Giselle - Albrecht's Original Approach - 3 excerpts - Lavrovsky, Baryshnikov, Vogel

[@catherineblair5648]

Thank you for this fascinating post again, Navarre. The second interpretation with Baryshinokov, is my father's staging, directing and choreography, for ABT, he created arounf 1967/8, to world acclaim, along with his 'different approach' also to world acclaim, Swan Lake. David Blair, wasn't just a great danseur noble, he's often been forgotten about his amazing, this choreography too. He tragically died aged just 43 years, (three years after he retired at 40 years at the top, as he's wished) at Covent Garden, dancing Colas, in La Fille Mal Gardee, that Ashton created for him and the superb, much over shadowed as well, Nadia Nerina, as Lise, in 1960. He retired in 1973, dancing 'Fille' with the lovely Merle Park. Nerina decided to retire, due to Margot not to retire, and the crazy 'media circus' and well as the awful politics that came with the defection, of Rudi, in 1961. I thought all three of these dancers, and the different aspects they all bring, were just wonderful to see, thank you.

[@pediatrapaola]

the first time l saw misha in giselle was in 75 with fracci , when he did this solo people couldn't belive at their eyes (and me too ) the energy of his cabrioles was stunning ,his revoltade never seen before in west his ballon ,his elevation ,his cinetic energy wow wow

[@pediatrapaola]

Navarre Brixen do you mean in florence ? no they performed the one in use at that time in florence opera theatre a traditional coreogh revised by excelent resident maitre evgeny polyakov later assistent of nureyev in paris ( a very good ballet master and maitre really we still miss him )

[@pediatrapaola]

Navarre Brixen more than his own was a very knowledgeable reconstruction of classics ,he was a meticolous humble worker but with great substance florence corps really had a good moment at his time and also later under derevianko ,after ....better forgetting

[@angele810]

I adore the 1977 version. Their interpretation is pot on - her “dead” arms and his love/regret/exhaustion. The softness of his landings and the fluidity of the steps...

[@Незнайка-ц7л]

Лавровский. Благородство и глубина!!

[@pediatrapaola]

what great drammatic dancer was lavrovsky ,so noble and manly ,his ferocious fast turns wow wow

[@pediatrapaola]

+Navarre Brixen his turns are always fast and ferocious is his trademark also here at the end of his solo

[@pediatrapaola]

l saw live misha and lavrovsky doing giselle in 70's great memories .

[@pediatrapaola]

+Navarre Brixen was in florence with fracci our iconic giselle (and imo among the great giselles) l saw lavrovsky in moscow doing with bessmertova ,but anyway he often danced in west ,not so often like volodia but danced out from russia ,once also in my city with a little group of bolshoi dancers he did spartak pdd and acteon

[@pucapuca7385]

Baryshnikov is truly amazing, it is the best Albrecht variation I can think of - even though I love Bruhn and Vasiliev in that role too. What a treat it must have been to see this in a live performance, with La Fracci on top of that (my favorite Giselle ever). Polunin on a good day reminds me of him, with less elevation maybe, but a somewhat similar dark-ish energy and the same natural elegance.

[@МаринаПолякова-б3х]

@@pucapuca7385 But Baryshnikov combines this dark-ish energy with nnocence and tenderness to Giselle.

[@arepo]

Lavrovsky's choreography is different from Ulanova's 1956 Giselle, the double tours are missing, but beautiful use of the upper body. Vogel is almost too "romantic" for me, his gestures are very broad, but his is without any doubt a romantic interpretation. Who would have guessed the roots of Baryshnikov's rise in elevation toward the end go so far back? But this detail and the theatrical fall on his back at 9:13 always marked his interpretation as a Romantic one for me (not necessarily the same as "romantic") You're right about the abandonment and self-destruction, he wants to die and doesn't beg for his life, he acknowledges Myrtha's power but that's all.

[@arepo]

+Navarre Brixen What do you think of the brises? Lavrovsky does only one diagonal, very slowly, the others do two, Vogel seems more "gentle" in his approach.

[@kabardinka1]

+Navarre Brixen Going out on a limb... Vladimir Vasiliev was clearly one of the greatest dancers of the 20th Century... but I hate his Albrecht variation (he changed it a lot). The steps are horribly linked together, and the gestures are jerky and totally out of the realm of romantic era ballet. It looks like grafting Basilio from Don Q into Giselle and it's bizarre. The Bolshoi went slower and slower in the 70s to accompany bigger and bigger gymnastics and gestures. The arctic pacing of so many Russian ballet variations (Mariinsky and Bolshoi) is annoying and, IMO, often ruins the impact of the composer's intent.

[@Feliandyx16]

Excelente comparación, pero pues mi imagen de perfil define siempre el ganador. Creo que se ve la unión de diferentes estilos, ya que las estrellas del Bolshoi siempre se quedaron ahí, eso les afecto en una mejora en su estilo y técnica. Y Vogel supera totalmente a Ueno en actuación.

[@pediatrapaola]

poor vogel he has hard competitors on this video , to be fair the competiotion needed the superalbrecht vladimir vasiliev at his place( l know was not a competition the meaning of this video but ballet fans are not so different from football fans so......)

[@pediatrapaola]

Navarre Brixen l know l was joking ,apart our different feeling about volodia one dancer that you surely would have loved is giselle was our paolo bortoluzzi he was outstanding really in the role unfortunatly was not shooted (and very few in general at disposal on film in general about his unfortunatly)

[@pediatrapaola]

+Navarre Brixen who was?

[@pediatrapaola]

Navarre Brixen please some more help but still don't tell

[@pediatrapaola]

Navarre Brixen the only one with taste and knowledge (despite not a great technician ) and a that in his way gave deepness to the caracter was anton dolin

[@pediatrapaola]

Navarre Brixen active in 30's westerner dancer ? not russian ? if not russian really apart dolin nobody comes in my mind