Makhalina is so special to me. She was the first Mariinsky ballerina I saw live and my very first Nikiya, and since then I have never seen a better interpreter of the role. Fedotov was conducting that night and Yulia had to replace the injured Lopatkina. I will never forget that magical performance. I only wish I had seen her in many other ballets, especially in Raymonda.
I was quite shocked to see today that she has danced Aegina in Spartacus on the 8th of July. Shocked because I didn't expect it at all, but I'm glad for her! Do you know if she danced this role before?
@Lidewijke I see now in the comments of the second part of this video that she danced it last year as well. Good for her, but I wish she'd (be allowed to) perform more..
@superballetlover You never see her on playbills because her career as a dancer on the Kirov Mariinsky stage is currently finished. She still is listed as a principal dancer, but Yuri Fateyev has no intention of letting her dance on the Mariinsky stage. She performs elsewhere, such as perfroming in several theatres in Germany last month as Mata Hari.
@superballetlover She goes to rehearse inside the Mariinsky Theatre several times each week, so you can always find her at her home theatre, but current management will not let her dance again. If management changes, everything might change.
My first impression of Kirov was Makhalina's Paquita on Kirov classics. When she made her entry en pointe, the entire room (my own room) lit up. Clive Barnes as quoted finally put words in how I felt: she danced like a duchess on vacation. Ever since I have been handing out copies of Kirov Classics DVD as holiday gifts so everybody could watch her. She dances like no one is watching. The Guillem clones after her are all too self-congratulatory about their long legs and modern coolness.
Makhalina is my absolute favorite dancer! Thank you very much for the subtitles. I first saw her after my music teacher had us watch Baryshnikov's Nutcracker, and I wanted to watch more ballet so I bought the DVD of her in Swan Lake with Igor Zelensky. I fell in love with her so easily, I loved the way she danced and I still do. It annoyed me that she never danced classical roles in the Mariinsky recently, as those are my absolute favorites and I would've loved to see her in them.
Wow, it's a shame that she's been treated badly by management. I thought it was weird that Nioradze, who's of similar age, is still being trotted out on foreign tours while we here in the States never see Yulia on tour anymore. Possibly because Nioradze still does classical roles?
She's amazing. Her Swan Lake was the first ballet I ever bought after checking out dozens of others on YT. I especially wish I could see her Mata Hari - it looks out of this world.
Many cry babies. Since I had to do keep replaying to dothe subtitles, I probably cried more than everyone combined. What an Inspiration is 100% correct!!! I hope that you do get to meet her. I assumed that you met her in the past.
Thank you so much for posting this video. It brought tears to my eyes to see how nobly she is accepting her unfortunate fate. I certainly hope she will continue to dance! If not at the Mariinsky, then somewhere else.
Reading your wonderful notes and the preceding comments almost brings tears to my eyes. Falling in love with her was easy since I first saw her as Queen of the Dryads in that fine Don Q DVD with Terekhova
I agree with all of you. Makhalina is do wonderful that I can't find words to describe her. I've just watched SL dvd with her and Zelensky and it was the best SL I've ever seen.
I have always loved Makhalina, and she seems like an exceptionally strong person to go from being the star of the company to being unfavored and underused. No offense to Lopatkina and those who like her, but I have always thought that Makhalina was the more complete ballerina. Makhalina could literally dance anything, and she had real soul and emotion.
That you for taking the time & care to create the subtitles. Makhalina needs to take all of these new danseuses "to school", so to speak, & show what a true St. Petersburg Grand ballerina is all about. I love that beautiful, round, slavic face of her's. She is divine.
Yes - Makhalina is, in my opinion, one of the greatest ballerinas that has ever lived, & certainly one of the top 5 greatest Russian ballerinas of the 20th century. True classical perfection, impeccible technique, superb artistry - a consumate interpretor of the Petipa repertory. Her "Raymonda" is the greatest I have ever seen.Viva la maestra!!
She was a great ballerina in the true Mariinsky "grand" manner. Very beautiful, too. I remember seeing her dance in London, to great acclaim. How sad that she was so badly let down by the company/management. Thank you so much for this upload.
Yes, Makhalina is very special. Once you put your eyes on her, you should fall in love with her like finding your "woman of dream". Maybe you will forget your watching ballet, and be drowning in the drama of Odette or Nikiya, or in the femine beauty of Queen of Dryade or Paquita.
Makhalina is so special to me. She was the first Mariinsky ballerina I saw live and my very first Nikiya, and since then I have never seen a better interpreter of the role. Fedotov was conducting that night and Yulia had to replace the injured Lopatkina. I will never forget that magical performance. I only wish I had seen her in many other ballets, especially in Raymonda.
theamazingsoter 3 months ago
What, exactly, happened? How did they let her down? (I have watched some ballet,but I'm not familiar with her.)
al1936ful 5 months ago
how the hell did i get here
MultiMickeymouse13 7 months ago
I was quite shocked to see today that she has danced Aegina in Spartacus on the 8th of July. Shocked because I didn't expect it at all, but I'm glad for her! Do you know if she danced this role before?
Lidewijke 7 months ago
@Lidewijke I see now in the comments of the second part of this video that she danced it last year as well. Good for her, but I wish she'd (be allowed to) perform more..
Lidewijke 7 months ago
@silkenthreaddance Since I couldn't reach you by PM
I got a letter from Pearlacious, she got a letter from Francesco Laghezza Enrico's partner - Enrico's alive, but he is very diffficult to contact.
I hope he will rejoin us one day.
Thanks God.
magnumSuper 9 months ago
Is "Volodya" a diminutive form of "Vladimir"?
tfg200808 1 year ago
@tfg200808 yes
russianballetvideo 1 year ago
@russianballetvideo thank you!
tfg200808 1 year ago
i hardly see her name in the playbills nowadays :-(
why is this happening!!
she is such a great dancer
superballetlover 1 year ago
@superballetlover You never see her on playbills because her career as a dancer on the Kirov Mariinsky stage is currently finished. She still is listed as a principal dancer, but Yuri Fateyev has no intention of letting her dance on the Mariinsky stage. She performs elsewhere, such as perfroming in several theatres in Germany last month as Mata Hari.
russianballetvideo 1 year ago
@superballetlover She goes to rehearse inside the Mariinsky Theatre several times each week, so you can always find her at her home theatre, but current management will not let her dance again. If management changes, everything might change.
russianballetvideo 1 year ago
@russianballetvideo yea ive heard about that.. but do you know the reason for not letting her dance?
superballetlover 1 year ago
@russianballetvideo do you know the reason for not letting her dance?
superballetlover 1 year ago
My first impression of Kirov was Makhalina's Paquita on Kirov classics. When she made her entry en pointe, the entire room (my own room) lit up. Clive Barnes as quoted finally put words in how I felt: she danced like a duchess on vacation. Ever since I have been handing out copies of Kirov Classics DVD as holiday gifts so everybody could watch her. She dances like no one is watching. The Guillem clones after her are all too self-congratulatory about their long legs and modern coolness.
Parcq 1 year ago
Wonderful comment.
russianballetvideo 1 year ago
Makhalina is my absolute favorite dancer! Thank you very much for the subtitles. I first saw her after my music teacher had us watch Baryshnikov's Nutcracker, and I wanted to watch more ballet so I bought the DVD of her in Swan Lake with Igor Zelensky. I fell in love with her so easily, I loved the way she danced and I still do. It annoyed me that she never danced classical roles in the Mariinsky recently, as those are my absolute favorites and I would've loved to see her in them.
SilverInsanity 2 years ago
One of the things that irks me is that no matter how hard I try, I can never find any photographs of her!
SilverInsanity 2 years ago
I love her!!!
mlmpg 2 years ago
Wow, it's a shame that she's been treated badly by management. I thought it was weird that Nioradze, who's of similar age, is still being trotted out on foreign tours while we here in the States never see Yulia on tour anymore. Possibly because Nioradze still does classical roles?
sangfroidjen 2 years ago
that legend of love is amzing you really feel what she wants to get across you feel her need
ElFrancotirador1000 2 years ago
She's amazing. Her Swan Lake was the first ballet I ever bought after checking out dozens of others on YT. I especially wish I could see her Mata Hari - it looks out of this world.
21bluethunder 2 years ago
I cry when i saw this, for me she is an INSPIRATION, how much i would like to meet her! please post more of her.
kirovballet 2 years ago
Many cry babies. Since I had to do keep replaying to dothe subtitles, I probably cried more than everyone combined. What an Inspiration is 100% correct!!! I hope that you do get to meet her. I assumed that you met her in the past.
There is only 2 minutes left. Maybe tomorrow.
russianballetvideo 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this video. It brought tears to my eyes to see how nobly she is accepting her unfortunate fate. I certainly hope she will continue to dance! If not at the Mariinsky, then somewhere else.
TikvahS87 2 years ago
Thank you so much for subtitles!!!!!
balletomane393 2 years ago
Reading your wonderful notes and the preceding comments almost brings tears to my eyes. Falling in love with her was easy since I first saw her as Queen of the Dryads in that fine Don Q DVD with Terekhova
palubob 2 years ago
I agree with all of you. Makhalina is do wonderful that I can't find words to describe her. I've just watched SL dvd with her and Zelensky and it was the best SL I've ever seen.
looovecats 2 years ago
I have always loved Makhalina, and she seems like an exceptionally strong person to go from being the star of the company to being unfavored and underused. No offense to Lopatkina and those who like her, but I have always thought that Makhalina was the more complete ballerina. Makhalina could literally dance anything, and she had real soul and emotion.
9415908 2 years ago
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Pearlaceous 2 years ago
One of the best ballerinas in my opinion, and my favorite. Thank you for sharing, an thank you so much for the subtitles :).
Do you know, if she is still with the Mariinsky?
BallerinaKitri 2 years ago
She stll goes to the Mariinsky. She probably will not do any more performances at the Mariinsky.
russianballetvideo 2 years ago
That you for taking the time & care to create the subtitles. Makhalina needs to take all of these new danseuses "to school", so to speak, & show what a true St. Petersburg Grand ballerina is all about. I love that beautiful, round, slavic face of her's. She is divine.
mrlopez2681 2 years ago
Yes - Makhalina is, in my opinion, one of the greatest ballerinas that has ever lived, & certainly one of the top 5 greatest Russian ballerinas of the 20th century. True classical perfection, impeccible technique, superb artistry - a consumate interpretor of the Petipa repertory. Her "Raymonda" is the greatest I have ever seen.Viva la maestra!!
mrlopez2681 2 years ago
whoops! vive!
mrlopez2681 2 years ago
She was a great ballerina in the true Mariinsky "grand" manner. Very beautiful, too. I remember seeing her dance in London, to great acclaim. How sad that she was so badly let down by the company/management. Thank you so much for this upload.
Pearlaceous 2 years ago
Yes, Makhalina is very special. Once you put your eyes on her, you should fall in love with her like finding your "woman of dream". Maybe you will forget your watching ballet, and be drowning in the drama of Odette or Nikiya, or in the femine beauty of Queen of Dryade or Paquita.
She is the true star!
Thank you for sharing.
Bnesque 2 years ago