Judith Mackrell meets the real-life fiancC)es as they rehearse Sir Frederick Ashton's rarely staged and much revered production of Romeo and Juliet at London's Coliseum
I saw the show twice, on the 11th and 12th of July, and it was absoluetly amazing. These two are by fa the most credible Romeo and Juliet I have ever seen. Osipova's interpretation of Juliet is modern, less suave but more drama-infused. He emphasis is on communicating Juliet's passion, fear, desperation and hope, and she does in in a way that brought me to tears. And Vasiliev's Romeo is a vision of lyricism, so young, fresh and exuberant, yet so pure! There is so much sincerity in their dancing!
The British-English pronunciation. I'm not sure why, because Spain is relatively close to England. However, British don't pronounce Latin, or French (some words) correctly, either.
@MamzeilleLili I'm agree with you, people thinks that a good ballerina is just a pair of long and flexible legs, and high arched feet, a real ballerina has inner power, passion and soul, and osipova has all of this!
OK. Natalia Osipova is amazing... the day that anyone saying they dont like her can actually DO WHAT SHE DOES, is the day that they can critique. Osipova brings so much energy and passion and drive with her to the stage. Someone like Somova is nice too but in a completely different way. Dancing isnt all about having a beautiful body or all of this 'bravura'. ITs a form of expressing yourself and I believe that both Somova AND NAtalia do this in different ways.
Anche attorialita ' in questo balletto che contempla una velocizzazione d' acchito dei passi sulle punte attuati anche in moto circolare ed una impressione di levità fluente fatta tensione elanista e facilità esecutiva sorprendente.E' solo da immaginare il grande lavoro che sottende a questa impressione di naturalezza esecutiva. MOLTO BRAVI.BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO .
@lanfranco63Yes, that's it! I totally agree with your comment. RU-vid has millions of videos posted each day and people who don't like the couple should look for pages according to their interests. BOTH ARE GREAT DANCERS, still very young, a happy and beautiful couple, undeniably well known worldwide, rewarded with numerous prestigious international awards and I think... making lots of money. Unfortunately their success makes some people envious... C'est la vie!
I would love to see them do R&J. They are both fantastic ballet dancers. Their performances in Corsaire at the Met this season were the most exciting I've seen in a long time. Thanks for posting.
@@sergiugirati486 I thought she didn't look very happy when their relationship was mentioned, and I didn't even know they'd been in a relationship, let alone been married. I think it would be very difficult to be in the same ballet company and paired as a dancing couple, as well as being married. You'd be flung together almost 24 hours a day with no time off, no breathing space from each other...not healthy.
oh and Alina Cojocaru has without question the closest thing to a perfect body type for a ballerina and her feet are crazy good so not sure where your getting that from but Natalia and Alina are definitely two of my favorites
@MrRight1000 now you are talking about alina somova!!oh ,yeah,somova has extreme extensions she can't control..don't get me laugh!!please buy glasses!!!Natalia is one of the most brilliant dancers now!!
Don Quixote the ballet was created by master French choreographer Marius Petipa, hence has always been pronounced dohn ki-shoht by balletomanes. Something like the character Don Jose in the French opera Carmen is pronounced dohn zhozay, not the Spanish dohn hozay -- although the action is set in Spain. The Brits traditionally Anglicize everything so daun kwik-saut is to be expected. Americans are more apt to try foreign pronunciations even if they can only manage very badly.
I think you're right, but Natalia has a greatiful extension! ( let's see the secon shade from la Bayadere) She is so graceful when she dancing! and her fouettés? Let's see don Quixotte coda! (i'm not criticizing you, of course)
brelion96 the only problem I have with her foutees is that she does not like to elevate the leg to more than 90 degrees to make them more visible and more difficult the way others do , may be she does sacrifices that for the speed
I’m sorry but, shouldn’t they send someone to interview world class ballet dances who can pronounce a ballet correctly!!!!! I find that insulting to the dancers who are even speaking a second language! Brilliant dancing , once I got over my shock 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
That is how the English pronounce it, or do you expect everyone to conform to what’s in your head?? That reporter knows more about ballet than practically anyone who watches this interview, so you show your ignorance by trying to correct her.
@balanchinedancer Lopatkina is 37 years old ; Svetlana Zakharova is 32 years old and Natalia Osipova is only 25 years old ... To the good listener half a word is enough...
No los veo haciendo este papel, Juliet es un papel mui dificil, cuanto a Romeo tan poco veo Vladimir haciendo Romeo... Infelizmente los nombres de los dos son mui fuertes en los papeles carater como, Quijote, Spartacus y otros mas y para cambiar eso tendrian que cambiar el estilo de las movimentaciones, Romeo y Juliet es un Ballet de carater especifico y todas las grandes estrellas del mondo que hicieran este papel tendrian que incorporar sitiuaciones de su vida y poner dentro del papel, Usipova y Vasiliev tendrian que estudiar mejor este personage .
Tadheo de Carvalho Ballet Master no todo el mundo nace para estos papeles tan especificos, se requiere de mucho estudio de detalles mas la suavizacion de la technica para que tengan gracia como lo hacia Alessandra Ferri , es Por eso que la Ferri superaba a Sylvie Gullien en estos papeles
You are correct and incorrect at the same time in your comment Natalia actually has an almost perfect body type for a ballerina the thing that makes her not very ballerina-esque is her style which sometimes is a bit masculine for a ballerina but I agree with you that her passion and presence for the art is unbelievable, saw her do Swanhilda with ABT and it was utterly breathtaking
Betty Boop British English pronunciation. Foreign words are often "Anglicized" or pronounced as they are written. No attempt at pronouncing words in languages they do not commonly speak.
@lanfranco63 What Genius? Wooden arms, sloppy feet, crooked legs... no beautiful upper back, no port-de-bras to speak of. Oh, yeah, Osipova moves real fast and jumps real high.
Ivan Vasasiliev is the same problem as with Osipova, much acrobatic technique takes the "Classical Ballet away" - this is being neglected, They become acrobats for the Cirkus.
What happened?! Yes, Natalia might need some refining, but to call her a 'monstrosity with flat paws..' or the 'ugliest thing that had EVER happened to classical ballet' is just so unkind and untrue. Because what Natalia *does* have makes up for everything she lacks, and no, I'm not talking about her famous jump - I'm talking about her ability to *feel* things on stage, to make the audience feel, to move them. She is an artist, as you would see if you could look past the body and see the soul.
