I see the combinations that make up the variation scheme....... I don't see Raymonda! this ballet can be danced the way I like.. only ballerinas after Vaganova Academy!!!❤
Guillem herself said that working with the Royal Ballet dancers was the most boring and imbecile thing in the entire world bcause those people only spoke about the weather and money.
I saw this entire ballet when living in London for a Ph. D. The main roles were interpreted by Natalia Makarova and Anthony Dowell. Guillem is certainly a great dancer but she ressembles more an Olympian athlete tjan a ballet artist. However Makarova incarnating the central personage of Natalia Petrovna was insuperable, despite the idiocy of British ballet critics stating that she was nor an Ashton ballerina, meaning perhaps that being an Ashton ballerina was something like being a goddess. In reality, English people and culture are and always were a whole stupidity.
I saw it many years ago, when living in London for a Ph. D. in Literature. The main dancers were Natalia Makarova and Anthony Dowell and I remember this as a most precious and wonderful experiences in my whole life. Guillem is of course and excellent ballerina, but she resembles more an Olympic athlete than a dancer, unlike the genius and incredible beauty in everything she did, I refer, obviously to Natalia Makarova.
an Olympic athlete? really? I saw Makarova too... a fantastic interpretation but I can't understand why denigrate the art of an incommensurable artist like Guillem: any step, any single movement she does has a meaning, an aim... I am so bored by these useless comments.
what a wonderful production¡¡¡ the coreography is magnificent¡¡¡ This is a great performance, and the music wonderful, the dancers superbs¡¡¡ Sensational show¡¡¡
Non avevo mai visto questo balletto davvero straordinario! Coreografia stupenda, romantica ed elegante, interpreti superlativi!! Anche la seconda coreografia ispirata a Picasso..stupenda!
Very often I come in those videos to see mostly Sylvie Guillem, but I have to say that in this ballet, the part of the (male) dancer is overwhelming. Massimo Muru is such a great dancer but holding Sylvie Guillem on his shoulders with strength and grace could have been very intimidating. So respect to Massimo Muru ! and to Sylvie Guillem also .... (my English is not perfect, sorry)
Sylvie is a dynamic ballerina with a wide range of motion, but in this Raymonda variation, she beautifully controls the "stillness" with her strong core control, making this solo dignified and impressive.
Il balletto completo dura 17 minuti ed è composto da due parti musicali di Mozart: la prima è l'adagio del concerto K488 in cui c'è un' intro dei maschi e poi tre passi a due. La seconda è l'andante dal concerto K467 che è esattamente quella nel video qui postato con l'introduzione delle femmine e altri tre passi a due.
Sicuramente brava la guillem. Ma il bolero e marchiato a fuoco dalla Savignano. Avro' visto una ventina di interpreti tra uomini e donne del bolero. Dopo di lei chiunque appare inadeguato, non ultimo il nostro straordinario Bolle.
