Fille mal Gardee 2: Sarah Lamb- Carlos Acosta

[animeaddict13]

Beautiful! :)

[passionofpersephone]

That moment where she's in attitude, holding the ribbons over her head, while the other dancers run in a circle around her, making her slowly turn -- is absolutely TERRIFYING for a ballerina, because she has to do it unsupported -- but Sarah makes it look like it's a breeze. A breathtaking moment.

[icarrus4u]

The very first time I saw her at a Boston Ballet summer extensive in 1999 I knew she would be GREAT for the Royal ballet and now she is!

[OJTS007]

like both of them

[MsNikkiStar]

Thanks so much for posting this because we soooooo need more Sarah here on YouTube!

[Helensproject]

sarah looks so weightless and beautiful! I love her style so much!

[acaspers]

very pretty :)

[kdub10009]

I'd forgotten how technically difficult Ashton's choreography for Fille was! And Carlos and Sarah handle it with typical aplomb and ease.

[lifeinanutshell]

4:07-4:16 is amazing. I keep going back to rewatch it : )

[merluzasfritas]

para comerselo, k lindisimo esta aki Carlos!!!

[rosacotton]

Lovely.

During the first two minutes or so the music reminded me a lot of music from the opera "The Elixir of Love." Can you tell me who composed this ballet?

[lifeinanutshell]

It's not surprising that you're reminded of other music. The score for this ballet is a patchwork of at least 50 popular french arias (in the 1700s). There's no composer for the original score. This version is by Sir Frederick Ashton. He wasn't a fan of the original music, so had John Lanchbery revise it. They used the original score as sort of a foundation, but overall I think they found it too simplistic. I can't remember the exact reason.

...maybe I did study too much ballet history : )

[rosacotton]

Fascinating! Thank you very much for the information.

[mrlopez2681]

I wrote an article on wikipedia about this ballet - this pas de deux is fashioned from airs from Donizetti's "Elixir", but the rest of the score is based on Herold's 1828 revision of the original pastiche of 1789.

[sweetsouthner]

sarah lamb is incredible! everything she does is perfect!!! what is this ballet?