That is what always impressed me.. How strong she was and she still is. If she didn't decide to retire I bet that she would be able to keep on performing easily up to her 70s.
Huh? There's clearly ribbons on her shoes in the very first shot. How do you think she could put her weight on a toebox if the shoe wasn't strapped to her foot?
I only wore elastics all my carrer like she does in the first shot. I think the need for ribbons is personal for everyone. I know plenty of dancers who wear only ribbons or only elastics :)
I watched her emerge in the 1980's like fireworks across my personal sky. It was Nureyev's Cinderella that I watched a "million times". I still have her old pictures from Interview Magazine. And the arresting documentary: Sylvie Guillem, An Artist at Work purchased with great expectation from the now defunct Ballet Shop in New York. How I love the ballet....
Same... I was a dancer back then, and after seeing Cinderella for the first time, I seriously considered quitting... And had that famous picture of her in a loose long black dress in développé six heures on my wall for years... What a dancer, what a woman...
Whoever said she is "weak" didn't think about the fact that's she's probably done this variation a dozen times prior to this recording - as in, she must be tired as anything after hours of rehearsing!
Weeeeaaaaak??!!????😂😂😂 Omg...I would invite anybody who says that to do just a single one of those steps, just once, and the way she does it, and then we'll talk again 😂😂😂
I’ve never seen anyone comment about this, but Guillem’s insteps are so curved that when she’s en pointe, it looks like she’s on part of her her toenails, not on the ends of her toes. And I’ve seen filmed closeups of her toes, and they don’t show even the slightest blister or callous or deformity of the nails, just extreme dexterity!
This much aerobic exercise would cause anyone to be thin. Have you never seen the olympic marathon runners? If she were anorexic her muscles would deteriorate, and she is clearly very strong. This body type is created through vigorous daily exercise, lots of lean protein, fruits, and vegetables. Perhaps something not many are familiar with.
She's been a vegans for a long time. Her family had mother was gymnast and Slyvie is extremely flexible even now in retirement and strong, also sje didn't have a serious injure until she was over 35. Peace and Blessings
She said at interviews that during her dancing carreer what she eat was really bad. It was mosly coca-cola with "pâté de campagne" She became vegan later.
I read through all 134 comments -- WOW -- amazing -- She is great -- and was blessed with incredible genes. I read or heard that she did not have her first serious injury til she was 36 -- in many ways she is like Bolle who also seems not to get injured very often --- good, smart training, careful eating (she is no more anorexic than he is, and his bones also show) and again good genes -- and wasn't NUREYEV incredibly perceptive to have chosen both of them???
+judith booth Sorry Judith, I love you, but I really think that these two things are not fairly comparable. Guillem worked with Nureyev from 14 yo until 32. He was her mentor. He created her. At the end of his life he said to her that he wanted to marry her, and that she was her "life continuum" on the earth. He said, I am dying, but my art lives in you Sylvie. Their relationship was very very very very deep, important. Bolle with Nureyev? He entered in the Sala of La Scala, they talked for 4 minutes, he asked Bolle to do something at the barre and stop. He choosed him because the rule was "a boy of the 6 curse", and for Tadzio the only boy of the curse with shiny blue eyes was him (that year there was Mick Zeni and Giuseppe Conte! Not very good for Tadzio!). Stop. 4 minutes. Guillem hates Bolle and so the entire "Rudy Generation", because he is perfectly the example of what Rudy hated, exhibitionisms, media and searching for Vogue's cover, always talking about himself and no hard work and deep study (books, cinema, culture in general, all thing which enrich dance). Two different things! (Sorry for english mistakes).
In her most recent interview she admitted that she fed herself with potato chips and coca colas. So it wasn't her diet that contributed in her super strong physic. She was born this way. Extremely strong and athletic with long limps, agility and flexibility that she improved it with her ballet training.
@@susannagroppello751 I know that. With "hard work" I mean an intelligent way of doing things. Bolle is becoming a ridicoulous athlete, a ridicoulus entertainer, no culture, no intelligent study of what he does, just social, tv, etc etc. and how many things are needed to be said if we consider his shows on italian television, his use of media... Very far from some big personalities, which are real STARS, especially if we consider their intellectual and cultural value, people like Misha, Rudy, and Sylvie too (also if she has been less comunicative on these terms) and many others. Have you ever heard Baryshnikov talking? Another level. "Hard work" to me is this, not just a stupid gym chicken
@@estrellamarrone I do not approve Bolle's use of social media either, and I do not share part of his artistic choice, but I live in Italy and I can tell he has brought ballet closer to everyone, which I do consider a good thing. And as far as his personality is concerned, he might appear narcissistic, but he is an easygoing person, very estimated by his partners and colleagues. So I think the words you use on him are very rude and offensive, just because you don't share his choices. As far as "Misha" and "Rudy" are concerned (whom you must know very well, as I can see), yes, I heard Baryshnikov talking and I do know the cultural work and value of both of them quite well... and even if I do not share part of Nureyev's artistic choices, I would never apply such negative terms on him... And as far as their personalities are concerned...have you ever heard talking who had worked with them...? They might have been loved, they might have been hated, but it would take a lot of courage, and maybe a bit of arrogance, to call anybody of these outstanding dancers "ridiculous"... Oh...and as far as "Sylvie" is concerned...just another level, nothing for us humans. I share and admire each and every of her choices, also the one not to communicate too much...
French chic, charming face, strong body, force, confidence. Sometimes this wonderful ballerina ' s manners remind of Marlene Ditrich, a wold famous German actress.
Oscarmad123, you'll get the best selection in DanceWorld in Dublin, off Parnell Street and also on Ranelagh Road. They stock Porselli, Gamba, Turning Pointe, Freed and a few other brands. If you manage to get over to London, it's a lovely experience going to Freed off St Martin's Lane.
I have danced without ribbons for class and such before. It can save a lot of pressure on your achilles tendons, but is not as safe because the ribbons provide your ankles a lot of stability. I've only done it a few times, when I can't sacrifice being on pointe but can't wear ribbons because of AT pain. that was how it was for me at least. Not sure what her reasoning was.
how is she considered weak?! she has been practicing for hours. and can you imagine what her feet must look and feel like? i'm sure they're all blistered by the way she handles them. plus look at how thin she is. dancers are amazing for doing what they do with such a strict diet.
You might be amazed at how very much dancers eat. It's simply a matter of balance. Both as an athlete and at being so very careful about everything they accomplish. Mind and matter.
when you see the Kabuki artists getting made up, it's exactly the same thing as Sylvie making up for Kitri----pure theatre ritual. this is an awful world---seriously---but at least it has Sylvie Guillem.....
Why? Simply one fact that is inspiring enough for young girls, having been discovered by a great dancer. And people tore her to pieces, called her Nureyew's pet...just like Polina Semionova has to fight in Berlin for her position, because Malakhov discovered her...."lack of elegance"..do I read envy between the lines?
I feel for her toes' pain... gosh! It's what made me quit ballet, that pain. I don't know how they do it. She may be thin, but she is nothing but muscle, probably. Plus if she is too fat she would put a lot of weight on her toes...
@AliciaDancers Ballet schools like POB pick dancers with very slender body types and work them so hard when their young and carefully control their diets. These girls are bred to be skinny, that is just how it is. It doesn't mean that she is anorexic or has an unhealthy body image. People are ignorant. Really skinny does not equal eating disorder.
if you are a dancer or not, it's irrelevant. how can you say a person is mean just because they are from america? this is a really stupid thing to say and no, i'm not american. can you stop spamming this video? tha ^^
cookie, do you really think i'd put my real age, gender and name on youtube? and btw, i was not mean. at 13 you should know how to calculate your dad's age ^^
Oh, please. I respect the efforts of Miss Guillem but we have quite an inedequate posture here and a great lack of ellegance as an artist. I can't imagine how she can possibly be an inspiration to young girls...
