Galina Ulanova Swan Lake

[estci94]

1:27 sheldon cooper? XD

[tortoled2]

Sergeyev I think

[94sealover]

what is the name of the music used in this videos?its so sweet and classical.

[DanseusePassionne]

She does something with her acting that no other dancer has made me ever feel, which is genuinely scared because of how fragile and vulnerable Odette seems. Such talent.

[iluvmyfriendsxoxo]

wow how dancers bodies have changed and their technnique as well!!!! Gosh simply amazing!

[jennysiita]

@iluvmyfriendsxoxo

i know it just amazing :O

they used to be a little bit less skinny

and the technique is so different!

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Every move just aches with emotion, and her dance seems as effortless as breathing. Wish I could have seen her dance.

[passionofpersephone]

That tutu is so big it almost upstages her! Still, it's great to see her in anything.

[JacquelyneWilkerson]

WOWEEEE - that tutu looks like a dessert it's so fluffy - yummy!!!!!

My hasn't ballet come a long long way in terms of technique.

-how old is Ulanova in this footage?? and what year was this filmed?

[Sacto1654]

Like Maya Plisetskaya's performance in this very scene, note that the emphasis here is on acting skills, not technical excellence in "en pointe" dancing like we see today. This is because both Ulanova and Plisetskaya became ballerinas during the 1930's and 1940's, when new Russian ballets emphasized more acting skills than dancing skills.

[OnlyBallet]

True, although technique was evolving steadily (compare Ulanova with her predecessors). So, at the time, Ulanova herself was considered far more technically proficient than she is today.

[beckhen]

Her bourrees are exemplary: tiny, supple, quick, full of expressive variety—also in the Sylphides waltz video. It seems to me it is more "style" than technique that changes; at least there are aspects of past technique that must be considered excellent even today.

[lalaisgarcia]

@Sacto1654 Yes, Galina had a very hight qualitty acting skills. In her book, wich name in spanish is "Escuella de una ballerina" she talks all the time about the importance of getting involved in the character. She cites Stanislavski and "The Sistem" as a leading way into the character. She cared a lot about her dancing to, but it seemed to me, as reading her book, that the highlight in her career was the acting.

[Clockmouth]

is there any more of this film?

[Clockmouth]

wow.. that was amazing. the set, the choreography, the music, the costumes, galina.. wow!

[hotredaddy]

really love her!!!

[ilextree]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[sjpflute]

I think this is Ulanova with Sergeyev, not Fadeyechev. Could you double check please? Thanks. It's a really beautiful performance.

[OnlyBallet]

I think you're right. It doesn't look like him, although that's what my source said. Can anyone confirm?

[jkircher314]

Sergeyev. Fadeyechev is Plisetskaya's partner in Swan Lake.

[cucharesx]

@sjpflute

sergeyev

[radostsguy]

I checked in Wikipedia under "Romanov." Turns out there are lots of "Romanovi" other than the Imperial Family. In fact, one of them was a Bolshevik Revolutionary! LOL!

Another was a Soviet statesman back in the 20's.

And yes, Galina's mama was Maria Romanova. She was a ballerina at the Imperial Mariinsky Theater. The first time Galina was taken to a ballet by her dad, it was her mama who was the lead ballerina! She cried out, "Look papa! It's Mama!"

[samkr2007]

Thank you very much for the information. I did check in Wikipedia, but still make me question because half of them are all related to the Imperial family and the others (inside and outside of Russia) do not mention their family background at all except for their immediate history. I also read that before her death Ulanova destroyed absolutely ALL of her personal belongings. Thanks again.

[samkr2007]

I believe this is from the film of 1953.

Yes, wasn't her mother's maiden name Romanova (Maria Romanova)- very curious, I don't know any other last name Romanova than the Imperial family in Russia, any informantion???

Her father's name was Serge Ulanov.

[samkr2007]

sorry for misspelling "information"

[mdancer01]

amazing

[dancelivelove]

that tutu makes me smile :)

[radostsguy]

Yeah. It was a bit odd. But I wonder how old this video is. She was born way back in 1906 or so. Her mother danced at the Imperial Russian Ballet, and was from an Aristocratic Family. It's a wonder Galina didn't get stood up against a wall during the Red Terror!

In around 1944 Stalin moved her from the Mariinsky (Kirov then) to the Bolshoi, and made her Prima Ballerina.

[numberonefilmfan]

The Dance Division of the NY Public Library has an entry for a film of White Swan pas de deux with Sergeyev, included on a tape with other clips, dated c 1940. They also give her birth year as 1910, which would have, if that is this film, made her about 30 years old here.

[enigmaticpheo]

I love Ulanova! What a long and beautiful career. And what an artist! She's so brilliant at projecting hre emotions in a way that's neither monotone or over exaggerated.