Giselle - Act II pas de deux (Natalia Osipova and Carlos Acosta, The Royal Ballet)
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2015
- Natalia Osipova as Giselle and Carlos Acosta as Albrecht in Act II of Peter Wright's production of Marius Petipa’s Giselle.
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Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet. It transformed the dance world when it was first performed in Paris in 1841 and remains at the centre of the classical repertory. Although the choreography and designs have undergone many changes over the years, the essence of Giselle remains the same. The Royal Ballet’s production uses Marius Petipa’s classic version (after the original choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli), first staged in St Petersburg in 1884.
The role of Giselle provides a dancer with many technical and dramatic challenges, from the character’s early love to her poignant descent into madness and final gesture of forgiveness from beyond the grave. The first act of the ballet is filled with historical detail and rustic colour. By contrast, the second act (known as the White Act) plunges the audience into an eerie moonlit forest haunted by the ethereal Wilis - vengeful spirits of young brides who died before their wedding day. With its combination of memorable story and exquisite choreography, Giselle is the perfect way to discover classical ballet. 
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Everyone is saying she looks sickly, but isn't the character well, *dead?* So the way her makeup is done really sells, it puts you in the mind set that she *IS* a ghost dancing among the world of the living, she is really beautiful and well fit for a ballerina. With all the hard work and exercise she must do of course she's gonna be a little thin(maybe more than a little but still that's a lot of demanding exercise) but I'm sure she's healthy otherwise she wouldn't be able to do so much physical activity without passing out. ☺️ I love this dance so much and she did it so beautifully
I don't think she's thin, she's very lean and muscular. Most ballerinas who are healthy are muscular and not stick thin. The leanness gives the illusion of being very thin
The ballet world is rife with bulimic and drug addicted ballerinas and male soloists. It's an unbelievably demanding profession. Balanchine pioneered the skeletal look for ballerinas. Check Margot Fonteyn's legs against any current day ballerina's legs. Most of these dancers, it is widely accepted, are perfectionists who drive themselves to extremes to achieve the beauty we see on stage. It's all very beautiful and sad at the same time
Wow, that's a big 'ol statement! I just watched a video of Fonteyn, and believe me, her legs were not fat, nor are Natalia's thin. The less excess weight a dancer carries, the less strain is put on their joints and the less risk there is of injury. Plus, the amount of training modern dancers go through would make anyone thin.
Exactly. She is supposed to be dead. The performance is beautiful. I attended this Ballet/Opera at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. a few years ago, and I tell you there was not a dry eye in the whole theatre at its completion.
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To those saying she looks unhealthy, I think the white powder they put all over her face and body makes her look skinnier and sickly. Her body is actually perfectly fine for a ballerina. I also love her expression and emotion she shows throughout this entire act and I think she did an amazing job as Giselle.
+lauraashleynl i think she is supposed to look dead because she died in Giselle
Sadly, she isn't even considered that skinny when you compare her to miss Zakharova and many other Russian ballerinas. But I definitely believe she has the most beautiful body, exquisite for ballet!
she's dead in the act, those People, they don't even Know what to say
i agree, she's supposed to look like a ghost
Sick people cannot dance like that.
I think the thing that catches my attention the most is her hands. It is very difficult to have delicate hands in ballet and its one of the hardest things I try to teach my students. This is a prime example. Her hands are gorgeous and they are constantly moving. They almost look like smoke. Beautiful.
I completely agree. Even Carlos' hands are so gentle and fragile against her. The way he softly places her on the ground gives the illusion that she's floating, ghostly but angelic.
They're both legendary 🙌🏽👌🏽
Everyone is talking about her hands, but am I the only one who noticed that her left hand and arm are twitching? Something is wrong with Osipova......a nerve problem of some kind. :(
@@mrlopez-pz7pu You must be joking. Not funny, though.
@@mrlopez-pz7pu I thought it was intentional. The character is supposed to be dead and filled with sadness, the twitching and shakiness adds that emotion IMO
@@mrlopez-pz7pu she always twitches while dancing i don’t think it’s unintentional
i mean, talk about captivating. i don't think i moved until this clip ended haha.
haha ??????
Kaylee that was exactly my reaction! I was riveted.
I hardly breathed. Just so extremely beautiful.
Ohmygosh! Same .. ahaha
As always, when I watch Osipova, I'm spellbound,almost bewitched, at not only her remarkable, technically perfect balletic ability, but the way she can convey her faultless acting skills, to each role. The "pain" of becoming a spirit, and to save Albrecht's life, she is able to express, in every tiny movement she makes, through her very careful thought process, to every inch of her divine body. To me, she is deeply intelligent, soulful, craftswoman, who brings a new era for us, and ballerinas. She has "IT". You are very lucky to have her, Royal Ballet! BRAVO. And please don't "forget" all the other, beautiful British ballerinas that you have in your company, too.
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I completely agree with you, 100%
Catherine Blair Agreed!
Catherine Blair After seeing her in New York in 2015, I most heartily confirm your assessment. Song of the Earth, I believe it was. Osipova attracts "the lightning"....
both brilliant dancers. Natalia is the reason why I am starting Ballet at 20. I love her in Coppelia but here she is a true artist, not just showing off tricks but opening up and being vulnerable. Carlos of course is a great dancer in his own right but here he is being a great partner which allows Natalia to shine. I have seen bad partnering and it's not pretty. They are so comfortable with each other so they can express themselves fully. This is why I love this pairing in this pdd so much
I also wanna start with ballet at 20 😃
Do it.dondont expect to dance professionally but im still crazy about it
I wonder what the choreography is for some of these dances. The names of movements and what not.
looking to start now that I will be turning 22 🤍
It's amazing how she moves like something that isn't human. She's so fluid and graceful with everything she does. Hands down the best Giselle of all time.
Carlos Acosta, just sheer beauty, he is really a joy to watch.
Agree! I know Osipova is the star of this piece, but personally, I couldn't take my eyes away from him. His facial expressions are everything. Such an artist ♡
Perfect viola solo!
He is amazing he lifts her as if she weighs nothing.
I sincerely believe that miss Osipova is one of the best things that has happened to ballet in the last years, and I think that if she keeps with the good work, she could be marked in ballet history! I just have never seen something like this perfomace of Giselle, this is the video that made me fall deeply in love with her, and I think I have watched it more than 100 times #lol. She is just so expressive, she really put her soul in the process of acting in this record, and she looks so dead that even her shoes are dead!! She also has an amazing technique, she makes complex things looks easy and I've seen videos where she does moves that I didn't even know that were possible to be done (I did ballet for more than 10 years), for real, I have said "WTF" at her videos more than once!! Royal Ballet did great to Natalia, I could see that she has been reinventing herself, and I'm looking foward to see her future performaces!! :)
I was lucky to see it live in Mihalovsky theater last winter. I believed in every breath of her!
can we just take a moment to appreciate the beautiful viola solo?
So beautiful!!!!!! 🤩
Is it you? 😊❤
@@albanberg2188 no
Five minutes of mentally repeating Don't get shaky bow, don't get shaky bow and sustain vibrato.....
I love Natalia Osipova because her acting is as good as her technique. As someone said below, it requires intelligence to be able to do both. Definitely one of the best Giselles I have ever seen! This whole act can't leave anyone coldhearted. This beautiful and sad ballet requires a real master to dance the leading role!
Giselle is the most romantic ballet since ever. It makes me cry deeply from my soul...
The moment she brings up her arms just before doing the first developpe takes my breath away, it looks like she is a ghost and she begins to fly, from there and on she's just perfect, the most absolute perfection I have seen, I can't even explain the feeling she brings to my heart.
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Natalia Osipova just takes your breath away as Giselle. She is so expressive. Carlos Acosta is such an attentive partner. It is magic to see them in this pas de deux.
I can really feel the sadness and heartbreak! Stunning...
Acosta is equally brilliant as well. what a wonderful pair for this incredibly emotional role!
Don't forget Acosta! He did a marvelous job!
Ballet isn't meant to be seen this up close. But they are still flawless even in HD. I don't dare to say that they are the best to have danced this pdd but their chemistry is so real. It doesn't feel like dancing. They are simply emoting. Time stops and there is only them in the whole world
Oh Natalia, this performance so haunting, so emotional, as near to perfect one can get.
Yes, I agree. Especially with 'haunting'!
The way she moves makes it look like she's super light and floating around
Truly beautiful
Watching this reminded me of why I love ballet so much x
Every single time I restart hating ballet I watch this, this is so beautiful it makes me cry
Natalia is sorrow itself here, and I am enthralled by the sorrow.
She is a Godess. Wow!!!! I¨ve seen this video like 2999 times and still can´t get enough.
I didn’t even realise I had been holding my breath till the audience started the applause… literally breathless I can’t believe this performance exists
I must say, I watch this😅 interpretation of Giselle with Osipova and Acosta every night and I will never get tired of watrching this version. Love, love, love the choreography and the subtleness of Osipova and the strength and presence of Acosta…. BRAVO!!!!
She is AMAZING. She looks like she is actually dead. Osipova is IMO the BEST ballerina nowadays. Not only she has an incredible, flawless technique, but also she is such a good actress and can play any character to perfection.
Natalia Osipova. Coppélia and Giselle. Excellent at both. Now, that's amazing.
Natalia Osipova's dancing is mesmerizing......she gives me chills. ❤
I got this on DVD last year from the RoH shop. Natalia Osipova's performance in all of this production is far and away the most moving and captivating I've seen by any dancer for a very long time, if ever, in my opinion. One would have to made of stone, I think, not to be moved by it.
This is beautiful! I saw her dance Juliet with the Kirov a few years ago and she was incredible. On a slight digression, part of why she looks so pale and ghostly is the body makeup - I think it's called wet white? - that dancers wear for Act 2 of Giselle and for when they're swans in Swan Lake. Also, yes, her shoes look really dead, but Darcey Bussell mentioned in her autobiography that she prefers softer shoes for Giselle since it didn't require the same support as dancing Swan Lake, for example, would, so I assume that Natalia holds a similar opinion and that's why she's performing in such well broken in shoes.
Interesting. I had never heard, thought or realized this matter of the pointe shoes. They fit as they fit the character, like the costume...humm... interesting point indeed. what is the title of that autobiography by Darcey you mentioned by the way?
Joana Amoroso Life in Dance :)
You are so right in saying that she has broken into her shoes more than perfectly, and that she looked like a kind of ghost on stage. Either that or they meant for her to look like that.
+Joana Amoroso The most celebrated ballerina of the 70s and early 80s, Natalia Makarova, was typical of ballerinas. She set aside two pairs of softer, quieter shoes for the white acts of Swan Lake, and a pair of harder shoes for the technically demanding choreography of Odile in the Act Three ballroom scene.
+Aves Raggiana And yet Osipova's shoes for that kind of role are so soft that they do look almost dead sometimes. She can still use them though because she has very strong feet that allow her to do almost anything. Very few ballerinas would attempt, say, Ashton's Rhapsody with Osipova's shoes because, while that ballet incorporates lots of demi-pointe steps for the ballerina, she also has to "rattle off" (as one writer put it ) on pointe a lot.
Osipova's most renowned for her elevation, but you only have to see her rehearse Ashton's Romeo and Juliet to see how sharp and fast her pointework can get. As I wrote to Jenny, she makes me wish I could see her in some of Balanchine's most hardcore choreography for the ballerina that only some American dancers are willing to attack at full throttle.
Pure poetry, pure beauty, the essence of Giselle...she’s one of the best
Natalia Osipova is a very rare example of those who started as gymnasts (like Sylvie Guillem), but managed to develop artistic skills when most of ballerinas nowadays are busy with their technique and do not have time to act. Carlos Acosta is a brilliant dancer, but he is better in other ballets. Osipova is probably one of the best interpreters of Giselle among still dancing ballerinas.
Her poor feet. Those pointe shoes look so dead.
I was just going to say that :( She must've been struggling with those shoes.
She's always dancing with her shoes looking like that. Idk why😬 it hurts only by looking at it... ps: excuse my english
I know it was one of the first things I knowtiest
the point were perfect
Shes always on dead pointe. Dancers have preferences
like like like. i looove this pas de deux. There were times in this performance, particularly in this act in which, besides natalia's amazing feats of strength, there wasn't a very good balance between the effort put into it and the appearance of ease. But in this pas de deux, i have to say, everything was perfect. FRom Carlos Acosta's expression and his handling of Natalia, making her seem weightless as a feather, to Natalia's just perfect expression and technique and ease and feeling. This Giselle is very expressive, but i like it. It's not overdone at all, it's simply beautiful and sad and moving. And the movements of her arms and, again, her expression and position of her head is just priceless.The perfect pauses she makes between movements, never really stopping, The two of them are one and one with the music and one with the characters. This was just extraordinary and everytime something extraordinary like this happens, even if it's not a big deal, something else is added to ballet.
Watching this without the music takes away so much of the beauty. It really shows the brilliance of the composer
She is my favourite dancer...excellent technique and expressivity...I simply adore her!
She is just perfection and every move seems to come from her soul. Thank you Ms. Osipova for the beauty you add to this world.
I honestly almost cried from how unbelievably beautiful this was. Her arms, I don’t know where to begin.... not to mention her dancing. This was beyond breathtaking and I’m sorry I haven’t seen it sooner. So very moved.
I'm sobbing 😭 she is so perfect and puts all the emotions into just a certain turn of the shoulder and way she holds her hands.
That is artistry at the highest level. She IS Giselle. I saw her perform this year at ABT... it was breathtaking.
Shes 43 and so good like..........She is wonderful. i am a ballerina and never seen any ballerina better than her.
wow... one ballerina said the reason why she fell in love with ballet was that it was something so 'pure' I think I see what she mean by that in this performance.. so wonderful, thanks for sharing.
I cried. This is absolutely beautiful and touches your heart very deeply... Natalia is such a gorgeous and graceful dancer, with the company of Carlos they make a wonderful interpretation and they give to the performance the feeling and the emotion it deserves and has to have... magnificent job
look at her pointe shoes, falling apart. they're probably really dead.. which means it hurts a lot more.. and everything was so slow, must of been so painful.. beautiful though.
Chloe Lewis she always dances with her shoes like that and without ribbons! I don’t know why.
I've noticed that too--her shoes are always wrinkly around the box. I love her strong expressive feet!
She must have a really strong feet to be able to dance in that shoes and actually prefer it.
She always looks like her shoes are too narrow. She must like dead shoes. I wish someone would do an article on her shoe preferences, and how she prepares them. Her feet have to look knarly.
@@helenwang9739 Very interesting, never thought of that.
This remains my very favorite video of all on RUclips
Same with me. And also the video with her fantastic jumps
Her balance is unbelievable.
Osipova and Acosta, the most heartbreaking Giselle and Albrecht to ever grace a stage.
She's so beautiful. The way she moves is like a unseen ghost. ❤️
Speechless. That's the most beautiful piece of ballet I have ever watched.
the enchantress of the ballerinas, her moves are lyrics & melodies.
She is exquisite in every way, as dancer and actress. Her hands are particularly expressive, down to her fingers. Her feet! The fact that she can dance like this in shoes that are almost dead is beyond me.
I think this is where humanity ACTUALLY peaked. Most of those movements are so unnatural for the human body, yet it looks so effortless and beautiful, she actually makes it seem like she’s floating. Ballet has bewitched me when I was a small girl, and it still is bewitching me now. This was just beautiful.
I was completely mesmerized, captivated, perfectly still for all of this video. What perfection!
I have seen a good many "Giselle's" in my lifetime. Up to seeing this (Full DVD), Galina Metszenseva, was top of my list.Now I have to conceed that Osipova tops them all.
She has incredible control, just lovely.
Osipova is ethereal and truly breathtaking. Wow.
This pas de deux is my favorite part about Giselle, so captivating❤️
Really beautiful, the interpretations are exquisite.
Osipova es la mejor, sin descartar al resto de principales ❤️ pero definitivamente Ella tiene la magia ✨ una bailarina debe ser actriz para transmitir de forma completa la emoción al público, he visto a otras bailarinas, pero Natalia entra en su papel de forma más que real BRAVO una fan desde Venezuela- Colombia ❤
She will always be the most perfect ballerina for this role ❤.
Her muscles are just 😮😮😮😍😍😍
Лучшая Жизель - Наталья Осипова! Могу смотреть ее танец бесконечно... Талантливо!
Wow. I’m just spellbound watching Natalia .... all the other dances be like “ Dam I can’t do that “ perfection . There isn’t a big enough stage for Natalia to dance on she is a force of nature . 🩰
The most beautiful Giselle I have ever seen - and I have seen many. She is a very important Artist.
My favourite ballet repertoire beautifully danced by two brilliant technicians. A great interpretation of Petipa's work.
This is so mesmerizing and magical. I've seen many great ballerinas dancing Giselle, but Osipova is something else. Pure artistry and an incredible musicality... just one of a kind.
Fantastic!. Such thoughtful artistry and care. Such Generosity. Thank you, Natalia and Carlos.
Natalia is such a wonderful ballerina! Ah to see my two favourite dancers perform together is such a joy!
That was magical. So touching. Natalia Osipova is brilliant in het role. And the orchestra is doing a tremendous job too, playing so tenderly.
Breath taking, I have no words for this exquisite performance.
If I could like this a million times over I would! She gives meaning to every movement and is such an amazing inspiration to me as a dancer.
That is my favorite balletrina. It's her. She is perfect for every role!
Exquisite! I am getting chills. Breathtaking dancing by these two artists.
Балет 10 уровня!!! Браво!!! 👏👏👏 Не замечала за собой любви к балету. Но, в последнее время, из-за того что один раз просмотрев видео с Цискаридзе, стала просматривать множество других мастеров. И прям "подсела" на балет! И музыка и движения, всё завораживает!
This is my favourite interpretation ever, it gets me every time. I love Natalia Osipova sm
Wow the strength the power the grace the art the essence the message the reality of it all❤️🔥
She is such an incredible artist and dancer. One of the greatest.
The dancers are amazing, but in this piece of art there are tree main artists, lets talk about the amazing viola soloist, very lyric and inspired.
Stunning performance from both dancers...
This is so heart wrenching and sad yet at the same time beautiful.
Gorgeous.. beautiful..
OMG! So fabulous the pair of them❤️
Thanks for posting. I am crying, that was the most beautiful rendition I have ever seen. She truly looked like a ghost. Carlos is my favorite male dancer. Very moving.
Heavenly. Thank you.
Every single time I restart hating ballet I watch this, this is so beautiful it makes me cry
Наталия - Жизель - прекрасна!!!
Многие балерины обладают доскональной техникой балета, но так играть Жизель , может только Осипова!
Literally, this is breathtaking. So well done! Also If you watch a lot of the practices she doesn't look sickly. I think its a combination of the lighting and the pale make up. Either way, still beautiful
удивительно
Victoria Was that supposed to be English?
Odonnyam Shirendev I’m extremely confused. You literally just went on angry tirade for no reason.😂
Completely amazing... I'm serious, I have no words to describe how beautiful and touching it is. Truly art
Es impresionante la perfección de Natalia, la delicadeza y fuerza extraordinarias. Si enseñaran a los jóvenes a apreciar estas expresiones de arte, seguramente no habrían tanto extravío, ignorancia, y locura.
Spellbinding! They are absolutely mesmerizing, lovely!
This piece made me cry I fully comprehend, Giselle is a spirit now a ghost she has died and she is visiting the love of her life who betrayed her
I love this choreography because it’s so peaceful and quite🩰🤍
I eanted to hold my bresth until it was over. It was unbearably beautiful so slow it was exquisite. She is such an amazing dramatic actress - the “Mad” scene is extraordinary such pathos.
woah, you could even see the blood vessels on her arms pop out. that makeup is well done!
Possibly one of the most beautiful things I'll ever see.
Stunning, a beautiful partnership. These two dance and communicate so well together, 😊
Osipova's legato is simply divine,