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On point: vintage ballet imagery.
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Arina Denisova as Raymonda
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Not really sure why Kokoreva got the Nutcracker livestream for the second year in a row. Don't get me wrong, she's incredible as Masha and I know they originally wanted to have her dance with Potaptsev before Vyskubenko had to replace him, but I was disappointed that the casting was so similar. Why not Sevenard? She's a beautiful Masha. They also could have gotten Krysanova or Vinogradova or even Koshkareva?
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1976 - [Большой театр, Москва, 1976 год.]
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Comparison of Russian Henriettes (Act III variation)
Bolshoi:
1989 (with Natalia Bessmertnova as Raymonda)
2003
2019 (with Olga Smirnova as Raymonda)
Mariinsky:
2003
2018
2018
2014
And a bonus, the majestic Dorothée Gilbert, POB 2009 (who is retiring later this year!)
Another bonus: Chinara Alizade, 2005
One of my ballet hot takes is that I prefer Osipova as Nikiya over Nuñez, and I prefer Nuñez as Gamzatti over Osipova. So you can imagine my disappointment when all of the 2018 marketing, and the DVD recording on the ROB store, went into the opposite. Other than some pictures I haven’t been able to find any video clips of Natalia Osipova as Nikiya and Marianela Nuñez as Gamzatti☹️
Ohhh I’m not so sure this is a hot take, because I agree with you! But of course this is just based on videos, I wish I could see them live to properly form my opinion.
Osipova as Nikiya:
Osipova as Gamzatti:
^i love this version, but here is an HD one of Osipova as Gamzatti:
Osipova and Nuñes as Gamzatti:
Osipova as Gamzatti and Nunes as Nikiya:
Nunes and Osipova as Nikiya:
Nunes as Gamzatti:
the video of maria polunina is from the graduation performance right? i think the moscow school did act 3 from swan lake as part of their day two performance.
which i feel was an unusual choice (i'm not sure any student can really be a 100% convincing odile) but actually worked relatively well in terms of having lots of variations for different graduates to dance (especially in the grigorovich act 3 -which has all the brides/princesses in pointe shoes), a star female role and two male variations.
I find Odile is an easier role than Odette. Yes, a 17 year old probably has little experience in being seductive, but the white swan needs a kind of purity, spirituality, tender emotionality, and deep melancholy that's even harder to understand, let alone bring to life. You can do the black swan just technically, it won't be very good, but it will be dignified. You can't just do the steps of the white swan, the part demands the soul.
So I find Zakharova made a good choice for the school, given they have a lot of strong girls, and at least one VERY STRONG partner. Congratulations to the Prince, this is a very difficult part to do too.
I think the white act was the wrong choice for Morozova. I find Nikolay made a choice that was not in her best interest, she's not THAT strong technically or acting wise. They should have done Gardens of Naina, which was last presented in 2016, with Kovaleva as the lead.