What a blast from the past. Thank you for posting this clip. Makarova was the epitome & her Odette/Odile is unsurpassed. She & Cynthia Gregory are my two favorites of all time. What a joy to see Michael Denard again. Swoon-worthy handsome with a technique to match, those were very heady days for ballet. And a wonderful time to be a student at ABT School.
@@JohnRaymondHallI tend to agree with you somewhat in that I never quite fell in love with Makarova's dancing but still greatly respected it. Much more to my liking was the art of Maya Plisetskaya, who along with her husband, were friends of my family in Moscow. Now she was a dancer who totally enthralled me. I asked my cousin Suzanne if she could ask Maya for an autograph and a few weeks later one arrived in the mail with the signature written across the white tutu. I have attended dance and many other kinds of performances over the years, having experienced many of the greats, from Horowitz to Nureyev (who I met), to Schwarzkopf, to du Pre. At one point, in university, I decided to try my hand at both ballet and modern dance (Martha Graham). I found modern dance quite difficult but excelled at ballet and was even invited to apprentice with the newly formed Pittsburgh Ballet Company. I attended Carnegie Mellon University in that city and later The Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Art and Architecture in NYC. Admittedly dance remains high on my list and likely always will.
@@classicalaid1 i agree with you about Makarova - she seems to project a look at my extraordinary performance - rather than being in the expressive moment with the music. i only saw Maya Plisetskaya once - in Milan in 'Anna Karenina'. i saw so many greats it's hard to list them: Nureyev (who I met too in London along with Fonteyn), to Schwarzkopf, to du Pre, to Artur Rubenstein, to Birgit Nielson ... and many many more - we have been lucky!
@@JohnRaymondHall It's true we have been fortunate, indeed. I have long felt that the 60's was a highpoint in world culture, classical as well as popular. After the 60's excellence was always there but not in such profusion. Admittedly today there are many very good artists but geniuses are few and far between. In dance, Lopatkina and Zakarova and Zelenski and Ruzimatov are marvels, and Vasiliev, too. Fewer geniuses in the visual arts since Bacon's passing, I must admit. Hockney is a wonder as is Richter. Opera singers....many wonderful practitioners but no giants. Composers....few again, writers....my cousin Mordechai Richler and my friend, Margaret Atwood. Popular cinema has done better than most other other art forms.
@@classicalaid1i agree about the 1960s - a period of greater acceptance of minority groups. while in dance there are wonders like Natalia Osipova there are currently no greats in opera.
@@pediatrapaola Hi Enrico & many hugs to you on this chilly January day in the northern hemisphere. Alex, you have it a bit balmy there WAYYY down south.
Maravillosa pareja. ÉL era un gran bailarin y muy bello y Natalia impresionante, no hay palabras para describirla. Gracias por este estupendo video.👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹💃💃
Maurice Béjart le dio el Ballet del Pájaro de Fuego, también bailo en Marco Espada de Pierre Lacote, con Ghislaine Tresmar, El Lago de los Cisnes con la fallecida Claire Motte. Tampoco yo le he visto mucho, pero fue una estrella en Paris. Luego creo que se fue a New York y tuvo mucho éxito. @@JohnRaymondHall
