Anna Pavlova - 'Californian Poppy' (1916) BEST QUALITY
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2019
- The choreography for 'Californian Poppy' is by Anna Pavlova (Ack. ‘Ballet Alert’) to music is by Tchaikovsky, with the first performance being given in 1915 at the Cort Theatre San Francisco. This footage was shot in 1916.
What I like particularly in this footage is that you see how expressively Pavlova uses her upper body.
At the end of the ballet, Pavlova draws the the poppy’s petals around her which seems to reflect a similar sentiment to that of ‘The Dying Swan’, though it might just be expressing what poppies do in the evenings. Perhaps both meaning are packed in together.
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Wonderful to see how she made the costume a part of the performance, as if it were a living partner. What a beautiful and expressive piece. 🌺
yes, makes the performance more complete
What a treasure that she was caught on film, and we can still enjoy her beautiful dancing today. You could show me the most skilled dancer today, and I will prefer to watch a dancer that has less technical abilities but actual connection to her emotions! ❤ No wonder audiences of the late 19th and early 20th century were captived by her!
agreed - technique, what ever you have, is just something to allow you to be expressive - that's only what matters :)
Exquisite - her whole body is expressive. When she lifts a leg en avant, the movement is so simple yet lovely, the tears came to my eyes. It's as if she's moved by an inner spirit that transcends the boundaries of flesh.
yes, every part of her body is expressive!
Meravigliosa. Espressiva, aggraziata, bellissima.
Lyrical, joyful, simple. Just like these Poppies, which I have grown in my garden.
Прекрасная русская балерина Анна Павлова, сколько грации , изящества в её движениях. Хрупкая и нежная, как цветок розы.
Pure magic - unrivalled. Her students tell us that these films give no idea of how she really was on the stage.
Она воистину божественна!!!
My my my... leaves you speechless. Matchless creature!
I just named my newborn Chihuahua puppy Annabelle Pavlova in honor of her. I was born in New Zealand and our most famous dessert is also named in her honor the Pavlova, funny enough my good friend born in Belarus is adopting Annabelle, so she will know Russian and be our little ballerina puppy.
an excellent choice! i remember reading it was an unnamed chef at a Wellington hotel, who invented the dessert, during one of her tours there.
Thank you for this video which shows Ms Pavlova' s creativity and beautiful upper body. It was truly a pleasure to watch. C❤❤
How enchanting...and that ending...💕
Thank you so much for this upload, John Hall. The quality of this video really makes it possible to understand why Pavlova was regarded as such a great artist. From other clips you've given us, I could believe the legend, but from this one I can feel it as well. Incomparable. A thousand thanks.
pleasure :)
la legendaire anna pavlova ds tte sa splendeur a la grace ineffable
It is a touching number and I can see why audiences the world over enjoyed it.
What a great artist she was! Lovely!
Very interesting, her clothes, I´ve never seen her before. Many thanks John for sharing it!
Thank you for sharing such gems of ballet, and providing such excellent commentary! It is beautiful to see such refined artistry and storytelling.
Encantadora essa eterna bailarina. Muito expressiva na simplicidade da performance
That was a long dance and a long time to be on point. That dress! Too funny!
Beautiful so graceful and a pleasure to watch.
Thank you. It's wonderful and captivating.
How beautiful.
Beautiful 🎉
very :)
How beautiful and moviing ! 1916 ! that's amazing
¡ Que amapola tan bella! Su interpretación es hermosisima!
¿No es así? En particular, la forma en que usa su tutú para expresar el cierre de una flor en la noche.
Fue una bailarina hermosisima y única. Tuvo el arte de velar el arte y Nureyev hizo lo mismo.
@@isabeldiezlangre9411 sí, la amo Dying Swan, no suave y obviamente hermosa en la forma en que bailó hoy, pero rota y entrecortada en partes que muestran la muerte del cisne, luchando contra él y luego con resignación.
@@JohnRaymondHall La muerte del cisne de Pavlova es una obra de arte... perfección y sentimiento. Se puede llorar viéndola bailar...una maravilla
@@isabeldiezlangre9411 si, pura emoción en movimiento
unbelievable...wow...great watch to see the queen of dance
great to have this footage isn't it
@@JohnRaymondHall oh yeah...and your channel is pure gold!!
@@soulvilleful thanks very much - very nice of you to say that - appreciated! :)
@@JohnRaymondHall shame that there is no nijinsky dancing footage...the only one is the one where he walks the streets of vienna ....right?
@@soulvilleful yes, only that one in Vienna - which i've posted on YT. such a great shame Diaghilev didn't allow his company and it's stars to be filmed - a great great loss
I love these videos. If she would be dancing like this today, we would say she had a terrible technique. Almost no turnout... everything evolves.
yes, Ashton said she had limited technique but what he called 'highlights' - it was something other than technique that made her so extraordinary
That way Pavlova collapses her head backwards with arms outstretched - surely very difficult to do en pointe?
yes, very - and so expressive!
Props to whoever designed and created the costume. It serves much better than the traditional tutu.
yes, it creates the poppy :)
The best!!!!
Amazing how she could dance on these simple pointe shoes that didn't have the support of today's
exactly
The eternal ballerina!
a supreme legend!
I think this is something one must get used to in order to find enjoyment in it. Interpretive dance tends to leave me cold, bc each seems to be a connected series of individual movements that seem to be made up by the dancer on the spot, and not truly choreographed. The dancer has in fact choreographed it, but one can easily see the dancers who have that gift and those who don’t, unfortunately.
i think that is right - for me planning movement expressing music is something that takes time
Exquisite.
indeed!
I know she did the choreography, is this her dancing?
Yes. Very rare footage.
Kevin Donohue ty
Indeed she was wonderful and they didn’t have the shoes they have nowadays
very nice. Like Lois Fuller using costumes as part of dance performance
это странно ведь у анны павловой было другое телосложение
Другое? Какое именно?🤔
ccda uau
And what did this costume mean? Sorry, but i find it nearly unpossible. Nevertheless the arms are beautiful!
when she draws the 'petals' of her tutu up towards the end she is showing how flowers close their petals at night. this is a bit tricksy - and it's a pity she did not have better chore for some of her ballets
@@JohnRaymondHall Yes, I agree. At least very sad.
i bet the CIA loves this aswell...scnr.
Sorry...was ballet so different 100 years before?I don't get it..to me it looks like an amateur girl is dancing in her living room.did she always dance like that?
a lot of her ballets were very slight choreographically - it's best to judge her in film of the classics, such as Don Q
Her arm movements are very ungainly. I don't like her style at all.