Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev - The Balcony Scene PDD from 'Romeo and Juliet’
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2016
- This is footage of studio performance by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev of the famous balcony scene pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan’s 'Romeo and Juliet’.
The choreographer is at his very best in the pas de deux and the two major sequences in this ballet (in the balcony and bedroom scenes) are among his finest achievements.
The entire ballet was filmed in 1966 on the stage at Covent Garden but I do not know when this back and white studio performance was shot.
Enjoy! 
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Technique is indispensable in Dance, but without expressivity, Art is incomplete. Rudolf Nureyev had that in Him, took the time to live His characters. Emotion is shared, thanks to what comes out of oneself. He had a unique grace, from head to toe. The slower the gestures, the harder the Dance is. He was mastering all His movements. Everything is supple, untied. He was often saying to his pupils: «... Be graceful, right down to your fingertips.» He didn't care if a Dancer could raise his leg above his head. If there was no emotion, the performance was worthless to him. Dame Margot Fonteyn had the same point of view, which is why Their duets were extraordinary.
To take the time to do every gesture, with accuracy, feeling the music, was Their way of being. Thank you, Master. These memories are priceless.
Just as I remember it!. At 50 something she was dancing as a 16 year old and he so passionate. Live they were indescribable because we were all left breathless. No one compares.
So very true. We couldn't believe what we saw. And we see it time and again every time we see this!!!♥️🥂
Margot brings an emotional vulnerability to the role I've never seen matched. And the two of them... magic.
@@kabardinka1 ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!
She was 45 years old in 1966…. Normal retirement age for Ballet people….
@@rachelaspogard6587 But not for people like them.
Look at his face; more than dancing going on here. She was everything to him.
He was a stunner, for sure..That phenomenal haughty face :)
He said, years later, "She is all that I have, only her."
Adore this scene so much. They remain as my most favourite dancing tandem---my ''ballet OTP''. They looked great together and had mesmerising chemistry. She was so expressive and versatile, whereas he was so graceful and athletic---their skills complemented each other. And above all, they shared a genuine and deep friendship with each other.
Боже,как красиво..Спасибо🙏🙂Я люблю балет,эту грацию.
Я люблю Нуреева и Фонтейн.
I was at University in Manchester my final year and ready to go home to Surrey. My parents came to visit. Father stayed in the flat watching tv but my mother and I went to the Odeon cinema to watch the Czinner film which had just arrived. The place was packed!!! for a ballet! At the end the audience stood and applauded. A never to be forgotten experience.
yes, that's rare! i only remember it for the Nureyev film 'Don Q with the Australian Ballet when it showed in London
Romeo and Juliet forever, those two beautiful dancers. I never thought they were lovers in real life when I was young, but now I truly do, watching then now.
@@sharonweaver4313 And it's wrong. They were never lovers but they were friends and they remained friends until death... or even after death because Rudolf died only two years after Dame Margot.
Every time I view this, I am struck anew at how lovingly they touch each other, how beautifully they support each other. This is an edited version of the pas de deux in the 1966 movie, in a different place, but it is still a thing of majesty, love, and beauty. Nureyev and Fonteyn can never be repeated.
yes, the chemistry was incredible - the more so live in the theatre it seemed
@@JohnRaymondHall ''Stage presence''...It is something that so few have... It seems to be an 'essence'........a Spirit, a joy de vivre that infects others.. Quite magnificent to witness.It makes the very air around them crackle.
@@Oakleaf700 yes, it's that indefinable something that makes you not want to look away from someone
Wow! Rudolf and Margot are the greatest classic couple of all time!, absolutely fascinating!, incredible!, such a great chemistry between them, many thanks John for sharing this jewel!
pleasure Nancy - yes, they fit together so beautifully - the 'Perfect Partnership' as they were often called
@@JohnRaymondHall they´re two angels dancing together!, I always cry at the end of "Romeo & Juliet", they make such a wonderful performance, lovely couple, incomparable!
@@JohnRaymondHall could you please upload the complete "Romeo & Juliet" with Rudolf and Margot?, because I couldn´t find the complete version here, is it possible?
BEAUTIFUL!
i saw them many times in R and J and was always moved by the bedroom and the balcony scenes :)
This was shown on BBC on the Eric Robinson Show I remember it even today. He used to have stars of the ballet regularly. I remember seeing Tamara Toumanova, Alicia Markova, Nadia Nerina, Svetlana Beriosova et al!
Made me cry
Boy when Rudi's good he's GOOD!!!
He's absolutely magic. The best Romeo.
Fantastisch 😍
Maravilha.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Rudolf e Fonteyn 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Oh, my God! That was absolutely incredible! I'm crying! I could critique the technique compared to today's standards, and perhaps some moments the limited space modified the choreo, however, I have never seen more perfect chemistry between partners in any pod. The acting here sublime, the camera editing sensational! No wonder to me now why audiences were nearly at riot. Thank you, John!
Shelley Noble
Technique is indispensable in Dance, but without expressivity, Art is incomplete. Rudolf Nureyev had that in Him, took the time to live His characters. Emotion is shared, thanks to what comes out of oneself. He had a unique grace, from head to toe. You have to know that this solo was created by Him. He had to fight to impose it. His gestures are slow, which makes the Dance very difficult, everything is supple, untied. The Prince is sad at this moment of the Ballet. He communicates this sadness. He often said to his pupils: «... Be graceful, right down to your fingertips.» He didn't care if a Dancer could raise his leg above his head. If there was no emotion, the performance was worthless to him. Dame Margot Fonteyn had the same point of view, which is why their duets were extraordinary.
To take the time to do every gesture, with accuracy, feeling the music, was their way of being. Thank you, Master. These memories are priceless.
@@Petitsaule exquisite in it's purest form of ballet.....they both knew how to tell a story without words.....they were blessed with the gift of expression , emotion, and timing.....but they adored each other.....that's what made it so convincing....they OWNED.it
....even Shakespeare himself would of been.pleased,. I think
@@Petitsaule Are you comparing Rudolf with a god ? Well, maybe you're right : his dance wasn't perfect but it was true and passionate.
La escena del balcón más lograda, Margot y Rudolf, destilan pasión y amor....maravillosos
its actually the balcony pas de deux not bedroom. And its a miracle :)
Уходят гении 20 века..
💖💖💖Настоящие Ромео и Джульетта на века!Так правдиво
на самом деле!
@@JohnRaymondHall 🌹
@@sana11sana19 🥀
I just love this pas '
De deux with the great Fonteyn & Nureyev thank you.
pleasure Sharon :) it's wonderful, isn't it
Thank you for sharing the video it is so beautiful I love it .
@@sharonsmithers4464 pleasure - i saw them perform this on stage and it brings back such powerful memories
Pure Love. Balcony Scene.
absolutely! :)
@@JohnRaymondHall Every time I visit mum, I walk past Nureyev's old house {just around the corner} and it seems so quiet there... lived in by a family, according to a slate at the gate.
The old house could tell a few stories.
The new owners have had a large wall built, in Nureyev's era, it was a just a wooden fence around the garden, rather more ramshackle than now.
...I wish Nureyev had taken his illness seriously, he may have been alive today....an older and still beautiful man.
@@Oakleaf700 does the large wall look better than the wooden fence? i didn't know Nureyev didn't take his final illness seriously - so sad as he could have been with us still, as you say.
@@JohnRaymondHall It is surprising how treatments have moved on for so many conditions...
The wall is well done, and does look 'smarter' and a lot more private..{where it backs on to the Common..The bit along the road is a new wooden fence which has a slate sign saying ''such and such'' family....
But to me, that house had only ONE resident... yet no plaque is up.
Perhaps as Nureyev owned many houses..but this one was at the beginning of his life in England.
My younger brother was trying to understand why so many were smitten... Brother never saw Nureyev dance, and I said ''It was no one thing.... It was Stage Presence, verve, exuberance, pride, charm, the sculptural face, the phenomenal body..
Yes, there are people who have these things, yet don't have one tenth of Nureyev's 'oomph'... it was a spark he had.
@@Oakleaf700 very interested to hear this personal account - i first saw him onstage and then met him through a person who worked in CG, as i may have mentioned, and his personality in person was so direct and charasmatic
THAT KISS. Yeah, legends, no doubt. Period.
yes, all we need to think is 'legends' - miss seeing them on stage still
Breathtaking, heart-stopping kiss. Love the gaze between them, the little lift, and then that kiss. On film forever, I hope.
@@JohnRaymondHall I do too. I miss them and I miss not getting her letters. She was not easy to get along with but our souls touched ....
The video quality is much better than the live version BUT I feel that the color live version is more electric. Nureyev thrived on an audience. Still, this is wonderful. This is the balcony scene
i agree, this studio version is slightly 'dead', especially as far as Nureyev is concerned. i was thinking of the bedroom scene when i put this video together - corrected the title here but couldn't change the titles with the video without re-uploading and losing everyone's comments.
!Como no verlos de nuevo!
I adored Zefferelli's 1968 movie with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting as R & J, but somehow this ballet version with Margot and Rudi and MUSIC emotes a far greater element of visionary intensity.......just wish they held that "kiss" a little longer at the end.....but otherwise......just gorgeous .....my all-time favorite between these two in their 17 years together....the massive "power" in his legs.....wished he prefered women, tho....heehee
i loved Zefferelli's 1968 movie with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting too - and even have a copy of it. music for me and movement are more immediately powerful tpp
Уходят гениальные люди...
This is the balcony scene.
thanks - don't know what i was thinking - i was looking at real film of the bedroom scene earlier and i guess this just drifted into this upload. thanks for the correction - appreciated.
Bardzo dziękuję 😊 pozdrawiam serdecznie
miło mi - pozdrawiam z powrotem :)
You are always so good with your film clips, but I'm sure this is the Balcony Scene. While this PDD is uplifting to watch (found love), the Bedroom PDD has a totally different, and even more intimate character (consummated love).
you are absolutely right - was watching film of the bedroom scene earlier and just typed the wrong thing - thanks for pointing the mistake - out much appreciated.
First time finding this version. Close-up of kiss is absolutely beautiful. You can see what heartfelt love there was between these two people, as themselves as well as in performance. Thanks for posting.
Oakleaf700
Rudolph was your neighbour? And, uh... Do you know EVERYTHING about His personal life ??? I don't think so... I don't have to tell you my own life, but yes, I knew him, and I was seven years old when we first met. The rest is up to me. He was a flamboyant, passionate man, who had heart, courage, and extraordinary talent.
When He left, a lady dancer, one of those who had danced with Him until His last ballet, put some people in their place. She said, "Some of you should leave this cemetery. I'm talking about those people who have just praised the great Dancer that Rudolf was, the same people who had dreamed of seeing him leave the Opera for months." And I was there. She and I are two sisters.
Believe what you like. We'll talk about it later... When we join Him.
no, he was not my neighbour - i only know what i've read about him:)
Il tempo ha scancellato le loro vite ma non le loro immagini eternamente presenti
così fortunati che sopravvivono nel cinema
MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet is my favorite ballet ever! I love this pas de deux and I think in Rudolph like a perfect Romeo ( cute but sensual).I love how Margot shows innocence and sweetness but i just can't feel her passion,the frenzy with which she surrenders to her Romeo. For me, one of the most significant things about this ballet is the constantly sample of the tragedy about the frantic love of these two. So, for me, Margot is not totally compatible with Macmillan's style. I always going to love Dame Margot But I really wish Rudolf would have done this pas de deux with Lynn Seymour; my favorite ever!
it's the very first ballet i saw Margot and Rudi in - followed a couple of nights later by 'The Sleeping Beauty'. Rudi somewhat brought Margot's ability to be passionate to the fore in a way that it had not been before. he gave her a new lease of life towards the seeming end of her dancer career. but i agree, she is still a bit polite in her emotional expression. i later saw Seymour in it and could see why Kenneth choose to mount the ballet on her and Gable
John Hall You were so lucky! I really would have loved see to Miss Lynn with Gable in this ballet. But well, Thank you for this marvelous video. I really love your channel!
Thank You, Thank you , Thank you! :D
thanks for your generous words - appreciated! i only saw Lynn in this ballet - her Romeo was Nureyev :)))
I would see the same scene performed by Christopher Gable and Lynn Seymour, is it possible? Please, forgive my bad english, thanks.
Ballet lost her charm without Margot
Isn't this the balcony scene? Kind of missing the intro. Wonder if this studio perf is post Czinner film version. Margot's dancing seems more fluid here...
thanks for that - as i just said to someone i don't know what i was
thinking - i was looking at real film of the bedroom scene earlier and i
guess this just drifted into this upload. thanks for the correction -
appreciated.
As if this PDD wasn't intimate enough. Their chemistry was so unique, intimate, physical, erotic. Excuse me for being vulgar but i feel like they could've made love right there. Someone make a movie about Margolph please!
Alexandra .Martins
There's no need for prudery here. Margot Fonteyn and Roudolf Nureyev were one.
You dirty their work and their Memory.
The evenings of this show ended with applause and standing-up, as the audience was so moved. I'm not kidding.
One more comment like that, our lawyers, my family and I will take the matter to court with damages.
Mariska Khametovich Nureyev
Alexandra .Martins, You are vulgar. This is a moment of pure beauty. Pure Love.
You'd better be shocked by some movies that kids are watching today.
This Ballet is a Treasure. A Masterpiece.
Another comment like this,my family and I Will complaint.
Mariska Khametovich Noureïev
@@Petitsaule Nureyev held wild parties...he loved life, he was not a prudish person, but a man of passion! ..I understand what Alexandra is saying.. anyone with eyes to see can feel the vibes between these two...consummated or not, it doesn't matter.
Oakleaf700 please beware of what you are saying. I knew Mister Nureyev better than you did. I'm going to report your comment.
Alexandra .Martins You don't know Who you are insulting. I'm going to report your comment and I am going to sue for defamation against two Artists that I personally knew through the Russian Consulate and in France.
Neither technically perfect, both supremely artistic. Together: breathtaking passion.
which makes one realise it is not about technique but what one can do with the technique one has. and Pavlova was not technically perfect either but she embodied the spirit of the character and drama of a ballet
They are both great dancers and Nureyev is to be credited for the changes he brought to ballet in the West, but this interpretation isn't working for me. Contrary to some of the comments here, I don't find much dramatic tension between the two leads. Fonteyn executes the choreography beautifully, as does Nureyev, but I'm not getting the connection between the two and frankly, on camera, Fonteyn seems too old in the part. If you wan to see a performance in which the dancers really connected, search for Corella and Ferri or Gomes and Vishneva. Those performances actually brings tears.
i agree - Nureyev has difficulty creating character - he is often too narcissistic himself - and Fonteyn would have/should have retired just before or just after Nureyev appeared on the scene. i saw them in the early 1970s and things were even less satisfactory.
@@JohnRaymondHall Oh. But then we'd have lost their beautiful accord, their chemistry together, and their terrific acting. They were stunning together.
How true "the perfect partnership" let the naysayers say we know the truth!
@@JohnRaymondHall Just can't believe what you are saying. First 6-8 years of their partnership were absolutely magical. Without Rudolph she would most probably leave. He never had that chemistry with other ballerinas thou they were probably technically better than Margot.
Great! They had wonderful chemistry in this but the Macmillan choreography really doesn't suit Margot very well. She's clearly Ashton's dancer. This is the Romeo and Juliet I grew up with but every time I see it I'm disappointed with Macmillan. Somehow he just doesn't strike me as a great choreographer.
yes, i agree about MacMillan's chore not fitting Margot as well as Ashton's did - this was a star ballet and went to Fonteyn and Nureyev over Lynn Seymour on whom it was created. i find MacMillan good in pas de deux but of a much lower standard elsewhere - he was criticized a lot in these terms when i lived in London in the early to mid 1970s - but i see now he is being re-assessed and 'canonised' by the RB and the critics!
John Hall I don't mind the fact that the RB values his work, he has done many interesting pieces. What I don't get is the fact that the RB seems to value his work more than Ashtons. Maybe I'm not quite up to fate, but to me it seems that they push MacMillans choreography and let a lot of beautiful Ashton pieces gather dust... Maybe it's also because there aren't many truly ashtonian dancers in the roster right now.
i agree, they should value his work - he developed ballet away from the sometime chocolate works of Ashton - 'Anastasia' for example. yes Ashton's ballets are part of the great legacy of the RB - why they wouldn't keep them at the front of performance is one of life's great mysteries.
SU-BLIME... 😥
А я не увидела ни интимности,ни эротики,ничего из того,что заметил тут предыдущий комментатор.А увидела прекрасную,но отяжелевшую балерину в возрасте и да,очень горячего Нуриева.И пришло вдруг в голову,что Уланова просто непревзойденна!!А может быть постановка неудачная,кто знает...
Нда-а-а, какая пропасть между Фонтейн и Улановой. А ведь, примерно, в одном возрасте вошли в образ 14летней девочки. Уланова сотворила чудо, Марго не справилась с ролью. Ни энергии,ни свежести чувств..
Hi! I'd like to use this footage for a documentary. I need to know the source of this material to license it. Can you please contact me? Thank you!
hi - i am not sure where i came across this footage initially - soory not to be able to help on this :(