Alina is my favorite ballerina. The Nutcracker that she stars in is my favorite. there are a lot of good ballerinas, but there's just something about her that I love. Wonderful job Alina!!! 🙌
I belong to old school, but I embrace her technique. Alina should continue perfecting her own style. With time these extensions will be accepted and those who do not have them will look outdated.
Um...pretty sure high legs and hyperextension is what most of us aim for. I'm yet to meet a dancer that wouldn't be happy to have Alina legs! The crap people give her is uncalled for.
@chainedserendipity- I noticed that, too. Her left leg seems to do it more. It seems to be happening because she's throwing up her working leg too high.
I have to say that I actually love these extreme extensions, BUT only when they serve the story! I like how these extensions make these ballerinas more swan-like. Or when they use it when they have to reflect they are in pain, happiness etc. Just throwing your leg up to show how flexible you are(for example in the pas de deux of Don Quichot) and how amazing your technique can be is a total 'turn off' though.
in most variations i see her in i don't really care for her but in this she was stunning. I know a lot of people who study ballet would say that her extensions "weren't really ballet it was gymnastics" or "they were too far up" or "they look distorted" but i've watched many different versions of this variation and I think that's where the extension ought to be! It's so ethereal and magical that i find it more beautiful than if the extension was where is was really supposed to be! :)
This clip demonstrates the down side of natural flexibility---you really have to work to maintain your center. Would much rather a lower extension and a sense that the ballerina is raising and lowering leg at will rather than that leg is just doing what it wants. I've also seen Makarova (favorite for anything was always Martine van Hamel, though), and agree that she was an artist---if she flubbed or did nothing fancy with the Black Swan, you didn't really care, she was so beautiful.
Perhaps appreciating a young ballerina that continues to grow is a more healthy prospective than criticizing so mercilessly. I am assuming that all those that have offered their "kind words" are principals in the greatest ballet companies in the world. No principal dancer is perfect and, hopefully, with time and growth, they continue to become better artists. RUclips has provided an outlet for frustrated would-be's and never-been's.
havenization I noticed that too. I’m afraid it’s a lack of muscle strength 😕 If you are not born with perfect ballet 🩰 hips that allow a great turnout, you have to work extra hard on your muscles to get a good turnout. On pointe or on relevé you need even more strength to keep that turnout, and then it becomes noticeable Alina looks very skinny here, I hope she is healthy and it’s not a nutritional issue 😐
A great dancer keeps her audience's attention on her face and the way her WHOLE body moves. Focusing on her legs and feet detracts from the emotions I'm supposed to feel because I'm bored. Anyone can have extensions, but not anyone can master true artistry.
Hyperextension in the legs isn't always easily controllable... my friend has naturally hyper extended knees, and she can't straighten her legs without hyper extending them. It just doesn't work. It's either bent knees or hyper extended ones.
just to compare watch Margot Fonteyn － Odette's Variation 1967 - its amazing with modest hight all of a suddenly it is musical in time a dance of joy and why not Odette has hope now she has met her prince who might save her ! definitely musicality is sacrificed for these ridiculously high legs I just don't think it is dancing any more
@theamazingsoter @theamazingsoter I agree. I was watching the videos someone has posted of her as a student. She surely shows lots of talent and expression then. But it seems like she was promoted to principle too early or something. She lacks a sort of hard earned control and maturity that I don't think can really be achieved when those roles are awarded too early because you ingrain some bad habits as you perform the roles.
@j2y8n2x Exactly. I feel Obraztsova has so much life when she dances. She's so effervescent. Alina always looks like she's just going through the motion to me. I've tried to like her, I really have, but in my opinion the most she should be is a coryphee and that's pushing it. She completely lacks the life and presence that should come from a principal dancer. Obraztsova clearly has that.
@MomoHasMuffins I'm no dancer, but I can jump in. She hyperextends her legs in that she brings them nearly vertical. If you watch other ballerinas performing this variation, you'll see that almost none lift their leg to that extent. Personally, I cannot stand watching Somova. I actually find it almost offensive.
I see she's got a perfect hyperextended ballet body with long arms but I don't see any personality in her dancing. If dancers like that are made principals at Mariinsky I'll rather go to the circus than to ballet in the future.
@huixue It is a little like (but not as bad) as those teachers that have their 10-11 year olds do variation from Petipa ballets on pointe. Even if the kids are talented and expressive, they don't have the maturity for the role so it just isn't impressive to anyone except those who like prodigies who can do "tricks."
I don't detest big extensions, but it doesn't work for the character of Odette. She is suppose to be weak, so she can't get her leg like this. Sometimes it looks like ballerinas forget that their legs tell the story too.
I've seen her as Kitri in Don Quixote. not really impressed because I was actually expecting more. but she's really good in a more slow, mellow like dancing like this but not in an up tempo, energetic Kitri role.
Her arms are easily distractible... Here they look almost unhealthly thin and long. Yes, i admit this perf was lacking in something, essence... Dancers are humans too. Alina's port de bras IMO is exceptional. So fluid and expressive...
it's so cool how all you guys commenting are either ballerinas or have something to do with the art :D can anybody explain what a hyper-extended whatever is? :) pleeeeze
If Balanchine had cared about the Russian style of dance so much, he would have stayed in Russia.He came to America and stayed the rest of his life, first founding his own School of American Ballet where he developed his OWN style of ballet and then created his company which is arguably the greatest ballet company in the world. He wanted to be an American.
Are you suffering from tribalism, Stas? Balanchine didn't come from Russia, he was Georgian, and did run out of Russia at the first opportunity, and as fast as the train could take him, which wasn't fast enough for his tastes.
Georgia is Russia. Balanchine was born in Saint Petersburg. Balanchine was trained is Saint Petersburg. Balanchine worked at the Imperial Mariinsky theatre. And you are absolute nobody and you are certainly Russophobic . Because Russian brilliance and the enormous size of the country makes you jealous and afraid. Very good, be afraid. Spit your vomit . No one cares what you think.
@@staslurik LOL. Dream on, Stas, and entertain us with your tribalism for free. Maybe you should read what Balanchine had to say about Russia with the occasion of NYCB's tournee. I doubt you'd like it though. Russia was not the making of Balanchine. America was not the making of Balanchine. *Balanchine was the making of Balanchine* , but this is something sad little nobodies like you, with sad little political agendas, will never understand. We are here for the art form, which is international. You are here to rub off whatever fame you imagine yourself you can rub off famous persons under ridiculous pretensions, for your sad little tribalism. YAWN.
I love Alina. However i can tell she was really not into the character here. Just randomly going through the steps and showing off her flexibility... Dancers have bad days too. Even now that i know she dances Odette in a infinitely more poetic, thought-out and heartfelt manner... I still prefer her in another kind of roles, the more dramatic, acting roles. She's too gorgeous for words...
Act 1? Really? I thought it was from the 2nd. Her skills and body are amazing. I loved her as a queen of Dryads in DQ and i think she could be a good soloist. Principal? I don't know. When she leads every performance looks like a graduation performance to me. But this is just my opinion and i appriciate all hard work she put into this profession.
Well said...from another high extender!! Some dancers have become bland and boring...lacking passion and personality. I find quite a few dancers lack a natural flow and often have terrible stilted arm movements. I have now taken up 'pole dance' which requires high flexibility, great strength,fluidity of movement and of course...Artistry and musicality!! Top stars of 'pole dance' can show these bland ballerinas how to dance with feeling and skill!!!
@AshlynnBall ummmm it's not 'unfortunate' to be born with hyperextension. you just have to work hard and learn how to control it and it can actually be an amazing thing to have in ballet because it makes lines look more beautiful. every dancer has a different body. there is no perfect body.
So what your sayin is that the " Russians and the French " Know how to dance- Balanchine , Bourneville , Robbins , Cranko , Sir Fredrick Ashton , Sir McMillan and the number one and most in demand choreographer at this moment """ Christopher Wheeldon!!!! better than any other company in the world ......I highly doubt this !!! I can name a long list of dancers that are not" Russian or French " that are the "creme de la creme" in the world right now.
Absolutely disagree.She has full control over her extensions and all her body movements. She is delightful and gorgeous. She dances with grace using high professional technique. Your comments about “no control” are absolutely baseless.
@@gpopov777 And I absolutely disagree with your disagreement, fanboy. She doesn't have control, never mind full control, particularly over the limb extremities. Her working leg used to flap wildly at the knee every time she had to do rapid movement involving a bent knee, like rond de jambe or fouettes. Her legs had a life of their own from knee down. Now, five years later, she's improved, but just a little. It took her 20-25% of a regular career length.
and the english and danes and americans and italians. and keep your eye on the chinese and brush up your grammer - "only people WHO KNOW...." apart ffrom that, you're doing great, fritz.
Francesca I think so too... Her "style" is so similar to Svetlana Zakharova. Yet Svetlana really moves like a swan, Alina doesn't and was just flexible enough to go through the motions-- there's no extending flow in her extensions.
you know what I'm getting sick of? Over done romantic era ballets... Like swan lake Again? If I have to hear one more nutcracker suite I'll scream, Giselle again? Like there were tons of petipa and the like ballets, lets move on or re discover something else, I know its all tied into national Russian pride, but I'm bored and so are most Russian principles, this is why they come to US companies, for a more mixed repertoire! What's it called? Variety! I don't like all my dancers the same.
Classical ballet used to be about something else than simply going through the motions and pushing one's crotch in the face of the audience every 10s or so... Times have obviously changed. Well, maybe it appeals to voyeurs.
Her crotch is professionally covered by at least three layers. She has a great control over her extensions and her entire body. She dances beautifully, gracefully, artistically and her high professionalism shows in every move she makes as well on her face. She is one of the many female tall ballet danders with high extensions . I can mention at least several names. Also, Alina improves her dancing and acting every year and she is getting better and better. At Mariinsky dancers go thorough multi-layered sifter and only the top ones get to the level of Alina- very talented and gifted with solid Vaganova style training.
Безжизненно. "А вокруг мертвые с косами стоят". Конкретно эту вариацию все стараются исполнить элегантно, нежно, утонченно, а получается так, как будто умирающие. Музыка сильная, с акцентами, а у них ни движения души, ни в танце ни в лицах ... Хотя, может просто съемка неудачная. Балерина красивая.
So not the right interpretation for this top ballerina. You haven’t seen her face up-close when she dances SL. She is very emotional and she has great interpretation of the role. Your explanation fits a dying 100 year old grandma vs super elegant , emotional, with great musicality and artistry , pretty young prima ballerina , with solid 8 years Vaganova training. You are giving wrong descriptions about Vaganova graduate; however, when you go on RUclips and type Somova’s name you can find an amazing performances on point at much younger age with her face being so much part of the dance; you can find a dance that is an exam particularly on her artistry and she is rocking it - just watch the face and you will see. However, you decide to write that nonsense on a video that doesn’t show her face because she is in great distance and viewers can see only large movements, small detailed movements that would shape the swan are difficult to see , May be if you each more carefully or several times. Unbelievable how people like you allow to disrespect the phenomenal performance, the solid training, the Vaganova training and choice for prima .
yes. That's what bothers me the most about her. Lack of musicality and phrasing. She has the perfect ballet body and extensions and poses. But, that's not ballet.
Don't be jealous. She is telling the story. She is incredible. One of the best in Mariinsky. And certainly the world.
Alina is my favorite ballerina. The Nutcracker that she stars in is my favorite. there are a lot of good ballerinas, but there's just something about her that I love. Wonderful job Alina!!! 🙌
I love Alina the best ballerina in the world.
Best of the best- Alina Somova!!! She is such a graceful persuasive swan , just a high class top performer.
Just wonderful to see new talent growing !!! Love All dancers !!!
There's a reason she stars in the Nutcracker and Swan Lake, etc. She's wonderful!! U go girl!
I belong to old school, but I embrace her technique. Alina should continue perfecting her own style. With time these extensions will be accepted and those who do not have them will look outdated.
I die for that music & dance, by Alina.Somova.
yep. the french got it from the italians and the russians got it from the french, and the russians aren't letting go of it.
Um...pretty sure high legs and hyperextension is what most of us aim for. I'm yet to meet a dancer that wouldn't be happy to have Alina legs! The crap people give her is uncalled for.
I would like to have her extensions and her flexibility, and her turnout. She is a rock solid ballerina.
She's simply perfect for Odette's role!
i love her dancing myself for me it adds more grace to this role.
Невероятна!
I got to admit that when Alina does develope in 2nd and the standing leg is completely turned in she no one does it better
takes the cake
beatiful
хороша..Изумительной красоты руки.........
The best.
her balance is INCREDIBLE!!! O_O
@chainedserendipity- I noticed that, too. Her left leg seems to do it more. It seems to be happening because she's throwing up her working leg too high.
I have to say that I actually love these extreme extensions, BUT only when they serve the story! I like how these extensions make these ballerinas more swan-like. Or when they use it when they have to reflect they are in pain, happiness etc. Just throwing your leg up to show how flexible you are(for example in the pas de deux of Don Quichot) and how amazing your technique can be is a total 'turn off' though.
in most variations i see her in i don't really care for her but in this she was stunning. I know a lot of people who study ballet would say that her extensions "weren't really ballet it was gymnastics" or "they were too far up" or "they look distorted" but i've watched many different versions of this variation and I think that's where the extension ought to be! It's so ethereal and magical that i find it more beautiful than if the extension was where is was really supposed to be! :)
every time i see this video i stretch like crazy
You can say that about any dancer. If you don't see her personality, watch closely, try to see it. Ability to see talent is a gift.
This clip demonstrates the down side of natural flexibility---you really have to work to maintain your center. Would much rather a lower extension and a sense that the ballerina is raising and lowering leg at will rather than that leg is just doing what it wants. I've also seen Makarova (favorite for anything was always Martine van Hamel, though), and agree that she was an artist---if she flubbed or did nothing fancy with the Black Swan, you didn't really care, she was so beautiful.
Perhaps appreciating a young ballerina that continues to grow is a more healthy prospective than criticizing so mercilessly. I am assuming that all those that have offered their "kind words" are principals in the greatest ballet companies in the world. No principal dancer is perfect and, hopefully, with time and growth, they continue to become better artists. RUclips has provided an outlet for frustrated would-be's and never-been's.
What is an hiperextension for ballerina if she can't tell a story with her dance?
her standing leg is ALWAYS TURNED IN when she does anything in 2nd position , even her fuettes . .. is this the new technique ?
havenization
I noticed that too. I’m afraid it’s a lack of muscle strength 😕 If you are not born with perfect ballet 🩰 hips that allow a great turnout, you have to work extra hard on your muscles to get a good turnout. On pointe or on relevé you need even more strength to keep that turnout, and then it becomes noticeable
Alina looks very skinny here, I hope she is healthy and it’s not a nutritional issue 😐
A great dancer keeps her audience's attention on her face and the way her WHOLE body moves. Focusing on her legs and feet detracts from the emotions I'm supposed to feel because I'm bored. Anyone can have extensions, but not anyone can master true artistry.
Hyperextension in the legs isn't always easily controllable... my friend has naturally hyper extended knees, and she can't straighten her legs without hyper extending them. It just doesn't work. It's either bent knees or hyper extended ones.
SERVE IT ALINA!!!💯🔥🔥🔥
just to compare watch Margot Fonteyn － Odette's Variation 1967 - its amazing with modest hight all of a suddenly it is musical in time a dance of joy and why not Odette has hope now she has met her prince who might save her ! definitely musicality is sacrificed for these ridiculously high legs I just don't think it is dancing any more
@theamazingsoter @theamazingsoter I agree. I was watching the videos someone has posted of her as a student. She surely shows lots of talent and expression then. But it seems like she was promoted to principle too early or something. She lacks a sort of hard earned control and maturity that I don't think can really be achieved when those roles are awarded too early because you ingrain some bad habits as you perform the roles.
I look up the russian culture,& I die for that music.
She looks so slim and graceful, I'm no expert but it makes impression.
a lot of people like her legs, she is great dancer don't get me wrong, but I also find them to hyper-extended for this variation in particular x
@VercaBallet
It is the camera (video) made her like a toothpick, they say camera adds 10 pounds, it did not happen here.
@j2y8n2x Exactly. I feel Obraztsova has so much life when she dances. She's so effervescent. Alina always looks like she's just going through the motion to me. I've tried to like her, I really have, but in my opinion the most she should be is a coryphee and that's pushing it. She completely lacks the life and presence that should come from a principal dancer. Obraztsova clearly has that.
Straordinaria!!!
I kind of agree, although I enjoy seeing the "hyper-extention" by Alina.
@MomoHasMuffins I'm no dancer, but I can jump in. She hyperextends her legs in that she brings them nearly vertical. If you watch other ballerinas performing this variation, you'll see that almost none lift their leg to that extent. Personally, I cannot stand watching Somova. I actually find it almost offensive.
so pretty
I see she's got a perfect hyperextended ballet body with long arms but I don't see any personality in her dancing. If dancers like that are made principals at Mariinsky I'll rather go to the circus than to ballet in the future.
@huixue It is a little like (but not as bad) as those teachers that have their 10-11 year olds do variation from Petipa ballets on pointe. Even if the kids are talented and expressive, they don't have the maturity for the role so it just isn't impressive to anyone except those who like prodigies who can do "tricks."
did she miss a movement @ 1:31? It was different from her performance @ 1:25
Yes, good eye. SHE missed 1 sissone cause she was still balancing from the previous pass. Gorgeous that she covered it thru the music and movement.
I don't detest big extensions, but it doesn't work for the character of Odette. She is suppose to be weak, so she can't get her leg like this. Sometimes it looks like ballerinas forget that their legs tell the story too.
I've seen her as Kitri in Don Quixote. not really impressed because I was actually expecting more. but she's really good in a more slow, mellow like dancing like this but not in an up tempo, energetic Kitri role.
You're right! LOL! But what a brave MAN, who wrote such a severe criticism about the real art, because he don't like that...
I wonder why some people like her arms... I get distracted by them.
her arms are long, thin and graceful but overall her port de bras is lacking something. can't quite put my finger on what it is tho.
Her arms are easily distractible... Here they look almost unhealthly thin and long. Yes, i admit this perf was lacking in something, essence... Dancers are humans too. Alina's port de bras IMO is exceptional. So fluid and expressive...
it's so cool how all you guys commenting are either ballerinas or have something to do with the art :D can anybody explain what a hyper-extended whatever is? :) pleeeeze
I concur
Вечно эти кашляющие.
"hyper-extended garbage"-what a brave man(?) you are!!
No comment
My goodness she is slender or is that the camera lens?!
Balanchine came from Russia :) Nobody can dance like in Saint Petersburg.
Stas Lurik Everybody came to America from somewhere i guess,apart from Native Americans,so yeah Balanchin was from Russia.
If Balanchine had cared about the Russian style of dance so much, he would have stayed in Russia.He came to America and stayed the rest of his life, first founding his own School of American Ballet where he developed his OWN style of ballet and then created his company which is arguably the greatest ballet company in the world. He wanted to be an American.
Are you suffering from tribalism, Stas? Balanchine didn't come from Russia, he was Georgian, and did run out of Russia at the first opportunity, and as fast as the train could take him, which wasn't fast enough for his tastes.
Georgia is Russia. Balanchine was born in Saint Petersburg. Balanchine was trained is Saint Petersburg. Balanchine worked at the Imperial Mariinsky theatre. And you are absolute nobody and you are certainly Russophobic . Because Russian brilliance and the enormous size of the country makes you jealous and afraid. Very good, be afraid. Spit your vomit . No one cares what you think.
@@staslurik LOL. Dream on, Stas, and entertain us with your tribalism for free. Maybe you should read what Balanchine had to say about Russia with the occasion of NYCB's tournee. I doubt you'd like it though. Russia was not the making of Balanchine. America was not the making of Balanchine. *Balanchine was the making of Balanchine* , but this is something sad little nobodies like you, with sad little political agendas, will never understand. We are here for the art form, which is international. You are here to rub off whatever fame you imagine yourself you can rub off famous persons under ridiculous pretensions, for your sad little tribalism. YAWN.
I love Alina. However i can tell she was really not into the character here. Just randomly going through the steps and showing off her flexibility... Dancers have bad days too. Even now that i know she dances Odette in a infinitely more poetic, thought-out and heartfelt manner... I still prefer her in another kind of roles, the more dramatic, acting roles. She's too gorgeous for words...
Чота странно....ценители тут одни иностранцы😄
У наших иссякли слова😁
Act 1? Really? I thought it was from the 2nd.
Her skills and body are amazing. I loved her as a queen of Dryads in DQ and i think she could be a good soloist. Principal? I don't know. When she leads every performance looks like a graduation performance to me. But this is just my opinion and i appriciate all hard work she put into this profession.
Italians created ballet baby.
what ballet company is this?
@ilovenightcrawler Yeah? It's what is generally preferred, especially by the Russians.
Well said...from another high extender!! Some dancers have become bland and boring...lacking passion and personality. I find quite a few dancers lack a natural flow and often have terrible stilted arm movements. I have now taken up 'pole dance' which requires high flexibility, great strength,fluidity of movement and of course...Artistry and musicality!! Top stars of 'pole dance' can show these bland ballerinas how to dance with feeling and skill!!!
@loulie1997 Amen!!
TWO bowls and a bottle of Chianti and a little spumoni!
@MrKLT1945 AMEN!
@AshlynnBall ummmm it's not 'unfortunate' to be born with hyperextension. you just have to work hard and learn how to control it and it can actually be an amazing thing to have in ballet because it makes lines look more beautiful. every dancer has a different body. there is no perfect body.
How many pounds has she got?
i feel like she doesnt complete the movements she is doing.
the applouse is lack luster ,
So what your sayin is that the " Russians and the French " Know how to dance- Balanchine , Bourneville , Robbins , Cranko , Sir Fredrick Ashton , Sir McMillan and the number one and most in demand choreographer at this moment """ Christopher Wheeldon!!!! better than any other company in the world ......I highly doubt this !!! I can name a long list of dancers that are not" Russian or French " that are the "creme de la creme" in the world right now.
Why don't you name it?
she's truly splendid but under-nourished. send that girl a bowl of spaghetti.
She's just throwing her leg up in the air no control just no meaning behind the extension
joshua morgan you are an idiot and a nobody.
Absolutely disagree.She has full control over her extensions and all her body movements. She is delightful and gorgeous. She dances with grace using high professional technique. Your comments about “no control” are absolutely baseless.
@@staslurik And you are "somebody"? Do you ever think, even for two seconds, before hitting the reply button?
@@gpopov777 And I absolutely disagree with your disagreement, fanboy. She doesn't have control, never mind full control, particularly over the limb extremities. Her working leg used to flap wildly at the knee every time she had to do rapid movement involving a bent knee, like rond de jambe or fouettes. Her legs had a life of their own from knee down. Now, five years later, she's improved, but just a little. It took her 20-25% of a regular career length.
and the english and danes and americans and italians. and keep your eye on the chinese and brush up your grammer - "only people WHO KNOW...." apart ffrom that, you're doing great, fritz.
HOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOU!!!!
@j2y8n2x AMEN!!
stupid ads keep covering up her feet.
I find it painful to watch them when they are so skinny.
You are in pain, but they are not.And they do work !!!
OMG ! this person recording this has spoiled it for me ! coughing ! laughing and chewing all through it ! disgusting !
I look up the high level cultura Russia.Putin & Russia long life.
OMG shes REALLY skinny o: that creeps me out....
I think she has a perfect body but I don't see poetry in her movement :( She seems to be a bad imitation of Svetlana Zakarhova..
Francesca I think so too... Her "style" is so similar to Svetlana Zakharova. Yet Svetlana really moves like a swan, Alina doesn't and was just flexible enough to go through the motions-- there's no extending flow in her extensions.
Yes, you are correct.After Svetlana Zakharova will be no body for a time.Then????
Есть свой стиль,порхает на тонкого
you know what I'm getting sick of? Over done romantic era ballets... Like swan lake Again? If I have to hear one more nutcracker suite I'll scream, Giselle again? Like there were tons of petipa and the like ballets, lets move on or re discover something else, I know its all tied into national Russian pride, but I'm bored and so are most Russian principles, this is why they come to US companies, for a more mixed repertoire! What's it called? Variety! I don't like all my dancers the same.
Classical ballet used to be about something else than simply going through the motions and pushing one's crotch in the face of the audience every 10s or so... Times have obviously changed. Well, maybe it appeals to voyeurs.
ballet janie lol. Just watched Natalie Markovas Odettte. Night and day.
Her crotch is professionally covered by at least three layers. She has a great control over her extensions and her entire body. She dances beautifully, gracefully, artistically and her high professionalism shows in every move she makes as well on her face. She is one of the many female tall ballet danders with high extensions . I can mention at least several names. Also, Alina improves her dancing and acting every year and she is getting better and better. At Mariinsky dancers go thorough multi-layered sifter and only the top ones get to the level of Alina- very talented and gifted with solid Vaganova style training.
She missed a move.
Pauvre enfant, pauvre Marinsky!
Booooorrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiing , the most turned in ballerina
So not true!!!!!!!
Yawn...
Absolutely, you tell 'em, this Russian/Franco bias is just ridiculous.
Безжизненно. "А вокруг мертвые с косами стоят". Конкретно эту вариацию все стараются исполнить элегантно, нежно, утонченно, а получается так, как будто умирающие. Музыка сильная, с акцентами, а у них ни движения души, ни в танце ни в лицах ... Хотя, может просто съемка неудачная. Балерина красивая.
So not the right interpretation for this top ballerina. You haven’t seen her face up-close when she dances SL. She is very emotional and she has great interpretation of the role. Your explanation fits a dying 100 year old grandma vs super elegant , emotional, with great musicality and artistry , pretty young prima ballerina , with solid 8 years Vaganova training. You are giving wrong descriptions about Vaganova graduate; however, when you go on RUclips and type Somova’s name you can find an amazing performances on point at much younger age with her face being so much part of the dance; you can find a dance that is an exam particularly on her artistry and she is rocking it - just watch the face and you will see. However, you decide to write that nonsense on a video that doesn’t show her face because she is in great distance and viewers can see only large movements, small detailed movements that would shape the swan are difficult to see , May be if you each more carefully or several times. Unbelievable how people like you allow to disrespect the phenomenal performance, the solid training, the Vaganova training and choice for prima .
yes. That's what bothers me the most about her. Lack of musicality and phrasing. She has the perfect ballet body and extensions and poses. But, that's not ballet.