Wow for both Markova and Dowell, but Dowell absolutely shone, what an incredibly elegant and memorable dancer he was. He and Markova brought a level of genuine acting and elegance to this ballet that is seldom seen today with the prevalent vulgar emphasis on gymnastics.
I have a 2nd generation copy of this, and especially in the White acts, her presence is so strong that you would swear she's a tall Balanchine-type dancer. You actually have to go out of your way to compare her to the corps dancers to see how tiny she is. I think in this generation with RB her height would actually have disqualified her from consideration.
The amazing thing about this woman is that she was so passionate that she even knew where to look ,how amazing she placed her head,her face and eyes expressions are what made her so great,besides the fact she is a perfect ballet dancer,a one of a kind dancer❤🌠.no other dancer expresses herself the way she does❤
I so agree. I've been bingeing these TH-cam videos of her trying to discover what sets her apart from the rest and have decided that what tops off her genius and magic is the positioning of her head and neck. Heart breaking in the 2nd act pas de deux of Swan Lake.
God that chemistry!! And she's just the most incredible Odile, every movement no matter how small means everything in her interpretation. Like the way she moves her shoulder and she's so aware of her neck!
Makarova is a goddess! No one can compare with her in this ballet. She is able to cast a spell on everyone who sees her dance. And how she moves! She is floating!
Agreed! I've never seen a better Odille. She's plays it flirty, fun, sexy and dangerous, not evil. She's also the sweetest and most innocent Odette. Truly, the most balanced White/Black Swan performance I've ever seen.
Oh Sir Anthony Dowell, the most elegant and perfect ´stepmeister¨ partner and performer- years of practice, again and again every day have made you the well deserved star that you are. xx
What a moment to watch when a dancer meets that still center! All the years of perfecting. 🌹One word - Markarova! And wonderful Dowell as a consummate partner! ♥️
Wow, how do you have such a clear copy of this? Can you post the rest? This is, for me, the definitive production. No silly endings like Siegfried marrying Odile or both the lovers dying with no "resurrection" scene or only Odette throwing herself into the lake. Their recostumed nightmare with Von Rothbart looking like Quasimodo still had good Swan Lake-y choreography, although I think that production omitted the Moody Prince bit in Act 1. Thanks for posting!
Yah...Von Rothbart crowding these two sublime dancers...interfering with/obscuring their exquisite shapes in space..I may be presumptuous in saying, but whose idea to have him hovering like that??
Perhaps not the most technically brilliant or secure Odile, but definitely the most dramatically gripping. Watch her eyes harden at 1:00 minute, as she faces the Prince for the first time. And again at 14:55 when she vanishes literally into thin air.
Technique? Aren't we talking about art? Nowadays technique is mistaken with over extensions and contortionims... that is NOT ballet dear, Mr. Aves. But THIS performance is... It is all that ballet is about. For more information: www.attitude-devant.com
+attitude - devant. Oh, I’m completely with you, believe me. I just finished writing another post where I described how Makarova’s fouettes fell apart about halfway through, in the one live performance I was very fortunate to see her. But her indifferent fouettes were nothing, compared to the remarkable and thoroughly compelling reading of Odile that she gave. Bewitching, beguiling, menacing, her hold over the character of Odile and over her audience never wavering. I’ve watched many, many Odiles, including the vaunted Cynthia Gregory, Olga Chenchikova, Altynai Asylmuratova, Galina Mezentseva, Darcey Bussell and Uliana Lopatkina, to name a few. In spite of their stronger technique, none of them gave as riveting or as memorable performance as Makarova did on that night. Truly a singular theatrical experience, and this recording with Sir Anthony Dowell and the Royal Ballet captures a little of it.
The speed at which Makarova performs the entire pas de deux and the demands that places on her are what make this truly exciting and difficult to do. I think it's a masterful performance. I don't need stunt fouettes with double and triple pirouettes between fouettes that slow down the music to thrill me--that type of thing is just 7 seconds of pleasure--a kind of obscenity--we don't seek at the ballet unless we've arrived very late in the game and as "attitude-devant" says, represents "technique" that is "mistaken" for "contortions" of all kinds. Dowell was one of the greatest technicians of his day and is also completely present on stage and a wonderful partner. They do a marvelous Odile/Albrecht. Makarova has so many different interpretations of Swan Lake and I love seeing her so lithe and lean in this one. It's unusual for her and I think she's the bomb!
Unfortunately this seems to have been compressed width-wise and the distortion makes everyone look taller and skinnier than they really are. Please can you correct this
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW THAT. I NOTICED A FEW NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT BALANCE MOVES AND LINE EXTENSIONS I HAVE SEEN HER AT HER BEST AND EITHER WAY SHE WAS THE ULTIMATE "ODILE"
Came to his video to see how Makarova (whom I thought would be very precise) would sweep the leg back into attitude derrière at 1:17 only to find that she went with a développé. I wonder if she changed it because of that awkward moment going through 1st to get to attitude.
Love Makarova, he have a dramatic intention in every role. Dowel excelent. But...are various and splendid etoile dancing black swan. Perhaps too many for to name in this occasion.
Of all the partners she ever really had, Dowell was perhaps the only one she ever really fell in love with. She had real genuine romantic feelings for him... but like many good men in ballet, he personally goes the other way. She was... somewhat broken. Huh. How many other ladies in the field of ballet personally really did go through this themselves?
@@FredMaus But there's still some character work going on in how Siegfried expresses his joy in his solo, and how Odile builds on her persona and seduction.
Not a lot of warmth in this partnership and why oh why does she insist on holding that wobbly balance at 5.37 on much better to finish quickly and cleanly
She is an imposter, wickedly fooling him, and I think her radiance with an undertone of malice is perfect here. Watch more to see how different her Odette is.
@@bw3747 actually Makarova is one of the best technical dancers ever, she can do the steps while doing the most difficult and expressing port de bras. So yes, technique is everything, and she has surpass it.
She doesn't have the energy, posture and those magical hands that Maya Plisetskaya had. Just one more confirmation that Plisetksaya was the best of the best.
?? best perhaps for you...both great artists, but two different characteristic energies, personalities, eras, differing styles & training, different body types...
What a moment to watch when a dancer meets that still center! All the years of perfecting. 🌹One word - Markarova! And wonderful Dowell as a consummate partner! ♥️
Wow for both Markova and Dowell, but Dowell absolutely shone, what an incredibly elegant and memorable dancer he was. He and Markova brought a level of genuine acting and elegance to this ballet that is seldom seen today with the prevalent vulgar emphasis on gymnastics.
I had the great good fortune to see them together in this, Bayadere, and Giselle. Really a dream couple.
Великолепная Макарова с ее уникальным изысканным стилем! Каждое движение - произведение искусства!
I just realised how talented she was. Amazing ballerina - she has everything: technique, artistry, musicality and beautiful look and proportions.
I have a 2nd generation copy of this, and especially in the White acts, her presence is so strong that you would swear she's a tall Balanchine-type dancer. You actually have to go out of your way to compare her to the corps dancers to see how tiny she is. I think in this generation with RB her height would actually have disqualified her from consideration.
The best Odette/Odille I've ever seen. This should be required viewing for ballerinas first time playing those parts.
The amazing thing about this woman is that she was so passionate that she even knew where to look ,how amazing she placed her head,her face and eyes expressions are what made her so great,besides the fact she is a perfect ballet dancer,a one of a kind dancer❤🌠.no other dancer expresses herself the way she does❤
I so agree. I've been bingeing these TH-cam videos of her trying to discover what sets her apart from the rest and have decided that what tops off her genius and magic is the positioning of her head and neck. Heart breaking in the 2nd act pas de deux of Swan Lake.
I saw them perform this very ballet in South Africa in 1976, sitting two rows from the stage. An unforgettable experience.
God that chemistry!! And she's just the most incredible Odile, every movement no matter how small means everything in her interpretation. Like the way she moves her shoulder and she's so aware of her neck!
Definitely one of the best productions and performances ever.
Makarova is a goddess! No one can compare with her in this ballet. She is able to cast a spell on everyone who sees her dance. And how she moves! She is floating!
Look Uliana Lopatkina.she is the best of the best!!!she is top!!!
Agreed! I've never seen a better Odille. She's plays it flirty, fun, sexy and dangerous, not evil. She's also the sweetest and most innocent Odette. Truly, the most balanced White/Black Swan performance I've ever seen.
Agree! A magnificent dancer, coach and person.. only rivals perhaps those she personally coached like Evelyn Hart.
Estoy de acuerdo con su opinión!
Ella es una : Prima Ballerina Assoluta!!!
Oh Sir Anthony Dowell, the most elegant and perfect ´stepmeister¨ partner and performer- years of practice, again and again every day have made you the well deserved star that you are. xx
He's fabulous. Did you notice that his grands pirouettes à la seconde were in the opposite direction to most dancers?
@@VLind-uk6mb He's a left turner, wasn't he?
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Para mi la mejor version.
What a moment to watch when a dancer meets that still center! All the years of perfecting. 🌹One word - Markarova! And wonderful Dowell as a consummate partner! ♥️
Two legends! ❤❤❤
Out of this world both of them OMG
My favorite ballerina of all time. Thanks!💕
Her skillful ,was how she moved her arms as well as coordinate with her legs in swans lake pas de deux to
She’s just breathtaking
Love love love love N. Makarova ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣
Dowell and Nagy were my favorite partners for her.
OmG! Odille's dance... Awesome! So light
Wow, how do you have such a clear copy of this? Can you post the rest? This is, for me, the definitive production. No silly endings like Siegfried marrying Odile or both the lovers dying with no "resurrection" scene or only Odette throwing herself into the lake. Their recostumed nightmare with Von Rothbart looking like Quasimodo still had good Swan Lake-y choreography, although I think that production omitted the Moody Prince bit in Act 1. Thanks for posting!
the violin and bassoon solos touch me to the bottom of my soul.
She is amazing...what a technique and inimitable grace
great chemistry :)
Makarova: petite but powerful !
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Viva la lírica!
Absolutely stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful 😍
5:45 - Incredible!
She spells pure magic...
Von Rothbart is waving his arms around like, she’s Odette, don’t let the black feathers fool you. Think of them as her evening wear.
Yah...Von Rothbart crowding these two sublime dancers...interfering with/obscuring their exquisite shapes in space..I may be presumptuous in saying, but whose idea to have him hovering like that??
😍🌹thanks Anne xx that's my exercise for the week xx brilliant
Only a few partnerships are as great as theirs
IMHO,, unmatched.
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Perhaps not the most technically brilliant or secure Odile, but definitely the most dramatically gripping. Watch her eyes harden at 1:00 minute, as she faces the Prince for the first time. And again at 14:55 when she vanishes literally into thin air.
Technique? Aren't we talking about art? Nowadays technique is mistaken with over extensions and contortionims... that is NOT ballet dear, Mr. Aves. But THIS performance is... It is all that ballet is about. For more information: www.attitude-devant.com
Bravo, to you!!!
+attitude - devant. Oh, I’m completely with you, believe me. I just finished writing another post where I described how Makarova’s fouettes fell apart about halfway through, in the one live performance I was very fortunate to see her. But her indifferent fouettes were nothing, compared to the remarkable and thoroughly compelling reading of Odile that she gave. Bewitching, beguiling, menacing, her hold over the character of Odile and over her audience never wavering.
I’ve watched many, many Odiles, including the vaunted Cynthia Gregory, Olga Chenchikova, Altynai Asylmuratova, Galina Mezentseva, Darcey Bussell and Uliana Lopatkina, to name a few. In spite of their stronger technique, none of them gave as riveting or as memorable performance as Makarova did on that night. Truly a singular theatrical experience, and this recording with Sir Anthony Dowell and the Royal Ballet captures a little of it.
The speed at which Makarova performs the entire pas de deux and the demands that places on her are what make this truly exciting and difficult to do. I think it's a masterful performance. I don't need stunt fouettes with double and triple pirouettes between fouettes that slow down the music to thrill me--that type of thing is just 7 seconds of pleasure--a kind of obscenity--we don't seek at the ballet unless we've arrived very late in the game and as "attitude-devant" says, represents "technique" that is "mistaken" for "contortions" of all kinds. Dowell was one of the greatest technicians of his day and is also completely present on stage and a wonderful partner. They do a marvelous Odile/Albrecht. Makarova has so many different interpretations of Swan Lake and I love seeing her so lithe and lean in this one. It's unusual for her and I think she's the bomb!
@@attitude-devant9530 Yes! Her technique is impeccable - except for a wee wobble on that solo arabesque balance.
Lindóoooo demais um sonho
Да...целое представление, а не просто танец. Ширакная.
Consummate, consistent, and marvellous! What can you say about Makarova's dancing that is negative? :)
YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE SHE WAS THE "ULTIMATE ODILE"
@@conradmartinez4175 ~ She didn't cheat with her fuoettes either. She did the full ones.
@theresa42213 THANK YOU THAT'S RIGHT! BUT THE ARM MOVEMENTS LIKE WINGS, AND HER SASSY ODILE LOOK ON HER FACE WAS A GOOD ADDED FACTOR.
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Unfortunately this seems to have been compressed width-wise and the distortion makes everyone look taller and skinnier than they really are. Please can you correct this
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Wonderful production and dancing. Wondering if Makarova was carrying a lower back injury - just a little constraint?
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW THAT. I NOTICED A FEW NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT BALANCE MOVES AND LINE EXTENSIONS I HAVE SEEN HER AT HER BEST AND EITHER WAY SHE WAS THE ULTIMATE "ODILE"
I was so mesmerized that I did not notice, Sorry.
Came to his video to see how Makarova (whom I thought would be very precise) would sweep the leg back into attitude derrière at 1:17 only to find that she went with a développé. I wonder if she changed it because of that awkward moment going through 1st to get to attitude.
Awesome!!!
Even my father, who is not a ballet fan, was transfixed.
Love Makarova, he have a dramatic intention in every role. Dowel excelent. But...are various and splendid etoile dancing black swan. Perhaps too many for to name in this occasion.
Of all the partners she ever really had, Dowell was perhaps the only one she ever really fell in love with. She had real genuine romantic feelings for him... but like many good men in ballet, he personally goes the other way. She was... somewhat broken. Huh. How many other ladies in the field of ballet personally really did go through this themselves?
When exactly did she fall for him? Am really extremely curious to know 😬
Hei hei hei
Where are the famous 32 fouettes?
11:50
In 16/9 please.
So in the plot, why are they engaged in a dance off?
It's how pas de deux work. The plot has to wait a bit.
@@FredMaus But there's still some character work going on in how Siegfried expresses his joy in his solo, and how Odile builds on her persona and seduction.
Too much of the big guy in the robe, got very distracted by him....but loved Dowell and Makarova.
Dowell, especially....his partnering, his turns and jumps, the look of sheer joy on his face at 12:30.
I always loved the sweet look of humble gratitude on Sir Anthony’s face when he acknowledged applause.
He doesn’t look that muscular but apparently all his partners said he was as strong as steel.
Exactly! The big guy in the big bathrobe: who invited him??
that is Derek Rencher and he is playing Rothbart.
we don't see anymore cetain finesses...
Musicality
Not a lot of warmth in this partnership and why oh why does she insist on holding that wobbly balance at 5.37 on much better to finish quickly and cleanly
LID ROGERS
The artist behind it is responsible for it. Makarova just follows what the choreographer wants.
She is an imposter, wickedly fooling him, and I think her radiance with an undertone of malice is perfect here. Watch more to see how different her Odette is.
I expected more from her technically..........
if this is the only thing you found to say by watching this, then you have no idea what ballet is.
@@matina_angel Technic has everything to do with it..
@@bw3747 actually Makarova is one of the best technical dancers ever, she can do the steps while doing the most difficult and expressing port de bras. So yes, technique is everything, and she has surpass it.
I get what u mean. Her turns can be wobbly, but her intensity/stage presence and upper body movements are sublime.
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Обвисшие...
She doesn't have the energy, posture and those magical hands that Maya Plisetskaya had. Just one more confirmation that Plisetksaya was the best of the best.
?? best perhaps for you...both great artists, but two different characteristic energies, personalities, eras, differing styles & training, different body types...
Редакция Горского более красива ...
When I see her chest bones protruding it's so disturbing. Starving for art.☹
She put on a bit of weight in the west and danced the better for it. But she has those wonderful Kirov arms -- best in the world.
What a moment to watch when a dancer meets that still center! All the years of perfecting. 🌹One word - Markarova! And wonderful Dowell as a consummate partner! ♥️