Erik Bruhn. One of The Greatest Dancer of the 20th century.

[@ЕленаСемченко-р4ь]

I really find him the best and really love him, his manner of dancing and his eyes- unforgettable...

[@marygoodson4920]

I was so lucky to have seen Bruhn and Fracci dance Giselle in 1969 when I was 9 years old. Still the best !❤❤❤

[@larisa455]

А что вы понимали в 9 лет? Это просто первое впечатление ребенка,который не может сравнивать...

[@marygoodson4920]

Larissa455. My parents had taken me to many ballet performances by all the major companies, I started dancing at 4. So I had no problem identifying greatness.. I feel sorry for you that you would make such a negative post!

[@larisa455]

А мне жаль вас. Господи, вы начали танцевать с 4 лет и из этого следует, что в 9 лет вы уже могли правильно оценивать?

[@raylight3838]

So sad and so joyful, they were not dancing they were floating, Way beyond technique I am filled with ecstasy and Love, Grateful to have the ability to appreciate it

[@juanmanuelgranadosdavila4984]

Very lyrical and ethereal dancers. Chapeau!.

[@pauliberg3492]

this is about as near as heaven as could be-- I am totally breathless , in heaven , sitting in awe--- could anything be more breathtaking , oh my world , what a performance ...this stays with me day and night -- I watch this over and over and every time i am totally in awe...

[@ОлесяГерцкая]

Эрику Брюну, 41год . Но он в отличной форме браво маэстро❤

[@ladylibrum7145]

I’ve never seen a more beautiful Giselle. She really looks like a gracefully dancing spirit. It’s almost like the only things tethering her to the ground are her shoes.

[@mk-_-7660]

i feel very proud to have this very talented man in my family

[@chantalsimoneau3931]

Oh yes, you can be proud of him!

[@angelamariabellourretszava469]

@@chantalsimoneau3931 Lucky you! He was SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!

[@RT-lv3kl]

Wow, what a connection to history to have!

[@rmp7400]

Am still remembering to pray for him, your talented and sensitive great uncle. Despite his renown, his life on earth was not without many excruciating disappointments, which he handled with great courage. Am trusting dear Jesus that he is completely happy now.🙏💖🎆

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo bravo bravo brilliance fantastic dance super

[@mym7337]

Even nowadays I can see no dancer to surpass Erik Bruhn. His elegance and fine artistry, coupled with his excellent Danish technique, plus enhanced by a perfect physical inheritance which few people have, combine to display ballet perfection.

[@maryrosenblatt6741]

His passion and elegant restraint are unsurpassed. ❤

[@larisa455]

Ваш Эрик плохо выученный.... Ужас! Его элегантность? Большой вопрос, как и датский балет в целом. Мыльный пузырь ...

[@susannevollmer2347]

@@larisa455 No translater there?😪

[@susannevollmer2347]

And his port de bras!

[@TheTeacher1020]

Beautiful dancer, beautiful man.

[@angelamariabellourretszava469]

Spectacular!!!!!

[@jeffgoesrandom4217]

Amazing performer. He gave incredible, objective comments on dance, his own life and relationship with Nureyev. Sources say he may have had lung cancer, but was also weakened by AIDS. It was when they had no treatment.

[@enzocassano5238]

Spettacolare questo film, con Carla Fracci, ai primordi una giovanissima, sembra una libellula che si alza in volo.

[@rmp7400]

Galina, thank you for this upload of Mr. Bruhn in one of his outstanding performances with Carla Bruni (also Veronica Tennant). Thank you too for including a summary of some of Erik's remarkable achievements in, and contributions to, the world of ballet. I have long felt that too much was (& is) made of his history with Rudolf Nureyev. Although they were long friends, their romantic relationship was briefer than Erik's encounters with certain of his leading ballerinas. Additionally, it should always be noted that Mr Nureyev owed Mr. Bruhn an unpayable debt ...for personally transmitting to him enough of the Bournonville techniques that helped propel Rudy to the level of International stardom that he could not have achieved without Erik's patient and inspired influence. Best wishes always.🎆

[@claytongreen7000]

I'm genuinely pleased to learn from some of the information you've shared but might suggest, given your feelings that "too much is made of his history with Rudolf Nureyev," there must be better words than "unpayable debt...personally TRANSMITTING [emphasis added] to him" to describe the sharing of ballet technique. Also, better words to illustrate how a long friendship and romantic relationship that lasted 25 years should have less made of them than "encounters" (sounds like singular events you don't even qualify as romantic) with "certain" (unnamed) ballerinas. The words grouped as they are, make it difficult not to consider someone thinking about what the world would eventually call HIV. Perhaps suggesting Nureyev transmitting that to Bruhn...an unpayable debt as each person's life should be seen as priceless. Given typically romantic ballet themes involving one protagonist male and one female, perhaps conveying a relationship between two males as less ballet-like, an indulgence best overlooked between creative men, certainly temporary when compared with the fairytale "happily ever after" endings on display just before most every curtain call with any of "his leading ballerinas." Without assuming a gender perspective, those last three words remind me of a quote attributed to Prince Andrew (Duke of York) when asked by a journalist to comment on he and his daughters once again living under the same roof as "his ex wife" Sarah Ferguson. When he could have truthfully said 'with 30 rooms including 7 bedrooms it's a pretty big house' instead he responded "well, she is the mother of MY [emphasis added] children."

[@kabardinka1]

Bruhn was 41 years old when he danced this.

[@jkokich]

Wow.

[@angeloflovebestlover3276]

KING OF A BALLET FOR ALL TIMES FOR URE!!!

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

Erik Brunh y Rudolf Nureyev bellos y magníficos bailarines del siglo XX. Pero no puede haber dos estrellas en el mismo firmamento y eso dio lugar a muchos celos, pero a pesar de todo se quisieron mucho.El único amor de Rudy fue Erik. Carla maravillosa bailando Giselle con ambos bailarines.

[@АннаАнатольевна-т8в]

Красиво! Сказочно!

[@jany600]

splendide Galina j'adore et je découvre ce grand danseur avec vous amitiés de France pour vous à très bientôt

[@ЛилияРыбачек-щ4б]

Эрик Брюн , красавец , танцор оригинальный ,многому по балету научил Рудольфа, Они были пара Огонь и Лед ! Очень любили друг друга Эрик бросил невесту , !

[@marydore4223]

There is works where the most important is the beauty.To be a dancer its necesary to have a perfect body like Erik bit .I like more Nureyev

[@maryrosenblatt6741]

Erik didn’t use his manly sexual appeal. Nureev radiated sex without even trying. It was like his beautiful butt!! Natural talent!!!

[@judithbooth4855]

I saw Eric Bruhn whenever I could -- I know he was famous for dancer noble roles - But I suppose the role I like him in the best was as the Moor in The Moor's Pavane -- I have been trying to reconstruct it in my mushy mind - I think it was Bruhn as the Moore, Ivan Nagy as Iago (the friend) and Sallie Wilson as Desdemona -- Bruhn was wonderful -- Nagy was so good that this has stayed with me all these years -- All three were great actors -- Pedi sent me here and I am glad -- this was quite enjoyable thank you

[@081035jb]

Another great non-noble role was as the butler in Miss Julie

[@susannevollmer2347]

@@081035jb And perfect as Madge and Coppelius!

[@marygoodson4920]

I adored Ivan Nagy too!!❤❤❤

[@ЛилияРыбачек-щ4б]

Эрик , изысканный, манеры у него очень притягательные , лицо необыкновенное

[@karenkaren3189]

Beautiful dancing.....weird photography.

[@rmp7400]

Yep...indeed both have been noticed before🏆 and 😳

[@ИринаКириченко-в1т]

Очень нравится.

[@christophebellet9165]

One of the best.. and noureev. His lover ❤

[@CharlesMudry]

So nice to see you ….32 entre-chats 6…who does that today? I miss you Charles

[@nellidubina7139]

Жизель невесома..

[@pediatrapaola5222]

carla fracci shows how to be giselle.

[@galinamochkina]

Agree.

[@pediatrapaola5222]

galina mochkina l saw her doing it live with superalbrecht volodia vasiliev ,with baryshnikov in 75 and with paolo bortoluzzi and all them were far better than cold bruhn.fracci is with mezentseva my favourite giselle ever

[@kaythomas8521]

Bruhn was great in the movie Hans Christian Anderson dancing with Zizi.....but beyond that. I can't call him a superstar. He's just "very good"....but, yes, an excellent teacher

[@LouiseOrrock]

The foxes just started singing in the back garden.

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

De todos modos, no hay una Giselle como la de Rudolf Nureyev, su interpretacion te llega al alma, verle bailando con Margot Fonteyn fue único, muy emocionante.. Erik es más frío, aunque quema..

[@Charccy]

Bruhn was good, the Greatest of the 20. century certainly not. Imho, in this role he was surpassed by Carla Fracci.

[@laurentbirebent1330]

En langue française

[@radiantonion8615]

unfortunately he smoked 😥. Could turn both right and left!

[@simaraft7373]

Only Vasiliev was good enough for Fracci's Giselle

[@pediatrapaola]

as once wrote ballet critic arlene croce vasiliev has strenght and heart for ten giselles togheter.

[@pediatrapaola]

absolutely agree l had the previlege to see them dancing it togheter in giselle and was a perfect performance .but also baryshnikov in 75 at his italian debut was great with mrs fracci in giselle in florence ,l was there too.

[@rmp7400]

A student is never greater than a teacher...,(the old adage goes)...one builds upon the other....

[@kabardinka1]

Vasiliev was a brilliant dancer but I hate his Albrecht. It's completely wrong for a romantic era ballet.

[@pediatrapaola5222]

greatest dancer of xx siecle? imo is a little exagerated this definition .he was an important dancer at his time and iconic in danish style but.....

[@oldoperafan_in_London]

*One of* the greatest dancers, it says :-) I notice some very special moments in this Giselle excerpt which are not normally seen nowadays. And I love the backdrop decoration, too. Thankyou for this profile, Galina.

[@pediatrapaola5222]

l know he has qualities in fastness in turns and brillance in batteries that are trademarks of his school but l don't like him too much in comparation with others of his time.this giselle has great moments but is partially ruined due an awful shooting from someone that had not experience and taste in ballett shooting.

[@philipcondenzio1035]

Go away, you illiterate troll.

[@pediatrapaola]

are you referring to me ?

[@philipcondenzio1035]

YES, I am referring to you.

[@Dane_Youssef]

Although he "officially" died of lung cancer as he was a heavy puffer, it was also attributed to AIDS as he was the lover of fellow world-renown danseur and fellow homosexual Rudolph Nureyev who died of the same condition. This was before just about any at all STD's so homosexuals thought, "Hey! We're gay! We're not gonna reproduce! What do we need a rubber for?" So... like Rudi, he too went quite early. Well... he will be remembered.

[@rmp7400]

Both men were bisexual.

[@danieladaniela3739]

No. They were both homosexual and nothinh else.

[@ОльгаКауц-о3ы]

Восхищение!!!! В России только Плисецкая!!!!

[@Palletknifepaint]

Physically he isn’t really doing anything too hard

[@ЛилияРыбачек-щ4б]

Жаль что рано , ушли , и вообще балет , так как они себя отдавали , невзирая на здоровье. Фонтейн умерла от рака кости , вот и все косточки у нее были натренированные , а почему Рак....

[@alanbstard4]

Nureyev's boyfriend

[@r.r.c7692]

pointless comment

[@rmp7400]

@@r.r.c7692 Agreed. (Not only pointless, not even accurate!)

[@susannevollmer2347]

Lover and teacher!

[@olgaboikova7975]

Карла танцует хорошо, но Эрик... Куда ему до наших было...

[@ilzeozola2452]

У него мало сохранилось записей и да, прыгает он не так высоко, как "наши", но балет это не акробатика. У кого из "наших" такие кисти рук, стопы,? Он лёгкий, как перо, пластичный, настоящий аристократ на сцене

[@smartservice3629]

А до Нуреева(25 оет совместной жизни)❤❤❤

[@olgaboikova7975]

@@ilzeozola2452 у Цискаридзе.

[@ilzeozola2452]

@@olgaboikova7975 Цискаридзе даже рядом не стоял. Сравните Сильфиду" с Бруном и Цискаридзе. Это как ласточка и индюк, простите. Это не те артисты, которых можно сравнивать. Цискаридзе можно с Годуновым или Васильевым сравнить, но точно не с Бруном. Разная техника и уровень все же разный

[@нателакотова]

Прыжок проблемный , сразу в глаза бросается , подъем маленький , шаг. Но это их школа, их требования и для них это была норма, а может и потолок. Не зря наш балет за границей имел в то время колоссальный успех. Ни в коей мере нельзя сравнивать с современными артистами балета!

[@user-ic5xu4jh6z]

Muss widersprechen! Kein herausragender Tänzer. Er holte zwar das Beste aus sich heraus, was bei einer gewissen Körpergrösse schwerer wird, jedoch mangelt es,wie so oft an Technik! Wenn ein Fan sagt, er liebt seine Art zu tanzen ist das o.k. aber nicht sagen er ist der beste seiner Zeit oder einer der Besten!

[@ottoneubert8550]

no technique? watch Etudes, Giselle and Swan Lake....

[@L-Ondee]

Das wäre zum Zeitpunlt Ihres Kommentars vielleicht richtig gewesen. Zur Zeit Bruhns war er das ganz große Vorbild. Der Inbegriff des Danseur Noble. Nureyev und Cragun wären kaum bei ihm in Ausbildung gewesen, wäre er kein herausragender Tänzer gewesen.

[@pediatrapaola]

iN MY opinion the most suited title would be eric bruhn one of the most overrated dancer ever LOL

[@hrxify]

+pediatrapaola Why overaed?

[@pediatrapaola]

Helle Rasmussen because imo is overrated

[@IceAintNice]

+pediatrapaola so back it up with information.

[@pediatrapaola]

ian1856 absolutely not agree also at his time was not strong from many point of wiew had some great qualities linked at his danish training like fastness and brillant footwork ,but out from that was not so gifted

[@pediatrapaola]

ian1856 l am old enought alas .

[@LyaLya_Lamour]

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[@GB-gq3we]

ЭРИК ------ КРАСАВЕЦ БЛОНДИН ! РУДОЛЬФ -- КРАСАВИЦ БРЮНЕТ ! ТРУДНО ЖЕНЩИНАМ СОБЛАЗНИТЬ ЭТИХ МАЧО !