Nikiya's Death | Svetlana Zakharova

[@Friend2Trolls]

I'm seeing a lot of comments about Svetlana's performance (rightfully so, it's the focus of the video and it's bloody amazing), but halfway through, all I could think about was that poor guy who had to spend the entire scene holding a shield in front of his face, and not moving a muscle. I don't know who you are, but you deserve some recognition for potentially one of the most thankless performances on stage.

[@lebarre1000]

That’s pure beauty strength & poetry. I have yet to see a more mesmerizing interpretation of this solo. Simply exquisite.

[@mpierri8]

Tutto il dolore, la dolcezza e la poesia del mondo racchiusi in poco più di sette minuti di arte pura e sublime! Da piangere per i brividi e per la commozione! ❤️

[@betsycarwile4788]

The ten people who disliked this obviously can’t tell what *pure art* is

[@hannahmae2478]

Ha

[@yachanyauqan6186]

Maybe they didnt like cameraman focusing on Rajah walks at some parts

[@oceanelf2512]

I never bother looking at the likes, dislikes, or views of any video.

[@taylord.570]

This is my favorite interpretation of this solo and this ballet will forever be my favorite ballet

[@sliversilver]

svetlana broke my heart into pieces :( such tragic story and perfect portrayal...

[@danielcabreraloa5191]

Perhaps the most beautiful performance ever

[@ladyjane6353]

La miglior Nikya di sempre. Svetlana in questo pezzo è davvero emozionate. La sua interpretazione è drammatica ma allo stesso tempo poetica. Immensa. ❤️

[@evanthia505]

I have had the honor to see her perform live when I was 12. I will never forget that day.

[@haileyday5305]

Svetlana is just AMAZING

[@annicarbone6643]

Adoro Svetlana Zakcarova quando interpreta Nikya's death. Il suo corpo affusolato è particolarmente adatto a questa interpretazione dove disegna linee pure ed allungate in un'armonia di grande effetto dove il virtuosismo la fa da padrone per la complessità di questo secondo atto e poi la sua interpretazione qui è commovente, danza anche con il viso e con lo sguardo!!! È eccezionale come lo è Marianela Nunez anche questa ballerina dal corpo allungato e flessuoso é fantastica nell'interpretazione di Nikya .

[@НатальяБеляева-е8ъ]

Нуньес- выдающаяся балерина, Захарова- богиня танца. В этом разница.

[@mariaengracio4849]

"SVETA"...OH! WHAT A BREATHTAKING BALLERINA!... SHE IS WONDERFUL ABOVE ALL IN "ROMANTIC AND DRAMATIC" BALLETS! SHIIIIIIIIII...UAU!...................................

[@luisareis1824]

I’m sorry but I couldn’t help but laugh at the thought of the snake inside the basket being like “WhaT iN THe aCTuAl fUCk iS HApeNnIng?!” Still a gorgeous performance, zakharova is infuriatingly talented

[@lunaamakura7683]

😂😂😂😂I cant sis!

[@gaialo]

Amazing ballerina and beautiful woman as well!

[@fernandopinheirobb]

Observada pela seleta plateia, Nikiya dança expressando arte e beleza, a música evoca uma fantasia musical despertando sonhos de quem a assiste, ela se ajoelha, retira a flor vermelha, olha de longe para seu amado, oferecendo-lhe a rosa, e triste deixa a rosa cair no chão, coloca no pescoço o cesto de flores, como fosse o amado a lhe acariciar, quando uma serpente venenosa a morde no pescoço. [NIKIYA VARIATION - 27 de maio de 2016 - blog Fernando Pinheiro, escritor]

[@erickaamericka2452]

Beautifully done! &Svetlana looks very healthy

[@INOBT100]

4:25-5:18 Was my favorite part of the music. Too bad there's no recording of this.

[@baslerleckerli1]

You can find this piece here on youtube (starts at 4:55) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWObopKcpbGMaMU

[@luiseburger9995]

Mine too

[@naurait8950]

mine too!

[@oceanelf2512]

I tried to dry my tears at this point, but that adagio preceding it just kills me.

[@INOBT100]

​@oceanelf2512 overall, it's very powerful music

[@dance4melife227]

Nikiya really said "I'm alive but im dead" XD

[@요가강사지인]

자하로바는 그냥 니키야 그 자체인 것 같다 테크닉적인 부분보다 저 감정이 너무 슬프게 느껴지는 그녀의 춤

[@cgm530]

such a beautiful performance but i can't help laughing at the end every time when solor runs off

[@conchitinabernardo4370]

I love love love this ballerina ! Superb !!

[@wolfpal7]

Lucky guys in the back being paid to just stand there

[@m.h2247]

I know it's a joke but it's actually very difficult haha. It doesn't look like it but it is tiring. And they dance later anyway

[@poterhead9344]

Acrually they Are doing group dances in between The principals solos. So they are not just standing there

[@zzezeea]

Your mother gave a birth to you so that you can leave a mean comment like this. What a pity.

[@internetwanderer231]

@@zzezeea How is that mean

[@ratte3418]

@@zzezeea tf ?

[@Nobleman26]

Svetlana Zakharova 跳此蛇舞,可以作為今後的經典舞蹈教材例子 ! 這是她年青時跳出的最好作品. 相信今後無人能超越她在這個舞蹈的演譯. 我看過她在35歲時,重跳此同一舞蹈,可惜再無當年勇,歲月無情,奈何 !!

[@ぽんたママ-d6g]

ザハロアの品のある佇まいに魅了される。素晴らしいの一言

[@lolita7426]

Best interpretation sublime technique

[@chez-Monica]

Magnifique 👏👏👏👏💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@NEWthankgoodNew]

Best nikiya ever

[@misspomerol]

A lot of people don’t think that this is her best character and I think it’s her best character because as great as she is as the White Swan her black swan isn’t as good as a lot of other people’s black swans. I think her Nikiya is flawless because in the essence of this story she has a truly pathetic character and that she has absolutely no agency whatsoever over her own fate. She is just this vessel for everyone else’s ideas and desires and she’s really just this vision for everyone else especially Solor. When I say pathetic I am talking about it in the classical Greek sense. And here she is just a really perfect, not just in the fact that her hyper mobile, super ridiculously hyper extended, banana feet and exaggerated lines are also well suited to the choreography reconstructed by Mkharova after Petipa, but because she is the essence of who this character actually is in the story, a pawn in the game of other people who has no real motive of her own other than to be used and abused by others

[@bchyval]

Que maravilla este arte ruso! Me emociona

[@cantaca3704]

ザハロウさん、鋭角的なイメージだったけど、こんなしっとりなアダージョも素敵。バヤデールのニキヤは個人的にイザベル ゲランが好き。

[@gloriadigiuseppeantonio3693]

meravigliosa

[@thierryzeganadin3503]

Belle et très bonne danseuse. Sublime ce spectacle.

[@darlingsweetheart8146]

She's so pretty

[@fatimafaria1770]

Absolutely beautiful

[@OSYlydia]

brava❤️

[@hildaanabarracosena1417]

Alta belleza!!!!

[@margaritaandreevaballettalent]

A bum on the back hinders watching Nikiya's variation.

[@MissAmericana_13_.]

I love dying dances in ballet 🩰💀

[@oceanelf2512]

😢

[@annagrazialinguiti6812]

Da brividi

[@pinky617]

wow

[@nicolatresidder7065]

It is esquisite and powerful.

[@Zharmonic]

What is the music at 4:25? I cannot find it anywhere?

[@nightangel972000]

What ballet is this? I’ve never seen it before.

[@beatiroide]

Bayadere

[@marieg8147]

What ballet is this? So beautiful 😍💖

[@brackthomasfischer6139]

Marie G8 La Bayadere! 💙

[@julietaguzmangonzalez7974]

La bayadera

[@envensa]

La Bayadere

[@marlascarletarevalosaenz623]

3:27

[@camillyvalois3862]

04:22

[@roulspap]

χωρις λογο εγιναν ολα αυτα

[@laleahmedova6251]

Sorry guys, but my best Nikiya is Altynay Asylmuratova

[@stannetaprospere4301]

Emoting very well, the piece is beautiful, but I can see too many of her bones it's distracting. This isn't healthy.

[@lunaamakura7683]

Svetlana is pretty tall though her weight to height ratio makes her look super thin She about 5,9 I believe.

[@creamii7017]

,,,,,,,seeing bones doesn’t mean someone’s not healthy

[@stannetaprospere4301]

@@creamii7017 yeah, but you can definitely tell an unhealthy bony versus this is my body type bony. She is unhealthy. Check out her other videos. She used to look like a normal skinny person. Now she looks like she's been dieting too much, or working too much.

[@hesearchinforitonchrome]

This is a very physically taxing role, it is evident in her performance the immense effort she puts in everyday as a dancer. One of the best in the word.

[@swish043]

Thinness is demanded of ballerinas, both for the aesthetic (elongation) and to minimize the load on their feet given the unhealthy poses ballet involves.

[@Lapidu18]

I don't see true emotions in this ballerina, just great poses.. But is like I see in every moment that she is acting, there is never a moment in which I forget she is svetlana and I see only nikya.. In every ballet, she only plays roles, don't became the girl in story.. Sorry but can't like her at all..

[@mediceneros5807]

Lapidu Na Bo you must watch marianela nuñez in this character 😍

[@angela-kv9de]

i personally don’t think nikiya is svetlana’s best character, however her odette and odile are remarkable. there’s clearly a contrast in the way she interprets them.

[@Lapidu18]

@@mediceneros5807 love her! she is genial

[@Lapidu18]

@@angela-kv9de in spite of everything I think Nikia is a good character in her repertoire..of course she is a good ballerina, and of course is a good swan, nikia etc.. but I don t agree all this supremacy that russian give her.. like she is another absoluted ballerina.. she is considered the best they have, but I think that Russia has a lot of dancers that are better of zakharova, maybe not with her physicals skills, but with true emotion and more fluidity.. I dont say that she doesn t interpret but for me her interpretation is false, and built for the stage, and I see like a sussection of poses.. I prefer in bolshoi dancers like Kaptsova, Shipulina, Stashtevich, kretova...only to say someone.. but she is considered the diva.. I dont understand why.. this model of perfection so distorted and false..