Who is this 22 years old Swan? Sylvie Guillem

[allicatdancer]

Oh my goodness... The most perfect feet and legs and arms and body and face... And.. Well... Everything!

She is sooooo incredible.

[Leirix61]

around 1:40 - i like it! great ballet! :)

[1CasuConsulto]

Swan Lake always make me shiver and brings tears to my eyes - even more so with someone so perfect performing the lead!

[PoppyB2011]

She moves like water and her points are... Lightning! Love this woman/human hybred swan!

[wingtai0911]

Big arches~

[kurichka]

Dear YouTube: There's a button that reads "I don't like" in Sylvie Guillem's videos. Please, correct the mistake. Thank you.

[drawmeaainbow16]

Her feet is so turned out!! FANTASTIC!

[cmyu100]

SOSO.

[havenization]

Pause at 1:14 , that line is amazing 

[ravegods]

So beautiful.... *sigh*

[boiper]

when the ballerina's dance as the swan and go on there toes to take those tiny steps or simply shiver there legs, makes me think of a bird ruffling it's feathers in the way the tutu shuffles.

[Catulli00]

He bows to her, but she never told him she as the queen. I hate when companies cut out the mime scene, would have been amazing to see Sylvie do it.

[franthon1]

She is extraordinary! How I wish she would return to Southern California. There are few like her in extension, line, control, emotion, and partnering,  Where is she now I wonder..dancing more modern works? Francesca

[Thevampiregirl4]

no words to describe her, the best dancer of our time!!!

[cooperneely]

She has too much personality for this role. I like her in more powerful ballets

[ChocoJuice]

i like have a lesbian crush on her dancing abilities!

[fabiolousful]

sylvie is superbe as the White Swan but hey, try her on the Black Swan!!!!!! She kills the audience with the eyes!!!

[ballet81895]

did they forget to light rothbart? lol. but seriously, she is absolutely gorgeous.

[abbasillar]

five steps on, shes center. five over, shes out

thats one tiny stage haha

[twobeeornottwobee]

One of the most beautiful and perfect ballerinas of our time!

[arielgrn]

this is amazing!!! i really believed she was a swan!!!

[christinasketo]

I don't know why, but I just love her arms ;D I don't dance ballet so I don't know the techniques, but her arms seem so care free and beautiful, just like a swan ;p

[4everballetdancer]

LOVE her! Those FEET!!! She is so technically and artistically beautiful!

[biggmama314]

1:18 The lines she's creating are amazing!

[Melipau1991]

feet !!!

[schneggilein89]

my ballet teacher danced in summercamp at the paris opera ballet when she was 14 years old....she attended the class where sylvie was ^^

[brunoverzino]

CHELSEA????

[aquaxcamus]

sylvie is amazing!

[CONTESTAR]

Oh...

Well, since this is simply a scene and he tempo changes all the time to accommodate the choreography, it is simply called "Scene: Entrance of prince Siegfried and appearance of Odette"

[mariettapb]

amazing technique but she feels it when she is dancing!!! she has the "thing" and make me watching her like,you know, "omg!"

[CONTESTAR]

It is Odette -the white "good" swan- from Swan Lake. The same ballerina later in the ballet has to dance the "evil" black swan -Odile- too.

So every ballerina who dances Swan Lake is billed as Odette/Odile. This is an important allegory in the ballet which conveys much more meaning than the obvious fairy tail...

[88chalky88]

Sorry, I don't know ballet at all really, but was just wondering if anyone could tell me whether Sylvie Guillem's toe-point is on the extreme side for ballerinas? Or is it pretty standard... it just looks incredible to me...

[nooblet182000]

its definitely on the extreme.

[Pointeshoemaniac]

she is my favorite dancer of all times she and margot fontyn

[famOusluxury]

She's WONDERFUL!!!!!

[yelenazerk]

Omg, I cry everytime I watch her perform, especially such theatrical role like this! I don't understand how people can't notice her expressions! You don't need to watch her face, you can see everything in her movements.

[ronroyale]

For anyone that say's that Sylvie Guillem isn't giving any emotion is simply silly. The reason why cuz there isn't a real close up of her face within this video. So those of you who are saying that don't make any sense...

[aharper12]

I agree, people fail to realize that she dances in enormous theatre that seat thousands of people. Therefore, all you can see are her limbs not necessarily her face. Besides, the ballets that she dance are very academic not "dramatic." Swan lake is technique first, drama second...

[fishthatswims]

no performing art should put technique first.

[mcjfd]

that's just nonsense!!!! No ballet is drama second!!!!!!!!!!

[pinkipink45]

omg syvie guillem wento to portugal?! omg i can't believe that i wasn't born at this time!!XD

[sugocasa]

Sylvie is the best Ballerina,i love her.

[pointemeout]

anyone with negative things to say about my dear sylvie is simply inappropriate!

she is perfecioni!

[balletnut]

I agree with you balletprince. She's a wonderful dancer - but actress? She is so busy concentrating on how her beautiful dancing looks that she doesn't seem to think about her acting. As a good example, have you seen her 'Marguerite & Armand'?

[balletfreak329]

Yep that is without doubt Sylvie!

[ballerina1612]

this is sylvie!! or well it must be!! LOOK AT THOSE FEET!!! no one in the whole wide world has these arches! haha:)

[06brit]

It's definitely Guillem - I know the way she moves. Do you have any more from this show?

[balletprince87]

Not sure she's Guillem  but....every time I see her she doesn't give me emotions....very beautiful but nothing more,especially in Swan Lake!Don't know why...seems like I'm the only one in the world.

[jamyadees]

I think Guillem and Legris. Bourmeister production?

[altekan]

Guillem and Legris

[Rosesv]

I would say Guillem too

[saritachan]

Sylvie Guillem?????