Natalia Osipova, joy & generosity: double serie of fouettes

[@MikeBanks2003]

If I could thank her I would say that I count the joy she has given me and the memories of her performances count among my richest possessions. I think she has captured our hearts and we see no need to ask for their return--

[@amandamichaelalden]

I think its quite incredible how she manages to keep her technique at the speed she's going

[@joannedieckmann2153]

She gets the speed because of her technique not in spite of it.

[@mariinskyfan]

I was in the 9th row for this and it was awesome! Please post more from this performance if you have it!!!!!!!! Thank you!

[@yoanadineva4824]

Wow ...I wish I was there too!!!😍

[@stephaniecruvant9130]

LOVE the smile!! She's having great fun & isn't that a delight!!! Ballet greatness!!

[@yonjooheero]

I got goosebumps and chills all over me when she finished those turns. That was absolutely amazing.

[@nilsfrederking62]

Especially the encore / da capo is amazing, I cannot remember that I have seen anything like that and I watched surely over thousand ballet videos. There is such an energy, so sharp and speedy, fantastic!

[@luisemesswarb8877]

Pierina Legnani, the ballerina who created this series of pirouettes back in the 1890ies, also did them twice to the delight of the audience who counted her turns in a loud voice

[@DianaKazimiera-]

Mrs Osipova.Bravo BRAVO 👏👏👏👏Great talent!👒

[@LaidFairy]

the best fouettes i´ve seen in a while

[@tttkk7059]

Osipova is a great ballerina👏

[@АлександраДубровски]

Моя любимая балерина, смотрю с восторгом

[@ezyrod]

It’s all good! In my very short ballet career playing with the audience and showing off was fun once in awhile. And when it was all clicking...magical. Dancers love to be loved....wild crazy applause feels fantastic ,it’s why dancers commit to a life of the most mentally and physically challenging careers ever. God Bless All You beautiful Artist

[@AstridZ3]

i just dont know how she can do that, with a smile on her face...

[@lblancelot]

She did it again because the audience called for it. They called her back for an éncore because the audience wouldn't let the performance go on.

[@Leirix61]

from time to time i watch this. Absolutely insane! :)

[@rogerbaldridge7135]

Best legs in ballet

[@26LGL26]

some watchers could say that it looks too much like gymnastic, but I think that Kitri would do the same of Natalia. She just represents the character

[@generali9]

natalia osipova 6 veramente F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C-A

[@merluzasfritas]

I do not understand why there has to be always someone critizising the osipova- Zakharova fouettes. I can do 32 really good fouettes and that doesn't make me a good ballerina,These two ladys are the primas ballerinas at the Bolshoi, why do you think is that? Because the do not have a good tecniche? Come on Please!!! The girl is beautifull, she dances like beautifull, and she is really sweet.

[@connitacoi]

Oh my god! she's getting better by the second! I just love her!

[@kurichka]

What a risk!! She must be really trained and confident to do such speedy fouettes, with doubles, triples and all. You cannot fix that if you loose your balance: you go straight to the floor.

[@ЛюдмилаСтержанова-щ1ф]

Прекрасно

[@dreamy.x.roblox]

She is amazing.

[@beautyandaballerina]

this gives me goosebumps!

[@dansepassion74]

Her fouettes are really fast ! One think I dislike about this is that she doesn't make it look effortless... But don't get me wrong, she is amazing !

[@celestestaniforth495]

Absolutely stunning, wow 😊

[@lblancelot]

Two words: "Rock Star"!!

[@bobosqueakers]

love her!

[@tutus4life]

holy guacamole! lol poor thing she had to do it twice! geez they love her that much. i wish the audience cheered for me that way :( shes fantabulous

[@roza9813]

Now this is ballet!!!

[@RomeoMaestro]

Sure. But ballet is about everything, including "how high you can 'kick' you leg up" But the main think about Osipova - she is fantastically expressive, she is an actrees on the stage.

[@vsxvjnusv]

i'm like- O_O now. HOW DOES SHE DO THAT ?!

[@dariobb4954]

I ' ve never seen somethin' like that in all my life.......and i was a ballet dancer at the prestigious Royal Ballet school in London , i used to take every day balletclass with Laura O ' Connor , a great teacher and dancer at the same time too

[@Stellicious]

i like the way shes moving. so fast. but her hands ... she has great energy in movement ...

[@rballettom]

She has great strength and sense of turning but I have to agree with some of the other posters here about her form in this video. She's noticably turned in here where in other videos she looks just fine.

[@ХотюшинаЛюдмила]

Кпждый раз думаю:"Как это возможно?!!!"

[@mayralara7744]

👏👏👏👏👏Bravo!!! She’s the best!!!

[@balletdevon]

God i love her! Not only is she amazing technically but she really performs!!!

[@nidiacarrion783]

¡¡Impresionante!!!

[@mariajosemuruais7242]

Tiene tanta fuerzay técnica y los frutos se lo dedico a mis dos padres que son los únicos que me fuero a ver .os adoro papay mama por un abrazo vuestro daria todo .se que veis y estoy muy triste

[@mariajosemuruais7242]

😷🌷🥀💕🐶🐶⚘🌹💋🌺💐

[@mariinskyfan]

Could you please elaborate on what she is doing incorrectly? I am sure you know that different schools (i.e. Russian, Italian....) teach fouettes differently. Typically, the Russian school teaches fouettes at 45 degrees with the leg opening directly to the side. However, some Russian dancers use a rond de jambe and/or a higher leg. Zakharova, for instance, opens her leg directly to the side but uses a very high leg. Osipova appears to use a rond de jamb at 45 degrees.

[@dmpfc]

I could be wrong but it looks like her passe` leg is more turned in ( parallel ) than it should be...

[@LRBSballerinaz]

But this is not just circus tricks people we can see the art in her fouettes !!!!

[@anzdf]

Excelente.

[@bwoodsfinest]

@balletrocksmyworld So very true...With increasing extremes in technique, more and more people are forgetting what this art is really about...

[@nakasagi]

アンコールまでやってのけた！ 凄い。 excellent!

[@dariobb4954]

Just the only oooooone

[@KalikaInLeather]

When will it be in the Black Swan coda??! xD

[@gothamette]

Doesn't travel an inch. Amazing.

[@xoaimeetxo]

the difference between Russian and American audiences

[@АнгелаКрис]

🙂👏👏👏🤗🌸🌸🌸

[@TikvahS87]

Hm, she was pulling her arms in very close... Usually that helps you turn faster and would make it easier to get all those doubles in:)

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏👏💐💐💐

[@powellpicc1985]

Who gave this four stars instead of five???

[@tutus4life]

@lukebccb have you seen her muscles? she is solid as a rock, more than any other ballerina

[@danielleamorim]

if you just keep looking at her head you'll get dizzy

[@solegallo85]

👏👏👏👏

[@narniaprincess05]

I dance for fun (not at a really big ballet school) and I can barely do 4 fouettes in a row, much less as fast as natalia did them! this is so impressive!

[@Orchiidify]

Whyy did she go back to stage and do it agian???

[@ΕφηΖέρβα-β7β]

Alexette Lara the crowd wouldnt let the performance go on if she didnt

[@orangesarerandom]

lol alright thanks- i just wanted 2 make sure that u didnt think i was trying 2 b insulting or anything. butyeah thanks 4 the vid anyway

[@sarcgtry]

holy shit!

[@DealWithIt16]

holy shit...wow there's nothing else 2 say!

[@InnokentkijK]

тройной фуэте, однако.

[@MariaCaIIas]

@Orchiidify because she is a good sport and wanted to give the audience some fun... Don Quixote as a ballet (!!!) is not exactly the most intellectual of subjects... throwing a party there is not the equivalent of ending Romeo and Juliet with 32 fouettés en tournant...

[@MorganoftheFaeries]

balletchick9088: it's not just you. i saw it too. :D

[@kubano43]

she is very very good ballerina,ella es lo maximo

[@mmhp07]

you call the European audience ignorant? You obviously haven't been in the US at any kind of show. US audiences are not only ignorant, but loud (not in a good way), and very prejudiced. I think the audience in this video had a large number of american tourists. hence the encore

[@orangesarerandom]

i found these fouettes a little sloppy too, i think its mainly that she doesnt get her leg into retire as quickly as she should be. also she doesnt appear to be turning out to her fullest. her arms are also very sloppy. this is just what i saw in her dancing purely from a technical perspective- so please dont go blocking my account or anything (i am not miaculpa80 or any of their incarnations)

[@JeremiVW]

Her arms look like they're double jointed. I know mine are and people have freaked out over it..

[@dubc33atl]

I didn't like her arms either,but I would have still shouted bravo when she finished.

[@natashavanova1157]

Осипова кроме восхищения не вызывает ничего другого, но я не поняла, это что два выхода с фуэте в одном спектакле, ... а что это за цирк, а так бывает???

[@laiscristina12]

what? =O

[@neptunelogic]

"...more is not always better. i once saw a ballerina do 96 fouttes, but she fell and snapped a tendon. her career was over. so, sometimes more is not better." g. balanchine

[@ballettbaby]

She is WOW , but I don´t like sooo.. her arms !

[@alainspiteri502]

more gymnast than ballerina in fact : what seems the fouettes ? Everyone waits to claps and nothing more

[@Alinaismyidol1]

I don't really like her arms... Gorgeous otherwise.

[@victorialisa_]

Her arms are a little stiff but thats okay. :P :)

[@Tellie021]

I don’t like so much when dancers are doing this. I have feeling that I am watching a circus not the ART form of ballet…

[@kitkatgv1590]

dont get me wrong i

[@IhaiahMiller]

Does anyone else think she preps like a man. check it out on the second time around. Not even caring she's on stage. Otherwise pretty fierce!

[@linygami]

Those were... bad. Were leg was all over the place, nowhere NEAR her knee sometimes, almost 90 degrees and her working foot wasn't arched at all. Now that I watch it again I suppose she meant to do it that way, but it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing and it looked like an accident at first glance.

[@lPauRussi]

i dont like her arms neither.