Lopatkina is unique and number one on the planet. Underneath her loveliness is a steely resolve found only in the greatest dancers. She is the stuff of legends.
I love watching her even in rehearsal. Have you seen the video where she practices at the barre while her small daughter looks on and tries to imitate? It's magical.
Exquisite ballet performance and the music suited each jewel perfectly!!! Faure painted an Emerald dew over a morning meadow, Stravinsky sparked the fire within Rubies and Tchaikovsky sprinkled icy snowflakes Diamonds everywhere :)
No, I agree. Even a ballet like "Diamonds" shouldn't just be danced like a modernised, semi-abstract version of the 19th century classics that inspired it; it should transcend past the Petipa quotations and, especially, the technique. Why do you ask?
Lopatkina is a completely musical artist. i agree with you about Somova, but that does not apply here. Furthermore, I think the corps in the first movement dance the piece SO clearly you can see the counterpoint. And htey use their feet beautifully, so the action is really clean and the shifting accentsare visible -- it's subtle, and quiet, but it's faceted as cleanly as possible. I think Balanchine would have admired their art-concealing art. City ballet does not dance the ballet this well.
Also, vastly inferior to Margaret Thatcher and Serena Williams in this particular role, I suppose. And you don't think Ulyana Lopatkina is musical? Honestly... are you Donald Trump?
@maseratic boychik what to compare different ? Complain about Lopatkina ..o my God. Kolpakova she is from so old school where are they more actresses. Totally different. What fro to put ALLL together and write it here? before it was..of course i was a child and my soviet childhood was extremely happy but Lopatkina is Lopatkina
I am not a dancer so I cannot say the technical terms for it, but when she does that stepping thing into the leg arch at *9:13* ugh it sends shivers down my spine everytime
The composer Alexi Machavariani (from the old noble Georgian family) was the Georgian composer, who was born and died in Georgia (Republic of). He was often invited to the Russian Opera, the Russian Soviet Music events and on. One of his famous ballet compositions was Otello and it was perfomanced in in Bolshoi Theater in times of USSR. It was a masterpiece and also the ballet dancer who performed Otello, was a legendary Georgian ballet dancer Vakhtang Chabukiani (you can click in You-tube his name and will enjoy of his incomparable Otello in the ballet world). The dancer created such a great speed of otello that neither Russian Soviet nor European dancers could run over this master class performance. So after his death none could take the step in such dance speed, and because of it Otello, composed by the great Georgian composer Alexi MACHAVARIANI is not is on ballet list anymore. Anotheryoung great Georgian ballet dancer Nika(Nikolai) Tsiskaridze which also was invited to dance in Moscow Bolshoi Theater, approached to this Otello, but in some circumstances it didn’t work… Also George Balanchine, the well-known Master and Choreographer of AMERICAN BALLET was the Georgian origin too, from the old Georgian noble family) who immigrated to US after Russian revolution. He had very warm relations with Stravinsky, composer of Fire Bird and Petrushka, which Balanchine created for the American ballet. He was the son of famous Georgian composer Meliton Balanchivadze and brother of famous composer Andrea Balanchivadze, who was on very friendly terms with Shostakovich.. There is another Georgian great ballet dancer who performed in Bolshoi Theater, Nika (Nikolai) Tsiskaridze too.
Ulyana is stunning, but the wardrobe department goofed on her tutu. The skirt should be the shorter, powder puff style. The bodice should have boning. In this ballet, the ballerina's tutu is not supposed to look the same as the corps de ballet girls. It should be shorter.
gee... the russians have come a long way dancing balanchine... now they actually look like they know the music... balanchine once spoke a word, 'gisellitis', i think it was, which he meant by a popular disease in dance everyone one stage is affected by... for the americans, there is usually only one girl who is allowed to be dreamy in these later ballets... now the opening waltz is finally on beat but still, the kirov managed to dance it like a dream scene and take the edge off balanchine steps... i used to worry everytime the american girls do their funny allemande left, fearing they would crash becasue of the briskiness, the kirov does them so languidly, no thrills, safe and pretty... when the opening waltz is like with edges all smoothed out, the principle has no place to go, so she starts caring about the man, thus, role destroyed... still much better from the days when they all look like they are gonna break their ankles, and always a beat too late.
loretta applebee "break their ankles"? From what? The speed? I am not being facetious. I agree that, while exquisite, these dancers are all softening the edges of the steps. Russian style is so fluid and beautiful so some of the work lacks specificity.
The Russians have always been much better than the NYCB performing Balanchine's choreography. It's their impeccable training. Their technique so precise, their upper bodies so expressive, that they are able to master his choreography - fast or slow - with smooth fluidity, something the Americans have never been able to do. NYCB dancers are tense, tight, rigid, jerky, sloppy, complete with unattractive grimaces, as they tackle the difficult choreography without the impeccable training that produces automatic ease of movement. Balanchine would have been delighted if he had been able to see the Russians perform his works. Their flow, lines and bodies formed the picture for his on-going quest in the West. Not surprising that dancers from his two alma maters create his vision the best. If he had seen Uliana Lopatkina in Diamonds, he would have thought he had reached heaven.
I just looked up Igor Zelensky on Wikipedia. I learned he is married to Putin's daughter and has a child with her. I wonder what will happen to his international career now. I saw him perform live with Lopatkina years ago and he was unforgettable....and she was sheer magic....a dance genius. I suppose they can still have big careers in Russia...just not in the West. It is sad what tears us all apart. Let us see what the future brings.
The Diamonds are the best of the 3, Emeralds are nothing special, Rubíes Is like a musical or gymnastics, not a classical ballet, could not Even watch the whole thing, AND no melodious music. The Diamonds have Tchaikovski AND it Is Still a real Classical ballet. Love Igor Zelensky, Lopatkina Is very good too. The ending of Diamonds Is spectacular.
I agree "The Diamonds" are the superior out of the three pieces, but no need to hate on Igor's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, it's a very playful and nice piece.
I don't see why you're so hung up on it neatly fitting into the box of classical ballet. Enjoy it for what it is or don't, but don't disingenuously judge a piece by a standard it obviously doesn't hold itself to.
Tecnica fluida, musicale e impeccabile...l'interpretazione molto meno....un po' feddi c'è poca connessione tra Lopatkina e Zelensky. Anche se Lopatkina resta una grande artista. Il corpo di ballo è la coreografia sono fantastici.
also, the technique of the dancers, especially the principals, is really quite mediocre. when the main female diamond does her pirouettes, her knee is just noticeably turned in. and when the main male diamond was doing his jete alonces, his foot was hardly pointing, to the point where it look flexed. not the best performance of this great piece, which is warranted but still a little disappointing
@@fakelars i definitely can’t, but it’s just my critique! i have mad respect for all the dancers, don’t get me wrong :D it’s very likely the performance was just off
Wow! You are talking about Uliana Lopatkina, probably the most talented and lyrical ballerina of our time, actually admired throughout Europe for performing Diamonds better than any other dancer.
Mi humilde opinión, no me gusto. A parte de algunos problemitas técnicos que sólo lo sabemos nosotros, Ulyana L. en el Pas de deux tiene muy poca conexión con Igor Z. Súper fríos, muy clásicos para mi gusto. Se están preocupado mucho por la técnica y no están bailando, no se, no sentí nada :( . El cuerpo de baile poco ataque, fuera de música, poca libertad de movimiento. Lo mismo, preocupados por la técnica. Cabe destacar que El Mariinsky B es una de las mas importantes compañías del mundo y unas de mis preferida.
Ночь, а я не могу отлипнуть от экрана) Меня парализовало просто. Я не большая поклонница бессюжетных балетов, но это божественно! Баланчин - гений!
It is always an event to see Lopatkina dancing!
Mariinsky's corps is just absolutely amazing, such a bliss to watch, I can't even fathom what seeing the live would be like!!
Tchaikovsky's music is so beautiful. I love Diamonds. Ulyana is such a lovely dancer, her musicality is wonderful.
Lopatkina is unique and number one on the planet. Underneath her loveliness is a steely resolve found only in the greatest dancers. She is the stuff of legends.
I praise every ballet dancer. They all trained to practice so hard.
Lopatkina is divine. This is her official title. She is genious, special, outstading , breathtaking, legendary etc etc
She Is a Diamond!!
She has the precision of a diamond watch, combined with the organic softness of floating thistledown. 💖
She is soooooo beautiful. This is really the best recording of this section of the ballet.
0:15
0:28 - Corps Dance
6:30 - Pas de Deux
16:56 - 4 Ballerinas Dance (1)
18:56 - Diamond Danseur Variation (1)
19:23 - 4 Ballerinas & 4 Danseurs and Diamond Danseur Dance
20:32 - Diamond Ballerina Variation (1)
21:55 - 4 Ballerinas Dance (2)
22:28 - Diamond Danseur Variation (2)
22:52 - Diamond Ballerina Variation (2)
23:15 - Polonaise Finale
31:57
Ulyana Lopatkina has such a radiant, sparkling smile & stage presence - what a star!
Bravo!!!!
Coreografia belíssima com uma das mais fabulosas sinfonias de Tchaikovsky.
Ulyana fantástica!!!!!!
Браво 👏🏼
Ulyana is just this amazing human being... what a godess!!!
I love watching her even in rehearsal. Have you seen the video where she practices at the barre while her small daughter looks on and tries to imitate? It's magical.
Exquisite ballet performance and the music suited each jewel perfectly!!! Faure painted an Emerald dew over a morning meadow, Stravinsky sparked the fire within Rubies and Tchaikovsky sprinkled icy snowflakes Diamonds everywhere :)
utterly extraordinary, beautiful--these are surely among the greatest dancers in the world
But then again, what people often say about the Mariinsky corps is completely true: they are the stars in every performance.
No, I agree. Even a ballet like "Diamonds" shouldn't just be danced like a modernised, semi-abstract version of the 19th century classics that inspired it; it should transcend past the Petipa quotations and, especially, the technique. Why do you ask?
Lopatkina is a completely musical artist. i agree with you about Somova, but that does not apply here. Furthermore, I think the corps in the first movement dance the piece SO clearly you can see the counterpoint. And htey use their feet beautifully, so the action is really clean and the shifting accentsare visible -- it's subtle, and quiet, but it's faceted as cleanly as possible. I think Balanchine would have admired their art-concealing art. City ballet does not dance the ballet this well.
Also, vastly inferior to Margaret Thatcher and Serena Williams in this particular role, I suppose. And you don't think Ulyana Lopatkina is musical? Honestly... are you Donald Trump?
Lopatkina inferior?
@maseratic boychik what to compare different ? Complain about Lopatkina ..o my God. Kolpakova she is from so old school where are they more actresses. Totally different. What fro to put ALLL together and write it here? before it was..of course i was a child and my soviet childhood was extremely happy but Lopatkina is Lopatkina
I am not a dancer so I cannot say the technical terms for it, but when she does that stepping thing into the leg arch at *9:13* ugh it sends shivers down my spine everytime
Replying to you 4 years later haha. I think it’s called a penché.
@@satiocal5434 Thank you! Better late than never. 😌
Balanchine would have loved to see this! Thanx God, it is filmed.
Gyönyörű,csodálatos. Gratulálok. BRAVÓ!
I love u tube to think that have brought so mu beauty to the world.thank you from the bottom of mine coeur
You guys have put the wrong thumbnail, you switched the thumbnail on Rubies and Diamonds. Love the performance though
Замечательный балет - прекрасная музыка, хореография, исполнение!
И достойная операторская работа!
Вот это кордебалет у Мариинского!!!! Великолепие!!! И конечно же моя любимая Ульяна! Её так не хватает...
Réveil sans limitation (BRAVO)
I think they are incredible.
I really enjoyed the demi soloists!
Beyond words!
The best balletts ever seen.
QUEEN OZON ,DIAMOND STONE.TRANSFARANT AT HER BEAUTY COLOUR .
Una pareja suave y llena de armonía
Красиво! Похоже на русскую зиму)
The composer Alexi Machavariani (from the old noble Georgian family) was the Georgian composer, who was born and died in Georgia (Republic of). He was often invited to the Russian Opera, the Russian Soviet Music events and on. One of his famous ballet compositions was Otello and it was perfomanced in in Bolshoi Theater in times of USSR. It was a masterpiece and also the ballet dancer who performed Otello, was a legendary Georgian ballet dancer Vakhtang Chabukiani (you can click in You-tube his name and will enjoy of his incomparable Otello in the ballet world). The dancer created such a great speed of otello that neither Russian Soviet nor European dancers could run over this master class performance. So after his death none could take the step in such dance speed, and because of it Otello, composed by the great Georgian composer Alexi MACHAVARIANI is not is on ballet list anymore. Anotheryoung great Georgian ballet dancer Nika(Nikolai) Tsiskaridze which also was invited to dance in Moscow Bolshoi Theater, approached to this Otello, but in some circumstances it didn’t work…
Also George Balanchine, the well-known Master and Choreographer of AMERICAN BALLET was the Georgian origin too, from the old Georgian noble family) who immigrated to US after Russian revolution. He had very warm relations with Stravinsky, composer of Fire Bird and Petrushka, which Balanchine created for the American ballet. He was the son of famous Georgian composer Meliton Balanchivadze and brother of famous composer Andrea Balanchivadze, who was on very friendly terms with Shostakovich..
There is another Georgian great ballet dancer who performed in Bolshoi Theater, Nika (Nikolai) Tsiskaridze too.
Since you're building list of great Georgians, don't forget our beloved Nina Ananiashvili! We miss you in New York, Nina!!
נפלא לשמוע ולראות את המיטב של YOU TUBE !
genius work
Beautiful Russian have the best ballet
He is very very very good
20:33 diamond variation female solo
I DO love U.Lopatkina
Igor Zelensky is such a babe!
Beautiful! :)
Start watching from 8:28 to 10:53
Thank you very much! Part, Emeralds is blocked. Is is possible for you to send it to me?
Ulyana is stunning, but the wardrobe department goofed on her tutu. The skirt should be the shorter, powder puff style. The bodice should have boning. In this ballet, the ballerina's tutu is not supposed to look the same as the corps de ballet girls. It should be shorter.
8:58 !!!
Can anyone recognise any of the dancers?
1:38:44
not so sure about HIS hairstyle....but anyway..a great great performance!
any other dancers out here trying to figure out what shoe she wears?
gee... the russians have come a long way dancing balanchine... now they actually look like they know the music... balanchine once spoke a word, 'gisellitis', i think it was, which he meant by a popular disease in dance everyone one stage is affected by... for the americans, there is usually only one girl who is allowed to be dreamy in these later ballets...
now the opening waltz is finally on beat but still, the kirov managed to dance it like a dream scene and take the edge off balanchine steps... i used to worry everytime the american girls do their funny allemande left, fearing they would crash becasue of the briskiness, the kirov does them so languidly, no thrills, safe and pretty...
when the opening waltz is like with edges all smoothed out, the principle has no place to go, so she starts caring about the man, thus, role destroyed...
still much better from the days when they all look like they are gonna break their ankles, and always a beat too late.
loretta applebee "break their ankles"? From what? The speed? I am not being facetious. I agree that, while exquisite, these dancers are all softening the edges of the steps. Russian style is so fluid and beautiful so some of the work lacks specificity.
The Paris opera ballet do this well.. especially diamonds ‼️
The Russians have always been much better than the NYCB performing Balanchine's choreography. It's their impeccable training. Their technique so precise, their upper bodies so expressive, that they are able to master his choreography - fast or slow - with smooth fluidity, something the Americans have never been able to do. NYCB dancers are tense, tight, rigid, jerky, sloppy, complete with unattractive grimaces, as they tackle the difficult choreography without the impeccable training that produces automatic ease of movement. Balanchine would have been delighted if he had been able to see the Russians perform his works. Their flow, lines and bodies formed the picture for his on-going quest in the West. Not surprising that dancers from his two alma maters create his vision the best. If he had seen Uliana Lopatkina in Diamonds, he would have thought he had reached heaven.
No está mal. Pero ¿por qué siempre Mr. B. hace aparecer a las mujeres como niñas tontas o arañas patonas y a los hombres como torpes sin remedio?
I love Ulyana but the outfit made her torso shorter than it should be
ruote incontenibili
I just looked up Igor Zelensky on Wikipedia. I learned he is married to Putin's daughter and has a child with her. I wonder what will happen to his international career now. I saw him perform live with Lopatkina years ago and he was unforgettable....and she was sheer magic....a dance genius.
I suppose they can still have big careers in Russia...just not in the West. It is sad what tears us all apart. Let us see what the future brings.
The Diamonds are the best of the 3, Emeralds are nothing special, Rubíes Is like a musical or gymnastics, not a classical ballet, could not Even watch the whole thing, AND no melodious music.
The Diamonds have Tchaikovski AND it Is Still a real Classical ballet.
Love Igor Zelensky, Lopatkina Is very good too.
The ending of Diamonds Is spectacular.
I agree "The Diamonds" are the superior out of the three pieces, but no need to hate on Igor's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, it's a very playful and nice piece.
@@fakelars i have No hate for the music, Lars, it Is just not the kind of music i enjoy. We all have our preferences, in everything. That's all.
Karen Noble i understand, thanks for elaborating :)
I don't see why you're so hung up on it neatly fitting into the box of classical ballet. Enjoy it for what it is or don't, but don't disingenuously judge a piece by a standard it obviously doesn't hold itself to.
@@MurasakiMonogatari Well said!
Tecnica fluida, musicale e impeccabile...l'interpretazione molto meno....un po' feddi c'è poca connessione tra Lopatkina e Zelensky. Anche se Lopatkina resta una grande artista. Il corpo di ballo è la coreografia sono fantastici.
also, the technique of the dancers, especially the principals, is really quite mediocre. when the main female diamond does her pirouettes, her knee is just noticeably turned in. and when the main male diamond was doing his jete alonces, his foot was hardly pointing, to the point where it look flexed. not the best performance of this great piece, which is warranted but still a little disappointing
Alina Puig as if they’re reading this
i'd like to see you do better !
@@fakelars i definitely can’t, but it’s just my critique! i have mad respect for all the dancers, don’t get me wrong :D it’s very likely the performance was just off
@@alinapuig188 yeah, it wasn’t the best i’ve seen of Lopatkina.. sorry for being kinda rude....
Wow! You are talking about Uliana Lopatkina, probably the most talented and lyrical ballerina of our time, actually admired throughout Europe for performing Diamonds better than any other dancer.
LENA ,MILK BLUE FRINT WHITE COLOUR FOR MY OWN QUEEN ATHENA UNIFORM TO WEAR.
Mi humilde opinión, no me gusto.
A parte de algunos problemitas técnicos que sólo lo sabemos nosotros, Ulyana L. en el Pas de deux tiene muy poca conexión con Igor Z. Súper fríos, muy clásicos para mi gusto. Se están preocupado mucho por la técnica y no están bailando, no se, no sentí nada :( . El cuerpo de baile poco ataque, fuera de música, poca libertad de movimiento. Lo mismo, preocupados por la técnica.
Cabe destacar que El Mariinsky B es una de las mas importantes compañías del mundo y unas de mis preferida.
I agree with you.
right ! the russians have no speed...
Unwatchable. Is it the music? Choreography? Dancers? Yawn. . .
1:36:47