Spartacus Act III - Spartacus and Phrygia (Bolshoi)

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Aram Khachaturian is a great composer!

[edurubio2000]

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[Bedlingtonrus]

БРАВО!!!!!!!!!! СПАСИБО!!!!!!!!

[delora33]

How very, very beautiful...

[tinymavy]

This is pure perfection. All the other Spartacus adagios are nothing compared to this. What perfect dancers for this amazing piece of music.

[55werther]

¡¡¡Dos De Las Mas Grandes Estrellas Que Ha Dado El SigloXX!!! Semenyaka, Artista y

Bailarina Magnifica, Esta Superlativa; Mukhamedov, En Uno De Sus Papeles Mas Con-

sagratorios, Esta, Soberbio. Realmente Una Dupla Magnifica. Para El Disfrute Visual.

[bobandannette]

dance is spectacular, music hauntingly beautiful.  what a combination!!!

[azkaser]

Excellent!

[krychadesign]

thanks a lot!

[krychadesign]

I have seen many versions of Spartacus but this is by far the best one. Does anyone know where I can buy the video?

[goliadkine]

@krychadesign

Hi i see you are from australia :) i couldn't find it there but it appears an all-region DVD is available on amazon.co.uk. just type in B0009X24R0 in the search box.

[mannail888]

Irek is built a Greek statue

[tennisplayers2]

Absolutely breathtaking. The combination of classical music and dance at their pinnacle.

I wish I could have seem them dance in person, but alas it was not to be. Khachaturian is a master composer whose music will live forever.

[harolddhouse]

transcendent

[LadyNRedShoes]

amazing......i love this adage

[butt0nup]

I think is a good example of what Ballet is. Maybe not GREAT, but I think it shows that ballet is not about being ridiculously skinny or awkwadly flexible.

[bailadoradehoffer]

Exquisite choreography. Ballerina's use of legs and feet are amazingly beautiful. Mukamedov is his usual pinnacle of strength and manlliness. Music is intense and passionate. And oh my god, the crescendo leading to those lifts, performed so beautifully, deliver such a rush it's difficult to stay seated.This is such a thrilling pas de deux, that so clearly and creatively touches the alternating tenderness, surrender & strength of love, that u r left caring & knowing why dance exists.

[davisbone]

the oboe player sounds as if he had too much Vodka B4 the show

[babyycat]

This music has been used in alot of movies.... Just great...

[phuckthefcc]

caligula is one

[babyycat]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! thank you for posting i love this music,,, and the  ballet is great....

[gort451]

This music was in one of the greatest triple X films, 'Caligula",ever made but it is not even close to the sensuality shown in this version by the Bolshoi.

[rlanaew]

that was beautiful

[sabfouetteking]

This demonstrates that dancing is about more than just jumps and extensions. Her technique is not perfect in this video, but absolutely beautiful

[bailadoradehoffer]

Well said. I agree that the end point for technique is to express what is difficult to speak. Also agree with you the ballerina's dancing is "absolutely beautiful." Thanks to the dancers who are willing to spend years (jumping) and (extending), as you said, to finally be able to bring us their talented and beautiful interpretations of these roles.

[marghellina]

I heard this music as a soundtrack in a movie from 1968: "Mayerling" (Omar Sharif - Catherine Deneuve) and fell in love with that. Only after 40 years I found out it was by Khachaturian. Great performance! Thanks!

[manyulah]

so beatiful dance!

slow, sweet and full of sensibility

[sizzlor108]

i first heard this tune on the coen brothers film: the hudsucker proxy, with tim robbins, and what a tune, and indeed it was a great film and highly recommend it to anyone who has not seen it.

[Alexoneil]

Same, it's wonderful music and a wonderful film, and golly do you watch Invader Zim? :P

[sizzlor108]

Yeah, i love invader zim, its just so random and epic for a kids cartoon. Its hard to come by people who really appreciate its genius.

[clamdip2]

I doubt you'll ever see such a beautiful blend of music and the portrayal of love anywhere else. The choreography is outstanding and the dancers suburb. I totally agree with the comment of te5rrier.

[rastabus]

My comment below refers to those of both Robodancer and SenseiTohru concerning the movie 'Caligula'.

[goliadkine]

"Shame will save the world". I wish Tarkovsky was right.

[quetiomasbueno]

Excelltnt coreography,inmortal,inmensly beutiful music,this is the type of things taht make the huge economic crisis more bearable!.

[roberdancer]

when i first heard this song was when i saw the movie: caligula

HAHAHAHA

[SenseiTohru]

Same here.

[rastabus]

Same here too. An underrated movie.

[marghellina]

The first time I heard this theme was in 1968 looking at the movie "Mayerling" performed by Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve. I was fond of this music, but I did not know it was from Kachaturian. Today I know that thanks to You Tube! :)

Thank you for this awesome masterpiece! no doubt five stars!

[danik1000g]

ha 31 to comment hahahahaha

[raymonda100]

Semenyaka danced Phrygia with Lavrovsky, Godunov, and Mukhamedov. She was a beautiful dancer - and yes, now coaches Zakharova.

Thank god for YouTube!

[te5rrier]

Music, dance interpretation, the complete harmony of 2 souls all exquisitely portrayed.

What more can anyone seek to enjoy. Utterly beautiful. Thank god for youtube as I would never have seen this masterpiece. Thank you.

[BronxBornBroad]

I agree with Zep1083.

I first heard this piece about 15 years ago and I, too, cried.

The LOVE conveyed in this music is beyond measure,

As I am listening and watchin now, I am getting chills from the beauty of it all.

[Zep1083]

I heard this piece today on the radio for the first time and was blown away. I was brought to tears. Watching it with the dancers was an amazing experience that has left me basically speechless. Thank you!

[bailadoradehoffer]

Being left speechless is a wonderful reaction. Could it be that you were left speechless because dance expresses so much that can't be spoken, in my opinion at least.

[Haykoita1]

una meraviglia!!!!! addoro questo spettacolo!!!!

[LuvinLulu]

Last time I heard, Semenyaka was Svetlana Zakharova's coach.

[highlands69]

Wow.....Everytime i see irek i go into a trance what a dancer what a man...she is so good as well very beautifully done...

[cristianevallim]

Maravilhoso!

[fatbuggar]

Lyudmilla Semenyaka as Phrygia

Not dead!! Teaching now I think!

The most wonderful Phrygia, beautifully

partnered by Mukhamedov. A gem of a performance.

[localoscillator]

Totally enchanting and captivating. Where have you been all my life Bessie?

[localoscillator]

Distressed to hear that she recently passed away.

[arakhachatran]

it is not Bessmertnova dancing!!!!

[woodyaan]

can you put the scene of Gladiators o youtube?

[trumansh]

para caer en la realidad después de ver esto voy a tener que darme martillazos en la cabeza.

[theBraveHeart1]

I am a little embarrassed to say that,

but I saw this video at least 7 times this day. And I cried each time.

What a wonderful music and what a beautiful performance!

[RHS26450S]

Don't worry,you are not alone..I feel exactly the same way!!

[aragon3530]

my highschool peformerd this show for marching and became #8 in all of the westeren united states go centennial!!!

[carnagegerman]

I absolutely love khachaturian's score.

[vetrovfan]

Absolutely beautiful. This is from a 1989 performance and is on DVD. Irek Mukhamedov is Spartacus and Phrygia is Ludmilla Semenyaka (sp?). Alexander Vetrov is Crassus. All the dancers are terrific.

[ufreda]

outstanding. encourage everyone to the it live in its full expression.

[imopman]

Wonderful , simply wonderful.

[akhnaten1234]

bravo!!

[Esvealde]

Cuanto mas lo veo, más me gusta, que maravillosa intrpretación!

[Esvealde]

Semenyaka destila sensualidad en esta obra, esta magnifica

[qbendanny1]

The greatest foreplay ever filmed. Time to take a cold shower.

[39teddy]

this dates back many years if it is ludmilla

[janeeyre78]

yes whereas bessmertnova sucks

[88oxanna]

jane .. well of course she does just ask her husband AND M Lavrovsky

they both received the treatment

[janeeyre78]

hmmm :)

what you mean?

[fernandobicudo]

Semenyaka and Irek are sensational in "Spartacus".