It's amazing how she even had the strength to do Don Q. She was supposed to be Emelia in The Turning Point, but she was way too thin, and then Herbert Ross cast Leslie Browne.
@@prettybird7597 Permiso para entrar a tu espacio. Es muy importante este tema que tratan. Soy músico, no bailarín y también hay éstas realidades hasta en el patinaje artístico y otros deportes. Tengo entendido, por lo que leí en historia del ballet, que a partir de Pavlova, ( Ana) comienza a ponerse en práctica el físico delgado. También se sabe acerca de los cambios en el calzado,hasta llegar a las de punta de su momento ( avances y sufrimiento). Paralelamente, y, con todo respeto, a lo que fundamentó I. Duncan. En nuestra área, suelen, casi obligadamente, utilizar la travesera ( flauta sistema alineado), que, con el tiempo, provoca lesiones ó inhabilitación en dedos de mano izquierda. Hay un ejemplo de carrera brillante, que casi queda fuera de, y tuvo que rehabilitarse. Es hora de promover una vida saludable y creativa.
Despite her serious problems, Gelsey still manages to show that she was a great dancer. And Baryshnikov, of course, perfect and charming as ever! He is the best!
So true... you can see clearly that she was struggling, and there were certain things she could not do (such as the 32 fouetées), but she still was amazing.
As a former anorexic, I can tell you that anorexia is hell on Earth!! I was horribly weakened, and as I watch Miss Kirkland, there's no way that I can understand how she could dance her role as well as she did!!!!
It is so nice to see beauty and strength on stage. Misha and Gelsey performed this for the very first time with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet while I was dancing with the company, not long after he defected. His English was not great, but he took class with us and of course danced beautifully. He did know the English word "again" and the last turn at the end of the adagio section he made Gelsey do "again" and "again". It worked every time in the performances and we were pleased to watch them both dance so well in Winnipeg.
9:48 Those jumps just blow me away. What are they called? He floats like there's no such thing as gravity. Incredible! The amazing brute strength there is in that, and yet so graceful and effortless too.
Baryshnikov transcended dance by becoming the measure of the human potential of movement.Strength, control and the ability to defy gravity's restraints.
Saw this live...from WAY back in the audience, and up high....SO MUCH BETTER this way...really. Misha took the NYC dance world by storm..I remember the first time I saw him dance at Lincoln Center. It seemed he did the impossible both with his elevation in jumps and his extraordinary turns. Bravo !
I'm so grateful for recordings. Without them, most of us would never get to experience the greatest talents among us. This is the first time I am getting to see Misha and Gelsey dance Balanchine's "Don Quixote". As to be expected, it's a real treat. 😃
Is it? I find this very disturbing and depressing… especially after I heard her talk about her issues. It is obvious how ill she is. She left out basically everything that requires strength.
@@mathildewesendonck7225 Yes, she was extremely sick by this time with anorexia and bulimia . . . . going to extraordinary lengths to literally obliterate herself.
@@mathildewesendonck7225 yeah, I know. I figured she'd never go for all the fouettes.... like watching a child's skeleton controlled by strings. Showmanship & bravura cover up a lot for those who don't know what they're really looking at. This was sheer guts & determination, with such an overabundance of skill & talent that they both got through it. I can't think they were personally on good terms at all rehearsing & performing at that time from watching this, it's looking like they're into the downhill slide in the partnership.... I'm just very grateful that she survived that frightening period in her life - what an absolutely unique and glorious dancer she was, just stunning.
She is clearly sick and made me feel uncomfortable. She obviously had poor self-esteem since a young age to allow herself to be treated so poorly and had such respect for her health and her body and her mind. She is an extreme case but lesser cases are common in the ballet world even today. I’m glad I quit and survived.
Saw this live at the time, and thought they were the best thing I'd ever seen. Now after many years and new eyes, I can see the ravages of addiction and anorexia in a new light, and it's more obvious to me now...yet they were spectacular together and I loved them both so much. He is unbelievable, and she a little fairy, so cute and so committed to excellence
i saw it live too but with Baryshnikova and Makarova - not long after Misha defected - in 1975 or 1976 - they did 'Giselle' Act 2 as well in the program i saw.
I saw it with Baryshnikov and Makarova too, what a dream. i was in ballet heaven watching them, and went to as many performances of all three of them whenever i could get my mother to take me and we could afford it. it really inspired my professional career and i worked harder because of their inspiration! thanks for sharing John, it made me return to this again!
I had this on VHS when I was very young -- a taped version of the original broadcast -- from my ballet school's AV library. Just after the end of curtain calls, the original version shows Misha beckoning to Gelsey backstage, and she comes over to him, and they embrace and joke around for a bit. It was so sweet, and I remember rewinding that part over and over again when I was in ballet school. I idolized them both (and still do).
happily now so much has been converted into video file formats and appears in cyberspace. i just had a great doco - a portrait of 'Giselle' - converted and put it up - good for people to do this. :)
MishaGelsey as dancers, yes. As people? According to her he was very cruel both physically and emotionally and her battle with cocaine isn't exactly something to admire. Sad story
Yes, but they are still with us. Gelsey has penned two really good books about dancing and her life. And she has her own ballet school. That part, overcoming the trials, is very inspiring.
Such mastery. I think mdame kirkland is the main one in this performance and barishnikov only supports. It's very well balanced. It shows a very balanced 'male' female' image
Gelsey was a beautiful ,dramatic, strong elegant and courageous dancer, with superb technique, in her earlier days on stage with NYCB and Ballet Theater.
They were perfection - individually and together. I don't remember seeing ths in person at the time...I was a young soprano, a couple of months older than Misha, and ballet was part of my life but not the main focus. So my memories of particular performances are fuzzy. Grateful for these videos! Thanks!
I’m in awe if both of them !!! To balance like that it breathtaking. They’re both superstars. If you’re not familiar with them check out their Nutcracker. PBS. Used to show it annually. More perfection. David Howard told me most dancers are worried about epaulement turn out etc but Ms Kirkland was thinking about where her fingers went. Incredible talent. Sad life but she overcame her demons ! Happy in Maine now I hope. Both of them Are gifts to the dance world 👍👏.
I see no chemistry between the two. She is painful to look at . I do consider her one of the best ballerinas to exist. The best American ballerina for sure. But I just don't see the chemistry like Fonteyn and Nyurevyev. Sorry for the bad spelling.
i disagree a bit having watched some of the most amazing Russian ballerinas lately on RUclips who totally blow my mind...but at the time of this It was unequaled in my mind only until recently. There will never be another Misha, though Sergei Polunin is unbelievable and I love his personality so much...you may want to check him out if you haven't already...the Documentary Dancer on Netflix is amazing.
@@italianpixie polunin, really? Then you need to know more about male ballet dancers and not all Russian ballerina are great some don't even jump, or turn cause to much stretching all it's about legs to ear 😁 that s it's no dance. Eom
I had the pleasure of seeing Misha live in Atlanta in the mid seventies. His tours his jumps absolutely defying gravity. I’m grateful for the opportunity to see the best male dancer, ever, in my humble opinion. Gelsey is lovely, but I’d more happily watch Makarova dancing with him. This is a lovely memory to see him at the height of his career.
They were magical, indeed,. I saw her several times as Kitri and she was always spot on in her balances, without any need for minor adjustments as was the case here.
Thank you for this. Baryshnikov's DQ is the gold standard. His performance is magnificent and joyous. Gelsey even at 50% capacity is wonderful. I own this DVD and have watched it for years. I believe during the late 70s she suffered from anorexia. The cocaine came later.
I wonder if she was taking drugs at this time - maybe explains the shakiness? I liked the interview where she talked about her addiction and the causes for it
Hope I'm not out of order to mention Marion Tait here in today's video of her in McMillan's Solitaire. What a wonderful dancer, who I knew only from one photograph before. What a wonderful dancer, partnered so well by Carl (?). Music, lighting, costume, all a delight and warmly appreciative audience. Will carry this with me through the day.
Wow. Gelsey really struggled through this performance. She was so talented, bit an earung disorder, nose job, tendon surgeries, and drugs ruined her career. She was an amazing dancer
I read "Dancing on My Grave." If she really used as much cocaine as she claimed, it's a wonder she lived through her thirties. It's sad because she had incredible talent.
I also read "Dancing on My Grave". She seemed to have a tendency to blame her problems on everyone else, but she was treated horribly by the ballet world.
@@lindaclark9925 Read the book and you'll be rather horrified. It's something like the modeling world, all anorexia and bullying and taking drugs for energy because you're low on nutrition. The women in ballet can be young and vulnerable, easily seduced and subjected by powerful men.
Shame you couldn't see the feet on most of the vid. I was obsessed with ballet in that time period (still am), Misha and Gelsey were magical. Today's ballet "stars" just don't have what these two had..that..je ne sais quoi.
yes, i could have some choice words for the cameraman! yes, the same magic is hard to find today - i fist saw Misha just after he defected - he came to Australia with Makarova and did 'Don Q' PDD and Act 2 of 'Giselle' - total champagne and artistry!
Right was other Times and other way of ballet technique now's a day ballet world improvements it's so great that classic dance don't look anymore boring. Marianela Nuñez and vadim mantarigov best great example!!!!
The poor girl looks as if she has fallen out of a nest and been broken to bits but could still get up and dance like an angel. Her fragility adds to her charm but what a cost! This is so beautiful, the first part of the music gets me where I live. 🌷
yes, i know what you mean - and curiously a paradoxical mix at times of fragility and steel - one critic called it 'nitro'. there is so much to love here - just one thing the security and cleanness of the lifts - and so beautifully accented - no fears for the audience here.
John Hall -- I am sorry to say that I cannot help but think of her troubles with chemicals. Firstly, I cannot understand how any artist can perform under the influence and secondly I feel terribly sad for them. I speak from unfortunate personal experience.
yes, when she comes off stage and collapses it seems she is high on chemicals. a lot of dancers feel the same pressures she claims drove her to drugs - but they do not turn to this solution. there is some element of choice here, don't you think?
John Hall -- as a recovering addict of more than 30 years, I can say from personal experience and years of intensive therapy, that the path to addiction is not often a matter of choice. In my case it was a desperate need to either block out the emotional pain or throw myself over a bridge. I did not have the courage to kill myself so I gave in to the compulsion to escape from the pain. I was only 15 at the time and dealing with more than I could handle. I couldn't find my way out of that nightmare until I was 50. As you say, most people do not enter the world of drugs and alcohol to deal with their problems. I suspect Gelsey had far deeper emotional issues that weakened her ability to cope with the stress of that world. She is putting the blame for her troubles on the wrong source, if you ask me.
hi Penthesilea - actually i agree with you and take back much of what i said glibly and without really thinking it through. i think the solutions to life's often overwhelming problems can be thrown up by chance OR the issues so intense that drastic solutions are required. and this latter solution accords with efforts wrestling my sometime own demons. i had a very bad trip at uni a million years ago and know i would have done anything to have stopped it. these things are much more complex than a commonplace reaction can explain. i agree that, with Gelsey, the issues were likely more internally-driven rather than to do with the training, Balanchine, the pressures of performance, which i think is what i was trying to say. as i very much like chatting to you here, i am very happy you have moved past the nightmare :)
Laying in bed watching this and caught myself smiling. Seriously this is why ballet at its finest along with such wonderful music causes one to loose themselves
What beautiful dancing. What a superb homage to famous Cervantes Don Quixote. Love it so much when Mikhail dances/jumps and it looks like he is going to remain in the air. My heart rejoices with such wondrous art.
A quarter of an apple with a teaspoon of cottage cheese, four square meals a day, not to mention the emotional and psychological damage from the very man that she is dancing with. So glad to see the majority of comments are favourable to Gelsey, she is not only a magnificent dancer, but a true testament to the resilience of women and the struggles they face
She was a drug addict and an eating disorder. Hardly his fault. My cousin danced with them at the same time. He was a lovely man. The company was growing and great. Can't blame everyone for your problems. Good grief 🙄
@@garnwalkerstables you are right, i believe you and don't believe what Baryshnikov is accused of. But I feel sorry for her such painful disorders. I liked her a lot as a person and great dancer.
I keep thinking of Balanchine prodding her in the sternum and telling Gelsey he wanted to see her ribs. And she was such a tiny, petite young girl to begin with! Gelsey to me is a survivor. And the greatest ballerina of her generation.
@@garnwalkerstables Relationships are rarely one-sided affairs. Gelsey battled many demons, including destructive relationships with men. In her autobiography, Dancing on my Grave, she mentions many names, but always saves the harshest criticism for herself. She knows she is responsible for her choices and her life. But you’re naive to believe that great men with large egos wouldn’t use, abuse and discard a vulnerable young woman, if they were so inclined.
It's true, they really had something. One of the more legendary ballet partnerships. Gelsey reportedly left the New York City Ballet for the opportunity to dance with him. She left for actually a number of reasons. She didn't just want him as a dance partner. She wanted his love. One wishes things had worked out between them. But the girl was just too messed up. No, really. Read her books. Still, they really had something onstage. And thanks to RUclips and every other aspect of the internet, people all over the world of any generation can see that. John Hall, we thank you... and no doubt "Misha" and "Gels" would, too...
hi! yes, she was a complex person - and one capable of looking at herself clearly - as in the interview i referred to in another comment. yes love can make you make decisions that you would not otherwise have made. i hope she is more at peace now, teaching as she does
@@olgaboikova7975 , Екатерина Максимова. У Барышникова не было выбора наверное. Пусть меня простят, но он тоже не мой герой. Ростом не вышел, да и вообще.
Thank you very much for this video! Боже мой, какая же Gelsey "тоненькая", не удивительно, что Михаил ее одной рукой держал. И как же она красиво танцует! 🤩 Я бы с таким истощением от недоедания не нашла бы вообще сил, чтобы с постели встать 😯 Такое удовольствие получила от просмотра видео, что на занавесе словила себя на мысли, что не хочу, чтобы их выступление заканчивалось... 😍 🥰 🤗
вы - русская? Вам знакомы такие имена, как Максимова, Тимофеева, Плисецкая? Посмотрите, как танцуют они! После них это уе...ще Гелси - или как там ее? - смотреть не захочется ни разу!
REALMENTE MARAVILLOSOS !!!!!!!!!!! DOS ASTROSSSSSS DOS MONSTRUOSSSSS DE LA DANZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOCADOS POR LA MANO DE DIOS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She was so heartbreakingly thin. I’m glad she recovered and was strong enough to tell her story.
It is *still* like this in the ballet world. Skin and bones.’
So sad to think of what she went through... plus the drugs they were pushing her into. Not a healthy industry in so many ways.
It's amazing how she even had the strength to do Don Q. She was supposed to be Emelia in The Turning Point, but she was way too thin, and then Herbert Ross cast Leslie Browne.
@@prettybird7597 Permiso para entrar a tu espacio. Es muy importante este tema que tratan. Soy músico, no bailarín y también hay éstas realidades hasta en el patinaje artístico y otros deportes. Tengo entendido, por lo que leí en historia del ballet, que a partir de Pavlova, ( Ana) comienza a ponerse en práctica el físico delgado. También se sabe acerca de los cambios en el calzado,hasta llegar a las de punta de su momento ( avances y sufrimiento). Paralelamente, y, con todo respeto, a lo que fundamentó I. Duncan. En nuestra área, suelen, casi obligadamente, utilizar la travesera ( flauta sistema alineado), que, con el tiempo, provoca lesiones ó inhabilitación en dedos de mano izquierda. Hay un ejemplo de carrera brillante, que casi queda fuera de, y tuvo que rehabilitarse. Es hora de promover una vida saludable y creativa.
Omg so many other ballerinas were and are just as thin. Leave her alone and respect the beauty in her dance abilities
she matched him like no one else in form n elegance
yes, a very good partnership
Despite her serious problems, Gelsey still manages to show that she was a great dancer. And Baryshnikov, of course, perfect and charming as ever! He is the best!
tangentially, do you know if they were still together at this point?
So true... you can see clearly that she was struggling, and there were certain things she could not do (such as the 32 fouetées), but she still was amazing.
@@dulcespinelliHer arms were phoning it in on those leaps.
I love at the very end how she prolonged the develope.
yes and so expressive to signal the end
As a former anorexic, I can tell you that anorexia is hell on Earth!!
I was horribly weakened, and as I watch Miss Kirkland, there's no way that I can understand how she could dance her role as well as she did!!!!
Во-во.
А мне всю дорогу не понятно как она ходит вообще.
She did cocaine. She told this in an interview with Diane Sawyer. It’s on RUclips
Cocaine
Cocaine
It is so nice to see beauty and strength on stage. Misha and Gelsey performed this for the very first time with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet while I was dancing with the company, not long after he defected. His English was not great, but he took class with us and of course danced beautifully. He did know the English word "again" and the last turn at the end of the adagio section he made Gelsey do "again" and "again". It worked every time in the performances and we were pleased to watch them both dance so well in Winnipeg.
9:48 Those jumps just blow me away. What are they called? He floats like there's no such thing as gravity. Incredible! The amazing brute strength there is in that, and yet so graceful and effortless too.
I've always known these turns as 'barrel turns', not sure of the proper ballet term. What I just love is his revoltade at 6:19 and 6:26...superlative.
Coupé grand jeté en tournant en manége.
@@p.kayward6966 I think they’re called tour de rein
Baryshnikov transcended dance by becoming the measure of the human potential of movement.Strength, control and the ability to defy gravity's restraints.
Saw this live...from WAY back in the audience, and up high....SO MUCH BETTER this way...really. Misha took the NYC dance world by storm..I remember the first time I saw him dance at Lincoln Center. It seemed he did the impossible both with his elevation in jumps and his extraordinary turns. Bravo !
saw him live in the day too, with Makarova - his elevation was breath-taking - just refreshed my memory of it watching a video of him in 'Spectre'
He's simply the best. Incomparable.
I'm so grateful for recordings. Without them, most of us would never get to experience the greatest talents among us. This is the first time I am getting to see Misha and Gelsey dance Balanchine's "Don Quixote". As to be expected, it's a real treat. 😃
Is it? I find this very disturbing and depressing… especially after I heard her talk about her issues. It is obvious how ill she is. She left out basically everything that requires strength.
It’s a treat even if you’ve seen it 1000 times.
@@mathildewesendonck7225 Yes, she was extremely sick by this time with anorexia and bulimia . . . . going to extraordinary lengths to literally obliterate herself.
@@mathildewesendonck7225 yeah, I know. I figured she'd never go for all the fouettes.... like watching a child's skeleton controlled by strings. Showmanship & bravura cover up a lot for those who don't know what they're really looking at. This was sheer guts & determination, with such an overabundance of skill & talent that they both got through it. I can't think they were personally on good terms at all rehearsing & performing at that time from watching this, it's looking like they're into the downhill slide in the partnership....
I'm just very grateful that she survived that frightening period in her life - what an absolutely unique and glorious dancer she was, just stunning.
She is clearly sick and made me feel uncomfortable. She obviously had poor self-esteem since a young age to allow herself to be treated so poorly and had such respect for her health and her body and her mind. She is an extreme case but lesser cases are common in the ballet world even today. I’m glad I quit and survived.
Saw this live at the time, and thought they were the best thing I'd ever seen. Now after many years and new eyes, I can see the ravages of addiction and anorexia in a new light, and it's more obvious to me now...yet they were spectacular together and I loved them both so much. He is unbelievable, and she a little fairy, so cute and so committed to excellence
i saw it live too but with Baryshnikova and Makarova - not long after Misha defected - in 1975 or 1976 - they did 'Giselle' Act 2 as well in the program i saw.
I saw it with Baryshnikov and Makarova too, what a dream. i was in ballet heaven watching them, and went to as many performances of all three of them whenever i could get my mother to take me and we could afford it. it really inspired my professional career and i worked harder because of their inspiration! thanks for sharing John, it made me return to this again!
i did too - they toured Australia in 1976 (i think) and also did 'Giselle' act 2 - champagne!
I agree with you. Although Gelsey K was a star, It’s obvious she wasn’t in her best moment when they performed this pdd.
She is anorexic so sick
I was at the premier of this at the Kennedy Center. I will never forget it. President Carter and his wife were sitting just down below us.
Eileen Waugh I was there also. Never forget
What an amazing experience
Damn, it's like zeus himself is carrying her up by the waist as she jumps. It seems effortless. So nimble, yet concise. Such mastery.
shame she was so unwell but my god she still pulled it off even though she was so thin. tragic.
Brilliant 💖, i saved this and kept coming back to watch it. People do not dance like this anymore.
I had this on VHS when I was very young -- a taped version of the original broadcast -- from my ballet school's AV library. Just after the end of curtain calls, the original version shows Misha beckoning to Gelsey backstage, and she comes over to him, and they embrace and joke around for a bit. It was so sweet, and I remember rewinding that part over and over again when I was in ballet school. I idolized them both (and still do).
happily now so much has been converted into video file formats and appears in cyberspace. i just had a great doco - a portrait of 'Giselle' - converted and put it up - good for people to do this. :)
MishaGelsey as dancers, yes. As people? According to her he was very cruel both physically and emotionally and her battle with cocaine isn't exactly something to admire. Sad story
Yes, but they are still with us. Gelsey has penned two really good books about dancing and her life. And she has her own ballet school. That part, overcoming the trials, is very inspiring.
@@jojox9791 "according to her" Why do you choose to believe he was cruel? There are two sides to every story.
Such mastery. I think mdame kirkland is the main one in this performance and barishnikov only supports. It's very well balanced. It shows a very balanced 'male' female' image
I remembered when he defected to Canada. It was such a tense but exciting time. Thank you Canada! 🇨🇦
Gelsey was a beautiful ,dramatic, strong elegant and courageous dancer, with superb technique, in her earlier days on stage with NYCB and Ballet Theater.
They were perfection - individually and together. I don't remember seeing ths in person at the time...I was a young soprano, a couple of months older than Misha, and ballet was part of my life but not the main focus. So my memories of particular performances are fuzzy. Grateful for these videos! Thanks!
my memories of particular distant performances are very fuzzy indeed - it's as though i hadn't seen them
This is the MOST perfect thing that I've ever seen. A truly masterpiece. They are legends.
yes absolutely breath-taking!
I’m in awe if both of them !!! To balance like that it breathtaking. They’re both superstars. If you’re not familiar with them check out their Nutcracker. PBS. Used to show it annually. More perfection. David Howard told me most dancers are worried about epaulement turn out etc but Ms Kirkland was thinking about where her fingers went. Incredible talent. Sad life but she overcame her demons ! Happy in Maine now I hope. Both of them Are gifts to the dance world 👍👏.
He’s such a powerful dancer.
She is fierce! She matched him so well in this piece. Sorry that she was suffering so much with anorexia and addiction.
a great pairing - she talks about her anorexia and addiction in this interview ruclips.net/video/kcTDFMSZM6M/видео.html
I see no chemistry between the two. She is painful to look at . I do consider her one of the best ballerinas to exist. The best American ballerina for sure. But I just don't see the chemistry like Fonteyn and Nyurevyev. Sorry for the bad spelling.
@@Noodles-ik6vh what the f do you mean "painful "to look at I think u are crazy.
@@Noodles-ik6vh wtf!😁 yes fonteyn and nureyev created such another atmosphere but other time other dancers. Kelsey it's fieeeeerce!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope you are not blind . she is horrible
There will never be an equal to her, or to him. And together, such fire and chemistry. Pure magic.
i disagree a bit having watched some of the most amazing Russian ballerinas lately on RUclips who totally blow my mind...but at the time of this It was unequaled in my mind only until recently. There will never be another Misha, though Sergei Polunin is unbelievable and I love his personality so much...you may want to check him out if you haven't already...the Documentary Dancer on Netflix is amazing.
Gelsey looked amazing not any thinner then Russian ballerinas I wish there were more full videos with her she was so brilliant and amazing.
@@italianpixie polunin, really? Then you need to know more about male ballet dancers and not all Russian ballerina are great some don't even jump, or turn cause to much stretching all it's about legs to ear 😁 that s it's no dance. Eom
Yes there are better TAMARA ROJO....LUCIA LACARRA.....👍
Perfectly said !👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Goosepimples, tears - so beautiful ! What an amazing gift to enjoy !!!!!!! Thanks for this awesome treat !!!!!!
isn't it! my pleasure Beverly :)
Both are pure perfection. Gelsey is so ethereal!
yes, i saw them do this PDD on a tour of Australia - along with Act 2 of 'Giselle' in the 1970s - perfection
I can't stand watching her, she LOOKS anorexic & unhealthy. Spoils the magic of ballet for me.
I had the pleasure of seeing Misha live in Atlanta in the mid seventies. His tours his jumps absolutely defying gravity. I’m grateful for the opportunity to see the best male dancer, ever, in my humble opinion. Gelsey is lovely, but I’d more happily watch Makarova dancing with him. This is a lovely memory to see him at the height of his career.
I disagree.
@@annefitz7346 have you ever seen Natalia Makarova perform?
@@cbpapp no not in person only videos.
It is sad to see someone so talented and know that they are so damaged that they cant see it.
agreed - i was sad to see how she tried to explain away her issues here ruclips.net/video/kcTDFMSZM6M/видео.html
My two favorites of all time
They were magical, indeed,. I saw her several times as Kitri and she was always spot on in her balances, without any need for minor adjustments as was the case here.
Love them.They really act and dance together instead of just using each other to be a prop.
It was almost as if they were making love, they were so connected.
yes, that's it!
Thank you for this. Baryshnikov's DQ is the gold standard. His performance is magnificent and joyous. Gelsey even at 50% capacity is wonderful. I own this DVD and have watched it for years. I believe during the late 70s she suffered from anorexia. The cocaine came later.
She was troubled by anorexia and bulimia at the time of this performance. She was VERY sick.
@@levondelite4072 😪😪😪
@@levondelite4072 it’s easy to see. She is painfully thin. So sad
Oh, this is wonderful to see.
amazing...everything so perfectly...smooth...
Bravissimi tutti e due ! Misha poi e' eccezionale come sempre, con uno stile incredibile ....E' il mio preferito in questa parte
Beautiful. Her shakiness makes me tense, worried. I feel for the person she was then. Kudos, Madam Survivor. Prima, always. Health, Best.
I wonder if she was taking drugs at this time - maybe explains the shakiness? I liked the interview where she talked about her addiction and the causes for it
John Hall, I saw her perform many times during this time frame. I found her physical appearance alarming, and drugs were certainly involved.
@@JohnRaymondHall Well, DUH. She was out of her mind.
Me too on the shakiness. It's apparent that something's wasn't quite right. Still beautiful, but a little scary.
@@pococolo And more than a little sad...
how beautiful these 2 are.
and the music is exquisite ❤❤
Meritatissimo posto nell'Olimpo della danza classica,in alto tra i primi.
I remember these two Great dancers. I was
Such joyful and seemingly effortless beauty.
Beautiful, incredible performance by two of the brightest stars in ballet/dance.
She was absolutely divine , a goddess
Thank you for this performance of two of ballet’s greatest!🌹🌹🌹💕💕💕
my pleasure - i was lucky to see them perform this PDD in the 1970s
Прекрасно!!! Спасибо за шедевр!!!!!❤❤❤
Hope I'm not out of order to mention Marion Tait here in today's video of her in McMillan's Solitaire. What a wonderful dancer, who I knew only from one photograph before. What a wonderful dancer, partnered so well by Carl (?). Music, lighting, costume, all a delight and warmly appreciative audience. Will carry this with me through the day.
Carl Myers :) i'll post more of Marion Tait in performance - a wonderful dancer
THANK you for sharing this incredible GEM !!!
And now we are watching that which will never be copied again.
Having read about this performance I can't believe I can watt it! Thank you!
pleasure - i saw them dance this pdd in an Australian tour in the mid 1970s - champagne viewing!
@@JohnRaymondHall WOW! that's so amazing! I bet the live performance was spectacular
@@megalorain it was - the other part of their program was Act 2 of 'Giselle' - not a bad night's entertainment!
Wow. Gelsey really struggled through this performance. She was so talented, bit an earung disorder, nose job, tendon surgeries, and drugs ruined her career. She was an amazing dancer
I love Gelsey Kirkland. My fav.
Prima 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌸🌺🏵️🌼
she was a great dancer!
If you read her book Dancing on My Grave, this was her low point on stage, she was dying.
I read "Dancing on My Grave." If she really used as much cocaine as she claimed, it's a wonder she lived through her thirties. It's sad because she had incredible talent.
I also read "Dancing on My Grave". She seemed to have a tendency to blame her problems on everyone else, but she was treated horribly by the ballet world.
@@judidoyle5060 what did the ballet world do?
She is a wonderful ballerina, also. I'm glad she made it past drugs and excess.
@@lindaclark9925 Read the book and you'll be rather horrified. It's something like the modeling world, all anorexia and bullying and taking drugs for energy because you're low on nutrition. The women in ballet can be young and vulnerable, easily seduced and subjected by powerful men.
I would have to say these 2 artists are absolutely amazing. Some of the best we have been gifted with. Thank you Kelsey and Misha.
Shame you couldn't see the feet on most of the vid. I was obsessed with ballet in that time period (still am), Misha and Gelsey were magical. Today's ballet "stars" just don't have what these two had..that..je ne sais quoi.
yes, i could have some choice words for the cameraman! yes, the same magic is hard to find today - i fist saw Misha just after he defected - he came to Australia with Makarova and did 'Don Q' PDD and Act 2 of 'Giselle' - total champagne and artistry!
Gelsey looked grate there's so many ballerinas that are really painfully thin to me Gelsey didn't look like that.
Right was other Times and other way of ballet technique now's a day ballet world improvements it's so great that classic dance don't look anymore boring. Marianela Nuñez and vadim mantarigov best great example!!!!
Then you clearly have never seen Natalia Osipova dance.
@@lbcandide and there it is: she is skeletal and yet you do not see it. This point of view is
what helps to cause anorexia in dancers.
Persino Baryshnikov riesce a essere messo in ombra dal talento e dallo splendore di Gelsey Kirkland.
Sono magnifici entrambi.
Nope. Nobody is overshadowing Baryshnikov.
Love love love! Brava!!!!
PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!
TOTAL!!! :)
The poor girl looks as if she has fallen out of a nest and been broken to bits but could still get up and dance like an angel. Her fragility adds to her charm but what a cost! This is so beautiful, the first part of the music gets me where I live. 🌷
yes, i know what you mean - and curiously a paradoxical mix at times of fragility and steel - one critic called it 'nitro'. there is so much to love here - just one thing the security and cleanness of the lifts - and so beautifully accented - no fears for the audience here.
John Hall -- I am sorry to say that I cannot help but think of her troubles with chemicals. Firstly, I cannot understand how any artist can perform under the influence and secondly I feel terribly sad for them. I speak from unfortunate personal experience.
yes, when she comes off stage and collapses it seems she is high on chemicals. a lot of dancers feel the same pressures she claims drove her to drugs - but they do not turn to this solution. there is some element of choice here, don't you think?
John Hall -- as a recovering addict of more than 30 years, I can say from personal experience and years of intensive therapy, that the path to addiction is not often a matter of choice. In my case it was a desperate need to either block out the emotional pain or throw myself over a bridge. I did not have the courage to kill myself so I gave in to the compulsion to escape from the pain. I was only 15 at the time and dealing with more than I could handle. I couldn't find my way out of that nightmare until I was 50. As you say, most people do not enter the world of drugs and alcohol to deal with their problems. I suspect Gelsey had far deeper emotional issues that weakened her ability to cope with the stress of that world. She is putting the blame for her troubles on the wrong source, if you ask me.
hi Penthesilea - actually i agree with you and take back much of what i said glibly and without really thinking it through. i think the solutions to life's often overwhelming problems can be thrown up by chance OR the issues so intense that drastic solutions are required. and this latter solution accords with efforts wrestling my sometime own demons. i had a very bad trip at uni a million years ago and know i would have done anything to have stopped it. these things are much more complex than a commonplace reaction can explain. i agree that, with Gelsey, the issues were likely more internally-driven rather than to do with the training, Balanchine, the pressures of performance, which i think is what i was trying to say. as i very much like chatting to you here, i am very happy you have moved past the nightmare :)
She is like a ray of light, mesmerizing.
Laying in bed watching this and caught myself smiling. Seriously this is why ballet at its finest along with such wonderful music causes one to loose themselves
she always makes me smile which is very hard to do!!!
I agree!
lovely. they were magic together.
WOW what a historic video!!! Thank you for sharing this incredible performance by two of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century!
pleasure :)
Just fantastic.
Perfeição! Maravilhoso!
Bellisimo, Bendiciones
Gracias⚘💜🔔🌟👍
One of my favorites!
Lovely and lovely great pair!
They were perfect
Gracias!Unos grandes!!!!!
What beautiful dancing. What a superb homage to famous Cervantes Don Quixote.
Love it so much when Mikhail dances/jumps and it looks like he is going to remain in the air.
My heart rejoices with such wondrous art.
Это божественно!!!😍👏👏👏
🤮
Breathtaking.
A quarter of an apple with a teaspoon of cottage cheese, four square meals a day, not to mention the emotional and psychological damage from the very man that she is dancing with. So glad to see the majority of comments are favourable to Gelsey, she is not only a magnificent dancer, but a true testament to the resilience of women and the struggles they face
She was a drug addict and an eating disorder. Hardly his fault. My cousin danced with them at the same time. He was a lovely man. The company was growing and great. Can't blame everyone for your problems. Good grief 🙄
@@garnwalkerstables you are right, i believe you and don't believe what Baryshnikov is accused of. But I feel sorry for her such painful disorders. I liked her a lot as a person and great dancer.
I keep thinking of Balanchine prodding her in the sternum and telling Gelsey he wanted to see her ribs. And she was such a tiny, petite young girl to begin with! Gelsey to me is a survivor. And the greatest ballerina of her generation.
@@garnwalkerstables Relationships are rarely one-sided affairs. Gelsey battled many demons, including destructive relationships with men. In her autobiography, Dancing on my Grave, she mentions many names, but always saves the harshest criticism for herself. She knows she is responsible for her choices and her life. But you’re naive to believe that great men with large egos wouldn’t use, abuse and discard a vulnerable young woman, if they were so inclined.
@@ian1856 Wow! What an experience that must have been for you! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼
Восхитительно!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
His dancing is so powerful oh my god
he is a god :)
Baryshnikov is unreal!
Exquisite!
It's true, they really had something. One of the more legendary ballet partnerships. Gelsey reportedly left the New York City Ballet for the opportunity to dance with him. She left for actually a number of reasons. She didn't just want him as a dance partner. She wanted his love. One wishes things had worked out between them. But the girl was just too messed up. No, really. Read her books. Still, they really had something onstage. And thanks to RUclips and every other aspect of the internet, people all over the world of any generation can see that.
John Hall, we thank you... and no doubt "Misha" and "Gels" would, too...
hi! yes, she was a complex person - and one capable of looking at herself clearly - as in the interview i referred to in another comment. yes love can make you make decisions that you would not otherwise have made. i hope she is more at peace now, teaching as she does
"Где нет сердца, нет искусства," - Анна Павлова
Ага, технично, но не про любовь.
Павлова это прекрасно выражает!
Ужасное зрелище,после Плисецкой и других наших смешно и жалко смотрятся потуги Гелси...Барышников не постеснялся с ней выступать ....
@@olgaboikova7975 , Екатерина Максимова. У Барышникова не было выбора наверное. Пусть меня простят, но он тоже не мой герой. Ростом не вышел, да и вообще.
@@olgaboikova7975 просто ужас...
Breathtaking!!!!!💎❤️🙏
absolutely!
Stunning.
Sublime!
THANK YOU
Я тоже аплодирую стоя! Восторг!!!!
Они оба великолепны!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, John Raymond Hall.
pleasure Ann
She was great, but it’s hard to watch.
i know what you mean
What’s wrong with you
@@carrolcordiner2658 She was suffering from Anorexia.
That explain it. I hadn’t heard of her and as soon as I looked at her I decided not to watch, because she is so thin it’s unpleasant to look at her.
So so thin!
Am I dreaming incredible technique and magic that’s what ballet is to me. It’s going on a journey with the performers. Being part of the story.
Thank you very much for this video!
Боже мой, какая же Gelsey "тоненькая", не удивительно, что Михаил ее одной рукой держал. И как же она красиво танцует! 🤩 Я бы с таким истощением от недоедания не нашла бы вообще сил, чтобы с постели встать 😯 Такое удовольствие получила от просмотра видео, что на занавесе словила себя на мысли, что не хочу, чтобы их выступление заканчивалось... 😍 🥰 🤗
вы - русская? Вам знакомы такие имена, как Максимова, Тимофеева, Плисецкая? Посмотрите, как танцуют они! После них это уе...ще Гелси - или как там ее? - смотреть не захочется ни разу!
@@user-xe9wl2xd3d гремя костями из шкафа вышел скелет...
@@foxfoxer7688 это вы о чем?
@@user-xe9wl2xd3d о ее худобе, что аж кости наружу.
Смотрю, и прям вижу кости.
А скелет в шкафу - ржачный образ из анекдотов ))
@@foxfoxer7688 вот-вот
this. 3:49
takes tremendous strength to appear as light as a feather.
Amazing
Her turns are the purist I have EVER EVER Seen😳🥰
6:17-7:12 the incomparable Misha!
yes, amazing Misha!!!
Simply memorable and iconic. Gelsey was so light and lively it's a pleasure to watch
@Candy Jones I agree, she looks like she needs to eat and then sleep the coke off.
ESPECTACULAR!!!!
COMO PARA NO APLAUDIR DE PIÉ.
Videos are great
Михаил Барышников❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏
REALMENTE MARAVILLOSOS !!!!!!!!!!!
DOS ASTROSSSSSS
DOS MONSTRUOSSSSS
DE LA DANZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOCADOS POR LA MANO
DE DIOS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even I’ll her skill is unmatched ❤and that partnership😮🎉🎉🎉
exactly :)
Linda 👏👏👏👏👏
virtuoso pair