I am totally blind and after hearing this beautiful beautiful performance it’s make me want to see more than ever I’m going to see you all in heaven when that comes in I will hug you and complement you and applaud you all over again because you are outstanding I got the impression the music was from young people because and it’s just beautiful so you all should be very proud merry Christmas and God bless you forever love and hugs Carol 😂😁
@@feralmode This is Ballett at its finest; the Russians don`t play around they are the best and they prove it with the orchestra too. Age doesn`t matter; the best musicians are playing regardless of age.
@@feralmode I don`t think it could be; there is something seriously wrong with most young people nowadays... Incompetence, I think is the word... You`re not sure about the Russians being the best at the ballet? Look at Nina Kaptsova go! Who could be better than her? Her Russian Trainor, lol!?
She makes it look so easy to do, she flies across the stage so effortlessly. I'm not a dancer but I know that behind this beautiful performance there are years of practice and infinite dedication
After seeing a ballet at 3 yo I dreamt of being a ballerina, or at least do dance and pointes, and now, 12 years later, I’m here, doing dance for 9 years, and pointes since 4 years ! I definitly fulfilled my dream and that was the best decision of my life !
As someone who never did ballet and who is only aware that this exists thanks to the early barbie movies, can I just say how utterly astounded I am. Truly beautiful!
This is definitely the most technically demanding choreography, but it goes so well with the character and the music. The other versions, while lovely, look so boring now. Nina’s musicality and acting is also superb here. This is the best version of the sugar plum fairy in the world!
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Pointe shoes are very hard, so they make noise when you land from a jump. That's generally what happens when two hard surfaces meet suddenly, and pointe shoes obviously have to be hard to support the dancer en pointe.
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 you don't know what are you talking about. Pointe shoes MAKE noise. They are really hard. Especially at jumps they are usually heard when they touch the floor
Traditionally, the most advanced and best female dancer of the production is given the honor of being the Sugar Plum Fairy. That is because the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most advanced ballet number to dance in the whole show. This production's Sugar Plum Fairy is no exception to this tradition. Her grace, poise and elegance are evident in every gesture and movement as it should be, and she flies seemingly with little to no effort on the floor, as if she had a pair of delicate fairy wings with which to hover with. This delicate song and her delicate dancing make for one spectacular performance that will be treasured always, thanks to RU-vid.
@@sandracaraballo9830 She's in one other which is the pas de deux (I think it spelled it wrong) and that is a duet. But yea she's not really in the ballet for that long.
WHO on earth could give thumps dowm to a Prima Ballerina dancing like that ? She has spent her whole life -thousands and thousands of hours, perfecting every move she does in this dance. Looks effortless because all the effort, blood, sweat and tears she has put she she was a little girl. Bravo !! Nina Kaptsova. God bless you and thank you for giving us the joy of seeing you performing. December 21, 2020
There are a lot of hate mongers in this world that think if it isn't something they like it's trash. Pop Snots. The kind of folks that call people who like classical anything opera snobs.....I've heard that one too many times....so now they are ... Pop Snots. Comes around, goes around. Fire with fire. Necessary.
@@heyryanisonx3141 no! it may be harder once you hit puberty and may think it's impossible, but i'm sure if you work hard you'll be able to become professional!❤
Oh, my God , an artist AND a super athlete . We Americans who have any sense , know Russia took a French art form, and raised it to (beyond) Perfection . I am simply grateful . It brings tears to my eyes . Both the ballerina and all the musicians . Thank you !
I like your mom, she sounds like a very smart woman. I've learned and rehearsed this variation and, let me tell you, by the time you're done you feel like you could just fall out.
Lex is a bat I remember when I was little and I always wanted to dance this part! My mother told me a lot about how hard ballet truly is she couldn’t be more right !
2:20 That cheeky look. 'you bishes ain't ready for the epicness i'm about to serve up rn' as if she didn't just do multiple triple pirouettes in a fouette combination like she was warming up in the studio. _this_ is a *real* prima ballerina.
I just can`t get over how totally fucking amazing Nina Kaptsova is; she is like an elegant, fairy, sent down from The Goddess like an angel. She definitely deserves her own castle for being so awesome! If someone described how great she was, I wouldn`t have believed them, but seeing is believing; absolutely fabulous!
Nina told me She would prefer cash, jewels, stocks, bonds and or real estate and She also loves antiques of the highest quality and please, don`t kill the flowers by throwing them at Her! Thank you for your support!
When I was little I was thinking it was difficult but not impossible with training... since, I take some dance class, i’m rn in my 4th year of learning to do pointes, and all I can say is PAIN and « Hey that’s unfair, how can she stay that longer on pointes without falling ? HOW CAN SHE DO 3 TURNS ON PIROUETTES ?? »
She literally looks weightless with every step she takes. That is incredible :0 I have no experience in ballet but I know that to have that much control and precision in your body and feet must have taken years of practice and hard work. You know that someone has mastered the art when they've made it seem effortless.
There is other videos on here where the girls are doing a routine. They memorized the steps and are dancing them out with no regards to the music. This girl has become the sugar plum fairy and is dancing the music. All her hits are when the music hits. She is what a true ballet artist should be. She didn’t dance the sugar plum fairy she BECAME the sugar plum fairy.
> All her hits are when the music hits. I see it totally different, like music and her dance share no points in time. It makes me feel weird cause a lot of people here says that timing was good
@Crow There's a difference between being 'skinny' and 'muscular and toned'. 'Skinny' is a person with a low fat percentage but also a low muscle mass, with a borderline unhealthy weight. A 'muscular and toned' person also has a low fat percentage, but their weight is appropriate as they compensate their lack of fat with muscle mass. Nina Kaptsova is muscular and toned, not skinny, and she's most likely healthier than 99% of the people around. Besides, petite frames are quite typical for Eastern European women. Just because borderline obese people have become the norm in the US and the UK, it doesn't mean that's how it should be.
@@edoardoruggeri1 well that was uncalled for. Just because someone looks unhealthy and thin doesn't mean anything about obesity. One can be unhealthy and underweight as well. Look at Gelsey Kirkland and Ballanchine wanting to see bones. That certainly is unhealthy and has nothing to do with obesity.
@@user-ms1ie3jn1l ...what? Of course you can be unhealthy and underweight. Who said otherwise? The point is that we're so used to seeing oversized people nowadays in the Western world that we forget that that is not the normality, and when someone like Kaptsova turns up she is branded as unhealthy while she is just incredibly fit.
Love this! here the dancer's movements reflect the music! In so many of the other Sugar Plum versions, the dancer does steps that seem to have nothing to do with the patterns in the music, as if the dancer could not even hear the melody patterns. This was beautifully delightful.
I'd like to focus on the OOOOOHH EEEHHHHH EH EH EH cheering at the end. I've never heard someone cheering like that at ballet. She's got a stadium audience. Lol
+Mr. Lopez 2681 hahaha, i'll check it out. i live in italy and i saw a few videos on youtube and on tv of ballet, and went to events and so, but what i mean is i've heared people clapping hands and saying bravo, but not as much as they do here lol
I'll never get over this incredible performance. Just so graceful and beautiful. For 3 mins I get to zone out from the rest of the world and just watch in awe. I love the Nutcracker ballet.
I watched many variations of this dance by different ballerinas. But Nina Kaptzova by far is my favorite! I literally watch this video everyday, it gives me so many positive feelings! Not only her moves are precise with every note but her face depicts the exact emotions of the composition. Every time I’m in awe.
It is astounding how a woman is capable of making something so athletic and strenuous appear so delicate and easy....... Ballerinas should be given Olympic gold medals.....all.
I watch this whenever my mood shifts into the negatives. Fastest way to get me smiling and feeling inspired again. She is flawless... it's unreal. We are so blessed with bear witness to this. ❤
@Morgan 123 You don't know what upset is hahaha. Anyway, I was just pointing out that the comment is sorta stupid because if you think dancing like that looks easy, you need to get your eyes checked.
Absolutely beautiful. I've been watching this every Christmas since I found the video 7 or 8 years ago. The dance of the sugar plum fairy makes Christmas for me. This ballerina floats across the stage while dancing as if gravity doesn't pertain to her, absolutely gorgeous.
It Looks Painful And It Sends Chills Down My Spine That People Do This So Good. I Saw A Few Times Where SHE BENT HER FOOT IN THE MIDDLE. Like How? They Are Jello And Its Amazing.
Tech_Demon it’s called foot arch, some ballerinas may be born with it but most have to stretch them ceaselessly in a very young age in order to get that beautiful arch.
wow what a great response, i am a classically trained pianist and i danced. I can no longer do either because of an illness attacked my body. What you said is right. I'm an artist in my heart. bless you xx
I’m more than 6 decades in this earth and in all my experience, Miss Kaptsova delivered the most beautiful and moving dance interpretation of this iconic song. Thank you, Nina!
Nina Kaptsova is a supernatural being! Every year I come back here to be awed by this performance. She is unforgettable. A remarkable and incomparable talent!
Anna Lyman if you live in West Europe or in the US, the Bolshoi ballet have a contract with them where they would broadcast live performances in certain cinemas (Pathe in West Europe). I buy season tickets every year. Kaptsova was in 2 broadcasted performances this year.
Everything about this is stellar. Her dancing is so elegant but this symphony is superb. The bells in this song are so enchanting I always get chills. Imagine having melodies this beautiful trapped in your brain. Tchaikovsky was a genius!!!
I love the raucous applause. It tells me how excited the audience is. Many of us live in countries where we associate quiet audiences with high art, but it's not that way everywhere, and even in the West it used to be commonplace to applaud between movements if symphonies instead of being silent. Audiences in Shakespeare's time were hardly quiet. They were noisy and boisterous.
the dude hey thank you. I mean there are a lot of people who dont really understand what ballet is about or it's just Not their dance style. That totally ok. But there are also a lot of people who Arent Interested in it and Start to unsult ballet dancers like "you are just twirling around wearing a tutu" or "All you do is jumping around" thats so dissrespectful ! So thank you for Not being like this :) (and sry for my english)
Is not to the dead,can you read Mein Kampf..? Is passion, love and loyalty for your country...Is about really care about your land, not only money money and money. Tell me your name haha, you see, I'm Marie :D
Haha , I think maybe you're right,and I would like to talk to you in another place,not in youtube haha, maybe email. If you want, of course, I don't want to sound in a innapropiate way. :)
The nutcracker I saw at aged 2 and I am now 11, I was inspired to do ballet when I was 2 after seeing the nutcracker and where I danced gave me a chance to explore more dance styles such as acro tap modern jazz and ballet. Recently I have moved dance schools because I had to move house and the new one has the most lovely teachers! I have been dancing for 9 years and I dream to be a professional dancer when I grow up!!!
I agree with you! There's this sort of delicacy, fluid movement, precision and weightlessness that I didn't see in any other performances. Even Lauren Cuthbertson from the The Royal Ballet didn't give me the same feeling. Her movement is not as 'open', and sometimes feels heavy. It may also has something to do with how Nina's body is built. She is very petite and her bones are very delicate.
Being more scientific rather than artistic, I can measure this performance from my angle. I did not care much when the video did not show her full body as one can only comment on her facial beauty, which is an added bonus to the motion she is required to perform. Showing her dynamic actions, it is clear that this young woman has the right inertia in all the right places coupled with a brilliant mental controlling action to produce a pleasant movement in three dimensions. The manner in which she moves across the stage is elegant and so graceful in every manner and at all times her center of gravity is perfectly lined up with her point of contact on the ground and when motion is required she leans away in the required direction to produce the right acceleration, hence velocity and position without ever overshooting and ringing her final position. When she raises her leg in whatever direction she cares to chose, she counteracts her leg by the right body and upper arm movement, again with the acceleration and retardation being perfectly damped while her waving arms and fingers contribute so nicely to the grace of motion. When she flies across the stage in a rotating action as in 2:27 her vertical head undulations and rotations are complex and hesitation is involved in each turn to get her right bearing, while her legs are synchronized and follow a trajectory where a lift is included at the right moment so that the feet pass over each other to keep them close not to lose the elegance of overall outer contour shape. At all times, while in symmetry and unsymmetrical pose, the balance is perfectly brilliant under full control of a super-scientific human mind. She is not only an artist but is conscious of all the processes required in all the states of an automatic control system including a fewer higher rate of changes that see to the damping and timing of the next desired position. Absolutely full marks in all the areas an artist and an engineer can think of. I would also give full marks to the audience for the feedback they gave her, she deserves all the encouragement she can get as this fuels her next performance. Congratulations to all, including the musicians and stage setters and organizers and anyone else I left out.
Ya got a bit 'o science there but uh...I don't think admirin' her body is a science. I mean, technically, it is; but that's _your_ psychology. I don't think that's a part of yer scientific evaluation.
Trinity Rodriguez. Sir it was not meant to be easy but deep. Those who can hold their breath can dive in to understand the depth, but those who cannot may surface according to their abilities. No hard feelings.
I was thinking of going back. It's not like it's impossible to learn as an adult. They just tend to market the classes to parents. But you can learn it as an adult too. Probably learn faster with an adult's brain anyway. And I don't know if I could handle the pressure and drama of performing as a child as easily.
Yes, I agree. I watched some other performances of this piece by other ballerinas from other countries, top ballerinas, and they don't come close to this performance. This is perfection. The other ballerinas I watched make it obvious that this is a very difficult dance. Not so with Nina, she makes it look easy.
I started on pointe a few years ago, I had no prior training. I was a junior in highschool. It was a beginners class. You can do anything, you don't have to do ballet your whole life to start on pointe. Granted I was never to this skill level, but I could do basics.
Amanda Marie I am wonder, why did your teachers let you go on pointe with no prior ballet training? You're supposed to have at least 5 years of training.
CraftinLilElephant I'm seriously confused too like...how the hell is her feet managing to support her weight with out prior training? Years of training still kill your feet when doing en pointe, why would anyone risk it with untrained feet?
Ballet dancers must go through at least a couple years of basic foundations before they are allowed pointe shoes. That, and the teacher must be sure that they have enough strength in their toes and ankles to do it properly. And in addition to that, girls only do it for a few minutes at the end of class and then slowly work their way up to wearing them more regularly. Plus they hurt like hell. Your teacher never should have let you have those shoes without any previous training, you could have hurt yourself seriously, broken an ankle or toe or ripped a tendon. Your teacher is very irresponsible.
it's not chance lol its called epigenetics....evolution is not some random monstrosity...i mean look at common patterns through out the universe such as dendrite and spirals....evolution did create this, get over it, read a book (not 2000 years or older) and open your self up to reality :)
WOW! Nina Kaptsova just added another gemstone to the crown of the Nutcracker cloud! Her performance was flawless! The beautiful parts of the nutcracker are amazing!
Michael Navarro belive it or not, those shoes don't hurt as bad as you think. It's when you stop standing on your toes they hurt so it's better to stay baleced on your toes rather than fert
The guy in the audience , at the end , shouted "Perfect". I think he's right - that is not only the most amazing performance, but brilliant interpretation. A ballerina the top of her game, who clearly loved what she was doing, and brilliant music to match. Tchaikovsky used a new musical instrument for his first performance. The celesta has got that magical, "tinkling" sound, a cross between a glockenspiel, and bells......
This is the loveliest and most musical choreography I have ever seen to the Sugar Plum Fairy. Her pirouettes are astounding. She’s obviously a natural turner.
Nina Kaptsova is poetry in motion. Years and years from childhood go into being able to dance as she does, and it's elegant! Such gracefulness and style is awe inspiring. Thank you, Niina! July 15, 2017
She seems to be so light and she is so graceful... a true sugar plum fairy ! I can't help but watch this video over and over... it makes me feel so happy each time !
No one can beat Nina doing this. I'm not a friend of the Ballet but when Christmas time comes and I want to listen and watch the Nutcracker this is the one I look to find. Her graceful moves blend perfectly with the music it's sheer Heaven watching her. To me she's the best.
thank you photographer for allowing the whole ballerina to be seen the whole time and not focusing on details that make the viewer miss the art. This is beautiful!
