I know nothing of ballet ...I,ve fallen on this wonderfull woman ...and fallen in love ...immediately ...I,m seventy three ...mother and grandmother ...I live by the ocean in Queensland and she has made my heart sing ...thankyou beautiful ballerina ! x
what a beautiful thing to say!!! ballet's been in my blood since childhood but i wasnt a professional, just a lover of it. There's many great ballets on RU-vid too, Nola, so the world is your oyster!! have a look at Swan Lake cos i think you .might love it too!!
what a Beautiful strong and gifted woman Beautiful inside and out ..wish I had met someone like her years ago ..a true role model ...once seen never to be forgotten ..thanks for posting !
Darcey Bussell is for me one of the greatest dancers of this century. She reinvented dance through her way of moving and the cleanliness of her work. He's also a great performer. Moreover, what does not spoil anything, it is of an exceptional beauty.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful woman, person, and dancer.. Thank you for this documentary. It was an incredible honour; I was asked to coach Darcy and Roberto on the main Forsythe "In the Middle Somewhat Elevated" pas de deux for her farewell performance in 2007. She (they) were so open. It was a beautiful collaboration. I will never forget it.
Darcey Bussell is the greatest British Ballerina since Fonteyn. They are completely different and their they are not at all alike. She has an amazing physicality. Her technique is outstanding; magical line and a chemistry, a musicality and chemistry she has is peerless. She inhabits her parts with a natural beautiful skills as an actor just. The greatest dancers are those that shine from within. It’s a real shame that no ballerina at the Royal presently compares to here. Her “Sylvia” is incomparable. Watch it on RU-vid.
I've always loved this dancer. So down to earth. My great grand daughter, Heidi-Rose, has begun ballet lessons with a retired professional ballerina. Before lessons, when she was only 3, she'd look at her shadow on a sunny wall to make sure her arms were poised properly. Such sweet dedication.
Fascinating to see how the great choreographer Kenneth MacMillan, fresh back from America, compares Darcey to American dancers, who have a strong attack, and an enormous jump. Darcey he says, dances like the American dancers he's seen. That's what Balanchine technique teaches. Don't hold back, what are you saving it for? typical Balanchine. This cross-fertilization is so interesting!
A fascinating documentary. Ms. Bussell is absolutely incredible. A gorgeous woman, inside and out, and such a beautiful dancer, despite being tall for a ballerina. ❤❤❤
This was beautiful to watch. She deserved all of her acclaim. She was a personality as well as an artist. It's sad that a dancer's performing life is limited, but it is what it is. I hope she is living a good life, and is happy. She gave her audiences a great deal of pleasure that she should always be proud of. I remember the Manon and Sylvia.
Excellent documentary … thanks for sharing. Am a boomer who studied ballet and grateful my mom was not a ballet mom but a surfing mom in the 50’s 60’s … because the ballet world back then was so insanely sick … just read Gelsey Kirkland’s “Dancing on My Grave” … at 37 I had an opportunity to finally study ballet with a very well known ballet master where I got it into my heart & bones … along with a deep appreciation for how freaking hard this art form is that the professionals make look so easy. I was fortunate to befriend Magali Messac a famous ballerina at the end of her career … being supportive of how hard it is to end one’s most intimate connection with Source is hell for most … but maybe not so much for Darcey due to her unique personality … and as she really broke so many old traditional molds … and was so fortunate to have had Macmillian!
Great to see Darcey on stage and off stage, with her freshness, and discipline. I can see that she owes her high working level to her stubborness. And I owe Darcey so much gratitude for her Pilates exercises, in her book. For many years, I've worked through her book, choosing exercises that I recorded with my voice, and practiced them every morning. Every now and than I changed the exercises, in that 30 minute work-out for me. I respect her choice to be with her children more, and their growing up in life, while, I'm sure, she will never stop dancing. And teaching others who are as stubborn as she is. Bless your heart and soul, Darcey! 😉👩🖐🧙♀
Thanks. I've been taking a Pilates course in my community for almost 10 years. I'm going to look up her Pilates book to see what (else) is there... I love Pilates...so good for the body and so strenghtening.
Thank you so, so much for uploading this. She was one of my favourite ballerinas. I love it when she presents the live cinema screenings from ROH. Such a beautiful person, inside and out.😊
Thank you for this documentary from 2005! The first time I heard of Darcey was when she was a guest star on an episode of the "Vicar of Dibley." Despite her fame, Darcey comes across as approachable and even relatable. She must've been pretty lonely though being so successful at such a young age. Probably the other dancers were envious of her. I hope I'm wrong. Thank you for the upload!
After seeing this video, and others similar, find that the love and hunger has to be there within. Has to be the soul that needs awaking. As an adult ballet dancer who wants to find that equal, where passion meets forefilling that vision. Good place to start, accepting where we are and where we are going. Thank you for this video.
She is one of my favourite dancers but I didn't know she was so tall. She doesn't have the typical physique of a ballerina as she looks healthy and very athletic rather then anorexic. Pity her career was short but she went on to write children's books and live in Australia before returning to the UK I believe.
She danced for over 20 years and retired when she chose, not through injury. Her husband's career gave them the opportunity to move their family to Australia for a number of years. Now they're back in the UK, Darcey is still actively involved with dance & theatre and appears on TV. Seems a pretty decent life and career to me.
She was told by someone to just "give up on ballet". That she'd never make it. Well, F-them with something hard and sharp. The dear girl was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in the 1995 New Year Honours for services to ballet, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in the 2006 Birthday Honours, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to ballet. The late Queen herself was a devout balletomane. And Her Majesty acknowledged when someone from the Motherland made an accomplishment on behalf of it. Let's be grateful she was--as she puts it, "stubborn".
No-one is suggesting there's anything wrong with how the looks but when she joined the Royal Ballet she certainly didn't have the classic Royal Ballet ballerina physique - she was about 4 - 6 inches taller than most RB ballerinas.
@@decodolly1535 I guess since I grew up in the US I don't understand British standards. I would have really loved to see Darcy Bussell as a member of American Ballet Theater. It seems a bit hypocritical for RB to hire her and then punish her for her height. If there's a height requirement I think they should just say so from the start.
There is a ballet company that is all men so some of them dance the women's parts. It's all supposed to be humorous, though. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. There are clips of them on RU-vid.
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