I am totally blind and after hearing this beautiful beautiful performance it’s make me want to see more than ever I’m going to see you all in heaven when that comes in I will hug you and complement you and applaud you all over again because you are outstanding I got the impression the music was from young people because and it’s just beautiful so you all should be very proud merry Christmas and God bless you forever love and hugs Carol 😂😁
@@feralmode This is Ballett at its finest; the Russians don`t play around they are the best and they prove it with the orchestra too. Age doesn`t matter; the best musicians are playing regardless of age.
@@feralmode I don`t think it could be; there is something seriously wrong with most young people nowadays... Incompetence, I think is the word... You`re not sure about the Russians being the best at the ballet? Look at Nina Kaptsova go! Who could be better than her? Her Russian Trainor, lol!?
As someone who never did ballet and who is only aware that this exists thanks to the early barbie movies, can I just say how utterly astounded I am. Truly beautiful!
After seeing a ballet at 3 yo I dreamt of being a ballerina, or at least do dance and pointes, and now, 12 years later, I’m here, doing dance for 9 years, and pointes since 4 years ! I definitly fulfilled my dream and that was the best decision of my life !
She makes it look so easy to do, she flies across the stage so effortlessly. I'm not a dancer but I know that behind this beautiful performance there are years of practice and infinite dedication
Traditionally, the most advanced and best female dancer of the production is given the honor of being the Sugar Plum Fairy. That is because the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most advanced ballet number to dance in the whole show. This production's Sugar Plum Fairy is no exception to this tradition. Her grace, poise and elegance are evident in every gesture and movement as it should be, and she flies seemingly with little to no effort on the floor, as if she had a pair of delicate fairy wings with which to hover with. This delicate song and her delicate dancing make for one spectacular performance that will be treasured always, thanks to TH-cam.
@@sandracaraballo9830 She's in one other which is the pas de deux (I think it spelled it wrong) and that is a duet. But yea she's not really in the ballet for that long.
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Pointe shoes are very hard, so they make noise when you land from a jump. That's generally what happens when two hard surfaces meet suddenly, and pointe shoes obviously have to be hard to support the dancer en pointe.
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 you don't know what are you talking about. Pointe shoes MAKE noise. They are really hard. Especially at jumps they are usually heard when they touch the floor
Her technique, her control, her musicality, her acting, her expressions… everything about this performance is ENCHANTING. This is truly a miraculous performance and I feel so lucky that it was captured on video and shared to the world and I get to enjoy this whenever I want to see it.
WHO on earth could give thumps dowm to a Prima Ballerina dancing like that ? She has spent her whole life -thousands and thousands of hours, perfecting every move she does in this dance. Looks effortless because all the effort, blood, sweat and tears she has put she she was a little girl. Bravo !! Nina Kaptsova. God bless you and thank you for giving us the joy of seeing you performing. December 21, 2020
There are a lot of hate mongers in this world that think if it isn't something they like it's trash. Pop Snots. The kind of folks that call people who like classical anything opera snobs.....I've heard that one too many times....so now they are ... Pop Snots. Comes around, goes around. Fire with fire. Necessary.
@@heyryanisonx3141 no! it may be harder once you hit puberty and may think it's impossible, but i'm sure if you work hard you'll be able to become professional!❤
This is definitely the most technically demanding choreography, but it goes so well with the character and the music. The other versions, while lovely, look so boring now. Nina’s musicality and acting is also superb here. This is the best version of the sugar plum fairy in the world!
Oh, my God , an artist AND a super athlete . We Americans who have any sense , know Russia took a French art form, and raised it to (beyond) Perfection . I am simply grateful . It brings tears to my eyes . Both the ballerina and all the musicians . Thank you !
2:20 That cheeky look. 'you bishes ain't ready for the epicness i'm about to serve up rn' as if she didn't just do multiple triple pirouettes in a fouette combination like she was warming up in the studio. _this_ is a *real* prima ballerina.
When I was little I was thinking it was difficult but not impossible with training... since, I take some dance class, i’m rn in my 4th year of learning to do pointes, and all I can say is PAIN and « Hey that’s unfair, how can she stay that longer on pointes without falling ? HOW CAN SHE DO 3 TURNS ON PIROUETTES ?? »
I like your mom, she sounds like a very smart woman. I've learned and rehearsed this variation and, let me tell you, by the time you're done you feel like you could just fall out.
Lex is a bat I remember when I was little and I always wanted to dance this part! My mother told me a lot about how hard ballet truly is she couldn’t be more right !
There is other videos on here where the girls are doing a routine. They memorized the steps and are dancing them out with no regards to the music. This girl has become the sugar plum fairy and is dancing the music. All her hits are when the music hits. She is what a true ballet artist should be. She didn’t dance the sugar plum fairy she BECAME the sugar plum fairy.
> All her hits are when the music hits. I see it totally different, like music and her dance share no points in time. It makes me feel weird cause a lot of people here says that timing was good
I'll never get over this incredible performance. Just so graceful and beautiful. For 3 mins I get to zone out from the rest of the world and just watch in awe. I love the Nutcracker ballet.
@Crow There's a difference between being 'skinny' and 'muscular and toned'. 'Skinny' is a person with a low fat percentage but also a low muscle mass, with a borderline unhealthy weight. A 'muscular and toned' person also has a low fat percentage, but their weight is appropriate as they compensate their lack of fat with muscle mass. Nina Kaptsova is muscular and toned, not skinny, and she's most likely healthier than 99% of the people around. Besides, petite frames are quite typical for Eastern European women. Just because borderline obese people have become the norm in the US and the UK, it doesn't mean that's how it should be.
@@edoardoruggeri1 well that was uncalled for. Just because someone looks unhealthy and thin doesn't mean anything about obesity. One can be unhealthy and underweight as well. Look at Gelsey Kirkland and Ballanchine wanting to see bones. That certainly is unhealthy and has nothing to do with obesity.
@@user-ms1ie3jn1l ...what? Of course you can be unhealthy and underweight. Who said otherwise? The point is that we're so used to seeing oversized people nowadays in the Western world that we forget that that is not the normality, and when someone like Kaptsova turns up she is branded as unhealthy while she is just incredibly fit.
I just can`t get over how totally fucking amazing Nina Kaptsova is; she is like an elegant, fairy, sent down from The Goddess like an angel. She definitely deserves her own castle for being so awesome! If someone described how great she was, I wouldn`t have believed them, but seeing is believing; absolutely fabulous!
Nina told me She would prefer cash, jewels, stocks, bonds and or real estate and She also loves antiques of the highest quality and please, don`t kill the flowers by throwing them at Her! Thank you for your support!
I watched many variations of this dance by different ballerinas. But Nina Kaptzova by far is my favorite! I literally watch this video everyday, it gives me so many positive feelings! Not only her moves are precise with every note but her face depicts the exact emotions of the composition. Every time I’m in awe.
I’m more than 6 decades in this earth and in all my experience, Miss Kaptsova delivered the most beautiful and moving dance interpretation of this iconic song. Thank you, Nina!
It Looks Painful And It Sends Chills Down My Spine That People Do This So Good. I Saw A Few Times Where SHE BENT HER FOOT IN THE MIDDLE. Like How? They Are Jello And Its Amazing.
Tech_Demon it’s called foot arch, some ballerinas may be born with it but most have to stretch them ceaselessly in a very young age in order to get that beautiful arch.
I watch this whenever my mood shifts into the negatives. Fastest way to get me smiling and feeling inspired again. She is flawless... it's unreal. We are so blessed with bear witness to this. ❤
Nina Kaptsova is a supernatural being! Every year I come back here to be awed by this performance. She is unforgettable. A remarkable and incomparable talent!
Anna Lyman if you live in West Europe or in the US, the Bolshoi ballet have a contract with them where they would broadcast live performances in certain cinemas (Pathe in West Europe). I buy season tickets every year. Kaptsova was in 2 broadcasted performances this year.
Everything about this is stellar. Her dancing is so elegant but this symphony is superb. The bells in this song are so enchanting I always get chills. Imagine having melodies this beautiful trapped in your brain. Tchaikovsky was a genius!!!
@Morgan 123 You don't know what upset is hahaha. Anyway, I was just pointing out that the comment is sorta stupid because if you think dancing like that looks easy, you need to get your eyes checked.
I love the raucous applause. It tells me how excited the audience is. Many of us live in countries where we associate quiet audiences with high art, but it's not that way everywhere, and even in the West it used to be commonplace to applaud between movements if symphonies instead of being silent. Audiences in Shakespeare's time were hardly quiet. They were noisy and boisterous.
She literally looks weightless with every step she takes. That is incredible :0 I have no experience in ballet but I know that to have that much control and precision in your body and feet must have taken years of practice and hard work. You know that someone has mastered the art when they've made it seem effortless.
wow what a great response, i am a classically trained pianist and i danced. I can no longer do either because of an illness attacked my body. What you said is right. I'm an artist in my heart. bless you xx
I'd like to focus on the OOOOOHH EEEHHHHH EH EH EH cheering at the end. I've never heard someone cheering like that at ballet. She's got a stadium audience. Lol
+Mr. Lopez 2681 hahaha, i'll check it out. i live in italy and i saw a few videos on youtube and on tv of ballet, and went to events and so, but what i mean is i've heared people clapping hands and saying bravo, but not as much as they do here lol
Absolutely beautiful. I've been watching this every Christmas since I found the video 7 or 8 years ago. The dance of the sugar plum fairy makes Christmas for me. This ballerina floats across the stage while dancing as if gravity doesn't pertain to her, absolutely gorgeous.
Yes, I agree. I watched some other performances of this piece by other ballerinas from other countries, top ballerinas, and they don't come close to this performance. This is perfection. The other ballerinas I watched make it obvious that this is a very difficult dance. Not so with Nina, she makes it look easy.
Extraordinarily clean performance. She is exactly, precisely, in time with the music throughout. Every move. And each movement is given its full performance. What beautiful work from a master of her craft.
it's not chance lol its called epigenetics....evolution is not some random monstrosity...i mean look at common patterns through out the universe such as dendrite and spirals....evolution did create this, get over it, read a book (not 2000 years or older) and open your self up to reality :)
It is astounding how a woman is capable of making something so athletic and strenuous appear so delicate and easy....... Ballerinas should be given Olympic gold medals.....all.
She seems to be so light and she is so graceful... a true sugar plum fairy ! I can't help but watch this video over and over... it makes me feel so happy each time !
I started on pointe a few years ago, I had no prior training. I was a junior in highschool. It was a beginners class. You can do anything, you don't have to do ballet your whole life to start on pointe. Granted I was never to this skill level, but I could do basics.
Amanda Marie I am wonder, why did your teachers let you go on pointe with no prior ballet training? You're supposed to have at least 5 years of training.
CraftinLilElephant I'm seriously confused too like...how the hell is her feet managing to support her weight with out prior training? Years of training still kill your feet when doing en pointe, why would anyone risk it with untrained feet?
Ballet dancers must go through at least a couple years of basic foundations before they are allowed pointe shoes. That, and the teacher must be sure that they have enough strength in their toes and ankles to do it properly. And in addition to that, girls only do it for a few minutes at the end of class and then slowly work their way up to wearing them more regularly. Plus they hurt like hell. Your teacher never should have let you have those shoes without any previous training, you could have hurt yourself seriously, broken an ankle or toe or ripped a tendon. Your teacher is very irresponsible.
WOW! Nina Kaptsova just added another gemstone to the crown of the Nutcracker cloud! Her performance was flawless! The beautiful parts of the nutcracker are amazing!
Being more scientific rather than artistic, I can measure this performance from my angle. I did not care much when the video did not show her full body as one can only comment on her facial beauty, which is an added bonus to the motion she is required to perform. Showing her dynamic actions, it is clear that this young woman has the right inertia in all the right places coupled with a brilliant mental controlling action to produce a pleasant movement in three dimensions. The manner in which she moves across the stage is elegant and so graceful in every manner and at all times her center of gravity is perfectly lined up with her point of contact on the ground and when motion is required she leans away in the required direction to produce the right acceleration, hence velocity and position without ever overshooting and ringing her final position. When she raises her leg in whatever direction she cares to chose, she counteracts her leg by the right body and upper arm movement, again with the acceleration and retardation being perfectly damped while her waving arms and fingers contribute so nicely to the grace of motion. When she flies across the stage in a rotating action as in 2:27 her vertical head undulations and rotations are complex and hesitation is involved in each turn to get her right bearing, while her legs are synchronized and follow a trajectory where a lift is included at the right moment so that the feet pass over each other to keep them close not to lose the elegance of overall outer contour shape. At all times, while in symmetry and unsymmetrical pose, the balance is perfectly brilliant under full control of a super-scientific human mind. She is not only an artist but is conscious of all the processes required in all the states of an automatic control system including a fewer higher rate of changes that see to the damping and timing of the next desired position. Absolutely full marks in all the areas an artist and an engineer can think of. I would also give full marks to the audience for the feedback they gave her, she deserves all the encouragement she can get as this fuels her next performance. Congratulations to all, including the musicians and stage setters and organizers and anyone else I left out.
Ya got a bit 'o science there but uh...I don't think admirin' her body is a science. I mean, technically, it is; but that's _your_ psychology. I don't think that's a part of yer scientific evaluation.
Trinity Rodriguez. Sir it was not meant to be easy but deep. Those who can hold their breath can dive in to understand the depth, but those who cannot may surface according to their abilities. No hard feelings.
I was thinking of going back. It's not like it's impossible to learn as an adult. They just tend to market the classes to parents. But you can learn it as an adult too. Probably learn faster with an adult's brain anyway. And I don't know if I could handle the pressure and drama of performing as a child as easily.
Nina Kaptsova is poetry in motion. Years and years from childhood go into being able to dance as she does, and it's elegant! Such gracefulness and style is awe inspiring. Thank you, Niina! July 15, 2017
Love this! here the dancer's movements reflect the music! In so many of the other Sugar Plum versions, the dancer does steps that seem to have nothing to do with the patterns in the music, as if the dancer could not even hear the melody patterns. This was beautifully delightful.
This is the loveliest and most musical choreography I have ever seen to the Sugar Plum Fairy. Her pirouettes are astounding. She’s obviously a natural turner.
No one can beat Nina doing this. I'm not a friend of the Ballet but when Christmas time comes and I want to listen and watch the Nutcracker this is the one I look to find. Her graceful moves blend perfectly with the music it's sheer Heaven watching her. To me she's the best.
Michael Navarro belive it or not, those shoes don't hurt as bad as you think. It's when you stop standing on your toes they hurt so it's better to stay baleced on your toes rather than fert
An absolute delight! Flawless, technically and musically. Not a single pirouette is short, whether it is 720, or 1080, fully completed, then she gentle floats down with the notes where the music calls for. Always in complete control with not a whiff of strain, or even effort. Her grace and ease does not even make you think about control!! In addition, a nice surprise: in this day and age, there are still millions of people who can appreciate the ethos of classical ballet, grace under pressure. Bravo!!
the dude hey thank you. I mean there are a lot of people who dont really understand what ballet is about or it's just Not their dance style. That totally ok. But there are also a lot of people who Arent Interested in it and Start to unsult ballet dancers like "you are just twirling around wearing a tutu" or "All you do is jumping around" thats so dissrespectful ! So thank you for Not being like this :) (and sry for my english)
I'd like to comment on this AUDIENCE, their rare rhythmic enthusiasm, their genuine respect, their honoring this performer, in rhythmic time no less, even before she starts, as soon as she appears out of the wings, and repeated at the finish!! How rare and beautiful is THAT?! Way to go, people! AND WHAT WONDERFUL CITY IS THIS?!? I want to know, where?
I had to watch a few other performances from other extremely talented ballerinas before I found this one, and it's perfection! The others were good, but very technical. She looks absolutely weightless, and she was SMILING! It makes all the difference! Brava!!!
I never forget 2017 Christmas eve...I was in the living room around 11pm had my headphones on place and just listen to dance of the sugar plum fairy ( Christmas Tradition ) and I ll see my lil brother sneaking down the stairs trying to peek at the present under the tree... the way he did it played so well with this piece :)He was so careful not get caught doing so it was so cute :D For some reason ever since I Listen to this I cant stop remember every single detail about that night :D I cant wait for Christmas
I am totally blind and after hearing this beautiful beautiful performance it’s make me want to see more than ever I’m going to see you all in heaven when that comes in I will hug you and complement you and applaud you all over again because you are outstanding I got the impression the music was from young people because and it’s just beautiful so you all should be very proud merry Christmas and God bless you forever love and hugs Carol 😂😁
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@@feralmode This is Ballett at its finest; the Russians don`t play around they are the best and they prove it with the orchestra too. Age doesn`t matter; the best musicians are playing regardless of age.
@@feralmode I don`t think it could be; there is something seriously wrong with most young people nowadays... Incompetence, I think is the word...
You`re not sure about the Russians being the best at the ballet? Look at Nina Kaptsova go! Who could be better than her? Her Russian Trainor, lol!?
Can I use this for motion capture, please ? 🤔🤔🙂🙂🤗🤗
@@hatsunemikuchannel2023 Go for it!
We have to admit that Russian ballet is one of the best. She is beautiful!
The best.
Masha Kalinina Ballet may have been invented in Italy and France but it was refined and invigorated in Russia 🇷🇺
Yes, yes, Chaykovsky from Italy, Khachaturjan from France... She is say about school, idioto! Конченные знатоки балета, млять...
@@АртурКапканец согласна с вами.
@@АртурКапканец Khachaturian was Armenian tho
As someone who never did ballet and who is only aware that this exists thanks to the early barbie movies, can I just say how utterly astounded I am. Truly beautiful!
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Eve Sav omg yea
Eve Sav omg I loved the nutcracker that is the only way I know this ballet
+Merayah Cunninghan i have seen the nutcracker ballet and love it. very graceful. so.much poise. i so.enjoyed the nutcracker.
Years of training just for that moment - worth it
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C i t i x they meant years of training to get the role
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This is what you see as a child that makes you dream of being a ballerina.
But then you ended up as a callgirl which is also a very nice job.
@@UmVtCg except it says Cali girl so maybe you should put on your reading glasses
@@kizeliz Poteto, potato
After seeing a ballet at 3 yo I dreamt of being a ballerina, or at least do dance and pointes, and now, 12 years later, I’m here, doing dance for 9 years, and pointes since 4 years ! I definitly fulfilled my dream and that was the best decision of my life !
Then you realized how much work it takes.
*You know you are a professional when what you do looks easy to others but it's actually not*
She makes it look so easy to do, she flies across the stage so effortlessly. I'm not a dancer but I know that behind this beautiful performance there are years of practice and infinite dedication
The turns looked amazing!! She made the turns look so easy
True, it’s so incredible to watch!🤩
Ikr like no hate to gymnasts not saying all are like that but like some seem kinda stiff and it looks hard or something
P q s t e l e x i gymnasts?
Traditionally, the most advanced and best female dancer of the production is given the honor of being the Sugar Plum Fairy. That is because the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most advanced ballet number to dance in the whole show. This production's Sugar Plum Fairy is no exception to this tradition. Her grace, poise and elegance are evident in every gesture and movement as it should be, and she flies seemingly with little to no effort on the floor, as if she had a pair of delicate fairy wings with which to hover with. This delicate song and her delicate dancing make for one spectacular performance that will be treasured always, thanks to TH-cam.
Is this the only dance the sugar plum fairy is in? Ive never seen the whole production, just some clips of this dance on youtube.
@@sandracaraballo9830 She's in one other which is the pas de deux (I think it spelled it wrong) and that is a duet. But yea she's not really in the ballet for that long.
Agreed! %100... these dances are an honor to do for them..
I dream to be clara
A liiitttlleeee scientific there bud ;-; i couldnt read it all i was WAYY too lazy UwU
She’s not making any sound with the pointe shoes, she looks like a sugar plum fairy indeed, my due respect to this woman!
U are so bad
Shoes aren't for nois unless,you where tap dancing!
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 bis stop insulting her, at least she can spell unlike u
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Pointe shoes are very hard, so they make noise when you land from a jump. That's generally what happens when two hard surfaces meet suddenly, and pointe shoes obviously have to be hard to support the dancer en pointe.
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 you don't know what are you talking about. Pointe shoes MAKE noise. They are really hard. Especially at jumps they are usually heard when they touch the floor
Her technique, her control, her musicality, her acting, her expressions… everything about this performance is ENCHANTING. This is truly a miraculous performance and I feel so lucky that it was captured on video and shared to the world and I get to enjoy this whenever I want to see it.
gosh, she is so graceful and elegant. this was so pretty
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Edit: Congratulations to the ballerina, that coreography must be very difficult.👏🏻
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Props to the ballerinas on the sidelines with their hands held away from their sides that's got to be difficult
Probably tiring more than really difficult
it's not that hard once you're used to it ! after having to do it for hours and hours it feels natural
snuggles s ikr
snuggles s lol 😂
Ehh, you get used to it.
WHO on earth could give thumps dowm to a Prima Ballerina dancing like that ? She has spent her whole life -thousands and thousands of hours, perfecting every move she does in this dance. Looks effortless because all the effort, blood, sweat and tears she has put she she was a little girl. Bravo !! Nina Kaptsova. God bless you and thank you for giving us the joy of seeing you performing. December 21, 2020
Nina conveys perfection in this very difficult variation. She is graceful and has a solid technique C 💟💟💟
There are a lot of hate mongers in this world that think if it isn't something they like it's trash. Pop Snots. The kind of folks that call people who like classical anything opera snobs.....I've heard that one too many times....so now they are ... Pop Snots. Comes around, goes around. Fire with fire. Necessary.
The Prima Ballerinas who's dancing is being compared to this dance haha
Does anybody notice the happiness in her face at the end, because she truly deserves it.
Veronica Reed and here effortless peca turns
I love how she bows like a boss - she nailed it 🩰
Seriously this is the epitome of what the Sugar Plum Fairy should be. I couldn't think of any better dancing of this role.
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Sylla Atlas totally agree. Worth sharing with my friends
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She’s like an angel! I’m starting ballet this year at the age 35. It is never too late to start something!
Im 14 and i heard that most ballerinas started when they were around 3 or 4 so I thought it was too late for me😅
@@thebeesknees8420 It's too late to become a professional once you hit puberty, but it's never too late to take it up as a hobby 😃
@@heyryanisonx3141 no! it may be harder once you hit puberty and may think it's impossible, but i'm sure if you work hard you'll be able to become professional!❤
11 y•o is how old I am and I am planning to start ballet 😌✨
I took lessons when I was 5 yr until 12, then something hit my head and quit, now I'm 55 and due to pandemic started classes again !
This is definitely the most technically demanding choreography, but it goes so well with the character and the music. The other versions, while lovely, look so boring now. Nina’s musicality and acting is also superb here. This is the best version of the sugar plum fairy in the world!
Yes, I agree completely
I agree. Nina was just beautiful. I can't imagine seeing this in person:)
Totaly agree! Superb!
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I absolutely agree!!
She dances like she weighs nearly nothing. She dances like a fairy 🧚❤️
She clearly weighs nearly nothing.
*a sugarplum fairy*
okay ill go
DeadlyHiccups no that was good, come back next year
saafiiiraa She/He means that she’s not making any sound with the pointe shoes.
saafiiiraa believe it or not, it’s VERY difficult doing that. it doesn’t matter if she’s skinny, it doesn’t help at all
she makes it look so utterly effortless. a great honour to watch.
I love it when the choreography is right with the little sounds in the music...
Anna Gonzalez I know right!
Anna Gonzalez I know this is the best variation
Jenni & Sammy it's so dainty looking too so pretty 😍
It's lovely. A friend's feet used to bleed from practice. Very, very difficult.
Speaking as a dancer, it always should😂
Oh, my God , an artist AND a super athlete . We Americans who have any sense , know Russia took a French art form, and raised it to (beyond) Perfection . I am simply grateful . It brings tears to my eyes . Both the ballerina and all the musicians . Thank you !
you're absolutely right
2:20 That cheeky look. 'you bishes ain't ready for the epicness i'm about to serve up rn' as if she didn't just do multiple triple pirouettes in a fouette combination like she was warming up in the studio. _this_ is a *real* prima ballerina.
lol,sorry,but Russians don't really say the b word tho
Kristina Antonovich They do. Блять
Kristina Antonovich whatever it’s a joke tho
@@kristinaanto it´s just a joke chill..
Yes, the perfect moment and the artist’s capture.
A Russian ballet composed by a Russian composer and played by a Russain ballerina. Flawless!
@Sue Muffin that is a bit weird. maybe she shouldn't eat bad foods before performing?
it doesn't get any better than this
@Kaitlin Deramus pyotr in russian
Based on a German book 😂
He was half Russian. His other half was German and French.
Because the dancer makes it look so effortless, most people don't realize how much effort the right control of her body takes
So true! :)
When I was little I was thinking it was difficult but not impossible with training... since, I take some dance class, i’m rn in my 4th year of learning to do pointes, and all I can say is PAIN and « Hey that’s unfair, how can she stay that longer on pointes without falling ? HOW CAN SHE DO 3 TURNS ON PIROUETTES ?? »
Amen to that. She's insanely talented.
I am crying watching this. I'm disabled and I wish I could thank her for embodying grace, strength, and beauty for those of us who can't dance.
Watching this with my 9 and 10 year old daughters - we are all just blown away! WOW!!!
If U knew... U would have anchored yourself : )
Fev ONE REALLY GOOD LONG AND WET FART Will scare away the Sugar Plum Fairy...LOL
@Palmtree Media This made me giggle.
tweekee1 Pervert.
aww
“If you think this looks easy, it’s not!”
-My mom
I like your mom, she sounds like a very smart woman. I've learned and rehearsed this variation and, let me tell you, by the time you're done you feel like you could just fall out.
Lex is a bat I remember when I was little and I always wanted to dance this part! My mother told me a lot about how hard ballet truly is she couldn’t be more right !
@Aiman Maraidi me too
Ur mom is right
My mom was a ballet dancer and shes going to teach me some more ballet lessons
Look at her face whilst she is doing that INSANELY difficult routine. Some people are just extra special. Smiling all the way!
It fits the role and is generally desired in almost every form of dance. And it helps keeping up the spirits when it gets tough ;)
Dumbass! She is forced to smile.Even in pain. People like you just make me sick.
Just show her respect for real hard work you jerk.
@@FlaminiaJulia When I use to do Ballet we wore told to smile on stage.
@@ladytempress3824 take your meds .....
Gravity: *exists*
This woman:
Emmanuel Macron Ah oui oui that’s what I was about to say 😂😂😂💕
Boxing Bro yeppp 🤣😂
This woman: I think not!!
Emmanuel Macron Ah oui oui mais- WTFF
@Boxing Bro hold my point shoes
It's Christmas eve and I'm watching the nutcracker's sugar plum fairy. Life couldn't be better...
The Sugar Plum Fairy (Nina Kaptsova) is an absolutely fabulous and amazing, angel!
It's nearly Christmas now and I'm searching for The Nutcracker to watch 😁 If found one by Maurice Bejart, looks really good 👍😍
Yessss
It’s Christmas Eve today but this was posted a year ago 😂
Lol it's almost summer break for me 😂
There is other videos on here where the girls are doing a routine. They memorized the steps and are dancing them out with no regards to the music. This girl has become the sugar plum fairy and is dancing the music. All her hits are when the music hits. She is what a true ballet artist should be. She didn’t dance the sugar plum fairy she BECAME the sugar plum fairy.
Agree
That sounded like yuri telling phichit he made the music his
> All her hits are when the music hits.
I see it totally different, like music and her dance share no points in time. It makes me feel weird cause a lot of people here says that timing was good
@@iksde2659 oh friend, only if you can dance as good as her.
Her turns are so in-sync with the beats!
I'll never get over this incredible performance. Just so graceful and beautiful. For 3 mins I get to zone out from the rest of the world and just watch in awe. I love the Nutcracker ballet.
A mi también!!
Just look at the shadows of her muscles. Man that woman must be as strong as she is graceful! Incredible!
I bet she could carry things I'd need a forklift for. :0)
@Crow There's a difference between being 'skinny' and 'muscular and toned'. 'Skinny' is a person with a low fat percentage but also a low muscle mass, with a borderline unhealthy weight. A 'muscular and toned' person also has a low fat percentage, but their weight is appropriate as they compensate their lack of fat with muscle mass. Nina Kaptsova is muscular and toned, not skinny, and she's most likely healthier than 99% of the people around. Besides, petite frames are quite typical for Eastern European women.
Just because borderline obese people have become the norm in the US and the UK, it doesn't mean that's how it should be.
Alex she could put an ass kicking on someone
@@edoardoruggeri1 well that was uncalled for. Just because someone looks unhealthy and thin doesn't mean anything about obesity. One can be unhealthy and underweight as well. Look at Gelsey Kirkland and Ballanchine wanting to see bones. That certainly is unhealthy and has nothing to do with obesity.
@@user-ms1ie3jn1l ...what? Of course you can be unhealthy and underweight. Who said otherwise? The point is that we're so used to seeing oversized people nowadays in the Western world that we forget that that is not the normality, and when someone like Kaptsova turns up she is branded as unhealthy while she is just incredibly fit.
She was absolutely stunning!! As a recently retired ballerina, I see everything with a critical eye. She was extrodinary!!
2020
Thank you for performing.
Kinda makes me want to throw a Rose at the phone
dobie gal I want to through a dozen roses!
Yess
I just can`t get over how totally fucking amazing Nina Kaptsova is; she is like an elegant, fairy, sent down from The Goddess like an angel. She definitely deserves her own castle for being so awesome! If someone described how great she was, I wouldn`t have believed them, but seeing is believing; absolutely fabulous!
Nina told me She would prefer cash, jewels, stocks, bonds and or real estate and She also loves antiques of the highest quality and please, don`t kill the flowers by throwing them at Her! Thank you for your support!
Me to
I watched many variations of this dance by different ballerinas. But Nina Kaptzova by far is my favorite! I literally watch this video everyday, it gives me so many positive feelings! Not only her moves are precise with every note but her face depicts the exact emotions of the composition. Every time I’m in awe.
Yes.
Whenever I hear this music, I feel like I’m waking up into Christmas morning and watching Christmas movies.
H by u
KEVIN!!!
Same :>
I'm reminded of the movie Barbie and the Nutcracker
@@ES11777 whats a nutcracker??
I’m more than 6 decades in this earth and in all my experience, Miss Kaptsova delivered the most beautiful and moving dance interpretation of this iconic song. Thank you, Nina!
No matter how many times I've watched this, it still gives me chills
It Looks Painful And It Sends Chills Down My Spine That People Do This So Good. I Saw A Few Times Where SHE BENT HER FOOT IN THE MIDDLE. Like How? They Are Jello And Its Amazing.
Tech_Demon it’s called foot arch, some ballerinas may be born with it but most have to stretch them ceaselessly in a very young age in order to get that beautiful arch.
I watch this whenever my mood shifts into the negatives. Fastest way to get me smiling and feeling inspired again. She is flawless... it's unreal. We are so blessed with bear witness to this. ❤
flawless indeed.
I watch Russian ballet too when 8 get any negativity. It is like a balm on my soul. Especially performance like hers
Nina Kaptsova is a supernatural being! Every year I come back here to be awed by this performance. She is unforgettable. A remarkable and incomparable talent!
Anna Lyman if you live in West Europe or in the US, the Bolshoi ballet have a contract with them where they would broadcast live performances in certain cinemas (Pathe in West Europe). I buy season tickets every year. Kaptsova was in 2 broadcasted performances this year.
@@ottovonbismarck5007 which performances? I thought she wasn't a prima anymore.
Everything about this is stellar. Her dancing is so elegant but this symphony is superb. The bells in this song are so enchanting I always get chills. Imagine having melodies this beautiful trapped in your brain. Tchaikovsky was a genius!!!
but playing his pieces are a pain
It looks so easy...
but it isn't
I think it is easy once you have learnt it of by heart like me and others
It doesn't look easy at all! Wtf
Niela Neira honestly
@Morgan 123
You don't know what upset is hahaha.
Anyway, I was just pointing out that the comment is sorta stupid because if you think dancing like that looks easy, you need to get your eyes checked.
@Morgan 123
Now now, who's getting upset?
She's a fairy no doubt... Such delicate movements almost weightless.. like a feather touching the ground
SIMP
@@darco9652
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Brilliant metaphor!!
@@helenchelmicka3028 that was a simile
God bless the Russians for Tchaikovsky and for perfecting ballet!
Incomprehensibly impressive. I did not know the human body could do that.
aureliomanalo 4rrfv9ooooiiiuuuuyyu
aureliomanalo it’s not a human body it’s a dancers body 😂😂
That's because you eat
Yes, we dancers are hard workers and work for what we want
@@elisethacker9154 actually, everybody does that in life.
I love the raucous applause. It tells me how excited the audience is. Many of us live in countries where we associate quiet audiences with high art, but it's not that way everywhere, and even in the West it used to be commonplace to applaud between movements if symphonies instead of being silent. Audiences in Shakespeare's time were hardly quiet. They were noisy and boisterous.
Don't know what you're talking about, every time I go to see something like this the audience is always more than happy to applaud.
For me it’s knowing WHEN to be quiet or applaud. If the movement isn’t yet over, if it is, or if there’s a solo moment, like this.
Well Shakespeare wrote plays for the uneducated masses so maybe that’s why
She literally looks weightless with every step she takes. That is incredible :0
I have no experience in ballet but I know that to have that much control and precision in your body and feet must have taken years of practice and hard work. You know that someone has mastered the art when they've made it seem effortless.
Watching this make me wanting to do ballet. Too bad I am too old for this.
Soon-kyu Park your never to old or to young to dance as long as you are happy and you work hard.
wow what a great response, i am a classically trained pianist and i danced. I can no longer do either because of an illness attacked my body. What you said is right. I'm an artist in my heart. bless you xx
OMG
KIM NAMJOON?
Is that you? 😅❤
try reading the manwha like a butterfly, it's really inspiring♡
ARMY
I remember getting this part in my ballet department, I almost broke my legs practicing... and the bloody shoes, but it was worth it.
Kevin R. Free ME TOO it was really cool I remember when I came up to the turns in practice I was turning so fast I smacked myself into the mirror lol
Baby Cakes
Candid Candy haha awe p.s: love the eleven fan art on your pfp
Candid Candy I don't understand how people say it's worth it...
Faith ikr
I'd like to focus on the OOOOOHH EEEHHHHH EH EH EH cheering at the end. I've never heard someone cheering like that at ballet. She's got a stadium audience. Lol
I love she. I dance ballet. I am 12.she is a very very beutiful.
+Nice Girl really? i had no idea
+Mr. Lopez 2681 hahaha, i'll check it out. i live in italy and i saw a few videos on youtube and on tv of ballet, and went to events and so, but what i mean is i've heared people clapping hands and saying bravo, but not as much as they do here lol
+Mr. Lopez 2681 they say bravo in the US just like everyone else
*****
You said it sounds like a sporting event. It doesn't lol
Absolutely beautiful. I've been watching this every Christmas since I found the video 7 or 8 years ago. The dance of the sugar plum fairy makes Christmas for me. This ballerina floats across the stage while dancing as if gravity doesn't pertain to her, absolutely gorgeous.
Agreed, Nina epitomizes elegance! C❤
The Russians own this in every way. Flawless.
No damm
I wish all our cultures could start just getting along already...
@@kaberus7565 gotta respect them Russians tho
watch the video "top 30 Russian composers"
@Purebred Shekelberg What does that have to do with getting along? I'm better than most of my friends and we get along. ;]
She is fantastic!!, one of the most graceful variation of the sugar plum fairy I ever seen!... the Russians are the best at ballet!
yes,yes we are!well,Russian kinda have to give it their all,since ballet comes from Russia,and theRussian teachers..they really are persistent!
Kristina Antonovich Ballet comes from France
@@hmm6088Is Marius Petipa Italian?
@@hmm6088 th-cam.com/video/OOfXuHU2IU8/w-d-xo.html
Yes, I agree. I watched some other performances of this piece by other ballerinas from other countries, top ballerinas, and they don't come close to this performance. This is perfection. The other ballerinas I watched make it obvious that this is a very difficult dance. Not so with Nina, she makes it look easy.
She dances so beautifully
Extraordinarily clean performance. She is exactly, precisely, in time with the music throughout. Every move. And each movement is given its full performance. What beautiful work from a master of her craft.
Ten billion years of chance couldn't have produced such a masterpiece of subtlety, charm and grace.
+Rob Bourassa Let's politicize the comment thread on a video of a ballet performance by arguing about evolution.
Maybe pigs have learned to express themselves.
+Rob Bourassa Are you one of those "intelligent design" thingy guys ? Didn't know this cult was still a thing.
We are and this is, the result of 10 billion years of chance. ;)
it's not chance lol its called epigenetics....evolution is not some random monstrosity...i mean look at common patterns through out the universe such as dendrite and spirals....evolution did create this, get over it, read a book (not 2000 years or older) and open your self up to reality :)
It is astounding how a woman is capable of making something so athletic and strenuous appear so delicate and easy....... Ballerinas should be given Olympic gold medals.....all.
True. Very true. ✨
👍😊
She seems to be so light and she is so graceful... a true sugar plum fairy ! I can't help but watch this video over and over... it makes me feel so happy each time !
I wish my sister can do it case I think she watch this
Даже всплакнула от восторга! Невероятное впечатление! Вот это совпадение музыки, хореографии и исполнительницы!!!!
Me: I'm not going to run in circles for him anymore, I'm done
Him: heyy
Me : 2:24
except that this isnt about you
Dragonfly bruh 😂😂
Truueee
@@DarkKittycat oh shut up dude it's just a joke
@@chisulover1235 i do what i want dude, sit the fuck down
what a beautiful dance and dancer if I had the chance to be born again am definitely want to be a ballarina
Or you could start taking recreational dance classes? You can dance in this life too. :)
***** you are right thanx
***** No, it isn't.
sole dela fuente And also have a great fucking English Teacher
can you speak f///////// Spanish get a teacher
some people don't realize how many years you haft to do to get pointed shoes
Agree, it looks so effortless but is actually takes a lot of effort and practice. She looks so graceful.
My favorite from the Nutcracker.
I started on pointe a few years ago, I had no prior training. I was a junior in highschool. It was a beginners class. You can do anything, you don't have to do ballet your whole life to start on pointe. Granted I was never to this skill level, but I could do basics.
Amanda Marie I am wonder, why did your teachers let you go on pointe with no prior ballet training? You're supposed to have at least 5 years of training.
CraftinLilElephant I'm seriously confused too like...how the hell is her feet managing to support her weight with out prior training? Years of training still kill your feet when doing en pointe, why would anyone risk it with untrained feet?
Ballet dancers must go through at least a couple years of basic foundations before they are allowed pointe shoes. That, and the teacher must be sure that they have enough strength in their toes and ankles to do it properly. And in addition to that, girls only do it for a few minutes at the end of class and then slowly work their way up to wearing them more regularly. Plus they hurt like hell.
Your teacher never should have let you have those shoes without any previous training, you could have hurt yourself seriously, broken an ankle or toe or ripped a tendon. Your teacher is very irresponsible.
Absolute best sugar plum fairy I’ve ever seen! I keep coming back to this video every Christmas 🎄
WOW! Nina Kaptsova just added another gemstone to the crown of the Nutcracker cloud! Her performance was flawless! The beautiful parts of the nutcracker are amazing!
Being given this role is absolute honor and she did an amazing job. She really showed that she was made for this piece
Being more scientific rather than artistic, I can measure this performance from my angle. I did not care much when the video did not show her full body as one can only comment on her facial beauty, which is an added bonus to the motion she is required to perform. Showing her dynamic actions, it is clear that this young woman has the right inertia in all the right places coupled with a brilliant mental controlling action to produce a pleasant movement in three dimensions. The manner in which she moves across the stage is elegant and so graceful in every manner and at all times her center of gravity is perfectly lined up with her point of contact on the ground and when motion is required she leans away in the required direction to produce the right acceleration, hence velocity and position without ever overshooting and ringing her final position.
When she raises her leg in whatever direction she cares to chose, she counteracts her leg by the right body and upper arm movement, again with the acceleration and retardation being perfectly damped while her waving arms and fingers contribute so nicely to the grace of motion. When she flies across the stage in a rotating action as in 2:27 her vertical head undulations and rotations are complex and hesitation is involved in each turn to get her right bearing, while her legs are synchronized and follow a trajectory where a lift is included at the right moment so that the feet pass over each other to keep them close not to lose the elegance of overall outer contour shape. At all times, while in symmetry and unsymmetrical pose, the balance is perfectly brilliant under full control of a super-scientific human mind. She is not only an artist but is conscious of all the processes required in all the states of an automatic control system including a fewer higher rate of changes that see to the damping and timing of the next desired position. Absolutely full marks in all the areas an artist and an engineer can think of.
I would also give full marks to the audience for the feedback they gave her, she deserves all the encouragement she can get as this fuels her next performance. Congratulations to all, including the musicians and stage setters and organizers and anyone else I left out.
Ya got a bit 'o science there but uh...I don't think admirin' her body is a science. I mean, technically, it is; but that's _your_ psychology. I don't think that's a part of yer scientific evaluation.
Trinity Rodriguez. Sir it was not meant to be easy but deep. Those who can hold their breath can dive in to understand the depth, but those who cannot may surface according to their abilities. No hard feelings.
she simply defies gravity rules - by playing with her own weight so easily :-)
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Carmel Pule'
by far the best, most elegant, most playful and most in tune performance!
I couldn't agree with you more!!
She's perfection!
My Cousin has been dancing Ballet since she was five (21 now) I swear she's anti gravity.
YEA you'r RIGHT
Shinja Okinawa any videos of her on TH-cam?
I flip u flip at ballet
Janice Castillo bgf
Man now I *seriously* regret giving up ballet when I was younger
Me too
I was thinking of going back. It's not like it's impossible to learn as an adult. They just tend to market the classes to parents. But you can learn it as an adult too. Probably learn faster with an adult's brain anyway. And I don't know if I could handle the pressure and drama of performing as a child as easily.
Same
Same!!!!!
ARMYYYYY
My little girl and I are watching this. Besotted. Beautiful. She gave you an aplause.
Nina Kaptsova is poetry in motion. Years and years from childhood go into being able to dance as she does, and it's elegant! Such gracefulness and style is awe inspiring. Thank you, Niina! July 15, 2017
Love this! here the dancer's movements reflect the music! In so many of the other Sugar Plum versions, the dancer does steps that seem to have nothing to do with the patterns in the music, as if the dancer could not even hear the melody patterns. This was beautifully delightful.
This is the loveliest and most musical choreography I have ever seen to the Sugar Plum Fairy. Her pirouettes are astounding. She’s obviously a natural turner.
Who's watching this and feeling so untalented. Oh and by the way it that’s you then cheer up.
Edit: Thanks for the likes, never had this many before.
Me
Not me......
I'm a ballae dancer
@@pypermcdoniugh2882 congratulations!
Me, I quit ballet like 8 or 7 years ago, so I was like 2 or 1 when I quit. And I’m 9 now.
I don't know how many times I've watched this video. Everything is so perfect here and Nina Kaptsova.. speechless.
What a beautiful way of expression. She seems to put Tchaikovsky's brilliant work into a physical form.
i think what makes this better than most is beacuse you can clearly see how much she loves dancing
J'avoue ne pas comprendre ceux qui n'aiment pas cette vidéo, c'est si beau ! Grâce, finesse, légèreté... Et que de travail pour parvenir à ce niveau !
TH-cam:
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2020: I may recommend this for her.
video was uploaded in 2011 so yeah, TH-cam wouldn't be able to recommend it in 2010 :D
@@blank2303 kkkkkk I haven't saw that.kkkkk
@@slaslatantofaz3282 :D
FR THO
@Straxxe shrug
the best choreography of sugar plum fairy that ive ever seen she looks like real fairy
This is the only version of this dance I acknowledge. She’s simply stunning. And her musicality is out of this world. Dare I say this is perfect?
No one can beat Nina doing this. I'm not a friend of the Ballet but when Christmas time comes and I want to listen and watch the Nutcracker this is the one I look to find. Her graceful moves blend perfectly with the music it's sheer Heaven watching her. To me she's the best.
R.I.P to her toes
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
she already did
Michael Navarro Ikr
her toes are fine
Michael Navarro belive it or not, those shoes don't hurt as bad as you think. It's when you stop standing on your toes they hurt so it's better to stay baleced on your toes rather than fert
Still the best performance I've ever seen. I cannot watch other sugarplum fairy performances and be satisfied. She executed it perfectly.
Yep. Just watched the same piece performed by Albert Hall ballerina and it made me cringe. This one, though, is as refined as you can get.
I’ve seen this dance so many times, but this one is special. She doesn’t even touch the ground. Simply ethereal.
An absolute delight! Flawless, technically and musically. Not a single pirouette is short, whether it is 720, or 1080, fully completed, then she gentle floats down with the notes where the music calls for. Always in complete control with not a whiff of strain, or even effort. Her grace and ease does not even make you think about control!!
In addition, a nice surprise: in this day and age, there are still millions of people who can appreciate the ethos of classical ballet, grace under pressure. Bravo!!
oh that's so beautiful , I feel like she is flying
I love how she is so loved!!! We need more hits on videos like THIS!
RECOMMENDATION: if you loved her as sugar plum fairy, you should totally watch her as Esmeralda. Breathtaking.
There is seriously no way that she is real that was the best dance I’ve ever seen and probably will ever see my goodness
Super talented. This video will forever and ever stand the test of time.
The best Dance of sugar plum fairy I have ever seen.😍😍😍. I could watch this all the time.
She does it as if it is easy. ♧
Какая легкость во всех движениях и безукоризненная техника вращения . И без напряжения в лице, как птичка- супер и браво Нине Скобцовой!
Best sugar plum fairy performance ever! The dance is just magical and makes you believe!
Jokes aside, ballet seems really hard. Props to the people who practice it professionally.
+Withror Pendragon If I tried to dance something like that, I would just throw up.
Thank you haha
the dude hey thank you. I mean there are a lot of people who dont really understand what ballet is about or it's just Not their dance style. That totally ok. But there are also a lot of people who Arent Interested in it and Start to unsult ballet dancers like "you are just twirling around wearing a tutu" or "All you do is jumping around" thats so dissrespectful ! So thank you for Not being like this :) (and sry for my english)
Who joking?
iv'e been doing the nutcracker for a while and this is the first year I get to do the sugar plum fairy I'm so excited!
Live, Love, Dance
good luck! ♡
Live, Love, Dance I wish you Good luck♥
So happy for you!
Luck? Luck has nothing to do with this kind of dancing.
I have done the sugar plumb fairy before it was my childhood dream and i have done it i bet your performance is wonderful
I'd like to comment on this AUDIENCE, their rare rhythmic enthusiasm, their genuine respect, their honoring this performer, in rhythmic time no less, even before she starts, as soon as she appears out of the wings, and repeated at the finish!! How rare and beautiful is THAT?! Way to go, people! AND WHAT WONDERFUL CITY IS THIS?!? I want to know, where?
+Palmtree Media lol Mary Christmas
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Bolshoi Theater in Moscow Russia
I had to watch a few other performances from other extremely talented ballerinas before I found this one, and it's perfection! The others were good, but very technical. She looks absolutely weightless, and she was SMILING! It makes all the difference! Brava!!!
I never forget 2017 Christmas eve...I was in the living room around 11pm had my headphones on place and just listen to dance of the sugar plum fairy ( Christmas Tradition ) and I ll see my lil brother sneaking down the stairs trying to peek at the present under the tree... the way he did it played so well with this piece :)He was so careful not get caught doing so it was so cute :D For some reason ever since I Listen to this I cant stop remember every single detail about that night :D I cant wait for Christmas
Erik Lansher wow..