I’ve always danced the fourth variation (King Caudale). I’m a professional ballerina trained in Moscow. I love seeing all of them together. Of course I’ve performed some of the jumping variations (Lucien and Armida) too. I think Paquita is the ballet I’ve done the most - it’s great for galas and special performance🇧🇷🇵🇹🩰
Yekaterina Kondaurova in her variation. The gold standard in this variation. No one does it better. Her transition from a high a la seconde to a deep arabesque penchée is particularly delicious. Most ballerinas, even Russian ones, turn this relatively simple transition into a hydraulic nightmare.
In the 1991 film "Kirov Classics", Lubov Kunakova gives the best performance I have ever seen of this variation (Paquita is performed with Makhalina/Zelensky in the leads).
although not transitioning into a deep penchée, I feel like Amber Skaggs recently handled the transition really well and it looked pretty smooth with it not feeling like a “hydraulic press” (per your description, which actually sounds about right haha). ua-cam.com/video/Igj78sUD8Aw/v-deo.html
My variation that I learned recently is Paquita six, or variation for Anna Pavlova here, timestamp 18:00 Its pretty fun but a bit challenging at the end
what is the variation number at 15:35 ! i would like to learn this and perform it so if anyone knows what this is called other than “variation from armida” that would be so helpful! every time i look it up i only get results from armida’s pavilion
Paquita has a history of using famous ballerinas who would then want to do a variation they preferred. In the research I’ve done, there are at least 23 that have been used in the past. Different composers, different ballets - it’s quite a convoluted mess in some instances.
As I've said in other threads, the Russians have heaps and heaps of this Petipa-Minkus stuff lying around, which they then interchange with licentious impunity.
@@avesraggiana “with licentious impunity” 😄 I also would rather like to find more consistency. They even use male variations, for instance from Coppelia (doesn’t even remotely sound like it would be performed during a wedding in Spain in a ballet story), and I feel like they would put the cupid variation from DQ just anywhere. That’s so annoying.
The Don Quixote variation is not actually from Don Quixote at all. It's actually from Paquita itself, Gorsky just interpolated it into Act 2 of Don Quixote for Cupid/Amour and it stuck ever since. Although Marius Petipa just made the famous ballerinas of the day choose their own favorite variations to dance in the Grand Pas. It's sort of a concert collab. The variations may vary in each staging but over time, ballet companies have developed their very own "canons" in what variations to dance. You could just get random variations, slap in the Entree, Adagio, Pas de Trois and Coda and you still have the Paquita Grand Pas.
Why was she so out of time in the first variation? She literally started before the phrase even ended. I'm not sure if that is the original way the timing is, but it made the whole thing seem overly rushed.
The variation from “King Candaule” is my absolute favorite. Doesn't matter who performs it, I will always watch.
I’ve always danced the fourth variation (King Caudale). I’m a professional ballerina trained in Moscow. I love seeing all of them together. Of course I’ve performed some of the jumping variations (Lucien and Armida) too. I think Paquita is the ballet I’ve done the most - it’s great for galas and special performance🇧🇷🇵🇹🩰
All wonderful. Ulyana gives me chills.
2:28 is my favorite variation of all time. it is so upbeat and fun to do. it looks beautiful and is short so it doesn’t take long to learn.
I’ve learned that one before and it is indeed very fun and doesn’t take too long to learn!
@@kritee yes! it’s very short, complicated but nice and easy to learn
I am looking for others videos of this variation, do you know the number?
It’s difficult to find others videos of this one
@@barbaracia i believe its number 2
@@barbaracia here’s one ua-cam.com/video/osld25Rjww4/v-deo.html
Yekaterina Kondaurova in her variation. The gold standard in this variation. No one does it better. Her transition from a high a la seconde to a deep arabesque penchée is particularly delicious. Most ballerinas, even Russian ones, turn this relatively simple transition into a hydraulic nightmare.
In the 1991 film "Kirov Classics", Lubov Kunakova gives the best performance I have ever seen of this variation (Paquita is performed with Makhalina/Zelensky in the leads).
although not transitioning into a deep penchée, I feel like Amber Skaggs recently handled the transition really well and it looked pretty smooth with it not feeling like a “hydraulic press” (per your description, which actually sounds about right haha).
ua-cam.com/video/Igj78sUD8Aw/v-deo.html
Absolutely beautiful!
БОГИНИ! БОГИНИ! БОГИНИ РУССКОГО БАЛЕТА! К СОЖАЛЕНИЮ' ДИКАРИ ЛИШИЛИ НАС В ГЕРМАНИИ ВООБЩЕ В ЕВРОПЕ НАСЛАЖДАТСЯ ЭТИМ ЧУДОМ В 2022 ЛМ ГОДУ...
Elegant and beautiful!
This is the Vestalka variation from King Candaule, most commonly performed as a variation in Paquita.
trilbi and armida are my favorites. what about everyone else? what are your favorite paquita variations?
Armida is my classmates variation!
Bravo bravo bravo bravo
My variation that I learned recently is Paquita six, or variation for Anna Pavlova here, timestamp 18:00
Its pretty fun but a bit challenging at the end
The uploader made an error.....this is actually Ekaterina Vazem's variation, and is the original variation for the lead ballerina of the grand pas.
O MINUNATIE DE ARTA VIE, FELICITARI.
She is beautiful the ballerina 👏👏👏👏
Isn’t Nadejda Gratcheva performing the Lucien’s variation?
One of my favourites linda artistry and tecnique of russia
does the third one remind anyone else of queen of the dryads ? 😅
Всех узнала-все шикарные!
15:35 “Variation from Armida” - is that Natalia Osipova? The quality of the video is bad but I see Natalia in her jumps and movements. Is that her?
14:03 Performer: Nadezhda Gracheva
Min 2:20
12:18
The stream 8:20
what is the variation number at 15:35 ! i would like to learn this and perform it so if anyone knows what this is called other than “variation from armida” that would be so helpful! every time i look it up i only get results from armida’s pavilion
i'm trying to figure out the same thing. did you ever find any answers?
4:23
20:33 Where is this scene in la sylphide??
It is the wedding adagio variation
I was trying to find .... no sucess 😢
Наша школа!
Весь мировой классический балет - только русский. Другое дело - как его преподают, в какой школе?
7:08 is the variation I did 💕🩰
cupid variation is actually in don quixote not paquita
it is in both.
some famous ballerinas like to add the variations they prefer and one of the happens to be cupid. so it’s kinda paquita kinda not paquita
Shes really dancing
13:36
Захарова богиня балета
18:00
Es sierto esta cupido
18:00 number?
Variation for Anna Pavlova
I believe it’s number 9. You could probably also find it by searching Paquita violin on yt
@@kritee thank you
why is the variation from don quixote here its not in paquita
idk there are other variations that arent from paquita here too
Paquita has a history of using famous ballerinas who would then want to do a variation they preferred. In the research I’ve done, there are at least 23 that have been used in the past. Different composers, different ballets - it’s quite a convoluted mess in some instances.
As I've said in other threads, the Russians have heaps and heaps of this Petipa-Minkus stuff lying around, which they then interchange with licentious impunity.
@@avesraggiana “with licentious impunity” 😄 I also would rather like to find more consistency. They even use male variations, for instance from Coppelia (doesn’t even remotely sound like it would be performed during a wedding in Spain in a ballet story), and I feel like they would put the cupid variation from DQ just anywhere. That’s so annoying.
The Don Quixote variation is not actually from Don Quixote at all.
It's actually from Paquita itself, Gorsky just interpolated it into Act 2 of Don Quixote for Cupid/Amour and it stuck ever since.
Although Marius Petipa just made the famous ballerinas of the day choose their own favorite variations to dance in the Grand Pas. It's sort of a concert collab. The variations may vary in each staging but over time, ballet companies have developed their very own "canons" in what variations to dance. You could just get random variations, slap in the Entree, Adagio, Pas de Trois and Coda and you still have the Paquita Grand Pas.
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Rodriguez Tunnel
Armadas pavilion 7:10
2:25 number?
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Why was she so out of time in the first variation? She literally started before the phrase even ended. I'm not sure if that is the original way the timing is, but it made the whole thing seem overly rushed.
Thevproblem.wuth her she showcases hersekf not the character
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