Maya doesn't just dance, it's an explosion of spirit, joy and passion. She IS the music and the magic of theater. There will never be another one like her.
To me, this is and will be the ultimate definition of dance. Every movement flows from within. She's not following the choreography. Those steps are born inside her and burst out with great exuberance. She is the music itself!!
Wow, now this is the vivacious energy of Kitri you don't see much nowadays! Techinical precision and athleticism, yes, but with Maya, I get so involved with her character and story telling that comes through in her dancing that I don't care what her feet may look like in some places. Ah, to be in the audience for this fun ride! Bless...wish there are more performances like this now.
Its like Callas Norma, Rubinsteins Chopin, Casals Bach or Charles Laughtons Quasimodo. Epic. Tou can sit & cry for all that beauty. Thank you Maya we are forever in your fault. You show us the best waht human can do. THANK YOU
Этот балет,как ни странно для балета, всегда был соревнованием балерин. Тимофеева обладала уникальной техникой, но фундаментальной Плисецкой проигрывала, даже непонятно в чем. Но проходят годы. Я видел десятки DQ, но теперь выясняется, что лучшей для меня была все-таки Максимова. Плисецкая по сравнению с ней выглядит статуарной дамой и у нее нет шедевра как вариация пиццикато в па де де. А если учесть, что Максимова танцевала с Богом танца - Васильевым. то Кате принадлежит первейшее БРАВО.
Fabulosa Maya, la única!!! me encanta cómo baila la música española!!! pareciera que la lleva en la sangre, que pasión le pone!! y eso que es rusa, aunque nacionalizada española. Gracias Maya por todo lo que nos deleitastes y emocionastes y gracias Gabba02 por subir esto tan hermoso!!
I just watched the video of her dancing the dying swan to absolute perfection...with such grace, calmness and sadness. And now this outbreak of passion and tempo. This woman could perform anything....she is amazing!
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Shameless, cheat. The worst ballerina of all time. Why is still revered to this cheat. Russia had really great dancers, this is a cheat. Ulanova, Bessmertnova, Maximova are truly great.
What is this obsession you've got against Plisetskaya? Why do you feel you have to post the exact same comment under all of her videos? We get your opinion of her. Move on!
This is definately one of the most fascinating things in the whole world. How i wish I could see her performing live. No one can be like Plisetskaya of Maximova.
Watching MAYA !!! on here I always say to myself : I WATCHED HER IN REAL !!!..Her PERFECT performance just ABSORBS ME SO DEEPLY ..so i never think how high her technique is or.. whatever.. :-)
lanarv... you saw her live?!!! how was it? extraordinary I think... well you are a very lucky person... I wish I could have... but... I was born too late and very far far away!
just listen to the audience...they are the ones that pay the ticket. and decide if the dancer is a real artist , not the frustrated people that writtes here , beacuse is the only way where they feel that the are important in the world of ballet . hahaha poor guys.
she didn´t need stupid and unnecessary circus tricks... what makes you a good dancer is how do you use the technique and the style in function of the character that you are portraying
When I watch these clips, I wish I have a time machine so I could go back and watch Plisetskaya, Maksimova, Vassilliev, and so many bolshoi stars dance live! They are all treasures of mankind.
This has to be about the best ballet clip ever. Her timing is just perfect, she has sparkle in her technique and she always ends with pzazz and a twinkle. Its just so natural. She has it all.
Energy, fire, character and charm we can compare with Maya only performance of Natalia Osipova, Cynthia Harvey and Katia Maksimova. Others'r very behind.
I have seen many great ballerinas in this role, but nobody like Maya. The excitement and personality that she brings to this role is unique. She has true control of her technique, but she forgets all about technique and dances, she dances like only she can do in this role. Delivering the joy to be a Spanish girl in love and happy for everything. She is fantastic! I do adore her. Thank you Maya for being so brave and giving. This is a great legacy.
Maya is the best in this role to my mind. I would love to see Pierina also dancing it. I think for Maya's style of ballet, Pierina is the only one near her class.
my father was fortunate enough to see maya with the bolshi in the early sixties. as a i child i would dream through the programs from the performance. the image of maya as kitri in the classic kick arabesque is burned into my childhood memory. thank you for a trip down memory lane.
Isn't that incredible?!!! I still can't believe when she does that grand jete arabesque kick!! How about the height she gets? I truly think this is the best I've seen!!(sorry it's been a long time since I've danced and I forgot what they are called)
yep i am not even sure what those kicky thingys are but they are amazing. i am totally inspired to start dancing again. i have forgot how much i love to dance. it's been 30 years since i've put on the toe shoes. i stopped as a teenager because i was into boys. big mistake. i should have kept on dancing............
Ohmigosh, this video is inspiring... I don't think her technique looks bad at all here, and her expression is dazzling. So many ballerinas today could take a lesson from her :)
Every time I someone says that Maya didn't have great technique I remember that scene from Center Stage where Jodie says, "Margot Fonteyn didn't have great feet," and Jonathan responds that when Fonteyn danced you couldn't take your eyes off of her. It can't be taught.
Maya, Margot, Anna and Galina are the probably the best dancers of modern times. There is not much material around for the greats before that like Pierina and Mathilde.
Magnificent!!! So much passion and fire in that dance, no ballerina can dance the way Maya does, she indeed can feel the music, living it like no other dancer does...Simply the best!!!
This has to be one of the best videos on youtube. Maya does not need some phoney title like "assoluta". Her performance says it all, not the title. What she has over other ballerinas is sheer musicality. To me, she is the best ballerina of all time.
Maya has no comparison with any other ballerina ever in Kitri. She was unique, she was and always will be the greatest one, Maximova, Gillem were great, but not assolutas. She got that title after Ms Ulanova retired from stage in the early 70s. She was very careful in selecting her repertoire, she only danced what no one else can dance like her: Dying Swan, Kitri, Raymonda, Swan Lake, but never Giselle There were Alonso, Fracci, Chauvire and Markova for that, Maya never dared. She knew better.
This kind of dancing redefines the term "bravura." Plisetskaya can do more with that fan than most ballerinas can do with their entire bodies. Anybody know who's dancing Basil?
If you watch other dancers do this part, no one else can extend backwards with her back arch and arms like hers. Also her leaps, jumps and extensions are like no one elses. Yes Sylvie Guillem is great and the rest of them, but none of them have what Maya has and thats everything!!!
brew. Quite right. Everything is right about her dancing. She is always in the correct position, her timing is spot on and always at top speed, and she even has time to do a cheeky flick of her head at the end while glacing at the audience. She is the supreme artist, and the people love her for it.
That can´t be tought in any school it is a gift and that makes the difference of a Prima Ballerina Assoluta and a Prima Ballerina
that can have the most impressive technique or even better than an assoluta , but she can´t give to the public the emotions than an assoluta can make with one simple arm movement like my beloved Maya
You are right , i absolutely agrre with you , i just wanted to make a point about the magic that Maya had in every role , nowdays you cant see that magic at the stage but as a teacher im triying to rescue this ...
: making art with the body like this legendary ballerina
Thankyou for your reply and i hope you enjoy my videos
What made Plisetskaya such a great dancer was that she learned a LOT about acting skills from watching the equally legendary Galina Ulanova, who was famous for her acting ability on stage (go see Ulanova's legendary performances in "Giselle").
Plisetskaya has talent way and above any dancer around today. Her greatest skill is timing. It's bang on. She is always in the correct position at the correct time, right down to the nano second.
Best Kitri I've ever seen. Everything about her is perfection. She seems to be enjoying herself so much. Dancers actually looked like women then! She's still thin, but not sickly- Don't know why dancers today feel that extreme thinness makes dance look better.
Maya is great. Remember, only one other ballerina was named "Prima Ballerina Assoluta" in the Soviet era....and that was Ulanova. It's obvious why Maya was bestowed with such a title....she was a master!
I agree with 01music01. Maya's techique has GOT to be good. Even if you'd never watched her dance, it's obvious. Because how can a ballerina, literally, still dance when she's nearing her 80s without having almost-perfect technique? (no, there is no "perfect" in ballet, it can always be better, theoretically). And you have to remember that ballet is an ART not a SPORT.
Check out any other ballerina doing precisely this scene, and she will look halfhearted after the blazing Maya Plisetskaya. Except for the sparkling Ekaterina Maximova --but in this scene the Fire Goddess reigns supreme!
I saw both Plisetskaya and Maximova in their NYC tour doing Don Q. Both were marvelous but Vasiliev and Maximova together set that stage on fire. So many years later, I still remember how I felt when I left the old Met and went back for each subsequent performance.(And I agree: that is the true measure of a great performance.) Plisetskaya was great but Maximova was unforgettable.
Who cares about modern standard? It's like Callas or Shaliapin. Probably they did not have perfect voices or modern technique. They were just great artists for all times.
Who will remember ballet stars of nowadays in 5-10 years? Pavlova, Nizhinsky, Ulanova, Plisetskaya. Noureev are forever!
plisetskaya has fire and "kitrism", but what was expected from a dancer those days is different from today. back then it was about what she could do, now its HOW you do it. she was good in the pasts technique. what was thought to be amazing when she danced is not what is thought to be amazing today. her fire and temperamemt and stage presence live today, but not her techinique. it was very good considering the circumstances when she danced. there are, techiniquewise, better kitris.
Good enough is good enough and "the best" is universal for all the times and people. What Plisetskaya did in this dance was perfect regardless of the time. People have the same perception of beauty and it is the same, let it be today or those past days. Up today nobody could dance Kitri or dying swan any better than Plisetskaya.
Raymonda 100 said: When you leave the theatre - you don't remember technique. You remember how the dancer made you feel.
That is the exactly what dance truly is. Thank you, Raymonda. I see dance today, but I can't honestly say I often remember how the dancer made me feel. Maya makes the blood run! That is dance!
Your welcome! I first saw Margot and Rudi in R&J in NY in 1964. That performance - it's passion - is still vivid in my memory, whereas performances I saw months ago I've already forgotten. Can you imagine any dancers today getting 43 curtain calls! And we would have given them another 20 if they would have stayed for them.
i dont count more arched feet better technique...her positions are precise, legs are perfectly straight and her extensions and jumps are gorgeous! maya's charisma made her name ALONG with her incredible talent.
Tonight, somewhere, a performance of Don Quijote will take place.The ballerina dancing Kitri will have a little Maya Plisetskaya in her.Maya owns the role forever.
She looks more like a bacchante than a ballerina--too much frenzy in the dancing. It is all well and good that she has passion and charisma, but they are meant to be conveyed through the medium of dancing, not to compensate for hasty technique.
One must be very incompetent to claim that one of the greatest ballerinas in ballet history does not have a technique. Plisetskaya is world famous both for her incomparable artistry and brilliant technique.
You are begging the question of why she should be one of the greatest in first place, other than a matter of popular reptuation. She is not form-conscious; her steps are unclear; her epaulement is crude, and her interpretation is not musical. There are far better Kitris: Ananiashvili, Alexandrova, Guillem, etc.
If you write something like this means you dont understand anything in ballet. Ananiashvili or Alexandrova are far from Plisetskaya or Bessmertnova of those days.
This is strange. You keep attacking me without offering any substantive evidence to back up your reasons. At least I gave my grounds for skepticism; what yourely on is no more than hearsay or popular reputations. And you can disagree with me without attacking my intelligence. I have yet to do so to you.
Yes, in Don Quixote her technique is freer because that's what the character calls for. You should not dance a spanish peasant with the epaulment and classical placement you would dance a princess. Maya could be classicaly correct when the role called for it (for example in Sleeping Beauty) It is a measure of her artistry that she realises what the role needs.
This is by far the most invigorating, musical and satisfying Kitri I've ever seen.
I don't know if you are a dancer or not, but I don't think you are. Dance is passion, dance is feeling, dance is fire, that is what Plisetskaya is!!!!!!
Guillem for example is good, but the passion when she dances Kitri is not 1/100 of Plisetskaya's. Guillem has flawless technique, but so does Plisetskaya. It's just that it's more ABOUT technique these days.
even techniquewise Plisetskaya is number one and will always be number one in the world. They can only repeat her, there is no way to be better than her.
she does not have technique? What else she was supposed to have done? There is no way to dance better than this. This was perfect. And in terms of technique no one in the world ever could show anything closer to Maya's technique. Soviet ballet school is the best in the world!
The only dancers that come close to the Great Maya today may be Zaharova and Alexandrova,no one else.Not only she was a great dancer but also a great actress a very rare thing in today Ballet World,when techique is all the rage and nothing else.
Maya doesn't just dance, it's an explosion of spirit, joy and passion. She IS the music and the magic of theater. There will never be another one like her.
kabardinka1 1 month ago
To me, this is and will be the ultimate definition of dance. Every movement flows from within. She's not following the choreography. Those steps are born inside her and burst out with great exuberance. She is the music itself!!
tairanotomomori 2 months ago
Her dance is always special, brava!
morinoroba 5 months ago
Always right on tempo...moves with great power as well as elegance. Great acting. Brava
reneedaughter 7 months ago
Wow, now this is the vivacious energy of Kitri you don't see much nowadays! Techinical precision and athleticism, yes, but with Maya, I get so involved with her character and story telling that comes through in her dancing that I don't care what her feet may look like in some places. Ah, to be in the audience for this fun ride! Bless...wish there are more performances like this now.
BrendaLi1 8 months ago
Maya Plisetskaya la mejor bailarina del mundo...
007Marbellita 8 months ago
her sissones ouverts in the last variation...AMAZING. She embodies Kitri, and only Osipova comes close.
It bothers me how she doesn't really get onto the box in the chenne pirouettes at the end, but technique/shoes were a bit different back then...
113CXIII 1 year ago 7
Its like Callas Norma, Rubinsteins Chopin, Casals Bach or Charles Laughtons Quasimodo. Epic. Tou can sit & cry for all that beauty. Thank you Maya we are forever in your fault. You show us the best waht human can do. THANK YOU
OLIVCHEN77 1 year ago
SHE IS a BALLERINA OF ALL TIME!!!
woodyaan 1 year ago
Этот балет,как ни странно для балета, всегда был соревнованием балерин. Тимофеева обладала уникальной техникой, но фундаментальной Плисецкой проигрывала, даже непонятно в чем. Но проходят годы. Я видел десятки DQ, но теперь выясняется, что лучшей для меня была все-таки Максимова. Плисецкая по сравнению с ней выглядит статуарной дамой и у нее нет шедевра как вариация пиццикато в па де де. А если учесть, что Максимова танцевала с Богом танца - Васильевым. то Кате принадлежит первейшее БРАВО.
vladimmir100 1 year ago
great dancers always being great dancers but the greatest ones not too many. Maya is one of them.
biscaynejc 1 year ago
The one and only!!!!!! Love her, love her, love her.
manderson610 1 year ago
¡Me encanta esa coquetería!
aculladelasestrellas 1 year ago
absolutely amazing, i love maya
letsskitri 1 year ago
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THIS WAS RECORDED??
letsskitri 1 year ago
@letsskitri Recorded in1964.
SugarTomAppleRoger 1 year ago
Va bene Sylvie Guillem e Alessandra Ferri..bellissime..ma Maja è Maja.
sonosempreGaia 1 year ago
I miss the old ballet. I'm not normally this rude, but she's a better Kitri than Osipova will ever be, and I love Osipova.
Balletdancer980 1 year ago
@Balletdancer980 Plisetskaya was 39 years old here. Osipova is 24, and needs time to mature. We are so lucky to have such amazing ballerinas.
Raedwulff 1 year ago 5
Speechless.
Balletdancer980 1 year ago
Fabulosa Maya, la única!!! me encanta cómo baila la música española!!! pareciera que la lleva en la sangre, que pasión le pone!! y eso que es rusa, aunque nacionalizada española. Gracias Maya por todo lo que nos deleitastes y emocionastes y gracias Gabba02 por subir esto tan hermoso!!
mariadescarafia 1 year ago
Flexibility and jumping ability; no one has both of these now?
BETHRJACOBS 1 year ago
aww SHUT up u all, she is fire!! AMAZING!!!
she brings life to this Dance, i LOVE her!
lisakirara 1 year ago
wow, a legend!
look at the grand jete entourne!
crystalized899 1 year ago 2
so exstatic, so "sauvage", so different to any other ballerina style.
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I just watched the video of her dancing the dying swan to absolute perfection...with such grace, calmness and sadness. And now this outbreak of passion and tempo. This woman could perform anything....she is amazing!
twovoyeuse 2 years ago
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhh soooo beautiful it touches my soul
varanza100 2 years ago
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Shameless, cheat. The worst ballerina of all time. Why is still revered to this cheat. Russia had really great dancers, this is a cheat. Ulanova, Bessmertnova, Maximova are truly great.
federicoxxl 2 years ago
What is this obsession you've got against Plisetskaya? Why do you feel you have to post the exact same comment under all of her videos? We get your opinion of her. Move on!
Katatha75 2 years ago 4
You are very ignorant and you need someone to remove the bandage that you have in your eyes and you must discover the truth about this impostor
1810fox 2 years ago
You're really funny LOL!
Katatha75 2 years ago
...bah...this is the most useless critique of all time..
punkd87 2 years ago
she's an absolute star
suremate 2 years ago
oooh that's soooo perfect
letsskitri 2 years ago
Maya Plisetskaya: The greatist ballerina
of the 20th Century. Born in Nov 1925.
At age of 84, she is still teaching and
coaching all the roles she performed to
the young ballerinas of the Bolshoi. Don
Q is one of her many signiture performances that ultimately established
Soviet/Russian Ballet as the epitome of
the Classiscal Dance.
RomaViolinist 2 years ago
balletmaster002
So true! Gymntastics with pointe shoes. Yawn, yawn, yawn.
abralaventana 2 years ago
V kakoi forme nujno byti shtob tac tantzevaty?Eto bespodobno!!!
jokforever 2 years ago
This is simply divine!
She really deserves the assoluta title!!
I prefer her DQ a lot more than her swan lake
Cherubfish 2 years ago
Goddes!!!! Богиня!!!!
Bambolina07 2 years ago
This is definately one of the most fascinating things in the whole world. How i wish I could see her performing live. No one can be like Plisetskaya of Maximova.
Soielily 2 years ago 3
Of all the clips on youtube, this is my absolute favorite.
swanningaround 2 years ago 4
Those chaines are insane....I can't believe anyone can turn that fast.
Lissbirds 2 years ago 5
Watching MAYA !!! on here I always say to myself : I WATCHED HER IN REAL !!!..Her PERFECT performance just ABSORBS ME SO DEEPLY ..so i never think how high her technique is or.. whatever.. :-)
lanarv 2 years ago
lanarv... you saw her live?!!! how was it? extraordinary I think... well you are a very lucky person... I wish I could have... but... I was born too late and very far far away!
odile77 2 years ago
Good times
Ballet was ballet
not a mix of gymnastics with pointe shoes
balletmaster002 2 years ago 52
they
actor001 2 years ago
just listen to the audience...they are the ones that pay the ticket. and decide if the dancer is a real artist , not the frustrated people that writtes here , beacuse is the only way where they feel that the are important in the world of ballet . hahaha poor guys.
actor001 2 years ago 6
She is perfect
her technique is perfect
she didn´t need stupid and unnecessary circus tricks... what makes you a good dancer is how do you use the technique and the style in function of the character that you are portraying
actor001 2 years ago 4
bravo！thank you.
morinoroba 2 years ago
When I watch these clips, I wish I have a time machine so I could go back and watch Plisetskaya, Maksimova, Vassilliev, and so many bolshoi stars dance live! They are all treasures of mankind.
cappadoccia 2 years ago 6
Absolutely OUT OF THE REALM!!!!!!!
brewskyxxx 2 years ago 2
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Lucky they have gone extinct!!!
federicoxxl 2 years ago
????
lashenova 2 years ago
These are the REAL dancers, they have gone extinct!!!!!
kbtdancer1222 2 years ago 6
Do not be pessimistic. Maya Plisetskaya
and Vladimir Vasiliev are very much
A-OK and working at the Bolshoi Theatre.
RomaViolinist 2 years ago
This has to be about the best ballet clip ever. Her timing is just perfect, she has sparkle in her technique and she always ends with pzazz and a twinkle. Its just so natural. She has it all.
swanningaround 3 years ago 5
Energy, fire, character and charm we can compare with Maya only performance of Natalia Osipova, Cynthia Harvey and Katia Maksimova. Others'r very behind.
RomeoMaestro 3 years ago
Fantastic performer!!!
33LiveandLove33 3 years ago
I have seen many great ballerinas in this role, but nobody like Maya. The excitement and personality that she brings to this role is unique. She has true control of her technique, but she forgets all about technique and dances, she dances like only she can do in this role. Delivering the joy to be a Spanish girl in love and happy for everything. She is fantastic! I do adore her. Thank you Maya for being so brave and giving. This is a great legacy.
Politeama 3 years ago 28
Maya is the best in this role to my mind. I would love to see Pierina also dancing it. I think for Maya's style of ballet, Pierina is the only one near her class.
swanningaround 3 years ago
@Politeama I agree with you. She did something extraordinary with/of this role.
Wotan123456789 1 year ago
my father was fortunate enough to see maya with the bolshi in the early sixties. as a i child i would dream through the programs from the performance. the image of maya as kitri in the classic kick arabesque is burned into my childhood memory. thank you for a trip down memory lane.
posypusher 3 years ago
Isn't that incredible?!!! I still can't believe when she does that grand jete arabesque kick!! How about the height she gets? I truly think this is the best I've seen!!(sorry it's been a long time since I've danced and I forgot what they are called)
brewskyxxx 3 years ago
yep i am not even sure what those kicky thingys are but they are amazing. i am totally inspired to start dancing again. i have forgot how much i love to dance. it's been 30 years since i've put on the toe shoes. i stopped as a teenager because i was into boys. big mistake. i should have kept on dancing............
posypusher 3 years ago
Ohmigosh, this video is inspiring... I don't think her technique looks bad at all here, and her expression is dazzling. So many ballerinas today could take a lesson from her :)
GabeandLizzy 3 years ago 5
NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HER...MAYA...
sofiabaptista 3 years ago
Every time I someone says that Maya didn't have great technique I remember that scene from Center Stage where Jodie says, "Margot Fonteyn didn't have great feet," and Jonathan responds that when Fonteyn danced you couldn't take your eyes off of her. It can't be taught.
Mdshdw 3 years ago 7
Maya, Margot, Anna and Galina are the probably the best dancers of modern times. There is not much material around for the greats before that like Pierina and Mathilde.
swanningaround 3 years ago
Magnificent!!! So much passion and fire in that dance, no ballerina can dance the way Maya does, she indeed can feel the music, living it like no other dancer does...Simply the best!!!
iraidushka 3 years ago 3
Bravissima, sublime.
Milanoarea 3 years ago
This has to be one of the best videos on youtube. Maya does not need some phoney title like "assoluta". Her performance says it all, not the title. What she has over other ballerinas is sheer musicality. To me, she is the best ballerina of all time.
swanningaround 3 years ago 4
Happy birthday, Mayechka! (83 today!)
bobzeschin 3 years ago
Nov 20, 2009. Happy 84 Birthday. Maya
Plisetskaya.....Live Long and Prosper.
RomaViolinist 2 years ago
Maya has no comparison with any other ballerina ever in Kitri. She was unique, she was and always will be the greatest one, Maximova, Gillem were great, but not assolutas. She got that title after Ms Ulanova retired from stage in the early 70s. She was very careful in selecting her repertoire, she only danced what no one else can dance like her: Dying Swan, Kitri, Raymonda, Swan Lake, but never Giselle There were Alonso, Fracci, Chauvire and Markova for that, Maya never dared. She knew better.
quintajoya 3 years ago 2
Plisetskaya is the best Kitri ever! No one has this level of interpretation of Kitri. She is a tru master. Thank you so much for sharing this.
jeemoney210 3 years ago 6
This kind of dancing redefines the term "bravura." Plisetskaya can do more with that fan than most ballerinas can do with their entire bodies. Anybody know who's dancing Basil?
bobzeschin 3 years ago 3
Vladimir Tikhonov
raymonda100 3 years ago
WOW!!!
chickinnessa 3 years ago
SHE IS GODDESS!!!!!!!!
dksanrk 3 years ago 3
I love this film. Maya's kitri is just joy.
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saintex45 3 years ago 3
I prefer Plisetskaya's Kitri over Maximova's the feel and timing is just impeccable.
27twentyseven27 3 years ago 2
If you watch other dancers do this part, no one else can extend backwards with her back arch and arms like hers. Also her leaps, jumps and extensions are like no one elses. Yes Sylvie Guillem is great and the rest of them, but none of them have what Maya has and thats everything!!!
brewskyxxx 3 years ago 2
brew. Quite right. Everything is right about her dancing. She is always in the correct position, her timing is spot on and always at top speed, and she even has time to do a cheeky flick of her head at the end while glacing at the audience. She is the supreme artist, and the people love her for it.
swanningaround 3 years ago 6
NO ONE , BUT NO ONE !!! can be compared with P R I M A B A L L E R I N A A S S O L U T A
Maya Plisetskaya
She knows how to be a character and the secret behind the music that only
few QUEENS had discovered like Fonteyn, Legnani ,Alonso ,Markova ,Mesentzeva, Ulanova,Kchessinska etc.
They really knew how to LISTEN TO THE MUSIC , to dance the music , to say poetry with the body ,
actor001 3 years ago 6
That can´t be tought in any school it is a gift and that makes the difference of a Prima Ballerina Assoluta and a Prima Ballerina
that can have the most impressive technique or even better than an assoluta , but she can´t give to the public the emotions than an assoluta can make with one simple arm movement like my beloved Maya
actor001 3 years ago 4
actor. Maya could have had no fancy title like assoluta etc. She would still be the best. The important thing is the dancing, not the titles.
swanningaround 3 years ago
You are right , i absolutely agrre with you , i just wanted to make a point about the magic that Maya had in every role , nowdays you cant see that magic at the stage but as a teacher im triying to rescue this ...
: making art with the body like this legendary ballerina
Thankyou for your reply and i hope you enjoy my videos
actor001 3 years ago
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swanningaround 3 years ago
What made Plisetskaya such a great dancer was that she learned a LOT about acting skills from watching the equally legendary Galina Ulanova, who was famous for her acting ability on stage (go see Ulanova's legendary performances in "Giselle").
Sacto1654 3 years ago
way too much. maximova is a lot better. She has the right energy without exagerating like that.
freebabydolldancer 3 years ago
tay mas weon
charlicito25 3 years ago
Plisetskaya has talent way and above any dancer around today. Her greatest skill is timing. It's bang on. She is always in the correct position at the correct time, right down to the nano second.
swanningaround 3 years ago 3
isnt it ludwig minkus????????? s
calbalgal 3 years ago
Fantastic! I love Minkus! And of course, Maya.
BytomGirl 4 years ago 2
it's ludwig minkus
malagenia7 4 years ago 2
It just doesnt get better than this! Ever!
MoiMimi46 4 years ago 5
she is a nature, fire...she is ONE-UNIQUE!
woodyaan 4 years ago
This is by far the best kitri i've ever ever ever seen!
You don't see this these days!
osbourna 4 years ago 7
shi is a grayt ballerina.i love she.
baletpotskhishvili 4 years ago
She´s perfect, she makes me laugh, she makes me cry, I adore her !!!
Johnny1206 4 years ago 6
Best Kitri I've ever seen. Everything about her is perfection. She seems to be enjoying herself so much. Dancers actually looked like women then! She's still thin, but not sickly- Don't know why dancers today feel that extreme thinness makes dance look better.
praemahaigh 4 years ago 6
Great comment. I couldn't agree more.
swanningaround 4 years ago
Brawo
jenknermario 4 years ago
I wish I was older so I could have seen that live! Amazing! Beats every "new" DonQ version I´ve ever seen!
ilskah 4 years ago
she's so quick the orchestra can't keep up with her! :)
dancekitty135 4 years ago
Maya is great. Remember, only one other ballerina was named "Prima Ballerina Assoluta" in the Soviet era....and that was Ulanova. It's obvious why Maya was bestowed with such a title....she was a master!
marquitaj2002 4 years ago
passion and charisma
mdancer01 4 years ago
I agree with 01music01. Maya's techique has GOT to be good. Even if you'd never watched her dance, it's obvious. Because how can a ballerina, literally, still dance when she's nearing her 80s without having almost-perfect technique? (no, there is no "perfect" in ballet, it can always be better, theoretically). And you have to remember that ballet is an ART not a SPORT.
dancekitty135 5 years ago
Check out any other ballerina doing precisely this scene, and she will look halfhearted after the blazing Maya Plisetskaya. Except for the sparkling Ekaterina Maximova --but in this scene the Fire Goddess reigns supreme!
shelaghmckenna 5 years ago
Except for Osipova also, I should have added. But no woman, even Maximova or Osipova, has ever quite come up to Plisetskaya's sheer energy level.
shelaghmckenna 4 years ago 3
True - Maya had what Nureyev had - a stage personality and energy that was unique to them.
raymonda100 4 years ago 2
I saw both Plisetskaya and Maximova in their NYC tour doing Don Q. Both were marvelous but Vasiliev and Maximova together set that stage on fire. So many years later, I still remember how I felt when I left the old Met and went back for each subsequent performance.(And I agree: that is the true measure of a great performance.) Plisetskaya was great but Maximova was unforgettable.
looksee26 4 years ago 2
see i feel the same way only reversed. plisetskaya has the unforgettable power and feeling in her dancing.
calbalgal 4 years ago 4
I agree... this is and will always be the best...meravigliosa...she is simply stunning!
anima7j 5 years ago
Who cares about modern standard? It's like Callas or Shaliapin. Probably they did not have perfect voices or modern technique. They were just great artists for all times.
Who will remember ballet stars of nowadays in 5-10 years? Pavlova, Nizhinsky, Ulanova, Plisetskaya. Noureev are forever!
01music01 5 years ago
plisetskaya has fire and "kitrism", but what was expected from a dancer those days is different from today. back then it was about what she could do, now its HOW you do it. she was good in the pasts technique. what was thought to be amazing when she danced is not what is thought to be amazing today. her fire and temperamemt and stage presence live today, but not her techinique. it was very good considering the circumstances when she danced. there are, techiniquewise, better kitris.
Grisi93 5 years ago
Good enough is good enough and "the best" is universal for all the times and people. What Plisetskaya did in this dance was perfect regardless of the time. People have the same perception of beauty and it is the same, let it be today or those past days. Up today nobody could dance Kitri or dying swan any better than Plisetskaya.
arakhachatran 5 years ago
When you leave the theatre - you don't remember technique. You remember how the dancer made you feel.
raymonda100 4 years ago 3
Raymonda 100 said: When you leave the theatre - you don't remember technique. You remember how the dancer made you feel.
That is the exactly what dance truly is. Thank you, Raymonda. I see dance today, but I can't honestly say I often remember how the dancer made me feel. Maya makes the blood run! That is dance!
Lilimarlene1 4 years ago
Your welcome! I first saw Margot and Rudi in R&J in NY in 1964. That performance - it's passion - is still vivid in my memory, whereas performances I saw months ago I've already forgotten. Can you imagine any dancers today getting 43 curtain calls! And we would have given them another 20 if they would have stayed for them.
raymonda100 4 years ago
Gris93. You are talking complete rubbish. I cannot think of any dancers today who would come anywhere approaching this performance.
swanningaround 4 years ago 3
ok so i wrote that comment like a year ago and now im like WHAT was i saying?? i disagree with myself hahaha :) shes AMAZING!!!
Grisi93 3 years ago
i dont count more arched feet better technique...her positions are precise, legs are perfectly straight and her extensions and jumps are gorgeous! maya's charisma made her name ALONG with her incredible talent.
calbalgal 3 years ago
Tonight, somewhere, a performance of Don Quijote will take place.The ballerina dancing Kitri will have a little Maya Plisetskaya in her.Maya owns the role forever.
qbendanny1 5 years ago 3
She looks more like a bacchante than a ballerina--too much frenzy in the dancing. It is all well and good that she has passion and charisma, but they are meant to be conveyed through the medium of dancing, not to compensate for hasty technique.
genzano 5 years ago
One must be very incompetent to claim that one of the greatest ballerinas in ballet history does not have a technique. Plisetskaya is world famous both for her incomparable artistry and brilliant technique.
01music01 5 years ago 2
You are begging the question of why she should be one of the greatest in first place, other than a matter of popular reptuation. She is not form-conscious; her steps are unclear; her epaulement is crude, and her interpretation is not musical. There are far better Kitris: Ananiashvili, Alexandrova, Guillem, etc.
genzano 5 years ago
If you write something like this means you dont understand anything in ballet. Ananiashvili or Alexandrova are far from Plisetskaya or Bessmertnova of those days.
arakhachatran 5 years ago
This is strange. You keep attacking me without offering any substantive evidence to back up your reasons. At least I gave my grounds for skepticism; what yourely on is no more than hearsay or popular reputations. And you can disagree with me without attacking my intelligence. I have yet to do so to you.
genzano 5 years ago
I think the objection is that you are focussing on the negative. Look at what makes her unique.
shelaghmckenna 4 years ago
genzano, you totally miss the point.
Yes, in Don Quixote her technique is freer because that's what the character calls for. You should not dance a spanish peasant with the epaulment and classical placement you would dance a princess. Maya could be classicaly correct when the role called for it (for example in Sleeping Beauty) It is a measure of her artistry that she realises what the role needs.
This is by far the most invigorating, musical and satisfying Kitri I've ever seen.
ondine217 4 years ago 2
I don't know if you are a dancer or not, but I don't think you are. Dance is passion, dance is feeling, dance is fire, that is what Plisetskaya is!!!!!!
Guillem for example is good, but the passion when she dances Kitri is not 1/100 of Plisetskaya's. Guillem has flawless technique, but so does Plisetskaya. It's just that it's more ABOUT technique these days.
MoiMimi46 4 years ago 6
even techniquewise Plisetskaya is number one and will always be number one in the world. They can only repeat her, there is no way to be better than her.
arakhachatran 3 years ago
no one can repeat maya
calbalgal 3 years ago 5
you are obviously entitled to your opnion, but i must say i just dont get how you could say that...
calbalgal 3 years ago
her technique is far from hasty this performance is what every kitri should strive to be
calbalgal 3 years ago
Something is strange with the old-fashioned camera work, as though someone has built in a fast-forward button.
genzano 5 years ago
she does not have technique? What else she was supposed to have done? There is no way to dance better than this. This was perfect. And in terms of technique no one in the world ever could show anything closer to Maya's technique. Soviet ballet school is the best in the world!
arakhachatran 5 years ago 3
Is this Ballet Trocadero??? lol
michaelfraydon 5 years ago
She is so wonderful!! She doesn't have amazing technique, but that isn't what really matters! She has great jumps!
balletmaniac999 5 years ago
The only dancers that come close to the Great Maya today may be Zaharova and Alexandrova,no one else.Not only she was a great dancer but also a great actress a very rare thing in today Ballet World,when techique is all the rage and nothing else.
mariogorga 5 years ago 2