Diana Vishneva. The Rubies.

[@adrienscott6913]

Vishneva is perfection! She brings the playfulness to the extremity of body this role requires. Too many dancers focus on trying to hit the exaggerated poses without understanding the nuance of the movement.

[@gpopov777]

Vishneva never disappoints. She is so upscale

[@altongrimes]

She possesses that supple elegance that I find so electrifying

[@yurigratin]

I love Marie-Agnes!!!

[@SaltySugarPlum]

wow, i know Vishneva is Vaganova through and through- but she is still somehow absolutely PERFECT for this role. i feel like all her character training comes through, with the sharp passé legs and expressive back and port de bras. everything is so complete with her.

[@janesmith7838]

She is always full of vitality. I love that energ and compact dance.

[@altongrimes]

She tskes performance to another level

[@user-cr3fk1xj5y]

диана вешнева богиня из древнего языческого храма прекрасная таинственная желанная чистейшей воды драгоценный рубин в короне великого русского балета

[@kendanziger8072]

Vishneva always the best since McBride and this the best of her many recorded performances. Wonderful. Thanks so much.

[@fluffywuffykinsies]

Rubies is my favorite jewel to see performed. It is just so much fun. This was great! Vishneva is just so perfect for this role. Sassy and fun with technique that gives me chills! Also her partner (sorry don't know his name)....he was fabulous! Such adorable chemistry. This is just one of my favorite ballets. Viva Balanchine!

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

Balanchine created Rubies to represents the American joyful dancing style (with Broadway influences), Diamond is for the Russian classical style and Emeralds for the French elegant style (beautiful music by Gabriel Fauré). Diana Vishneva is such a expressive dancer, at the opposite of the "fun" Rubies style her interpretation of Giselle is almost chilling !

[@ChaoticGoodDeeds]

@@tarantellalarouge7632 I disagree entirely! She brings a sort of sassiness to the role which suits it well.

[@j.vonhettlingen7112]

I hope Diana Vishneva would receive the most coveted title "Prima Ballerina assoluta" one day. As the best dancer of her generation, she deserves it.

[@altongrimes]

Rubies is my favorite, too

[@takenoprisoners837]

Rubies is by far one of my favorites. What a lovely performance, Brava☆

[@skytheterrible5087]

This is my birth stone! Also, I love this style of ballet.

[@Bnesque]

thanks for your new year gift. Vishneva in Lacroix costume is gorgeous!

[@LilianaCoutoBallet]

It is not Vishneva, it is Marie-Agnês Gillot from Opera de Paris Ballet.

[@LilianaCoutoBallet]

Then is Vishneva.

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

@@LilianaCoutoBallet Marie Agnès Gillot at the beginning then "guest" Diana Vishneva in the pas de deux ! C'est une production de l'Opéra de Paris, Diana Vishneva est une star invitée .....

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

So funny, all the commenting that this isn‘t Diana Vishneva 🤣 These people obviously don‘t know the ballet 🩰, that’s no problem. But worse, they only watch the first minute, so they don‘t realize that the tall girl in the first scene isn‘t the female lead. People, the female lead, which IS Diana Vishneva, has her entrance a few minutes later!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Edit: most of these comments have been deleted

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

the long tall girl at the beginning is Marie Agnès Gillot, she was (she is retired now) a French Etoile from Opéra de Paris. I think this is a collaboration between Marinsky and Opéra de Paris (costumes from Christian Lacroix = most certainly a French production) ???? but I am not sure

[@dmswan3172]

Stunning performance!❣️❣️❣️

[@altongrimes]

"While at Vagonava," Diana scored the highest scores in the schools' history !"

[@irenelivy]

Interesting work!! So delightful!!

[@hebcohen]

Hey you guys! Let’s not forget Emanuel Thibault and his fabulous dancing❤

[@lchsdc]

Diana’s partner is a rockstar

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

He is Emmanuel Thibault from Opéra de Paris, I didn't know him but I dit some research at the site of OPB (memopera, very useful)

[@Happysongkla]

この曲は好きでよく聴いていましたけど、バレエがあるのは知りませんでした。ありがとうございます。😂

[@clothildelunel5838]

C'est Diana Vishena dans le 1er pas de deux, mais c'est Marie Agnes Gillot au tout début

[@OmSahaNavavatu]

There will never fail to be someone in the audience having a coughing fit 🤦

[@msbeejones]

lol

[@debbiemyers3063]

@@msbeejones lol

[@takenoprisoners837]

LoL It never fails!!

[@bettybane9915]

I had a friend who would always sneeze during the quiet time of whatever we were watching

[@fluffywuffykinsies]

ZenCecy 😂

[@noblesetsentimentales]

I knew Emmanuel had danced this role on several occasions, including in Madrid once, but I had never seen any video of it. Thanks for sharing, iskander!

[@macnellietwo]

My favorite Rubies! Wonderful! The best!

[@user-ju5vl4hu4e]

Красиво!

[@rossi7056]

Stylistically (beyond technique) this is VERY different than the recently published Royal Ballet presentation. I found this one darker, with more hard edges and less playfulness-- more of a sense of danger in the play here. Interesting to compare, and to notice that after watching this I feel less pleasure and more rousing grit, like breaking a sweat while already covered in dust from a construction site in New York City.

[@ilarilindholm]

Mukavan inspiroivaa .

[@Lowdermoomoo]

The only ballet I’d be good at, at least 4 people holding my ankles arms and legs. Then pliés and arabesques. The rest is iffy though. I wouldn’t make it to the pas de deux. Lmao

[@user-pj9ty9yd2f]

Искусство для искусства, как говаривали в недалеком прошлом умудренные глупостью головы, требуя все свести к балету "Щелкунчик". Но мне понравилось, хотя бы потому, что сам бы я так не смог.

[@insaelliott1318]

I usually am disappointed with Europeans trying to do Balanchine (almost always too slow, too cautious and off the music), but whoever performed the PDD (Vishneva? + ?) nailed it. It was a delight.

[@v.h1432]

emmanuel thibault. he's a great premier danseur who retired two years ago. Paris opera never made him Etoile unfortunately.

[@harrisonmcclintock6681]

Diana played that boy like a violin🤣

[@annicarbone6643]

Sublimi!❤❤❤❤

[@MP-uc7pj]

Who is the male dancer?

[@yurigratin]

He is Emmanuel Thibault from Paris Opera.

[@fabricelemire4810]

Please correct the tittle , this is Marie-Agnes Gillot and the Paris Opera Ballet . This is not Diana Vishneva.

[@iskander21024]

There are two female soloists in the ballet. The leading is Vishneva .Attention pls

[@analuisajohnson2083]

This looks like Paris Opera Ballet.

[@jesssullivan1129]

Ana Luisa Johnson it is

[@lauriemiller6305]

It is! Horrible

[@eoin.o.fiannachta]

laurie miller Jesus Christ, we get it you don’t like this performance of it!

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Diana Vishneva guests with the Paris Opera Ballet.

[@v.h1432]

laurie miller is hating everywhere on POB because she's a fangirl of the popstar sergei polunin (and as you know, he has been canceled of swan lake)

[@makhnonatalie2600]

Диана дивно хороша в этом балете! А что за театр? Какой-нибудь на просторах бывшего Советского Союза?

[@user-xy2kg9uq4n]

Ну не какой-нибудь, а Мариинский...

[@iskander21024]

@@user-xy2kg9uq4n Парижская Гранд Опера

[@makhnonatalie2600]

@@user-xy2kg9uq4n это явно не Мариинский, несмотря на участие Вишневой. Скорее, ее личные гастроли.

[@mrbzacc]

thta is the Paris Opera Ballet and that is Marie Agnes Guillot

[@iskander21024]

Do not you really recognise Diana? It is so sad.

[@mrbzacc]

iskander21024 yessssss i dos after i made the comment lol I ended up seeing it all of it, but had to rush to work and couldn’t finished the comment xoxo

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Bruno David Silva Romero that’s why there is an „edit“ button 😉

[@ez88uc]

It's interesting to watch extremely well trained ballet dancers who are so proficient yet seem to struggle with Balanchine. His mastery is in the details. These are very strong dancers, but they are lacking the Balanchine nuances and style. It's very specific and has to be studied. This is a no for me. No matter how good they are as technicians, they lack the Balanchine movement style.

[@andrea_chiappetta_5297]

Ok boomer

[@AAnto54]

Ну всегда чувствовал что это какая то ерунда, поэтому не ходил на этот спектакль. От магии Петипа ничего.

[@vapetrow]

При чём тут Мариус?

[@AAnto54]

Vladimir Petrov при том что Мариус эталон, шаблон.. а это новаторство начала века- в топку

[@vapetrow]

@@AAnto54 Мне очень нравится. Рубины они такие игривые и есть на самом деле./ Если вы имели возможность их иметь.../ Тема как говорится раскрыта. Это мощно, как финал "Фауста" - там от танцев Вальпургиевой ночи также приходишь в неистовство.

[@user-cr3fk1xj5y]

причем тут перипа

[@user-hu2em6gd4k]

Кто партнер Вишневой ?

[@iskander21024]

как утверждают знающие - emmanuel thibault. he's a great premier danseur who retired two years ago. Paris opera never made him Etoile unfortunately.

[@2714moyston]

This is not Diana; this is Marie-Agnes Gillot. XXX crazy mistake.

[@2714moyston]

+David Johnson its still a terrific performance, even if Marie-Agnes is not at her supreme best in the official video release.

[@ivelinapancheva3681]

+David Johnson Diana is the one who dances in the pdd. Marie-Agnes is the tall soloist. Also there is another version with Aurelie Dupont in the pdd role. Imo Aurelie is much better in every aspect possible, not only in the role but in general.

[@ashe2377]

Ivelina Pancheva what's pdd? thanks

[@alina2702]

pas de deux

[@zeddnl6514]

did anyone watched the whole performance?

[@grahamsanford9104]

The music is too slow, I’m not sure if it’s the Russian dancers that can’t handle the actual tempo or the steps. I’d like to see them try it at the correct tempo. And correct steps.

[@marinasorbelli3681]

Ещё одно странное «прочтение» великой музыки в несогласованных с ней странных движениях. Балетмейстеры, от....съ от великой музыки: она сложнее, чем ваш небольшой набор прыжков и приседаний. У вас есть ваш Адан и Минкус. Не удаётся создать эквивалентный хореографический рисунок, мелко, раздробленно, скучно. Отвлекает от музыки. На второй минуте хочется закрыть картинку и сосредоточиться на звуках. IMHO, Баланчивадзе и весь этот хайп вокруг - туфта. Snuff.

[@ToriBelle73]

Litterally whoever did solo girl is the dullest creature. What a technician 🙄

[@AndrewRudin]

The music is so terribly recorded.

[@berldlo8263]

I am Pretty sure this is, in fact, NOT Diana Vishneva. The dancer is incredible, but shes no Diana V.! Someone should fix the title so that THIS dancer ACTUALLY gets the credit for this marvelous performance of Balanchine's "Rubies". Go.. Whatever-your-name-is!!

[@iskander21024]

DIANA.DIANA.DIANA.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

At 12:23 the ballerina looks a lot like Diana Vishneva, who guest dances with the Paris Opera Ballet.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

The female lead is Diana Vishneva!! But the female lead has her entrance a couple of minutes into the performance... people don‘t know the ballet, only watch a couple of minutes or seconds of the video and still need to comment and know everything better. Lol 😂

[@conniemandler2001]

12:51 Obviously, Diana!

[@leonardodavinchi6799]

Несмотря на то что впринципе все красиво по движениям, НО солистка не понимает то, о чем танцует. Еще аеньше понимает это солист. У них просто набор красивых движений. Рубины имеют глубочайший духовный смысл. У них его нет. Почему? Гениальная хореография Баланчина осталась все та же. Но смысл этого балета у данных исполнителей я не вижу. Кардебалет вообще будто с другой планеты. Простите. Но нужно быть честными.

[@iskander21024]

И что же это за смысл?

[@agnesrobakiewicz5639]

I'm just gonna say it. Russians are better ballet dancers than Americans. Even the neoclassical Ballanchine style, which the most prestigious U.S. schools all train their young dancers in, Russians just do better. And the classics? No competition. Russians dance, Americans strike poses in time to music. If ABT wanted to compete on the world stage, they'd fire all their principal dancers and replace them with any Vaganova grad.

[@djr7144]

Except this is not a Russian ballet, it’s the Paris Opera Ballet.

[@SaltySugarPlum]

@@djr7144 Diana Vishneva is Russian, she's from the Vaganova academy.

[@SaltySugarPlum]

in the early 2000s many of ABTs principals were Russian / Vaganova / Perm graduates. Miss those days.

[@djr7144]

@@SaltySugarPlum true Vishneva is Russian. I’m guessing she was a guest principal here?

[@SaltySugarPlum]

@@djr7144 most likely! companies invite guests artists from other countries pretty frequently, it's fairly common :)

[@TengoUnaGata]

All the shoes were very noisy

[@ivelinapancheva3681]

Guillot is tall with big feet and broad shoulders yet dances with more refinement and feminine charm than sinewy gymnast-like Vishneva. Osipova is even worse.

[@65NART]

Ivelina Pancheva in your opinion.

[@havenization]

I concur , she has panache in spades . Guillot is cool and seductive , similar to Guillem and Marie Claude Pietragalla . It must be the French training .

[@djr7144]

I would agree, I was completely enchanted by Guillot’s charm and artistry, more so than Vishneva.

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

it is Gillot, Marie Agnès Gillot ....if you put a U after the G the pronunciation is different like in "Guillem"