Choreography by Balanchine. Chaconne 1 / 2

[@kdub10009]

Suzanne had an incredible sense of spontaneity to her dancing that made it seem as though she were improvising the steps right there and then. Mesmerizing.

[@voynaimir3]

I love the way they bend things slightly away from the classical form, but still affirming it. Of course that was Balanchine's genius, and Farrell and Martins express it wonderfully

[@vnessie1]

Thank you so much for uploading this. Martins and Farrell...it doesn't get any better than that.

[@butifarra61]

farrell is unique, she just has an incredible musicianship, and has a sense of throwing herself to the movement with great abandonment. watch the end of this video...just incredible.

[@sandyschwartz3601]

Strikingly beautiful and stunningly breathtaking!

[@Jayjen35]

Amazing! She makes dancing look so easy! As if it is second nature to do it! So glad this is here, I almost forget why I loved her dancing so much. Thanks for the upload!

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

Farrell and Martins were always ultra smooth, and precise, as a team.

[@lindaclark9925]

Just enchanting.

[@flightydancer]

i wish there are more of these types of art today!

[@daniellewillardsen]

there are. a lot of them. we just have to ensure they exist later... and not just in video. The US government has decided to cut funding to many important programs, programs that help fund the arts, public radio (kexp, krcl, kuer), public television and npr. It is our job to ensure the existence of these things. Art, music, story telling are an important part of our history. I actually think they have more to contribute.

[@ddchil41]

Yes, this is Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins...I played this many times in concerts for them...including Monte Carlo...(and NYCB). of course.

[@TheBallet1]

recreation of a heavenly dream.

[@applerck]

Yes, Suzanne and Peter...

[@uptownsunni7528]

Le compositeur est Gluck, et la musique est partie de son opéra Orfeo et Euridice. Gluck wrote in 1773 "Always as simple and natural as I can make it, my music strives toward the utmost expressiveness and seeks to reinforce the meaning of the underlying poetry. It is for this reason that I do not use those trills, coloraturas, and cadences that Italians employ so abundantly."

[@voynaimir3]

Dance of the Blessed Spirits. I love Gluck's music so much.

[@preyaswolves]

I love the superimposed dream sequence at the beginning.

[@TCoffey8]

Divine...

[@kathymyers7279]

She said (her book) Motzartiana is what heaven must be like " to Balanchine. I think it's this.

[@pedinurse1]

danced by the great Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell, they were geniuses at their craft

[@katerinakat8133]

Is that Suzanne Farrell? I can't tell who it is!

[@aurelz3139]

de quel compositeur est cette musique?merci

[@karennoble1168]

Gounod, from the opera Orpheus and Eurydice

[@sanitsilosani]

yes it is she

[@vladimmir100]

Стерильность хороша в медицине, в балете это обесцвечивание.

[@46foryounger]

Wow

[@yuriandropov2114]

The nusic is by Gluck, BTW. Don't you even care what music they are dancing to?

[@audmin63]

Yuri Andropov (

[@karennoble1168]

The name and the composer is at the beginning of the video

[@Duncan456]

Why do their faces have no expression? They look like robots.

[@robrivax]

ballet dancing in abstract choreography is not about facial expressions....the body dances...the dancing emanates from the torso outward...the face is not emphasized....its not like talking when you have facial expressions...the face should be more in neutral than not really, this is an abstract dance, it's not a literal story. If they made more expressions with their face it would not work.

[@nilasspasov8417]

Beautiful music and simple movements.Nice but to old for me.Today any dancers can do much complicated steps with purity and artistry as well .Nice history but history ...

[@kiniburk]

You are welcome to post a clip of your work.