Rose Adagio Sleeping Beauty Svetlana Zakharova

[@jenylogan1]

Sveltlana is peerless at this early stage of her career, and still dancing in top form. I well understand the criticisms, for some people, she just has too many gifts, beauty, talent, technique, perfect proportions, gorgeous arms, the list goes on and on, it must be hard to take ! ,

[@Ida938]

Oh this is the best Rose adagio ever!!!!

[@avesraggiana]

Wonderful! Unlike an earlier performance of hers, she's the first modern day Russian ballerina I've seen who dares to balance with both arms in fifth high. So much more theatrically effective and exciting!

[@minissa2009]

I think that's the one in the Rose compilation. Yes, this one is gorgeous.

[@user-nn5xf4uy4h]

Божественная королева балета!!!

[@nicolahacking2623]

Absolutely breathtaking.

[@ballerinabonosrepublicanbr3644]

Always the brightest star in the sky

[@veronicaarcos5652]

Que hermoso gracias por tan bello espectaculo

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo brilliance grandiose

[@antonellapavone3879]

Meravigliosa!!!!

[@davidnash8586]

Surely the greatest contemporary ballerina ? I adore everything she does !

[@loveonmars999]

i love her to the summer and back

[@ubleakhouse]

The difficulty that I have with Svetlana is believing she is a young princess or maiden (the living Giselle) when, instead, she always looks like a Goddess. She is my favorite Odette/Odile.

[@jenylogan1]

This is the Mariinsky , and she is very young here, probably about twenty, and she is superb !

[@yolandacuesta5419]

Better in other roles that suit her better such as you say as a Goddess.

[@lovebyvoodoo2762]

@@jenylogan1this is old bolshoi

[@natachabelikova8726]

Russian ballet the best in the world ! Светлана Захарова чудесна, легка, технична , пластична и с русской душой, которая передаёт тонкие чувства танца и души ! Браво !!!!!♥️

[@silena197]

When was this performance?

[@lingkejiang9244]

Probably before 2004, 2003?

[@user-yq3qb1wb2w]

Светлана здесь очень юная. Сколько же лет этому архиву?

[@drdancerlisa]

What's your hurry?

[@melimelopattfam1292]

c"est tellement kitsch :) tout! les costumes, la choregraphie, Zakharova...

[@giangualbertopi7381]

MARGOT FONTEYN....

[@sedekiman]

The greatest Aurora, Odette/Odile, and Giselle!

[@yolandacuesta5419]

Indisputable. Even nowadays many ballerinas of many companies try to compare themselves to her in this role. Even the tutu she wore by Oliver Messel and the scenery has been copied.

[@user-ht5rw9oi3m]

Bolshoi

[@yolandacuesta5419]

A real bore, Every time I see a ballet with her I fall asleep. Not much art. Too much gymnastics. What is really strange is that see looks rigid even though she is supposed to be very flexible. Not supple. Too fibrous. Too skinny.

[@luceafarul579]

lol, just because a dancer is flexible at some parts doesn’t mean she is at all parts, and the vice versa is true. Svetlana has always had a stiffer upper body than other dancers. But that’s not a “gymnast” body. Gymnasts actually have to have a very flexible upper body otherwise they would break their back and waist doing tumblings. Gymnasts also do not need to have high extensions but mostly spontaneous power. Osipova is more of a gymnast dancer-she would many times disregard musicality just to jump higher and spin faster. Svetlana is an archetypal dancer-her feet are floaty and light and they barely touch the ground. No world class gymnast can do what she can do. You don’t like her stiffer upper body that’s fine. But to say she doesn’t have much art is simply being ridiculous. She has much more artistic nuances than most. She knows how to interpret the roles even given her limitations. She knows how to orient her neck and head, how to act with her facial expressions, instead of doing virtually nothing with them as is the case with most dancers that I’ve seen with softer upper bodies.

[@francisheperi1127]

@@luceafarul579 Oh bravo! Well said. You gave her a good talking to.

[@sedekiman]

@@francisheperi1127 What she was was so true. No characterisation, just technique, and so thin!

[@livethedarkdream]

No one with even the slightest knowledge or appreciation for classical ballet would ever make such a ridiculous statement about Zakharova. Sheer ignorance 🙄

[@yolandacuesta5419]

@@livethedarkdream That´s your opinion. I find her boring. She has a lot of technique and thats the end to it.