La pareja más bella y sensible en este ballet. Inolvidables, su sincronización elegancia y actuación, irrepetibles y únicos. Todos lloramos y sufrimos con ellos. Y Rudolf tan bello y tan joven en esa época, tenía un magnetismo y una presencia y entrega escénica única. Siempre en nuestros corazones.
Гениальное исполнение, что тут скажешь. Потрясает до глубины души. Фонтейн - сама нежность и все прощяющая любовь, а Нуриев - сплошное страдание и раскаяние. Сколько раз смотрю - столько же и плачу
What I love best about Nureyev is his unique ability to embody complex emotions with his face _and_ his body. What’s equally wonderful is that he had the generous capacity to make his partners better actors than they were without him, and I think we can see this best in Fonteyn.
Perfection. So moving that we can feel all passion of deep love and all pain in front of the end of love. Fonteyn and Nureyev exquisite, sensitive, great dancers and paternship for ever!!!!
I am so happy with our era..... UA-cam brings everything in our lap!!!! How extraordinary and mystical that I can “attend “ this footage of a magical duet after so many years....
the first four minutes................perfection............ I've seen this danced by many others and NONE have moved me like this version. Maybe others can get their legs higher etc., but there is a mystical element to this dancing that can't be taught. They HAD it!!
I totally agree with you. I feel so deep emotions in my soul, every time I see this iconic performance. I think no one can do better than Fonteyn and Nureyev.
Wow!, what can I say about them..., they´re absolutely fascinating, magical couple, the greatest classic couple of all time!, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn forever and ever!!
And I am grateful for that athletic competition. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and for me, watching the type of dancing they did then, now only has sentimental value. Ballet, like everything, has evolved. You can't compare what they did in the 60s to the grace, skill, stamina and brilliance of the dancers of today
Oh...I have already said this many times about these two marvelous dancers....They are in a class by themselves IMHO. Such beauty, grace elegance and musicality is simply divine! There are no more words for me to describe how sweet their dancing is to me. Thanks!!
Thank you for posting this very rare footage. For those who complain it's out of sync..well if you can find this much of Fonteyn and Nureyev dancing Giselle Act II please let me know where to find it. The only other sample of Fonteyn and Nureyev dancing Giselle is a much shorter fragment. I will take whatever we can get.
Due miti che hanno cambiato la danza, così diversi, così complementari ed amici. Grazie a voi per avere copiato questo pezzo, grazie a loro per aver dato interpretazione e linfa vitale alla danza.
Thank You BooddaF!! This is so magnificent. So "Other World-ly". To finally have this clip in it's proper form - worth the wait! Thank You again. - Mona
There is the entire ballet done with Lynn Seymour from 1979. By that time Rudy's technique was no as good but he still was amazing. He just has more passion here. Maybe it is Fonteyn although Lynn Seymour was a wonderful dancer. There is some kind of passion between Rudy and Margot that is pure magic.
I Especially Like As "The Graceful Critique" of Themselves Ascends Into His Galloping March of Approval After He Conceives Elegance With Her; As He Achieves "What I Like To Call: "Conception!!!" The March Goes On As Two Young Colts Unionizes With Each Galloping Step!!!
What is always missing in performances is magic and emotion. This performance is the magic of ballet between 2 performers. Beautiful to watch because it pulls you in. Mikhail is the greatest performer of all time because he was perfection. He combined it all in his own performances. This is the best I've ever seen between a male and female on stage. Very moving.
I’m sorry but I respectfully disagree with your assessment. Baryshnikov may have had an arguably better technique, and he was able to perform at his technical best for more years: he was a great dancer but he wasn’t a genius. Nureyev was a genius who had so much more to give beyond the limitations of his flawed physicality - his body basically disintegrated and he danced in great pain quite early on in his career because he only started his Kirov training as a teenager. Nureyev was ballet while Misha was a man who danced well. It’s almost as if Nureyev was put on earth to deliver everything he could about what dance was….he often said he was no more than a dancer…his home was wherever he was dancing and his only purpose was ballet.. The thing is ballet IS the magic between the two leads in a traditional ballet. Nureyev was great not only because of his solo capabilities but because of the generous partner he was. Since ballet is ballerina centric the greatest male dancers are those who are the greatest partners which is quite underrated (the incredibly difficult aspect of the male dancer’s job. Ballet is rarely judged, or even watched, as a solo act. It’s not a selfish art and it’s not meant to be performed alone. Perhaps on television specials or at Galas you will see a male dancer perform a variation excerpted from a PDD from a ballet. Every classically constructed ballet rarely has any male solo that isn’t connected to a PDD. The man dances his variation after the pas de deux, then the woman, and then the bravura coda. Perhaps it’s during this coda that Baryshnikov jumps higher and turns faster. A great, great male dancer always tries to put the emphasis on the ballerina (even though Nureyev beefed up and improved the male variations and even added in solos for men) Nureyev pushed himself and all those who danced with him, including Fonteyn, to go beyond their limits. If you watch Nureyev dance Giselle with Lynn Seymour in the late 1970s, for example, you see a Nureyev who creates the same magic with a completely different ballerina…even though his own technique had declined as brings out the best in Miss Seymour. That was Nureyev’s mission whereas Baryshnikov was definitely more about his solo career. I can also add that I knew both of these men as people and as dancers. Nureyev was mercurial and temperamental, filled with pathos, love, curiosity, an inner drive and almost a broken heart. Baryshnikov was, I’m sorry to say, a rather cold, unpleasant person with an enormous ego. Of course Baryshnikov was a perfectionist and he had every right to think well of himself and rightfully considered himself a great treasure. He was not a generous partner and, in fact, was infamous for the way he treated a number of his partners. Another bit about Nureyev - after he didn’t have the technical prowess of his younger years he did keep dancing to the dismay of his critics - not because Nureyev was unaware but because he felt he still had more to give. Nureyev also taught a generation of some of the greatest dancers after his career at the RB ended. He brought to life and raised the standard of most of the biggest names at the Paris Opera Ballet. He discovered Sylvie Guillaume, Karen Kain amongst quite a few other dancers.
I like Rudi in this version of Giselle. And I prefer when he does the diagonal brises three times rather than the schtick he later did, with doing all the entrechats six in place. His dancing is cleaner here than I've ever seen him... fewer tricks.
The greatest eleven minutes ever performed. The greatest eleven minutes committed to eternity thanks to this footage. No Giselle and Albrecht pas de deux has ever come close (despite the absence of Giselle’s variation with the iconic developé à la seconde and Albrecht endless entrechat six. Thank you.
"Sir Rudolph Nureyev;" I Believe; Would Be So Proud of "The 'Swan Lake;' Performance;" Of Both Igor Zelensky; and His Damsel Yulia M. Within Today's "Tchaikovsky;" (s); Swan Lake;
🌹🌹🌹🌹♥️♥️♥️♥️Марго Фонтейн великолепная балерина!!!!!Каждое движение чудо!!!!!Нуреев бесподобен молод красив!!!!замечательная пара танцовщиков людей,художников!!!но ей больше подходит роль Джульетты,мне так кажется!💖💖💖
Fonteyn was one hell of a great Giselle. Her, Fracci and Evdokimova... my top three (with Osipova close behind). Bessmertnova was wonderful too, but a little bit of a cold fish.
"There Is Strength; And Gallantry; Behind The Hinder-Legs of This Most Graceful Giraffe of The Male And The female Aesthetique!!!! For He Is The Prince; Where Baryshnikov Gallops And Chews His Food of Sacrifice; Even As Unto Us; As Much As; "He Should Be; He Should Become A Priest; Even As Unto Us; As The Tabernacle Suggests; Within Its Acacia Wood; Where Is His Promised Land?
Unfortunately this clip is completely out of sync with the music. Can the author or somebody please correct it? It is sad to show something not as it should be with these amazing artists.
+Sonia A. No, you are wrong. If any Giselle is the best (and that is really also a question of taste) is it undoubtedly Ulanova and after than, perhaps Asylmuratova.
Oh please she is a ghost after all and I would rather have understatement than over the top emoting. Less is better. and every movement and gesture of Fonteyn shows her love for Albrecht.
Has anyone ever watched Misty Copeland dance? She is the best in the world for me. The lines and the strength are beyond perfection. Margot is an amateur by comparison. ......Sorry guys......I believe she was deemed to be good in her day, but dancing has moved on and the dancers are stronger and so much more flexible........
Not only does Misty Copeland fall absolutely flat in comparison to Fonteyn Copeland is perhaps one of the most overrated dancers of today. Her line is not pristine nor exquisite; and her technique is fine but there are many modern ballerinas who surpass her in every way. I think if there wasn't so much hype about her color she'd be no more than a first soloist. She is a solid performer but lacking in finesse. She's like the Lang Lang of ballet. Regardless of the inevitable march to greater virtuosity and strength and flexibility one can still judge Fonteyn on her own exquisite merits and in comparison to the dancers from her time. Her line is incomparable. Her musicality and versatility regarding roles for which she was the standard by which all others were measured. Nureyev could have chosen ANYONE in the world to dance with and he stubbornly insisted on Fonteyn. She was his choice. The greatest duo ever.
You said it all thank you. I am so tired of reading about Fonteyn's lack of technique when in fact she had a great, solid, but not intrusive technique. There is far more to ballet and the creation of a character and performance than just exaggerated technique. I am so thankful for these films of Fonteyn's genius I would rather watch these and be moved than many of the so- called greats of today. Thank you again Lfzmk!!
People who criticise Fonteyn's dancing will die without legacies that changed the face of an art form. That's the truth. People can compare, debate, and ponder over shit all the time and that's fine. But as it stands, Fonteyn's fame and legacy stands true and have withstood the test of time. Everyone else can take a seat.
La pareja más bella y sensible en este ballet. Inolvidables, su sincronización elegancia y actuación, irrepetibles y únicos. Todos lloramos y sufrimos con ellos. Y Rudolf tan bello y tan joven en esa época, tenía un magnetismo y una presencia y entrega escénica única. Siempre en nuestros corazones.
Fonteyn seems lighter than air and Nureyev is so passionate in his love
Жили... любили... танцевали... радовали... мечтали... остались одни воспоминания и видео. Светлая память...
Да, как всё быстротечно...
Гениальное исполнение, что тут скажешь. Потрясает до глубины души. Фонтейн - сама нежность и все прощяющая любовь, а Нуриев - сплошное страдание и раскаяние. Сколько раз смотрю - столько же и плачу
Елена , какой душевный Вы оставили отзыв! Соглашусь с Вами во всём ! Чарующее исполнение!
What I love best about Nureyev is his unique ability to embody complex emotions with his face _and_ his body. What’s equally wonderful is that he had the generous capacity to make his partners better actors than they were without him, and I think we can see this best in Fonteyn.
Alexander Pushkin deseaba crear "bailarines pensantes" que trasmitieran profundas emociones. Con el gran Nureyev, lo logró...
Perfection. So moving that we can feel all passion of deep love and all pain in front of the end of love. Fonteyn and Nureyev exquisite, sensitive, great dancers and paternship for ever!!!!
Paternship
Parternship
I am so happy with our era..... UA-cam brings everything in our lap!!!! How extraordinary and mystical that I can “attend “ this footage of a magical duet after so many years....
I uploaded the full act 2 here ua-cam.com/video/c0Gy0GXP2Ug/v-deo.html
the first four minutes................perfection............ I've seen this danced by many others and NONE have moved me like this version. Maybe others can get their legs higher etc., but there is a mystical element to this dancing that can't be taught. They HAD it!!
That is in the romantic manner!
I totally agree with you. I feel so deep emotions in my soul, every time I see this iconic performance. I think no one can do better than Fonteyn and Nureyev.
Wow!, what can I say about them..., they´re absolutely fascinating, magical couple, the greatest classic couple of all time!, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn forever and ever!!
when dance was pure art, expression, musicality and not an athletic competition
Totally agree! So beautiful!
I don’t agree. There are plenty of dancers who are incredibly expressive, as well as athletic.
@@voraciousreader3341 To each his own
And I am grateful for that athletic competition. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and for me, watching the type of dancing they did then, now only has sentimental value. Ballet, like everything, has evolved. You can't compare what they did in the 60s to the grace, skill, stamina and brilliance of the dancers of today
I saw Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn over 50 years ago at Covent Garden, wonderful, wish they were still here!
Unique and unforgettable Rudy.
Oh...I have already said this many times about these two marvelous dancers....They are in a class by themselves IMHO. Such beauty, grace elegance and musicality is simply divine! There are no more words for me to describe how sweet their dancing is to me. Thanks!!
This 11 minutes of Giselle is so lovely to watch without voice overs or interruptions. It is so beautiful. Thank you for posting this Booddaf
Look at this beautiful little prince, he radiates feelings and emotions.. You are really charming, Rudy ❤
Thank you for posting this very rare footage. For those who complain it's out of sync..well if you can find this much of Fonteyn and Nureyev dancing Giselle Act II please let me know where to find it. The only other sample of Fonteyn and Nureyev dancing Giselle is a much shorter fragment. I will take whatever we can get.
Go to ICA Classics. I have the whole pas de deux! Fabulous!
I uploaded the full act 2 here ua-cam.com/video/c0Gy0GXP2Ug/v-deo.html
The Linear Gestures and Angles Within This Piece of Performance; Is Brilliante!!!!
Rudolph and Dame Margot - there is no more beautiful pairing ......
Марго просто невесомая! Рудольф-- инструмент для балета.
I just love these two and how naturally artistic they are
Thank you, thank you for this beautiful piece! I weep at the pure beauty of these two. Incredible talent!
I am in tears! His timing is beyond perfect. It belongs to another realm entirely! Thank you for posting!
The Spiritual Realm
She and He Possess Such Powers!!!
Sembra di sognare ad occhi aperti ! Che meraviglia !!!
Grazie grazie grazie, mi son tanto commossa
Due miti che hanno cambiato la danza, così diversi, così complementari ed amici. Grazie a voi per avere copiato questo pezzo, grazie a loro per aver dato interpretazione e linfa vitale alla danza.
the person who is recording this . it is so sweet how we can hear you holding back your tears at 8 minutes 40. it is so very moving
Thank You BooddaF!! This is so magnificent. So "Other World-ly". To finally have this clip in it's proper form - worth the wait! Thank You again. - Mona
Thank you for posting this footage.
That Nureyev thought to cradle a bouquet of the most huge Easter lilies onstage...very striking. Very memorable.
There is the entire ballet done with Lynn Seymour from 1979. By that time Rudy's technique was no as good but he still was amazing. He just has more passion here. Maybe it is Fonteyn although Lynn Seymour was a wonderful dancer. There is some kind of passion between Rudy and Margot that is pure magic.
He Holds The Lilies; And Performs For The Lilies and The Lilaques;
her upper body, especially her arms and head movents were incredible. so subtle and flowing,
The perfect coupe on the stage...
I Especially Like As "The Graceful Critique" of Themselves Ascends Into His Galloping March of Approval After He Conceives Elegance With Her; As He Achieves "What I Like To Call: "Conception!!!" The March Goes On As Two Young Colts Unionizes With Each Galloping Step!!!
The record is diffuse but I literally forgot to breathe... such a exquisit artistry and Passion..
I uploaded the full act 2 here ua-cam.com/video/c0Gy0GXP2Ug/v-deo.html
What is always missing in performances is magic and emotion. This performance is the magic of ballet between 2 performers. Beautiful to watch because it pulls you in. Mikhail is the greatest performer of all time because he was perfection. He combined it all in his own performances. This is the best I've ever seen between a male and female on stage. Very moving.
Michail is a good performer but not an artist.Nureyev was an artist above all
I’m sorry but I respectfully disagree with your assessment. Baryshnikov may have had an arguably better technique, and he was able to perform at his technical best for more years: he was a great dancer but he wasn’t a genius. Nureyev was a genius who had so much more to give beyond the limitations of his flawed physicality - his body basically disintegrated and he danced in great pain quite early on in his career because he only started his Kirov training as a teenager. Nureyev was ballet while Misha was a man who danced well. It’s almost as if Nureyev was put on earth to deliver everything he could about what dance was….he often said he was no more than a dancer…his home was wherever he was dancing and his only purpose was ballet.. The thing is ballet IS the magic between the two leads in a traditional ballet. Nureyev was great not only because of his solo capabilities but because of the generous partner he was. Since ballet is ballerina centric the greatest male dancers are those who are the greatest partners which is quite underrated (the incredibly difficult aspect of the male dancer’s job. Ballet is rarely judged, or even watched, as a solo act. It’s not a selfish art and it’s not meant to be performed alone. Perhaps on television specials or at Galas you will see a male dancer perform a variation excerpted from a PDD from a ballet. Every classically constructed ballet rarely has any male solo that isn’t connected to a PDD. The man dances his variation after the pas de deux, then the woman, and then the bravura coda. Perhaps it’s during this coda that Baryshnikov jumps higher and turns faster. A great, great male dancer always tries to put the emphasis on the ballerina (even though Nureyev beefed up and improved the male variations and even added in solos for men)
Nureyev pushed himself and all those who danced with him, including Fonteyn, to go beyond their limits. If you watch Nureyev dance Giselle with Lynn Seymour in the late 1970s, for example, you see a Nureyev who creates the same magic with a completely different ballerina…even though his own technique had declined as brings out the best in Miss Seymour. That was Nureyev’s mission whereas Baryshnikov was definitely more about his solo career.
I can also add that I knew both of these men as people and as dancers. Nureyev was mercurial and temperamental, filled with pathos, love, curiosity, an inner drive and almost a broken heart. Baryshnikov was, I’m sorry to say, a rather cold, unpleasant person with an enormous ego. Of course Baryshnikov was a perfectionist and he had every right to think well of himself and rightfully considered himself a great treasure. He was not a generous partner and, in fact, was infamous for the way he treated a number of his partners.
Another bit about Nureyev - after he didn’t have the technical prowess of his younger years he did keep dancing to the dismay of his critics - not because Nureyev was unaware but because he felt he still had more to give. Nureyev also taught a generation of some of the greatest dancers after his career at the RB ended. He brought to life and raised the standard of most of the biggest names at the Paris Opera Ballet. He discovered Sylvie Guillaume, Karen Kain amongst quite a few other dancers.
@@l.alexandra5871 Thank you for leaving such a great comment! Enjoyed so much reading it❤️
Getting late for work but beauty and grace of this performance won't let me go.
Как они прекрасны, а ведь прошло столько лет... ❤❤
Robert De Warren-you can now buy the whole of this pas de deux from ICA classics-Amazon.
I like Rudi in this version of Giselle. And I prefer when he does the diagonal brises three times rather than the schtick he later did, with doing all the entrechats six in place. His dancing is cleaner here than I've ever seen him... fewer tricks.
The greatest eleven minutes ever performed. The greatest eleven minutes committed to eternity thanks to this footage. No Giselle and Albrecht pas de deux has ever come close (despite the absence of Giselle’s variation with the iconic developé à la seconde and Albrecht endless entrechat six. Thank you.
Exquisite other worldly It touch me deep
In my soul . I watch every movement every emotion . It is real , graceful perfection .
Alexander Zarember -If you get the ICA classics video you will see the complete pas de deux.
И его папа ещё хотел, чтоб он был военным. Ну папа, ну какие тут кирзачи?
Brilliante!!!!
"Sir Rudolph Nureyev;" I Believe; Would Be So Proud of "The 'Swan Lake;' Performance;" Of Both Igor Zelensky; and His Damsel Yulia M. Within Today's "Tchaikovsky;" (s); Swan Lake;
I Remember Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder; As Having Danced On Top of the Roof First; and Then; Within The Sky;
"Chalance; And Gallance; As He Gallops;"
Best!
🌹🌹🌹🌹♥️♥️♥️♥️Марго Фонтейн великолепная балерина!!!!!Каждое движение чудо!!!!!Нуреев бесподобен молод красив!!!!замечательная пара танцовщиков людей,художников!!!но ей больше подходит роль Джульетты,мне так кажется!💖💖💖
Obrigada! Thank you!
Fonteyn was one hell of a great Giselle. Her, Fracci and Evdokimova... my top three (with Osipova close behind). Bessmertnova was wonderful too, but a little bit of a cold fish.
My Perfect Little Croquis;
Bestowe Upon Ticker Bell-Her Ticker Symbol; And Maybe Peter Pan Will Return To Us.
The Lady Fonteyn; Herself Margot Fonteynia; "The Doe!"
"There Is Strength; And Gallantry; Behind The Hinder-Legs of This Most Graceful Giraffe of The Male And The female Aesthetique!!!! For He Is The Prince; Where Baryshnikov Gallops And Chews His Food of Sacrifice; Even As Unto Us; As Much As; "He Should Be; He Should Become A Priest; Even As Unto Us; As The Tabernacle Suggests; Within Its Acacia Wood; Where Is His Promised Land?
...As "The Lily; Shows Off His Bone Structure as Well As Hers; He Offers As Unto Us His Grace; His Gallantry; And His Sadoire As Fair;
Bring Out The Cherry;
💫💔💕
Unfortunately this clip is completely out of sync with the music. Can the author or somebody please correct it?
It is sad to show something not as it should be with these amazing artists.
I agree, the music is not in correct in the traditional sequence.
Thank you ,that is ballet
@DoktorNgKepiyas nobody is better than Margot sorry
Excellente; In Its Measurements; And This Is Russia; Customary May Be Re Thought Towards Its Metrique and Its Symmetry;
I uploaded the act 2 here ua-cam.com/video/c0Gy0GXP2Ug/v-deo.html
La cspa el unico
I like Fontayn but Natalia Makharova is the best Giselle. This one needs drama and passion, not restrain. Rudy is breathtaking though. He made me cry.
+Sonia A. No, you are wrong. If any Giselle is the best (and that is really also a question of taste) is it undoubtedly Ulanova and after than, perhaps Asylmuratova.
Ana Finn Alessandra Ferri...
Oh please she is a ghost after all and I would rather have understatement than over the top emoting. Less is better. and every movement and gesture of Fonteyn shows her love for Albrecht.
Has anyone ever watched Misty Copeland dance? She is the best in the world for me. The lines and the strength are beyond perfection. Margot is an amateur by comparison. ......Sorry guys......I believe she was deemed to be good in her day, but dancing has moved on and the dancers are stronger and so much more flexible........
Not only does Misty Copeland fall absolutely flat in comparison to Fonteyn Copeland is perhaps one of the most overrated dancers of today. Her line is not pristine nor exquisite; and her technique is fine but there are many modern ballerinas who surpass her in every way. I think if there wasn't so much hype about her color she'd be no more than a first soloist. She is a solid performer but lacking in finesse. She's like the Lang Lang of ballet. Regardless of the inevitable march to greater virtuosity and strength and flexibility one can still judge Fonteyn on her own exquisite merits and in comparison to the dancers from her time. Her line is incomparable. Her musicality and versatility regarding roles for which she was the standard by which all others were measured. Nureyev could have chosen ANYONE in the world to dance with and he stubbornly insisted on Fonteyn. She was his choice.
The greatest duo ever.
You said it all thank you. I am so tired of reading about Fonteyn's lack of technique when in fact she had a great, solid, but not intrusive technique. There is far more to ballet and the creation of a character and performance than just exaggerated technique. I am so thankful for these films of Fonteyn's genius I would rather watch these and be moved than many of the so- called greats of today. Thank you again Lfzmk!!
People who criticise Fonteyn's dancing will die without legacies that changed the face of an art form. That's the truth. People can compare, debate, and ponder over shit all the time and that's fine. But as it stands, Fonteyn's fame and legacy stands true and have withstood the test of time. Everyone else can take a seat.
Thank you for all your comments for setting the facts straight. Fonteyn and Nureyev were and are legends.