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

[@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.

[@janetflanagan973]

It's as though she has no bones in her arms! Breathtaking....

[@ЛарисаИвчук-ъ9л]

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❤

[@gardensenglishanddance]

Exactly! The orchestra sounds superb, but which orchestra is it? Who is the conductor?

[@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]

👍

[@ЗлатокудраяФеяФея]

M.Jones,👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Браво!!!

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@anaf4072]

Exactly right! Her Odile is a predator that she (Odile) wants to hide but you still sense it.

[@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

[@Luna2020-j1f]

Народный артист Советского Союза Ковтун прекрасен!

[@serg_4089]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@sanfordpress8943]

The essence of greatness. You simply cannot take your eyes off her. Breathtaking

[@gardensenglishanddance]

Plisetskaya's artistry has not aged a minute, the movement of her arms is simply beyond words!

[@luvjoyluvjoy]

her arms moving are just so magical

[@andreafisherwriter]

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

[@Rozochka77777]

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

[@ЛюдмилаСевастополь-ы4у]

Тоже подсела на это видео. 👏🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@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!

[@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 😊😊😊😊

[@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]

😭😭😭

[@МаринаПысюк]

Великолепная геометрия рук ног, с партнёром точное совпадение, браво

[@annazaharov5727]

💯 ❤❤❤

[@алинаткачук-п8т]

И с музыкой прекрасное совпадение

[@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!

[@rau2023]

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

[@JohnSmith-ei2pm]

I find her neither bright nor seductive. Diana Vishneva, in comparison, is really bright and seductive and she does not need to try. Akane Tocada and Francesca Hayward are bright and seductive, and they do not need to try either. Plisetskaya can dance competently, but she is a bit of a lump.

[@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.

[@АннаДолгих-ф6д]

Майя Плисецкая, браво!

[@paulineiv878]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@D.A.A.321]

Her arms are perfection.

[@69Jadran]

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

[@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.

[@lillacsonka9546]

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

[@НадеждаВладимирова-и6н]

Просто чудо! Браво! Как красиво.

[@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..:)))

[@ЛарисаСотова-ъ4д]

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.

[@ЛюдмилаСевастополь-ы4у]

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?

[@ВалентинаИзтитова]

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

[@ЕленаСоломенцева-ы7д]

​@@serg_4089Плевать на шпагат, на 32 фуэте. В ней есть нечто такое, что затмевает все шпагаты. Но если Вы хотите найти лакомое для Вас- Вы найдете

[@helazemni1683]

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

[@thedyingswan11]

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

[@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!

[@vukazoid]

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

[@ЯремкоЮлия]

Да, они оба восхитительны!!!!!!!

[@Рысь-б8р]

Всё так, но фуэте уже НЕ крутила...

[@ВалентинаИзтитова]

@@Рысь-б8р а мы и не заметили!🤔

[@ЕленаЧулакова-ш8в]

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

[@АлександраГруша-с2ь]

Она богиня! До чего прекрасна

[@upetoycristancho8369]

Muy cierto.

[@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:)

[@B___T985]

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

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

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

[@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!!!!!!

[@gogadedic]

Fantastic!!! My favorite

[@Rozochka77777]

Браво Великой Майе!!!!!

[@ariaderin4444]

Бессмертный шедевр 👏❤️

[@SpookFordChannel]

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

[@reyemtiw]

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

[@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...

[@user-jv8vt5se9w]

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

[@ОльчРыжик]

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

[@СнежанаРомановская-у2м]

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

[@millilitre]

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

[@Sil-Homemade]

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

[@annazaharov5727]

Несравненная богиня! Какой восторг ❤

[@georgemosarm1345]

Stunning! Great Maja Plisetskaja

[@НатальяГлущенко-й6п]

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...

[@МаринаТихоновская-в3и]

Современные балерины прекрасны!

[@ВалентинаИзтитова]

@@МаринаТихоновская-в3и только имён их мы не знаем...

[@таняжак-о8б]

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

[@MultiZahl]

SHE IS DIVINE !!!! Bravissima Maja Plissetskaja.Thank´s so much for the wounderful video --

[@OdetteDevelope]

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

[@69Jadran]

Her dying swan really highlights her bonelessness ❤

[@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..

[@irinakolesova1128]

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

[@anaf4072]

This is not ballet - this is sorcery. Это не балет - это какое-то колдовство! Мурашки по коже. No dancer can put a spell on the audience the way she could. What a goddess. Богиня сцены!

[@delmoral73]

Sorry dear coldfreswater, she was not heavy ever.....Her acting is spot on and her dancing amazing........She has been retired for a long time now, don't you read the news.....She is a legend in dancing along with Galina Ulanova and Alicia Alonso...

[@wendyverdades3013]

Thank you! Anyone who cannot see the artistry. How else do you think she can jump like a WOMAN eh?

[@christophepena9450]

Wendy Verdades wash your eyes!!!!...you're blind!

[@sopranosd]

Heavy? Who the hell could say this woman was heavy? She's healthy and THIN, just not a bone bag, thank God.

[@kabardinka1]

Maya was never heavy in any sense of the word. But her body, in today's ballet world, would not be considered 'ideal.' She didn't have long legs, she had a somewhat long torso and fairly full sized hips (which is one of the reasons she could dance with such womanly power and strong jumps). As with most Bolshoi dancers who came up in the 40s-50s, she had muscular legs. Russian ballet bodies started changing with Maximova, Nadezhda Palova, and Galina Mezentseva until you have the super skinny Russian dancers around today. Not an improvement, IMO.

[@murrayaronson3753]

And please don't forget Dame Margot Fonteyn, especially in her centennial year.

[@olgakviatkovskaia4587]

Best of the best!!!!

[@valpurves45]

The absolute best ! Matchless arms

[@terekhowaolena3421]

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

[@Scandilady]

Spasiba Maya, spasiba...

[@peace-now]

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

[@Luna2020-j1f]

Никогда не видела никого прекраснее Майи Плисецкой!!!❤❤❤

[@rawlsnot99]

In Russia and in times past, Odile was not depicted as a black swan, but as a black bird of some kind. Much like Rothbart was depicted as a bird of prey, like an Owl. It was not until the West started depicting Odile as a black swan that the Russians followed suite, and started depicting Odile as a black swan. A rare occasion of the Russians agreeing that the West had a better idea than theirs. The point being, that the head-dress she is using, is more or less like the crest of a bird.

[@claireschweizer4765]

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

[@ИринаЛесиовская]

Когда балерина танцевала с Нуреевым,смотрели только на него. А здесь смотришь только на нее...как жаль что им не довелось танцевать вместе.

[@ВалентинаИзтитова]

О-о-о! Думаю, крышу театра, где они танцевали бы, снесло бы от оваций!!!💥💥

[@jubilantsleep]

Beautiful!

[@Luna2020-j1f]

Хотела бы я побывать на этом бале!Всех стихией,наверное,снесло!

[@бабушкасдедушкой-ъ5х]

Непревзойденная! Восхитительная!

[@LangRoodi]

SWAN LAKE - Black Swan (Plisetskaya-Kovtun, 1973) ----- مایا پلیستسکایا درگذشت , 02.05.2015 یکی از سرشناس‌ ترین بالرین‌ های قرن بیستم ، در سن 89 سالگی در آلمان درگذشت . Maya Plisetskaya

[@LUIZASERGACHEVA]

!!!!!!!!

[@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...

[@lte23401]

She is the best of the bests!

[@kcesca]

The line between ballet being an art and a sport has become too blurred these days. I don't think there is a ballerina alive today who could actually tell the story quiet like this. Maya knew what it was about and she knew how to put on a good show that left the audience wanting more. They need to start putting the entertainment factor back into ballet again.

[@avesraggiana]

Try Natalia Makarova, particularly her Odile with Sir Anthony Dowell filmed in 1980. Watch her eyes.

[@verenathalia3663]

true, I see ballet performances nowadays have become more of a technique wise battle instead of preserving the art form of dancing itself. The best swan lake version I've seen so far is from the latest production of Royal Ballet with Marianela Nunez as Odette/Odile. She is so delightful to watch! Very expressive and beautiful dancing.

[@KiliniLove]

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

[@ИринаКругловаМарозова]

В этой роли Светлана Захарова блистательна и совершенна красива и драматична как незабвенная Майя Плисецкая Браво Шедевр

[@barbfrmsf]

may she rest in peace thanks for sharing your talent with us.

[@mhck92]

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

[@conradmartinez4175]

SO QUICK, SO ELEGANT, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

[@eleniplota4578]

Watching in 2016 and loving this

[@z6519404]

гениальная Плисецкая....а вы слышите изумительную виртуозную музыку? сейчас оркестр большого уже не тот, боже мой! как жалко

[@dmitryklenin3359]

Some elements in Odile's part make me doubtful whether this is Petipa's choreography. The thing is the Bolshoi's Swan Lake at the time was based on the re-interpretation of choreography made by Alexander Gorsky in 1912 or 1913, and Maya, too, found it much more preferable to the Petipa/Ivanov original. She spoke about this preference many a time in various interviews. Incidentally, as of the mid-1970's and until, I think, 1982 the Bolshoi ran two versions of Swan Lake simultaneously -- the one by Grigorovich/Petipa on the main historic stage and Gorsky's versions, on the stage of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

[@69Jadran]

Interesting. Thank you for the insight.

[@tatyanasmirnova3933]

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

[@Luna2020-j1f]

Боже,какая тягучая скрипка!Гении!

[@valeriacenerelli6120]

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

[@Hitsuji84]

In an interview Plisetskaya said, that Odile daughter of the evil wizard and she not a swan, she villain, sly demoness, rival in love, she mimics swan. Her hands in a dance mimics a swan like as Odette, but dance-arms are not swan's wings. Swan in ballete only one - Odette. In European countries interpreted Odile as the Black Swan, after this interpretation became in Russian's ballet and "settle down".

[@rawlsnot99]

I have a DVD showing her dancing the Dying Swan at the age of 68. It is on a Phillips DVD called Essential Ballet. She dances it at an open air performance in Red Square in 1993 the year of her Golden Jubilee. She danced at her own Golden Jubilee on the stage of the Bolshoi that same year, and personally danced several of her favorite dances including The Dying Swan. It was her 50th year dancing on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, who's management (Yuri Grigorovitch) was not very kind to her.

[@ГалинаГмн]

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.

[@ЕленаБессонова-г5ф]

Браво!!!

[@ritanicosia]

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. It is history

[@drowned3]

That's right! She's not just a dancer, she's an artist who expresses what the character is.

[@claudebigi1183]

Magnifique

[@beawild]

Simply wonderful. Rest in peace, Maya.

[@TheIsaNva]

BEAUTIFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLL

[@avesraggiana]

@repn87 Legend has it that many, many years ago. Plisetskaya’s fouettés, which were normally overwhelmingly rock solid , fell apart in spectacular fashion one even while performing at the Bolshoi. She felt jinxed by the step in that ballet after that and refused to do them from that point on. She had no hesitation about doing them in other ballets ie Don Quixote, etc, but never again Odile in Swan Lake.