Renata Shakirova and David Zaleyev: Nutcracker Grand Pas de Deux

Renata Shakirova and David Zaleyev in the Act II Grand Pas de Deux of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, performed by the Mariinsky Ballet.
Includes the famous "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy."
I do not own anything!

[@christinestill5002]

If the music alone doesn't bring a tear, you are made of stone.

[@rowbom]

I have never before seen such a movement in Nutcracker as the one at 1:41, where the female dancer gets tossed over to another male dancer

[@orlybuchbinder3585]

Finally, the right moves for this genius piece of music. Perfection. Thank you so much.

[@pedinurse1]

Isnt this music, the dreamiest ever

[@ursulaaustin8842]

Shakirova is an elegant dancer with so much intent.Her expressions are perfect. Her bourres so small, close together--astounding. Amazing all around!!!

[@anetanikolaeva1287]

But the choreography sucks

[@pedinurse1]

She is fabulous,delicate .strong, feminine and elegant, but when they threw her to the othe guy, wow I dint expect that

[@zeddnl6514]

@@anetanikolaeva1287 but so much better than the grigorovich choreography

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

@@pedinurse1 the male dancer almost dropped her at 1:42, she is very expressive and beautiful but he doesn't help her !

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

@@anetanikolaeva1287 I like the version of Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland in an old TV show, she is something else ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmexdHhvfNGIbdU

[@pedinurse1]

Who did the choreo !!!!! OH MY GOODNESS. The most prestigious PDD in all of ballet, now with stunning choreo

[@eo7744]

I love how she dances with so much joy in her smile

[@cefrinaldi8060]

My fav performance of pas de deux so far. But why there are 4 additional male? It called dances for two for a reason...

[@tanisabenulic2861]

Her dance is like a poem!

[@bryantaylor1572]

Ah, the famous Sugarplum Pas de Six! Really cool take on it, and immaculately danced of course!

[@hk6970]

I sincerely hope Zaleyev would recover completely.

[@mickimm100]

A delightful, elegant and inspiring couple!

[@jarmanka009]

I really like this version of the ballet from the Mariinsky Theater, it is beautiful, magnificent, it has the most beautiful costumes, I am simply a romantic person.

[@litomatatuineau3288]

So very elegant nd beautiful!

[@Gscdiana]

Is the most beautiful representation of Sugar Plum Fairy i saw ♥️♥️♥️

[@mnmleung]

Thank you! 07:06 Prince's variation (tarantella) 08:21 Sugar Plum Fairy 10:52 coda

[@dianeswanson8206]

Exquisitely beautiful.

[@user-yd7up7ff6u]

Вот это звёзды! Чудесное исполнение! Настоящая сказка! БРАВО!!!

[@susanm3478ify]

So beautiful! Shakirova is wonderful!

[@user-pw2fq7hl1n]

Браво . Рената !

[@anne-mariesole9519]

Yves__:''p Pas de Deux '' renata and david splendid. Thanks for this spectacle.

[@waldemarsilvestrecarlos2525]

Sublime melodia!

[@bertrandcoutens7880]

The four bailarin give one noble tour and somptuous side à ce pas de deux!!!!

[@lorik_shat]

Masterpiece! Bravo! Terrific! It's unmatched! Thanks!

[@sephmanatac8569]

...BEAUTIFUL 🥰😍🤩

[@pedinurse1]

WOW such great choreo, perfectly executed, wow wow wow

[@williamdeng1870]

Renata is an excellent dancer working hard for a brilliant future, however, she appears on the stage less than that in 2018. Would like to see her on the stage frequently in 2019.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Simplemente maravilloso..¡¡¡

[@e.i.3077]

It's like they're bragging about how they have so many talented dancers they don't know what to do with them anymore so they'll just throw them randomly on some number and hope it'll work out. 😂

[@marie1797]

Wonderful performance.

[@petetotaro9510]

Renata zakirova - Splended dancing as your pirouettes are spellbinding for sure! The precision appears as though you practiced in training with a gyroscope! I'm must ask you how long have you been with the kariisky company? A extremely broad ocean of congratulations would not be near enough! Thanks a million for the most beautiful ballet from St. Petersburg! Peter.

[@BalletomaneM]

Renata has been with the company for 2 seasons, she joined in September of 2015 and is already a second soloist!

[@petetotaro9510]

Balletomane - A big thanks for the information! God Bless you and the Kariinsky!

[@giuliorenzobighin8165]

Un vero inno al balletto ed alla capacità EVOCANTE della grazia e della vitalita' come valori sostanziali dell' humanitas.Bighin Giulio Renzo

[@adistef4875]

superb!

[@bertrandcoutens7880]

Fabulus , good show, the lifts impressive!!!

[@olgashcherbachenko7934]

Хрустальная статуэточка- Рената !

[@imalittlechloe]

Interesting interpretation. It’s called pas de deux for a reason.

[@Trilingualeks]

Shakirova is breathtaking!!!

[@lenirlopes7169]

Que show lindo👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

[@foa2301]

Renata is queen 👑

[@katherinec2759]

Why did they feel the need to cross the Sugarplum Pas with the Rose Adagio? The four extra guys have no reason to be there.

[@matthewkolodziej]

I think they tried to build up the choreography to match the dramatic music. The climaxes are massive. In the traditional pas de deux there's just the two of them alone doing some staid supported turns and jumps "climaxing" into some rather pedestrian lifts with her sitting on his shoulder. Done right it's regal but it do not match the music in my opinion. I don't like this much better but at least they tried to punch it up a little.

[@katherinec2759]

@Miguel Sanchez It's certainly done well, it's just not the normal way to do it at all.

[@deborahclem4901]

Omg thank you. Yeah what is that? And why was the one cavalier tossing her back and forth?

[@LilianaCoutoBallet]

Hello! I was thinking the same!!! it looks like first act of Sleeping Beauty!

[@brunnoribeiro3840]

Thank you!

[@rebruc3806]

I liked this version cuz it was different. Thx&see ya😀

[@anne-mariesole9519]

jeanmarie: vsegda,vsegda, kok velikolenyy, kogda shou vo Frantsii bravo Rénata i David (2018)

[@michelinearthebise2783]

lovely

[@feronia7]

Die beste Zuckerfee die beste Choreografie und die schönsten Kostüme die ich je im Nussknacker gesehen habe ausserdem Perfekt getanzt ❤️💐💐💐 Ps ich bin auch dafür den alten Meistern nicht in die Choreografien reinzupfuschen. Aber hier wurde definitiv etwas an Schönheit erweitert und nicht weggenommen oder zerstöhrt.

[@anne-mariesole9519]

splendid spectacle

[@johnwells7001]

No Nutcracker this year due to Covid-19......so missing my Christmas present.....these extracts are gorgeous though and are so sublime.

[@anitabakhareva1723]

Рената-чудесная!

[@orionharmon6017]

All the ballet prince are helping the ballet fairy out in the Nutcracker performance and the ballet prince in the white he's the main one to help this ballet fairy in the performance in the first place.

[@allie3760]

love their partnership

[@mikiohirata9627]

They are very good and I do like this version because it add more festivity feel to the music and story as well. Never mind if it reminds sleeping beauty or not since most every ballet is like one another anyways. However I like May Nagahisa and Vladimir Shakyirov (?) presentation much better for its precision and clean lines. And that include 4 extra cavaliers as well.

[@JulesSunshine]

Eh. The technique was astounding but idk I’ve seen a lot of variations of this finale pas de deux all very different but this one isn’t touching me like most.

[@mrbaly8]

lindaaaaaa

[@JamVinRad]

It's supposed to be a pas de deux, not a pas de six.

[@kimhoang227]

i cant help but think of cheerleading at 4:16 LOL lovely technique but the 4 other dudes were soo unnecessary

[@isidorisidor9339]

It is about five brothers and a sister (Tchaikovsky family). Grand Pas de Deux is dedicated to his sister Alexandra (Sasha) who died when Peter was composing Nutcracker (actually Nutcracker is totally dedicated to Alexandra) and originally it was not intended to be ballet. It is a VERY SAD Grand Pas de Deux (Peter said goodbye to his sister). Peter was broken and he dedicated this part to his sister Alexandra (Sasha). They were very close...

[@girlcat5510]

Какая она миниатюрная и изящная!

[@marcosbarzagli]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@normamimosa5991]

How is David Zaleyev doing?

[@mariakliouchnicov4686]

Прелесть!

[@alexyoo6973]

This is an amazing performance! Where can I find the full version of this performance? I tried so many DVD's and music channels, but couldn't find the full version.

[@joana7497]

Are there any vídeos of Renata at School?

[@nlph9199]

Joana Amoroso Yes, there is one documentary

[@joana7497]

Violetalin2004 Granger which one?

[@nlph9199]

Little ballerinas ( Eng Subs)

[@romanianalexandru5292]

Why I see Nutcracker and I remember Kubrik's Barry Lindon?

[@neatodude3339]

5:40 he just yeets her

[@ReyloFan]

What's the music called?

[@jewelmarkess]

The title is exactly how it's called - Grand Pas de Deux from Nutcracker. This is music written specifically for the ballet, there is no other title.

[@malliboo24]

5:41 My heart went ⬇️!

[@susanlandsman9572]

I am somewhat new to classical ballet. Is it the custom to applaud every time the principal dancers execute a fancy or complicated move, or is that type of interrupting applause only a European custom? The same question applies to the principal dancers bowing to the audience after their performance instead of continuing to go on with the ballet. I am more familiar with opera where, if the singer gets applause after a beautiful aria, the singer stays in character until the applause stops and then the opera just continues.

[@user-ov3py8qn2h]

Ms. Susan, that’s an interesting question. I have never thought about them before! I think that is the way of ballet.

[@1.1_1.1]

I really don't like this version, but they're good dancers

[@putrivina5184]

Ana Cruz agree

[@rowenasalabao5987]

I agree

[@camerongairns188]

@@rowenasalabao5987 couldn't agree more .....

[@lauraharding3101]

exactly

[@PietroCaporaso1957]

Molto bene.Perché la guerra ???

[@Janna-eu6cg]

Партитура Чайковского требует не сухой виртуозности танца, но чувства и поэзии

[@aidank3237]

3:35 3:45

[@micky4fun]

Pas de deux? Looks more like pas de cinq to me!

[@Natalia-xo4hv]

Иностранные "знатоки" русского балета повеселили. Впрочем, не в первый раз

[@anetanikolaeva1287]

It's meant to be for two ballet dancers only, learn French

[@MagiaGirl]

This version is basically the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Harem

[@vampiredutchess1]

It was beautiful ❤️ but all the extra guys made the dance seem less romantic in my opinion.

[@lauraharding3101]

These are some of the best dancers I've ever seen and I agree with you.

[@firstchoice7761]

Strange, is he unable to pick her up?

[@roxanateodor7829]

3:37

[@orionharmon6017]

1:40 Whoa did you see that, they made her jump over them like a cow jumped over the moon. 😲🐄🌛

[@christinalalonde4159]

That was unbelievable!!!

[@marieippolito1620]

Beautiful but cannot compare to the 1968 version with Rudolph Nureyev and Merle Park.

[@johndonne2170]

Залапали Ренату

[@user-ct6wu3zv3n]

응목욕하고와땨ㅑㅑ

[@gabryc.3004]

No no..... Non sono d'accordo...Se pur bravissimi perfetti.. a me personalmente non mi è piaciuto che questo bellissimo pezzo fossero usati altri danzatori... Per piacere andate a vedere lo storico NUREYEV E LA MAYERS...... Il tutto è perfezione... I singoli movimenti della testa braccia gambe..... Ma li avete visti tutti bene!!!! ......

[@rayfreeman7878]

Seems too technical and insufficiently lyrical.

[@sokal6525]

Даже божественная Рената не способна изгнать запах нафталина, которым разит эта древняя постановка Вайнонена. Толпа кавалеров ее лапает, а толку никакого.

[@brunnoribeiro3840]

I hate this version!

[@user-ov3py8qn2h]

Hi, well, Mr. Brunno, which is your best one? I love the Royal Ballet’ one the most.*\(^o^)/*

[@conniesanhueza8379]

why?

[@brunnoribeiro3840]

​@@conniesanhueza8379 Because it's not a "pas de deus" and it's not what Marius Petipa choreographed.

[@feronia7]

Ballett Liebhaber hassen nicht.

[@user-ct6wu3zv3n]

거품퐁당퐁당하고와뗘씻고와뗘ㅕ웅