François Alu Stunning Bluebird Solo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The Bluebird pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty is one ballet’s most famous and iconic dances. Although most dance fans are familiar with the segment, the derivation and background of the work are less well known. In this video, I give some historical background for the work, and show one of the best Bluebird variations I have seen, from Paris Opera Ballet’s François Alu. His dancing stands out with great clarity and purpose of movement, making it a preeminent example of this work.
For a comparison, see Mathia Heymann: • Myriam Ould Braham and...
References
Background Material On Bluebird:
Jack Anderson, The New York Times, Who’s That Bluebird?, March 29, 1992
Videos
François Alu, Bluebird Variation, Paris Opera Ballet, Ewaasia TH-cam Channel
Mathias Heymann, Bluebird Variation, Paris Opera Ballet, Cat Cat TH-cam Channel
Artemy Belyakov, Bluebird Variation, Bolshoi Ballet, take take TH-cam Channel
Puss in Boots and White Cat, Little Red Riding Hood from The Sleeping Beauty, Royal Opera House TH-cam Channel
Photos
Maria Petipa, portrait photos from 1898 and 1855, Wikipedia
Charles Perrault, Wikipedia
Madam D’Aulnoy, Wikipedia, Owlcation.com
Bluebird and Princess Florine painting, Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1918
François Alu, Instagram
I don't know if it's still available on YT, but I saw PNB's program about the original choreography for this and the grand pdd and was interested to see that the brisees volees originally went to Prince Desire and that his variation as originally choreographed looked like absolute murder! Alu does it the way I've always envisioned it, although the one time I saw RB's Valentine Zucchetti (I'm pretty sure I'm misspelling that), he was excellent. Thank you for including a summary of the fairy tale the pdd comes from because I've never actually known where the story came from. Really enjoyed (as usual) your analysis. I could listen to this stuff for hours!
BRAVO 👏 post Kent!
Your steps breakdowns are textbook perfect. Always.
As for Alu, his body with his muscle mass alignment and height was made for the famous Role.
His non fussy relaxed, airy upper body in particular is quite stunning, a perfect combination of athletic abilities and classic clean academia, a croissant with butter staple of the famous French School. Loved it.
The greatest Bluebird I saw live onstage was Fernando BUJONES in the ABT production Baryshnikov staged in the late 80's I think with Makarova as Aurora. Fernando's elevation drew gasps from the sold out Metropolitan Opera House, the lines were exquisite with very comfortable pointed feet at all times. I was surprised when he confided he hated the role, and danced it only a few more times that summer. He danced DESIRÉ also (FABULOUS!!!), with The great CYNTHIA GREGORY as Aurora.
Cheers.
Thanks! Never saw Bujones in the role, but it must have been memorable with his great feet and lines.
One thing that makes me particularly upset about the amount of footage cut from 1977's The Turning Point is that I have the album, and there among the numerous stills they included is a shot of Bujones with Starr Danias. He's the one I imagine doing this for most of the reasons Ken gives about Alu. I'm envious that you saw him!
Cynthia Harvey was one the partner Mickaël Denard in the world at this erea ( 70-80') ; never seen Bujones never in Guest by Paris- ballet for this reason .
Beautifully narrated from technical and artistic viewpoints. Bravo, François Alu… Bravo, Kent! #I❤️🩰
Merci Monsieur Kent! Votre manière de raconter et votre voix sont très belles! 🎉. Pour la prestation de Monsieur François Alu, je n’ai jamais rien vu d’aussi beau et même envoutant . Je ne suis pas spécialiste. 🎉.
Thanks for tuning in!
I much appreciate your insights that you share with us. Always a pleasure. Thank you very much!
He did a wonderful job. Well done 👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺👏👏
Brilliant as always Kent! Thank you for sharing!
Your posts are fantastic! The way you explain and show tthe technic is absolutely fantastic and the quality of the posts. Thank you!
Excellent analysis as always. Thank you so much for your fascinating and thoughtful presentations! I think Alu is the best bluebird I've seen on TH-cam. Heymann was very good also but didn't have the same elevation and ballon. Was not impressed by Belyakov.
Il y a longtemps, j’ai vu Alexandre Godounov en répétition de l’Oiseau Bleu , c’était un document télévisuel. Monsieur Roland Petit décryptait chaque pas et disait son admiration envers Mr Godounov. J’étais , à ce moment là, très jeune, j’avais déjà la passion pour la Danse.
I love your videos, so educational and articulate.
Thanks for your uploads!
Gracias a Rusia por su gran arte del ballet clasico.
Son extra ordinarios y unicos.
Gracias RUSIA
Tchaikovshy seems very sad on this old pic ; on vidéo Alu has the same physique that the young Irek Mukhamedov
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