Pavlova was told that she had pneumonia and required an operation. She was also told that she would never be able to dance again if she went ahead with it. She refused to have the surgery, saying "If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead." She died of pleurisy, three weeks short of her 50th birthday. She was holding her costume from The Dying Swan when she spoke her last words, "Play the last measure very softly..
Anna Pavlova your the best ballet dancer ever lived!!
@solidpanther19 she had no children. which makes you either an improbability or a fraud. true she was married, but marriage doesn't mean children. there is no law that requires married couples to have children. and the likelihood of any prima ballerina, let alone anna pavlova, having children is minimal.
I can't stand these stupid comments about such wonderful artists. It makes me wonder if in 100 years from now people will see videos of Makarova and say the same horrible things about her :/
I have seen this kind of "speed up" effect in other black and white films of the era. It was the style of camera they used. No, the speed is not natural. If you look up other films from the time you will see the same type of odd almost jerky speed movement.
@Yuri92001 You're right. It's the way they recorded it - at that time, they had to handle the camera manually, so the speed would naturally be altered.
He talks about Anna's time as better than his own. We do the same thing today about the past.. I think that will always happen, "Those were the days, everyone had so much more class and grace back then." It's a shame we can't stop the cycle and just appreciate the beauty of our current age.
I'm not talking about Anna Pavlova, but the mindset in general that the past was better. Just a thought.
Hey, it's the way in which movies were made back then. Every film has fewer images than those now. Now, it's 24 shots per minute, back then it was around 20.
It's amazing how these days, if dancers dont have amazing extensions and incredible flexibility and feet, they're criticized by everyone... Back in Pavlova's days, feeling and interpretation was what counted. Dancing is about feeling free and expressing yourself through your body, not through how amazingly flexible you are... FEEL IT! many people have forgotten that and gotten really deep into technique :(
This clip was in a 4-part series called Ballerina narrated by Natalia Makarova. Does anyone know if it is available for purchase anywhere? I used to have it on VHS...
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Ballet in the past looked like dancers in clown's costumes doing flamenco. :/ nothing like ballet today. phrasing and technique and audience expectations are all different.
charlotte. In ballet, the dancers in the past may have been dancers in clowns' constumes. History will show that today's ballet, dancers are clowns in dancers' costumes.
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Both Pavlova and Spessivtseva seem very spontaneous in their dancing - perhaps this is a (hidden) technique in itself? Today's virtuosi, being so polished, seem to have lost the appearance of naturalness...
If you are talking about the footage where she seems to be holding a wand, spins around on pointe, and then bourees off stage, and is wearing a headdress - it is not sped up she actually was that fast. I think it is from a ballet called "The Fairy Doll".
It's not the video tech in those days. Silent film plays 16 to 24 frames/sec. Sound film plays 24 f/s. If a silent film that's less than 24 f/s (say 16 f/s), plays on today's projector, it will appear faster since 8 more frames are played each sec.
@goldenidol - it would be nice if you'd upload this entire doc. Its to bad that footage of dancers from that time is so rare, The dynamic was completely different than today.
@goldenidol actually, it's that way because the cameras that time recorded 18 frames per second, compared to today's cameras that record a regular speed, with 24 frames / second.
When sound came to movies in order to get better sound they started filming at higher speeds to increase the sound quality. When you play back a silent film using a sound projector it appears sped up. They can correct the speed using software though.
@IceRose13Kellira actually she was always that fast, the film back the only had 20 shots a minute, now its about 24. So thats why it looks like its speed up
"each individual dancer must have a approach for dance, and plus..." Plus what??? I'm soooo curious!!
jennyluvballet 1 week ago
Pavlova was told that she had pneumonia and required an operation. She was also told that she would never be able to dance again if she went ahead with it. She refused to have the surgery, saying "If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead." She died of pleurisy, three weeks short of her 50th birthday. She was holding her costume from The Dying Swan when she spoke her last words, "Play the last measure very softly..
Anna Pavlova your the best ballet dancer ever lived!!
I adore you until now.. <3
Agirlwithbigdreams44 1 week ago
@swanningaround That's right but it's sad of course((
JenyaZ14 3 weeks ago
ey kuckt auf mich bin n hamster
ShalonLuellaps760 2 months ago
I've said it once i'll say it again!That is my great great great grandma Anna Pavlova
solidpanther19 3 months ago
@solidpanther19 Pavlova had children? That's news to me.
MrKLT1945 3 months ago
@MrKLT1945 Yeah I know but she apperently she did it says on wikipedia that she got married i think
solidpanther19 2 months ago
@solidpanther19 she had no children. which makes you either an improbability or a fraud. true she was married, but marriage doesn't mean children. there is no law that requires married couples to have children. and the likelihood of any prima ballerina, let alone anna pavlova, having children is minimal.
sophmeister303 2 months ago
I can't stand these stupid comments about such wonderful artists. It makes me wonder if in 100 years from now people will see videos of Makarova and say the same horrible things about her :/
theamazingsoter 3 months ago 2
She was tiney haha
Phersephoie 6 months ago
It's impossible! How can you be so fast??? Are you sure its not sped up?!!!! @goldenidol
0Angelfromheaven0 7 months ago
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Yuri92001 7 months ago
I have seen this kind of "speed up" effect in other black and white films of the era. It was the style of camera they used. No, the speed is not natural. If you look up other films from the time you will see the same type of odd almost jerky speed movement.
Yuri92001 7 months ago
@Yuri92001 You're right. It's the way they recorded it - at that time, they had to handle the camera manually, so the speed would naturally be altered.
carolzinha43 5 months ago
she inspires me so much
Megannnnnn101 8 months ago
And HAH. My pointe teacher is constantly bitching my legs are BENT. Next time,I will tell her. ' Madame,vous connaisez Anna Pavlova? '.
KLOKLOKLO456 9 months ago
i hate her bent legs...they make her bum really far too pointed out the back...
ntherewas1 9 months ago
Anna was pretty unconventional and danced with a Passion like no other.
She was a romantic! Natural movement,she was truly a magical person. Technique wasn't always on the forefront.
ryanhancock1234 10 months ago
@ryanhancock1234 yeah...which is good sometimes but often really irritating for us ballet dancers who have been drilled that technique is key lol
ntherewas1 9 months ago
When she dances in 1:28, why are her legs bent? Her feet don't really seem to pointed either.
belindalucero 11 months ago
@belindalucero She was famous for dancing with bent legs, and bad turnout. But her stage presence made her a star.
wickedlady4180 9 months ago
He talks about Anna's time as better than his own. We do the same thing today about the past.. I think that will always happen, "Those were the days, everyone had so much more class and grace back then." It's a shame we can't stop the cycle and just appreciate the beauty of our current age.
I'm not talking about Anna Pavlova, but the mindset in general that the past was better. Just a thought.
ashleyspiano 11 months ago
although she seems to have left a "large legacy", pavlova was rather a bitch in a mess....
deritpeehs 1 year ago
she doesnt look like shes doing ballet.... is she that good?
PokemonTCG88 1 year ago
i wish i could hv seen her life.. shes amazing.. wow
CioccolatinoSvizzero 1 year ago
how could someone dislike her.
SDABdance 1 year ago
@SDABdance
whoever they are, they clearly have no soul.
sugarplumcherry6 10 months ago
Hey, it's the way in which movies were made back then. Every film has fewer images than those now. Now, it's 24 shots per minute, back then it was around 20.
MrTonicin 1 year ago
She's AMAZING!!!!
71896dancer 1 year ago
Pues... esuqe si era fea, no me malinterpreten es una mis bailarinas favoritas
hikari6986 1 year ago
it looks quite retarded and scary at the parts they sped her up. it would look much greater and lovely if they slow it down
takaoyona90 1 year ago
@takaoyona90 apparently she was always that fast
YummyCakesDeli 1 year ago
It's amazing how these days, if dancers dont have amazing extensions and incredible flexibility and feet, they're criticized by everyone... Back in Pavlova's days, feeling and interpretation was what counted. Dancing is about feeling free and expressing yourself through your body, not through how amazingly flexible you are... FEEL IT! many people have forgotten that and gotten really deep into technique :(
isthatmarcee 1 year ago 5
@isthatmarcee
So true!
xiheartzacefron94x 1 year ago
It's amazing...She prefered to die than never dance again...
LongLiz27 1 year ago
She was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th century.
bediverestonewortr 1 year ago
This clip was in a 4-part series called Ballerina narrated by Natalia Makarova. Does anyone know if it is available for purchase anywhere? I used to have it on VHS...
ekoda86 1 year ago
anyone knows where is the second part of this video?? I really need it!! Thank you!!
cristinaah4 1 year ago
5:39 - 5:14 - what She's dancing?
EldaChii 1 year ago
the freedom in her dance is like in my dreams.. the body endless with the spirit in beautiful expression..
judeorel 2 years ago 3
Thanks for posting this very interesting and informative interview.
MissFireMagic 2 years ago
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Ballet in the past looked like dancers in clown's costumes doing flamenco. :/ nothing like ballet today. phrasing and technique and audience expectations are all different.
charlottejena 2 years ago
charlotte. In ballet, the dancers in the past may have been dancers in clowns' constumes. History will show that today's ballet, dancers are clowns in dancers' costumes.
swanningaround 2 years ago 27
@swanningaround Remarkbly accurate!
Divinedancedivas 1 year ago
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that was horrible.
teatimewithgeddylee 2 years ago
you are idiot
etoiledelkirov 2 years ago 3
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well so are you, jackass!
teatimewithgeddylee 2 years ago
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if you only had a brain.
teatimewithgeddylee 2 years ago
3:31 = perfection
xoKriStiAnExo 2 years ago 2
Pavlova is so beautiful!
flightydancer 2 years ago 2
Anna was FANTASTIC ...PERFECT....=(
JonasBrotherinaNJ25 2 years ago
wow love the flowing costume
owballet 2 years ago
i absolutely agree with katerinavander
tipitoy 2 years ago
If only I could dance like her. She is so graceful and beautiful! Yo Go Anna!! Love her so much you are my inspiration
xxbbetinixx 3 years ago 2
Pavolova owns, screw the copycats!
hahaha2531 3 years ago 3
jeje then ur calling us all dancers copycats? :S
isthatmarcee 2 years ago 2
No one can dance like her. So beautiful and so natural. She just had it.
trustbaby7 3 years ago 39
wow such energy and talent ive never seen such a great combination put together in a dance
pilotka90 3 years ago
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HEy Lady(s) i know that you can get some purfume called Pavlova. i got mine at burlington Coat factory. 2 Bottles for $9.99. And it is great i wear it all the time
Goofybunion 3 years ago
Both Pavlova and Spessivtseva seem very spontaneous in their dancing - perhaps this is a (hidden) technique in itself? Today's virtuosi, being so polished, seem to have lost the appearance of naturalness...
katerinavander 3 years ago
yeah, it looks like it's really in the moment rather than oh that's good choreography she's doing it well it's look what she's doing now!!
yanpan16 3 years ago
yay 5/5 stars! is there any way you could slow down where they sped her up? Pleeeease?
IceRose13Kellira 3 years ago 8
If you are talking about the footage where she seems to be holding a wand, spins around on pointe, and then bourees off stage, and is wearing a headdress - it is not sped up she actually was that fast. I think it is from a ballet called "The Fairy Doll".
goldenidol 3 years ago 13
it's not intentionally sped up but it is faster than it would have been - that's just the video technology at the time.
yanpan16 3 years ago
It's not the video tech in those days. Silent film plays 16 to 24 frames/sec. Sound film plays 24 f/s. If a silent film that's less than 24 f/s (say 16 f/s), plays on today's projector, it will appear faster since 8 more frames are played each sec.
feb29winter 3 years ago 2
No - the video is certainly NOT faster. That is the way ballet was then. Ballet has gotten MUCH slower. The video is not sped up at all.
mrlopez2681 2 years ago
@goldenidol
anyone knows where is the second part of this video?? I really need it!! Thank you!!
cristinaah4 1 year ago
@goldenidol It has to sped up, unless she's on another planet where gravity is working differently on her....
evoandy 1 year ago
@goldenidol - it would be nice if you'd upload this entire doc. Its to bad that footage of dancers from that time is so rare, The dynamic was completely different than today.
mrlopez2681 5 months ago
@goldenidol actually, it's that way because the cameras that time recorded 18 frames per second, compared to today's cameras that record a regular speed, with 24 frames / second.
ElvenQueen01 4 months ago
@ElvenQueen01
When sound came to movies in order to get better sound they started filming at higher speeds to increase the sound quality. When you play back a silent film using a sound projector it appears sped up. They can correct the speed using software though.
Esus4 3 months ago
@IceRose13Kellira actually she was always that fast, the film back the only had 20 shots a minute, now its about 24. So thats why it looks like its speed up
TheAdmdancer 1 year ago
gorgeous feet and beautiful jete entrelace
and the way she just dance everything naturally
so gracefull and so unique.
actor001 3 years ago