Fairy Variations from 'The Sleeping Beauty’ (1960s)

[@marinaoreshkevich549]

Thank you John! Виртуозное исполнение, чистая техника ног, артистичные руки- придраться не к чему. Это больше 60 лет назад! Браво советскому балету!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

да, чудесные выступления! Браво советскому балету!

[@barbaralemere5183]

Beautiful interpretation of the music. Their artistry is so apparent. the importance of the accents being in the right place to accenutate the music. Really a treasure of a clip.

[@serenamassimo6676]

There is so much of those years in these images...Such a great playful joyful expressivity

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes, the footage speaks very much about an era and place :)

[@cristianrey1032]

I love how Violante looks and acts so fierce!! Because in reality, we all need that little extra gift in life! Not everything can be sugary and smiley..!

[@kot3291]

wow wow wow ... their arms their upper body the choreography 😮

[@АннаНиколаева-ш7ш]

Видео на Вашем канале-настоящие сокровища. Спасибо огромное.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

с удовольствием - рад, что вам нравится то, что я загружаю

[@simaraft7373]

My God absolutely delightful. And I just can't get over the miracle that we are now seeing all this. Isn't it just incredible? Would have even dreamed of this twenty years ago?!!!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

Sima - hi! yes these old Russian documentaries have lots of little treasures in them that haven't seemed to have gotten any modern exposure.

[@shelleynobleart]

Sima Raft and that we can see them via KZbin is the other half of the miracle.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes, in the 'olden' days sharing was a much more complex thing!

[@leonardodavinchi6799]

Бравоооо!)👏👏👏👏👏👏 Я в восторге ! Вот это настоящий, живой классический балет!)💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@JohnRaymondHall]

это действительно так - отснятого материала этой эпохи больше не существует

[@hk6970]

I love how fairy of the golden vine (violante) is absolutely furious and not smiling at all. Now ballerinas are coached to smile in every variation.Fairies all have the same personality and it is extremely boring.Thanks for sharing by the way.This was so fun to watch.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes, much more satisfying for each fairy to be delineated in character as well as movement !

[@hk6970]

@@JohnRaymondHall Her choreography makes sense when she is mad too.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

@@hk6970 exactly

[@nnnnnnnnnnn7292]

Первая вариация довольно странно исполнена. Фея канареек (беззаботности) - чудо, как хороша! А фея смелости исполнила в правильном темпе. Хотя, сама похожа на Карабос. Сейчас фею Смелости танцуют так медленно, словно, это фея Лени, а не смелости. Тут же всё к месту, включая пальца-молнии. Спасибо за видео.

[@valiantmar]

Wow! So brilliant!!!!! What a gem of footage to see! It's so wonderful to see Artists from the 60's and see the beauty that has been passed on to today! ❤

[@susannevollmer2347]

Different shoes, softer and quicker footwork.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

and Russian footage from that period

[@michaelbrodsky1221]

Spectacular clarity. Beautiful--thanks.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

pleasure Michael

[@daffo595]

Thanks for sharing!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

happy to share! glad you liked it too.

[@karenkaren3189]

Just to show that there was artistry and technique back in those days. I love your videos, by the way!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes, i think this footage shows exactly that - very glad you're liking what i'm uploading! :)

[@karenkaren3189]

I started watching online Ballet about 2 years ago....eventually I will try to see a live Ballet-I live a few hours away from NYC, so I could definitely get up there to see NYC Ballet or the American Ballet Theatre. Enjoying these videos is such wonderful outlet for me!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

glad you're liking what i'm uploading! i remember going to see a ballet performance in London and being inexorably drawn to the art form - so that now i am compulsively uploading footage of performances here :) seeing things in the theatre is great but footage is wonderful too - particularly for legendary dancers no longer with us.

[@---cb8jc]

John Hall, спасибо за видео!

[@giasharie274]

I love being able to see the artistry of dancers back then, my only regret is that I couldn't see the Lilac Fairy here, but apart from that this is fantastic! Something that I've noticed from these old recordings is that dancers would dance much quicker back then than in a lot of modern interpretations of the same dances. Does this have to do with how technique has changed over the years, or does it look faster because those cameras record things in a way that everything looks faster than in real life? (If anyone knows feel free to let me know) :)

[@НатальяКоролёва-е2и]

Позволю себе вам ответить. Да,танцевали быстрее. И да,техника изменилась))). Она стала значительно хуже. Везде в мире. К сожалению.

[@chalkedlines8960]

They danced faster then, something I very much regret about ballet today.

[@garotadagavea]

They actually fluttered like fairies.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

they do - it's great when the physical effort is disguised :)

[@Bnesque]

Thank you and Romeo to confirm. These are apparently very close to the version we saw today, many different details but the exact same intonation. Though these days many girls can't quite show us this intonation. Once upon a time, there was the greatest ballet company called Kirov. I don't know today.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

hi! yes, it's a clear and specific intonation - very sadly lacking today as you say. just uploaded 1965 footage of Makarova performing 'the dying swan' and Natalia Bessmertnova and Mikhail Lavrovsky performing i know not what - my mind has just gone blank - you will know the ballet and it would be great if you give me a nudge about it! :) how are you these days? i've been not very active here but feel the impulse to upload things again! this is the 10th years i've had a YT channel - that includes ones axed by YT!!!

[@Bnesque]

John Hall Congratulation for your epic 10 years. I've been a lot absent from the vids these days, very busy to prepare myself for my niece's wedding. Luckily. a tube dress by Dolce & Gabbana still fits me but I have to buy everything else. I even bought two pairs of pearl jewelry. One is conservative, rather big cream colored necklace and pierces. But I changed my mind and bought more creative gray pearl ones which look like silver pearl fruit tree with morning mist.Now I have to decide my make up tone. I'm so greedy.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

thanks for the congratulations - it does seem a kind of milestone! i've been away from YT for a bit or, rather, only here infrequently - but i feel i'm back on a more regular way now. Dolce & Gabbana sounds just the thing for your niece's wedding - you might outshine the bride! honestly the earrings like silver pearl fruit tree with morning mist sound beautiful - is the D and G dress patterned or plain? greedy can be good!

[@Bnesque]

Thanks for your coming back. We have to care outside of YT world. But without you, I'm a bit bored with conversation. The dress is plain, black and tight. So I have to add a Kenzo jacket. In my younger days, I don't care who's the protagonist in the wedding. But I became more modest and caring these days. A beauty of growing old is like that?

[@JohnRaymondHall]

more come backs than many an old Hollywood movie star! 'plain, black and tight' - sounds classic! and a Kenzo jacket - what's not to like! yes growing older has, in my view, many beauties and leads to deeper understandings - good that there are some positives to throw against the losses. but seriously i feel much more in charge of myself and my life and it's a very good place to be in. and my memory is still good - i am happy!

[@DariaGzhy-fv3sj]

Ценнейшие кадры. Такая танцевальность, утонченность стиля. Как на одном дыхании, движение как цельная выразительная мысль, которая влечет за собой. Немного не хватает этого сегодня, когда движения выполняются одно за другим, бесцельно. Красота есть, а движения мысли в танце немного аморфные. И сам танец не такой цельный получается. Как бы не хватает самой идеи танца.

[@claudiapinho-memorias]

Espetacular! Filme raro, uma relíquia!

[@mrbzacc]

Tchaikovsky música, coreografia, Marius Petipa / Konstantin Sergeev reconstrucción ! Teatro Kirov, CA. 1959-1960! Variación 1 - Margarita Zagurskaya; 2. - Galina Ivanova; 3. - Nina Soldun; 4. - Nina Sakhnovskaya; 5 - Ina Lorneeva

[@JohnRaymondHall]

thanks so much for these identifications - much appreciated! and for the probable date of 1959-60 and the reconstructor..

[@mrbzacc]

John Hall my pleasure

[@MrEmanResu]

Fantastic!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

:)

[@susannevollmer2347]

Some variations have a very speedy tempo, hello!!!!!!!

[@shelleynobleart]

That was nice.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

i liked comparing and contrasting it with what i know best - the RB's versions of these variations - makes me see more clearly. :)

[@Solor133]

M. Zagurskaya, G. Ivanova, N. Soldun, N. Sakhnovskaya, I. Korneeva

[@JohnRaymondHall]

thanks so much for the identifications - much appreciated. i'll add them to the 'notes' attached to this video and acknowledge you. thanks again!

[@pediatrapaola]

all them amazing ,once l saw a stage ,years ago,of n soldun here in italy

[@JohnRaymondHall]

hi Enrico - did you get to see the video i uploaded for you? Yuri Soloviev Act 2 variation from SB 1976 - i think his last performance?

[@pediatrapaola]

John Hall no l didn't see it when did you upload it?

[@pediatrapaola]

John Hall in 76 l read from his wife tatiana legat interwiew he was already with serious problems in his legs from various injuries and dancing was very painful for him ,probabily one of the cause of the deep depression ending with his tragic decision to suicide

[@UYTRELLO]

Precious soviet ballerinas!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes!! :)

[@МАРАТСИБИРСКИЙ]

класс лайк вам

[@JohnRaymondHall]

согласен. Вы знаете многое другое об этом видеоматериала?

[@oxanayakhanova5990]

+John Hall, спасибо! очень ценим Ваш труд! это наше общее наследие. безвозвратно утраченное

[@JohnRaymondHall]

я люблю делиться - и я полностью согласен - это heritge всех нас и должны быть легко доступны

[@alainspiteri502]

ridiculous Aurore , Irina Kolpakova is too woman not a teenager : No a sleeping beauty Bolchoi-Kirov Paris is the furst in the world of this ballet very beautiful french Aurore , there is more ridiculous a Aurore-grandmother with her boy friend 22 y old , a shame of History Dance