Odette Variation Act 2 - Lopatkina, Nunez, Zakharova

[@DanceLineBallet]

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[@june.5082]

Uliana Lopatkina's performance is the cleanest so most elegant in terms of music! I have never seen something like that beautiful before - comments from a lady from Science not Art, so could be wrong.

[@movingpicutres99]

Nunez is the only one really dancing rather than going through a series of poses.

[@gzucc]

Nunez is off the music because her self satisfaction has blinded her from what the real work requires. She thinks she is better than the score. She isn't. Everything she does is covered in this self satisfied schmaltz. And what are those feet? Zakharova is resting on her facility because she has never been criticized. Jerky and awkward. Lopatkina's interpretation is musical and soft but has a deliberate and reliable force behind it. She clearly has some humility and therefore approaches the role, the choreography and the music as an artist, with steps of inquiry.

[@D.A.A.321]

@@gzucc very well said. I watched Núñez dancing on different stages and it can’t be just the sound delay, she’s is very often off the music. Here I don’t see Odette, I see Núñez screaming at me “Look how I can bend. Look! And I also can do this stretch and turn. See that? And now this this! Huh! Oh the applause coming up and the bravo screams!”

[@sharoori123]

Svetlana

[@veratolstikhina7928]

Lopatkina is a magical dancer! She is a swan-princess, not just a princess! She performes like a real creature made of water, air and feathers! Breathtaking! That's ballet is all about!

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@karennoble1076]

My favorite Odette remains Zhakarova. Her fluidity, finesse, delicate, vulnerable, fragile, perfect ballerina body and her arms and hands are a marvel (Baryshnikov picked her out for them), also best extensions.

[@tiziana327]

I share

[@TVY2013]

Absolutely agree... She really outshines Lopatkina.

[@marianka7258]

I always adore Lopatkina and her arms movements ❤️

[@МатильдаСтарр-и1ю]

Лопаткина- заглядение. Легкость, лучше ее не видела.Балерина от Бога.

[@СергейМиронов-ш1з]

За облачно🌹, жаль так рано закончила выступление, у Захаровой много «льда» - снежная королева...

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@ЕленаШоркина-и9л]

Ульяна Лопаткина, браво!!! Чистейшее, удивительно лебединое, русское исполнение! Гениально!

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@valpaoli2628]

Lopatkina of course. She is unique.

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@cynthiafletcher9845]

They are all so incredibly breathtaking with great techniques and great respect for the choreography. Uliana: beautiful flowing arms and a softness throughout the variation Marianela: great control and fluidity Svetlana: beautiful lines and extensions. Thank you, C 💟💟💟

[@DanceLineBallet]

Thanks for your comment, very interesting 😍

[@rivermountain7315]

Lopatkina gives one the sense that she is being carried on a cloud and the air beneath her is a carpet of wonderful things, which she allows us to marvel at during her daily oxygen bath in the sky. Lovely!

[@DanceLineBallet]

A perfect metaphor to describe her moves, totally agree ❤️

[@luqa9209]

Ульяна Прекрасная! Разве можно быть лучше ее? А вообще хороши все! Браво!!!

[@joyanngoddard2033]

Lopatkina manages to show a swan floating on the water! Magical! Nunez adds some wonderful nuances. Zakharova's was the most athletic interpretation. I love Nunez, but Lopatkina is simply the best!

[@minissa2009]

My heart belongs to Nunez, but each one of them has flawless technique and her own completely valid musicality and sense of line. Thanks for posting!

[@Marta44339]

Lopatkina. She dances with her entire body, has exquisite legato and epaulement, and I love the heavenly length of her legs. I agree that Zakharova and Nunez are both very good and also all three are very different from one another. Thanks for posting.

[@minissa2009]

@@Marta44339 Agree, Lopatkina was an Odette like no other. I was surprised to hear in an interview that her favorite role is Queen Meme-Baku {I think that's the name---the queen in Legend of Love} rather than Odette/Odile. She does this little body ripple thing going into the fall in the first part of the White Swan pdd. And she and Sveta are of a height I'd previously seen only over at NYCB. Nunez is smaller and built more like a normal person, but her dramatic skills, musicality, feet, arms, hands, turn-out, overall technical skill, energy and overall nice-Ness and work ethic do it for me. But this is choosing on 10 out of a field of 10s. That's why it's art: different elements that combine to make dancers of this level appeal to different dance enthusiasts.

[@Marta44339]

@@minissa2009 Surprising. I don't like what I've seen of Legend of Love. However, at the end of her career I think Lopatkina gravitated more to contemporary or nonclassic works. Another tall dancer I love is Kondaurova, not represented in this compilation.

[@fedemon4204]

Marianela's motions are so smooth and soft, just like surfing on an ocean made of silk.

[@DanceLineBallet]

😍😍😍 Such a beautiful image

[@MsKilala]

Nunez for me those arms are really wings and the musicality

[@blueearth5000]

All are the special and it's hard to pick one. Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. If I have to choose, I would say Lopatkina.

[@Lolacarrión-ng16]

To me, I see a better swan movements in this Lopatkina's performance. But they're wonderfull, of course.

[@lanakapoor817]

Lopatkina and Zakharova are the Best!!! Bravo!!!

[@Gri.balina]

All are amazing! but Lopatkina is like water flow, she uses her arms perfectly and she is very balanced

[@paulineiv878]

I gotta choose Lopatkina over Zakharova such grace and delicateness on both but Uliana is flawless!!💖Of course techniques are different so to each their own Bravo but Russian ballerinas express more swan like fluidity!!🙂

[@mionio1977]

Lopatkina present true passion!

[@mariamartin8516]

The one that makes me dream is Lopatkina, so this is the version I prefer. Zakharova is sheer perfection. And Marianela is precise as a clock.

[@fabianacozza2213]

Ulyana è Divina......fantastiche le altre

[@williamdeng1870]

It seems that Zakharova particularly understands the frequency of music and the twists and turns of the direction. Her movements are gentle, listening to music or compressing, pausing or moving. These internal connections are difficult to describe clearly. I believe that Tchaikovsky would appreciate Zakharova’s thoughtfulness to music and would inspire her to write new works for her.

[@DanceLineBallet]

Such beautiful thoughts 😍

[@fanc.5711]

So well said. I couldn’t my finger on it, but Zakharova’s interpretation of the music is the deepest and tragic yet profoundly dignified.

[@olgashcherbachenko7934]

Я тоже за Захарову.Больше по другим партиям нравится Лопаткина ,но Захарова здесь по музыкальности и сложности интерпритации и вовлеченности в образ- лучшая.Захарова здесь женщина - лебедь,она настоящая .Лопаткина ,конечно ,это лебединая песня,грустная и нежная.А не русская балерина удивила и покорила своей удивительной красотой долгой позы ,и очень много красивых пордебра и работы головы,координация отличная.

[@HDTurnerJr]

I feel similarly. Zakharova mixes the types of gestures she uses, some are smooth, some are sudden and unexpected (I would almost say purposefully awkward). This creates a depth of psychology beyond pure beauty which all three versions obviously posess. There is something tragic in those repeats of the little double jump she makes twice on the repeat of the main theme, it's almost as if she is trying to escape from the physical realm. I find it almost hard to breathe while watching her.

[@HELLinaaaa]

Lopatkina is the weathered swan, succumbing to the mannerisms, peckishness, and fluidity this form yields her. Her interpretation of odette to me felt of a swan more than a woman... who knew more than the story could ever convey. (This is my favorite, the spiritual rendition) Zhakarova, embodying the innocence of the trapped Odette, who feels this cosmic connection flutter the humanistic expression. (The expression of the mind) Nunez, a dancer of the swan song itself, the pleasures of love, the unforgiving swiftness it encapsulates our life, the hormones it produces (the dance of the body)

[@DanceLineBallet]

Beautiful and incredible analysis.. thanks for this precious comment 💕

[@feliciasilva4678]

Marianela is flawless here. Perfectly clean technique and extremely musical!

[@minissa2009]

3:28. Aaaaaah...

[@movingpicutres99]

Also most appropriately expressive in every way.

[@Fruit-of-Eden]

Lopatkina Odette is mystical and unhuman. Nunez Odette is warm and human side is more emphasized, like saying "I'm a princess, this figure is temporary". Zakharova Odette seems trying to show her physical superiority. It's like swan bustle around.

[@shandanakhalid2904]

I don't really know, i feel like zakharova is the perfect mix between lucid emotion which lopatkina lacks, and superior swan-like grace which nunez lacks.

[@karennoble1076]

@@shandanakhalid2904 i feel the same way, for me Zhakarova is the best, The real Odette. Fluid, pliable,delicate, so light, finesse, perfect ballerina body, vulnerable, unearthy, her arms, hands are a marvel, Baryshnikov picked her out for them. Best extensions too.

[@Aft296]

Меня удивляет Захарова - есть превосходные физические данные, а смотреть скучно, балерина не создаёт образ, лицо без эмоций и, какое-то, старообразное. Не балетный спектакль, а гимнастика в балетной пачке. Скучно!

[@rivermountain7315]

Marianela is the most beautifully controlled of the three with a slow motion quality that gives the feeling of dreaming - flowing through each movement with absolute precision and mastery of every step, and her arms portray a sense of royal dignity that only she has been able to date to create. The other two are also very beautiful but for me Nela is the bela the ball, even as a swan!

[@DanceLineBallet]

Thanks for this super interesting analysis 🥰

[@gracehsiung6298]

It is pretty obvious. 😊

[@jianlinzhang7773]

Ulyana's head moves more expressively and her arms are out of the world, and she has the soulful quality in her looks.The other two girls look a bit contemporary.

[@annettevaughan6444]

Marianela is my favorite. Her economy of motion makes her dancing fluid and her gracefulness is beyond compare. Just beautiful!

[@DanceLineBallet]

Thanks for this comment, very interesting analysis 🥰

[@mariamartin8516]

She makes is seem so easy...

[@pilarleblic3703]

Todas maravillosas, pero para mi Zarakhova, es la mejor sin quitar merito a las demas, es Odette y Odile por excelencia!!

[@banjobearful]

All beautiful - but Lopatkina always!!

[@mariapspadopulou9898]

No one can compare with Ulyana! She reigns!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@Smokey6633]

Marianella Nunez, just perfect control and so emotional

[@francisheperi1127]

Swan Lake, happy ending, Mariinsky, Lopatkina, more traditional story, her Odette is romantic; Swan Lake, sad ending, Bolshoi, Zakharova, Grigorovich choreography, Odette is aloof. I love both versions, both ballerine.

[@eddienono2857]

I can understand that Argentines and the British root for the home team. But Nunez has an economy of movement. Some would say limited movement. After all, it is easier to not make a mistake if the movements are limited. Lopatkina and Zakharova both bring forth a true image of a swan. I personally would choose Zakharova as my favorite. I have seen her several times in Russia, and she brings the house down with almost every scene that she is in. Even twenty years after her debut, every performance is fabulous. Lopatkina is equally enthralling to watch. Russians have an absolute lock on Tchaikovsky's ballets. They understand it and feel it as they dance.

[@The444traveler]

Agreed💯

[@aradech1470]

Yes. I'm argentina but I love Zakharova here. She's a real princess of swans 🙌🏻

[@lionsmaine1238]

Thankfully ballet isn’t just about how high your legs can go 😉 Odette isn’t just a swan but a woman turned into swan.

[@gpopov777]

Lopatkina is very smooth and her legs and generally extremities are so long which adds to her elegant movement, virtuosity, and fluidity. She is a unique and very beautiful “swan.” Nunez’ delivers clean perfect performance and uses larger part of the stage. I like how she positions her feet in forth on the floor after bringing her leg down from developpe . She is so good technically, musically and her version of this variation is the best. Svetlana Zakharov’s is a ballerina with so much potential, talent, elegance, artistry. I look at her and it’s hard to take my eyes of her. She is soooo technical and sooo elegant , and she has the capability to make a single small movement extremely elegant and beautiful. She is like a “real swan coming out from the lake.” It’s impossible to compare the performances of three amazing top professional ballerinas principles. I can only compare the three different versions of one variation. Nunez dances the best version and the other two are so beautiful because of the dancers’ qualities, unique beautiful features and personal signature and input in the variation.

[@ЛюдмилаЦолан]

Такие разные и такие прекрасные браво

[@lvanderdoes8199]

All are amazing... but Nunez...she moves me.

[@PanDeSal.28]

Nothing compares to Ulyana Lopatkina ❤

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@ТатьянаБугрова-ь9ш]

Несравненная Ульяна Лопаткина - эталон исполнения Одетты! Светлана Захарова тоже прекрасна! Какая грация, какое изящество!

[@НатальяЛадич]

❤❤❤

[@marceloadrianacosta6659]

amo a la Núñez delicadeza en sus movimientos..

[@deborahlipsi730]

I just enjoy the genius and beauty of all 3!

[@levondelite4072]

If I squint just a little bit, I can actually see a swan with Lopatkina. For me, she is an icon in this role. But, it is certainly hard to take your eyes off the beauty of Marianela Nunez. She is just out-of-this-world good. I don’t think there is anything she cannot do. Zakarova is exquisite as well, but I don’t feel she inhabits the role as well as Lopatkina and Nunez. Once again, thank you so much for posting.

[@DanceLineBallet]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed ❤️

[@tatyanashipko8648]

Лопаткина - навсегда!

[@martarico6451]

I am neither British or Argentine, but I am a former dancer, Nunez is absolutely the best in this variation. She is flawless in technique and interpretation. She is pure perfection,

[@anastasiatrotsky556]

I do not agree at all! She is the best Kitri, yes, vigorous and fast, but unfortunately she has absolutely no real Vaganova's technicity and soul to perform this variation. Zakharova is the best Odetta ever !

[@Imjustahuman1206]

​@@anastasiatrotsky556personally, Lopatkina is really the swan, the way she moves is so light

[@ritanicosia]

Sveta the best Odette 💖

[@elenaadusheva1552]

Руки у Лопаткиной просто фантастика!

[@annasendall7193]

All three are astounding dancers but the two who stand out are Nunez and Lopatkina - Nela’s control is off the scale - 3.27 as she turns in attitude is unbelievable. Lopatkina completely embodies a swan.

[@wasterpiece5895]

Lopatkina is the best 💕

[@DCFunBud]

They were all fabulous and it is all a matter of taste, but I prefer Zakharova.

[@TheYasminarf]

Svetlana’s grace and arms are out of this world ❣️❣️

[@mariainesandradealcantara9979]

Svetlana sem dúvida! !!!!!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@AliceSant195]

Son todas perfectas , cada una en su estilo.

[@williamdeng1870]

Whole of them are great artist!

[@daria6682]

I absolutely love Zakharova, but for this one I must choose Marianela. Zakharova’s lines and extensions are divine, but Marianela’s sense of control, sense of movement-simply breathtaking! Especially her sense of balance. The way she seems to hang in one position is just magical. And her turns are music itself-so fluid, so soft...

[@seriuslee8192]

I agree. Zakharova is unbelievable perf cation and Uliana is a dream creature. But I simply love Marianela. Always the same words describe her: softness and grace. Somehow beyond exquisite artistry.

[@JW-uq9yt]

Fluidity that's it! She dances like a feather on water, so smoothly going through one pose to the other!

[@brendadufaur37]

Nunez does wonderful phrasing and musicality. Zhakarova gives such beautiful full-out technique to the steps.

[@katiefulton9456]

Sveta & Nela ...& Lopatkina.....don’t make me choose amongst all complete Perfection. 👏💐🦢 Sveta May be Prima Ballerina Assoluta for me it’s so hard to dry knowing Nela is perfect in another style...and Nela’s kindness is overwhelming. I e had the honor of witnessing Sveta dance Giselle with David Hallberg in D.C. it moved me to tears and changed my life so: that affect is impossible to forget or deny. For me personally.

[@DanceLineBallet]

Such a beautiful experience 🥰😍

[@harrietbryant7772]

Svetlana, for me always Svetlana.

[@DanceLineBallet]

:) She's incredible!

[@white.swan.]

Svetlana has always been my favourite Odette, because I love how she uses her whole body to express the emotions of the character, but I also like Ulyana! Marianela is good, but I think that in Swan Lake the Russian ballerinas are the most amazing 😍😍

[@Lorenzo-be1nm]

Look at the way ALL THREE DANCERS COME DOWN FROM THE POINTS!!!!!!! There you will see who is on CONTROL of the position.... Miss Nuñes is THE ONLY ONE WHO NEVER, EVER DORPS FROM THE POINT TO THE HILL, like the other two dancers do... very high legs, and all of the millions of port the bras and the very russian way, is true, but Nuñes has a permanent control of her dancing....and because of that, she gives a much more round performance, more fluid, more articulated... See Sakharova at 7:21, a principal dancer of that name cannot EVER come down from a pose in that way... We should all stop admiring how GIFTED the dancer are, how big the coup de pie is, how high the grands double ronde de jambe are, and see the CONTROL that a strong technic give you.

[@DanceLineBallet]

Interesting analysis 🥰 thanks for this comment ☺️

[@ivanoffkristin1376]

Bravo ! I think exacly like you !

[@levondelite4072]

There is nothing at 7:21 but the end of the video, but you make a very good point.

[@tiziana327]

They are three top dancers, pure excellence. There is nothing more to say.

[@victor382]

The technique of Marianela is enviable, and the way that her movements coordinate with the music is just perfect.

[@АнжеликаВеликая-ь8с]

Кроме любимой Светочки ни-ко-го не воспринимаю!!!!! Богиня балета!!! Совершенство идеальное!!!!

[@yolco2]

Gracias por estas delicadezas.

[@mariapetras5835]

EXCELLENT choice of Balerinas!!!!!

[@DanceLineBallet]

Wohaaa thank you so much 😍

[@markday4854]

thank you so much for your videos🤩

[@DanceLineBallet]

You're welcome 🥰

[@samvelgrigoryan1952]

LAPATKINA E ZAXAROVA ❤❤❤❤ BRAVI👏👏👏👏

[@amywaves80s]

Soy Argentina, Pero AMO la versión de Ulyana Lopatkina! Es Perfecta!!!❤❤❤❤ Zakharova demasiado Fría y flexibilidad innecesaria!! es un robot. Nuñez es muy Elegante❤

[@johnlevyrocreo6095]

Nela, strong, beautiful and seamless

[@ConcertoinBminor3rdmov.]

I like Zakharova the most!

[@wendyjuarezsantos3825]

Amo a marianela nuñez, la armonía y el sentimiento que transmite es único!

[@fiona7500]

They are all very good, they feel Odette's melancholy, but in my opinion Svetlana is the best! Best performance, best interpretation... she not only dance, she act, she actually put herself in Odette place and later she completely change and became a perfidious Odile... moreover she feel the music like no other dancer!

[@ФотинаИркутская]

Несомненно, Ульяна Лопаткина.

[@ewawesolowska2903]

1. Lopatkina- praca rąk 2. Zakharova

[@abrasehli8101]

Svetlana she is the best her style shine between nunez and the other balerina

[@Aft296]

В Захаровой нет образа, нет эмоций, скучная гимнастика долговязого жирафа. Скучно!

[@gloriadigiuseppeantonio3693]

Zakahrova❤

[@TessieDobey]

Svetlana is so beautiful and graceful!

[@vanshikagupta6120]

I also love Vishneva's version! These 3 are sublime.

[@DanceLineBallet]

Thank you ❤️

[@СветланаЦыпковская-е8ы]

УЛЬЯНА БОЖЕСТВЕННА!!! Совершенна во всем ...

[@fionawillis9066]

The lovely Marianela - so special.

[@folkmoreswiftie]

I lovee this! Especially because I am gonna dance this soon! 😁😁 Svetlana is my forever favourite ! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Please, I would REALLY appreciate if you could do a comparison for the Grand Pas Classique female variation! 😊

[@DanceLineBallet]

Thanks for your feedback and toi toi for your performance! 💕 Sure it will be done ✅

[@folkmoreswiftie]

@@DanceLineBallet Thank you very much! ❤️

[@Janna-Inspire]

1. Nunez 2. Lopatkina 3. Zakharova. This is my opinion.

[@DanceLineBallet]

Your opinion is welcome 🥰

[@АллаСимонова-ц9ч]

Лебеди лучше всего удаются Лопаткиной. У нее и Умирающий лебедь Сен-Санса лучший

[@rachc2236]

Nunez is amazing...I love how she seems to fall out of her turns off balance..I rarely see it..I don't know the terminology...its glorious and so pretty how she turns and let's her head tilt, why don't they all do that .I imagine it's very hard to do.

[@levondelite4072]

Yes, I noticed that too! Those little touches really make a difference. That was the first thing I noticed in Zakarova’s performance, she stayed very straight in her turns and didn’t seem to float and flow through the movements as well as Nunez in particular. Also, I didn’t see her do the floaty attitudes early on like Lopatkina and Nunez did. Her ending was a beautiful position, but it seemed too staged to me.

[@antigoneoedipus7037]

Лопаткина меня убедила, что она принцесса-лебедь. Вернее, Лопаткина - самая убедительная в это партии. А так,все хороши, каждая по-своему. Захарова- царственная, Нуньез - пластичная и нежная. Лебеди ведь тоже разные бывают...

[@НатальяЛадич]

Захарова и Нуньес, конечно, трепетны и прекрасны, но! Ульяна Лопаткина божественна! Она - Эталон!❤❤❤

[@smurf902]

Can someone explain on the repeat of the theme, the choreo timing to the beats? They always seem early or late on those hops.

[@veranikom]

Лебедь - это Лопаткина, другие - танцовщицы, изображающие лебедя.

[@Irinasky]

ЯУ Марионеллы вариация несложная , простая совсем . Захарова хороша.

[@고흐1889]

NUNEZ♥

[@aliciapanzer2970]

Nela has the best artistry and spatial tension by far. Lopatkina was not on her leg, the turns at the end really showed that. She's a great dancer, but we all have our off days. Svetlana was gorgeous as always, but odette is all about expression, and it did not come through as well as it could have. One of the things I LOVE about Nela is that even the most technical parts are SO expressive!! Those turns are her specialty. Also every time she does an attitude balance turn thing, she just hangs in the space, CONSISTENTLY! I'm super biased, but that's my 2 cents. Ballet is more than a pretty line.

[@rinaltube]

Zakharova

[@noemisalvatore4894]

Very good all... ❤❤❤But Svetlana is better for me...😍🇷🇺

[@manoelahorn4298]

svetlana is the real swan

[@3jpictures]

I love nela♡

[@lucashamilton151]

Nunez looks like a pillar most of the time, while Svetlana and Ulyana show more curves and fluidity, especially at the beginning. Svetlana has the most beautiful arms, and Ulyana's legs amaze me. I like Nunez, but compared to the two Russians, she's more like posing than dancing.

[@nicolehourcade]

I agree for the arms and the work on arms by Russian ballerine( i use Italian pluriel) that the reason why Nureev in Paris said the perfect dancer has French foot and legs and the head and arms Russian😤🤩

[@nataliagievsoutkina1127]

Я восхищаюсь нашими русскими женщинами балеринами,только в нашей стране можно увидеть таких балерин,красивых,умных,добрых

[@clarepellerin]

They are all EXQUISITE! ✨ What a question! 😅 But I would say Lopatkina is most feminine/spiritual, Nunez is most expressive, and Zakharova is most technically impeccable. Zakharova could afford to communicate more with the audience and take some expressive risks. Her extensions are killer, though 😍

[@sparrowcat1004]

Захарова просто Богиня! Zakharova is a real Godess!

[@PLLFoxygen]

при всем моем уважении к труду танцовщиц, но после танца Ульяны Лопаткиной в Марианеле Нунез я вижу только старательную акробатку.