Yvette Chauviré - ‘Giselle’ with [1] Rudolph Nureyev and [2] Cyril Atanassoff

[@tkoran]

Wow! Can't believe these great, rare footage of Chauvire! Thank you so much!

[@claudiafuentes5492]

Gracias, por estas joyas.

[@nancydionisi9346]

Beautiful video John!, many thanks for sharing it!

[@douglaspenick7583]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

+Douglas Penick my pleasure - i thought it was interesting to see the two parallel performances with different partners.

[@TheOwlsarewatching606]

John - I think the Nureyev Foundation ought to provide you with a Pension for all your contributions! Thank you

[@JohnRaymondHall]

LOL - that's very sweet of you to put liking my channel that way! cheers.

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

Maravillosos bailarines! Gracias por mostrar este vídeo...un poco corto, pero por menos podemos ver algo.😊

[@НатальяХ-р5з]

О, спасибо Вам! Я не знала о такой замечательной балерине.

[@elleromanovafermanpevel2127]

she was a teacher with my mom ballet fabienne lacheré, so gratefull with her

[@JohnRaymondHall]

i've seen quite a lot of footage of her as a teacher - she seems very focused and kind - an ideal teacher

[@oldoperafan_in_London]

Rudi's gesture at the end! And there is no leaning on his back from this Giselle.

[@simaraft7373]

Sweet and innocent Giselle.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

+Sima Raft yep, and as i said to someone else here, believable in Act 1 - she plays out the flower petal scene quite quickly which for me is realistic - makes some other ballerinas as though they are playing the scene in slow motion under water - though this can be seen as Romantic style.

[@simaraft7373]

John Hall I like it that different Giselles have different temperaments. Just can't stand the precious ones!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

+Sima Raft me too - not keen on the simpering fey ones - Romantic style goes so far before it become mawkish.

[@annickborys2465]

C’était ce que je pensais...avant. 😊

[@DCFunBud]

So many giants, so little film footage.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

nowadays so much more is filmed - and live footage in the theatre with mobile phones - but yes, so many performances just evaporated like the morning mist

[@pediatrapaola]

l saw live once cyril atanassoff ,was in nervi ballet festival in 72 or so was a gala he danced with claire motte and in the same night rudy brians danced with tessa beaumont both atanassoff and brians impressed me very much ,l was 18 then ,centuries ago lol

[@JohnRaymondHall]

+pediatrapaola i saw Cyril Atanassoff once too - at the Palais Garnier but for the life of me can't remember in what of with whom! so i may well have not seen him at all! it would have been between 1970 and 1975 - again we were going round ballet-watching at the same time!

[@pediatrapaola]

John Hall off course

[@JohnRaymondHall]

+pediatrapaola do you remember what you say him in - might jog my memory!

[@pediatrapaola]

John Hall was a gala mixed pdd he danced with claire motte also saw rudy brians in the same night

[@JohnRaymondHall]

+pediatrapaola speaking of Rudy Bryans, i was just watching footage of him with Karen Kain rehearsing Roland Petit's Coppelia Pas de Deux: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGXalol6qsmpmrM

[@alainspiteri502]

A comment says at 3'08 Wilfried Piollet is Mytha , there is a French video TV of complete Giselle ballet in 1979 with Pontois-Baryschnikov and Piollet in Mytha , it's seems difficult to see this Giselle video because " Droits d'Auteurs " . It's Pity with Chanel Cyrcatfran that this version was only some days on KZbin and very bad video too speed video very bad video : a shame !

[@Feliandyx16]

Sigue con vida Yvette ?

[@JohnRaymondHall]

sí, ella es 99

[@Frankamaria]

she passed away today :(

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes, very sad - a great ballerina

[@alanjones1523]

It's hard to be sure but I believe the brief glimpse of Myrtha is Wilfride Piollet at 3:08.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

actually it looks like Wilfride Piollet - i can't find any record of her dancing Myrtha yet but i'll keep looking. well spotted!

[@alanjones1523]

She danced Myrtha! I know she danced it in the version with Carzou designs, at least.

[@alanjones1523]

And PS right now the Opéra is slowly dismantling a display of Chauviré's costumes lent by her daughter. The two for Giselle gave me shivers when I saw them from afar. They are both different from the ones in your video though, the Act I has an unconvincing flounce on the bottom, Act II is very simple, very beautiful. Congratulations on your Kozlov find, I want to take a new look at that...

[@JohnRaymondHall]

thanks - obviously my googling skills are not the best :)

[@JohnRaymondHall]

did you see the more than slightly crazy footage of him i put on Vimeo as 'Theodore Kosloff as Madam Satan in Cecil B deMille’s ‘Ballet Mecanique’' vimeo.com/191254450 ? great images.

[@ЕленаЮгова-с2ш]

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