Bolshoi Ballet Academy School Show (Vorontsova, Arata, Osipova, Lapatin))

[DreamsontheWater]

This isn't when Osipova was still a student, is it? She looks older than in the videos when she *was* still at the school.

[fredrika27]

The first year students were great! Show them more because they are really well turned out and are a good example to the younger set!

[CDBClassique]

Who is the coreographer of that tarantella??

[o0alena0o0ballerina]

What's the Pas De Deux at 4:25?

[urania93]

Sylvia

[7nain]

It's Sylvia

[bolshoiboy8]

sylvia

[GymnasticDancer]

What year is this? I really enjoyed the whole performance :) The students are very, very well-trained in Russia, especially at this prestigious academy in Moscow. :) Thank you so very much for sharing the up and coming ballet talents!

[IzzWizz14eva]

Is it Natalia Osipova doing the solo parts??

[ilyaballet]

yes

yes

yes

[hballerina]

That girl looks so much like Osipova!

[bolshoiboy8]

because it is her

[peregrinusnoctis]

Documentary quality....

Very lovely....

[OnlyBallet]

There aren't many professional companies in the world that can deliver a performance like this, let alone a school!

My favourite is the Sylvia pas de deux.

[annamusika]

Thank you for posting!

[SnowWhiteMommy]

Another stunning video. Thanks for posting.

[lauraLICOUS]

they are so awesome. thanks for posting!

[pasdebourree]

Who is the guy with the Malakhov feet at 2:12? Exceptionally nice feet for a danseur.

[veramentegina]

yey, Ilya.. thx.. :)

[panyatna]

Is that Osipova I see as the Sylph?!

[BallerinaKayy]

it totally looks like her too! like her facial expressions

[ketinoa]

I guess that she and probably her partner, have been demoted to the school. Actually, it is fairly common for soloists to dance at times in school performances in Moscow and St Peterburg and sometimes very famous soloists as in this example.

[ilyaballet]

she is still in school

[ketinoa]

Then her face fooled everyone into believing that she is Natalia Osipova. What is the girl's name that looks like Osipova's twin sister, but must be several years younger than Osipova if she is still in school?

[DancingGirl4ever]

i was also totally sure that the girl dancing as the sylph is natalia osipova! her face and whole facial expression is identical!!

[bolshoiboy8]

it was

[bolshoiboy8]

yes

[danse0pera]

They are ALL great ! :)

[ballerina714]

agree ;)

[200643]

Thank you Ilya - keep the videos coming. You and Henry Perkins have done much to raise the profile of the Bolshoi and its Academy and generate much interest in what goes on there. Here we tend to concentrate on what goes on at the Royal Ballet and Central Schools of Ballet.