Sarah Lamb / Steven McRae - The Swan Lake

[@daffo595]

Her artistry is so amazing! Her black swan is so alluring it becomes such a stark contrast with her white swan.

[@jane90186]

Steven partners beautifully, and his solos are just fantastic, love those barrel rolls.

[@KEMET1971]

The lighting is amazing as well.

[@beafbuger]

36:30 is what you're here for. you're welcome

[@TheDaleeni]

*busted*

[@brunamandu3801]

Hahahah thank you

[@karelidominguez5266]

It actually wasn't but thank you

[@MrLuis85698]

Did not like it .. her turns are just ok ... nothing breathtaking here

[@mvlfoyedits.7379]

She is so perfect to be odette/odile Like look at her naughty smile while being odile

[@angelgirl8533]

She is glowing.

[@sedekiman]

I wonder if the wardrobe department go down to look at the dancers on stage? If they do why would they give Siegfried black tights? We can hardly see his legs here on you tube!!!!!!!

[@micheladessanti4278]

MacRae perfetto : espressivo, elegante ed ottimo porteur

[@christinestill5002]

Perhaps it s different on stage but why do they put dancers in dark costumes when the scenery is dark? This is lovely but Steven disappears into the background!

[@sl4917]

IKR. That‘s like stage 101 not to place dark costumes on a dark background.

[@minissa2009]

@@sl4917 And it always seems to happen when there's a guy doing an otherwise breathtaking variation/coda

[@paulybarr]

It's the usual lousy Russian second- rate set, lighting and costume designs. Give me the Royal Ballet's designers any day.

[@agustinpintobahamondes1602]

A LOS BAILARINES EN EL BAILE ESPAÑOL LES FALTA ENERGIA ESE ES EL DEFECTO DE TODOS LOS BALLET RUSOS SIENDO LOS PRIMEROS EN EL MUNDO DE ESO ESTOY SEGURO PERFECCION BELLEZA SENSISIBILIDAD..... LOS MEJORES..............................DE CHILE

[@minissa2009]

Haven't seen a manege at the *beginning* of the coda before! His barrel turns seem to suspend time. Can someone explain the ending? And thanks so much. I have never seen them in Swan Lake before, and this is quite a treat!

[@bubble8829]

Yep, you're right, that ending is a bit weird ...

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I think Odette and Siegfried escaped and ran away

[@margaretlavender9647]

It has NEVER been called THE Swan Lake! It is always simply, Swan Lake.

[@siegfried923]

Weird Production mainly costumes seem to have been obtained from several different costumiers the male corps have howard sleeves and Mc rae seems to be 100years or so later

[@minissa2009]

It's possible they brought their own costumes from the Royal or have their own costumes for guesting.

[@mitzypinks1338]

Lovely dancing, amazing. Orchestra awful tempo and tuning in places, overly strident. Especially black swan coda.

[@djboo7779]

Mitzy Pinks it’s the violas’ fault

[@arj7456]

Where was it performing? I'm so curious because it seems like mixture of Royal ballet version and Yuri Grigorovich's version who was former artistic director of Bolshoi.

[@annejederyd4369]

Kremlin in Moscow

[@marineljenkings553]

Love the dancing! Always a fan of Steven and Sarah. But oh my I could not listen to the sound coming from the orchestra. Or is it just my device 🤔.

[@musicloverlondon6070]

Thought exactly the same thing. Not sure what on earth was going on but the music sounded as if different sections of the orchestra were fighting against each other and the overall effect was abrasive and harsh; a bit like nails on a chalkboard at times! The violin section sounded particularly hard-edged. It could be to do with the way it was recorded but definitely there is a problem somewhere! Having listened again, I do think the problem lies with the poor audio capabilities of the device that the performance was recorded on.

[@Yotam1703]

I always love the chemistry between Steven and Sarah. The orchestra wasn’t… great… stiff at places, too slow, and the dancers couldn’t keep up. That weird moment at 37:00… and Steven gave such a lovely variation too, it’s a pity. Sarah’s black swan was also uncharacteristically dry and shakey (apart from the first duo of the pas de deux). I think with a better production they will make the ultimate Black Swan soloists.

[@francescapiron1117]

Fantastici

[@siegfried923]

Shame they couldnt have found McRae a Costume more in keeping with the rest of the Cast he looks more like a Time traveller revisiting a bygone age!!

[@georgias9153]

What on earth is the conductor doing at 37:05...

[@amybaker4654]

I found this a rather static and uninspired production and there were moments when the orchestra sounded like they were beginning to fall asleep.Steven and Sarah are trying har dto add interest to this turgid ballet.

[@sam8192]

37:05

[@erikahansen6959]

I love the mime!

[@karenkaren3189]

Not the best I have seen from these two great dancers. Sarah in particular seemed a little stiff and tentative.

[@bubble8829]

What on earth was wrong with this conductor - high, or arrogant - that he wouldn't follow the dancers when required? Made their Black Swan pas de deux very difficult for them.

[@jsl1952]

was it not Joy Womack in the back?

[@hrh4961]

Sure looks like her in the white ensemble.

[@georgias9153]

at 32:54 she starts applauding Steven's variation and then remembers she's on stage 😆

[@Yotam1703]

@@georgias9153hahaha that’s a hilarious little moment! His variation was so good it was almost worth it to go out of character…

[@grittyfaithgrittyfacts]

If you are a harry potter fan then some of the music should be familiar to you

[@erod97]

Rebecca Davidge No, not familiar at all.

[@65NART]

H.P. Thankfully not familiar with.

[@erinundra]

Tchaikovsky borrowed for Harry Potter. What a cheek.

[@bucciba]

Steven Mc Rae is superb and has amazing partnership skills. I find her way too stiff and dry, even though very pretty.

[@olejarovav]

Babakool Watch Sarah in Alice in Wonderland and then say she's stiff.

[@maggiefogarty-harnish9667]

+Babakool hes so expressive which is rare because the male parts are very masculine and in pas de duex kind of overlooked

[@maggiefogarty-harnish9667]

+Babakool also Sarah was amazing as Aurora

[@philipkuttner7945]

Funny, i feel just the opposite about her Odile--I thought is was spectacular, and her Odette less than inspiring. Watch her rehearsing Rubies with Steven and you'll see she can be very spiky. But tastes differ, I know.

[@robertromero8692]

Lovely dancing, but the mike setup is awful. Too thin and strident.

[@galinakoshman138]

Это же надо было так испоганить великий балет!🤦🏻‍♀️Солистка как на ходулях,ноги руки ужас,музыку не чувствует ,и по-моему она скучает или торопится куда-то ,оркестр кошмарно играет,костюмы вообще как будто из разных эпох.

[@vlada3853]

о, я видела ее вживую, до сих пор от шока отхожу