I absolutely love watching them dance together. The royal ballet pair them together all the time and everytime I see them dance I see why! They have so much chemistry but they work so well together technically too!
I swear this is the best Swan Lake pas de deux on earth. The way Sarah uses her eyes and her movements seducing Siegfried are amazing, plus her amazing technique, and the magnificent violinist. This will always be my favorite pas de deux!
Sarah Lamb has some really good Odile like looks here. Deeply impressed by her acting, and I am very picky about my Odiles. That said, she does sometimes have too much of a blank smile. Beautiful use of head on the pirouettes at 3:22 though.
He should have been a principle from the very beginning, i always thought he was and is a superior artist, I love to watch him, his superior dancing and he can act. Bravo Stephen.
Oh and mayerling, is a ballet for the man,and the toughest and most dramatic role ever for a man in ballet, all those who think Stephen and Sarah can't do dramatic ,get a life,you have no idea..., one of the best parings in ballet today.
Note Joy Womack sitting in background, center, fully visible. Her head is tipped slightly left (our view) and her expression reveals a subtle longing. She waves her arm gracefully at the proper moment. Is this all the Kremlin Ballet is giving her? The chance to sit center in a group of 3 watching the principals, longing to be Odette/Odile? It is a poignant moment.
Interesting. Sarah's Odille is much more of a good girl than Zacharova's. Here I can see how the Prince might have mistaken her for Odette. With Zakharova, I can see how he completely lost his head.
Lol. Don’t compare Zakharova’s black swan with anybody. Hers is the unbeatable golden standard. Other dancers can dance it very very well, but nobody can do her facial expressions, nuances of head orientations and neck, and sensuality like Zakharova. Not even the great Lopatkina. Zakharova is just a fantastic actress who understand what sensuality is. And that’s despite having a stiffer upper body than many ballerinas which she gets constantly criticized on.
@@giam.2969 it’s also just YOUR opinion that my opinion is stupid. To call somebody else’s opinion stupid while then go off on some own self-righteous opinion is the most stupid thing I’ve ever seen anybody written, it’s called lack of self awareness
@@luceafarul579 People, Siegfried is supposed to think Odile is Odette!!! There has to be some attributes that remind him of her. She cannot be a cardboard cut-out of evil. And Zakharova is a cold, painstakingly thin robot. Like so many of the Russian dancers.
@@sedekiman lol she’s “cold?” Guess you don’t pay attention then. All ballet experts agree that the black swan is supposed to be sexy and sensual as a counterpart to the white swan’s innocence and virginity. And there are only two dancers that ever accomplished that: Zakharova and Sylvie Guillem. The rest just dance the steps and the movements, that’s all. There is no fire, no sensuality, no acting, na da.
erinundra they are both Principals for the Royal Ballet in Convent Garden, however neither of them are British themelves. Sarah is an American and Steven is an Australian.
Usually I am not the biggest fan of the Royal, as I love the Grigorovich and especially the Bourmeister Black Swan, BUT, this here is extraordinary 👌 ♥️, such a stylish, expressive and also technically beautiful presentation, wow🙏🙏🙏😍❣️❣️❣️
They make it seem so effortless, so fluit and featherlike! So much work and concentration from him on her..... he is attentive! And her sh'es all mischief and seduction but just enough not to be haughty (in my opinion), i'm charmed!
Yes, Joy is sitting in back center on the left of a threesome, watching with what I imagine is sadness and inevitable envy, wishing she were playing Odette/Odile. Instead, she is wallpaper. A few moments of arm movement and reaction to the "appearance" of Odette - and that is all she gets to do. This is what the vast majority of Vaganova and Bolshoi dancers are relegated to in the Kremlin Ballet, a very secondary company without the chance of being noticed. You sit in the background while foreign guest stars hold the stage and all eyes.
They’re both beautiful dancers, but somehow neither of them look right for their roles. Too lightweight in dramatic force perhaps? Or it just might be limitations of attempting to capture a live performance on video. Many times video performances can’t capture and tell the whole story.
Eline Channel it looks a bit off with the natural line of the foot I read somewhere that she does actually wear fake arches because she had a serious injury in both of her metatarsals. Its not a bad thing of course but the aesthetic..
No, he needs to be taller, they look almost the same size when she's en pointe and the man should always look taller than women even when she's en pointe.
Nothing wrong with it. With their exquisite technique and art of dancing, you won’t even notice that because you are mesmerised by them. Mathieu Ganio and Agnes Letestu had were in this same situation. Not exactly a big problem nor a problem. It’s been done commonly than you think.
