Giselle Ballet, Act II Scene and Pas de Deux 1962 Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev

Composer: Adolphe Adam
Giselle: Margot Fonteyn
Duke Albrecht: Rudolf Nureyev
Pro Arte Orchestra
Conductor: Marcus Dods
1962

[@Tatiana-yp2bk]

The times when ballet was a refined art instead of gymnastics with hyper extensions. Beautiful story beautifully and exquisitely told.

[@andrenewcomb3708]

His hands are so nice.

[@NivesAriatta]

​@@andrenewcomb3708⁹

[@cindyurban150]

I so agree with you ! I miss this.

[@maryoleary5044]

Exactly!

[@joybolger2944]

YES-- I just commented on that too-- the Artistry -- that sets Ballet alone from athletics-- ... Not always there anymore. Thank you!

[@rmp7400]

Miss Fonteyn entered Eternity on an anniversary of their first performance of Giselle. A stupendous tribute to the great lady of ballet.🌹

[@lindildeev5721]

It's Dame, not Miss.

[@rmp7400]

​@Lindildë Ev thank you🌹... As an American, I am utilizing a high form of respect with the term "Miss". Additionally, as a devout Catholic, I am often remembering her even now in devotions through which she probably gains more honor in Heaven (Holy Mass and daily prayer)- than anything else that I could offer on her behalf. Peace+❤

[@salomonbenavides529]

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[@salomonbenavides529]

Hermosa presentacion creeo que en el cielo estan brillando como los angeles. Alla nos veremos yo y mucha gente. Pocas veces se ve algo tan espectacular MRgoth y Nureyev siempre viviran en nuestros corazones. 17:53

[@salomonbenavides529]

😊

[@user-eb8pu1kq4g]

Это настолько прекрасно!!! Каждый жест пронизан чувствами... Вершина балетного искусства, надеюсь что это увидят и другие поколения землян и они как и я окунутся в это волшебство!!!

[@user-xf7ck1vm1r]

❤❤❤

[@bowuslawtomala8373]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@viki56k88]

Правда. Действительно великая балерина. Ну Нуреев, это Нуреев

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Нуреев танцует так как Нуреев! Все !❤❤❤

[@solarmax11]

Technique may have surpassed these 2 icons, but their artistry is still one to still be observed as this is the saddest goodbye of all Giselle ballets I have seen. As Giselle's spirit fades in the daylight he holds her and carries her away from her grave. Then, a one last effort to feel at least her hand...knowing that this is it....they must part.

[@dixie4470]

This makes me cry. His grief was so real. Beautiful portrayal from both of them.

[@user-no6jq1eb1e]

Какое счастье что эти двое из разных миров встретились на этом свете!

[@sedekiman824]

It most certainly is!

[@lydmilamax5569]

Слушать и смотреть это можно вечно.Море эмоций и истинного наслаждения. Вот что значит высокое искусство!Шедевр!

[@bowuslawtomala8373]

❤️❤️❤️

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

❤❤❤❤

[@Dulciethecat]

Her arms drift as if underwater. I was privileged to see them at this date. I have always found Nureyev/Albrecht’s entrance with the lilies to be one of the greatest moments of all ballet.

[@user-eb8pu1kq4g]

И я впечатление выходом Нуреева....

[@walterroberts2861]

His Entrance With The Lillies Is my Favourite Scene As Well.

[@jillgooner]

Oh that was unforgettable! Shame the whole ballet isnt available, as far as i know.

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Нуреев с лилиями ошеломил всех! Гений!

[@sedekiman]

Back here again. I love everything about this performance. The understatement, but so technically correct, the lack of pretension, the beautiful line of each, how they mirror their port de bras, head movements. The lovely use of hands by Fonteyn. How one is drawn into the performance, and feels part of the tragedy. Glorious.

[@natalyasmirnova5049]

Как танцуют! Синхронно, чувственно, музыкально! Божественно!!!

[@user-ir4dt2sr2l]

В исполнении Нуреева переживания принца самые острые, драматичные и живые Поразительно натуральность и эмоциональность уживается в его хореографии Все его чувства до сих пор вызывают интерес и сопереживание

[@user-vl2jp5kd5j]

Удивительное сочетание драмы и балета. Нуреев творит именно спектакль.

[@lindildeev5721]

Just divine. That's not just dance. That's pure emotion.

[@insaelliott9464]

God bless you for finding and uploading this whole clip! Even 50+ years later, they are still so beautiful and heart breaking in this pas de deux. I don't care if their technique is dated. They're so musical. Their lines are pure. And you can just feel the love between the two!

[@sedekiman]

You can find this at ICA classics.

[@margerycollins5200]

Those who say their technique is dated need to remember that they were at least "state of the art" for their time. Wonderful!

[@alisonwalsh8816]

I so enjoyed this clip. I first saw Margot Fonteyn when I was 15 , and saw her several times when I could. She was exquisite. I last saw her towards the end of her dancing career. I saw her dance with Rudolf Nureyev. I am now 81and can still remember all the occasions. I still have the very first programme. Such wonderful memories

[@shelaghgilbert1846]

@@alisonwalsh8816 m

[@taito_0o]

@@sedekiman like, the full version??

[@user-dl7xc9zy9u]

Как они прекрасны,что за чудо пара,обожаю их!!!❤❤❤ Великие на века-РУДОЛЬФ и МАРГО !!!

[@me67226]

YES

[@user-xf1rk6ht8y]

Удивительное единение этой пары в танце, легкость, изящество, пластика движений, чувственность и искренность. Хочется плакать от восторга. ❤❤❤❤

[@katjablume4991]

Diese Individualität und Genialität gemischt wird es nie mehr geben. Danke für das Einstellen!

[@jean-pierrepriolau1101]

Pas de deux magnifique ! Margot merveilleuse…une des plus grande ! Rudolf sublime !…un des plus grands !

[@BlyssfulSpirit]

No other word for this but sublime.

[@marynazario174]

Margot s dancing is out of this world

[@normezmoi]

The most iconic couple that danced Gisèle. If the technic is dated, the interpretation is absolutly stunning. 50 years don't alter the beauty of the dancing. TY.

[@sedekiman]

Dated? I think not. Does that mean "less than?" The steps are the same, the interpretation of those has changed, not for the better, in my opinion. Glad you appreciated the consummate artistry of this performance!

[@dolphin28ful1]

An absolute masterpiece! Unachievable ... love! Love is beyond death. Love is eternel.

[@alainspiteri502]

NO

[@debbie94510]

@@alainspiteri502 YES

[@stefanoromano3525]

Oh, yes

[@alainspiteri502]

@@debbie94510 no Fonteyn is a cakamity Aurora " Sleeping Beauty " j saw her in live , j known what j write not you as many KZbinrs who write here

[@alainspiteri502]

No only a Dancer but also an Actor ; as soon as he apppears his entrance was always one magic minute .

[@sedekiman]

Yes, something on which we agree!

[@sedekiman]

Je ne sait comment?

[@alainspiteri502]

​@@sedekiman: une entrée très lente , un regard insistant sur son Public , une entrée toujours au ralenti pour tous ses mouvements , la tête haute et fière ; dans la minute qui suit son entrée cest la caractéristique de Rudolf Noureev ; à cela s'ajoute un magnetisme indescriptible par des mots : cesr cela R Noureev la,video ne rends pas le contact intime qui s'établit de suite entre Noureev et son Public , unique dans l'histoire de la,Danse . Jai lu des témoignages d'époque au sujet de Nijinski qui était aussi un phénomène dans son genre ;Noureev Nijinski sont deux phénomènes à part entière pour avoir vu Noureev jeune , je parle ici du jeune Noureev

[@kabardinka1]

Fonteyn was coached for Giselle by Tamara Karsavina and it shows. She's glorious in this role.

[@neuzapinheirotorres3940]

Divine!!!!!! Thank you very much Rose Olney for this beautiful video. Love these two dancing geniuses.❤❤❤❤❤ RIP - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

[@nicolereding7234]

R Nureev was young and moving, his technical skills are impressive

[@pediatrapaola]

l don't find his solo particoularly impressive frankly also for that time

[@bonnielucas153]

Absolutely breathtaking

[@user-ph9lj4zq8t]

Нуреев...Аж мурашки по коже.Такое волнение от его танца!

[@gabryc.3004]

Bello bellissimo... Stupendamente intenso pieno di elegante dolcezza... Grazie grazie mille..... dopotanti anni rivedere questo meraviglioso video.. Grazie per averlo inserito

[@user-mi3de5df2d]

Это настоящее искусство!!! Восторг!!

[@paulaweisberg1502]

Absolutely beautiful! Wish I could have been there.

[@sedekiman]

Glorious, glorious! Finally we all get to see this wonderful performance! I have this ICA video and watch it weekly so uplifting! No other couple come close to this heart wrenching interpretation. Stupendous. Thank you, thank you Rose Olney!!

[@jillgooner]

Like me you probably have giselleitis. Carnt go a week without watching it.

[@salomonbenavides529]

9:02

[@salomonbenavides529]

Hermosa presentacion que pareja tan espectacular yo creeo que no hs habido otra igual. Los quiero mucho. Y que Dios los bendiga. 14:48

[@user-bn3gs8xx3f]

Многие балерины только изображают здесь неземное создание- а Марго действительно не от мира сего! Великая балерина и актриса!❤🎉

[@ritanicosia]

Me encantan. Both of them. Rudy's face is the real portrait of grief, and moves me in tears

[@sedekiman824]

Here you know she forgives Albrecht, and still loves him, and he feels that forgiveness, and can go forward.

[@nicolereding7234]

Margot Fonteyn was an outstanding Giselle with a great virtuosity but more her interpretation of the character is 😍 stunning 🤩

[@laurasapfir302]

Как же она хороша!!! Шаг какой!!!!! Руки..жест...Марго чудо! Волшебная!❤

[@user-st6qv2bk1m]

Этот фрагмент можно смотреть бесконечно много раз! А какие прекрасные крупные планы! Спасибо оператору, запечатлел на века.

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Смотрю постоянно!

[@bender-swansaskia7898]

Wow this is soo precious! The arms rhe musicality the expression....I love it thanks

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Lying on the floor . . . solid and unmoving for his lungs. Very laborious. So nice to watch him being so mature for art.

[@alabudzisz264]

Pamiętam Margot. Miałam 16 lat, i byłam nią już wtedy zachwycona. To klasa sama w sobie. Przecudowna i piękna.

[@Ludmillawings]

Thanks for sharing this. This is the most exquisite Giselle performance I have seen. So beautiful and tender. Both have such expression coming from the centre, from the spine. Margot's arms are stunning and Nureyev's face is so expressive. This is true art.

[@llb380]

The universe shone bright when Fonteyn and Nureyev ruled, but such perfection’s intensity cannot last forever. Just look up at the starry night, and there they’ll be, forever shining. 🌟💥

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Самая замечательная пара ! ..жизель" такая трогательная и нежная .Советую Вам посмотреть ,,Ромео и Джульетту" с Фонтейн и Нуреевым.самые лучшие и настоящие они - Ромео и Джульетта!

[@nbenefiel]

The first time I saw Nureyev and Fonteyn was in 1973 or 64. They were so incredible together.

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

thanks for this post, pure emotion and beauty of dance and music, this version of Giselle is one of the most dramatic we can find on YT, because ballet is not just technique but emotions and art !

[@irinadavidofflavrentyeva798]

They both were created for each other - no doubt about it. Thanks to this fortunate twist of fate, which brought these two outstanding dancers together - we could fall in love with them! They forever became for me the incomparable symbol of the perfect Artistry! Dame Fonteyn is an absolutely enchanting, genuine, like a fairy Giselle! And Nureyev! O, he wasn't just genius ballet dancer - he was also an outstanding actor! Look at his eyes. I see in them his suffering, full of grieve soul... His hypnotizing, artistic power was immense! Thank you for posting this my beloved Pas de Deux!

[@ilonajurecska2503]

He was the best ❤❤❤

[@lanaan9804]

Нуреев живёт этими чувствами, мало того,он заставляет чувствовать то же самое и зрителя. Прослезилась.

[@AmalteaF.-vx3bp]

Both of them are really feeling the Love that each one feels for the other. I think they were really in Love. The performancing of them are really expressive. I Love Nureyev and Fonteyn.❤️🙏👍🌟🌹

[@user-nk2qj7ji1k]

Они жили вместе как супруги несколько лет.

[@Marjiekc]

Thank you so very much for this. It is a treasure for the soul. They are both incomparably beautiful.

[@sana11sana19]

Великие люди и великие танцовщики!невозможно оторвать глаза от их танца,других таких нет!🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@linaletsgo9466]

Марго и Рудольф шикарны.

[@danielamigliorati4119]

Io c'ero , nel 1962 , quando questi due immensi artisti ballarono al S Carlo di Napoli ; un 'emozione di bambina che mi è rimasta impressa per sempre

[@lilianeledaroque9384]

Não encontro palavras para descrever o meu encantamento e felicidade após assistir a esta maravilhosa e perfeita apresentação de Margot Fontaine e Nureyev. Lili Roque - Rio de Janeiro

[@user-vf6wh7qj2t]

Марго как эфир, такая нежная, а Рудольф страстный! БРАВО!!!

[@viki56k88]

И правда. Эфир. Лучше не скажешь

[@edwardarckless3112]

This is just fabuleux and fantastique to see thank you.Edward Arckless ex Royal Opéra Ballet Covent Garden Londen

[@mariaelenahartung]

Just incredible, so amazing, such total abandon. Having seen them do the complete ballet at the Colón in Buenos Aires, there is no doubt in my heart that what I felt then was the most wonderful Giselle in the history of time. I could watch this until the end of my days.... Thank you, Rose Olney!!!! I wish I could get my hands on that ICA DVD that Sedekimar mentions!! Very kind people have sent me a lot of things on Margot and I have collected so much over the years. But this is to die for!!!! ❤

[@sedekiman]

Maria, Amazon have it is ICA DVD there are three ballets-Les Sylphides, Coppelia, and Giselle Act 2 Pas de deux with Fonteyn and Nureyev.

[@mariaelenahartung]

@@sedekiman I'm sure it can be bought but rate of exchange in Argentina make prices impossibly high. Thanks anyway!!!❤

[@sedekiman]

@@mariaelenahartung I bought mine for nine us dollars.

[@rmp7400]

Such total abandon, completely! Two extraordinarily gifted artists, both with imaginations so very powerful, creating scenarios more real than anything in either of their lives individually. An amazing double fantasy fortified by their heroic artistry. I only saw them perform live once - via the Ed Sullivan Show. At the time, I was a young teen totally ignorant about ballet, however, there was something stunning about the two of them performing -that silently captivated. Very grateful much of their work is on film, for future generations to continue to discover, to be inspired and most amazed.🌹🌹🎆

[@denisemartinez-cheng1541]

Beautiful performanc.

[@ronaldtiracchia2017]

Wow!!! I wish I could have seen these greats live. I also like Natilla Osipova. I think she is a wonderful actor as well as a dancer.

[@gabriellaperuzzi6158]

Wonderful artists!!! Thank you for sharing this magnificent video. With a lot of love. ❤️❤️❤️

[@roccodepalma9734]

Grazie per questo video. Indimenticabili.

[@amykokos3123]

So beautiful!!!

[@anastasiia3206]

Это пиршество Великого Искусства! Руди и Марго никто не превзошёл и не превзойдёт!

[@jillgooner]

pure heaven. no one for me, anyway can beat this. The loveliest interpretation. Perfect acting. Lie you i watch this on a regular basis. and still gets moved eveytime

[@jillgooner]

They look like they are genuinely in love, there bodies melt in to each other.

[@sedekiman]

Good to see you here again!

[@jillgooner]

@@sedekiman their arms were always in a perfect line. As like you have seen numerous versions but i still go back to this one its so delicate and natural. Have an enormous picture on my wall to remind me every day of thier incredible talent. A bit potty! My lounge is like a tribute to ballet. Covered in pictures from Alicia Alonso to Marinella nunez. And of course my favourite Fred Astaire who i watched as kid and started my interest in dance. Not much ballet on tv then.

[@jillgooner]

The other wonderful Giselle is Eric Bruhn snd Carla fracci Bruhn was never a favourite of mine but seeing this changed my mind. His acting was great very natural, not what i expected and fracci was similar in her gentle beauty like Fonteyn. An area to be cherished. Its on video and is made in a studio its way over the top and a bit frustrating because of the naff effects but ignore that and just focus on them. Bruhn shines in this role.

[@joycefroney6162]

Many thanks for showing this. Its breathtaking.

[@sedekiman824]

What is so glorious about this performance is the simplicity of her art that captures. The refining of complex movement into just telling a story.

[@alainspiteri502]

Look elsewhere before fantasizing !😂

[@sedekiman824]

You have an innate inability to recognise genius. So sad.

[@Olga-wn4tf]

🤣🤗😍

[@silviagrusic3871]

Sublimes,Únicos,Inigualables!Gracias por compartir tanta belleza

[@lana6023]

В лучших традициях романтизма. Наконец-то понятно всё без слов

[@jayneforryan4830]

Ah lovely too watch.they are both so young.

[@jillgooner]

She was in her forties, he was twenty years younger her!

[@veraalbernaz9639]

O belo enternece e emociona às lágrimas! Memorável apresentação!

[@salomonbenavides529]

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[@nadinemons5093]

Merci pour ce partage historique J'ai le cœur qui bat à mille Que d'émotions transmisent❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎶🎵💞👏👏👏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🙏🏼

[@user-eg3xp6zt7z]

Божественно! Неповторимо! Они оба неземные! Сейчас так не танцуют! Браво!

[@user-xf7ck1vm1r]

До мурашек....Браво, Марго! Браво, Рудольф!❤❤❤

[@giuliorenzobighin8165]

Ottimi AMBEDUE nel mantenere il filo della narratio emotiva sentimentale fino al tragico sdilinquimento finale intensamente commediale. Ottime le positure figurali e la sensazione di continuum narrativo nelle sequenze successive dei passi del balletto. BRAVISSIMI.BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO

[@joybolger2944]

Thank you for this ! I just finished watching them in full-length Romeo and Juliet...their ARTISTRY and on-stage presence... not about the virtuosity/ technique 'only' but...a Poetry, ballet that exudes Love and Grace. Thank you!

[@user-vw2hs5ww9m]

Такие утончённые, такие божественные. БРАВО 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@arlettehellemans2117]

Le charme de cet homme est inexplicable

[@alainspiteri502]

Le magnétisme sur son Audience , non visible sur les videos , je dirai aussi " une emprise sur son Public dès son entrée en scène , Pouvoir personnel unique en son genre

[@marialuisa4227]

Wow, Nureyev in such a magnificent shape, so handsomely done

[@Jordysegs89]

The thing is Margot’s technique is still correct. She’s always turned out, always pointing her feet and holding positions. Her feet aren’t as bendy and she’s not as flexible as the dancers today but she is still performing the movements correctly

[@jillgooner]

Technic is different now. Dancers were treated pretty badly as far as care and treatments were concerned in those days but ear whacking isnt the be all and end all. A lot of dancers now look more like gymnasts and have far less beauty in the natural movements of arms and head.

[@starmelodyelizabethb7380]

I wish it could be brought back in the ballet world .

[@sandatoacsen9858]

Un vero splendore ! ❤️🚀💖

[@Olga-wn4tf]

О , ГОСПОДИ , как красиво !!!🪷🪷🪷

[@user-vj8jx8ux1f]

Браво!!!

[@user-ld6qp2mj6k]

Боже! Не могу насмотреться, как это прекрасно, спасибо великоиу Нурееву❤

[@sedekiman824]

And Fonteyn!

[@marianoguerasvaldivieso5071]

Dios mío 🌿❤️ Qué dos monstruos de la danza. Corazón encogido.

[@MsTortille]

Чудо из чудес!

[@nicolereding7234]

The jetes of Nureev impressive and the entrechats of Fonteyn too😍🎈💯🌻🌸☄️

[@pakiyousry1956]

Glorious couple ….. we don,t see anymore in our actual time….

[@sedekiman824]

The intensity of this performance is incredible. The one giving to the other, overwhelming.

[@robertomendes960]

MAGNÍFICOS!!!!!!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@steveconn]

Mom loved this particular ballet. God bless her.

[@user-wl7nn6cr9x]

Абсолютное исполнение. Продумана каждая деталь образов. Шедевр!

[@evangelinapancoteelias3591]

Maravilhosos 🤗

[@evangelinapancoteelias3591]

Meu sonho é assistir um balé 🤗 coloquei nome na minha filha ano 77 de Gisele no hospital de Campinas em homenagem a Bailarina Gisele 🤗

[@sedekiman824]

Here you really believe Giselle and Albrecht loved, and still love.

[@jillgooner]

Oh definitely! Probably were.❤

[@ma-eg3lg]

動作ひとつひとつに感情がこもっててすごい😢❤

[@gracielaa.dalzovo5717]

So delicate... Thanks!!!

[@ameliamarbablanco6998]

Siempre ha sido una magnifica pareja de ballet Margot Fonteyn y Nureyev.

[@arlettehellemans2117]

Et dire que je les ai vus danser à Ostende!

[@alainspiteri502]

@@arlettehellemans2117 en quelle année ?

[@arlettehellemans2117]

Certainement peu après 1966

[@alainspiteri502]

@@arlettehellemans2117 me october 1970 Marseiille Opéra " Sleeping Beauty " j remember very well

[@arlettehellemans2117]

Your memory seems better than mine. Bravo

[@claudiafuentes5492]

Maravilloso!!! Gracias. Desde Chile.

[@user-zl3df2qw3g]

Шедевр!!!!!!

[@sedekiman]

Isn't it?! Definitive.

[@susanneseppo1817]

Love this video. Thank you for sharing!!!!!

[@ingedworschak3971]

Das sind AUSNAHMETALENTE UND UNSTERBLICH FÜR MICH❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-wn4rg5od7s]

루돌프표정연기 진실하게 느껴져요

[@kaythomas3171]

adore this ballet..the music is totally enthralling...(amongest the many others, too) but Fonteyn and Nureyev surpass EVERYONE else....what makes them better is their keen sense of timing , drama, their innate sense of "each other"....so evident watching them ,,,plus they were in love with each other...I think that was a big factor Margot's face looks exquisite here, and Rudi,,,,,,,he's just one gorgeous man ... I just gawk at his jaw dropping legs

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

Kay: hay una película de los hermanos Jacqui anda David Morris, " Nureyev", que la han puesto en los cines, sobre la vida de Nureyev, donde se habla de su vida, la miseria de Rusia, y sus mejores actuaciones. Supongo que la podrás encontrar y verla. Habla también de los tártaros. A mi gusto mucho. Esta muy bien hecha. Por cierto, la madre de Margot, era brasileña, no se si lo sabías.

[@kaythomas3171]

@@isabeldiezlangre9411 Hi Isabel...you must be dying to get to Paris (if you're not already there) enjoy La Bayadere ,,, I'll be thinking of you.......Yes,,, I knew Margot's father was Brazilian...and her mother was half Irish...or was it the other way around?

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

efectivamente estoy en Paris, mañana Balladere. Hoy vamos a Versalles. Ya te contaré sobre él ballet.

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

La madre era la brasileña. En España venden libros de la vida de Margot, mira amazon España. Me voy a Versalles. Mañana 7,30 Balladere.

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@@isabeldiezlangre9411 It will be memorable