Paris Opera's Star Ballet Dancer: Aurélie Dupont's Unmatched Grace | SLICE WHO | FULL DOCUMENTARY

Experience the enchanting world of Aurélie Dupont, the prima ballerina at the Paris National Opera and a shining star on the globe's grandest stages. This intimate documentary captures her extraordinary grace and relentless dedication to dance. Witness Aurélie's daily life, self-discipline, and breathtaking performances as she takes on four iconic ballets: The Lady of the Camellias, Swan Lake, Raymonda, and The Park, choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj. Dive into the life of a dancer whose beauty sparkles like starlight, freshness resembles a rose, and strength rivals that of a bull.
Documentary: Aurélie Dupont, Instants of Grace
Directed by: Cédric Klapisch
Production: Les Films d’Ici, Ce Qui Me Meut, Opéra National de Paris
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[@SLICE_Who]

Think you could dance en pointe like Aurélie Dupont? 😉 Not as easy as it looks, right?

[@vickyk1861]

😅😅

[@jullenaourmahe7881]

OH ! OUI JE VEUX JE VEUX SVP? JE FERAI MIEUX QUE DANS LA RUE . FORCEMENT ..

[@judithholder2537]

A member of the audience has a right to an opinion about the art!

[@amysnyder8088]

I did pointe for many years. If I never do it again, I'm ok with that.🙃

[@canterburytail2294]

I can dance en pointe but nothing like how she can.

[@susanvaughan4210]

This was probably the best dance documentary I've ever seen. So brilliantly honest.

[@newgabe09]

Astonishing archive footage of rehearsal and backstage.. so interesting and inspiring!

[@joyanngoddard2033]

Riveting documentary - completely honest about the hard work, dedication, suffering and challenges involved in dancing at the highest level while juggling motherhood and professional responsibilities. Thank you for uploading.

[@rubytuesday4564]

So involving, so exciting to move through time as her world transforms. Thank the team who wanted to present this.

[@susanmartin3762]

All those jewels in her hair and on her costume were so beautiful. They looked real. They may have been❤

[@susanmartin3762]

The theaters they perform in are as beautiful as the dancers and their costumes ❤

[@sharrablackfire7337]

What an absolutely exceptional montage that was an utter joy to watch. The editing on this was fantastic, the way it flowed between the past and the present. I loved every second of it, and I even moreso loved that it didn't have an annoying narrator talking over the entire thing. The music flowing between the scenes was all it needed. Bravo!

[@classicalaid1]

Truly wondrous devotion. Admittedly the cigarette smoking was a shocker though. I have never seen dancers puffing away on death quite like that.

[@sharrablackfire7337]

@@classicalaid1 It must be because she's French?

[@comment6864]

@@classicalaid1 They're all pretty devoted and 'fanatical', that's nothing unusual at all, but the smoking yeah! Never seen it before.

[@suzanneorourke7098]

Yes. I mute narrators. So that I can see with my own eyes.

[@BettyBordello]

Agree yes

[@cbass2755]

What an incredible dancer. Full of grace and talent. I love it…❤

[@beverley-annemackintosh3672]

UTTERLY GLORIOUS!!! Best dance documentary! RIVETING 👏 And WOW, what an incredible dancer 👏 😍 ❤️

[@jaimeochoa7256]

What a joy to watch...Simply flawless...Congratulations ❤

[@eleonorepoppy6904]

Magnifique documentaire. Les images, le montage sont exceptionnels. On reste scotchés. Les danseurs ont une force de caractère hors du commun. Et bien sur Aurelie est superbe de grâce et de courage.

[@Eden639]

The hard work and beauty of Ballet. Great documentary.

[@micheladessanti2112]

Che meraviglia!!! Tanta fatica, impegno, amore, umanità, condivisione, dolore....Brava Aurélie 🥰. Fantastico Manuel Legris🤩😍

[@hans-jurgforrer8847]

❤❤❤ magnifique hommage à la danse, le ballet de l‘opéra de paris et à aurélie dupont ! montre sans dramatiser presque tous les aspects d‘une carrière de danse sans dramatiser….. bravo ! grand plaisir de revoir manu legris, clotilde vayer, laurent hilaire, gilbert mayer et tant d‘autres qui ont marqué le ballet de l’opéra de paris ! inclus biensur brigitte lefèvre…. ❤❤❤

[@isabelleloche-x2o]

SUPER de re découvrir ce document 🤩 😍 et facile de comprendre sans sous titres : Aurélie de l'école de danse jusqu'as ETOILE

[@catherinedenice3768]

beaucoup d'emotions à vous voir nous enchanter tout en endurant la gravité...je suis admirative: quelle grace et quelle perseverance...tous mes compliments !

[@dinkvjr]

Such a beautiful dancer! This was a joy to watch.

[@jourspriation906]

It’s really nice to see the dedication Aurélie puts into her craft - such a great inspiration, wishing her much continued success 💕🩰

[@ぽんたママ-d6g]

ライモンダにつられて再生しましたが、懐かしいオーレリとルグりのいたオペラ座時代の映像に感激。 美しい舞台とそれを作り上げるまでの舞台裏を交互に見れる事が素晴らしい。 一つ一つを積み上げて素晴らしい舞台になっていく過程を堪能出来ました。 ライモンダ、ル.パルク、オネーギン大好きな演目ばかりです😊 素晴らしい動画をありがとう！

[@MA1-BEE]

The most beautiful workplace. That was so, so amazing! Manuel Legris is also such a beautiful dancer.

[@valerieerde8014]

That modern piece, especially the kiss, wow. Her chaines turns in Raymonda. She has incredible control of her body.

[@zvezdoblyat]

I always love rehearsals in the casual clothing more than the dramatic beautiful outfits in the performance. I like to see them learning from their errors and the teaching style of the instructors.

[@SLICE_Who]

Totally agree! One can see how, little by little, they give exact shape and rhythm to each movement until it's perfect. I feel there is something super intimate about this footage 🤗🤗

[@hollylewis5302]

Simply stunning! Thank you so much for this wonderful experience! 🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰

[@MsSherryjh]

That, was amazing! Thank you.

[@anaicotrim9557]

Magnifique.

[@BettyBordello]

That blue satin gown is unreal ❤ the rate she has to costume change there was unbelievable, that could be a sport in itself, gurgling dance then quick change no chance to sip water even and back on stage, that is like running a marathon im sure

[@veramentegina]

But Manuel Legri was incredible as well.. Both great dancers!

[@eliseereclus3475]

Magnifique !

[@farouche861]

DOCUMENTAIRE HYPER AUTHENTIQUE. OUI, ELLE FUME ET LES POINTES NE SONT PAS TERRIBLES. ET MALGRÉ TOUT ÇA , C’EST UN PORTRAIT DE LA MEILLEURE DE DANSE FRANÇAISE DE CETTE ÉPOQUE. ❤

[@arieljameson1109]

The park, Brilliant very moving!

[@joependleton6293]

Intimate portrait... lasting beauty!❤

[@VinnieRM]

Astonished she smokes!

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I know quite a few ballet 🩰 dancers who smoke 😅

[@ilonamaskal2272]

Helps with curbing the appetite.

[@garnwalkerstables]

I could NOT believe it!!!

[@melowlw8638]

i think its very french to smoke, speaking as a french person.. its not the first time ive seen ballet dancers smoke either, so being one + being french, i guess its double the chances of one being a smoker

[@fabs8498]

@@melowlw8638c'est francais de ne pas s'en cacher devant les cameras

[@ЛюдмилаГорячкина-о8к]

Всё, что красиво и вечно - адский труд, озарение и муки.

[@Gamzegül2698]

Yapabiliyorsanız en iyisini siz yapın , eleştirmeyin lütfen . İlham almak için harika bir video💙✨

[@sharrablackfire7337]

To all of the dancers who said that Aurelie was a bully in her role of the Paris Opera lead, I say to them, she did not expect anything from ANYONE that she was not willing to give and do, herself. She didn't expect even half as much. People going into the arts now have an entirely different mindset, and I'm not saying that one mindset is more correct than another, I'm just saying that Aurelie was NOT a bully, she was only leading through the same means that she had been taught, and trying to elevate the dancers to the quality she herself achieved

[@Theravadinbuto]

Completely correct. That is the old style of dance training and learning, which is no longer seen as acceptable, but it was the norm. I once trained with a Bolshoi teacher, and she used a stick, not gently, to make corrections. I once told my military drill sergeant that he wasn’t as tough as my ballet teacher… which was true… and he thought was rather funny. I think today’s methods, both physically and in terms of style, are more effective, but that was the tradition - one which I still encounter in dance from time to time.

[@rosiecesareo8092]

​@@TheravadinbutoThank you for uploading this comment. I am not a dancer, but I love watching ballet, and this insight helps me to appreciate just how amazing the dancers are.

[@aliceswanderland]

Well, the new director, José Martinez, is of an even previous generation of POB dancers than Dupont and he doesn't have that reputation of being bully.

[@sharrablackfire7337]

@@aliceswanderland That doesn't mean anything. Women who are assertive get called bitches, while men get called "Go-getters" etc. He could be a bully and have people just call him "passionate" or some other excuse. Women get criticism for the exact same things that men get praised for

[@aliceswanderland]

@@sharrablackfire7337 I know and I thought the same, but then I remembered that POB had a former female director, Lefebvre, during many years, who wasn't always loved but brought the company to its best levels since Nureyev. And then they had Millepied, a man, who was very much hated by the dancers and the critics. Aurélie Dupont didn't do a good work, the standard of the company just dropped dramatically (or kept dropping). I agree sexism and mysoginy are everywhere, but here there might be other reasons for her to be criticized.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Wonderful documentary about Wonderful type of dancing....welfare by modernized civilizations

[@newgabe09]

That's an interesting comment. What does "welfare by modernized civilizations" mean?

[@ixoraaz]

Wow - the 14 costume changes are amazing and dance sequences are amazing . Questions - After such exhilarating and exhausting performances why doesn't the company have a shuttle service/ driver / designated vehicle to transport their dancers home, especially after major performances, so they don't have to walk exhausted to the closest transport hub? Is that the norm? I'm unfamiliar with the behind the scenes logistics of dancers & company.

[@miguelarce4159]

Yes, Perfection requires dedication, effort and, in many times, pain........gracias por interpretar tal sacrificio por tu arte.......Perfecto......una ilustración a las siguientes temporadas que nada es facil o heredado.....es ganado en el Arte y el esfuerzo.........oxoxxoxxoxoxo

[@beatricesalazar401]

great dancing. Thanks

[@taniafritze3225]

Merci mit Congrats ! Wonderfull trupe ...

[@ladydamemarvelous-micynyc7265]

As a former classical and jazz dancer I find it alarming that in all the years Ive known dance I have not had one, 1! that's right ONE instructor that has focused enough on how the breath should be incorporated into dance. With out attention to the breath, most dancers do tricks but never really dance. Each piece should be crafted first around the breath and when it comes in and when it goes out and the quality of the breath, deep, shallow, quick, slow or sporadic. This is a huge failure in dance teaching and exists because like abuse or archaic philosophy, breathing is not taught completely in any dance school no matter how grand. Even the Russians and the French do not focus on the breath. Only on the technique, energy and quality of the movement.

[@michelledillman6381]

I was taught to use the breath for the movement….. dance ,fitness ,yoga , strength training ,etc….. thank goodness it kept me out of the hospital while I was having my first panic attack and I didn’t know what was wrong……

[@ВикторияПостоева-з3ж]

My respect and admiration: a beauty, a talent, a mother! ❤❤❤

[@yasminmaluf]

C’est Incroyable j’adore Aurélie! 😍 Mais quelqu’un peux me dire comment elle fume avant de danser?! C’est fou comme elle n’a pas de difficulté pour respirer! Je voudrais en savoir.

[@sugarrush5579]

She's super gorgeous

[@momiamok-v4y]

Выдающаяся танцовщица, украшение мирового балета

[@IdaSlapter2023]

They don’t call it a discipline for no reason. I don’t think ballet will look like this in the future. The discipline isn’t there the same way these dancers experienced. I doubt the performances will benefit from a different style of discipline but maybe ballet will “evolve” to something other than we know it to be today. We dont produce Mozarts, Chopins or Beethovens these days either but the best musicians study them so there must be value in discipline.

[@solarmax11]

We used to arrive at the studio at 8am for class & end rehearsals at 9pm. Then go disco dancing till midnight. Then next day...repeat.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

When you are 20 you can do this 😅

[@solarmax11]

@@mathildewesendonck7225 😁😁😁

[@tatianacherie]

@@mathildewesendonck7225in theatre school the same 😂

[@solarmax11]

@@tatianacherie 😁😁😁

[@Tindaro.Silvano]

She was a beautiful dancer. The documentary is very well done . I would suggest to cut the cigarette scenes because they are bad example for the young people that have a tendency to copy everything.

[@bellejolie]

gilbert mayer instructing ballet class! Incroyable!

[@Ellynn-09]

They SMOKE???

[@sophiegoarin2903]

Forget it

[@susanmartin3762]

Ballet dancers have such long necks! Does dancing and stretching make them longer or are they just born that way? They are so beautiful

[@nicolecourtois5228]

Lisez son livre actuel et vous aurez une idée de l'atmosphère de l'Opera de Paris, c'est assez effrayant, et Claude Bessy n'est pas ce que vous croyez !!!!!

[@MariMorti]

L'atmosphère à l'opéra de Paris est la même que celle pour tout activité/sport de haut niveau.. intense.

[@sixtdaily]

Son regard à 4:17 en dit long !!

[@MarieNimo]

She should definitely get into acting.

[@l.alexandra5871]

Physically beautiful with a face like an angel, dancers are horribly misunderstood when they want the highest standard of reaching for that always elusive perfection. To demand as much as she’s giving is a gift to other dancers and to herself. People used to complain about Nureyev n this way! He was not a slave driver despite losing his temper and demanding the very best out of his dancers with whom he danced and those under his tutelage at the POB. Never once did he demand more than he gave. Aurelie had just joined the company as Nureyev was leaving but he had a huge effect on the dancers and brought the POB into the finest world class company (leaving out Mariinsky and Bolshoi because their standards and system are very, very different.

[@karitahannikainen4734]

Yes ❤

[@sego5657]

She's working so hard with beautiful results. This is another film where to me it looks like the dancer had trouble with pointe shoes. Sometimes too flexible in front, and when the front is good, the backs are too low for the feet. I hope she gets a better fit soon.

[@aliceswanderland]

She quit dancing on stage in 2015. Then she was the director of the same company. But she wore bad point shoes all career long.

Does anyone know of the music starting from 4:58?

[@annetheyssier5087]

Superbe documentaire de Cedric Clapish. Mais aurelie dupont ne m a jamais ému, je n ai pas été la voir à l'opéra, je suis aller voir sylvie guillem !

[@judithholder2537]

I will never forget the loooong lines, musicality, swiftness, emotion of Guillem! Absolutely incredible.

[@sleepingwithcats5121]

I just am not moved by her, she has one emotion. Being honest. The Way she moves is nice, she executes the steps well. Just not the dancer I'm used to from the 60s and 70s and so on...

[@newinsights5496]

A ballerina told me that some smoke to suppress their appetites. They have to be very strict with their weight.

[@cbass2755]

Why does she wear a jacket during practice? And long floppy pants? Just a question. I can’t imagine how difficult this must be. I’d be in tights and a leotard I’d I danced. This video is wonderful. Bravo to the team. ❤. Oh, and the one pant leg, and the other short? I don’t understand….thank you!

[@BeckS-pd9oh]

Dancers typically wear loose layers as they warm-up, removing them as their bodies and muscles warm and stretch. The one-leg-rolled-up is temperature adjustment- the knee left covered is a sign it might need a little more time, due to prior injury or sensitivity. Ballerina Sarah Lamb, for example, often keeps leg warmers on far into rehearsals with her leotard and tights, likely for similar reasons. Heading into 40 can also mean facing down hormone changes, which can include things like surprise joint pain and fatigue, so taking extra care and precautions are particularly important.

[@avasgranb1]

The other dancer?

[@shirleybose3143]

i cannot believe that such a talented and intelligent dancer smokes. After all the health warnings we've had.

[@philippemonteil1859]

enough puritanism. Tell us about what you do but shoudn't ...

[@Shelleysnail]

I presumed because it’s an appetite suppressant

[@jesusslushies2192]

Her remark wasn't being puritanical. She was speaking from a health standpoint

[@rainbows.and.daisies]

this was at least two decades ago in France, it was very common, and yes the appetite suppressant thing is very real

[@skeltonjuanita6515]

Oftentimes, ballet training and discipline, whether on stage or in rehearsal, the best instruction comes from the head and heart. When it comes from the heart, the instructor wants his/her dancers to achieve more than they did and they know what that dancer can do, even when the dancer doesn’t think they can do more than they are trying to do! Harshness is true disappointment within the instructor! What looks like harsh bullying is aggrieved frustrated disappointment in the effort to be perfect.

[@shizukagozen777]

2:54 What's the music, please ?

[@ilonamaskal2272]

The opening music? It's the Hungarian variation from Glazounov's ballet, Raymonda.

[@shizukagozen777]

@@ilonamaskal2272 No, the one at 2:54.

[@Cookie_Monster42]

I wonder that she wears high heels all the time.

[@cf8595]

25:06 Of course her feet are killing her. That is one ill-fitting pair of pointe shoes. (maybe her feet changed a ton w/ pregnancy, would make sense)

[@LB-fish]

what year is this documentary made ?

[@sixtdaily]

Shot between 2006-2009 and released in 2010

[@LB-fish]

thanks

[@KosmicKaren]

18:31 she’s a little annoyed by the sweat here😂 Beautiful dancing though

[@meralguzey..ph.d538]

Magnifique professeurs et étudiants 🩵👌

[@kambyr]

She looks like Amber. Well I guess Amber looks like her.

[@gwendolynestrada3017]

She smokes?? Lungs must work harder to get air, blood trough the body to operate at its maximum level for ballet

[@kathleennelson8305]

Who doesn’t smoke in Paris though…disgusting habit

[@roviannematovu3756]

They all used to! In great moderation. I'm glad they showed it. Calms nerves & suppresses appetite.

[@anastasyataranenko5962]

Hello, my name is Nastya from Ukraine, i am a dancer, i have my own dance repertoire,i would like to cooperate with you, i have the interesting idea

[@rosalieduffy882]

I can't watch anymore. It is a pet peeve when the camera shows only half the body! I don't think the choreographer would like that only half his/her work is being shown, same for a dancer.

[@МилаТ-л5ч]

Хорошо, но Плисецкая была выразительнее!

[@annetheyssier5087]

Et la suite c est pina et la blessure au genou.

[@allgirrrlrider5395]

They smoke?!!!😮😮😢😢

[@philippemonteil1859]

and they dance

[@elisabethlennyyunidadamaya9725]

SencoR ❤😅😮😢🎉😂😊❤😅😮😢🎉😂😊😊😊

[@comment6864]

wow this is nothing like the Russian dancers. Not nearly the level of expressivity and artistry. Also surprised they smoke! I wouldn't think that helps fitness levels. they dance like they're bored and indifferent, low energy.

[@philippemonteil1859]

Find us a rendition showing more 'expressiveness' and artistry than kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrPfqiioaaearcfeature=shared

[@BoglimWrangler666]

lol oh really the sloppy messes in russia now are a joke. khorevas promotion says it all. the 80s are over

[@shizukagozen777]

You know it's old when you see them smoking, which would certainly not happen today...

[@annetheyssier5087]

Who knows ?

[@shizukagozen777]

@annetheyssier5087 Who knows what ?

[@melowlw8638]

many of them still do, alice renavand whos been retired for probably around 2 years now, would always smoke before leaving her home to head to the opera

[@shizukagozen777]

@@melowlw8638 Alice Renavand is 44. You clearly didn't understand my comment. 🙄

[@sophiegoarin2903]

@@annetheyssier5087it is forbiden in state batiments now like Opera

[@ronyagpd]

Surprised they smoke.

[@janicecoulson5388]

Really her body would not be fot 5 months after giving birth. Lucky she didn't injure herself

[@wtb61]

Dancers smoking?

[@ragnarkisten]

I wonder if she wears Lycra by DuPont?

[@aliceswanderland]

Unpopular opinion, I find Dupont really boring, with ordinary lines, nothing that awes me in her. I never understood why she wears point shoes that don't flatter her feet at all, her career long. Of course she's a great technician but comparing to Marie-Agnès she's just an average dancer, to me.

[@Kayra-r9e]

I actually like her Sylph - I find her rendition sublime and tasteful. Other roles... not so much. Tastes differ and in my opinion, there're more impressive dancers in the Paris Opera.

[@johntlew]

Comparing French and Russian Ballet….aren’t the Russians more passionate than the French. The French may be less so but I don’t think boring.

[@Nxox_]

The skill with which she has perfected each move she does seems anything but ordinary or boring to me, to be so connected to your craft that you reach almost perfection is admirable.

[@aliceswanderland]

@@Nxox_ that's the bare minimum when you're a top dancer in such an important company. Even the last dancer of the corps of POB should reach that kind of mastering. And then comes artistry and that unique charisma that makes a principal. She's well under quite a few dancers of her generation, one for all: Gillot, that you can see in the movie.

[@aliceswanderland]

@@johntlew I am not talking about the french dancers, not all of them are boring. Dupont is.

[@suailichirco4165]

🤮

[@svetlanaantonenkog4542]

А это точно женщина, а не транс,?

[@JJ-vc6pp]

I am wondering the exact same thing.

[@lisaanndavis3289]

How could she have had a baby and still not have any bustline?

[@hiwelcometochillis2579]

9:28 don't smoke 😅it will drain your energy

[@lovewillwinnn]

Lol... “discipline”? Discipline to quit smoking and be healthy.

[@garnwalkerstables]

Especially with a baby!!!!

[@TheWhiteermine]

Let's be honest: unfortunately it's a way to suppress appetite 😕 yes, ballet is no longer as 4noRexic as it was, but the cliché is still somewhat true

[@christinereynaud5572]

What calls a LOL is your comment. First, learn that many professional dancers sadly smoke to help keeping a lower weight. By the time they really start paying for it with health issues, their career is over. And if you really doubt about her ability to stick to a discipline, just try to perform 32 fouettés on one pointe. You just have absolutely not the first hint of what it requires to get where she was in ballet.

[@fabs8498]

Addictions are unhealthy. Not one cigarette.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

She had a very successful career until her retirement at age 42. Plus two healthy children.

[@truth-is-now6745]

Very masculine. Was she born male?

[@lovewillwinnn]

Welp, I had admiration and respect until..... !!! (((5:40))) 🤮

[@annefedoson4859]

Oh seriously, I don’t smoke but not silly enough to think it makes you a bad person. Get over yourself.

[@jessaglenny]

At that point in time most ballet dancers smoked. Some saw it as a way of controlling weight. It's something you see very rarely these days.

[@marydumois4242]

Bet you smoke weed tho right?

[@fabs8498]

I don't think she has an addiction to tobacco. An occasionnal cigarette is not more dangerous than a mc donalds menu.

[@Catherine-ty8ss]

This exaggerated pose of the body is abuse not beauty in my opinion. The body is not meant to make these movements that's why so much pain is involved. I never watch.

[@guitaschulthess5401]

I am not convinced. Just take a look at the Russians.

[@JonathonLevy]

Might want to watch the RDB, also ballerina Sylvie Guillem.

[@momiamok-v4y]

As Russian i can definitely say that Aurelia is one of the greatest ballerinas of our century

[@chalkedlines8960]

One of the top etoiles of the Paris Opera- the oldest and one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world- doesn't convince you? Hmmm...

[@cf8595]

I do find her face utterly expressionless. it's like watching cillian murphy stare off into space

[@christinereynaud5572]

@@momiamok-v4y Thank you. I was about to reply to @guitaschulthness5401 that many Russians, including great russian dancers, much appreciate their foreign siblings, as well as french dancers appreciate their russian siblings. Great dancers acknowledge talent wherever it comes from. The art of ballet has nothing to do neither with nationalist assertions nor with simplistic generalizations. Anyway all the art of ballet was built on mutual influences.

[@veronicabuchecker5024]

Oh my god she smokes..... She is on a constant diet, dances 8 hours a day, No sugar, No other Sports, just the hardest sports in the world...... Her Body will be a disaster at age 40, let her smoke. The only Joy she has

[@philippemonteil1859]

A disaster at age 40 ? This is an extract from her 'disastrous' farewell performance at the Paris Opera, given at the age of 42. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrPfqiioaaearcfeature=shared You, and all the other fundamentalists who have commented on the fact that she smokes, are ridiculous and infuriating. She smokes, she likes good wine, good food and other pleasures in life: leave her alone, leave us alone!

[@surgedeb]

Do you know what tobacco does to your body? 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️🤡

[@nikkimarie3838]

@@surgedebfunny enough few dancers of the older generations, the ones who chain smokes and from the time when theaters reeked of cigarette smoke backstage, ever died of lung cancer

[@Люблян-ц7р]

🎉🎉💐💐💐 БРАВО!🇺🇦ВІТАННЯ З ЯЛТИ . УКРАЇНАКРИМЯЛТА

[@Tindaro.Silvano]

She was a beautiful dancer. The documentary is very well done . I would suggest to cut the cigarette scenes because they are bad example for the young people that have a tendency to copy everything.

[@susanmercurio1060]

You have to see the truth and then make your own choices.