In spite of the hazardous cement floor, this performance is probably the greatest musically recorded and danced. I saw numerous casts at NYC BALLET including the ones at ABT. After close inspection this undoubtedly pleased Mr Balanchine. It is spin cycle accurate to the pedigree of the choreographed tempos and demands. La Kent is so beautiful, commanding, and Clifford the company movie star Clark Gable looker knew how to play with the tempos, even teasingly holding rock solid arabesque balances without sacrificing a single musical note. No one in the world can dance this like this, the Russians and French and ABT do it their own ways and that's a good thing. It belongs to NYC BALLET. Historical post.
@toeknee19655 жыл бұрын
Karin is just gorgeous bring all her europeaness to the opening of this ballet made in France. I adore this video. what a gem
@NeryssaPaige2 жыл бұрын
Do you mean the real Prince Conrad Ludlow? He was dancing the second movement with Allegra Kent.
@fluffywuffykinsies Жыл бұрын
Well said!
@zamyrabyrd7 жыл бұрын
Really stunning! Georges Bizet could have hardly dreamed that his conservatory symphony of his age 17 would be performed for the first time 80 years after he wrote it and then would be danced to by such wonderful people!
@karennoble11685 жыл бұрын
Yes, the Bizet mus ic Is absolutely Lovely, Full of Energy, joy, so melodious. I can never get tired of it.
@jd34226 жыл бұрын
An absolute dream of a ballet: the perfect pairing of music and dance. This is my all-time favorite ballet.
@joliannebaum72067 күн бұрын
So so beautiful Ballanchine never ceases to amaze. What a gift he was. Sublime dancing. Somehow I did not realize this was Bizet! Just gorgeous.thank you as always for posting these
@etempleentedu68784 ай бұрын
MARVELLOUS 🎉❤ A great piece of Art 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
@tarantellalarouge76322 жыл бұрын
this is the most beautiful version of this ballet (at least on YT), everything is gorgeous, dancers, music; choreography, even the staging and tutus and men outfits are so perfect. They deliver that crisp Balanchine spirit !
@RONIDC19797 жыл бұрын
my heart rejoices ! .. alegra kent ! thank the Lord for her !
@giuliorenzobighin8165 Жыл бұрын
Grande spettacolo di concordanza collettiva sia nella motilità sia negli stazionamenti delle posture figurali.Molto bravi Tutti.Bighin GIULIO RENZO
@brendadufaur37 Жыл бұрын
What an absolute treat. Wonderful ballet! And I love reading all the knowledgeable and well-written comments here.
@pedinurse1 Жыл бұрын
John does a great job
@EVZYL5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL performance. Thanks so much for uploading. If I were allowed to only watch one ballet for the rest of my life, this would be it!
@adelasussman38383 жыл бұрын
I loved this ballet when I saw it performed in the '70s in NYC!! the music is wonderful and the dancing exquisite!!
@gyorgytibrea40766 ай бұрын
Gyönyörű. ❤Gratulálok! BRAVÓ!
@michaelbrodsky12212 жыл бұрын
So very beautiful, always. Thank you.
@lauracook82313 жыл бұрын
My first viewing of B doing C, with the lovely A. Also love the Michael Jackson white socks...makes it so much easier to follow the action!
@trishkoran32933 жыл бұрын
Watching this again! Pure genius! I just love this ballet! The speed of 4th Movement is astounding!
@erinmatt6 жыл бұрын
Allegra Kent in the second movement is sensational!
@erinmatt6 жыл бұрын
And I love John Clifford's entrance at the beginning of the third. Such boyish enthusiasm and elan. Catches your eye immediately.
@philipkuttner79456 жыл бұрын
As lovely a ballet as ever graced the stage. All of it is wonderful, but I must say something special about the passage beginning at 11:06. The sublime dancing here makes one feel fully what heights of unearthly beauty Bizet's music reaches. It brings tears to my eyes. (On another note, hot damn, Mr. Clifford! You sure can dance!)
@rita6276Ай бұрын
this section is the most beautiful music i have ever heard
@feathersforfun3 жыл бұрын
thanks John, Good for ones soul.so perfect a performance even on the concrete
@christinestill50026 жыл бұрын
Not nearly the emphasis on impossibly high kicks 45 years ago! First African American ballerina I've ever seen. WHY? She's lovely !
@pedinurse15 жыл бұрын
Balanchine always had black dancers, male and female
@laurafrenkeltarrio30207 жыл бұрын
Hermoso ballet,gran música y muchos recuerdos!Gracias!!!!!!!!!
@karennoble11685 жыл бұрын
The ending scene Is so well done!! My favorite, the best i have seen. With all the corps de ballet so esthetically choreographed! AND on a cement floor! Spectacular! Thank you.
@abrillanteri55832 жыл бұрын
They did ALL THIS dancing on a cement floor. My god... nothing like a good Balanchine classic!
@rosannekatonwalden16205 ай бұрын
And an African-American ballerina in the company in 1973!!!! Yea
@waynemcknight27 жыл бұрын
Quite a leap you had going there Mr. Clifford.! (I was 4th solo many years ago.}
@JohnPJones-yv1sj8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I lovelovelove Allegra!!
@SuperEfexor7 жыл бұрын
Thank thank thank a million of times, for posting this splendour
@glendagallardo57777 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for all the videos from Violette.
@dannymalboeuf16927 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I remember it airing on PBS on September 6th 1981. Been wanting to see it again ever since.
@LeCanalBarbaraAnne7 жыл бұрын
beautiful
@briansolan50607 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@jeanettegoldstein9575 Жыл бұрын
About as classical as can be these days. But really beautiful to listen and watch
@jamesreardon7267 жыл бұрын
oh my fnnng word.... BRAVO, agin, Jiimmy
@tkoran7 жыл бұрын
Really amazing! Especially knowing it's on a concrete floor! Ugh! John, you are outstanding! Loved watching you in 3rd movement! Who was your partner? Allegra is so lovely, such an incredible dancer. No one else like her. Thanks for posting this perfect rendition of the Balanchine masterpiece!
@renatoparonidecastro6498 Жыл бұрын
It is Sara Leland.
@christinestill50025 жыл бұрын
First Balanchine I've instantly loved but this performance is many yrs old. I'm going to watch Zakharova do it next. Love the white anklets on the boys.
@jcliff265 жыл бұрын
What gloves? And Zakharova does the 2nd Mov way too slow. Completely destroys it.
@microwave67822 жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 they're oboist wasn't good enough to make the slower tempo sound as beautiful as intended plus as steady tempo in 2nd would help.
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
@@philzmusic8098 What destroys the choreography?
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
Those are white socks and Zakharova ruins it by the glacial tempo she insists on.
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
@@philzmusic8098 It was Zakharova who insists on slow tempi. I’ve worked with her and the conductors there. It’s shameful.
@carlenamoss89557 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's gorgeous
@unsatura7 жыл бұрын
the third movement is always where i find other companies begin to fail miserably, where as the 1st and 2nd might be just boring, but comes the third, that's when i start worrying if someone is gonna break an ankle... i have seen quite a few which tempo was too slow so the small jumps are comfortable and clean but they die when the jumps get big, or companies find small dancers so the small jumps are fast enough but the big jumps are not very spectacular, arms and legs just were just not long ..... great recording...
@IceAintNice6 жыл бұрын
Boring? ROFLMAO
@kathymyers72796 жыл бұрын
Pure joy!
@BrittanyCocchino4 ай бұрын
I think this might be my fave performance by Allegra Kent.
@scottgilmore73199 ай бұрын
OMG!!!!!!! The Best❤️❤️❤️
@rebeccacline49763 жыл бұрын
IntendJoy2 1st mov Karin Von Aroldingen, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, 2nd mov Allegra Kent, Conrad Ludlow, 3rd mov Sara Leland, John Clifford, 4th mov Marnee Morris, Victor Castelli
@alidalouisa44623 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@dawnmaloney1904 ай бұрын
In the day, I knew all the dancers. Isn’t Merrile Ashley in second variation chore?
@ludwigvanbachmaninoff19812 жыл бұрын
This presentation is so brilliant. What a pity to know that Bizet never had a chance to publicly perform this symphony in his lifetime.
@grafplaten Жыл бұрын
It was a student piece and he copied his teacher Gounod in many details in this work. He never sought a performance of the work and didn't wish for it to be published.
@tarantellalarouge7632 Жыл бұрын
@@grafplaten maybe he didn't thought that this music could become such a beautiful ballet ? ballet was not technically perfect at his time, only a work in progress ..... even Carmen had became a ballet !
@tkoran8 жыл бұрын
I love Allegra; wish I could see this with Suzanne.
@СергейЧистяков-л1в Жыл бұрын
Браво!
@porgiamor5 ай бұрын
Bravo John! 😊
@lindaclark99252 жыл бұрын
18:21...john I CANNOT WAIT TO READ THE BOOK
@robstockton9114 ай бұрын
I like this piece so much, it gets at the excellence of Balenchine’s deep musicality. In this particular performance, I find myself distracted by the girl (second from the right at the beginning of the first movement) who is consistently slightly behind, often misaligned, and regularly making adjustments. Particularly frustrating because otherwise the performance is great throughout. 🤷🏼♂
@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын
prefer these Karinska costumes to the new ones
@michaelbrodsky12212 жыл бұрын
Inane question, maybe, but where were the cameos of von Aroldingen and Bonnefoux in the fourth movement? Or maybe the First Movement couple never had cameos. Though I can't believe my memory of all those NYCB live performances is that defective. Thanks for clarifying. And thanks again for posting this astonishingly beautiful epic poem. Admire your great work in the Third Movement.
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
Yes you’re right but that entrance of 1st Mov couple in the Finale was cut in the Berlin film because of time. It’s still there in the stage version.
@michaelbrodsky12212 жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 Thanks for responding--yes, I'd thought that what you describe was in fact the case. Good to know I haven't lost my memory. Thought Marnee Morris was wonderful in movement 4 and couldn't help thinking about her tragically abbreviated career
@annabuchenhorst Жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 interesting, I am a pianist and was wondering why my music didn't fit, thanks for that!
@mathildewesendonck72254 ай бұрын
Oh wow! That must have been on German TV (because 3Sat is German channel). I‘m going to watch more 3Sat now
@erpollock2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to see a ballet that Balanchine himself supervised from 1973 when he was actively choreographing and holding company class. They are perfect. Who is the dancer in the first part?
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
First movement is led by Karin von Aroldingen and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux.
@marymellowdew-bo3bh Жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26As best as I can recall, when I saw him dance in the 70s his last name was spelled Bonnefous, ending in s, not x. I recall that because I was not sure whether the s was silent in his case. Now I see it with an x, which I know is silent. Do you know if he changed the spelling at some point?
@jcliff26 Жыл бұрын
@@marymellowdew-bo3bh Yes he did.
@mariaelenap86626 жыл бұрын
marvellous
@karennoble11685 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful but I tend to prefer the Bolshoi ballet production but watch both. Each has its own beauty. Lovely G.Bizet music.
@minissa20097 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, John, why weren't you off with the Royal Danish doing Bournonville? What ballon!
@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын
Karin& Bonnefous Bizet 1, yea they are in 4th movement too
@julielynn862 күн бұрын
❤
@Mary-ty1qj Жыл бұрын
I haven't seen Symphony in C in a while, and it was one of the first ballets I ever saw - and have loved forever. In this wonderful video, the dancers seem to have more energy in performance than I've seen recently, but I could be wrong. It moves - which is a silly thing to say about a ballet since that's what dancing is - but there's a pressing forward, an energy, that I don't remember seeing in a while. Also the costumes are different. The white tutus always glowed but someone added "crystals" to the tutus, which someone must have thought was beautiful - or a marketing device - and it's okay, I guess, but I didn't think that was necessary. It was a treat to watch this. (Did I see Merrill Ashley in there?)
@jcliff26 Жыл бұрын
Yes you’re right about everything and Merrill is a demi-soloist in 3rd movement behind me and Sara Leland.
@brendadufaur37 Жыл бұрын
I would love to know the process of choreographing this ballet. The enormous cast! Does he have all the dancers in the studio as he is creating? How long are the choreographic sessions. And how long did it take to choreograph? I can't imagine it!
@fluffywuffykinsies Жыл бұрын
I read it took him only two weeks!
@josephlewis61813 жыл бұрын
Why do I like this ballet?
@jcliff263 жыл бұрын
What’s not to like? A perfect display of classical technique that both matches and enhances the music. Dance doesn’t always need to tell a story much the same way a symphony doesn’t. Why is a rose beautiful, or a sunset?
@mayermargolis89905 ай бұрын
How about mentioning the Composer, Georges Bizet?
@adelasussman383811 ай бұрын
Who are the soloists (female and male) in this ballet other than Allegra Kent and Karin von Aroldingen?
@pedinurse1 Жыл бұрын
can you tell us who are the dancers. i remember when the curtain went up the audience would always gasp. The lighting and those dancers was exquisite......Just the sheer enjoyment of ballet, no agenda.
@jcliff26 Жыл бұрын
1. Karin von Aroldingen and Jean Pierre Bonnefoux 2. Allegra Kent and Conrad Ludlow 3. Sara Leland and John Clifford 4. Marnee Morris and Victor Castelli
@pedinurse1 Жыл бұрын
Karen was one of my favorites, she stood out on stage, so strong so vibrant, what an excelent dancer
@alki.paraskevas95273 жыл бұрын
Only ONE. BALANCHINE
@simaraft73737 жыл бұрын
How did I not see this before?! It is just awesome. It can never be repeated. Better film quality than I've seen before too. Can't thank you enough. BTW who is the black ballerina? Deborah Austen? She is so beautiful in her quiet way. Lovely epaulement.
@jcliff267 жыл бұрын
Sima Raft Yes. It's Debra Austin in corp of 2nd Mov.
@chocolatesouljah7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the clarification.
@cristianrey10326 жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 What a joyful performance, Mr Clifford! Thanks for this jewel, and a question. How was the re invention process of this ballet? I have seen the POB version, and the are indeed MANY differences, particularly at the end of the second and fourth movements. Do you think that Mr B would had agreed on having his previous version presented today, as POB still does under Le Palais de Cristal name...?
@jcliff266 жыл бұрын
Cristian Rey He wouldn’t care as they had the contract for Palais de Crystal.
@cristianrey10326 жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 Thank you for your answer, Mr Clifford. Although I was thinking not so much about legal but rather into Mr B's artistic vision. Given than some of his works today are presented in more than one form, and in some cases in completely different versions-(as with Valse Fantaisie) or reworked ones-(Apollo, Le Palais de Cristal)- I was curious to know if he was very rigid in how his ultimate vision of his ballets needed to be staged. Or in other words...did he completely discard, artistically speaking, of previous, older versions of his own works.? Thanks!
@Witfrenci2 жыл бұрын
Dear John do you know why there are some differences between the NYCB choreography end the one from POB? Thank you very much 💖
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
Balanchine completely redid it for the NYCB.
@Witfrenci2 жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 Thanks 🙏 I love both versions
@radiantonion8615 Жыл бұрын
Allegra...Conrad...Debra...Delia..Hermes....the awful white socks and black shoes combination....Clifford and Sara Leland (John was so great, Sally too) omg Merrill..Bart....Richard...Renee...Victor....Marnee...Stephen Caras...sorry to leave so many out..kinda blurry...cool video
@pedinurse1 Жыл бұрын
Those white socks were a thing then, everyone liked it, it was different.
@salomonbenavides529 Жыл бұрын
2:11
@salomonbenavides529 Жыл бұрын
Fsvor traducir s español gracias. 3:04
@AnnabellaEdeL Жыл бұрын
Who is the ballerina on the first movement? Is she C voy Arnoldingen?
@jcliff26 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Karin von Aroldingen. Violette Verdy usually did it and was magnificent.
@AnnabellaEdeL Жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering! And who's the one in the third movement? She looks so familiar but can't remember her name
@jcliff26 Жыл бұрын
@@AnnabellaEdeL Sara Leland, with me.
@AnnabellaEdeL Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@waynemcknight27 жыл бұрын
who are the dancers
@jcliff267 жыл бұрын
IntendJoy2 1st mov Karin Von Aroldingen, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, 2nd mov Allegra Kent, Conrad Ludlow, 3rd mov Sara Leland, John Clifford, 4th mov Marnee Morris, Victor Castelli
@merlinspillers47437 жыл бұрын
All these names are now legends and I feel So Lucky that I saw most of them in person. I also saw John Clifford's move to Los Angeles when he began a ballet company there and it was so fascinating to watch him mold dancers into people who could dance but not really perform into wonderfully amazing dancers of star quality.
@paulinacortes-delorenzo44907 жыл бұрын
Like you, I saw these wonderful dancers, too, including Jacques D'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, and Peter Martins. I still have a vivid memory of Karin Von Aroldingen performing Agon. As a young professional in the humanities field and a newly-minted New Yorker from Southeast Asia, I did not earn much but always saved up for season tickets to the NYCB and the Philharmonic. 1972-1976. Have been far away for so long, but when I visited New York last October, 2014, I went to see the All Balanchine matinee. Serenade was the featured performance and I cried over how much I have missed all those years!
@BohoHobo9486 жыл бұрын
Bravo! That was great! Thankyou John for posting.
@Sylvettejiun5 жыл бұрын
IntendJoy2 w
@raymonda54765 жыл бұрын
Why are they dancing on a cement floor?
@jcliff265 жыл бұрын
Because in those days all TV studios had cement floors.
@salomonbenavides529 Жыл бұрын
3:59 4:00
@davidsmith39356 жыл бұрын
Like watching tv... men’s costume looks like long underwear
@pedinurse15 жыл бұрын
that was the style back then, it looked great from where we were sitting
@sanniepstein4835 Жыл бұрын
Much better than white tights, which really do look like long johns.
@Hazeltinne2 жыл бұрын
so you'll be an Austrian nobleman...
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
Don’t understand.
@Hazeltinne2 жыл бұрын
@@jcliff26 there is a song called "symphony in c" that starts like that
@jcliff262 жыл бұрын
@@Hazeltinne Oh. Okay.
@ot84795 ай бұрын
BORING CHOREOGRAPHY AND OVER USE OF THE HANDS AND WRISTS TO ANNOYING POINTS. AND JEEZ, TALK ABOUT SEGREGATION AND RACISM.
@rayhelinski66625 ай бұрын
if you're bored jlo and the fly girls would probably better suit your taste