Alicia Markova: The People's Ballerina

[@golden1789]

Wonderful documentary. Thank you.

[@rhodiamann9057]

Few people know that Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin gave one performance of the tiny Theatre Royal in Nairobi, Kenya, 9n their way to larger audiences i n South Africa. The year was 1952 and I was there! Thst perrformance inspiredme to become a ballerina, two Years later, I enrolled i the Arts Educational School at Tring. Markova became its patron. After a year of training, I realized I wasnot good enough to make ballet my profession and I returned to Kenya. My love of ballet remains to this day, however. This wonderful documentary brought tears to my eyes. How increcibly lucky I was to have seen them dance Just once, so very long ago. Thank you for bringing back such memories!!

[@freden9234]

Thanks for posting this treasure!

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Less critics talking and more film would have said much more. Thank goodness we can now see her unbelievable Giselle. She performed it on Broadway for months, she was the toast of New York. Her phrasing is that of a truly great musician. She paid full attention to the tiniest details so that nothing was off in the total composition. Her fingers had as much value as her toes, and so did her chin. It's one thing to read about her, to read her writing, and yet another to see her dance. No one reached that level, not Fonteyn, not Makarova, nobody. And certainly not one of Balanchine's ballerinas. Danilova was close in certain aspects. If I could see Baronova dance, I'd like to compare as she had a virtuoso technique.

[@msbeejones]

such a great watch for ballet history lovers!

[@Dancetilldeathdousapart]

Shes amazing❤️🌹

[@edfilchev5202]

She was definitely the prima ballerina of 20th century... right after Galina Ulanova

[@edwardarckless3112]

She was just wonderfull and fantastique artiste if you look her body is just singing with the music to day we do not have this. Fonteyn had this also Lynne Seymour Edward Arckless

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Not at all on the same level. All ballerinas then were more musical and expressive than today, because they were still in the Romantic Age.

[@JoZiggy]

Magical.

[@vaslav030547]

Discovering this post on Alicia Markova makes me feel like Howard Carter must have felt when he discovered the amazing treasures of Tutankhamun. It's an excitement you feel but you cannot describe. 🩰