American Ballet Theatre (01) Chopin Les Sylphides

Integral do bailado de Michel Fokine para os Balés Russos numa remontagem do American Ballet Theatre na Ópera Metropolitana de Nova York em 1984.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Marianna Tcherkassky, Cynthia Harvey, Cheryl Yeager. Regência: Paul Connelly.

[@Yoaptjoep]

Today my father would have turned 91. I decided to put together a concert of pieces he loved. This had to be part of it.

[@loganfruchtman953]

Chopin’s music brought to life in full orchestration in this stunning mini ballet

[@dorakuschnir1230]

Makes me cry.😢 Remembering those moments in ballet.❤

[@dpchait7793]

So nice to see so many dear old colleagues and friends,, the beautiful ABT corps de ballet ladies of the MISHA years. Everyone of them so beautiful and good natured. The last years of the golden age of dance

[@curriepederson2141]

For those that are of today's age, Ballet Theater, as it was then known, was the last complete oversee by Michel Fokine of his ballet and Dimitri Romanoff, regisseur, was in charge of rehearsing this ballet. I came into the company in 1958 as a corps dancer with Michael Lland, Royes Fernandez, John Kriza and Erik Bruhn being the male stars. The lady ballerinas were Ruth Ann Koesun, Nora Kaye, Violette Verdy, Lupe Serrano. The second soloists also danced some of the roles sometimes. Still my favorite "white" ballet and this is a marvelous production. Dimitri was a task master for this ballet and the corps girls were not too pleased when this was scheduled.

[@eugenegauggel1000]

Eric Bruhn was the boyfriend/lover of Rudolf Nureyev. Nureyev got AIDS from Eric and died young, as a result. I met Nureyev in Hawaii where my father played in the orchestra for Nureyev. I was on stage during the dress rehearsal and made eye contact with him. Now I know he was gay, maybe he was checking me out?!

[@ernestcastro6238]

curriepederson2141 I studied with Dimitri and Francesca Romanoff in at the San Jose Ballet School. Yes Mr.Romanoff was a task master.

[@dreplogle1]

@currie pederson My ballet teachers, Robert and Carol Brotherton Hanlin also danced with ABT about the same time. When Carol taught us Les Sylphides, she said the same thing about Michel Fokine overseeing the ballet for ABT. That always made me feel special and that we had the true choreography. Our regional company has since repeated Les Sylphides with my daughter dancing in the corps. However, they were taught the Royal Ballet version. I am going to share this version with her and your comments. Thank you for sharing, Diana

[@crescenziosangiglio7741]

Stupendo balletto per una musica splendida. Tutto è armonia e melodia in un intreccio d'arte semplicemente unico.

[@levicopp3224]

Fokine's great summation of romanticism. Gossamer lightness, the ethereal sylphs ( air elementals ) The first plotless ballet ? The male dancer variously described as a poet, or even the personification of Chopin.

[@dreplogle1]

Yes, it was the first plotless ballet, at least on an international scale.

[@jerrybecker1628]

soooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful

[@barahona68]

La musique de Chopin est vraiment magnifique, avec ce trait caractéristique de nostalgie.

[@minola9046]

Sublimes arrangements pour orchestre de certaines de ses plus belles pièces

[@minola9046]

Je reconnais la Grande Valse Brillante et la Valse op 64 no 2 mais pas le premier morceau... ?

[@SeptièmeParadis]

@@minola9046 Si ça peut servir, nocturne op 32 no 2 :)

[@margaretsantos6718]

BEAUTIFUL!! I love Les Sylphides.

[@judyn8227]

This is like musical/balletic Xanax. Soothing, transcendent, achingly beautiful.

[@karennoble1168]

Yes, Judy you are so right!!

[@antonietasousa4099]

Lindissimo

[@rr7firefly]

Every time I watch this beautiful performance I remember how much we love to find order in our universe. The choreography and staging remind me that art has the ability to bring divine proportion on the otherwise chaotic world of human error and misdeeds. Waltz in C sharp Minor, Opus 64, No. 2 begins at 18:26.

[@vitiachao9765]

Thank you.

[@Kendysse]

Thanks man

[@atlantargh]

True, with a few seconds of the C#minor Etude, Op.25

[@rr7firefly]

@@vitiachao9765 This takes me way back -- I must have been 11 years old when I first heard this: from a big box of classical LP recordings that my father bought. This is music for my soul, especially now that I have adult concerns.

[@luisagildasanchezguzman4543]

Siempre me ha fascinado este ballet,esta música divina.Gracias ,,!

[@geraldopereira2049]

Magnifica esta peça clássica!

[@antonietasousa4099]

adoro nunca me canso de ver

[@ToledoWingNut]

The ABT has just started a run of this wonderful ballet (Nov. 2013). I look forward to the reviews and hope to see it. Such a perfect marriage of Chopin and dance.

[@彭育嫺-p3h]

ToledoWingNut ㄢ我要聽江慧的演唱會

[@annacottrell7802]

What a treat thank you so much for the Post

[@margaretsantos6718]

It could not be more beautiful.....perfection!

[@mariavelazquezdeangulo1640]

Magnífico !!!!! "Les Sylphides " con música de Frederik Chopin . Congratulations !!!!! -

[@jasaoargonauta]

Gracias Maria.

[@mariavelazquezdeangulo1640]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video !!!! .

[@gismg1910]

I'm supposed to be doing homework

[@yiancha]

me too lol have physics test tmwr

[@user-xs3og8us3d]

This is homework.

[@juliathiemisouza1529]

Me too

[@yunhea1gmail469]

Dear lord why is this me -

[@zuri_.]

Me too

[@BeHappyNoMatterWhat]

Wow thank you so much for uploading this!!!

[@mariamagdalenatieghi5621]

Que maravilloso Ballet

[@DCFunBud]

This is my favorite ballet. It has everything (except a male chorus). Fokine was a genius as was, of course, Chopin.

[@nelsonvargascatalan]

Hermoso, de principio a fin. Música y baile. Beautiful from the start to the end. And dancers are perfect... Trés, tres jolie depuis est commencé et jusqu' au fin. Et toute la musique et le corp de ballet vraiment magnifique Bello, senza altra parola Desde Santiago de Chile

[@brunelleagulian844]

magnifique interprétation de ce ballet qui me donne la chair de poule!!!!

[@giuliorenzobighin8165]

Ottima la parte essenziale del corollario danzante che aggiunge una narratio estetica alla parte più d'enfatizzazione commediale dando allo spettacolo una mirabile completezza.Bighin GIULIO RENZO

[@jaimesantiago3200]

My favorite ballet ever!

[@anniemorata9199]

Juste splendide. On se sent s'envoler avec eux!!!

[@mariv.2557]

So Beautiful!😍 Perfection!!!✨✨✨

[@tubelover413]

How beautiful !! Thank you for sharing a wonderful video.

[@RafaelSantos-xl1ut]

Beautiful! 💖💖💖

[@erikahansen6959]

I just watched this and it was the most soothing thing ever. :)

[@ballet_by_neila6606]

Lindo! Beautiful! Prelude is my favorite variation!

[@vegai]

19:38 might be the most graceful thing I have ever seen. I wish I could see this live.

[@BeveC21E]

If this was filmed just 8 years ago, then Baryshnikov is in his 60s, dancing! His leaps are still incredible! Lovely and exquisite production! Chopin and ballet, a marriage made in heaven!

[@MMMa3]

Yes, he is miraculous ! (but he is not a wizard ... this was filmed in 1984, he was 36) ;-)

[@BeveC21E]

@@MMMa3 haha...thank you! But seeing how he's able to do some of those leaps and incredible spins, anyone would think that he was! He was amazing!

[@tulliougodigangi7913]

Magnifico, splendido, eccellente.... non ho parole!

[@user-le9ej2nh5i]

La mélodie qui commence à 11:45 est celle sur laquelle j’ai fait mon dernier ballet, celle juste avant est celle sur laquelle j’ai fait mon premier solo. Le ballet me manque tellement 😔

[@BallerinaBelleOfficial]

Magnifique !

[@gracielacalle8266]

Esto es hermosisimo, poesia pura.

[@RC2214]

Reading a good book and ballet are the best joys in life :-)

[@BeveC21E]

There's no room nor cause for disagreement w you on this, Moody!

[@cristianrey1032]

I second that..!

[@garfreed]

In addition to a few other things. 🎃. 🎃. 🎃

[@nondescriptbeing5944]

That’s funny, I got here from a mention in The Handmaid’s Tale book

[@ernestcastro6238]

MOODY Thank you for that, I totally agree.

[@ГалинаЛуточка]

so beautifully and gently

[@zima176]

Русский балет лучший!!!! Посмотрите фильм с Улановой "Лебединое озеро" или фильм с Бесмертновой!!!

[@etypecoventry6761]

Excellent ....mesmerizing ....and i'm not even into ballet/theater....

[@mirnalorenzana3536]

Amo el ballet clásico!!!!

[@jasaoargonauta]

Es una bela arte.

[@sandrabuchner3727]

Lindoooo!

[@waszkreslem9306]

Opening nocturne op.32 no.2 is just too perfect

[@yunhea1gmail469]

This physically hurts with how perfect it is.

[@patriciafernandezarias7263]

wonderful

[@etelmonzon9362]

quisierá escuchar rios de fuego

[@paulapinzon5517]

beautiful!

[@orozimboarthurdelimacampos8239]

Belíssimo .

[@tanjanovicic2926]

THE BEST. 🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tanjanovicic2926]

🙏👍🌸🌹🌼

[@maykelly4727]

Wonderful!!!

[@レオのまま]

まるで動く絵画のような美しさ。 妖精たちが本当にいるのか？と思わせるような、そんな素晴らしさがある。 ABTは群舞の衣装が美しく見応えがある。

[@xphiledman]

great record!

[@LisaS-p8z]

I miss you David. You are the most beautiful soul with the kindest heart and that VOICE. What I wouldn’t give for another conversation with you at the Wild West way back when, all I did is ask you where Rick was…wish I had gone to the PP with you from the Crazy Horse when you swept me off of my feet…albeit in stilettos of course and you in sneakers…ahhhh such memories! 😉😊

[@metodica95]

mi fav ❤

[@gomezjack3222]

Lindissimo!!!

[@ПользовательПользователь-е1х8п]

Вам просто не с чем сравнивать,вот вы и восхищаетесь этим зрелищем.Хотя и похаять не могу.Все вполне мило и технично.Просто уровень не тот.

[@СергейМиронов-ш1з]

Мариинка и Большой нас разбаловали, поэтому нашим любителям балета есть с чем сравнивать особенно что касается классики, Барышников Ваганьковское заканчивал, танцевал в Мариинке, есть что передать американцам...

[@lorakarlash248]

@@СергейМиронов-ш1з только в Кировском , Барышников не станцевал бы Шопениану...тоже есть с кем сравнивать ) у нас были великолепные танцовщики и прекрасные партнеры, с соответствующими внешними данными для этого балета и этой хореографии. МБ слишком суетлив, нет эстетической красоты ,той мужской сдержанной элегантности , которая предполагается хореографией и музыкой...

[@lorakarlash248]

7 вальс, танцевали М.Лавровский, М. Лиепа, А. Годунов, К.Заклинский...настоящие принцы...) в их исполнении очень красиво...

[@СергейМиронов-ш1з]

@@lorakarlash248 👏👏👏

[@pinkoctopus2241]

Beautiful😢

[@sabbysingh5744]

i got goosebumps watching this

[@ellenspear7368]

Awesome. So exceedingly soft and melting that I kind of missed the bolder, more carpenter-like approach taken by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.

[@donatamarineo4255]

Ellen Spear

[@3VILmonkey]

FIERCE.

[@mirnalorenzana3536]

Bellísimo!!

[@DavidSmith-dy5jw]

lindo

[@annistumpos831]

I supposed to be doing some kind of homework for ballet📑📓📝

[@qhdmns]

klassno

[@metodica95]

¡MI FAV!

[@sugarplumfairy20101]

Grande Valse Brillante at minute 23

[@mouse3751]

Handmaid's page 70, anyone?

[@jamydelpias]

Sublissime 💓💓🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@Bambi-g9e]

오전수업입금 고마워요❤

[@jntbleger]

My recital this year has a whole section devoted to dances from Les Sylphides.

[@roselihervias3217]

vou dançar essa musica lee sillf

[@christinestill5002]

Oh this is Chopin along w/ classic ballet. Only American audiences applaud between movements.

[@vitiachao9765]

13:29 18:39

[@susius4211]

10:47 Op. 33 No. 2 Mazurka... so brilliant...

[@moimoi7534]

music:Chopin Nocturne Op. 32 No. 2 in A-flat Major

[@apeplave6524]

Curious. I found a page of Fokine's notes on the opening floor patterns and he had three more dancers on each side wing. I wonder if abt's choice of a smallee corp du ballet was budgetary, technical, or whatever. Given the location, not due to the size of the stage I guess.

[@Gisugar]

made me cry :( jajaja

[@drdancerlisa]

Me, too. Pure in its beauty as few things are these days.

[@user-xs3og8us3d]

Tinha em VHS.

[@adam28xx]

Whose arrangements are they using? ... Benjamin Britten was commissioned to do an orchestration for this company when he was in New York at the start of the 2nd world war, so maybe the ballet is being danced to his version. At any rate, the arranger's name should have been mentioned in the credits.

[@markiz1009]

💯

[@brackthomasfischer6139]

Who's dancing the variation from 8:22 to 10:41 ❤️💙

[@ruferguson5983]

Cynthia Harvey

[@vanessawyndham5744]

Cynthia Harvey was amazing! Always one of my faves.😊

[@nataliafaria1053]

I'm supposed to be working :x

[@kristianj.8798]

And instead, you were doing something awesom'er

[@yl4521]

8:20. 10:47*. 15:30. 18:30. 23:05

[@janisauzins4103]

When an orchestra performs Chopin, it becomes really obvious that no actual symphonic composer would ever use such themes. Really thin musical material and becomes grating super fast.

[@Orfeus3000]

There is no Cynthia Gregory

[@beyondthebarre]

Personal note: 7:50 13:45

[@isabelcristynaarredondo2047]

No te entiendo amiga estupida

[@beyondthebarre]

@@isabelcristynaarredondo2047 je ne comprends pas

[@miriamcarvalho4285]

Je sui au conservatoire et je fais se ballet

[@Krygina16]

体力なくて死にそうになって踊ってたの思い出す。。。

[@ゆめはまちゃん]

Krygina16 ソリストやったんですか？？

[@MademoiselleGisela]

25:44 Danna 26:10 Yo

[@Lafilledubois]

Cynthia Harvey is the Mazurka?

[@harleyquinn9682]

I'm learning the variation at 8:10 at my SI

[@ariel5482]

8:17 ワルツ

[@QueenAlyssaRose]

Anyone here from acb? I am

[@Bambi-g9e]

2시 수업꺼입금됨요😊

[@나나니-t6m]

10:47 넘좋아요

[@roiroi-k1c]

22:59

[@ibraheemakrebit]

toutching

[@dcergrl]

I'm supposed to be doing my taxes. I danced this. It is so boring if you are in the corps. You feel like a prop. And try not to laugh when you see your friend across the stage. Oh well, better than doing taxes.

[@dcergrl]

+xxxxxxx And you have to wear those stupid wings

[@dcergrl]

+xxxxxxx And bending over for all that time is no picnic, either.

[@ClaudiaSovre]

You don't understand what Ballet is all about... SAD :(

[@a.w.6288]

@@dcergrl I danced it too (corps). It used to put my neck into spasm a bit. Still liked it though... so pretty.

[@tonybenony]

iemand antwoorden?