Sleeping Beauty reconstruction 3/17 The Mariinsky Ballet; Obraztsova/Korsakov

[slapmore]

Thank you very muchfor the excellent discussion on the Marie Petit Pas and this ballet. Glad you guys exist.

[keli1593]

hahaa the fairy of beauty!!!!! <3

[balletbunhead12]

the dancer who performed the breadcrumb fairy variation almost fell at the begining and towards the end at aprox 2:55, in the tant de fleche section she failed to stay up an pointe.

she was not up to the caliber of dancing of the others

[theamazingsoter]

@balletbunhead12 Just a bad pointe day, believe me. Cheprasova is actually a good dancer.

[Pattinson17cullen]

yo hice el hada de las lilas con un nivel mas alto de giros dobles y tengo 14

y ellas del marinsky pense en algo mas dificil la interpretacion excelente pero dificultad nada

[theamazingsoter]

@Pattinson17cullen Lee la descripción del vídeo: la variación es así de simple porque fue creada para Marie Petipa, que no destacaba precisamente por su talento bailando en punta. Sus fuertes eran la danza de carácter y la mímica.

[cubanmiamiboy]

Probably Lopukhov for Egorova, although the variation music had been composed by Tchaikovsky and choreographed, only to be taken out by Petipa himself due to the inability of Marie Petipa-(his daughter and the original Lilac)-to dance it.

[mrlopez2681]

@cubanmiamiboy - the Lilac Fairy's variation was not omitted by Petipa for the inital run of "Beauty", he just made it choreographically un-complex, as Marie Petipa was more of a character dancer.

[cubanmiamiboy]

@mrlopez2681 According to Elizaveta Gerdt-(Pavel's daughter, who danced as a child in the original production)-Marie never danced the variation done by her father, and so it was dropped. Then Egorova asked Lopukhov to choreograph a new one for her in 1914 when she danced the role at Krasnoe Selo-(which she passed to Elizaveta at Pavel's request). Lopukhov did so and the variation eventually made it to the notations as being created by Petipa, given that Sergeyev would have never allowed this.

[mrlopez2681]

@cubanmiamiboy - Unfortunately, accounts from Imperial-era dancers can be unreliable at times. The role of the Lilac Fairy was one of the reasons why the 1999 reconstruction of "Beauty" was so controversial. Elizaveta Gerdt's account is one of the reasons why generations of people in the Russian Ballet world thought that Marie Petipa didn't dance the prologue solo, or that she wore only one costume (in fact, Marie Petipa wore 3, all of which have been restored for the 1999 production).

[mrlopez2681]

@cubanmiamiboy - @cubanmiamiboy - Elizaveta Gerdt's account is the one that started the misconception of how Marie Petipa didnt dance a solo in the Prologue. Contemporary revues from 1890 mention the Lilac variation & Wiley discusses it in "Tchaikovsky's Ballets". Tim Scholl's book "Sleeping Beauty, A Legend In Progress" discusses the odd situation of how many generations of dancers & historians forgot that Marie Petipa danced at all in the prologue of "Sleeping Beauty".

[sylphida]

Yana Selina!

[sylphida]

the tutu for the first variation is so pretty :)

[ithinkimkari]

2:17 i could watch this move all day:)

[ameaglejazzdude]

AaaaaHAHAHAHA 2:04 she slipped ^_^" I make mistakes too, we all do.

Also, mrlopez, are you someone important? I watch all your videos and I KNOW you gotta be because it's impossible to get all this info if you're not an "insider" if you know what I mean.

[fujimorimomoyia]

@ameaglejazzdude Oh your right! I thought the step looked weird at first but I never noticed the fall, lol

[agosballet]

Nunca vi un peor prologo de bella durmietne que este.... y lo peor es que son bailarians del kirov !!!! deberian hacerlo mucho mejor!

[phantomphiddler5]

I just love the Violente's dance! But somehow I don't think any of the costumes quite fit their dances. I always picture this: Miette should be cream/golden colored, Canari should be yellow, Violente should be red, and Lilac should have a lots of purple.

[Katiepolaski]

The costumes are so ugly WTF?

[Katiepolaski]

@mrlopez2681 I agree!!!



[Bnesque]

Thank you for this post and great lecture.

And Anastasia and Yana are so beatiful in this peculiar choreography.

[ryohayashi]

so beautiful and effortless! she looks so light like she can just float....ahhh i wanna get like this!

[phorevarjb]

What is the name of the song from 1:21 to 1:57?

[jengirl2]

I just love the Fairy variations...very spirited and fun. And I loved seeing that Lilac Fairy variation...a version I had never seen. Reading the notations of choreography was fascinating!! I loved visualizing the steps and then marking them on my own and then watching them. Its like ballet class...history, choreography, visuals!!

[pepercat17]

@dansedu92

the original called for just one on every fairy. there was never any dubbles. the just did that so there would be balance or to highten the statrue of the lilac fairy so she wouldnt dance with the canariy fairy.

[elkerlove1]

the zooming in and out thing is weird during the 3rd variation

[hnbballerina]

Masha is sooo good, she is now in our company!

[Firestarjude]

This Lilac Fairy variation is not the one that is notated. Doug Fullington has written about it on the For Ballet Lovers Only website.

[mrlopez2681]

oh dear - your right! I can't believe I over-looked this!!! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I should clarify - when I stated below that the role of Lilac was benig danced in this production as it was in the 19th century, I meant over-all, not with regard to the prologue solo.

[mrlopez2681]

I'll add an extract from Fullington's note in the description.

[pepercat17]

ok wasnt the real lilac fairy a mime role? people say it was, so whats true?

[jaybrose]

What did he do to the Lilac Fairy Variation???!!!!!!! Oh my!!!!!!

[looovecats]

I love how Selina dances variation of Fairy Canari, she dances with such speed that sometimes it looks as if it were fastened.

[ajparis]

Mr Lopez, What is the story on this Lilac fairy variation? Fyodor Lopukhov claimed to have choreographed the traditional variation, interweaving themes from Paquita etc. In his memoirs he says he passed it off as Petipa's by claiming to the Maryinsky administration that he had observed early rehearsals before the role was recrafted without dance for Marie Petipa. Is this choreography really in Stepanov notation? Was it ever performed before this? I wonder what The Sleeping Princess had...

[ecj177]

Thank you so much Mr Lopez2681. This is just beautiful. I do have a question. WHy is this production controversial?

[bachandbark]

Gorgeous - choreography and costumes divine. Thanks for uploading this.:)

[9415908]

Thank you for posting this again! I like this much better than the Sergeyev one, not only because of the gorgeous costumes and sets, but because of the interesting choreography. This is pure Petipa. Amazing!