Natalia Osipova Kitri "Moscow competition 2005"

[THEAWESUM700]

its not just me right... the chorography is different....

[aanniiee21]

Absolutely perfect!

[2xklopwieisdaar]

This is why i like her. She can give us the spanish temperament in dances where they should be but nobody gives it. sorry for bed inglesh :D

[sundayafternoon7]

17 people can't to do her grand jeté hahahh

[cjoyoates]

Her artistry has improved alot!

[511dobby]

WOW! So far,every video of her that I've seen has amazed me!! :D

[JenyaZ14]

Thanx))))

[JenyaZ14]

How old is she here?

[AriaInTheSky]

@JenyaZ14 Natalia was 19 here.

[ZZZ99913]

how can people dislike this?!!! @likeafirstday she's not out of the music...the audio is not in sync with the video...

[likeafirstday]

she is out of the music ...

[natalento]

Perfect.

[nananess13]

and they say theres no such thing as perfection:o surely those people havent seen natalia!!!!!

[ha347282]

I personally like her doing the other version better but she is still crazy amazing doing this version as well!!!!

[mIsSaLeXaLeXi]

Her echappes need tp be sooooo much bigger then it would be even more amazing

[alyssa4u248]

I'm getting chills watching her!

[angelbaby233]

first time seeing this! and i love it! but i still like palomas better, sure your legs are higher and leaps are better, but there is something magical about her dancing.

also i didnt like the turn sequence at the end it (in my opinion) doesnt fit the dance or character in this act and it just seemed like it was like "watch me turn now" or idk i just didnt like them. but you are amazing!

[caremoss4]

i love how she just flies through the air<3

[ballet81895]

15 people can't see greatness when it stares them in the face

[Zephyr705]

Her feet are incredibly supple.

[danceizmyworld]

Watching her do all the turns in this dance makes me dizzy.

[sarbearrrr135]

wow wow wow her jumps look like shes flying:)

[bonzaidancer]

i think she is absolutely AMAZING but did anyone notice that she bent her leg before each pique at the end?? :)

[SBRJulia]

@bonzaidancer The pique part is supposed to be like that i think.

[FUFUTUTUDUDU]

The audio itself is behind the video. You can tell in the beginning because the noise from her saut de chat comes after her actual saut de chat.

[cecedesiles]

Very good but I prefer her Esmeralda's variation ! (sorry if my english is bad)

[kyaraluna74]

divina

[LadyLulu96]

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[9CatsPerLife101]

i dont know how the judges do it lol

i could never distinguish first and second and third place from such skill.

guess it's all experience

[balletdancer96]

this is amazing. her turns at the end are soooo good!

[solokevin]

she's out of music, isn't she?

[nicki446]

She practically floats in the air during her grand jétés... A beautiful Kitri.

[DreamsontheWater]

@dogluver2031 I think that it is the soundtrack to the video that is inaccurate, because you can often hear her pointe shoes after she steps onto them.

[missiheartballet]

fake arches?

[Juventina1005]

@dogluver2031 yeah i agree. i thought the sound-track was added wrong but if not, it was not musical at all. her technique is amazing, though.

[ballet4ever96]

She softens up her standing leg's knee so that it bends RIGHT before her pique turns towards the end........ Did anyone else notice that?

[agjwgirls]

She doesn't jump she flies!!

[LoveBieberLove9]

@agjwgirls YEA! GOD! O.O

[TheDafne09]

ma piega le ginocchia????non si può accettare!!!!

[TheMuddy208]

at 1:14 or 1:15 she never straightens her leg before her turns...i notice that a lot on her

[KARLEYday]

i did that variation haha not as good as that

[Danzer0695]

did she win? something?

[SuperBalletgirl101]

@Danzer0695 No she didn't win. Evgenia Obraztsova did.

[melinagraves]

I don´t like the echappés and the way she handles the fan. Apart from that, excellent developées and jetés! :)

[cat12154]

stunning...so beautiful

[Dudagrillo]

0:20 and 0:23 :D

[lilballerina123]

Love her. Echeppes could always be just a little bigger

[madisonave64]

is there anyway to fix the timing of the music to the video?...it is very off...

[secretme127]

Slow!!

[balletcollection]

look at her grande jete!! she is FLYING!!!!

GREAT

[balletchic1]

she soars on her jumps, but her echappes need to be bigger

[Consofdance]

Everything is easy for this amazing ballerina!

[hgpink]

I didn't know that there was a possibility of during turns at the end i thought you could only do toe hops?...

[cocobabyballerina]

i agree, her knees should be a little straighter in the echepes. not that shes not incredible or anything i just think it could be better.

[loveinseattle]

envy her extensions. =)

[andu9tim]

Don't her knees seem a little bit Hypoextended?(not Hyperextended).I mean. . .for a ballerina. . .I know that hyperextension is not a must but. . .seems kinda awkward to me

[Clockmouth]

@andu9tim hmm i see what you mean but no i don't think so. i have hypoextended knees and it looks much more awful!

[bubbleballerina1594]

i know. shes so terribly off the music =/ but shes a great dancer

[likeafirstday]

and ıs she win the competition ??

[litinaa]

Хорошая техника... как водится...Оставляет равнодушным

[vladimmir100]

Темп вариации вдвое медленней, чем у Максимовой. У Максимовой это маленький шедевр. Но все равно,отлично.

[marym499]

Her name is BALLERINA!! 'nuff said.

[ballet322]

her grande jetes are amazing. they are absolutly flawless.

[danzgirlable]

@ballet322 not trying to be rude, but they are grande so de chats, she is developing her leg out. But they are absolutely amazing!

[ballet322]

@danzgirlable i was not just referring to this video.... i was talking about her in general....

[danzgirlable]

@ballet322 Yes, I agree. She does have amazing grande jetes!!

[TeftG]

she is the best kitri I've ever seen

[avesraggiana]

Wow, did I just see her throw in a triple pique turn towards the end there?

[bluefoamroller]

She has improved tremendously considering this video. Her Kitri now is just breathtaking.

[anzdf]

Excelente, bellisimo.

[academyballet]

soooo effortless!!!!!

[Tinuviel11]

For those of you who condemn her dancing off the music, consider that so many vids found here on YouTube are not synced in the slightest.

[brwnhoney]

wow her grand jetes are amzing, is it me or does the music seem slower, im not sure i liked the choreography for this variation. However she danced it sooo beautifully and with such confidence!

[alinabalerina]

hm... I think her attitude turns were ok.

[yaymeIamanut]

@alinabalerina shes off in the beginning beacause when she jumps shes all like WHEE and she floats

[ilovebenton]

@yaymeIamanut except that she's early, not late because she's jumping too high.

[BellllaSwan]

I completly agree

[balleticgirl2311wp]

i see what u are saying but you have to admit she is AWESOME!!!

[wigglebells]

@spceinadreamroom she wasn't off the music in the beginning, the audio wasn't matched up (if you notice the sound of her shoes hitting the floor much later then her physical self actually does) and yes her attitude turns were cut short because she needs to finish croise, not eface, not enface, croise. you try dancing this variation if you think you have the authority to criticize one of bolshoi's rising young stars.

[SLYCoopaEatsChicken]

@spceinadreamroom yeah her echappes weren't very good not wide enough

[casualsharpiee]

@spceinadreamroom i agree SO much

[AnimePonyDragon]

@spceinadreamroom No, she wasn't, you're just jealous. She's like, the best dancer in the world to me.

[nyahill6]

@spceinadreamroom you're just jealous because you're not half as good.

[bozemandude]

@spceinadreamroom what are u talking about...?

[sbiccam]

@spceinadreamroom

the music in general is off, you can tell at the beginning when she's doing the saut de chat, you can hear the sound of her shoes a split second after she's already landed.

Other than that, I wasn't very impressed either, she's got extremely good lines but she fails to show them

[MrKumica]

@spceinadreamroom Fuck you:P

[Meylosa92]

@spceinadreamroom i don't think she was off the music, the beginning is just another version than the one we are used to. And her attitude turns were pretty.

nonetheless, i agree that her echappes were a bit odd.

anyway, dancers can't be amazing each time, sometimes they may be not in the good mood or something like that. In this video, Natalia Osipova isn't amazing , but she's still very very very VERY good ! And most of time SHE IS amazing !

[BalletTapJazz]

@spceinadreamroom I agree on the echappes and being off the music, but i thought the attitudes were fine.

[DreamBallet]

her jump is soooo light, feels like she can stay in the air, I love that.......

[Thenrah]

Her turns are so pretty! I wish I could turn like that. (And I've tried, it's just not pretty)

[vintagepenguins]

amazing dancer, her grand jetes!  :O

[BlindbyBeauty]

Ah! Sus jetes son hermosos!♥ De verdad, como una plumita tan delicada y ligera que se levanta en el aire y cuando cai no hay ruido alguno. Estan bonita verla bailar, creo que es una gran bailarina(:

[lollip898]

My at the end there when you finally see her face, her beauty is captivating.

[BalletDancer1394]

Amo a Osipova, pero no se, hay algo en sus pies que no me gusta y siento que aveces no sigue la musica.

Dios sus saltos son lo mejor de ella, y ademas cuando baila no le puedes quitar los ojos, es maravillosa y tiene la clasica tecnica del Bolshoi, 100% Baile russo!!!

[Shower2356]

i feel that something happened with the recording as when she does her Jetes u hear her land like 2 seconds after she actually does! sO my guess is that something has gone wrong with the recording perhaps!?!?

[manhattanballet]

i think so too, because she seemed to be slightly off the music, but shes so wonderful, that would never happen!!!!!!!!

[cutiealicia16]

good...but it needs some work

[raquelsferreira]

I think Osipova is awesome :D

[wildlyattractive]

Natalia is fantastic...but she can do sooooooooo much better =)

[natalie2405]

Perfect!!!

[edsoneamanda]

out of the music

[esmeraldacolumna]

si, pero es un elemtento lo que esta usando y mientras este en escena puede ser tan distrayente como cualquiero otra cosa

[esmeraldacolumna]

odio ese abanico es tan distrayente!!!

[balletboy89]

el abanico no baila! baila ella! y se mueven sus pies! eso es lo que te deve distraer!

[tutugirl4life]

Was the music out of sync?

[TheTravelBug89]

It looked like it

[mrdanielsmith]

shes improved alot

[reginaholic]

it bothers me so much she didnt hold her ending pose

[martha117]

omgg ur amazinggggggggggg

[sis4shortee]

her pique turns start on a bent knee :] but she's still really good!

[ABTBluebird]

dude she is more than really good!!!!!! : )

[nymphetamine9mm]

her feet are just lovely in those echappees!!

[2bwindy]

totatally awesome, she's gorgous on stage. Where is that music from. I know i've dance to it some time but can't put my finger on it????!!!

[balletdevon]

It is from Don Quixote, Kitris Variation :).

[SophieNeveudancer]

her echappes are different...but i think its because its a different style ...she is...gourgeous she has this energy on stage...breathtaking

[nompenstein]

when she jumps its like she is flying!!!!

[bLuEtTiNaCoNvInTa94]

carismatica!!!!!

[kazinda23]

she's great^^

[swanchat]

Christine Shevchenko from USA won gold in 2005.

[Nomak020186]

russian :)

[ballet4evernever]

osipova is beautiful in here !!!!! she seems very young (she's still young but she looks now more mature on stage) and i can see her technique has improved so that makes me happy cause i'll love to see more osipova to see how she improves year by year if she's amaziing today imaging in a few years?? she would be MORE amazing!!!! i love OSIPOVA!!!! love her kitri specially is so amazing!!!

[arcg90]

she's great, but those echappes are wrong. Maybe its her feet. She doesn't slide into second at all, working from her inner thighs, but like jumps en point.

[eliz27]

different schools of ballet have different ways of releve-ing and doing echappes too. Russians usually jump onto pointe instead of rolling through the feet.

[urranuss]

but she didnt escape in her ehcappes,but youre right,different styles have different techniques

anyway good solo,brilliant actually for her age

but she has improved about 1000% since then.i think she is the best thing to come out of russia since vishneva

id love to see her being partnered by acosta

[reginaholic]

Its almost as if its too graceful and not powerful and sultry enough....

[tutugirl4life]

Isn't the music off??

[dogscool88]

i noticed during her echappes her heels don't touch the ground. she is a brilliant dancer, nonetheless.

and also, the music is off...

[velcris]

QUESTA SI CHE è VERA DANZA MICA AMICI!

[Fuzooky]

what?

[TheRealKookie00]

What did she place?

[geckoarmy8]

She has amazing extensions and incredible lines... I just love her; she's my idol.

[letsskitri]

she won, didn't she?

[reginaholic]

8/10

the ending pose had no spice

[raymonda100]

No one has yet to dance this variation with Maximova's speed (it's on YT)

[GymnasticDancer]

This is so beautiful! But the music is off... still, great job Natalia!

[gastonlegrand]

Yeah; and Maximova did all of the 32 fouette turns with her arms close to the body. I think Ossipova is the dancer most likely to take over the mantle of Maximova one day.

[likeafirstday]

I dont think so she will over mantle one day of Maximova !!I mean beetwen so much diffurent she ıs amazing dancer but Maximova is diffurent dancing diffurent on stage and more noone can do what she did!!!!Its will never come again Maximova or other great star names !!

[Naokun29]

One of the best Kitri for sure.

[LePetitDanseur2010]

ummm...natalia is wonderful...but how can she possibly be off the music like that??

[balletlovergirl]

It is just the video/music mess up. She can't possibly be off the music.

[LePetitDanseur2010]

yeah thats what i thought.

[likeOMGitzJOSIE]

beautiful! i just wish she would spring up to pointe more, and have a wider echappe.

[balletdancer08]

thats exactly what i was just about to say!

[noeh5]

no me gustas sus echappés,,,

[ainodancer]

ombree envidia por supuestoo jajaaj pero qe siendo una profesional haga esos echappes...

[myagk]

Algo raro en sus echappés pero creo que ella aquí aún no estaba en la compañía,asi q tan profesional no estaba.Pero he visto otros videos donde baila esta variación(ya en la compañía)y todo esta PERFECTO.Tal vez tenía ampollas,no?Igual quién como ella!!!me da envidia pero de la buena.Me encanta Osipova.

[ainodancer]

uyy esos echappés son muy penosos... no pasa por media punta... pero claro osipova tiene unas condiciones...

[Ajcano92]

la envidia presente :p

[geckoarmy8]

Yes, I think the music thing was due to a camera issue, I've never seen a dancer of her skill miss music like that.

She has beautiful turns and jumps, and she's so graceful! I'm doing this variation for our performance now and this is both an inspiration and a self-esteem killer ^_^

[ohbudda]

can you put up her video from Diana and Acteon from the moscow competition? somebody must have it...

[alinabalerina]

OH,about the music: she don't miss it. there's something wrong with camera...

[connitacoi]

I think the other Kitri variation suits her better.

[PlanetBallet]

She is not good here. Not even for the bronze. She misses music like crazy and even simple tours are off.

[PICKLETREE]

As people have stated, it was a camera issue. Also, there are no tours in the kitri variation.

[alinabalerina]

I don't remember who received the gold medal, but Denis Matvienko won Grand Prix.

[ohbudda]

im surprised she ONLY received the bronze medal. who was gold here?

[mariinskyfan]

Amazing! Thank you. please post more!