This really is a performance to treasure! I love this choreography and Somova is wonderfully joyful, radiant and musical, delicate in her variation, and showing exquisite Vaganova trained arms and hands. Great partnering from Shklyarov too, who has both presence and nobility without ever overshadowing his ballerina. I loved it - thank you so much!
Браво Браво русский балет Из всех видов искусства Ты один находишься на вершине мастерства Как быстро ты развиваешься и сверкаешь всеми гранями мастерства Наши богини недосягаемы и прелестны а их партнёры красивейшие и талантливейшие юноши Мариинский и Михайловский вы неувядаемы и в расцвете
I think it was a tad bit faster than she would have liked. The conductor seems to do as he pleases at the Mariinski. Sometimes the variations are at a snails pace, and other times far too fast Luckily she did a very nice job, but you can see the strain in her face at times, that it was not at the tempo she rehearsed it in the studio, and I am sure she requested it to be slightly slower. Lovely job though, and I appreciate the fast tempo, it is the way it is meant to be.
She is my favorite ballerina, no other can fullfil the music as she does, many leave a gap and make ballet a pure technical performance which is very boring. Hate that.
Sempre entusiasta di ballare, mai scontata, il che è i tre quarti del lavoro. Peccato per il pessimo truccatore del Marinski, che riesce a imbruttire tuttele ballerine di spicco, da lei alla fantasmagorica Novikova.
