The Nutcracker - Grand pas de deux

[BeautifullyTragicxx]

Does this come before or after the Sugar Plum Fairy variation?

[culturevulture2011]

A lovely version of this pas de deux. Interesting choreography variations that I have never seen before. Also in the coda (in another video here). Very clean dancing.

[polina250]

wtf why does she smiling all the time?? music is so sad and ..majestic

[7Mazeppa]

Maybe of all Miyako's partners in this pas de deux, McRae is the best (over Mukhamedov, Cope, Bonelli et al). Because of his youth, he communicates a sense of half-unbelieving ecstasy in getting to accompany this glittering elfin legend of a ballerina. He radiates 'this must be too good to be true - it can't be true - oh good heavens it IS TRUE!' with the audience.

[RussianWhiteWinter]

DDDD: oh muy g... this is ballet........... ahahahahah xddd

[MintScribble]

@josephinea1 No offense, but he barely does anything for the first however many minutes. Beautiful, but not underrated.

[kdonline119]

at 2.21 such a dirty look on her face :L still, so beautiful to watch :)

[Lulu2143658709]

beautiful!

[thatonechick2012]

Wow.

[love1234228]

ballet isn't easy folks. God I would so trip on my face.

[AnouDance]

OMG they're sooooooooo perfect <3

[riskit89]

ugh.. i'd KILL to be able to have my body do what hers does....

[juanige8]

BOTH ARE AMAZING.....

[lovpetz12]

So, I fell in love with this performance, I admit, when I was little and watched Barbie and the Nutcracker. I made my mom take me to the ballet, but now I'm curious as to why I was so amazed. 'Cause that shit ain't got NOTHIN' on this!

[JJo27rainier]

her pirouettes are so fluid!!!

[balletjones]

Yodhida is so restrained as to be boring. The RB has gotten so improved now that they don't limit themselves to British born dancers

[TZEITEL10]

@balletjones I think she is extremely graceful,choosing your favourite dancer is so subjective.

People like Nunez,i have seen her make errors or stumbles in every performance i have seen and yet she has a very expressive face.Miyako has left Covent Garden now.

[TZEITEL10]

@balletjones I don;t think that they ever have,Robert Helpmann was Australian and they have had various Russians,i think South Africans,i am sure that there are others.

[sweetpeach3255]

I feel so bad for the dude. In almost every lift he gets a face full of her tutu

[BlissfulPsychosis]

@fruitofkindness That's because it's a descending g major scale. Any scale when played descending, with the rhythym "1 2 a 3 and | 1 and 2" spells "Joy to the World." It's actually a great way to teach children their scales! [:

[Flower2982]

wow ♥i can feel the magic

[fruitofkindness]

hmm

i just noticed that one 'sentence' in the music for nutcracker grand pas de deux, if you alter the rhythm, it sounds like 'joy to the world' music

[marissacharleswagg]

who disliked this??????????????????

[BeautifullyTragicxx]

Can they just jump inside my music box?

[TheMazzatron]

Amazing, the moves are graceful, and clean and and sharp all at once

[mamensen]

It is superb. Miyako Yoshida and Steven McRae have such a chemistry. Perfect! I can watch this video 1000 times and I will always love it.

[lunaticial]

a pair was introduced to the floor without nuts to perform in thanks for the crushing and the cleaning of all the nuts by royalty for something they where unable to do and in unity they gave thanks

[Ken871961]

gorgeous!



[mimprincesa]

omg.. that was soooooo beautiful! These guys had such wonderful chemistry. so graceful :')

[29FunnyBunny99]

OMG wie schwul isch des?!

[SketchyMarie]

This is the best performance ever of the Nutcracker - Grand Pas de Deux. Just amazing.

[StormIris]

This one might be my favorite, better than the Sugar Plum Fairy in my opinion. She is very graceful and talented. Makes me feel like I did a great disservice to myself for not trying out for ballet when I was younger.

[liv2dance00]

OMG in my studio's Gand pas de deux we had some of the EXACT same movements!

[MozartGirl1756]

Am I the only one that thinks that 3:16 is a pretty ugly/awkward looking???

The rest is beautiful, but that bit KILLS me.....

I'm also one of those people that prefers the grand pas to be an "act of love" between Clara/Marie and the Nutcracker.

[Tiadhm1]

@MozartGirl1756 No!! you are not alone!! Plus, her movements lack of plasticity, and are too net in some moments, the Japanese culture is obvious, and her legs movements made me think of samurai's swards --[lost Russian fairy-tale's magic...]

-T

[SeanaluvsBurleigh]

@MozartGirl1756 No you are not alone MozartGirl. I totally feel the same...I didn't get that feeling I always get while watching these two dance.  She was too "smiley" which made it seem like she was just going through the motions but not loving the moment...Anyway, I just wasn't wowed by this interpretation...

[Amadrieclya]

the interpretation sucks at all. no emotions nothing on the dancers. the movements are perfect.

[Tiadhm1]

@Amadrieclya Agree-- just that movements are not perfect. Could not stop thinking of samurai's swards... -T

[SeanaluvsBurleigh]

@Amadrieclya Yeah what you said :) I agree 100%. Just like MozartGirl said, this beautiful dance should remain between Clara and the Nutcracker Prince...didn't like this interpretation at all.

[TZEITEL10]

@SeanaluvsBurleigh They have their own magical PDD in the first act,obviously you have your opinion,yet this production, in its various incarnations,continues to sell out every time.

[Amandasmra9]

Lindíssimo! Wonderful!

[JurassicParklover14]

I love this part in the nutcracker.I wish i could be the sugar plum fairy so i can dance to the beautiful music.

[slapmore]

Terriffics interpretations. What a balance of music and dance. 

[oneill9875]

Does anybody know what year this was? looks like early 2's

[grendelwok]

@oneill9875 This is the 2009 performance.

[oneill9875]

@grendelwok Thanks for the info,I was curious because I have the 2001 performance on dvd with Yoshida,so she was a long time principal for Royal Ballet?

[grendelwok]

@oneill9875 The 2001 DVD is the 2000 performance with Yoshida and Jonathan Cope. I have both DVDs, but I think Yoshida and McRae just seem to "mesh" better.

Miyako Yoshida became a principal dancer in '88 while still with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. So she was a principal dancer when she transferred in '95.

She retired from the Royal Ballet in 2010, a few months after this performance.

[oneill9875]

@grendelwok Thanks for the info,and I agree McRae is a better mesh,but Cope is very good also.

[vienteflora]

2000, ROH, Royal Ballet, the whole thing was broadcast last night bbc4 (23.12.11)@oneill9875

[oneill9875]

@vienteflora Thanks for the info and Merry Christmas.

[JustLilOleMe01]

Positively exquisite!!

[MultiPandaInc]

This is so lovely,

i love it .

[irvingtawa]

Delightful...

[BollywoodLoverGirl]

Oh my god.. she really looks like a princess :)))

[josephinea1]

steven mcrae is also stunning and he always will be\

no one ever seems to notice how hard male ballet dancers work and they always focus on the ladies

[love1peace3]

@josephinea1 thats true, but i went to the nutcracker just the other night and id be starin at them boys!!!! they got nice legs in such, they had my attention.

[josephinea1]

every move just melts into the other

shame that miyako yoshida retired

shes like the modern fonteyn!

[HouCuseChickie95]

Absolutely stunning!!! I watched it with my children the other night and while I love the Nutcracker and have seen many wonderful performances, we were all in awe of this one. Even my children had me rewinding the last minute or two of this dance because they wanted to watch over and over.

[dekkerfan1]

This is soooo amazing!!! I like this a lot better than the Sugarplum Fairy's solo, myself :)

[Delphinus32]

That was wonderful. Truly brilliant. :D

[JurassicParklover14]

Im in love with this song! <3 I am so jealous of her.

[guettasdaughter]

3:16 fluff

[moushka26]

The essence of classical ballet. Wonderful!

[koolaidjungle]

so beautiful...

[tahitiancookie]

Oh my lord, this is a pleasantly lovely, beautiful, heart-rendering gorgeous--AHHH BUFFER. go screw urself.

[joltzkrieg]

Is there a name for the score of this particular Pas de Deux? I want it but can't seem to find it. (I know it Tschaikovsky tho.)

[tahitiancookie]

@joltzkrieg i think it might be 'Adagio (Sugar-Plum Fairy and her Cavalier)'

[MoosicandCritters]

@joltzkrieg I'm trying to find it too. All I have is written in Russian. If you find it, could you please message me or reply to this comment. Thank you. :D

[MoosicandCritters]

@joltzkrieg Just found it. "Dance for Two".

[Vexlulz]

@joltzkrieg As far as i can work out it's just called Grand Pas de deux. Not so helpful Tschaikovsky!

[grendelwok]

@joltzkrieg This is the Nutcracker ballet, Tchaikovsky Op 71. The movement is the Act II grand pas de deux (dance for two) adagio.

Tchaikovsky didn't include this in the Suite (Op 71a), probably because he saw it as a "gimmick". A friend challenged him to write a movement based only on a simple scale. Pyotr Ilyich asked, "ascending or descending?". The result is this GPDD Adagio, based off a simple descending scale. "Simply" beautiful. ;)

[joltzkrieg]

@grendelwok My God... someone gave me a genuinely intelligent and useful response on youtube... god bless you sir!

[vigodskyhelen]

Lev Ivanov/Marius Petipa- classic version, beautiful

[rwdust]

who is the choreographer - I've noticed this version used by several companies. thanks

[xXxFairBeautyxXx]

absolutely beautiful..think they could have been a little more dramatic with the lifts, but overall really fantastic performance

[pogmofoil]

I can't even listen to the song without getting chills thinking about this choreography.

[ThePuika]

absolutely genious....

[NayBeatriz]

She is so beautiful....amazing!

[sophmeister303]

this was the very first ballet i saw aged 7. i cried my eyes out at this pas de deux it's just so BEAUTIFUL!!!

[MoosicandCritters]

@sophmeister303 Well now I don't feel so silly. I cry almost the entire program. I have it on CD and play it during every Christmas season. This music just moves some people to tears, and here I thought I was the only one. lol.

[XLittleMonsterLoveX]

@sophmeister303 oh my God, me too :") <3

[Pixie12153]

My favourite pas de deux!!!

[jeweetubee]

that was so beautiful.and for some reason - I'm crying haha

[fadiisabella]

It's pretty. but i think the choreography is pretty boring

[basha417]

Absolutely beautiful. Better than what I saw in Russia!

Watch his feet - he is so sure-footed, no hesitation or repositions at all.

[GIANTfromSIBERIA]

i want to see the dude's solo. that was pretty sweet though, its weird what a difference it makes when people smile lol. 

[balletbabe245]

10 pirouettes holy crap

[fierywolf1981]

Wonderful absolutely wonderful...never get tired of watching this dance and the music is fabulous!

[librandancer]

Beautiful dancing.

[llamalover02]

Why I take ballet <3

[minibieber1]

@llamalover02 me too! I have such a passion for it! This performance is pure beauty!

[zonlos]

@NoSuchThing2009 :1:16

[zonlos]

@NoSuchThing2009  the turn :1:16!!

[frescablackbelt13]

this might just be the most beautiful pas de deux ive ever seen *.*

[zonlos]

she is so controlled!

[NoSuchThing2009]

@zonlos my thoughts exactly, so sharp :-)

[jennaballet]

Three words, flawless, effortless, gorgeous

[GIANTfromSIBERIA]

damn... thats as good as the kirov's.

[myfool567]

*gasps* OuO THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! It kinda makes me regret taking jazz instead of ballet...

[llamalover02]

someday I hope to dance like her...working at it!

[MsCartube]

They both look so friendly. And they're incredible good dancers! I mean I'm not at all an expert when it comes to dancing but this looks just so so lovely. If sth like perfection exists than it will be this dancing. Well done! :)

[Eyohannes93]

My favorite enactment! She's the most graceful I've seen by far!

[CarolineLovesHugs18]

i've done ballet my entire life and i'll never be as good as she is an inspiration to all those who can and can't dance.

[Sarabbify]

i wish i could dance like her! <3

[banana2510]

The whole time I were watching this, all I can think of was Ballet = Timeless and Perfection! They are so dreamy!!! Love love love =]

[Gebreab21]

amateur night...

[piasantoro]

you guys are brilliant! a technique worthy of precious leave many Russian dancers with envy! Much talent and musicianship! Splendid! Congratulations!

[Bruce99100]

God woreTchaikovsky's hand like a glove when he composed this piece. Sublime.

[ryvrdrgn15]

I like her other version better. The one with Alina! But miyako is PERFECT

[Mspendragon72]

Perfection bitches!! WATCH AND LEARN... :)

[stephanielovesfriday]

I think I just melted.

[velicyclomoteur]

He holds her so closely :D <3

[cc1002353]

beautiful. but an asian with blonde hair? try again.

[kevalenoxx]

@cc1002353 LOL .I know right

[jinpitakki33]

ohhh wow. im just. speechless. that was absolute perfection. no mistakes AT ALL, not even any little wobbles or anything. their chemistry is superb. and performance quality was exquisite.

[shaviolin]

beautiful :)

[Raggiodisole90]

Their beauty is incredible, I was going to cry! :-)

[greantea2525]

@Raggiodisole90

Me, too!

[viviantam920331]

great control, tho the liftings can be more improved ! overall, very delight to watch it!

[Quidasha140]

Yay! Asian ballerina! :D

[TZEITEL10]

@Quidasha140 Yes she is beautiful,an elegant,enchanting dancer but i think she left the Royal Ballet a while ago.

[msrociochan]

cada vez que lo veo me gusta mas, tambien me hace llorar un poco, her mo so!

[francofile714]

thank you so much for posting this! i've been looking everywhere for it!

[aharz1]

Perfectly lovely. A delight to watch.

[Falfred]

Just motions...no feelings

[talon1824]

Beautiful!  Although I do think I like the Yoshida/Cope pairing just a little bit more. Still, a brilliant job!

[ernestgonzales]

just amazing!!

[ScratchCardGl0ry]

Miyako = pure effortless beauty.

[missiheartballet]

Hey, nice to see another cast :) Do you also have the Solos and Coda? I'd love to see Steven's variation

[9415908]

She is so lovely! Pure classicism!

[BaletAll]

oldshool =D but fantastic

[BaletAll]

oldshool =D

[BalletGirl09]

miyako yoshida is stunning and im a big marianela fan :D

[ElFrancotirador1000]

ohhhhh i like yoshida but i was hoping it was nunez