Kimin Kim & Shakirova - Symphony in C 3rd Movement 2018 

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Несмотря на молодость,это опытные мастера.Они обратили на себя всеобщее внимание,когда участвовали в проекте"Большой балет".Уже тогда было ясно,что они высокоодаренные танцовщики,получившие к тому же прекрасную школу.У них много технических достоинств, но особенно хочется отметить их великолепное жете-прыжок,исполняемый почти во всех классических вариациях,но,к сожалению, далеко не всегда так хорошо,как его исполняют Ким и Шакирова.

Absolutely!! She is pure fun energy and beautiful technique. She's my favorite current mariinsky ballerina

I hope she will be our prima balerina in near future

Mine too. The music is so beautiful

Thanks so much for the interesting information.

And Maria Bulanova, VBA 2018, was one of the soloists. She got cut out of the picture a few times, but she was the soloist on the right of the screen.

@@levondelite4072 Yes, correct.

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My pleasure

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Grazie. It is the Mariinsky Ballet Company.

It was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre. The second lead couples are Maria Bulanova, Nika Tskhvitaria, Andrei Arseniev and Yaroslav Baibordin - dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet. Thanks for your interest.

I was about to ask where this was performed. The corps does not look like the Mariinsky corps to me.

@@raymonda5476 That is a total myth. If you want to watch the Russians doing fast choreography, just watch Pharaoh's Daughter or Marco Spada. Frankly, I don't think I have seen an American Balanchine dancer who maintains technique during fast Balanchine choreography.

@@normamimosa5991 Perhaps it's not a question of speed but how a dancer is trained to sync with the music. I find it frustrating to watch Russian (and many English) dancers perform Balanchine as well as they BEGIN a step on a note instead of hitting the peak of a step (which is usually its completion) on the note. It's the difference between dancing to (i.e. following) the music rather than dancing WITH the music. The beauty of Balanchine is that his choreography at its best is the visual manifestation of the music and it doesn't work when the steps follow the music.

@@insaelliott1318 I started a lengthy response, but decided there just isn't enough space and time for a conversation about Balanchine on this thread. Let me be up front. I am not a fan of Balanchine and particularly not the NYCB, both overrated, particularly the NYCB today. Insularity likely a prime reason for its decline. If any dancers can bring relevance back to his choreography, it is the Russians, particularly those from his alma mater. If Balanchine had been alive when the USSR collapsed and had the opportunity to see Uliana Lopatkina perform his choreography, I think he would have thought he had already reached heaven. Her performances are the epitome of his his quest in America. She doesn't just become one with the music. She transforms into the soul of the music. Her impeccable training, extensions, flexibility and fluidity, not seen in American Balanchine dancers, are the foundation that allow such beauty to happen. As for the spee, I disagree that Russian dancers are unable to hit the peak of a step on the note. Again their impeccable training allows them to hit peak on peak, if you will, without becoming jerky, taught and tight, aka NYCB dancers. There is not a male dancer today who equals Kimin Kim (perhaps other than Leonard Sarafanov, now older) in whatever choreography he tackles. I agree the corps in this excerpt is not up to standard, in sizing or alignment - so atypical of the Mariinsky. I would love to know the story behind the performance. Perhaps more conversations about Balanchin, as we both land on the same YT videos in the future.

@@normamimosa5991 it’s understandable if you dislike Balanchine that you wouldn’t value his intent and style. Everyone has their own taste. But please understand for those who love his choreography why watching it danced off tempo can feel wrong, like Italian food without the garlic.

I agree. She has never been one of my favorite soloists.

Thank you! I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who thinks that 🤣

Totally agree! Balanchine now particularly dated.

@@normamimosa5991 @Mathilde Wesendonck If you don't like Balanchine, I don't understand why are you watching it?

The Mariinsky and the Bolshoi both dance Balanchine at a snail's pace. This ballet was originally created by Balanchine for the Paris Opera Ballet (not NYCB), which probably accounts for why it looks "elementary" here with the Mariinsky performing it at their tempo. If you want to see Balanchine at his speed, the correct speed, which was usually the composer's tempo, (i.e. allegro), one must either go to Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center, Le Garnier or Miami City Ballet, not St. Petersburg or Moscow.

I think the dancers are elementary. Not Balanchine