Anthony Dowell and Darcey Bussell discuss Swan Lake (The Royal Ballet)

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Former Director of The Royal Ballet Anthony Dowell and Former Principal dancer Darcey Bussell discuss Dowell's production of Swan Lake.
Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/swanlake
Swan Lake was Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky's first score for ballet. Its 1877 premiere was poorly received, but it has since become one of the most loved of all ballets. The twinned role of the radiant White Swan and the scheming, duplicitous Black Swan tests the full range of a ballerina's powers, particularly in the two great pas de deux of Acts II and III. Other highlights include the charming Dance of the Little Swans performed by a moonlit lake and sweeping ballroom waltzes in the splendour of the royal palace.
Anthony Dowell's glorious interpretation uses classical choreography created by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa for the ballet's revised 1895 version. Dramatic costumes emphasize the contrast between human and spirit worlds, while glowing lanterns, shimmering fabrics and designs inspired by the work of Peter Carl Fabergé create a magical setting.

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@tmalloy9 5 лет назад

What an absolute treat! Sir Anthony Dowell was my favorite dancer of all time. He had such purity of style that the ladies all fought to dance with him. He made them look exquisite! It seems that he brought that eye to the whole Company during his tenure. How I wish I’d seen it live. I’ll be on the lookout for dvds. I hope some were released. Kudos to you, Sir!! For reference, I am Robin Lepard’s daughter. Thank you for the beauty.

@MissKilman 2 года назад

Darcey Bussell has such a pleasant speaking voice, always such a delight to listen to her conduct these interviews!

@rlatimer10 Год назад

What a treat to listen to these beautiful people discuss their art. Thank you for sharing.

@elletuppen4844 Год назад

Heavenly to listen to such expertise❤ thank you

@elletuppen4844 2 года назад

Two such deeply valued and beautiful artists of the world ballet never mind the English ballet. So much gratitude towards them for enhancing this art form to new and amazing heights🌹🤍🌹🤍🌹🤍🌹🤍

@Huaimek861 4 года назад

I have never been a great ballet enthusiast . As a young actor , I was briefly in theatrical digs with a very young Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley . I found Anthony Dowell charming and amusing . Sadly I never followed his career , only now in later life have I looked him up on the Internet and found clips of his exquisite dancing , he was the character he portrayed , moved with a fluidity and ease that made his partners seem like thistledown . Not all his partners danced with the same ease or immersion in the role .I now wish that I had followed his career , undoubtedly one of the most beautiful dancers of the 20th century . I adore this clip talking to the very pretty and charming Darcy Bussell .

@karenkaren3189 7 лет назад

I so love these videos-to see great dancers of different generations share their love and their artistry of Ballet is so beautiful, and completely soothing and elevating in these rather awful times.

@marshallangelo4000 2 года назад

I know Im kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

@linhiril664 7 лет назад

He seems so at ease here. He is...or was when younger...very reserved, even on stage. We used to giggle about how he seemed loathe curtain calls and being pelted with flowers, but he was so deserving of praise so very often that audiences did it anyway. But oh! The annoyed faces he would make! It really was very endearing and, in a way, charmingly humble, as if he felt uncomfortable with any sort of attention. Nureyev adored curtain calls and turned them into delightful performances in themselves, but I always felt like Dowell, as utterly perfect as he was, couldn't wait for them to end. Lol. It was such a pleasure to see him here so comfortable with himself and her!

@MrQbenDanny 9 лет назад

BRAVO! Bravissimo! The English charms are irresistible! Sir Antony, Siegfried's solo in the first act was always the highlight of your Swan Lake. Beautifully brilliant with as you said, NATURAL elegance. Your ABT guest appearance is legendary and true for those of us lucky enough to see you.

@catherineblair5648 9 лет назад

Charming and lovely, Anthony was always a gentleman.

@pediatrapaola 9 лет назад

when l lived in london ,in my student time ,he and wayne sleep were my favourites in RB each in his way.

@judithbooth4855 9 лет назад

MrQbenDanny. I love Anthony Dowell, I have every scrap of video in which he appears, if there is such a thing Dowell is God. Having said that I HATE THIS SWAN LAKE. WHY did he, after dancing the great male roles, diminish the male dancer is this to holding up the ballerina and one solo done in black tights against a black background! He participated in male dancers coming into their own yet in this he takes them generations backwards!!!

@catherineblair5648 9 лет назад

judith booth It is indeed a confusing mess, and I don't like his Swan Lake either, sorry and saddened to say. The RB seem to be in trouble too, like ABT. They're a very deep secret society as well. Very frustrating.

@MrQbenDanny 9 лет назад

judith booth Agree. I am not a big fan of this production and I particularly dislike the remnants long skirts for the corps. Like Catherine Blair said, it's a mess. But, I understand why Dowell allowed himself to be lured from the tradition of the Royal. He wanted to be le enfant terrible, the anti establishment, and I'm sure Ashton denied him the neopolitan as a result of this and to boycott his Un English decision to embrace this Nightmare. I'm even speculating the decision to Rudy's influence on the Royal, to be daring and dangerous to the establishment and to take risks. Rudy im certain felt the directorship shoud have been offered to him, but the board I'm sure and wisely chose their prized citizen. The latest decision by ABT Mckenzie to restore the original Russian Sleeping Beauty and which I foresee as a mess, is a case in point. What he should do is produce the famous Royal production England sent in 1949? to America and made Margot a star. But egos are egos and after multiple disasters the last being the Gelsey mess staging, it was time to start from scratch and the beginning with the original notes from Petipa who is the patron saint of everything in classical ballet. Maybe this time Mckenzie is right. Hopefully! Overview, Dowell was great as director and passed on a tremendous amount of historic importance of academia and cultural style. I'm a fan forever of the Royal and of the great Sir Anthony Dowell.

@HandelLover1989 9 лет назад

Very interesting and valuable interview. I am really happy, to find such clip and have opportunity to listen great Sir Anthony sharing his vision and personal opinions... :)

@LucyForLashes 9 лет назад

This is just lovely

@logiclanguagelearningFrench 2 года назад

Love and love

@havenization 9 лет назад

I would die to see Cynthia Harvey dancing this production

@2snowgirl520 9 лет назад

So interesting. I have always thought Cynthia Harvey was under appreciated. Wish I could have seen her in the Royal Ballet production of Swan Lake.

@kasiamendyka1119 9 лет назад

Nice! ❤️

@olit.4735 Год назад

3.23 beautiful picture but he is not Zoltan Solymosi )

@mrlopez-pz7pu 3 месяца назад

Darcey needs brushing up on her ballet history - the 1877 premiere of Swan Lake had the Prima Ballerina Anna Sobeshchanskaya in the dual role of Odette/Odile . After Sobeshchanskaya, the second danseuse to take the lead in that first production was Pelagia Karpakova, who also performed both Odette/Odile herself. The notion that some of the ballerinas of long ago needed to split Odette/Odile between themselves and another performer is very much a wives-tale in the annals of ballet history. I don't know of a single performance in history where 2 ballerinas were required for Odette/Odile for anything other than perhaps injury!

@daffo595 9 лет назад

With tea and scones and pastry. How english!

@EmilyP64 9 лет назад

Daff OOn And they didn't eat or drink at all.

@tmalloy9 5 лет назад

Emily Dravnieks of course not. They’re dancers!! Old habits, at least. Probably just opening credits after all.

@blueraspberry9517 9 лет назад

Lovely - but I have to say that considering this is a Royal Opera House Video - it is rather sad that Roberto Bolle 3.20 is mis-credited as Zoltan Solymosi. Probably too late to correct but shouldn't have happened in the first place!

@POLMAZURKA 3 года назад

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@POLMAZURKA 3 года назад

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@kevindonohue2912 9 лет назад

It is one thing to try to introduce greater naturalism into the classics, but what is Dowell's constant preoccupation with this 'cringe factor'? I've heard him use this term in several interviews and frankly, I find it homophobic. It is not as if macho guys lack in venues where they can go without being made to 'cringe' - practically every bar and sports arena in the world - and these venues far outnumber venues for classical dance. I do not think it is the responsibility of art to make gender-role-conforming men feel comfortable - let them attend a football game. It is also disrespectful to the tremendous role gender-nonconforming men have made to ballet. Again, naturalism is fine, but frankly, the kind of men who 'cringe' at ballet are more than welcome to stay away.