Very rare jump by Vladimir Gelvan

[@lyricmelody8162]

The first ballet I saw was Swan Lake. He was a guest artist at ABT and performed with Martine Van Hamel. Magic. Pure magic. This was in the 70's and inspired me to take ballet.

[@CaryCotterman]

Wow! In fifty years of ballet dancing and watching I've never seen that before.

[@lulumimi]

amazing!!!

[@kabardinka1]

An assemble with entrechats thrown in? A first for everything. Yes, I know Panov used to do a lot of unusual jumps when he was at the Kirov.

[@noblesetsentimentales]

Looks like a type of cabriole called pistolet (aka "ailes de pigeon") to me, only done en tournant. Wow, I'd never seen one before! Regular pistolets are rare enough sights, but you can still see them in the leading ballerina's variation in Balanchine's _Walpurgisnacht_.

[@kabardinka1]

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I had thought a pistolet (AKA pigeon's wings) was basically a brise vole... such as one sees in the Bluebird coda. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@pediatrapaola]

me too didn't see it before ,btw l saw gelvan dancing in my prime (centuries ago ) he was good for his time and an handsome guy ,

[@juanjosefarina]

don't know the name but is more a jeté entrelacé battu with an extra half turn. Without the battu it's not so uncommon, Baryshnikov and some others used to do it on the Basilio III Act variation.