Olga Smirnova - Odile variation, Swan Lake

Bolshoi Theatre

[@cassianodurandpinheiro]

This is the original music from the Black Swan Variation written by Tchaikovsky. Note the malevolent character of the music, giving psychological depth to Odile's character and the use of the oboe, which is the instrument associated with the white swan, both in the introduction of the first and second acts and in Odete's first appearance, functioning as a kind of "instrument-motiv".

[@keyaunna.]

i agree! i’ve always preferred this variation over the one that’s most common.

[@mightbclayer]

@@keyaunna. same! this variation caters more to the personality of the black swan, as the other one is more graceful and benevolent in nature; very unlike that of the black swan.

[@mrparts]

@@mightbclayer I never understood the music used in the other variation. It makes zero sense.

[@emmalovesyourdog]

@@keyaunna. yes! i cant never find any 😭

[@oreochicken4218]

This is not the original music for the variation. In fact this piece is from the Pas De Six (which is omitted from modern productions) not the Pas De Deux. Actually the whole Pas De Deux isn't even for Odile. In the original 1877 production, It's from act 1 and is the Pas De Deux for the "Merry Makers", and the variation was a waltz. We don't know if it's the male or the female variation but Ratmansky's Reconstruction of the 1895 production (Which uses the choreographic notations of the exact production) suggests that the waltz variation was the male variation and uses the standard common variation used today. Riccardo Drigo in the 1895 revival just moved the music to act 3, and made it into the Black Swan Pas De Deux we all know today. The most common music IS the original variation. Drigo just used one of Tchaikovsky's piano pieces called L'espiègle and orchestrated it. If you want the ORIGINAL Black Swan Pas De Deux, which was danced by Anna Sobeshchanskaya, it's the music used in Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux by Balanchine. The original music was lost for 76 years until it was uncovered and subsequently choreographed by Balanchine. THIS is the ORIGINAL Black Swan Variation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKnHi5ikfNqDj9k The Pas De Six Variation at 9:40: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laCriaaur7eVe68 The standard Variation (L'espiègle): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoOZmJh9nZKHfKs

[@colesteele3972]

I'm a farm boy from Indiana, the first time I saw live ballet I thought It was the most beautiful graceful thing I had ever seen.

[@cynthiafletcher9845]

Such a nice comment!! Keep going to the ballet when you have an opportunity, otherwise watch videos. Ballet is graceful and even otherworldly. ❤💖❤

[@FrankieinDC]

If you are anywhere near Butler or Indiana University, you have the opportunity to see great ballet. Both universities have strong BFA programs, and many of their students go on to join companies elsewhere in the country. Enjoy!

[@YesicaValenzuela-sg7qo]

❤❤

[@kurtcocain3905]

Honestly one of my favorite odile variations I've seen

[@simone56689]

same

[@helazemni1683]

I always watch, for the most part the legs of a dancer..... But in this case I can't stop looking at her arms. She is blessed with long arms and long hands🌺🌺 She moves them sooooooo beautiful 💕💕

[@Setsuna-omokage]

She mesmerised me. Till date the best female performer I have seen. Such grace!

[@songskulptor]

У нее очень изящные длинные руки ❤у меня такие же ❤

[@almirarzehak5318]

A prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater has left the Russia, signing to Dutch National Ballet. Olga Smirnova said, “I am against war with all the fibres of my soul” and “we cannot remain indifferent to this global catastrophe.”

[@nikey6293]

that's honestly very brave of her, as well as painful knowing that she's a Russian, and probably wanted to still continue her career in her hometown, but well, we can't always have nice things can we?

[@shinemendwoor]

Probably saw Eva was going to replace her. She’s no longer the next Svetlana.

[@diesonne777]

Good for her, but she'll be instantly replaced by the next in line in no time and everyone will quickly forget she has ever danced on that stage

[@irynasavchenko6046]

Good choice. Larisa Lezhnina and Anna Tsygankova had very long and succesful careers with Dutch Ballet. While Bolshoy's director Vaziev has ho respect to anyone who is older than 30 and has no hyperextensions. In 7-8 years he would fire Smirnova as easily as he fired Kaptsova and Alexandrova. Or would hardly be giving her any job. Kretova and Shipulina are cases in point.

[@irynasavchenko6046]

@@diesonne777 She will be remembered as a dignified person who didn't sell her heart and conscience for privileges that are only available to Kremlin-loyal celebrities. Which is more important from my point of view.

[@katelynellen]

Olga’s expansiveness is just out of this world. It’s hypnotic

[@cynthiafletcher9845]

So beautiful!! Olga is so intense in her convictions and dancing. Seeing her dance live was magical especially in Diamonds. May she continue to the ballet stage wherever she dances. ❤🙏❤

[@theresa42213]

l LOVE this music rendition! lts haunting and powerful. l didn't even know there were 2. Of course the dancing is incredible!

[@catazoe7535]

her lines, her musicality, her expressiveness... my favorite odile

[@emmajewell9780]

I may be a ice skater but sometimes videos like this make me wish I chose a different career path

[@simone56689]

But ice skating is still beautiful

[@anastasialenkova-molchalin5874]

Smirnova is one of best in world. Not only the technique, but artistry. Every look and gesture means something.

[@deltaweathers]

the aura, the ARMS, the EVERYTHING

[@73alansetiawan]

Why every time I see & watch the ballet dancer from Russia even the medium skill level is already very good. The energy, gracious, elegant and the body language are always incredible and I always enjoy watching them. But soloists such as Osipova, Zhakarova, Barisnikov etc etc extremely too good. I wonder what the sacrifice and the training they take to get that level. Sorry my ignorance about ballet.

[@raymonda5476]

The reason they are better is their training and coaching.

[@melissasmith6762]

And rejecting applicants without the right genetics.

[@anastasialenkova-molchalin5874]

@Melissa Smith Osipova doesn't have the right genetics. Not Baryshnikov, Pavlova, Plisetskaya did. Stop lying. Russia is not that EXTREME. Not everyone has or needs perfect ballet build to dance, and perfect ballet doesn't mean you can dance, it is just look.

[@D.A.A.321]

@@anastasialenkova-molchalin5874 well, the schools that produce the best dancers in Russia, and thus the world, do have that exclusive selecting processes you won’t see anywhere else. They’ll dismiss a child with alleged predisposition to obesity, thick bone structure, short neck, short legs and so on.

[@anastasialenkova-molchalin5874]

@AsMoose Alter Do you THINK I don't KNOW that?! I am a Vaganova student! I agree with thick bones and obesity, but short appendagises are occasional taken, though mainly no. Some examples are Osipova, short legs and shorter arms, Baryshnikov, no neck at all. I won't waste the time by go on.

[@barryfix]

Phenomenon height and presence Whoever might be trying to exceed her performance must be taking a lot of Maalox ( heartburn antacid liquid ) after watching this. Raising the Barr has always produced achievers but jumping over the stratosphere is really difficult ! At any rate - she like many of today is simply spectacular !

[@d.taygray1250]

Her extension and line are flawless

[@charlesw5919]

This is like watch a masterpiece painting coming alive.

[@whimsigothics]

omg bravo!!!! i couldn't stop watching when she lept at 0:58 it was awesome!!!!

[@ЭвияСолнечная]

Agree ❤

[@inkdesire]

i could watch this video on repeat .

[@lofivir4236]

I love this variation ❤

[@shhhhhhhh7357]

I love this so much definitely one of my favorite variations.

[@KoharuKameda]

can someone tell me which act is this? I'm trying to find this music on spotify but idk which one is this variation from swan lake music.

[@nellahorelli3226]

Omg me too i hav not succeeded that's why i came on here with shazam to see if it can find it but noo

[@Mlle._Yume]

Act 3, Black Swan variation 2 🤔

[@barbaramagorzata8303]

Act 3 pas de deux no19

[@D.A.A.321]

Brava!!! Молодец Олечка, очень надеюсь увидеть её в Амстердаме и очень надеюсь что она когда-нибудь вернётся в Большой ❤️

[@giuliorenzobighin8165]

Ottima la regia ideativa di ambientazione ed ottima performance di Olga che comunica veramente anche l'esprit de joie della danza .Grande impressione di facilità esecutiva d'acchito e di levità fluente fatta tensione elanista e motile sorprendente nella ballerina.Grande mantenimento della figuralita ' anche in fase di piena esecutività. Ottimo senso del continuum dato alla pièce danzante.Molto brava.Bighin Giulio Renzo. 😊😊

[@СергейМиронов-ш1з]

Да это уже класс примы... мировые этуали подвиньтесь👍🌹🌹🌹

[@Kwinowarice]

music makes all the difference

[@Muunsta12]

Love it!!! My childish dream

[@josuemendez9888]

Me encanta este video como bailan y la música es excelente también

[@valhalla6991]

1:09 you can see her elbow bending backwards like it's detached from the arm. It's incredible how that particular trait makes her look like a real bird.

[@mariacecilia-iv4yu]

This is elbow hyperextension. She has joint hypermobility just like Svetlana Zakharova, Kamila Valieva (skater) and Arevik Seryranyan (circus artist)

[@lgomez3268]

Wow, spectacular

[@fatimacuyuch3944]

I prefer this variation so much, she is stunning

[@pedrogarciarias129]

Olga SMIRNOVA unforgettable dancer but an amazing brave woman against war in Ukraine.

[@Ingkirilov]

Her husband is an oligarch with business in the west, you have to tell the whole story.

[@anabelmolina6433]

Brava!!!👏👏👏

[@alidaylami8073]

Is there a reason why this particular variation is an "option" in many of the Swan Lakes I've seen? They don't always have this number in every version, and I've seen versions where it's completely cut. Any reason?

[@nicolas2452]

choreographer's choices

[@vivianleenet]

There's two main versions of this variation - this one here, with the oboe and arms, which is a much more sinister-looking Odile. The other is the gentle one with the lilting violins, which is meant to emulate Odette's grace. Which one a choreographer chooses depends on how they want to interpret Odile. The sinister one: "Sure, Siegfried, you might be love with Odette, but Odile here is so captivating and enchanting that she will make you forget all about her." The elegant one: "Siegfried, I know this girl's dressed in black and not white, but perhaps you could be convinced that this is actually Odette?" It depends on whether you interpret the story as Siegfriend truly believing Odile is Odette, or whether you believe that Odile was so seductive that he chose her over Odette.

[@rayboucher3690]

@@vivianleenet Fair argument. While I like the music that is often used for Odile's variation in other productions (Riccardo Drigo's orchestrated excerpt of "L'Espiègle" from Tchaikovsky's "Op. 72 for Piano"), I personally find this music (the 5th variation from the cut Act III pas de six) makes more sense for the drama of the situation that Siegfried is in. It gives off a more mysterious vibe, showing the audience that despite Odile's good lucks and resemblance to Odette (which is often a spell conjured by Rothbart to delude Siegfried), there is a sinister intention hidden inside.

[@vivianleenet]

@@rayboucher3690 Oh I completely agree with you. This one is actually one of my top favorite ballet pieces, in terms of music. (I may also have a slight obsession with oboe/clarinet duets, but that's another story for another day.)

[@rayboucher3690]

@@vivianleenet Another thing that I think is noteworthy about Grigorovich's Bolshoi staging is how dramatically the music is used for entrance and first scene(s) with Odile and the Evil Genius (Rothbart's counterpart in the Grigorovich interpretation). During the scene where Siegfried falls under the Evil Genius' power and is stricken by Odile's beauty, the music being used in the 2nd variation from the pas de six (which in other versions may be used in a "forgiveness" duet between Siegfried and Odette), and then immediately afterwards the Evil Genius performs a solo to the 4th pas de six variation. The way Grigorovich uses these themes to communicate the stakes of the narrative is really powerful/fascinating; also I'm not sure if you knew this, but earlier stagings of Grigorovich's production had a happy ending with Tchaikovsky's finale/apotheosis entirely intact, whereas current stagings change the ending to be more downer and also change the music, echoing the Introduction and the very end of the "Swan Theme". Whether or not this change is for the better or worse is up to interpretation, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

[@gabrielatusito]

I wish my parents had put me in ballet classes when I was 5 years old.

[@fak3blnd023]

ugh i want the sheet music for this so bad but i can’t find it anywhere:(

[@mmglogri]

such good dance lines.

[@norakbubbles]

She makes me wish I didn't drop ballet after 2 weeks when I was 6

[@evairpachelbel2383]

She's 👏👏👏👏👏👏 She's 😱😱😱😱😱😱 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

[@williamdeng1870]

Olga is an excellent ballerina!

[@shirley1930]

magnifica no la puedo dejar de ver

[@mohammadeshaghghomi4225]

So Fantastic

[@thorstenscharnagl7664]

Weltklasse.

[@rayboucher3690]

0:07 has anyone noticed that popping sound? i wonder what happened there

[@trollking202]

Fallen music case it sounded like it was in the orchestra pit next to the microphones

[@D.A.A.321]

@@trollking202 really? To me it sounded like it was something thin like a baton or a fiddlestick falling down far away from the microphone, rather than something big and hollow like a case next to it. We’ll probably never know for sure ;)

[@Arabellalittlebrodwayshow]

I just learned that entire routine in 10 minutes🎉

[@wibkehahn5255]

Das war wunderbar

[@nazmai]

Kuş olsamda uça bilsem Uçamadim kalbim uçmaya başladi ama Uyahimin altinda yer kesildi sanki Başim dondu birde bakmişinki kelebek oldum butun guzel gulere konmaya başladim Umetime ulaştim Kalbimi sana verdim Butun dunyam sen koktu birden Ne kadar guzel oldugunu dile getiremem

[@renatacristinapereirapaiao6638]

Que lindo .... eu infelizmente não consegui realizar meu sonho de se tornar uma grande bailarina 😢

[@barabesho]

Bravo!!

[@lessito0]

I love this

[@АнжелікаПОВОЗНИК]

Очень понравилось

[@Nina_6621]

😮 gorgeous

[@ИгорьЦатурян-з9б]

Спасибо я танцевала

[@esthereros]

Bravissima ❤❤❤!!!

[@sabrinatscha2554]

She’s got a lot of strength, even for a ballerina. Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@simone56689]

Even for a ballerina? Do u know how much strength it takes to do ballet, especially this variation? Tf

[@papaya-cn9tk]

Wow it so amazing

[@JuliaAraujo-mc4ll]

❤❤❤❤

[@JudyGarlandRulez152]

Her arms are beautiful

[@Sandrah326]

Linda🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

[@nyctophilia_selenophile6355]

Thats Was a mpst amaizing balet damce ever

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏🙌🌸🌸🌸🤗

[@alexandraruiz8685]

tambien creo que es la variacion que mejor va con el perzonaje del cisne negro, la otra variacion tambien es buena...pero siento que se enfoca mas en la faceta de "odile haciendose pasar por odette" lo cual es parte de la hiztoria, pero esta variacion en cambio se siente netamente hecha para Odile, mas oscura y con mayor firmeza, y ni que decir la bailarina una excelente prima balerina lo ejecuta a la perfeccion

[@АнгелаКрис]

🌸🌸🌸💞

[@АнгелаКрис]

🌸🌸🌸👏👏👏🙌🕊

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏🌸🌸🌸🙌🤗🌠

[@chloecasley9829]

What was the specific piece they used for this I can’t find it anywhere

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏🙌🌹🌹🌹

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏🌸🌸🌸🙌🕊

[@АнгелаКрис]

💖👏💐💐💐🤗

[@koradokatani8281]

@@АнгелаКрис дашь

[@robertofalcone8442]

Stupendo

[@dropsdenina4230]

Anyone has the sporify link to this song?? I only found a piano version!

[@nellahorelli3226]

You did? i haven't found anything

[@АнгелаКрис]

🙌🙂🤗👏👏👏🌸🌸🌸

[@민달이-n8w]

우와...............

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏🙌🌸🌸🌸🙂⛅

[@katiehickey4539]

Wait a minute, New Dream Swan Lake Book Collection; The Lake of the Swans Legend, Swan Lake Libretto, Arimi and Odette Book, The Black Swan Novel, The Sorcerer's Daughter Novel, Swan Lake Book, Swan Lake Manga Book, and The Book of Forest Lore.

[@joajoatubegirls7704]

We’re doing this 🤓

[@luxstar610]

This is Olga Smirnova. A Russian ballerina. About her the BBC writes. Because Olga finally had enlightenment, and she declared that she was "against the war with all the fibers of her soul." Then she left Russia to join the Dutch National Ballet. Who received her immediately and with warm embraces. Now she will dance beautifully in Europe. And this is Artem Datsyshyn. A Ballet dancer of the National Opera of Ukraine and winner of international competitions. He will never dance again. He died at the hands of the Russian occupiers. That's all you need to know about culture outside of politics. On the prospects of unity under the auspices of culture. And about the price of war. Which we pay. And which they (Russians) use.

[@ЛюдмилаМоргулева]

Artem became a soldier, went to a battlefield and was killed. It was his choice.

[@НаталиНатали-ч6ъ]

Пришло просветление? Скорее наоборот. Не понимаю, уехать к тем, кто многие годы делал все, чтобы разъединить Украину и Россию. Уехать к тем, кто не щадит славян, заставляя их бороться друг с другом. Европе наплевать на то, сколько жертв будет. Европа всегда приходила к нам с завоеваниями, но всегда была бита. Так было, есть и будет. Артем сделал свой выбор, увы, но так. А Полунин сделал свой. Ольге желаю вернуться на родину. И творческих успехов, конечно.

[@aninditachandrakirana7896]

Do you have Svetlana's version?

[@猫まいどー]

チャイコフスキーは、もう一つのバリエーション曲より、こちらを使いたかったようです。 初演の時に演出とダンサーの希望で、叶わなかったみたいです。 原曲は、花嫁候補のバリエーション曲です。

[@ellaspittal8933]

Where cab i find the music?

[@aaaabbbb5899]

Why don't Paris and London want her? I've got so fed up seeing her in almost every broadcast.

[@sollte1239]

I think she had already friends in the Netherlands

[@aaaabbbb5899]

@@sollte1239 But Paris and London are so very much better places in terms of ballet. In any case, I couldn't care less.

[@sophie3056]

slay

[@diannh2894]

Don't come at me with your attitude. Me coming at you with my attitude: 00:58

[@simone56689]

..

[@猫まいどー]

ちなみに、私はこの曲とバリエーションが気に入っています。 演奏もしますが、怪しい雰囲気を出すのが難しいですね。

[@thisistheskinofakillerbella]

Whats the name of the piece may i ask

[@rougeakane]

The king looks kinda scary lol

[@partyy1574]

0:30

[@danielgeorgezlateff2036]

I sadly interrupted these comments to advertise my antimatter coin collection

[@applexcidergirl1764]

could anyone please tell me what act and number this is??

[@silena197]

act iii

[@simone56689]

act 3

[@LIANORLIN_]

Where does she come from?

[@simone56689]

russia

[@pravindave4194]

Comman mens,poors too in junagadh city,guj.ind.

[@dafnyvitoria1903]

Music name??

[@Nik0lay11]

Tchaikovsky ballet Swan lake, second act, first Odile variation

[@chelseawangthegreat1166]

Swan lake Odile variation

[@tacticalbarkscorpion]

Am I the only one feels like she was rushing her moves? My favorite has always been osipova

[@blinkvip6371]

And now She Escape to Netherlands to Join Against Wars in Ukraine Welcome to Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@eucharisti2644]

🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@fiordililia3min19]

Последняя балерина Большого )))) сейчас скоро будет самодеятельность (((((

[@D.A.A.321]

Почему вы так думаете?

[@fiordililia3min19]

@@D.A.A.321 Потому что танцует осмысленно, изысканно и чисто )) На уровне Большого... Дальше просто будет самодеятельность ((

[@sussexeast2306]

@@fiordililia3min19 неосмысленно, неизысканно, и не на уровне ПРИМЫ Большлго театра. Актерства - 0. Вечно с замороженными лицом. Нет Одилии, а есть Оля Смирнова, которая исполняет вариацию, без танца

[@fiordililia3min19]

@@sussexeast2306 всё отлично она танцует ))) надо понимать в балете ! она в профиль похожа на ММ ))))

[@sussexeast2306]

@@fiordililia3min19 ты полная дура((( Ей до ПЛИСЕЦКОЙ, как до Австралии вплавь. У Смирной мелкая техниха отсутствует и темперамент напрочь(((((Сама не понимашь в балете

[@blauauge2]

🕊🇺🇦🕊🇺🇦🕊

[@briavina6568]

She’s wonderful but for some reason not as charming as other renditions, maybe the coupes

[@ТатьянаИванова-э7б]

Гусь какой-то))) старается девушка и выучена, но не дано....имитация.

[@iratfarm]

Жаль, что покинула Россию(