George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Snowflakes New York City Ballet Facebook: CmajorEntertainment Twitter: CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com/
is no one going to talk about the orchestra? They literally held this whole production together. One mess up and the whole thing would’ve fallen apart. MASSIVE respect to them-
that’s literally always the case though. the orchestra is FLAWLESS and full of incredibly hard working talented musicians how crest the character and body of the whole ballet.
I was a snowflake when I was 13, and three days before opening night, I fell and got a pinched nerve in my lower back. I was too afraid to tell anyone that I was hurt, so I just continued with rehearsals and the shows. It was probably the most painful experience I’ve been through in my life so far.
@@lapaula_fj_ I never quite recovered. For the first few weeks, it was terribly painful and made it very difficult to walk. The pain lessened over the course of a few months until it was completely gone. But it’s been over four years now, and the pain still comes back for a few days every couple of months. It doesn’t hurt nearly as much as it did when I first got it though. And I really should have told someone, but I was absolutely terrified. Two weeks before opening night, I overheard my ballet teacher talking to someone about how one of the girls had broken their foot and couldn’t perform. My teacher was absolutely furious and said, “how could she injure herself so close to the show? This is such short notice to find her a replacement.” I was scared for how she and my other teachers would react, but I was also a little afraid that if I told them, they would take me out of the show. I had worked so hard for months, and it was really emotionally deteriorating for me. I didn’t want it all to be for nothing.
kudos to them for not tripping in the snow. i was in my city's production and the soloist who played queen of snowflakes fell HARD. it's dangerous out there. and this choreography is cardio heavy too.
so many dangers this snow on stage presents!!! they could slip up yes, but also when it snows they could inhale it accidentally and choke or have it land in their eye and completely throw off their whole performance.
i have such a love hate relationship with this dance. the music is just so enchanting and i love the choreography that my studio performs and i love watching others perform it. but it's so damn exhausting and it makes u and ur feet die. i remember performing it during december and i almost cried towards the end, there was so much pain in my feet. of course i just smiled and continued dancing.
Tabac yanis me and my girls in the bathroom: throwing the soap to eachother, standing on the toilets, and doing roll overs on the iron rod above the toilet door
@@le_gouvernement_ouzbek "I" is grammatically incorrect. You wouldn't say "I in the girl's bathroom." "The girls and me" follows polite order, but "Me and the girls/boys" is a meme format that's used frequently online.
Well fortunatly its not the girls dancing singing it, its problably prerecorded, but even if it wasnt when singing correctly you really should t be getting voicecracks. Of course it happends but this seems to be a highstandard preformance sooo...
@@Izzy-ec4qq girl no it's not pre-recorded they have a live choir and a live orchestra. it's literally impossible to sing nicely while doing such high energy movements.
@@Izzy-ec4qq I'm also pretty fuckin sure it's not the dancers singing hahahaha - personally I have never heard of a dancer who said she had to sing during a tchaikovsky ballet haha - I think the singing this piece is either pre-recorded, on a setting on some sort of keyboard OR they have a live choir in the orchestra pit or a combination of these options! I've just read online that the English National Ballet have a live childrens choir that joins them for a few performances
This is the exact moment when everything is pure perfection. Music, orchestra, costumes, choreography. This is my favourite choreography of the Waltz of the Snowflakes. It is literally like real snowflakes dancing in the winter. I like even the Bolshoi less. I've watched it for so many times, and it almost always makes me cry about its perfect beauty. Thank you so very much for sharing.
First of all I am an old man of 74 and this takes my breath away, the music is beyond belief and so very beautiful then such spectacular dancing. and finally beautiful women who tingle my sole what an incredible accomplishment. I had to watch it several times and it thrilled me every time My deepest thank for making this available to this old sole. I am from the land of snow, Minnesota USA.
Waltz of the Snowflakes is one of my absolute favorites in the Nutcracker. The urgency, the joy, the magical ethereal display always makes me feel transported to the forest. The twirling of the dancers, the flitting to and fro in a rush like the flurrying of the first snowfall. A cascade of snow swirling into a dizzying array of white, the storm awakens and when it is done with its dance what is left is the glistening fresh snow in the quiet solitude of the night. Beautifully done! Wonderful performance.
Is no one gonna talk about the ending of this movement? I rarely get goosebumps while listening to music, but the ending had me shivers. What an absolute miracle of a musical piece.
Ugh this is so beautiful I was in advanced classes for ballet and was so close to taking a pre pointe class until my parents took me out to focus on school I hope I can go back one day :(
Maressa Vizcaino me too!! But instead of being taken out coz of school it was because my mother’s job schedule didn’t work good with dance classes all the time :(
When I was 6 I took like 2 ballet classes before I decided I didnt like it and dropped out. I was 6 and i feel like my mom should've kept me in for at least half a year. I'm much older now, but my mom refuses to enroll me because I didnt like it when I was 6. I dont think she realizes interests and hobbies can change. But I decided to teach myself from RU-vidvideos. I probably never get anywhere, but at least I'm trying.
Never too late ! There are adult ballet classes where I live, they even have a pointe class for seniors over 60! Their ankles probably hate them for it though
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@@larisabronner2125 согласна. Я поняла, почему не запомнился мне этот вальс. Потому что во всех постановках он связан с метелью, бурей. А Пермский смог передать красоту именно снежинки в своëм кружении в воздухе. Я смотрела танец и видела искрящиеся снежинки, красоту которых, возможно, только мы наблюдаем зимой.
There's no wonder this staging is my favourite! I love it when the snow grows heavier as the scene progresses, and Tchaikovsky really did know how to paint a picture with the most majestic orchestral textuers, indeed!
So much respect for the artistry, especially for the orchestra/choir. As for the handful of dancers whose pointe shoes definitely died half-way through this movement, I see you. (They were crazy amazing for hanging in there.)
hold up, how do the dancers not slip on the snow stuff when dancing?? i’ve watched the nutcracker many times and always wondered bc i feel like it’d be easy to slip on the fake snow
It....It gets close sometimes.... But usually, after practicing so many times, the snow becomes second nature. Also, our pointe shoes are adjusted accordingly.
We do a bunch of rehearsals on stage and there super fun and it’s just tiring but at the same time super fun but we get used to the snow on the stage the stage sometimes can be fairly slippery but the snow makes it more slippery but we get used to it
It's very dynamic, perfectly! This version of the choreography is the most successful: very dynamic, swift, unusually expressive, and at the same time elegant, beautiful scenery, a mysterious New Year's fairy tale and the geniuses of Tchaikovsky and Balanchine!
Have you ever seen or heard anything so beautiful in your life? What I would give to see this production. Bucket list stuff. I'm crying that was so beautiful.
The hardest corps piece in all of ballet. The choreo is FAST (and makes all other companies' Waltz of the Snowflakes look ... notably less active), and the snow is little pieces of paper and it does not stop. Toward the end it starts blowing in sideways so as to look like a blizzard. It's a miracle the dancers don't fall more often.
I had designed lighting for a local nutcracker production that used white for the whole show. The design made a HUGE impact in transporting the audience to the fantasy worlds in the show. While we did not have a snow backdrop, I did use the cyc and projected snowflakes on it with blue.
I've always loved the waltz of the snowflakes in the Nutcracker. It's such an energetic and beautiful scene and it always looks like the dancers are having so much fun. I can't wait to finally be a part of the snow scene in my studios production of the Nutcracker this year. :)
This is the best choriography i have ever seen till now. I also apperciate the choice of the costume making it look so light anf flowy like a snowflake, everhthing was well put together
In snow and waltze of the flowers as a bud this year, the amount of stamina it takes is immense, I have always loves how effortless they make the dancing look :)
I love this particular choreography! It’s choreographed to the music, and captures the magical and whimsical qualities that Tchaikovsky likely may have intended ❄️❤️
He really had a way to understand music and make it paint you a picture. The magical snowstorm, snowflakes twirling and flying around, and the choir magical singing brings turns it to real fairy tale. I love how it starts with few snowflakes and music is very modest, but as time progresses it is a full blown snowstorm. Speed is rising, dance is turning complex and we can see snow personalized through dancers in all it's glory and aspects. It is plain and simple but then picks up to a chaos only to turn slow and calm again, as children appear. Falling snow is magical to them, since Christmas is time of magic.
For those who loves Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite music, like me. Do yourself a favor, listen to the entirety of the music Suite, while driving through the mountains! Awwww, inspiring!!!
