Am I the only one who watches the people in the background, and is amazed at how they stay in such positions for so long? Staying really still in a perfect baller pose, with your arm gracefully up in the air, for a long time, is a lot harder than many people realise!
I was open mouthed watching this. Each one's perfection is jaw dropping. Can't believe Zakharova is just one among several superstars at the Bolshoi. Thought she was singular; this video was eye opening. The unpararelled training at the Bolshoi is breathtakingly displayed in the finished product.
Correct! The teachers give NO EXCEPTIONS EVER! School of hard knocks if ever there was one. If someone cries during ballet school practices or in rehearsals, they are probably sent home for good as there are limitless other little hopefuls ready in as instant to take their places. Sad but totally true. Unfortunately this hard stance prepares the dancer for the REALITY of their profession.
Какое тяжёлое искусство балет, у меня заболели все мышцы, пока смотрела эти мини--спектакли, но как это красиво!!! Браво, Светлана Захарова!! 🌹🌹🌹Браво, девочки--Дюймовочки Большого!!! Спасибо за наслаждение и за ваш труд!!! 👍💐💐💐
Many thanks to those who has made such a beautiful selection in which the dancers rub the perfection especially my favorite, the incredible Zakharova, look at the expression of his arms. Thanks to the Bolshoi for maintaining to the maximum level the art of the dance.
The Russian ballerinas embody all the power, poetry and overwhelming beauty of the ballet!...In my opinion, NOBODY CAN COMPETE WITH THEM!... They Have tradition, great dancers that teach them and great schools... BALLET IS A TREASURE IN RUSSIA!...That's that..........................................
I am grateful that many of the greatest have brought their training to the States. The technique is so lovely and precise.The details. I absolutely love it🥰 Edit : And yes precision technique but their ARTISTRY bless them they are other worldly! ✨✨✨
zakharova is so incredible, her body, arms, legs, face.... beauty.. my favourite and is a superstar... i love alexandrova and krysanova power!!! evgenia is so incredible.. she has the control
But I have to make a correction: The variation that Shipulina does isn’t named Paquita, it’s named: King Candaules, Nisia Variation😊😊 Please don’t get angry at me.
Supreme dancers!! however, a dancer's life span is shorter than premier footballers for example! Amazing dedication for such limited time! But thank you Bolshoi Ballet for your commitment to showing the world the greatness of dance! Long live Bolshoi Ballet!
Congratulations. They are all brilliant ballerinas. It is difficult to tell who is better because of the different repertoires and roles they dance. Keep going strong and good luck to every one of them.
Everyone of them a miracle, goddess. But Svetlana's performance of the Nikiya Variation ... well ... I have no words. One of the best ever. Thanks again for all of your wonderful postings.
Wonderful video! Thank you. Svetlana Makhaorva is pure magic. She trained at the Vaganova Institute (school for the Mariinsky) and has their incredible upper body fluidity. She is now at the end of her career. Diana Vishneva is another Vaganova graduate who is on the cusp of retirement. I will sadly miss both of these legendary ballerinas.
Thank you for the intelligence of this post: all the details on the ballets, music, ballerinas, the index. So much of what is posted on RUclips is just a mishmash. Your post has true rigor and scholarship. Appreciate it!
I've heard that Alexandrova and Kaptsova have basically been removed from the Bolshoi to make way for younger dancers. Being moved to "working under contract" apparently basically means being phased out. It's all extremely frustrating and sad, especially since Kaptsova was at the peak of her career.
Alexandrova left because she was pushed out by a management controlled by people who were jealous of her popularity and talent. In an interview after she announced her leaving she said that people pushed her "out of spite". She didn't have an injury and she left earlier this year.
All ballerinas deserve admirations! My soul and heart belong to Svetlana Zakharova. I adore each her performance on the stage! Svetlana just transports me to another world. I quite often go back years and enjoy the magnificent performance of Svetlana Zakharova and Nikolay Tsiskaridze in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Very rarely can one see such perfection of two dancing bodies, such beauty and uniqueness!
Nina Kaptsova is just 38. A most beautiful and expressive dancer, her recent performances were all excellent. It's an unbelievable attitude of DA Maziev.
38 is at the top of the range for ballet dancers. 40 is the very top and the end unless you dance for private companies ( under contract ) if you can bring in the crowds and sell the tickets.
It's really fun to be able to compare them back to back. Thanks for this terrific post. All are wonderful in their own way. Overall, I would have to say the Bolshoi dancers are doing a much better job than the Americans at keeping the drama, artistry, and musical interpretation IN classical ballet. (The Americans seem more interested in athletic prowess and outrageous extensions and high-number turn at the expense of control, lyricism, dramatic interpretation and musicality. I'm allowed to say since I'm an American...)That is why I keep coming back to watch the Bolshoi (and seeing them live is on the bucket list). May I add they the Bolshoi have improved technically and have cleaned up the open hip arabesque thing - which I never thought very attractive - they used to do when I was growing up (about 45 years ago...). C'mon America: We have Hollywood, we know drama, we can do better! Abstract and emotion-less movement may work well for Balanchine, but it's not the only way to dance classical ballet, in my ever-to-be-humble opinion...
As a former ballet dancer, I couldn't agree with you more!! The Bolshoi and Kirov turn out (pun intended!) the very best in the world!! This post brings back some wonderful memories!! Thanks so much!!
Russia, and some other countries excel at classical ballet and have the perfect blend of near perfect technique and artistry. America is ok at classical, but we do better at dances with more natural flow, along with more contemporary and jazz elements, alice in wonderland for example. In Jewels, the Ruby roles would fit as well. But no one can quite hold a candle to the grace of Russian ballet.
Isabel C.C. I’m not Russian either but I love Russian culture and of course the Ballet. As one of favourite dancers , Nikolai Tsiskaridze said, “AND TO THINK WE GAVE IT (BALLET) to the world for free’. So true. Xxx From Aust.👍🏻🧐🇦🇺
What a nice video. I like all the ballerinas, of course, all are really amazing. I like a lo Zakharova, for me , the best in the world. Then I like a lot too, Nikulina and Stepanova. Shipulina is sensational and Alexandrova is amazing, and Allash, and Obratszova. They are all so great ballerinas. I think the Bolshoi is the best company in the world.
Evgenia Obraztsova and Svetlana Zakharova are the best here. No wonder both of them graduated from Vaganova Academy and started in Mariinsky theater. For more than 100 years only Saint Petersburg dancers were hired by Bolshoi theater starting with Marina Semenova and Galina Ulanova. Kirov ballet and Mariinsky theater did not hire dancers from Bolshoi.
Working under contract means they are now hired per production, not an official part of the company. For an older dancer, it is a way to retire gracefully instead of stopping all at once. After a while, your body can only take so much each day, and a full-time dancer is often in performance for one show while rehearsing the next one (or more). A dancer under contract can concentrate on one show at a time, and keep dancing for a little longer, if not continuously on stage.
Russian ballet dancers are my favorite! Greetings from the USA! American Ballet theater can't compete with Bolshoi or Mariinsky! I got to get tickets to the Nutcracker this year in Syracuse NY because either Bolshoi or Mariinsky is coming to the Landmark theater! It say the great Russian ballet so one of them is coming to Syracuse NY! They came to Syracuse when I was 15 years old my aunt took me
I agree. ABT used to have cream of the cream of the ballet world. Right now any of the Bolshoi ballerinas will be ten times better than ABT principals.
thank you for the amazing compilation. as for your question, as far as i heard, alexandrova and kaptsova were moved from principal list so that younger and more prefered dancers can take their place. i am sure there are more knowledgable people around to explain the situation, but it looks like they were kind of forced out by the management to make place for other dancers
The one suggestion I have to make this compilation exceptional would be to note each dancer's start times. This vid was a jewel. Thank you for sharing.
PERFECTION AND BEAUTY !!! BEAUTY AND PERFECTION !!! BRAVO !!! THIS IS Bolshoi Ballet !!! BRAVO Russia !!! ALWAYS WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND LIGHT Your ETERNAL FAN Nadya Mirkova AND ALL MY BIG FAMILY , AND ALL MY FRIENDS from Sofia - Bulgaria AND ALL World !!!
Svetlana the Queen of them all! None of the other 10 good as they are can hold a candle to her She should be on the top of the list as the prima ballerina.assoluta!
Thanks so much for compiling and posting! Ballet cinema is slowly getting more ballerinas than Zakharova into the public eye. Love Zakharova and, of course, Genia but thank you for getting a little something from each principal in one place. Lovely compilation!
Прекрасны образы и их создав, Балет российский вознесли на пьедестал... Хоть сколько русскому балету вы учитесь... Но душу русскую движеньями и "па" не передать... Душою надо обладать... Браво! Прекрасно!..
Incomparable interprétation ! Sans pareille : en d’autre terme , de qualité supérieure la flexibilité du Distingué Ballerine est encore une fois Incomparable . Compliments . Merci 🙏
If it wasn't like that many girls would not have the chance to perform, even if its a short career. Its not like ballets are the most popular thing in the world.
Alexandrova and Kaptsova have been removed from this list of principle dancers at Bolshoi. Ekaterina Shipulina is only a year younger than Kaptsova age 41. It is confirmed that Shipulina not long ago gave birth to a baby daughter. The father is the internationally renowned Russian pianist Denis Matsuev.
...and just watch the strength in their beautifully arched feet and hyper-extended legs. They roll down perfectly off pointe even in the most difficult steps and during the connecting steps they are almost on pointe. On pointe when they are SUPPOSSED to be!!!!!!
Of this dias it is Alexandrova , although she doesnt have the ideal proportions required of todays ballerinas she has an aura you cant keep your eyes off of her , She is a very regal , confident and highly musical dancer , There is an authority in the way she balances strength with softness that's unsurpassed . I love her in the Pharaohs Daughter solo which I think show all of these qualities . In past Bolshoi primas I am blown away over Gracheva . If she were dancing on the stage today with her talent , technique and body type she would be on this current list .
Лучшие московские примы - С.Захарова, а позже Е.Образцова и О.Смирнова - это "переехашие" из Питера. И сейчас лучшие молодые балерины - ученицы Цискаридзе и его коллег, все равно в Питере. Утверждаю как москвичка....
Захарова только доучивалась последний год в Вагановске, приглашенная после успеха на конкурсе из Киевской хореогpафической академии, где она проучилась 7 лет.
Die letzte Künstlerin hatte es drauf! Nicht nur technisch sondern auch ihre Ausstrahlung kam rüber. Und meine Lehrerin sagte immer: ihr müsst eure Ausstrahlung bis in die hintersten Reihen transportieren. Sie sagte auch, dass die Handhaltung bei den besten oft nicht schön sind! Die Hände und Finger bilden eine fließende Linie und sind nicht abgeknickt und ähneln eher einer Schaufel...! Die Russen legen auch viel mehr wert auf die ganz kleinen Dinge, somit ist das gesamte Kunstwerk auch viel ästhetischer als sonstwo auf der Welt!!
Am I the only one who watches the people in the background, and is amazed at how they stay in such positions for so long? Staying really still in a perfect baller pose, with your arm gracefully up in the air, for a long time, is a lot harder than many people realise!
That is very true!
Как можно запрещать такую красоту !! Это ,как запретить видеть картины великих художников мира !! Балет это шедевр !!
I was open mouthed watching this. Each one's perfection is jaw dropping. Can't believe Zakharova is just one among several superstars at the Bolshoi. Thought she was singular; this video was eye opening. The unpararelled training at the Bolshoi is breathtakingly displayed in the finished product.
Thank you for your comment.
Correct! The teachers give NO EXCEPTIONS EVER! School of hard knocks if ever there was one. If someone cries during ballet school practices or in rehearsals, they are probably sent home for good as there are limitless other little hopefuls ready in as instant to take their places. Sad but totally true. Unfortunately this hard stance prepares the dancer for the REALITY of their profession.
Какое тяжёлое искусство балет, у меня заболели все мышцы, пока смотрела эти мини--спектакли, но как это красиво!!! Браво, Светлана Захарова!! 🌹🌹🌹Браво, девочки--Дюймовочки Большого!!! Спасибо за наслаждение и за ваш труд!!! 👍💐💐💐
I am completely mesmerized by Svetlana's performance....just FLAWLESS!! Amazing!!
Sylvie Guillem is even more stunning in this role - her arms and hands much more expressive.
Yes. I love her so much. A great artist. One of the greatest of all time in my humble opinion.
Nina's footwork here outstanding as usual.... she's amazing.. .they. all are but here is something In her movement 🌹Thank you😊
It's a pleasure. Thank you for your lovely comments!
Many thanks to those who has made such a beautiful selection in which the dancers rub the perfection especially my favorite, the incredible Zakharova, look at the expression of his arms. Thanks to the Bolshoi for maintaining to the maximum level the art of the dance.
For me personally, Zhakarova is supreme.
It's a pleasure. Thank you for your wonderful comment.
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Вечное искусство балет. Великолепные прима балерины. Выдающаяся Светлана Захарова. Низкий поклон всем из Колумбии!
The Russian ballerinas embody all the power, poetry and overwhelming beauty of the ballet!...In my opinion, NOBODY CAN COMPETE WITH THEM!... They Have tradition, great dancers that teach them and great schools... BALLET IS A TREASURE IN RUSSIA!...That's that..........................................
I am grateful that many of the greatest have brought their training to the States. The technique is so lovely and precise.The details.
I absolutely love it🥰
Edit :
And yes precision technique but their ARTISTRY bless them they are other worldly! ✨✨✨
Alexandrova and Krysanova and Kapstova have beautiful timing and rhythm and stage presence that makes them so goddess-like.💕
You said it !
Боги искусства ,храните русский классический балет !Он прекрасен.
zakharova is so incredible, her body, arms, legs, face.... beauty.. my favourite and is a superstar... i love alexandrova and krysanova power!!! evgenia is so incredible.. she has the control
I love to watch videos of Bolshoi ballerinas, because they are UNBELİEVABLY OUTSANDING!!!!!
But I have to make a correction: The variation that Shipulina does isn’t named Paquita, it’s named: King Candaules, Nisia Variation😊😊 Please don’t get angry at me.
Огромное эстетическое наслаждение! Спасибо!
It's a pleasure. Thank you for your comments!
Supreme dancers!! however, a dancer's life span is shorter than premier footballers for example! Amazing dedication for such limited time! But thank you Bolshoi Ballet for your commitment to showing the world the greatness of dance! Long live Bolshoi Ballet!
Congratulations. They are all brilliant ballerinas. It is difficult to tell who is better because of the different repertoires and roles they dance. Keep going strong and good luck to every one of them.
Благодарю за такую возможность. От всего сердца хочу пожелать всем здоровья и выдержки.
Thank you and the same to you.
I feel like Russians are ALWAYS the best when it comes to BALLET, FIGURE SKATING and GYMNASTICS 🤩
Аnd also sinchronized swimming.
rythmic gymnastics, certainly! not artistic
Absolutely breathtaking and beautiful!
Because they train a lot harder than Americans
They have this natural artistry n flair in them
Everyone of them a miracle, goddess. But Svetlana's performance of the Nikiya Variation ... well ... I have no words. One of the best ever. Thanks again for all of your wonderful postings.
It's a great pleasure! Thank you for your lovely comment.
All of ELEVEN such great artists at the same time! Amazing! Congratulations to them all and also to their great coaches!
J'ai vu La Bayadere au Bolchoi il y a une dizaine de jours. C'est toujours exceptionnel. Quel bonheur. Quel endroit magique. Merci. Et Bravo!!
The interpretation of Maria Allash in Legend of Love, scenery, direction and chorography was the best I have ever seen.
It was incredible!! She has such amazing artistry and acting skills. C 💝
Wonderful video! Thank you. Svetlana Makhaorva is pure magic. She trained at the Vaganova Institute (school for the Mariinsky) and has their incredible upper body fluidity. She is now at the end of her career. Diana Vishneva is another Vaganova graduate who is on the cusp of retirement. I will sadly miss both of these legendary ballerinas.
Thank you for the intelligence of this post: all the details on the ballets, music, ballerinas, the index. So much of what is posted on RUclips is just a mishmash. Your post has true rigor and scholarship. Appreciate it!
Thank you so very much for your most encouraging and kind comment! Likewise, much appreciated!
I've heard that Alexandrova and Kaptsova have basically been removed from the Bolshoi to make way for younger dancers. Being moved to "working under contract" apparently basically means being phased out. It's all extremely frustrating and sad, especially since Kaptsova was at the peak of her career.
Thanks a lot for explaining. It is terribly sad! I agree - Kaptsova was at the peak of her career and so was Alexandrova imo.
I think Alexandrova had an injury and was already considering leaving the company.
SuperBalletgirl101 only in russia eh!
Alexandrova left because she was pushed out by a management controlled by people who were jealous of her popularity and talent. In an interview after she announced her leaving she said that people pushed her "out of spite". She didn't have an injury and she left earlier this year.
It depends on who public like.
If someone is better then no audience .
It is all about popularity - love.
All ballerinas deserve admirations! My soul and heart belong to Svetlana Zakharova. I adore each her performance on the stage! Svetlana just transports me to another world. I quite often go back years and enjoy the magnificent performance of Svetlana Zakharova and Nikolay Tsiskaridze in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Very rarely can one see such perfection of two dancing bodies, such beauty and uniqueness!
Alexandrova is exquisite.. she makes every movement seem completely natural
Nina Kaptsova is just 38. A most beautiful and expressive dancer, her recent performances were all excellent. It's an unbelievable attitude of DA Maziev.
38 is at the top of the range for ballet dancers. 40 is the very top and the end unless you dance for private companies ( under contract ) if you can bring in the crowds and sell the tickets.
Svietlana Zakharova is 40 years old and Uliana Lopatkina is 46 years old and Diana Vishneva is 43,
beautiful addition ! yes dancers have a short career, but the love for the dance will stay forever !
It's really fun to be able to compare them back to back. Thanks for this terrific post. All are wonderful in their own way. Overall, I would have to say the Bolshoi dancers are doing a much better job than the Americans at keeping the drama, artistry, and musical interpretation IN classical ballet. (The Americans seem more interested in athletic prowess and outrageous extensions and high-number turn at the expense of control, lyricism, dramatic interpretation and musicality. I'm allowed to say since I'm an American...)That is why I keep coming back to watch the Bolshoi (and seeing them live is on the bucket list). May I add they the Bolshoi have improved technically and have cleaned up the open hip arabesque thing - which I never thought very attractive - they used to do when I was growing up (about 45 years ago...). C'mon America: We have Hollywood, we know drama, we can do better! Abstract and emotion-less movement may work well for Balanchine, but it's not the only way to dance classical ballet, in my ever-to-be-humble opinion...
Thanks for your interesting comment.
As a former ballet dancer, I couldn't agree with you more!! The Bolshoi and Kirov turn out (pun intended!) the very best in the world!! This post brings back some wonderful memories!! Thanks so much!!
Russia, and some other countries excel at classical ballet and have the perfect blend of near perfect technique and artistry. America is ok at classical, but we do better at dances with more natural flow, along with more contemporary and jazz elements, alice in wonderland for example. In Jewels, the Ruby roles would fit as well. But no one can quite hold a candle to the grace of Russian ballet.
Горжусь Россией.! Ее талантами в Большом Театре. Слава девочкам, все молодцы! Захаровой- - the best пожеланий и здоровья
Я Захарову видела в Метрополь Опера - когда она гастроли
Realy nice parts.... I hope you all do it nice in this really bad times for all of us! Best wishes!
Svetlana is absolutely spellbinding!!! 😱😱👏👏👏👏👏
Svetlana is such a gorgeous dancer! Definitely my fave ever since I watched her dance as the white swan ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for making this video. So beautiful.
It's a great pleasure. Thank you for your wonderful comments!
All these ballerinas are wonderful!!!!!!Thank you for laoding this nice moment!! And a beautiful music at 6:28...
They are all beautiful beyond any words!!!
There are Russian dancers, and then there's the rest.
True!!
So true👌🏼
Im a not Russian but... agree! Russian dancers are awesome!
Isabel C.C. I’m not Russian either but I love Russian culture and of course the Ballet. As one of favourite dancers , Nikolai Tsiskaridze said, “AND TO THINK WE GAVE IT (BALLET) to the world for free’. So true. Xxx From Aust.👍🏻🧐🇦🇺
Yes.
What a nice video. I like all the ballerinas, of course, all are really amazing. I like a lo Zakharova, for me , the best in the world. Then I like a lot too, Nikulina and Stepanova. Shipulina is sensational and Alexandrova is amazing, and Allash, and Obratszova. They are all so great ballerinas. I think the Bolshoi is the best company in the world.
Thanks for your lovely comment.
Thanks for this display of talent. It would be lovely to watch most of them in contemporary works and-or in more dramatic roles.
It's a pleasure.
I've not seen The Flames of Paris before - what charming choreography. Stashkevich is delightful!
Всё балерины великолепны в своей грации, в передаче танца! Спасибо.
Spasiba!
They are all so brilliant.
Evgenia Obraztsova and Svetlana Zakharova are the best here. No wonder both of them graduated from Vaganova Academy and started in Mariinsky theater. For more than 100 years only Saint Petersburg dancers were hired by Bolshoi theater starting with Marina Semenova and Galina Ulanova. Kirov ballet and Mariinsky theater did not hire dancers from Bolshoi.
I agree. The other two Vaganova graduates are Yuliya Stepanova and Olga Smirnova.
Working under contract means they are now hired per production, not an official part of the company. For an older dancer, it is a way to retire gracefully instead of stopping all at once. After a while, your body can only take so much each day, and a full-time dancer is often in performance for one show while rehearsing the next one (or more). A dancer under contract can concentrate on one show at a time, and keep dancing for a little longer, if not continuously on stage.
Siete stupendi per la bravura prima di tutto e per le scene da favola che trasportano lo spettatore in un mondo magico di sogno
Russian ballet dancers are my favorite! Greetings from the USA! American Ballet theater can't compete with Bolshoi or Mariinsky! I got to get tickets to the Nutcracker this year in Syracuse NY because either Bolshoi or Mariinsky is coming to the Landmark theater! It say the great Russian ballet so one of them is coming to Syracuse NY! They came to Syracuse when I was 15 years old my aunt took me
I agree. ABT used to have cream of the cream of the ballet world. Right now any of the Bolshoi ballerinas will be ten times better than ABT principals.
thank you for the amazing compilation. as for your question, as far as i heard, alexandrova and kaptsova were moved from principal list so that younger and more prefered dancers can take their place. i am sure there are more knowledgable people around to explain the situation, but it looks like they were kind of forced out by the management to make place for other dancers
It's a pleasure. Thank you very much for your informative comment!
The one suggestion I have to make this compilation exceptional would be to note each dancer's start times. This vid was a jewel. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your lovely comment & I'll use your great suggestion.
I have now noted each dancer's start time. I hope it makes the video even more enjoyable. Thanks again for the idea.
Shipulina is one of the most underrated ballerinas around I think. Such divine quality of movement.
YES PREACH!!! Shipulina is one of the best ballerinas in the world right now and hardly anyone knows her!
She is gorgeous and so talented-- too underrated!! Aside from great technical control and artistry, She can act!! C 💝
What fantastic dancers they are.
Thank you for interesting selections and comments. keep doing this.
They are all extraordinary. 🌹🎶❤
Все очень хороши! Захарова своей пластикой выделяется даже на этом фоне и Мария Алаш - очень характерная, замечательно, что такие разные есть.
Russian dancers are the very top ! Nobody can beat them ! Hurrah for Russia !
@@valeria_val8112 Totalmente de acuerdo con tigo
I strongly agree.
BEAUTY !!! BEAUTY !!! ENDLESS BEAUTY !!! Thank You ENDLESS FOR The ALL THIS BEAUTY !!! With LOVE Nadya Mirkova FROM Sofia - Bulgaria
It's a pleasure!
Замечательно!Все девочки молодцы . Захаровой наилучшие пожелания. Горжусь Россией и ее. Т
The russian dancers are wonderfull.
Allash, Nikulina and Zakharova, particularly the latter- perfection.
PERFECTION AND BEAUTY !!! BEAUTY AND PERFECTION !!! BRAVO !!! THIS IS Bolshoi Ballet !!! BRAVO Russia !!! ALWAYS WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND LIGHT Your ETERNAL FAN Nadya Mirkova AND ALL MY BIG FAMILY , AND ALL MY FRIENDS from Sofia - Bulgaria AND ALL World !!!
Queda uno extasiado viendo a estas jóvenes regalarnos toda su arte con esas ejecuciones perfectas.-
Svetlana the Queen of them all! None of the other 10 good as they are can hold a candle to her She should be on the top of the list as the prima ballerina.assoluta!
Thanks so much for compiling and posting! Ballet cinema is slowly getting more ballerinas than Zakharova into the public eye. Love Zakharova and, of course, Genia but thank you for getting a little something from each principal in one place. Lovely compilation!
It's a great pleasure! Thanks so much for your wonderful comments!
I find all the stage sets equally impressive. So much attention to detail.
There can only be one Prima Ballerina at the Ballet and her name is Svetlana Zakharova.
Горжусь нашими девочками!!!
Awww🥰✨💖✨
Grazie mille miliardi!:)
Russian ballet dancers are certainly on the top of the world, many of them act as principal dancers in many different countries.
Прекрасны образы и их создав,
Балет российский вознесли на пьедестал...
Хоть сколько русскому балету вы учитесь...
Но душу русскую движеньями и "па" не передать...
Душою надо обладать...
Браво! Прекрасно!..
И я о том же, комменты иностранные задаются вопросом , но почему русские лучше танцуют? Я пишу потому что у иностранцев нет русской души.
Incomparable interprétation ! Sans pareille : en d’autre terme , de qualité supérieure la flexibilité du Distingué Ballerine est encore une fois Incomparable . Compliments . Merci 🙏
Merci. 💕
Ekaterina Krysanova from 5:12 - delicate, tender, light, anti-gravity, feather-like, effortless...
Absolutely agree with you.
Yes, she is a wonderful dancer
Cut throat business ballet. Shame beautiful mature dancers get pushed out. Make hat while the sun shines, it's a short career.
It is but there are exceptions ..
Brooke Bowers Remember Margot Fonteyn and Natalya Makarova!! Two of the all-time greats!!
Hey let's stop typing responses on RUclips videos and make a kickstarter for our own geriatric ballet theather! Funny but sad at the same time!
If it wasn't like that many girls would not have the chance to perform, even if its a short career. Its not like ballets are the most popular thing in the world.
@@hdaviator9181 depends on the country
Excelente ballet Ruso
God everything, the foot work, the balance, the rhythm, the precision truly a master of athleticism and grace
There is something naturally graceful about a small-framed woman (with small feet) that makes the dance so visually pretty to observe!
Alexandrova and Kaptsova have been removed from this list of principle dancers at Bolshoi. Ekaterina Shipulina is only a year younger than Kaptsova age 41. It is confirmed that Shipulina not long ago gave birth to a baby daughter. The father is the internationally renowned Russian pianist Denis Matsuev.
And Zakharova - she is awesome. Look at just her arms: they are bending to "wrong" direction, how it is possible. Thanks for the video.
Wonderful ballerinas!, many thanks for sharing it!
Exquisite technique and such a wealth of talent , the Russian standards unbeatable !
...and just watch the strength in their beautifully arched feet and hyper-extended legs. They roll down perfectly off pointe even in the most difficult steps and during the connecting steps they are almost on pointe. On pointe when they are SUPPOSSED to be!!!!!!
So beautiful and graceful..., I an't imagine moving so beautifully
Shipulina does my favorite Paquita variation. And it's gorgeous.
Thank you so much for this!!! Loved the video
It's a pleasure! Thanks for your comment.
Nikulina is so graceful, feminine, catlike.
Браво блестяще танцуют молодцы ребята
Совершенно верно!!! :)
Светлана Захарова - великолепна! Она - не только супер-балерина, она выдающаяся актриса балета! Такой мощный трагизм! Хочется видеть ее всегда!
Zakharova is so very agile, WOW!
Check out the arabesque at 12:59! OH my Gosh!!!! Held forever!!!!!!!!!!
Maria Allash is 100% amazing!!
Of this dias it is Alexandrova , although she doesnt have the ideal proportions required of todays ballerinas she has an aura you cant keep your eyes off of her , She is a very regal , confident and highly musical dancer , There is an authority in the way she balances strength with softness that's unsurpassed . I love her in the Pharaohs Daughter solo which I think show all of these qualities . In past Bolshoi primas I am blown away over Gracheva . If she were dancing on the stage today with her talent , technique and body type she would be on this current list .
Absolutely!
Beautiful😍❤️
Loved it. especially Allash and Nikulina
Me gusto muchp todos son excelentes gracoas por compartir su talento. Convertido en arte felicidades
Beautiful, the texnics so strong: everything is correct, exelant compositions, flexibility,balans . Very strong !!
First place : Evgenia Obraztsova
Second place : Svetlana Zakharova
Third place : Anna Nikulina
Лучшие московские примы - С.Захарова, а позже Е.Образцова и О.Смирнова - это "переехашие" из Питера. И сейчас лучшие молодые балерины - ученицы Цискаридзе и его коллег, все равно в Питере. Утверждаю как москвичка....
Захарова только доучивалась последний год в Вагановске, приглашенная после успеха на конкурсе из Киевской хореогpафической академии, где она проучилась 7 лет.
А образцовой статус примы в мариинке не светил, поэтому и переехала
Die letzte Künstlerin hatte es drauf! Nicht nur technisch sondern auch ihre Ausstrahlung kam rüber. Und meine Lehrerin sagte immer: ihr müsst eure Ausstrahlung bis in die hintersten Reihen transportieren. Sie sagte auch, dass die Handhaltung bei den besten oft nicht schön sind! Die Hände und Finger bilden eine fließende Linie und sind nicht abgeknickt und ähneln eher einer Schaufel...! Die Russen legen auch viel mehr wert auf die ganz kleinen Dinge, somit ist das gesamte Kunstwerk auch viel ästhetischer als sonstwo auf der Welt!!
Zachwycająca 🌹🤩
Me encantò la presiciòn de los giros de Ekaterina Krysanova! y la plasticidad de Svetlana!!!
The best nobody comes even close. Spasiba.
Она потрясающая!!!!
Anna Nikulina is absolutely gorgeous.