Basil Variation Don Quixote | Simkin, Barani, Baryshnikov, Vasiliev, Polunin

[@marshabailey1121]

Misha is outstanding. He has this stage presence that nobody can match. His athleticism and thecnique are unmatched.

[@merrilynstanger7241]

Misha owns this role ! I saw him dance it , long ago I was 14 , i aspired to partner him in this ballet ! It was made for Baryshnikov ❤

[@ΔέσποιναΜισαηλίδου-β6σ]

Wow all of them are amazing. So powerful. Such energy but Baryshnikov is another level!

[@mariadelcarmenpicolla4635]

Sbaglio o la versione di Baryshnikov è piu veloce degli degli altri ballerini? Per me il migliore in assoluto ❤

[@patriciajones3198]

All wonderful. Polunin and Baryshnikov are the stand outs with their commanding presence and technical prowess. Effortless execution!

[@christaramirez5354]

All are superb but Baryshnikov and Simkin - Incredible!

[@marynoonan6111]

Totally agree. ❤❤❤

[@marynoonan6111]

I think of Daniil as Misha's son - haha. He's like a reincarnation of him. I saw Baryshnikov dance twice & Daniil twice. He really is a good as Misha & equally as charismatic. Some of his hand flourishes and the way he holds his head, it is uncanny how much he is like Misha. It's like Ive hopped into a Tardis and been transported in time. Daniil is THAT good. Both dancer are very well liked by their fellow dancers too. Lovely men ❤❤❤

[@tpiety]

Those are my two favorites as well

[@ТатьянаКурбатова-п6н]

Спасибо за видео 🌹🌹🌹. Не возможно выбрать лучшего из лучших). Всем браво! 👏👏👏💐

[@magdachat846]

Excellent all of them!!!! I didn't know mr. Barani. He is very good, and he has more "spanish" movements than the others.

[@paulagiliberto7386]

He was born in Cuba

[@evaboudov2958]

Nurejev

[@tpiety]

Mr. Barani was not in the same class as the others. Too much mugging. Too much visible effort. Not as musical

[@isabellenelson6540]

Yesss i agrée, Barani is incredible spanish jumper !!! But they are all gooood !!

[@nbenefiel]

I saw Baryshnikov dancing with Makarova before they left the Kirov. I saw him many times since but will always remember that first time. We had never heard of them.

[@annann6949]

У Полунина прекрасная форма и лучезарная энергия. Он прекрасен в своей детской открытости танцу. Не пытается быть важным, особенным. Он просто живет и радуется в танце.

[@darai62]

Baryshnikov by a very wide margin.

[@valmacclinchy]

Exactly 💯

[@patriciaaspasdemoana1781]

Polunin es tan bueno pero es que Baryshnikov y Nureyev son extraterrestres.... Nadie bailará como esos dos por muchas razones... Nacieron con un gran talento natural inalcanzable para el resto de mortales

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Solojiev Vladimir Vasiliev as good as Barysnikov!!

[@татьянасанникова-т5ъ]

Случайно увидела Симкина ещё в Facebook, И любуюсь его искусством танца до сих пор. Грациозный , аристократичный , артистичный. Успеха и Спасибо ему.

[@wasterpieceteam3055]

Wow, everyone has his own way to express power and joy of dancing this variation 💪

[@JuliaValderrama-ig3fx]

Mikhail Baryshinikov el mejor, excelente. insuperable

[@Cat-no8ts]

WOW! Loved them all! The power...its like watching a magnificent tiger's graceful, but powerful motions...a masterpiece of human movements!

[@kariboudreaux6738]

5 amazing dancers!! I’m a Danii girl all the way though....bravo to all!! 👏🏼 🌹

[@АндрейХимей]

Спасибо за видео,все мэтры,с мировой известностью,цвет искусства!

[@xiyuewang5891]

I love Barani most. He is truly the matador!

[@bettycurry6752]

There is something about MB that cannot be explained…..they are all very talented dancers however and enjoyable to watch…always love the ballet.

[@astonvilla117]

Симкин! Ну какой умница, талант, грация, техника! Молодец! Мегазвезда рождается на наших глазах.

[@viki56k88]

Какой рождается? 36 лет

[@paulagiliberto7386]

Polunin 😍 and his perfect technique. The best

[@dbertobis]

Baryshnikov over all the others, but Simkin is excellent too. Barani, whom I didn’t know, seems to be very interested in what there is on the floor 😅 and I don’t like his athletic spider try-hard kind of style and the grumpy expression.

[@esterscarpa873]

They are all wonderful, but I still prefer Polunin.

[@cynthiafletcher9845]

Awesome video!! Each dancer brings his own unique interpretation to the stage and all of them are a pleasure to watch. C ❤❤❤

[@DanceLineBallet]

Thank you Cynthia ❤️

[@franxiscosanchez7668]

EL MEJOR Y UNICO DON QUIJLOTE ES EL GRAN JORGE BARANI DE LA BELLA CUBA Grs.

[@megcalix]

Barishnikov! 👏👏👏Georgeus, maravilhoso ! Perfeito, lindo ! ❤❤❤

[@НоннаДемина-з2й]

Отличная подборка... Но безупречная чистота линий и грация движений Сергея Полунина поражает...

[@elisek1067]

All of them Good!!!! but Ivan Vasiliev just caught my eye!

[@Marta44339]

Baryshnikov by many miles! Simkin is excellent also.

[@Татьяна-ь6ф3м]

Васильев и Полунин браво!

[@nicolehourcade]

Vassiliev is astonishing and brilliant

[@judithmoreines4934]

It’s a privilege to see all dance! Thank you!

[@09onca]

Each of them is a prince to me😆

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

As much as I love Baryshnikov in anything, I have to say that my favorite here was Barani. More than any of them, he really projected the character of a full-of-himself toreador. I felt he really told his story. That, and the heights he achieved, made him for me the most fun to watch. (Even if he is not in the same "class" as the others, I feel he carried it off here. And I have to say my very close second favorite here is Polunin, also for the storytelling as well as his technique.)

[@innerlight617]

Amazing dancers! Misha is standing apart of course..

[@ОльгаФёдорова-у2с]

А в какой стороне?

[@mikhailraskin2823]

Барани неплох, но Барышников просто на другом уровне

[@zah936]

Baryshnikov is king

[@Milana0406]

Barishnikov and Barani. But I like Alexander Godunov - forever!

[@PalacinkyPDX]

He absolutely belonged in this video... Godunov was incredible in this variation.

[@pinellafranich6007]

Polunin and Vasiliev, supple and strong like a profiterole.

[@DanceLineBallet]

💪🙈🍰

[@ISTEasnoneother]

LOL, That made me LOL! And yet so true...

[@elenazayac3976]

Барышников - лучший

[@gringa8862]

Fantásticos todos!!!

[@dmmchugh3714]

Baryshnikov always the master.. Barani, Simkin too much show-off. Where are Bocca and Nureyev ?

[@triciabuckling3385]

All are amazing and unique!

[@FranxiscoSanchez-r4h]

Barani por demasiado el único Basl , en el.personage , técnica impecable seguro gran energía y muchos giros , sublime . Grs.

[@dubrolga]

Базиль Васильева влюбляет в себя с первых тактов.

[@claudioclaudio6119]

Música, dança, balé, satisfação!

[@МамаМама-ъ3э]

Хороши все, Симкин и Васильев своеобразны, но в данной подборке отдала бы первенство Полунину. Браво !

[@nicolehourcade]

Are missing Carlos Acosta and now Kimin Kim🔥🎶💕

[@натальяпопова-э9н2я]

Полунин 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@vanessaivonne3863]

Increíble ❤️❤️❤️❤️💖

[@aml6106]

I love all of them ❤

[@charynoy]

I love Baryshnikov, but only because people TOLD me he's the greatest, not because I KNOW he's the greatest. Why IS he considered the greatest, exactly?

[@Mim-om6pq]

He oozes talent and charisma. And those jumps!!!!

[@garotadagavea]

All that the other commenters said and, his musicality is unparalleled. Notice how the tempo of his performance is faster than the others. Notice also how his choreography is more complex, more interesting, even at that accelerated tempo. We watch the others dance and they are very, very good. Misha takes us dancing with him. And to top it off: he was 35 years old in that clip. He was older than anybody else in this compilation. That was 1983. And yet, his athletic ability was breathtaking and his technique stands the passage of time.

[@clarissaleung4509]

Stylish, a technical virtuoso, musical (never misses a beat) and never shows off. His technique serves his artistry and the narrative, instead of overpowering everything else.

[@solomon8692]

He’s not the best. He was one of the best in his prime but there are so many others now that are better or equal to him in his prime. People say he’s the best because back then pretty much no one could compete

[@valmacclinchy]

@@solomon8692 there's a musicality Baryshnikov has which is unparalleled. He becomes the music. Watch White Nights. Legendary.

[@Tatjanashon]

Полунин лучший! Несомненно!!!!

[@dinapetti3012]

La perfezione!!

[@ТетяТаня-э3й]

Обажаю их всех!

[@yuliyacher67]

Where is the best Basil? Where is Godunov?

[@RedEyeification]

Anything good in ballet begins with Bar... Baryshinkov,Barani.

[@annettefournier9655]

Masterful❤

[@Sandrah326]

Maravilhosos!🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

[@evacrisostomo-ale375]

Missed Angel Corella and Carlos Acosta

[@alenales1384]

They are all super! But Ivan some more)

[@emadulce2749]

Sergei Polunin the Best!

[@Собака-п6щ]

Все прекрасны!Но для меня Барышников лучше всех!!!!!!

[@robertmcnamara5407]

I love most of this but my pet hate is Barani. You can't really see it here but he has the worst habit of clawing his right foot on nearly every take off except in tours. It has been going on for years and a lot of us have always wondered if anyone had ever tried to fix it. He has so much talent for turns and jumps but this one little thing........

[@DanceLineBallet]

Details make the difference, interesting feedback 😯

[@carlottabrianza7372]

I agree he has a terrible sickle , and also goes into most jetes with a flexed foot , and very little panache.

[@clarissaleung4509]

He has a horrible habit of tensing his shoulders and obscuring his neckline as well, which is a great pet peeve of mine. You should be elongating your lines not shorten them! But he has great Spanish flair and lovely jumps.

[@paulagiliberto7386]

Right. This is a horrible trick or a little trap

[@solomon8692]

@@carlottabrianza7372 so does Baryshnikov but no one cares cause he’s “the best”

[@BeatricerIVA-lm3vp]

Sono tutti bravissimi ma preferisco Barani, i suoi guri mozzano il fiato

[@sheeniebeanie2597]

WOW! I cannot choose which I prefer most, so can I have all of them?

[@DanceLineBallet]

Ahah sure, we regrouped them on purpose so you can have them all without choosing just one 😜

[@talo7005]

You can notice that Baryshnikov simplifies his performance in many ways, avoiding complex and difficult movements for him. This is especially evident when you compare him with Polunin, in whom every detail of movement is executed with maximum complexity and perfect precision. Baryshnikov would never have been able to repeat the quality of movements of Polunin. In addition, he is much shorter than Polunin and contributes less, so it seems that he dances easily, plus simplifying complex pirouettes.

[@AlbinaS6950]

Agree. Baryshnikov's performance isn't the best, and quite disappointing...

[@ISTEasnoneother]

The orchestra under Baryschnikov’s performance was speeding up the tempo towards the end, and he couldn’t keep up. That was NOT his fault, but the directors’. Have seen it before with Dutch Opera and Ballet, and it creates such a discord in the performance…

[@EreZm1]

Very ignirant comment. Baryshnikov is techniquely better on every level. The difference you see is the change in the 3rd section. Maybe you are not a trained dancer, but actually you gave baryshnikov your greatest compliment as ballet strives to seem effortless. Also this variation of baryshnikov is towards the end of his career, filmed live on the production he was the director of

[@talo7005]

@@EreZm1 Seems like you consider ballet from the point of a view of a football fan . You feel bitter when your team loses and become even aggressive. Evidently you are not Russian and your perception of ballet is different.

[@EreZm1]

@@talo7005 not at all, just pointing out that from a technical standpoint and a professional one you are not hitting truth with your words

[@borainhav]

Barani's grace here is undeniable, far superior character-wise

[@lindsaydrewe8219]

It's a pity so many of them are wearing black, it makes it hard to pick out the movements against the dark background

[@TatsuMaru-q2s]

Miskha Baryshnikov e Sergey Polunin i miogliori !!!

[@drh325]

All superb but Barani is most in character and Baryshnikov? Well effortless aristocracy.. still a class onto himself

[@ИринаГолубь-н2ц]

Бесконечно Люблю Балет! ❤ не Знаю от Куда Это😊 ?

[@talo7005]

Можно заметить что Барышников во многом упрощает своё исполнения, избегает сложных и тяжёлых для него движений. Особенно это видно когда сравниваешь его с Полуниным у которого каждая деталь движения исполнена по максимальной сложности и совершенной отточенности. Барышников никогда бы не смог повторить такое качество движений как у Полунина. К тому же он намного ниже Полунина и меньше внсит, поэтому кажется что он легко танцует, плюс упрощая сложные пируэты

[@donovangardner1325]

Vasilev

[@nbenefiel]

I got to see Baryshnikov and Makarova before they left the Kirov.

[@nbenefiel]

The reason the Russians are so fantastic is that their government trains them. Here you can only dance if your folks can afford it.

[@jannitbenavides801]

Barani and Baryshnikov are amazing

[@rafaelasouza356]

Leonid Sarafanov

[@hunnyandbeee]

Holy muscles

[@fionaerleigh]

No contest ... Sergei is the only one enjoying it! This is a wedding pdd where is the enjoyment in the others ????? The others are mostly gymnasts with little charisma. Even Baryshnikov has disappointing charisma in this clip. Unusually so. Why so serious? Vasiliev has second best charisma in his clip here and a wonderfully controlled slow end to one of his pirouettes. Barani has wonderful height in one of the cabrioles and super multiple spins. Sergei has beautiful jete manège and cleanest lines as well as looking the most effortless and natural performer.

[@paulagiliberto7386]

Polunin 💘👏👏👏👏

[@halina8559]

🙇‍♀️🤔🤩😍👏

[@аннаБорменталь-ц4н]

Смотреть особо не на кого. Вот Годунов в этой партии- это просто экстаз какой то, дух захватывает! Вот кого жаль, такая потеря для балета!

[@СветланаА-ь9г]

Согласна🤗

[@gulyabaltabayeva3356]

Полунин. Безупречен.

[@daphnesplinter2842]

There is only one Baryshnikov.

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏🌟🙌🌟🙌🌟🙌

[@КостеринаЕлена]

У Полунина мягкость,а Барани страсть!У Барышникова страсти нет...

[@ВалентинаЛяпина-ь3ь]

Полунин лучше всех!!!!!

[@yustasyustas1750]

А лучше всех - Иван Васильев!

[@ЛамараГамрекели]

С Годуновым никто не сравнится.

[@jameslane-pritchard5002]

C Can’t,

[@ПравославноПомагало]

С Годуновым никого не сравнить! А так Полунин. Низкие танцовщики не смотрятся хорошо!

[@МаринаСерякова-з7т]

Даниил самый лучший