La Sylphide - Tamara Rojo, Steven McRae 

I actually find this Bournonville style rather funny...the man doesn't look very manly, especially when compared to the Russian style. Very beautiful, though.

@@serbanescusimona i think the exact opposite. The vaganova port de bras looks feminine to me, especially when its about male dancing. While bournonville looks more masculine. Fun how everyone has a different perception. But i wouldn't say that mcrae captured the essence of bournonville style.

@@alainspiteri502 Thats the POB version to the Schnizhoffer score recreated by Pieere Lacotte so not the original as that was created by Phillipe Taglioni for Marie. Much prefer the Lovenskold score. The Paris version kilts are always too short !!!

@@siegfried923 version kilts are always too are always too short = words of a RU-vidr , a false lover-dance--music because he don't known what about he write ; do you known Ghislaine Thesmar ? no because in 70' there was no VHS , on RU-vid a few videos before 1980 then you are a youtuber with videos only videos ; Evdokimva Schauffus are dancers in first in 1970 ( the end of M Fonteyn ) do you known M Fonteyn except videos on Y T ? no ! Itws that a youtuber it's phenomenal non sens what you write about " La Sylphide " of P Lacotte , you don't known Thesmar j saw her 1975-1980 you no then you write kilts too ...... Siegfried Thesmar danced of course at Paris also at Bolchoi when she was danced Giselle rehearsal with Galina Oulanova but mostly with G Balanchine she danced often in Guest by Balanchine at NCB . Not on Y T youtubers as you don't known they write of course , if you have seen thoses dancers in live you don't write " ..too short kilts .. " of course ; youtubers = videos nothing more

@@siegfried923 and also in " La Sylphide " James is Mickael Denard you don't known of course because no video Denard on Y Tube, an international Dancer * very far from Schauffus * j can write , as Roberto Bolle in 70-80 all prima balkerinas danced with Denard : Giselle Makarova Bessmernova , Cynthia Gregory N Pontois , all coreographers wrote a balket for Denard : Roland Petit Bejart Y Grigorovitch, all great coompagnie had Denard in Guest . You talk about P Schauffus ( j saw in live in La Sylphide with D Khalfouni ) but Denard was above , thz words j known bur pity no videos on Y T the end of the great Denard was 1978' then don''t write kilts too short about an international Dancer unknown without videos Y T

@@siegfried923 a true lover-Dance lover-music don't write " Kilts too short " phenomenal words of a youtuber

@@siegfried923 j think you don't known that thete is no a coreography of " La Sylphides " Taglioni because " il ny avait pas de notations des coreos " it's Lev Ivanov with Petipa who wrote on paper coreographies for the first time , all ' La Sylphides " coreos are adaptations, reconstitutions in french but in fact thete is not to a coreograaphy- Taglioni

Watch Johan Koborg or Cornejo

Yes, a true Scotsman! Perfect for it! The red hair says it all! :))

siefrid what always the best , the greatest ? what about Ghislaine Thesmar romantic- diaphane- irreal Sylphide ? J known there is Thesmar on RU-vid j saw her with Mickael Denard also Giselle with Cyril Atanassoff Paris Opera , the best you saw ( in live ? ? ) and others great dancers what about them ? always the best on RU-vid ! J saw also Khalfouni-Schauffus

It's possible that Tamara leaves the box more harder than most dancers when she breaks them in thus making it louder than some performances (of different ballets) where you can hear the contact between the shoe and the stage. I think it's more important to pay attention to the technique and the characterisation that she does for the Sylph rather than her shoes.

Natasha Davies sylphs are silent on the floor .... it is very important to maintain the lightness, weightlessness, is part of: purest style of this ballet, I can show you a multitude of really ethereal dancers, we cansee the technique every day is all ballet companies in the world, all the girls repeating mechanically the same perfect movements, now I want to see something more, i want to see what makes the difference between a dancer and a real prima ballerina, of course you can think different about it, as I can do it either...

alejimenez76 I agree... to an even further point that sylphide should be performed in period point shoes...the soft ones Emma Livry would have worn in the original - gracefulness is becoming ( sadly) a thing of the past

She has super arched feet. It is very hard to do all this small petite foot work in soft shoes, especially with her feet! She could risk injury if not careful. I'm sure this is something that has followed her through out her career.

+Camilo Gómez Actually, softer shoes are better for this technique, as hard shoes hinder the jump, don't they? That's why you always see Danish ballerinas in soft shoes when they perform the Bournonville repertoire.

Najo PATRIN These days he is a star of The Royal Ballet. He is in many of their RU-vid clips

Steven is a principal at the RB. And a fantastic dancer.

Are you done ranting yet ?

@@misspomerol no , my mistake is to write about Tamara Rojo because j don't known her , big mistake of me

They were taught the roles by The Great Danish dancer and Bournonville expert Johan Koborg.Their style is perfect.