many other parodies and references of Swan Lake, which is on the one hand as epic, famous, story, on the other hand, it has the elements right in it (such like the dance of the four little swans, I guess Peter Tchaikovsky had definitely fun with it (; ). Somehow the reason is that watching Nurejev's movie version with Fonteyn was my first (and very extreme) introduction to the tragic ending of Swan Lake, and so probably I didn't consider the parody particularly as something funny...it would take a lot of time to make my peace (well, Nurejev didn't invent it, so I can't blame him (; )
@@firstlast6109 I wonder now how I should understand your comment, as it's quite bold to conclude from only one example my whole approach to humor. This is here a personal story I shared, and this is here a reflection video of art, opening space for discussion. This is a strong personal thing here from my experience, and I do take Swan Lake always very seriously (;
ONE OF?! I'm sorry but the upper case exclamation was necessary ~ Nureyev is, without doubt (in my humble opinion) THE best male ballet dancer EVER.... And when he partners Margot Fonteyn 😶~ I am speechless... swooning with admiration! Anyhoo , like you say, everything is subjective. Have a super day 😺
I would like to make a request. Could you ladies do a video on the Lady of the Camillias. It has many deep themes and the music, whilst not actually written for ballet, must be amongst the finest of any ballets. I should very much like to hear you ladies speak about it.
Maybe it is a good idea to make a discord server so all the ballet nerds on this channel can chat with each other so we have a more connected community. Please consider that.
Hey! Sorry to be a Muppet Pedant, but the show only had a total of 120 episodes (24 for each of its 5 seasons). Nureyev was on S02E13, episode #37. Each episode had a guest star (Rita Moreno, who had already been awarded her Oscar, was on the first season and got an Emmy for her appearance in The Muppet Show), but Nureyev's presence did really make it easier for them to book famous guests.
I want to know the logistics of this. Is someone inside the costume, when aren't they, because there are definitely moments of how is that possible with a person inside?
Am I the only one who thinks this old muppet spoof is actually really fat shaming? Miss Piggy is a classy Lady an Nureye fantastic, but looking this just makes me sad 😢
It may be necessery for nerds not so proficient in the techniques of the art, to provide a runnig comment.for them to catch and understand the intricacies. The scope of this video and the Ballet Reign series in general is primarily educational!
The Ballerina Pig is played by Graham Fletcher, a former dancer with the Royal Ballet. I remember watching this back in 1978.
Thank you for that info. I remember Graham Fletcher, but hadn’t made the Piggy connection!
yes, and apparently the "ballerina pig" is miss piggy's cousin "Mathilda" according to some Muppet fans.
Thank you! I was hoping somebody would know who played her!
Thank you for letting us know! 🙏💖🐷
I watched it too…mostly to see Nureyev but it was a treat!
Props to Graham Fletcher for his performance. It couldn’t have been easy to dance in that costume. And iconic moment of the Muppet show for sure.
As Nureyev commented during another scene where he was in the sauna with Miss Piggy (the real Miss Piggy): "Last week, I was dancing with Natalia Makarova and now I'm [dancing] with the lady pig". Such a brilliant dancer and great comedian: he also shows his comedic skills in his Don Quixote.
I love watching the Muppet Show in my younger days. I remember this episode. As a TwoSetter, I’d call this episode “Sacrilegious “ 🤔 🤣
💯 absolutely sacrilegious! 😂
Are you watch both twosetviolin and ballet reign? I am just looking for that
I'd love them to do a crossover!
@@melonyrobinson9944 It would be epic fr
Finally!!!!
That cast of course can never be supreceeded.
I know that Dame Margot Fonteyn was the understudy, but luckily Miss Piggy was able to perform this iconic part herself , which became her signature role.
She also made plans of performing this pas de deux partnered with Erik Bruhn, but cancelled it for ethical reasons because Bruhn was Danish and the Danish bacon export collided with her principles.
Of cource many have tried to continue the tradition , but this performance has set the standards for this iconic and exquisite pinnacle piece of ballet art.
The impossibility of reaching or exceeding the quality of this performance is most likely the reason for this pas de deux never being performed wether in The International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize, Prix de Lausanne or at YGAP.
Miss Piggy later went on to triumph as La Sylphide in Bournonviliies coreography, and who do not remember her showing off her vesatility both as dancer and singer in the Westend production of FATS.
We are lucky today to have this historical recording, because the ballerinas of today, although not bad in their own little way, do not possess the combination of elegance, stamina, and physical appearance of Miss Piggy.
We can only watch this video in awe and admire the glory of the past.
To be fair to Nureyev I must mention, that he did not do so bad hinself later in his cariere.
Wow thank you for your beautiful thoughts on the most beloved ballerina, Miss Piggy. Her legacy lives on and she stands as an inspiration to many 🐽
lolz
Hi girls, I actually watched this on the Muppet Show. (It was hilarious.). I didn’t have to go to the ‘history vault’ like you youngsters!
Thank you 🩰🩰🩰🩰👵🇦🇺
This is absolutely amazing 😂 I am honestly surprised there isn't a Muppet movie called Swine Lake where they have muppets play the characters like their adaptations of Christmas Carol and Treasure Island.
When I first watched it I didn’t fully appreciate the skill of the dancer playing Miss Piggy, Graham Fletcher nor the cleverness of the comedy. Such a bulky costume! I’ll have to show this to my granddaughter. Hurrah for Nureyev in coming up with this wonderful parody.
Undeniable... you could not take your eyes off him. On stage, in class.
Not new, but he had the "it" thing for sure. Saw his opening night, first ever time on Broadway called Nureyev and Friends. Four works. Many in the audience were seeing him for the first time. You could feel the collective awe.
I got to see him dance towards the end of his life. You could tell he was unwell, he wasn't really able to perform the big leaps of his younger days, but he walked out onto the stage, stood in position, and it was like lightning had hit the theatre.
I showed this to my brother who hates ballet, and even he loved it 😂
The ending KILLED us, but also the transitions at the first throw were so realistic!!!
I love the combo of humor and ballet, more people need to know ballet can be silly and fun! 🙂
For sure! Swine Lake checks both those boxes exactly ✨🐷
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How I ever enjoyed Saturdays before finding Ballet Reign I will never know! You guys never fail to put a smile on my face 🥰
That ascii pig at the end was wonderful
Do you think you could do a video explaining the awakening of flora ballet? I always see so many variations from it at yagp and have looked for explanation videos but haven’t found any. I think it would be really cool to learn more about the story of the ballet!
Thanks for your request! We will consider ✨✨
I hope this goes viral! They did such an amazing job of adapting Swan Lake. I would never have known all those details if you hadn’t explained it! Thank you so much!! 🙏🤣🐽🩰👑🎶✨
Aww haha thank u! 😂😂 glad u had fun and enjoyed the video 🫰🏻🫰🏻
@@balletreign I love comedy, and watching ballet - I love to see such a serious art form have fun once in a while! That is why I love your channel so much since you keep it light hearted, but always respectful of the art and the dancers at the same time. I don’t think there is another channel like yours! 🙏💖💚🧡🩵🌼🐷
This was a fun video throughout, but at the moment of HAMMED IT UP I lost it so badly aoisejaosejiaoiwe
Oooo I remember watching the video where you said you would do this!!!
I was watching it with my mom and she said,” PLEASE do
Mrs. Piggy!”
I can’t wait 😁🩰🐷
We can’t wait to share this one with y’all! 🐽
LOL'd at every twonk. 🤣
AHAHAHA 🤣🤣
The Muppet Show was wonderful. I watched it every week with my boys.
I love you guys so much! Lol, I remember watching this the first time last year when I was in music class (because we were studying Swan Lake and Tchaikovsky's works, plus his personal life) I thought this was a break from the stressful days of class life. Thanks for making this videos!
This was so entertaining 😂
I love how much announce was on Rudolph Nureyev’s face 😂
Y’all did so good matching the puns with The Muppet Show!
I saw this when it was first shown. It was a hit and still a favorite.
That was so fun. I wonder how it would have looked with a Puddleduck?
Oh gosh 🤣🤣
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Is that Miss Piggy ? What the heck is going on ? 💙
Be sure to tune in tomorrow for the premiere 😂😂
6:33 It's a muted trumpet. The mute makes the sound of a trumpet sound harsh and croaky and it is often used for different effects.
I recently learned that Ballet Reign was strongly rooted in Christianity🩷🤍🩷🤍. You two ladies are so beautiful and refreshing. I love watching you!
I forgot ALL about this! 😂❤ Thank you for the memory! 🙌😂
Hehe glad u enjoyed the little throwback 😄😄✨✨
The real Miss Piggy was also a ballet aficionado. She and Kermit hosted San Francisco Ballet’s Cinderella when it aired on Great Performances long ago. A very flirty evening. You can see it here, VHS quality and all: ruclips.net/video/F-gPro9uBys/видео.htmlfeature=shared
In fact I think that we can safely asume ,that Jordan and Eden have take inspiration from this presentation.
@@firstlast6109 As muppets, yes😊
I saw this when it first came on the air, but I was too young to really appreciate it and too ignorant of ballet. And now I know the minimum to appreciate the cleverness of it and how funny it is. I wonder what happened behind the scenes in the making of it. So glad that Nureyev wanted take part. It looks like he was having a blast.
Golden Minutes, so pure...pure parody, I LOVE it:P
I will never get tired of saying it, watching his videos every day lifts my spirits, thanks :) his work deserves all the recognition in the world 😍
Aww thank youuuu 🥹🥹 So happy this made you smile! Thanks for watching 🫰🏻🫰🏻
OMG! I watched this back when it first aired. Thank you for recovering that core memory for me❤
And you are awesome Muppets !
HAHA thank you!! 😂😂 we’re go glad u joined us today ✨
Unrelated but Eden looks so good! Love the hair, olive green and brick colored lip!
You should watch the Dawn French and Darcey Bussell spoof.
Thank you! I was going to say this!
Not being British I doubt they would know of it, so I wanted to point it out as a comedy parody they should watch. (For anyone who doesn't know it's from a comedy show called The Vicar of Dibley.)
This was so fun! 😄💖🌸🐽 p.s the outtakes at the end are so good 😂
Funnier when you know what they are spoofing! I did not expect them to put so much thought into something for a kid's show.
But did they ever credit who the dancer was in the costume? She did a fabulous job
The Muppet Show (thank you Jim Henson) is enjoyable by kids, but not just FOR kids. The creative team was (is) crazy intelligent and do not insult the audience intellect.
Children and adults were introduced to many artists of all talents.
I love The Muppets! 😊
Wait hold up.....y'all are muppets, what other surprises are y'all hiding from us.
It's quite a hilarious scene, I've always wondered who's that ballerina under that costume 🤔 ?
same!
Apparently it was Royal Ballet danseur Graham Fletcher
Ladies Thank you, a true gem this week! Never bettered on television as a comic take on the traditional, even by the various pastiche versions of the Four Little Swans.,,,,,but forty six years ago and Nureyev now passed for thirty years so sad. Bless you both.
There is an interview with Graham Flechter. Nureyev requested a short male dancer for this and Graham Fletcher already had experience dancing in costume from… the Beatrix Potter ballet.
I tried to include the link, but the comment got deleted. You can google “Nureyev muppets and swine lake” to find it.
This video has got to be over 30+ years.
1976. to be exact. We are still a few, who had the privilege to see it then. It marked our lives for ever.
I’d bet the little swines tune was done with a MOOG synthesizer
Whatever it was, it was brilliant 🤣🤣
Hello. Thank you for the time and hard work you put into creating these videos for us ❤️ Your outfits are very inspiring to me and I was wondering if you could recommend a few brands where you shop from, please 🌻
Jordan your bangs are everything 😍😍
Thank you 🥰
What fun!😂😅
Haha hope you got a good laugh today 😄😄
@@balletreign yes, indeedy!
They are back finally! found you guys recently and has been slowly falling in love😍
Welcome!! ✨✨ so happy you joined us and are enjoying the ballet nerd content 🫰🏻🫰🏻
i never knew that happened and it's hilarious 😂😂
Can you do more spoof commentary???Love
Love u guys
Aww 🥹🥹❤️❤️
In many ways Odette can be seen as a puppet controlled by the evil Rothbart.
Odile also actually, too. But Odette has more the urge to fight against it...
@@felicity1877 I am convinced, that Odille is behind it all. Daughters can be very manipulative.
The ending music piece you are referring to is the original ending of the Pas d'action (13.5) aka White Swan lake pas de deux, but it was cut in Petipa's/Ivanov's revival. Nurejev indeed used it in his version as Siegfried's variation, but some versions restore it, too.
Just to say: See it as a big compliment that I did watch this here as I actually did never consider Swine Lake as funny and I had no intentions to rewatch it. Yes, Nurejev is a great dancer and now rewatching it, I also wonder why I quit it. There are so many other parodies and references of Swan Lake, which is on the one hand as epic, famous, story, on the other hand, it has the elements right in it (such like the dance of the four little swans, I guess Peter Tchaikovsky had definitely fun with it (; ). Somehow the reason is that watching Nurejev's movie version with Fonteyn was my first (and very extreme) introduction to the tragic ending of Swan Lake, and so probably I didn't consider the parody particularly as something funny...it would take a lot of time to make my peace (well, Nurejev didn't invent it, so I can't blame him (; )
I take from your thoughts, that you take humor very seriously.
@@firstlast6109 I wonder now how I should understand your comment, as it's quite bold to conclude from only one example my whole approach to humor. This is here a personal story I shared, and this is here a reflection video of art, opening space for discussion. This is a strong personal thing here from my experience, and I do take Swan Lake always very seriously (;
Swine lake is awesome woww
ONE OF?! I'm sorry but the upper case exclamation was necessary ~ Nureyev is, without doubt (in my humble opinion) THE best male ballet dancer EVER.... And when he partners Margot Fonteyn 😶~ I am speechless... swooning with admiration! Anyhoo , like you say, everything is subjective. Have a super day 😺
I would like to make a request. Could you ladies do a video on the Lady of the Camillias. It has many deep themes and the music, whilst not actually written for ballet, must be amongst the finest of any ballets. I should very much like to hear you ladies speak about it.
Maybe it is a good idea to make a discord server so all the ballet nerds on this channel can chat with each other so we have a more connected community. Please consider that.
Swine lake? :'DD
Hey! Sorry to be a Muppet Pedant, but the show only had a total of 120 episodes (24 for each of its 5 seasons). Nureyev was on S02E13, episode #37.
Each episode had a guest star (Rita Moreno, who had already been awarded her Oscar, was on the first season and got an Emmy for her appearance in The Muppet Show), but Nureyev's presence did really make it easier for them to book famous guests.
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I want to know the logistics of this. Is someone inside the costume, when aren't they, because there are definitely moments of how is that possible with a person inside?
6:45-7:30-7:45-7:11-11:20 😯😯😊😊
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did they hire a ballerina to play in the puppet ?
Graham Fletcher
Am I the only one who thinks this old muppet spoof is actually really fat shaming? Miss Piggy is a classy Lady an Nureye fantastic, but looking this just makes me sad 😢
it would have been nice to let us just watch the whole dance without your comments first.
The commentating during the video was not really necessary. Give the commentary before showing the video.
It may be necessery for nerds not so proficient in the techniques of the art, to provide a runnig comment.for them to catch and understand the intricacies. The scope of this video and the Ballet Reign series in general is primarily educational!