Swan Lake - in rehearsal (The Royal Ballet)

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[@afl8182]

I don't know what Robert looks like but I already love him

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

You can find out more about Robert Clark, Head of Music Staff for The Royal Ballet, here www.roh.org.uk/people/robert-clark

[@_crowlady_]

Robert got so into it lol he just wanted to keep going

[@katemcmahon3830]

Yeah thanks Robert... THANKS

[@ChristinaLuzwick]

5:58 - "a bit too many flips...we were almost on rotisserie" hahaha!

[@luisareis1824]

I love how 90% of the comments are about dear Robert

[@daffo595]

Robert just wants to be free like the swan queen

[@catm.3428]

I'm done 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicki-08]

I'm saying

[@rossi7056]

YES ROBERT ! I LOVE THIS !

[@Fhoebys16]

Hahahahahaha

[@sayonarabracks8199]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Jay4eva]

The way they have to jump, clap and wave and say Robert THANKS, THANK YOU just makes me laugh...i was almost on the floor crying!

[@Jennifer-ly5sq]

Sir Anthony Dowell, thank you for sharing this film of your perfect and beautiful thoughts to enhance the dancer's movements for a great performance.

[@peterpan872]

i just love her facial expressions, it makes the dance so much better

[@EthalaRide]

Robert is so enthusiastic, it's lovely!

[@superlifter]

'for god's sake get into the lake' lol

[@TheMotherOfBambi]

Haha I love these comments about Robert

[@CharlotteProduces]

I know I should compliment the dancers, but I just love the pianist. I can imagine he gets so into it and completely zones out from the actual dancers. The dancers are absolutely wonderful too, but that goes without saying

[@fatmahisham8613]

Charlotte atkinson imagine in the performance where he gets very carried away and plays the wrong parts of the parts that are supposed to be played in the actual moment😂😂

[@calmamatheuzinho]

i had a piano teacher who happened to be a ballet pianist and i had my lessons right after on the days she was hired to rehearse by a company. So i felt the exaustion on her body every time. But she loved that. It's an art. Congrats, ballet pianists, working as much as hard as the dancers themselves.

[@shoika6]

THANKS ROBERT!!!!!!!! THANKKKKKKKKK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MeikoHime]

"We don't need to swear, it won't help you now, she's gone". LMAO xD

[@weezahras]

I could watch Marianela and Thiago over n over again..beautiful dancers xxx

[@LOVxxE]

Oh my life, that was stunning. This gave me shivers, and its only the rehearsal :o

[@yetiXDD]

Marianela Nunez is my absolute favourite ballerina, she's so perfect.

[@fatmahisham8613]

Marianela Nunez is not the Ballerina that is featured in this video you know

[@Personalmeaccount]

@@fatmahisham8613 you realise that she is right

[@fatmahisham8613]

@@Personalmeaccount Yes I know that but it may be a mock up of marianela Nunez you never know the Internet has tricked us Many times

[@katherinetm7176]

Marianela's voice is so adorable I'd never heard her speak before

[@CDMGmovies]

Robert got very carried away!😂

[@baileymaxfield1432]

9 years too late but I just gotta say... Robert's rendition is honestly the BEST I can say I've ever heard

[@janinelanza7194]

I have Swan Lake on DVD and I realized that it's so old that Sir Dowell is Sigfried in it! I was really surprised, he could dance really well!

[@janinelanza7194]

Siegfried oops

[@gudrunw7268]

he was the most celebrated english dancer of his generation

[@laura-8137]

Robert was feeling it

[@ok-hk8sc]

poor robert

[@valkyrie6691]

ikr

[@Fhoebys16]

I live for these kind of rehearsals. I just love them. 😍😍😍😍 and Thiago and Marianela are just exquisite.

[@frankieirene1305]

THANK YOU ROBERT

[@iseetheWAYVision]

Robert was feeling it too much 😂❤

[@rywilk]

It must be so exhilarating to play this on piano, I can see why Robert gets so into it.

[@TheMotherOfBambi]

But honestly, as a pianist, I understand how annoying it is to be asked to constantly stop playing and pick it up some place hahaha especially if you're really feeling it

[@valkyrie6691]

I'm one too it is sooo annoying!

[@haoyingsun6599]

m same I just got back piano and I know wow it feels

[@annbrixey9651]

He is a wonderful pianist, but remember ge is a rehearsal pianist, and is quite used to stopping. Yes he is feeling the music, but he is also making the dancers feel the music. Until you have played for a ballet class or ballet rehearsal you will not understand,

[@Jennifer-ly5sq]

@@annbrixey9651 Exactly. ! Thanks ! Very good point.

[@Balletbelle320]

"For God's sake, get into the lake already." Hahaha

[@icarrus4u]

ANTHONY DOWELL IS A GREAT COACH!

[@AntigoneIvy]

Imao at the "You don't need to swear hahaha it won't help you in the story!". Overall love how everyone seems so relaxed, teamed up and enjoying the process.

[@bighittv]

Off to see it next week , Sir Anthony Dowell is a legend !

[@ecureuil85]

I grew up watching a video of Swan Lake from 1987, with Anthony Dowell as the Prince and Natalia Makarova as Odette. It's funny to watch him as an older man taking rehearsal!

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Anthony is so funny. He understands how easily ballet can pitch right into unintendedly hilarious territory. (No one can touch his Carabosse in the 1994 video.)

[@connecthealthandfitness3494]

What a beautiful couple 😃 great combo Brazilian and Argentine ballet dancers. Love Anthony

[@stirlingduncan2690]

Robert just wants to finish his piece

[@avesraggiana]

The principals should watch the 1982 video of Dowell and Makarova in the final horrifying last realisation, and the final embrace before they plunge to their deaths into the lake. Not to copy them, but to get a sense of the mimetic timing and the dramatic sweep that is needed for that moment, and how it can be achieved.

[@VarekaiBrasil]

Marianela makes it pleasuring to watch!

[@nicki-08]

Robert was turnt up... 😂😂😂😊🙈

[@julietaparissi5079]

MARIANELA NÚÑEZ WILL ALWAYS BE THE QUEEN❤️

[@athetopofmylungs]

how can she be so pretty!!

[@BrittT]

Such hard work and determination to perfect the dance is just absolutly beautiful!!!

[@loulie1997]

this gave me goosebumps! imagine how powerful the actual performance must have been!!

[@polkadotero]

Gosh, I get ghoose bumps at watching this...

[@Jay-qh6uv]

Robert giving it his all every fucking time good on you Robert

[@LG4421]

Es realmente improsionante!!! Verte bailar Marianela "alegra el alma". Gracias por tu entrega, por tu talento!!!

[@nuttynatty320]

Gosh, I hope these people thank God every day that they live such an artistic (and fun!) life. It must be nice and empowering.

[@ImAnaderex]

Robert is in the zone… you go Robert

[@rebeccamcelroy1000]

This is act IV, the last act, and the segment of dance shown is very near to the end of the ballet (act IV is when Siegfried and Odette reconcile and die, act 3 is when Odile tricks Siegfried at the ball, act II is when Siegfried and Odette meet and act I is basically Siegfried having his 21st birthday party).

[@bonniesuetrecker6273]

Fabulous rehearsal!!! The staging and choreography are wonderful and the artists are solid and are having fun!!! Very enjoyable clip!!!

[@jankoraven]

I love getting to see this sort of footage, out of costume etc. Thanks so much for uploading!

[@avesraggiana]

“This is the Judy Garland moment…” Hahaha! Classic!

[@rossi7056]

I love this Art Form. My God.

[@jayandsandy1]

How marianela says " yaaay " ahh so cute . She's an amazing dancer . Makes me proud to be A Latin Dancer !

[@sagecarl8527]

I think that ballet is not only dancing, but acting too.

[@wizardeye6212]

It is a topsport, art, and acting

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I love Rothbarts acting ❤️

[@MrMsidon]

Robert, great performance! I hope you can continue without interruptions. hehe

[@1m25nbg]

Such a great coach. hurray!

[@Erszi36]

I find Christopher Saunders (Rothbart) extremely handsome! Elegant and I must say very dishy! :)

[@davinatest8467]

The rehearsals look better than the real thing...certainly more interesting....I love watching them

[@iamsel_]

12.03 "yaaaay" oh she's so sweet i love her 😍💘

[@MissLionRose]

The dark haired man has perfect muscles she's amazing great direction thanks for uploading!

[@RomyMacias]

This part (7:00-7:20) ALWAYS makes me cry!

[@Shortfilmsyou]

God bless Robert.

[@bonjourjolie620]

He's very witty lol! And poor Robert can never finish the piece. But I have yet to find a better Swan Lake performance than Dowell and Makarova.

[@tims4966]

Sir Dowell's humor :D

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

„For Gods sake, get into that lake“ 🤣🤣🤣

[@flushbloop]

Brasil representando....... simplesmente emocionante.

[@fatmahisham8613]

When Robert begins playing the piece he wants to finish the whole piece without being interrupted

[@LoraineElizaSouza]

yup their married now, since last year, but they´ve been engaged for ages

[@ringo9688]

I'm new to ballet and this was breath taking!

[@fabiesque]

Christopher Saunders looks like a really lovely man

[@JanetteHeffernan]

Oh dear, Swan lake sounds ghastly on a piano!

[@isobelduncan]

When it was first composed in 1877, it was nothing like any other ballet music at the time and the ballerinas complained that it was impossible to dance to.

[@CoconutButt]

I think you need to get your ears fixed

[@christelbremer657]

Nela is just perfection!

[@anthonyaguilar3949]

Oh Robert what a character god bless his heart

[@rossi7056]

Sir Anthony... live your life! yes emotion!!!!

[@yazmin78048]

Robert es un loquillo

[@SemaAvalith]

lovely absolutely lovely

[@Fhoebys16]

Hahaha poor Robert. He is such a great pianist 👏👏👏👏 hands down

[@martati17]

Love.love.love Thiago Soares..he is em heri..a role model for all if us

[@maude5566]

Marianela is so adorable

[@NewTuber101]

This is sooo wonderful!! I love it!! I need to see Swan Lake Live!! OMG i love this video- the teacher (or whatever his title is) is very entertaining lol- and the dancers are so sweet!

[@sakurachannel5644]

I want the piano sheet music~~~~

[@26LGL26]

12:00 Marianela: Yeah!!! Dowell looks to be a great coach ;). Tanks for uploading!

[@rociolaria8311]

THANKS ROBERT!!

[@amygrowcott]

I went to see Johan and Alina in R&J as well a couple of weeks ago; at the end of the show, Johan was in tears cos it was his last R&J performance at the Royal Opera House. And he was so upset and emotional that he and Alina didn't come down to the stage door; bless him. :(

[@gyovannaleon231]

HER LEGS ARE BEAUTIFUL!!

[@suzannebarton777]

Nice to see Chris being coached instead of doing the coaching 😀

[@a7xmaNga]

It's him dancing that i love seeing more than seeing him coach other dancers :')

[@RomyMacias]

¡Tan guapos los dos, Marianela y Thiago! Hermosa pareja.

[@avesraggiana]

That’s right. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, and if one is going to copy someone, why not copy from the best? As you say, in time and with more experience, these performers will find their own way with the dance-mime.

[@PeachSweetxo]

I love Anthony

[@rlatimer10]

Delightful!

[@TSKHW]

7:25 'For god's sake get into the lake' haha

[@CowxRabbit]

'Not bad up to there... makes a change!' - And there was me thinking that it was all beautiful and perfect!

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I compared this to the Swan lake rehearsal of English National Ballet with Sir Derek Dean (it’s here on YT in the documentary „Agony and Ecstasy). It’s like day and night. Amazing dancers, yet Sir Derek is like „dreadful... absolutely dreadful... and poor me has to watch it... God almighty... I‘m not wasting my time with her...you‘re so unmusical...“ Rehearsing for hours on end with constant bullying of the principals. Sir Anthony is wise, funny, polite and brings it right to the point. Everyone seems to enjoy him- or herself, including Robert

[@candiema22]

lol Poor Robert always getting carried away :D

[@iseetheWAYVision]

I love ballet like this

[@marissaventre222]

Stunning

[@iseetheWAYVision]

Anthony Dowell. ❤

[@KalikaInLeather]

mwouhahahah I thought you were referring to Marianela being lifted doing the split over Rothbart, but then I saw Rothbart's "airplane" and laughed so hard from your comment xD -- I love Marianela. With Natalia Osipova the two best ballerinas in my book!!