SWAN LAKE - Black Swan (Plisetskaya-Kovtun, 1973)

Maya Plisetskaya (Odile) & Valery Kovtun (Siegfried)
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Marius Petipa

[@user-bz1ny7yf7e]

Почему никто не говорит об оркестре??Скрипач просто вау!¡Оркестр на неимоверной высоте!Звук,фразировка, музыкальность!Браво тысячу раз!!!!

[@annazaharov5727]

Согласна 💯!!! Потрясающая работа оркестра и партнера❤

[@yergahan]

I have met Maya twice in the recent years, once in Germany and once in Armenia attending concerts of compositions by her husband. I felt so humbled and so honored to be in her presence. Over eighty years old but still stunningly gorgeous and a lovely person. One of the strongest presences I had ever felt in my life! Although completely different dancers, for me Plisetskaya and Ulanova are the best dancing artists who ever lived, their artistry (I don't mean technique) unmatched to this day!

[@mjones349]

Am I doing my math right? She's 48 years old here? Incredible. Just incredible. I don't care what you say this woman had the skills.

[@murrayaronson3753]

M Jones Yes she was. I am fortunate to have seen her twice, in 1966 and again in 1990. Maya Plisetskaya was one of the greatest. Rest in peace.

[@51chouette]

+Murray Aronson Lucky you were. I wish I had this tremendous chance to see her dancing ... She is the one greatest performer of all times...

[@jorgeloffler9567]

Fue la más grande. Inolvidable su recital en Buenos Aires ,Lago y Carmen

[@andreafisherwriter]

👍

[@user-zq9ee3vy6w]

M.Jones,👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Браво!!!

[@brendadufaur37]

The most amazing thing about this performance is the way she displays a story with she and Sigfreid. You don't see that to that level any more. The way she looks at him and conveys with her body the toying with him, the authoritative deception, the way they both look at each other and drawing back and then forward, that power dynamic. It's so beautiful. The great Plisetskaya. Kovtun did some wonderful steps.

[@stellatocca]

She embodies Odile so well. There's an unapologetic ruthlessness and boldness to her movements that's extremely unique. Maya Plisetskaya's Odile is gritty, animalistic, fierce, dramatic, and glamorous. She completely pulls you in. All other versions of Odiles I've seen so far seem soft and delicate in comparison. I don't think any other dancer can pull off this kind of "harshness" in this role and still make it look so magnetic & elegant. Her stage presence is simply incandescent. 3:30 - 3:39 Her Odette is so fragile, pure, and vulnerable.

[@kathryngraves4108]

Alicia Alonso also...💗

[@brendadufaur37]

Beautiful comment Stella. There is an unballeticness about her how she finishes a step series or when she stands, it's so earthen. Totally unique.

[@andreafisherwriter]

Her passion and artistry- a force like none other 🙏💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@rau2023]

Лучшая черная лебедь! Шикарно танцует Плисецкая! Яркая, обольстительная! Бедный принц..ну как устоятьперед такой Одиллией.

[@user-nn9go2ce5u]

ВЕЛИКАЯ МАЙЯ ПЛИСЕЦКАЯ...!!! БРАВОООООООО!!!

[@lillacsonka9546]

the best black swan in my opinion R.I.P. Maya 😔

[@typsom]

woah... she was 48 at the time of this performance! most athletes and performers retire well before that age and here she is incredibly strong and graceful. amazing!

[@paulineiv878]

You should see her perform as the dying swan at age 61 on 1986. She is soooooo unique and amazing

[@tiamia7139]

+Fredde jpg She had it ALL - the most beautiful arms (watch her Dying Swan), incredibly long, beautifully extended legs, gorgeous lines, exquisite expressiveness, technical perfection - a ballerina's ballerina! She was one of the Greats.

[@kimkhamis6420]

Pauline IV...I just saw it - She was perfect!!!

[@austinacmes]

She danced till she was 65.

[@roxanabenitrs1922]

No hizo los clásicos fuetes los cambio x interminables piques piruetas q no corresponde x q es una coreografía de repertorio no se pueden cambiar desde su extreno hasta él día de hoy hay q respetar él repertorio clásico nunca a podido hacer fuetes no hay videos de ella haber

[@luvjoyluvjoy]

her arms moving are just so magical

[@misspomerol]

Even though technique from the waist down has evolved significantly, my god ain’t nobody got those arms. She will forever be the gold standard for the Port des bras of this ballet . She has the most legendary swan arms of legendary swan arms. And I feel bad for the man in this video because he is actually quite wonderful and we are all drooling over Maya but my goodness he is also quite technically proficient for 45 years ago. He actually has quite a modern aesthetic for a male ballet dancer considering it was 1978. Lovely lovely lines and gorgeous feet on him. Beautiful musculature and sound clean technique.

[@user-np7yg8pj6h]

Народный артист Советского Союза Ковтун прекрасен!

[@serg_4089]

Сейчас набежит Цискаридзе и будет истерить, что лучше него нет, не было и не будет

[@sopranosd]

The drama is incredible. She is the most alluring Odile I have ever seen -- she pulls him to follow her through sheer force of will. It's extraordinary -- and at age 48! Just incredible! In addition to which -- that center. She hit attitude and BAM -- she doesn't move. Does a pirouette and BAM - she sticks it. I've noticed this in other performances I've seen of her. She is unique among ballerinas - something innately dramatic and extraordinary about her work.

[@2degucitas]

She's a cougar with experience. Lol.

[@SingingSealRiana]

I have actualy no expertise when it comes to ballett, but know a little about how acting, danceplays, acrobatic, what are the chalanges and what to look for . . . I'm totaly stunned, I've just watched odette and now odiele and the contrast in how they move is enormous, a whole diferent kind of energy to it, that woman is magnificent!

[@Neldidellavittoria]

And her eyes! She had that intense look, just like Maria Callas.

[@69Jadran]

@@Neldidellavittoria yes!!!

[@jorgeloffler9567]

It's extraordinary at any age

[@reyemtiw]

I don’t know whether to smile or cry. PERFECTION.

[@user-fy3tq7lo9t]

Здесь Майе Михайловне 48 лет. И как она танцует! Техника само собой выдающаяся, главное у нее всегда в танце характер героини. Восторг!!! И сейчас мало кто к ней подошел близко.

[@user-kn9mt5tx9w]

Никто не подошел

[@annazaharov5727]

А тело? А пластика? Богиня танца,обожаю ее

[@serg_4089]

"Само собой выдающаяся"?? А как же отсутствие 32 фуэте? А слабый шпагат в прыжке?

[@user-no2lx9tt7b]

@@serg_4089 так мы наслаждаемся танцем, а не ведём... "подсчёты"!☝☝😉😉 А ТАНЕЦ у неё - неподражаем!!!💖💖💥💥

[@thedyingswan11]

speechless... no words can honestly describe how spectacular that was. It was perfect.

[@ariaderin4444]

Бессмертный шедевр 👏❤️

[@conradmartinez4175]

SO QUICK, SO ELEGANT, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

[@NinaLetizia]

Simply perfect, from when a great ballerina wasn´t just about rising legs the highest.

[@amorgieful]

YES!! :)

[@janettomlinson389]

She seems so effortlessly strong. I really am amazed by her

[@faarnn]

She's a real Barbie ballerina.

[@BeveC21E]

So glad you said that! Her hands and arms says so much more than that high leg...bravo! Little girls who saw her dreamed only of being or becoming ballerinas! Very influential dancer. May she RIP! She touched lives!

[@tuulawestra3367]

Osipova today kicks her legs sky high, Maya is still better.

[@D.A.A.321]

Her arms are perfection.

[@69Jadran]

Yes. They are. I have never seen anyone else come even close.

[@HomemadeVideos748]

Ma ra vi llo sa!! Única e irrepetible Maya!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😁😍

[@B___T985]

WOW. Beautiful, fierce, and SO dramatic. I have goosebumps.

[@helazemni1683]

This Lady is just INSANE INSANE INSANE ❤️👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO SAY!!!!! The male dancer is crazy good 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ESO529]

What an extraordinary beautiful performance. Strong, emotional, brilliant - in one word: perfection. She was one of the absolutely best!! May you rest in peace, dear Maya Plisetskaya! You will always be remembered fondly and with great affection!

[@Rozochka77777]

Я смотрю каждую неделю и восхищаюсь !!!!!!!

[@user-kn9mt5tx9w]

Тоже подсела на это видео. 👏🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-cu1ht9on5n]

Просто чудо! Браво! Как красиво.

[@user-do3ub1iz9t]

Великолепная геометрия рук ног, с партнёром точное совпадение, браво

[@annazaharov5727]

💯 ❤❤❤

[@vukazoid]

Плисецкая отлично чувствует ритм, нерв, дух музыки. Она восхитительная.

[@user-zl3df2qw3g]

Да, они оба восхитительны!!!!!!!

[@user-jw6cn8qm5r]

Всё так, но фуэте уже НЕ крутила...

[@user-no2lx9tt7b]

@@user-jw6cn8qm5r а мы и не заметили!🤔

[@rebeccaconnally525]

The first time I saw someone do the dying swan was Maya and that made me want to perform as a professional ballerina and now I'm in love with it!! 14years of ballet and still going strong!! I love and miss you maya

[@69Jadran]

😭😭😭

[@j.vonhettlingen7112]

Maya Plisetskaya's skills never turned rusty, thanks to her grueling training regime at Bolshoi! Her sense of aesthetics helped her develop her own style, which was unique!

[@giuliorenzobighin8165]

Ottima la fibrillazione dei passi sulle punte in eundo veloce della ballerina ed ottima la figuralita ' mantenuta nell'ensemble. Ottima impressione di facilità esecutiva d'acchito da parte di entrambi.Ottimo l'impadronimento dello spazio proscenico da parte del ballerino a balzi falcati amplissimi .Ottimo il senso del continuum dato alla pièce danzante.Molto bravi. BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO 😊😊😊😊

[@paulineiv878]

Maya is amazing , she makes a beautiful and seductive Odile. RIP Maya ♡

[@user-tv1vr7ll4q]

Все в ней прекрасно! Господь ведь создал такую красоту и величайший талант!

[@user-hz1kp4xn9x]

Майя Плисецкая, браво!

[@francescafalconio79]

Mamma mia Maya!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👑

[@user-rl5pi1yv1m]

Она богиня! До чего прекрасна

[@upetoycristancho8369]

Muy cierto.

[@irinakolesova1128]

Как прекрасен этот образ! Спасибо большое за видео!!Так порадовать!!

[@eugenesheshenin2060]

That's mystery of Maya. At the age when most dancers are getting ready for retirement she came into her absolute best form. She is just scorching the stage as Odile here. I still want to see anything close to what she did in that role. There are so many talented dancers, the technique is uniformly so incredibly high these days across the board and yet... That amalgam she possessed of exquisite musicality, elegant sensuality and expressiveness of the utmost sophistication I just have yet to see. Call me names but she is irreplaceable.

[@69Jadran]

I agree. I remember sensing a bit of a similar energy in a beautiful ice skater, Oksana Bayoul. Equally unique.

[@user-dn8gz3ro8r]

Начинаешь смотреть и оторваться уже невозможно, это просто какое-то чудо! Браво Майя!!!!!!

[@barbaralemere5183]

This film show clips from all parts of Maya Plisetskaya's amazing career. She was a true artist. She tells the story with her technique but also her dramatic sense is impeccable. Bravo to a truly brilliant career. It is true she will be remembered long with true respect for her talent and her artistry.

[@millilitre]

This is the black swan I keep coming back to-it never gets old

[@terekhowaolena3421]

Господи я ещё не родилась ; а было так красиво❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Hernandius3095]

I saw them at the Colon theater in Buenos Aires that year, 1973. They set the standard. It is in this manner, and no other, that this ballet ought to be performed.

[@69Jadran]

Indeed.

[@rau2023]

Ск видела партию черной лебеди, в разных исполнениях...не тронуло. А тут просто супер! Никто так не станцует до сих пор..никто. Да простят меня нынешние примы..

[@likalika5890]

Необыкновенно красиво, она сливается с музыкой, и кстати нет у неё этого присловутого подьёма, он ей и не нужен. Зато нужен остальным, у которых нет слуха.

[@solarmax11]

You are correct. She is a true artist. Even her arms tell a story. So beautiful!

[@user-uk5ri7fz6y]

Непревзойденная! Восхитительная!

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

Amazing how she bring grace, but also a very clear sense of malice to the black swan. Incredible.

[@peace-now]

Best of the best. Nothing comparable to this now. If she were a racehorse, she would be Secretariat, the all time champion.

[@annazaharov5727]

Несравненная богиня! Какой восторг ❤

[@tatyanasmirnova3933]

Я иногда забываю, что Майе Михайловне здесь 48 лет!!! Очарование, артистизм, шарм, техника!!! Браво, на всё времена!!!

[@olgakviatkovskaia4587]

Best of the best!!!!

[@irinasalauyeva8614]

She was the best!!!..Ahh, such artists,I wish,would live forever..Huge Respect and Love to her and her Art and.. hard work..:)))

[@SpookFordChannel]

I always loved how she actually stops, even if for a fraction of a second, when there's an arabesque.

[@valpurves45]

Unsurpassed performance from the world's best ballerina

[@anaximandraisula3182]

Elle dansait avec son âme avec passion. le feu et la grâce

[@maxgor-rus8838]

Oui. Sur tous les points la grande Maia est incomparable. La bellissima. La grandissima. Unique a tout jamais!!!!!!

[@vivianleenet]

8:54 holy crap how does she move so fast and with such precision. AT NEARLY 50 YEARS OLD?! At the END of the variation?!

[@dbphotography2770]

They didnt called her prima ballerina assoluta for nothing...

[@Rozochka77777]

Браво Великой Майе!!!!!

[@user-px4bm1zf6x]

А партнер то тоже изумительный, просто чудо , как хорош. Майя с ним смотрится шикарно, он ее достоин. Просто хочется плакать от чувств.

[@iseearainbowrising2423]

Absolut großartig! Sie war wirklich eine besonders gute und einzigartige Tänzerin.Und das alles auch noch in für Ballett ungewöhnlichem fortgeschrittenen Alter! Und diese Armbewegungen! Meinen größten Respekt! Ich glaube sie sind bis heute unerreicht...

[@ritanicosia]

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. It is history

[@kabardinka1]

People will be mesmerized by Plisetskaya videos long after many of today's supposed stars are long forgotten. There are very good ballet dancers and then, once in an extremely rare while, there is a great, completely unique artist. Maya was one of those. Don't expect another to come along anytime soon.

[@lingkejiang9244]

I'd say Diana Vishneva and Lopatkina and Sylvie Guillem and that's pretty much it

[@verucasalt5511]

Lingke Jiang Agreed, but I think Lopatkina is amazing as well.

[@lluisagimenollampallas700]

@@verucasalt5511 press

[@interqward1]

Had I been at this particular exposition, too late afterwards would I have realized that I should have slashed my wrists and bled to death right there in front of that stage. Watching it, and fully grasping what it was at the exact same moment, well... ...it's the very meaning of epiphany. You only 'see' deeply, afterwards. You're enjoying too much at the time, in the moments.

[@69Jadran]

@@interqward1 strong expression but I think I know what you mean.

[@judithcaldiroli9780]

AAAhhhhh las paradas de la gran Maya !!!!los brazos, toda ella!

[@gogadedic]

Fantastic!!! My favorite

[@mhck92]

I love love love this performance, Maya is a true artist

[@Christina4758]

Plisetskaya could act. Her Odile was evil incarnate and her Odette was pure goodness. She also was a pretty good dancer:)))

[@christophepena9450]

Christina cowell no...she's not A PRETTY GOOD DANCER!!!. ..she's THE GRANDEST...no one else dances like that at almost fifty NOWADAYS!!!!

[@sopranosd]

Christine is joking :)

[@jorgeloffler9567]

A pretty good dancer ?? She was THE BEST !!!!!!

[@Christina4758]

@@jorgeloffler9567 The smiles indicate sarcasm. She was an incredible dancer:)

[@eleniplota4578]

Watching in 2016 and loving this

[@user-vb4hr8pt6n]

Гениально! Современные примы технически совершенны, но уровня Плисецкой и Улановой не достигла ни одна. Современные балерины - спортсменки, чемпионки, заводные куклы, но не художники, не актрисы.

[@preciousbash3749]

She was a true revelation!!!

[@valeriacenerelli6120]

Che la terra ti sia lieve Addio a Maja Plisetskaja, grande ballerina del 900

[@user-fd7pw8ce2n]

Браво!!!

[@user-jv8vt5se9w]

Thank you Freya-this means a world to me💔🙌🪄🎭🩰

[@user-cy9dx8sc9o]

Плисецкая идеальная балерина на все времена! Она была рождена для балета! В ней совершенно все: фигура, лицо, ноги, руки! Таких не было и не будет ни у кого больше! По сравнению с ней все остальные или пересушенные воблы или тумбочки...

[@user-ls3pv1dp6q]

Современные балерины прекрасны!

[@user-no2lx9tt7b]

@@user-ls3pv1dp6q только имён их мы не знаем...

[@annekevanwelie9605]

She is simply the best! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@perlamoya969]

Maia, que belleza!!! Poder transmitir el sentido con su cuerpo de esta manera. Ninguna igual. 👏👏

[@OdetteDevelope]

PERFECTION! I feel like she don't have bones in her arms... Masterpiece!

[@69Jadran]

Her dying swan really highlights her bonelessness ❤

[@Scandilady]

Spasiba Maya, spasiba...

[@user-bs2xq8mu9y]

Богиня

[@lte23401]

She is the best of the bests!

[@jak6718]

GREAT SAW HER IN BUENOS AIRES 70th.....absolutely great....

[@valpurves45]

The absolute best ! Matchless arms

[@_nazaza]

Maya Plisetskaya... you'll always be my swan

[@tinarider9945]

Perfection...magic..singing with body...Maya Plysetkaia..the Imortal...

[@backo9002]

r.i.p. Maya for ever

[@claireschweizer4765]

Those swan arms will forever be signature hers and hers only 🖤🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🖤🦢🦢🦢🦢

[@mashtali1]

Maya was the most perfect dancer ever. legend

[@jubilantsleep]

Beautiful!

[@msbgk1813]

The best there ever was. The best there ever will be. I saw her live - & younger. She did the adding Swan as an encore - grown men in tears....the was before men could cry. Prima ballerina Assoluta!

[@georgemosarm1345]

Stunning! Great Maja Plisetskaja

[@Lilianasist]

Bravo bravo Maya !!!

[@mbg484]

Many ballerinas play the role as if Odile were merely the pawn of the man who controls her, her power only borrowed and completely under his direction. Plisetskaya, though, is a dominating Odile-she will place herself face down on the ground as if to submit, but it’s only to draw him further in where she can claim his power for her own. Lovely powerful interpretation.

[@autumnwebster4247]

I wish ballet was still like this, I have watched this countless times it never gets old. Now I feel like ballet is too close to gymnastics and not artistic anymore. I met Maya when she was in her 70s, let me tell u blown away by how beautiful she is in person

[@annazaharov5727]

Absolutely agree 😢

[@pakiyousry1956]

Incomparable & eternelle........it is not a matter only of doing the right movement, it is this something that she only has....

[@Rozochka77777]

Как красиво!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheIsaNva]

BEAUTIFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLL

[@sylvies6307]

xxxFreyjaxxx, I immensely enjoyed watching this and I am sure I will watch again and again. The dance is exquisite AND they got the characters absolutely as I imagine them. Odette is evil and cunning and smart at it, she is weaving her web and closing in in a precise calculated way, all the while being incredibly beautiful. And Siegfried is completely fooled and dances through his exuberant first love joy. Wonderful... I also really like the steps Maya dances instead of the traditional fouettes: they are even more convincing for what she plots :-) absolutely bewitching :-) The scenery appeals to me too, very unusual: it reminds me of the paved area in front of Notre Dame de Paris, France. I guess it could be other cathedrals in Europe, but I am just more familiar with this one - from the towers design though is not Notre Dame de Paris - Sorry for the long chat, I got carried away... Thanks again for posting this !!!

[@KiliniLove]

She has really got talent like she says in another video,because she kept on dancing until she was 70!!

[@osvaldoscilingo7564]

Ella era grandiosa ! Definitiva ! Inolvidable !

[@sophi_coo]

She wasn´t a woman, she was a faery, the feelings I get when I watch her are truly magic, wonderful at all ages and rolls and simply breathtaking

[@pedinurse1]

sheer perfection