Here I will look at men in dance and male dancers and their history and roles.
MEN DANCING - I am an avid ballet-goer and watcher -- but I am somewhat unique in that I do not pick my dance occasions based on the ballerina but rather on who is dancing the male(s) role(s). This has been so for a long time and the realization of it crystallized for me quite recently.
Today there are many fine roles and variations that cater to men, But in the long ago and far away men were considered props to hold up the ballerina. In the time of August Vestris men were technically quite good. However in Petipas' time the ballerina became more important. Just look at the roles -- Swan Lake (1895) and Sleeping Beauty (1890) Petipa emphasized the girl whereas in Sylphide (1832) and Giselle (1841) there were good male roles. Given all these changes, in most classical ballets males roles are tiny (50 sec of solo out of a 2 hour ballet), and that needs to change.
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Magnificent. ❤thanks
Прекрасно! Такая выразительность, что о технике забываешь! Потрясающий дуэт!
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Какая красота! Она почти «падает» назад! Даже сердце замирает!❤
Sublime artiste!
A fascinating Odile by PIetragalla!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Wow!! I remember I took a few of his ballet classes in NYC circa 1995. J.R was one of my fav dancers at ABT while Baryshnikov was there. In fact, rumor has it there was a bit of a rivalry due to his exceptional and nearly equal talent. 🤔😏
He WAS magnificent, truly magnificent . . . . His end was a tragedy.
😂He's alive and well.
@@samsara2826 Forgive my imprecision . . . I MEANT Nureyev!
@@richardcleveland8549 Ça arrive ☺
magistrale ❤️❤️❤️ sobre, pure, magnifique ! pourquoi si court ?
Il n'y a pas de mot pour dire toute cette beauté Merci mille fois
Jean marie Didier vioc chauve moche très mauvais professeur frustré transfobique a éviter 😝🤢
Quelle joie de voir ce défilé, des années après l'étincelante "génération 1993", les Etoiles Noureev comme vous dites si bien. Que d'Etoiles ont continué à briller, a enseigner la rude école de l'excellence de Noureev... Directeurs de la danse à Bordeaux, Toulouse, Paris,... qui ont voyagé avec leur compagnie. Qui perpétuent l'héritage Noureev en dansant les ballets qu'il a revisités ou créés. Tout dernièrement, j'ai vu, sur la scène mythique de Garnier, José Martinez Directeur de la Danse qui, selon le rituel inauguré par Noureev, a nommé Etoile une danseuse à la fin du ballet ovationnée par son public. Rien n'est moins administratif ! Merci d'avoir gardé ce beau moment !
I love this production, but this video's half-an-hour too short
Amazing !!!!
He's an angel who's flying high in the sky. Amazing
With Natalia and Gelsey heading the principal roster, Marianna got overlooked but she was always wonderful. A first rate ballerina by any standards. And what can you say about Renvall but that he is amazing. Today I went to the Lincoln Center library to search a good tape of his iconic Golden idol. So stoked that you posted this performance of Giselle. It is a gem!!!
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ピエトラガラのオディール大好き❤ イリュージョンみたいにオディール出てくるとこもいいし、騙した後の去り方もカッコいい🥹 踊り子達のちょっとダークな感じもすごく良き🥹 花嫁候補達の衣装もふわっふわでかわいい🩵 この白鳥の湖何千回見返したかわからないってくらい見てる！
Покажите танец Эрика Бруна. У него учились Нуриев, Барышников с-ме Бурнонвиля
Polifacético Igor.!!! Admiradora desde hace tiempo de su arte.
Thank you for showing us the original cast!
It isn't. It was Sibley originally, not Park. Both wonderful!
@@iestynovich Thanks for the iformation, they have been I´m sure!
Who are the young soloists here?
@10:22 putting that Ricky Bobby curse on the princess Then the lilac fairy comes in with the “don’t you put that evil on her Ricky Bobby!”
he is so off to the music.
Thank you for sharing. There aren’t many videos of Marianna in both acts of Giselle❤
tchaikovsky my favorite composer as well, always been since i was a child little and i would get emotional listening to his beautiful wonderful music, he was not liked a whole lot bc the man was homosexual and imagine back then in russia how must have been for him, most was hidden but... thank you mr tchaikovsky you are the greatest composer ever lived in my opinion my humblest of opinions
Magnifique 👋
Kain's spotting is a marvel to behold.
What a treat. Nureyev (34 at height of his powers) and Tennant (such an expressive dramatic dancer) AND Kain AND Augustyn... with the NBC orchestra of the early 70s led by the incomparable George Crum. Would love to get my mitts on the full list of the orchestra personnel for that year. If anyone has it, please post here!
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人間は飛べるんだ！。回転も軸がまったくズレなくて超人ですね。
My favorite
Cygne noir magistral ❤
Браво Рудольфу !Брависсимо!Он гений !❤❤❤❤
I still preffer Roberto B as Solar
Бораво Рудольфу!!! Зрители рукоплескали стоя .Удовольствие смотреть танцы Нуриева.❤❤❤❤
Absolutamente maravilloso los dos personajes. Nicolas le Riche increible! Merci merci beaucoup,
Lighter than air and the most exquisite Giselle of our times.
BRAVÓ!
Fantasztikus. Gratulálok!.❤
Какой там полунин, рядом не стоял с Нуреевым Ни нежности ни души ,одни шпагаты
Прямо с языка,что называется,сняли!
Всё безупречно, как любил великий Нуреев - всё есть театр, музыка и танец! А какие декорации, костюмы - настоящее удовольствие смотреть даже через 50 лет...
Just discovered this ballet. Shame about the audio missing but Massimo Murru is magnificent !! As usual a most extraordinary dancer ! Just wished I had seen him dancing live during his active dancing career. Thanks for the video Judith Booth. :)
Браво Нуриеву -Гений балета!❤
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As I wrote in other comment, Rudy is the best prince Desire of ballet history. This rendition of Sleeping Beauty is faboulous, one of the best I have ever seen in my life long. Thank you Judith
Beautiful Rudi. This is wonderful. Thank-you so much for posting. 💜💚💜💚💜💚💜
I have never heard of this gentleman before but I was channel surfing and saw him and Ms. Cynthia Gregory in The Black Swan. What a joy just to watch Mr. Bujones .The way he hits each position with precision is really beautiful. Ballet dancers are athletes. ❤
Are or were you a ballet dancer yourself?