The Dying Swan - Natalia Osipova (The Royal Ballet) 

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SORRY FOR LAUGHING

Lmfao.....you are really funny

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HAHAHAHA

ano nádherně vyjádřené.. Vaše vnímavost a křehkost je jak laskavost ticha pro krásu listu padajícího ze stromu do dlaně krásy země...

Yes, you are right 💜

God bless you

@@user-oh6xq8lx3z God bless you, too!

She went on for 8 minutes, she had the strength to fly, just chose to flap around for drama. 😂

Ok

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Yeah ummmm yea it’s good I think that’s what u meant

myslím, že to je nejvýstižnější vyjádření.. zasahuje to nejkřehčí, co člověk v duši má...

snoubení bolesti a krásy.... jako život sám....

Yes so true! She could easily do the usual beautiful version, but makes an artistic choice to make it „ugly“. Kudos to Natalia! ❤️

Well of course, ballet is an art. ♥️

@@tamei7006 fr and to me it looked like the swan just wanted to fly again with everyone but never got the chance and started accepting death a bit and in the end it finally dies

why did i think of 'he's not just an athlete, he's an artist!'

absolutely agree. I watched this speechless. She is breathtaking.

Same here.. I am crying and I don't know why...

All you need to know is that it is hard

Samedt. Crying over this on youtube. I wonder if I can see this performed for reals - I think I’ll be sobbing then, with snot coming out of my nose kind of ugly crying T_T

@@maggiepie765 😂😂😂

@@aradhanayadav2927 Because we see don't see a ballerina interpreting a swan's movements; we see a swan. One who is desperately trying to fly but later realises that she is dying. It's quite an emotional performance. I watched Svetlana Zakharova's performance as well where she interprets the swan as trying to fly but soon resigns herself in the knowledge that she is dying. Two different interpretations, but both exquisite and emotional performances.

I cried reading your comment. Cuddles is definitely watching you from heaven so good luck with your ballet lessons on RU-vid! Dance is such a beautiful art form to transmute sadness into hope.

@@ishikawayayoiI'm crying about the comment too 😢❤️

Oh this has made my tears fall. I also do ballet at home, so like you. Mine is because I am recovering from breast cancer. I had a lump and lymph nodes removed and my arm has suffered. I got the strength back in it from doing ballet moves and it's worked! To top off my joy, I am seeing Natalia dance Odette at the Royal Opera House next week (March 14th 2022) and will say a little prayer for your beloved cat because I will be thinking of you. I'm going to be very emotional that night. God bless ❤️

láska se neztratí, i když naše blízké bytosti převedou svou duši do laskavosti věčnosti....

cuddles would be proud of you

Thank you for expressing how I felt about it in such perfect words!

@@ramandeepnijjar8281 they literally said they had no words to express it lmao

Sublime. This performance touches your soul.

Yes, to speak about îs a sinn. It deserves a profund mute admiration!

bruh i have never teared up at at someone's dance 'till now

Agreed. I really love russian ballet but a lot of times it seems that the dancers are disconnected from their character or too cold as a result of focusing, maybe too much, on technique

@@hejhej4441 Yes, I have often the same feelings, but I don't think that this is because they are too much focused on the technique, I think that to live the character intensively, and not just to play it, is more of a western culture.

@@istvantoth5466 what’s the point of using this art form if not to embrace and embody the art itself... the issues with a lot of the Russian ballet practices has more to do with their cold unrelenting training methods in my opinion, rather than it being “more of a western thing” there are plenty of countries that display breathtaking art with beautiful techniques that aren’t western. We can agree that most of the Russian ballet can be “known” for the almost flawless technique though. The cold stance/expression is constantly noticed and criticized but it’s seemingly part of THEIR culture. Using art to display perfection rather than expression. To each their own though. Tons of good qualities all around the globe, it’s ok to recognize downfalls especially when they have such strong execution of these works in general! Definitely part of why they seem to flow better individually instead of as a group I think. It’s like watching and hearing a pianist play a perfect piece vs some other pianist that plays that same piece with additional flourish instinctively blending the two without missing a beat. Just a different style. Both beautiful and interesting to experience.

@@scorpionattitude Congratulation for the name you choose, indeed all the scorpion girls I met in my life had a unique attitude which always intrigued me, but made me also suffer a lot:) To your point, maybe I was too short in my words and the word "western" mislead. I think that the high performance increase in analyzing the characters came because of the cinema culture, which even if invented mostly by , had later the highest level of studies and development in western Europe and in the USA. With this I don't think that Russian culture is cold, actually it is very emotional indeed. When you look to a class of Vaganova dancers, then they don't smile not because they are cold, they just didn't learn how to express their emotions and hide them by choice.

Osipova became a prima ballerina at the Bolshoi! She has a big soul and a big heart, that's why such a deep and soulful performance of "Swan".

I am crying.....😢

Probably never saw Plisetskaya i see

​@@soniabuxaderassans9671 the dying swan is not supposed to be beautiful, but ugly. the swan is graceful and elegant but death is tragic and sad - it keeps trying to take flight but is slowly dying. Osipova captured this perfectly, this act is truly astonishing/heartbreaking

And also Maya can express that. Both are probably the best at this piece

Watching till the end as soon as she did that tears just burst from my eyes. It was an amazing way to end the dance that truly captured the struggle and final gasp for life

Yes

No you're not the only one. As evident from this entire comment section.

I teared up too

Probably, i know someone passed onions right close to my eyes.

Yes, was just thinking the same..

True

Just... Epilepsia

agree I wanted to hear the claps

La beauté fait encore partie de ce monde.

And I very much prefer Ms. Osipova's interpretation to SZ or UL's. They are all about beauty and grace and perfect lines, and I don't get the immediacy and urgency and pain of death from either. Natalia is the only one who manages to perfectly capture that angst, in my opinion.

Thank you. Am learning so much from you all. No....def no need to insult the artist. Am stunned how ignorant I am. Forsook the Arts for Sciences. Never too late to learn though. Took up painting and drawing again during lockdown and love it, but am tone deaf so a violin or piano is out, though I wud LOVE either. Can appreciate the music when played but cannot hum or sing correctly, the simplest melodies. Sister the same. Another sister brill artist and very musical. But not remotely interested in earth sciences etc. 😁😁😁

@@marvel-buff Agreed! I’ll always love the perfection and grace of those classic Russian swan-types but for this particular piece, I think Osipova’s visceral acting makes for such a uniquely passionate and powerful performance.

@@darrenashley5292 Welcome to the ballet community! Yes, never too late to discover a love of the arts.

@@eg5660 Thank you very much all for the explanations. Look forward to taking my mind off the worlds problems for a while. Wish me luck.