Mayerling - Bedroom pas de deux (Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae; The Royal Ballet)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 окт 2018
  • Sarah Lamb as Baroness Mary Vetsera and Steven McRae as Crown Prince Rudolf. Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling was filmed and screened live in cinemas on 15 October 2018. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/productions/ma...
    Mayerling is based on the true story of the deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf and his teenage mistress Mary Vetsera in 1889. This dark and intense ballet was created for The Royal Ballet in 1978 and is regarded by many as among Kenneth MacMillan's finest works. Orchestrated and arranged by John Lanchbery, the music of Franz Liszt sweeps the story to its intense conclusion, and sumptuous designs by Nicholas Georgiadis bring to life the formal, oppressive world of the Austro-Hungarian court.
    The large-scale crowd and court scenes show the whole Company off at its dramatic finest. But it is MacMillan's choreography for Rudolf, one of the most technically and emotionally demanding roles in the repertory for male dancers, that makes this ballet so iconic. Rudolf's emotional decline is charted through daring and visceral pas de deux with his mother, his wife and Mary Vetsera - choreography that pushes classical ballet to its limits.
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  • @RoyalOperaHouse
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  • @tangally
    @tangally 5 лет назад +1248

    I always saw traditional pas de duexs as a metaphor for a a really good kiss. This one is straight up sex...

    • @tinarider9945
      @tinarider9945 4 года назад +8

      Sex feat perfect with Mayerling story..😎🦋

    • @e.w.4677
      @e.w.4677 4 года назад +50

      If you think that this is what healthy sex looks like, then there's something wrong with you. They show an innocent, naive young girl and a man on the edge of insanity, who is clearly violent. You could probably call it rape.

    • @doddypemberley8701
      @doddypemberley8701 4 года назад +69

      E. W. The pas de deux with his wife Stéphanie in first acte is rape. This one with Mary Vetsera is not: she clearly wants it and has a very twisted mind (she threatens him with a gun before) and that is exactly why he’s so into her. They have the same morbide fascination for death.
      But we agree on the idea that this is not healthy sex because none of them is really sane.

    • @zeynepkymet4673
      @zeynepkymet4673 4 года назад +26

      E. W. You clearly missed your history lesson didn’t you

    • @elijahsackville-glucksburg
      @elijahsackville-glucksburg 3 года назад +4

      it's called "bedroom" for a reason dumb twat and do you know the story of Mayerling?

  • @phoebenightingale8428
    @phoebenightingale8428 5 лет назад +954

    0:34 “You know in old films whenever a girl would get seriously kissed, her foot would kind of - pop”

    • @angelb7902
      @angelb7902 5 лет назад +19

      best comment ever

    • @tami.41
      @tami.41 5 лет назад +40

      Phoebe Nightingale this is from princess diaries isn't it

    • @phoebenightingale8428
      @phoebenightingale8428 5 лет назад +8

      and five six seven eight Yes!

    • @sultana2024
      @sultana2024 4 года назад

      Princess diaries?

    • @nicolebell5556
      @nicolebell5556 4 года назад +1

      @@sultana2024 A popular series of books by Meg Cabot, which have been adapted into movies.

  • @erinhaigh3258
    @erinhaigh3258 4 года назад +861

    All jokes aside, this must be one of the most technically challenging pas de deux I’ve ever seen.

    • @nightangel972000
      @nightangel972000 2 года назад +29

      It certainly tests the lead female’s flexibility.

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 Год назад +33

      And the male dancers strength. He flings her around like she weighs nothing. Steven McRae must be incredibly strong

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 Год назад +8

      Until the final pas de deux in this ballet, which is even more insane

  • @daisymurf4727
    @daisymurf4727 5 лет назад +763

    *They honestly have the best partnership*

  • @giisides2870
    @giisides2870 4 года назад +417

    Still amazes me that these same two people also played the Hatter and Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. They seem like two different people, which tells you how amazing and expressive their dance and acting while dancing is

    • @tealabaker8888
      @tealabaker8888 Год назад +3

      Alice is performed by Lauren Cuthbertson, not Sarah Lamb. But I agree that Steven McRae seems totally different!

    • @lmahu6627
      @lmahu6627 10 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@tealabaker8888Sarah did portray Alice, though.

    • @thaisgregorio2734
      @thaisgregorio2734 9 месяцев назад

      ​@tealabaker8888 the roles are always played by different ballerinas. Lauren Cuthbertson did originated the role of Alice, but the character has also been played by Sarah Lamb, Francesca Hayward, Annarose O'Sullivan

  • @charmedsheep4524
    @charmedsheep4524 5 лет назад +333

    Shoutout to the genius behind prince Rudolf's glossy leggings

  • @WittTiger09
    @WittTiger09 5 лет назад +547

    Gosh, Sarah's legs go on forever. And Steven is just...magnetic as always

  • @melibeneli5906
    @melibeneli5906 5 лет назад +331

    Sarah looks beautiful with brown hair

  • @brendahess1909
    @brendahess1909 5 лет назад +1250

    So this is dirty dancing ballet style

    • @tinarider9945
      @tinarider9945 4 года назад +31

      It is Mayerling not Cinderella..😻😻😻😻😻

  • @artegiannioti7976
    @artegiannioti7976 5 лет назад +585

    *_this is what a lap dance from the 1800s would look like_*

  • @qwertzuiop7578
    @qwertzuiop7578 4 года назад +226

    I have never seen sex being portrayed so beautifully in dance as in this pas des deux

  • @aliceinbookland2137
    @aliceinbookland2137 5 лет назад +461

    I love Sarah Lamb’s embodiment of the character. In Mayerling, they make it explicitly clear that Baroness Mary Vetsera, despite being 17, is not a coerced innocent and has a strength and cunning of her own as well as an edge that captivated Rudolph. The expressions on her face are perfect for each point in the pas de deux, and it adds something extra that really compliments Stephen McRae’s slightly crazed and aggressive performance.

  • @melibeneli5906
    @melibeneli5906 5 лет назад +101

    The music is so sinister I love it

  • @crenner07
    @crenner07 4 года назад +42

    I always have to watch this twice. The first time to marvel at the physicality and sheer strength of McRae. The second time to just stare at her feet.

  • @lucygrayson6034
    @lucygrayson6034 5 лет назад +69

    I love Sarah and Steven as a partnership, they have so much chemistry and respect for each other that each role they take is incredible!!! Their partners and kids must be super proud of them, as well as their families!!!!!!

  • @brendaannedufaur6244
    @brendaannedufaur6244 2 года назад +112

    Well, it was sensual but really more accurately described as sexual. But nothing in the world could make sexual human contact more incredibly beautiful than ballet and two great ballet dancers. Sara is so beautiful - her face, her body, her feet, her litheness. She is a porcelain vase and a steel magnolia. She is demeure but uninhibited, strong, and free. Simply, she is splendid. He is ravenous. These two dancers are magnetic gold.

  • @karenkaren3189
    @karenkaren3189 5 лет назад +240

    So carnal.....I think the technical difficulties of this pas de deux must be the only thing between them and sexual arousal, that and the fact they are such old friends.

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 года назад +4

      Or maybe they're both professional performers and know how to act a role?

  • @cynthiafletcher9845
    @cynthiafletcher9845 5 лет назад +102

    Sarah are Steven are incredible together. Her hair and her legs are gorgeous. His facial expressions match the choreography. C❤❤

  • @daisymurf4727
    @daisymurf4727 5 лет назад +113

    I literally died when I saw this in the cinema and I just want to watch it over and over againn

    • @Monocultured01
      @Monocultured01 5 лет назад +1

      Well, they announced the DVD of this not to long ago, so you'll be able to do just that haha

  • @mariemiel
    @mariemiel 3 года назад +20

    One thing I actually noticed was that aside from what was required of the choreo, Steven seemed so respectful and it's actually really sweet

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 года назад +12

      Well, he is a professional dancer, and as such he knows how to keep the dance partnership on a professional level. Steven and Sarah have been partnered in several productions now, because they're both awesome at what they do, but for them it's just a job like any other and at the end of the day they go home to their own families.

  • @DasRL
    @DasRL 5 лет назад +84

    the entire evening was just amazing! it was steven and sarahs rehearsal of rubies that drew me to the royal ballet or ballet as a whole and they are still my absolute favorites, Im excited for what is still to come!

  • @Maria-cg3hg
    @Maria-cg3hg 5 лет назад +251

    In my opinion, Steven really fits rudolf than any other dancers (like sergei and ed) and their chemistry is overflowing with raw emotions and that stuff. I really want to watch the whole performance but I dont know where :

    • @hippolyte90
      @hippolyte90 5 лет назад +7

      It's coming out on DVD in august 2019.

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 3 года назад +8

      I watched Sergei in the Stanislavski production, and I think he was sensational. He really embodied the madness of the character.
      Steven is also amazing.

    • @amystuckey5900
      @amystuckey5900 Год назад +3

      My daughter just saw this ballet in London, she cried it was so beautiful, raw, tragic

  • @faithsmith3166
    @faithsmith3166 5 лет назад +43

    Some of the best partnership I’ve ever laid my eyes on! Simply gorgeous.

  • @ArashiGalaxy
    @ArashiGalaxy 5 лет назад +24

    Wow, the chemistry between them is amazing! My screen is heating! And Sarah looks so good with dark hair!

  • @pameladowe5330
    @pameladowe5330 2 года назад +19

    You can tell Kenneth McMillan choreographed this ballet instantly. The pas de deux scenes are amazing, and this pairing is incredible, they are actors, dancers and athletes all rolled together, in a unique partnership!

  • @abbeywyrrick
    @abbeywyrrick 4 года назад +16

    Some of this movement is incredible and so different from usual shapes!

  • @Tori-mh7fg
    @Tori-mh7fg 4 года назад +10

    50 Shades could NEVER

  • @demimcgee2112
    @demimcgee2112 Год назад +6

    this is 100% one of the best pas de deux’s, it’s definitely one of my favourites. so intimate

  • @anadelint1040
    @anadelint1040 5 лет назад +366

    This pas de deux SCREAMS erotism

  • @karenkaren3189
    @karenkaren3189 3 года назад +8

    And THAT’S what I call foreplay!
    ☺️

  • @mitzypinks1338
    @mitzypinks1338 5 лет назад +32

    Wow her legs! 😱 Just amazing. Love the partnership too.

  • @fizzao1342
    @fizzao1342 5 лет назад +28

    I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when I saw this in the cinema especially when I saw my tweet on screen. Love, love, love Mayerling and the dancers who worked so hard to make it perfect. It was a real ensemble piece and sheer pleasure to watch. Thank you so much.

  • @theweekndincludesthursdays8016
    @theweekndincludesthursdays8016 5 лет назад +39

    I swear these two are God's gift to the pas de deux.

  • @rosalindaromero5299
    @rosalindaromero5299 5 лет назад +59

    they are great dancers and make such a great partnership, so hard to do, I know 'cause I have a partner in my dance classes and presentantions, and it's so hard to connect, stay focus and don't get mad in the process with the other haha

  • @patrickrose8216
    @patrickrose8216 2 месяца назад +1

    I'm seeing this ballet in May and trying not to completely spoil it for myself. This is so fantastic! The clarity of the technique combined with the attention to character.

  • @valentinaubeda01
    @valentinaubeda01 5 лет назад +37

    Omg!!!! 😭 thank you! What a partnership🤭

  • @TheMaxhabib
    @TheMaxhabib 3 года назад +6

    The history of the Mayerling incident and actually, the whole Austrian lineage, is amazing! A very tragic family indeed

  • @marsmatthews2407
    @marsmatthews2407 4 года назад +12

    The ways they curve and latch around each other so effortlessly and passionately.

    • @stephaniedefreitas5982
      @stephaniedefreitas5982 4 года назад +5

      Molly Matthews I recently watched an interview with Steven where he talked about all the extra upper body training he had to do to perform this role so he would protect himself from injury especially with all the lifting. At the end of the day and behind the scenes it is all as my British background likes it say... it is just sheer hard bloody work

  • @minissa2009
    @minissa2009 5 лет назад +7

    I'm so used to thinking of Sarah as this ethereal, spiritual princess (or even an ethereal Alice) and Steven as the danseur noble, it is really a riot to see them in this -uh- heated? - a pdd. With the hair, feet and legs, she actually looks like a young Gelsey Kirkland. Darn, wish we still got the ballet cinema feed and I didn't have to wait for the DVDs to come out...

  • @AlliedAlly
    @AlliedAlly 4 года назад +63

    Okay okay I get it! This dance is easily all about washing dishes, did you have to make it SO obvious?!

  • @marissaventre222
    @marissaventre222 5 лет назад +4

    Absolutely riveting these two are completely memorizing as always

  • @mackenziemitchell2647
    @mackenziemitchell2647 5 лет назад +5

    I love Sarah Lamb

  • @TotallyMH729TsMH
    @TotallyMH729TsMH 5 лет назад +4

    Ohhhhh ghod ❤️
    They are just absolutely majestic!!! 💖

  • @SavageBubblegum
    @SavageBubblegum 5 лет назад +40

    This is some of the most lovely choreography I've ever seen

  • @RafaelSantos-xl1ut
    @RafaelSantos-xl1ut 5 лет назад +1

    I could not take my eyes off of them. Sooo beautiful.

  • @saltyshimasaur_6048
    @saltyshimasaur_6048 5 лет назад +1

    Wow! This is absolutely beautiful...

  • @willykadarusman7185
    @willykadarusman7185 2 года назад

    Pads de feix is so beautiful rue cannot getmy eyes from it
    Thank you all as a team.
    Amfrn

  • @chavonnelawson1989
    @chavonnelawson1989 5 лет назад +12

    I was blushing the whole damn video ❤❤ loved it though

  • @VibeHistory
    @VibeHistory 5 лет назад +5

    The best channel ever

  • @willowclay3137
    @willowclay3137 5 лет назад +5

    Graceful and strong!

  • @femaleskater1185
    @femaleskater1185 4 года назад +6

    Her toe point and leg extensions are **mwah**

  • @ashareeoo
    @ashareeoo 5 лет назад +4

    God, I love them! So obsessed.

  • @MaggieGueder
    @MaggieGueder 4 года назад +1

    The intensity!!!!!💓💓💓

  • @mazeluw
    @mazeluw 4 года назад +7

    pas de deux explicit version

  • @mariakarlagonzalezperez2880
    @mariakarlagonzalezperez2880 5 лет назад +1

    this might be the most beautiful thing i've ever seen

  • @jfisk0026
    @jfisk0026 5 лет назад +11

    Since you all are now starting on La Bayadère I would love to see a video of Vadim doing solor’s variation

  • @christophedevos3760
    @christophedevos3760 Год назад +2

    Interesting ballet. I like the choice of music and the orchestrations as well.

  • @pinellafranich6007
    @pinellafranich6007 3 года назад +1

    Stunning dancing couple.

  • @mikecrean8849
    @mikecrean8849 2 года назад +2

    Wonderful to see this clip again. Hope Kevin decides to put on some of the big dramatic ballets next year. IE, Manon, Mayerling, Onegin, Winter’s Tale etc. Would be great to see them again. 🩰🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

  • @foreverestt3631
    @foreverestt3631 3 года назад +1

    They are incredible! In my opinion they are the best couple EVER!

  • @tigereyes5
    @tigereyes5 3 года назад

    Gorgeous!

  • @KarinBenzi
    @KarinBenzi 4 года назад

    wooooow beautiful,!!! ❤️

  • @AlyssaNads
    @AlyssaNads Год назад

    The partnership is out of this world ❤

  • @stevendaniel5649
    @stevendaniel5649 4 года назад +1

    Exquisite !!!

  • @eunbitpark5251
    @eunbitpark5251 4 года назад +7

    Very raunchy pas de deux. Very much MacMillan's style.

  • @madrypadry4994
    @madrypadry4994 5 лет назад +5

    I wish I could like a video twice

  • @giovannaqueirozricciardile1570
    @giovannaqueirozricciardile1570 5 лет назад +1

    INCRÍVEL!!!! 💟

  • @lisasherman4730
    @lisasherman4730 2 года назад

    Stunning

  • @helen9525
    @helen9525 5 лет назад +1

    Bravo !

  • @orange_leaf4913
    @orange_leaf4913 4 года назад +4

    they're incredible n the choreographer is amazing lol

  • @aliceauroraliddell
    @aliceauroraliddell 5 лет назад +2

    I am dying to see the entire production of this. I didn't find out about it until right after it showed in theaters and the nearest theater it will be showing at is 200 US miles away. 😩

  • @nicolereding7234
    @nicolereding7234 Год назад +1

    Like the pas de deux in the Park of Preljocaj, it is necessary to have a perfect technique and outstanding acting skills because we must believe in this story😮😮😮

  • @deia9798
    @deia9798 5 лет назад +2

    Quanta beleza e sofisticação em uma dança.

  • @Carolina-cb6hp
    @Carolina-cb6hp 5 лет назад +2

    Me hubiera encantado verlo en vivo...

  • @queenofnevers6990
    @queenofnevers6990 5 лет назад +4

    this is what I call a prelude.

  • @brendaswanson6629
    @brendaswanson6629 4 года назад +1

    I had to watch twice

  • @shackaboum
    @shackaboum 2 года назад +6

    speaking as a dancer and watching this both as a performance and on the dancing aspect, this feels like watching the best quality porn. I love it!

  • @emily-zw5vo
    @emily-zw5vo 10 месяцев назад +4

    yeah this is everything, of course, but i’m dying to know what of Franz Liszt’s this is arranged from

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 8 месяцев назад +2

      Not sure, could it be „Chasse neige“ from Etudes Transcendentales? (No.12) 🤔

  • @rosemarywaldie4958
    @rosemarywaldie4958 Год назад

    Mayerling❤️

  • @brunasavi4089
    @brunasavi4089 5 лет назад

    wow

  • @photographedemode
    @photographedemode 4 года назад +4

    One thing for sure, the woman has to be super flexible to do this Ballet

  • @averyellis9252
    @averyellis9252 3 года назад +2

    those pointe shoes holding on for dear life though

  • @shandyleng
    @shandyleng 5 лет назад +3

    What am I watching... it’s weird but I can’t...stop

  • @redshoesgirl
    @redshoesgirl 5 лет назад +1

    will you post the PDD of Rudolf and his bride please?

  • @dianacris7373
    @dianacris7373 4 года назад +6

    Aren’t they the Mad hatter and Alice? 😵

  • @Isa.Bel9778
    @Isa.Bel9778 2 года назад +1

  • @brendaswanson6629
    @brendaswanson6629 4 года назад

    😍💙♥️💜♥️💚🔥👏👏👏👌🌹🌹🌹🌹🍷my God 🙌 so perfect..if there not lovers, they should be... every movement was strategically placed..how I love this art...

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 года назад +2

      They are definitely not lovers LOL Steven and Sarah are professional performers, this is just an example of how good they are at acting a role. In real life they're both happily married to other people. It's actually a compliment to their level of skill that you thought it must be for real

    • @brendaswanson6629
      @brendaswanson6629 2 года назад +1

      @@chooseyourpoison5105 hahah they had me fooled Beautiful performance so lovely

  • @helenerickson220
    @helenerickson220 5 лет назад +5

    THEY. ARE. GODS.

  • @fabianap.-fabi.goodwell
    @fabianap.-fabi.goodwell 2 года назад +2

    The nasty in ballet form... extremely beautiful anyway 🩰

  • @b.3049
    @b.3049 5 лет назад +4

    Her legs 😍😍😍

  • @yuehchopin
    @yuehchopin Год назад

    große Kunst

  • @catherinemcnie9642
    @catherinemcnie9642 5 лет назад +6

    Which Liszt piece is playing during this?

    • @alby7223
      @alby7223 4 года назад +5

      2 Episoden aus Lenas Faust, S. 110: No. 1, Der nächtliche Zug! (long title, i know)

  • @decomanjoel
    @decomanjoel 4 года назад +5

    Wow! I need a cold shower!🤪💥

  • @annamattos8627
    @annamattos8627 5 лет назад +1

    OMG, her feet!

  • @mikestoneking4992
    @mikestoneking4992 8 месяцев назад

    there are things that only you 2 know that i don't know an i am ok with it nobody to blame

  • @mika9937
    @mika9937 3 года назад +1

    something tells me this is not quite how mayerling went

  • @yazmithinesbrisenoperez2763
    @yazmithinesbrisenoperez2763 3 года назад

    I think they did it, but I just can't prove it

  • @xyz-ch1qj
    @xyz-ch1qj 5 лет назад +2

    Does Macmillan wrote it to Rudolf Nureyev ?

    • @TheBallet1
      @TheBallet1 5 лет назад +2

      Mr. Hummingbird no, he created it on David Wall and Lynn Seymour

  • @Peter-lf6zh
    @Peter-lf6zh 3 года назад +1

    Music seems too tame for how explicit the visuals are!