Sylvie Guillem - Sleeping Beauty ABT Act I

Sylvie Guillem, Entrance, Rose adagio and variations.
Act 1. Sleeping Beauty - ABT
thanks to Fabio Mariotti :)

[@irinadavidofflavrentyeva798]

Guillem is an embodiment of a genuin ballet perfection! Her artistry, musicality, subtle grace, poise, immaculate , efforless dancing technic are incomparable! Even the great ballerinas today can't achieve the highest level of her mastery! She is just a ballet Wonder!!!

[@christineanderson5625]

Sylvie Guillem is still the BEST

[@ai51inn]

What a treat to see this very special footage. She is just superb! Thanks for uploading and sharing :-)

[@adler923]

Damn. She's just as great if not greater than Baryshnikov. I mean really - we're living in the same times that Guillem is breathing on this Earth! What a treat! I only wish I got to see her live before she retired.

[@nakis74]

The ultimate princess Aurora. Graceful, beautiful, precise, sensitive and royal. Hard to imagine another ballerina in this role and I feel so lucky and priviledged to have seen her live in this role.

[@garotadagavea]

I have goosebumps watching her. The ultimate classical ballerina.

[@elisabettalamanna4645]

GRANDISSIMA ARTISTA...MERAVIGLIOSA SEMPRE 💖💖💖

[@violettrojo]

Quelle beauté... Je ne m'y ferai jamais. A chaque fois, je n'en reviens pas. La perfection est possible. Sylvie était (et restera) parfaite.

[@mallorygrothman1197]

My dad is a professional dancer in ABT and he is the King in sleeping beauty in this video!! It is so funny to see him: 16:40 He is the one holding Sylvie Guillem

[@braga144]

love this

[@user-vn7sj5ig8w]

What did he say his experience was dancing with Sylvie?

[@mallorygrothman1197]

He literally said that she was amazing, and one of the best woman dancers in the world. He remembers talking company class with her!

[@user-vn7sj5ig8w]

@@mallorygrothman1197 Awesome! That is great your Dad got to dance and took classes with Sylvie. That must have been quite interesting and elated with awe.

[@herrbrucvald6376]

The mime during the harp solo w/ Aurora and her parents is one of my favorite moments in SB. Too few people (and some dancers) appreciate the profound importance of mime, in my opinion. Guillem really projects the emotions of this young girl confronted w/ her future as an adult woman.

[@janiakowska]

la plus grande ! immense et quand je la revois si belle si jeune extraordinaire j'ai eu la chance de la voir à Paris dans le lac : c'était tellement hors du commun que la salle de l'opéra retenait son souffle ...et puis l'explosion finale dans une standing ovation un moment inoubliable

[@fabiesque]

meme a Londres...en 1990 pour Raymonda....la salle ne respirait pas pendant la variation de la claque. Son charisme bloquait tous au siege.

[@김은선-z9w]

Magnificent sylvie😭

[@98BeeGirl]

Stops on a dime with artistry and can develope her leg to her ear! Best one yet!

[@mnmleung]

Thank you! 08:19 Danse des demoiselles d'honneur et des pages 09:50 Variation d'Aurore

[@Dima.Demidov]

OMG! She is devine!

[@minissa2009]

One cool thing I haven't seen commented on is the developpes at the beginning of the Rose. I was thinking, "I know her extension is better than this" and then her a la seconde got a little higher with each subsequent developpe. Extremely nice!

[@susannagroppello751]

On purpose...

[@Omgirrl]

Just OMG! Flawless. SG forever!

[@vittopo786]

Is it acrobatics for ya or dance?

[@yvetterautenberg7475]

Sylvie Guillem était extraordinaire de grâce, d'expression et de technique. Où peut-on se procurer les enregistrements de ses ballets dont la qualité d'images est belle ?

[@braga144]

ahahahaha if it could be possible I would have posted a better quality.

[@christineanderson5625]

Still The Best

[@lizlitton7417]

Her balances are the best I've seen since Aurelie Dupont!

[@jileque]

Olesya Novikova is the best for me....look at this video

[@lizlitton7417]

@@jileque She's incredible too!

[@luceafarul579]

Much better than dupont

[@minissa2009]

Best ever was Cynthia Gregory, who didn't throw away the transition to arabesque. Otherwise probably the most stable balances I've seen (really, watch Cynthia sometime---the vid quality is awful but it's worth it.

[@luceafarul579]

@@minissa2009 Cynthia was the quintessential aurora. Not only the balances but the way that she makes her movements look almost unsophisticated, just like a body of a very young girl entering puberty, it was unmatched by any other ballerina that I’ve seen.

[@parisballetcom]

Sublime

[@fabiesque]

I have seen this live. A feast for the eyes. A true orgasmic ballet experience.

[@nico576]

it must have been so amazing at the time seeing a ballerina doing things never seen before, such a solid technique and huge extensions.

[@fabiesque]

exactly. It was science fiction. She went where nobody could. But what I recall from those years is the WAY she "served" all that. She was so glorious, easy, charming, elegant, divine. Even the curtain calls were a mini show within the show. Her dancing marked my senses forever.

[@oliviakirby1409]

The Royal Ballet is fucking awful now, Matthew Ball a principal? Yeah, fuck off, he's a coryphee made good, kissed the right arse, slimed the right egos, he can't fucking dance his way out of a nutsack.

[@fabiesque]

@@oliviakirby1409 agree!

[@luceafarul579]

What year was this?

[@lorrainehamilton5051]

Superb!

[@Think1961]

Splendida Sylvie, meravigliosa sempre! Peccato il filmato di qualità scadente.

[@braga144]

questo avevo :) se la disturba lo butto, se ne ha uno meglio lo posti lei grazie

[@Think1961]

@@braga144 Affatto! Non si trova di meglio di Sylvie purtroppo. E' già tra i migliori. Sembra una ostilità di quei tempi nei confronti della grande bravura della Guillem. Grazie comunque.

[@braga144]

@@Think1961 credo che anche lei non collaborasse molto per farsi riprendere :)

[@MegaMesozoic]

Wish it could have been a little more in focus, especially as Sylvie doesn't like her work being filmed and therefore there aren't many clips of her!

[@braga144]

Me too: unfortunately this is what was available. If you have any better please post it

[@СергейАроян-р2я]

ГРАНДИОЗНО!!!

[@icarrus4u]

Hate the russian version, I prefer the royal choreography, but Sylvie was a beast! What year was this?

[@fabiesque]

beginning of the 90s...guest of American Ballet Theatre

[@avesraggiana]

+Darrius Legrand I hate the Russian version too. Almost no Petipa-style left in it, although they would vociferously claim otherwise. And the whole thing has been dumbed down choreographically and musically to accommodate the limitations of their ballerinas. What I mean by that is, ultra high extensions but incompetent in petit allegro, and strong and supple backs but inflexible feet in their pointework.

[@fabiesque]

Aves Raggiana very nicely pu! And yes, they "would vociferously claim otherwise"!!!

[@ivelinapancheva3681]

+Darrius Legrand The great Sylvie looks bored to death in this simple choreography.

[@ЛевладаРаевская]

​@@ivelinapancheva3681и не только в этой, увы!

[@patriciaschmitz1037]

SYLVIE GUILLEM ES MAGNÍFICA. QUÉ PENA QUE LA CALIDAD DEL VIDEO SEA TAN POBRE, QUE HAY QUE ADIVINAR LA IMAGEN. ¿POR QUÉ NO LO MEJORA KZbin PREVIAMENTE?

[@braga144]

This is the best I can do starting for a poor quality file. If it's so awful I can eliminate it. Would it be better for you? :)

[@ondine217]

I hate to complain but is it really so difficult to have both her arms and her feet in the frame? Why the constant zoom-ins?

[@braga144]

ondine217 I hate to reply but if you have a better footage please upload it :)

[@Setnoiir]

!! 최고네요

[@maxnaturamour7200]

When it was performed? Which year?

[@braga144]

beginning of the 90's maybe 91

[@maxnaturamour7200]

@@braga144 Thank you very much!

[@maddog76ful]

Um....who disliked this clip? I'm confused as to why...

[@Orfeus3000]

Yikes! It was me.

[@ОльгаВладимировна-е4в]

👏👏👏👏👏💐❤

[@ThirzaLynetteClarke-ku9dq]

Music hardly audible. Pity

[@ОльгаСидоренко-э3ж]

Что сказать... Хороша....

[@НатальяЕценкова-й4д]

Хороша это не сказать ничего. Прекрасна, васхетительна, неподражаема.

[@green5297]

❤️

[@sylvie3987]

La France dépasse la Russie, avec cette grâce naturelle...

[@ЛевладаРаевская]

Нет! Природной грации и прекрасных физических данных маловато! У этой балерины нет одухотворенности, женственности, нежности! Она скучна и холодна! У русских балерин нет конкуренток!

[@fabiesque]

sans doute!

[@viki56k88]

​@@ЛевладаРаевская Ну разошлась, левлада не на шутку

[@Vredonosnaya]

Сильви конечно мастер, но мне Спящая больше всего нравится наша Надежда Павлова Есть в Наде что то , чего нет ни у кого

[@foropera]

C'est sans doute de la pudeur, le refus de minauder qui font qu'elle épure autant son jeu au profit du pur mouvement. Mais je pense que c'est un peu dommage ici parce qu'elle passe un peu à côté du caractère jeune adolescente de la princesse Aurore qui est joyeuse, timide mais pétillante, pas encore hyper royale et aristocratique. A part ça comme toujours sa danse est la plus fabuleusement facile qui soit. (Sauf les mains).

[@drdancerlisa]

She certainly is perfect technically. And she can portray modesty in a way that few have in this part. Still, there's something missing for me: I never get the feeling that this dancer (and I have videos of her) comes at it from the heart or ever really lets go. I feel she is extremely controlled and coming at the dance from her head. Still, brilliant to watch and in a league all her own with athleticism and technical ability. Just once, I'd like to see her let go a little.

[@braga144]

Did you see her live?

[@ЛевладаРаевская]

Абсолютно согласна!

[@ИРИНАКИРИЧЕНКО-щ8б]

Сильвия Гиллем училась у Великого Рудольфа Нуреева ,когда он стал директором балета Гранд Опера!!!

[@viki56k88]

Опять русские байки. Она у него не училась. Она работала в театре, где он стал руководителем. Выдержала 4 года вроде. Но да, он её продвигал, любил красивое и знал в этом толк

[@vittopo786]

She's a perfect gymnast but it is supposed to be a dance, actually...

[@wotansings]

blablabla

[@vittopo786]

@@wotansings can you say something to the point?

[@wotansings]

@@vittopo786 Nothing else than to talk here about gymnastics is simply stupid. There is no doubt about her perfect artistry.This IS dancing... on a level raely achieved.

[@francisheperi4180]

😊

[@elfa9191]

She is always the same ...plain... what a shame!!!

[@bucciba]

elfa you must be joking right..? It’s called elegance if you were wondering.

[@francisheperi4180]

😊