What a privilege to watch this historic pas de deux. The Nureyev choreography of Swan Lake is not seen enough and words can't describe the thrill of watching Sylvie Guillem and Manuel Legris.

@santi7616

Жыл бұрын

I agree 👍😉❤️

@julizubkova8102

6 ай бұрын

По-моему это хореография Григоровича, и очень очень слегка Нуриева

@user-cc5tj8rv2p

2 ай бұрын

па-де-труа, а не па-де-де

She was perfection. Nureyev never made a better selection than the incomparable Sylvie 🌹

I love how she does not sacrifice musicality for tricks. Like, she does a lot of tricks, but she has so much control over them that she can actually time them precisely. I hate how a lot of dancers these days seem to think it’s okay to ignore the music just to show off balance/turns. Like, we appreciate the wow factor of tricks, but we still want to see dance.

I have never seen a better Odile. Even leaving aside her brilliant dancing, her magnetism and allure - on the precise borderline between beautiful and evil - are unparalleled, IMO. And oh my goodness, those feet. I can't say enough good things about this performance.

It's so interesting watching clips of this pas de deux. How rare it is that both dancers are at the same exalted level. Not that it would be easy for anyone to match Ms Guillem (she is astonishing) but something is lost if they're not quite the same artistically. Sitll, we have to be grateful that somehow this was filmed so that we can watch and marvel. Bravo Sylvie.

She dominates the stage completely the moment she steps in, it's unbelievable! Notice how directly she looks at the prince, omg, it must be scary for the partner to face this Odile! :D No words to describe this spectacular, exquisite genius of ballet who, is also fantastic as a smart and outspoken woman. I ADORE SYLVIE GUILLEM!!

@nilasspasov8417

6 жыл бұрын

I love your comment.Her body line and balance and her perfection look so fresh now.And yes, she is fantastic person as well .

@fabiesque

6 жыл бұрын

absolutely! I have seen her many times on stage and it's her trademark. As soon as she comes out she upstages everyone with her radiance, imperious persona and of course her beauty. A beauty that is sparkled with lots of intelligence and sense of humor

@dmmchugh3714

3 жыл бұрын

Even a slight bobble is no mas in the performance.

@deenibeeniable

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to leave a comment but after reading yours there's no need. She is perfection.

@tarantellalarouge7632

8 ай бұрын

@@dmmchugh3714 it was not her fault, it is Manuel Legris 😂

Her lines are perfection. Head, neck, arms, hands, fingers...Torso, legs, knees, feet, toes. Genetic prodigy.

@v_g_5964

7 жыл бұрын

And her mind bewitching the prodigy...

@kimpossible207

6 жыл бұрын

she's literally perfect

@nilasspasov8417

6 жыл бұрын

Now (2018) Sylvie can stand in line with all new generation like Svetlana Zakharova and many others and be one of the great Ballerinas today

@tallitamartins276

6 жыл бұрын

Nilas spasov think about on her time.. 30 years ago.. she still the best on our time ..

@jigalipio

6 жыл бұрын

Alexandra .Martins yes isn’t she the epitome of perfection

It is such a pleasure watching a great dancer of Guillem’s calibre. Not only of superlative technique but with a beautiful inner confidence that radiates with every subtle movement ~what a joy❣️ Even each curtsey to the audience is an extension of her exquisite grace. 🌹🌹🌹Her port de bras control, strength and balance is surely unparalleled.

Sylvie Gillem's command of this character is evident from the minute she takes the stage. Her Odile is impressive! I love her beautifully articulated leg and footwork.

She is the QUEEN!! Just breathtaking .....

She is absolutely perfect! A real freak of nature.

she's beyond perfection, nobody even close

the quality of her dancing, still impressing nowadays, in 1988 should look like science fiction

@fabiesque

7 жыл бұрын

exactly!!! People have forgotten meanwhile!!! It was like she was coming from another planet!!!!

@violettrojo

5 жыл бұрын

@@fabiesque come on, Fabio, she remains matchless. "after Sylvie, darkness". Your quote ! Spot on !

@violettrojo

4 жыл бұрын

it remains science fiction forever.

@violettrojo

4 жыл бұрын

@@lewisyoung4531 what ?? Guillem called Osipova "my queen" ?? That's definitely the end of any fuckin world.

@serenevil

4 жыл бұрын

@@lewisyoung4531 idk that i believe that. i think sylvie would be the last person to pass a crown to anyone.

Syliva is one of those extra ballerinas that knows the fine line between perfection and extreme.

She is the most exquisite dancer I have ever seen! I was very fortunate to have seen her dance at The London Coliseum in one of her final contemporary pieces before retirement.

I was lucky enough to see her in Cinderella in 86 in Paris with Noureyef and Patrick Dupont it was heaven

She is in a class by herself! Simply glorious

Sylvie feels the music and incorporates the character of the Black Swan, so powerful and safe dancing with two dancers.

She is absolutely breathtaking and flawless. Love Sylvie! Wish there were DVD's of her in Swan Lake!

@fabiesque

Жыл бұрын

She never gave the permission. I reckon she did not want to be taped too much....

Это феерично, пластично, манко- потрясающе! Silvie Guillem - высочайший класс, и Боже, какие руки- это неповторимо! Каждый акцент в музыке четко совпадает с движением, потрясающая музыкальность, в отличие от многих прим, которые скачут поперек такта, лишь бы скрутить или прыгнуть, а музыка им не мешает! Bravoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

１０代の時にこの二人のバレエをガラコンサートで実際に見ました。 高くかがげられたギエムのポアントとルグリの本当に羽根が生えてるのではという程の軽やかさが印象に残ってます。シルヴィの事書いてる方がほとんどだけどルグリも素晴らしいダンサーです。

Sylvie Guillem ... vraiment la plus grande !!!!!!

absolument magistrale ! quelle beauté, quelle maîtrise ! une parfaite téchnique, mélangé à une intérprètation parfaite ! adorable....

Really phenomenal. Thank you for making this available on KZread.

the best ballerina ever!

煌びやかで賑やかなセットでない分、余計にメインダンサーの素晴らしい技術と演技が堪能出来る舞台ですね！　それにしてもこれが20代前半の頃だなんてSylvie Guillem素晴らし過ぎる！( ﾟдﾟ)

Sylvie...soooo perfect, sooo beautiful

She’s out of this world, iconic video.

I love how well she knows her body and basic movement physics. Notice how tightly she holds the attitudes 7:50 mark, this is to prevent her long limbs from slowing her down due to drag. Most dancers don't seem to know this currently, so these attitude pirouettes look a bit ragged and/or out of control.

@universally2386

Жыл бұрын

Angular momentum, right? Smaller the radius, the faster the turn.

@francisheperi4180

Жыл бұрын

@@universally2386 😊

Thank you immensely for this extraordinary video.

We really have no clue how much she sacrificed to achieve perfection. Truly. She reminds me of Placido Domingo's sacrifices to achieve his mastery of his art. I'll never forget or love them both.

@violettrojo

4 жыл бұрын

She always said she sacrified nothing. She's got this "epiphany" on stage at 11 and she said that's what she deeply felt she was made for, what she deeply wanted to feel was this specific thrill. Sylvie Guillem always talked about joy, pleasure and experiment.

Surely this ballerina is a ballerina's ballerina. What exceptional beauty, athleticism, artistry! Ballet taken to a much higher level.

Sylvie is sheer perfection...

Балет - это сказка, сновидение - летучее и прекрасное. На сцене он всегда завораживает, увлекает и покоряет сердца. Очень интересное сочетание оперы и балета - сказочно, сны наяву. Производит сильное впечатление! Спасибо! Смотрела с большим удовольствием!

THE SOPHISTICATION OF SYLVIE AND MANUEL IS JUST BEYOND WORDS. AND IF ONE THINKS THAT THEY WERE 19 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT TAKES THE BREATH AWAY. HER EASE, CHIC AND TASTEFUL CHOICES IN BOTH STEPS AND STYLING ARE REMARKABLE AND MAKE HER UNIQUE. I LOVE HER BOWS: UNSURPASSED.

@oldoperafan_in_London

7 жыл бұрын

Manuel Legris was 24 here.

@fabiesque

7 жыл бұрын

yes thank you (-: I thought she was 19..this was when she was still at the Opera

@francinesicard464

7 жыл бұрын

Born in 1965, on this video of 1988, Sylvie is then 23. But she was 19 when Nureev made her Etoile, the youngest ever in the Paris Opera Ballet troup. She is the most stupendous dancer ever. You should watch also the ballet from William Forsythe "In the middle somewhat elevated", out of this world.

@fabiesque

7 жыл бұрын

+Francine Sicard "you should watch"??!?!?!? Do you know whom you are talking with?!?!? ahahahahahah I am Sylvie's connaisseur Nr.1 in the whole fucking world! ahahahah Thank you so much anyway! (-:

@Kapojos

7 жыл бұрын

you are the cleaner

Брависсимо! Спасибо за видео !

Wow. This is the best Odile I have ever scene. I can't believe what a difference in the air there is, compared to even the great Russian primas of the day. Who are usually my favorite. But this performance was unlike any other I've seen of Odile. Time to go see her Odette, and perhaps binge watch her other roles.

She is The best female dancer I have seen

@huwaidaguindi8225

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree !!!!

как же приятно видеть неисбитые версии балета, новую хореографию просто браво

WOW saw Guillem in her last performance but this is extraordinary and really moving, something else!

idk why but i love how you can faintly hear her shoes on the stage like it makes me feel things

Da pelle d’oca…. Fantastica … sublime …❤️

Sylvie has expressive legs movement ,so agil.very nice.!

She is The Best!!!🌺🌺🌺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Silossimo

4 жыл бұрын

💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕: absolument d'accord avec vous et qu'est-ce-qu'elle est mignonne.

Thanks for posting this rare footage from 1988! Just fabulous

She's thinner and more muscular in her forties than she was back then. Wish she could dance forever. But we age and she was so athletic for so long. Always pushing the boundries.

大技でもなんでもなくて 全然すごくないはずのところまですごいところがすごい···!(語彙力)

Can't get anything better than this.

Profound artistry THANKYOU

Silvia ist wunderschön!!! So zart und pünktlich, so rythmisch und echt.

She was an outstanding dancer one of the best i had the opportunity to see in mynlife🌹🎵🙏

Thank you for uploading this jewel.

こんなカッコいい黒鳥、見たことない。 王子は白鳥と間違えたのではなく、 この黒鳥に惚れたのだ。

Sylvie est magique mais M.Legris est un fabuleux danseur, il faut le dire et le redire...

Good lawd the way she moves on stage is so different it is almost like her body does not move until the music tells her to.

Les deux plus grands danseurs du siècle avec le mari de e Sylvie

PERFECTION!!! BRAVO!!!👑

MARVELOUS!

Sylvie , elle est GÉNIAL !!!!

Les fouettes de Mr Guilhem amazing💯💯💯💯💯😻

Wow, oh wow! Doesn't get better than this!

Sylvie's been my Number One for years and i've watched soooooooooooo many of her videos here on KZread..and this is the first clip i see her make a "mistake". Wow. 🤣

beauty!!!!!!

Nadie la supera! There are dancers, but she is the only Goddess!!!

This is really marvelous from all the dancers; but Sylvie Guillem is really in a class by herself. I don't know that i have ever seen a better Odile.

She is perfect!!!👏👏👏

she's amazing notice that she goes broke for extensions only when needed, at other times her attitudes are at 90-ish degrees unlike Russian ballerinas who have turned this pdd into practicing oversplits

@consternation6

5 жыл бұрын

which I love because then he musicality is maintained. But she can pop em in when you least expect, split jetes sideways and the whole olot. Amazing.

@puffball4484

5 жыл бұрын

ballet training today is awful. girls now sacrifice artistry and strength for hyper-flexibility. Show me a dancer today that has rhythm and flow other than Osipova and Nunez.

@violettrojo

5 жыл бұрын

@@puffball4484 Osipova has boxing gloves that's no rythm nor flow...to me.

@garotadagavea

4 жыл бұрын

Ivelina Pancheva sometimes she does not even do a 90. Her extension is at the service of the character and the dance, not the other way around.

@Silossimo

4 жыл бұрын

@@garotadagavea Tout à fait d'accord avec vous: le choregraphe a son mot à dire quand même.

she is perfect

JE NE ME SOUVENAIS PLUS QUE Sylvie était si extra terrestre, c'est irréel cette danse légère et forte à la fois...

Very nice performance I love watching

女神が舞い降りたとしか言いようがない 別格です

@tm2339

3 жыл бұрын

ミスる女神…

et Manuel aérien, facile , précis un duo sublime jamais égalé pour moi

Волшебно прекрасно!

absolutely beautiful

..in a league ofvher own ... un reachable ...un compareable ... eternal stunning

Silvie Guillem was not the first one who showed amazing extension and flexibility. She made it the standard for ballerinas all over the world. The first one was Russian Nadezhda Pavlova in 1973, but she was the only one among Russian ballerinas with such technique and nobody followed her in achieving such skills until Silvie Guillem made it perfect at the beginning of the eighties.

Legris просто супер

Impresionantes los tres....Fabulosos!

sooo beautiful Tiara also

Amazing performance, Guillem and Legris are truly unbelievable in this video. As much as I dislike Nureyev's Swan Lake, this is out worldly beautiful...

@judithbooth4855

8 жыл бұрын

+PUCA PUCA This does not look like Nureyev's Swan Lake?? Bourmeister maybe??

@pucapuca7385

8 жыл бұрын

+judith booth It is definitely not the Burmeister version, nor the "classical" Grigorovitch, but the Nureyev's version for POB. I usually dislike Nureyev's choreographies (too many damn ronds de jambe, technicalities that break the rythm...), and Rothbart dual, pseudo-Oedipean role in this version is probably one of the most ill-devised part in classical ballet ever. Of course, IMHO.

@pediatrapaola

8 жыл бұрын

+PUCA PUCA me too hate his unsufferable petit rondejambes everywhere

@pediatrapaola

8 жыл бұрын

+judith booth mr atanasoff here is around 50 his dancing is still very good

@Royalbrettania

8 жыл бұрын

+judith booth Hi Judith Dear , this is with the exception of the little variation for Rothbart , to a step, the classic so called "after" Petipa Black Swan Pas de deux

wonderful Sylvie Guillem!

シルビーギエムは自由に踊ってますね❗ 天才です❗💐💕

Bravo brilliance dance

Flawless magnificence!

Lovely

So amazingly graceful. Not all ballerinas, even great ones, have this innate grace. Beautiful!

Stunning🌹

БОЖЕСТВЕННАЯ ЗВЕЗЖА СИЛЬВИ!!!!❤❤❤❤

She was so amazing! such legs! I think her right Pointe shoe was giving out. it just looks totally gone ( with her arches that would be a hazard)

@Ms.SimoneGabrielle

6 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too! Banana feet.

@AraCod

4 жыл бұрын

Yes the right shield is shot. To think she wouldn't have a serious injury for more than 15 years from this part of her life is amazing. 🌹

Beautiful dancing.

Best female ballet dancer!

She is THE BEST!!!❤❤❤

What a feathery ballet ！Their performance is incomparable and stupendous.Are you who watch this video a person of what country ？

Black swan gorgeous! Strength and beauty

MERCI !!

The greatest Odile of all time by the greatest ballerina in history !!

Изумительные танцовщики Просто тончайший танец Лёгкий искусный выразительный и драматичный Сильвия шедевр и Мануэль супер Высший класс

she is underrated, in a class of her own

Bravissimo! 👏👏👏💐💐💐

OMG!!!!! everything you need to see in order to experience the pull of genius, manipulation and longing for transcendence.