The Animated Frescoes - The Little Humpbacked Horse

[czerashni]

most beautiful indeed!!

[luceripin]

beautiful ballet, special the girls technique, and the gorgeous music!!!!!.

[palubob]

I believe that this was danced in the Vaganova 2010 graduation performances. Someone who has seen them both might give us a short ,comparative technical assessment.

[alvitolumife]

Excelente !

[dance2felina]

YEAH Tatiana- my teacher in a workshop!!!!!!!!!!!

[lovthbtls]

@dance2felina isn't it Tatiana Fasenko?

[dance2felina]

@lovthbtls tatiana loginova!!

[DustPuppyOI]

Thank you for posting this!  The quality is wonderful! The first time I saw this work was when the late Bella Kovarsky staged the piece for her Bayview School of Ballet recital many years back.

[lizberry211]

Wow -- thank you for posting this, mrlopez2681! The earlier St-Léon version of this ballet featured 4 girls (frescoes who come to life) who do character dances representing faraway places. But no hint of ethnicity here. Effective nonetheless.

[mrlopez2681]

@lizberry211 - I'm so sorry for replying to your comment 6 months later! Saint-Léon's original 1864 staging had no character dances for the 4 frescoes. Rather, the quartet was in nat'l costume, & their steps featured character movements. I believe it was Petipa who, for his revival of 1895, removed the national element & had the danseuses in matching costume (there is a photo I've seen). Gorsky's revival in the early 1900s had the frescoes as statues come to life.

[palubob]

Very well stated. With much of Pugni's music - not all- it's almost as if the dancers are making the music.

[palubob]

Thank you for more of this delightful ballet and the fine performances by the Vaganova girls. Pugni's score is perfect here.

[mrlopez2681]

yes I agree - I've always felt that much of Pugni's music is ballet itself put into musical form. He always strove to make sure his music vivified thedance to the utmost, though unfortunately he was rarely given enough time to expand on his musical ideas (his score for Perrot's "Catarina" was composed in 19 days!). The music is always very effective theatrically - for example, the coda from 7:17 builds the excitement for a grand finish. Im pretty sure its Fedotov who is conducting here.