I've got the DVD of this and it's lovely - although not one of my favourites. I've only seen this live twice - but NOT with F/N, like you. The ribbon pas de deux is gorgeous as long as the dancers are not perplexed!!
hi balletnut - i was lucky, though not seeing fonteyn 'mummified' with the ribbon! the DD you mentioned, is it F and N? there is a lot of stuuf, however, in the ballet that's no 24 carat gold - maybe this is why the royal only mounted Act 3, the kingdom of the shades. cheers
hi balletnut - i've only seen the ballet once or perhaps twice as a kid (fonteyn and nureyev at covent garden with the royal ballet) and i can't remember if/how this part of this version of 'the shades' fits in? i recall things going wrong when they were using the ribbon in a PDD and fonteyn getting tied up as she held the ribbon and turned - looking very perplexed!
Mme Dudinskaya's arabesque and attitude turns :-) so beautiful! As for Chabukiani - awesome virility, athleticism and, above all ... speed! The speed of his pirouettes and chaine turns is to the point of being a blur - just *insane!* (And floor looks so incredibly slippery! LOL!)
hi Pearlaceous - yes, Chabukiani's speed and virility are are extraordinary! and yes especially in the turns -almost as though the speed of the film hs been turned up - but it hasn't! cheers
I so enjoyed this. Thanks. BTW, I have a video reel that includes this as well as many gems. Can you use this? I'd be happy to let you have it for a while. I don't have the ability (time) to share via YouTube or the equiptment needed. So, respond privately if you want, it's hours of clips along with full length Beyedre. Best, GG
Hi Nick,
Lucky you seeing F/N doing this.
I've got the DVD of this and it's lovely - although not one of my favourites. I've only seen this live twice - but NOT with F/N, like you. The ribbon pas de deux is gorgeous as long as the dancers are not perplexed!!
balletnut 3 months ago
hi balletnut - i was lucky, though not seeing fonteyn 'mummified' with the ribbon! the DD you mentioned, is it F and N? there is a lot of stuuf, however, in the ballet that's no 24 carat gold - maybe this is why the royal only mounted Act 3, the kingdom of the shades. cheers
nickwallacesmith 3 months ago
Hi Nick, Chabukiani's speed is awesome and he's so virile. Doesn't that floor look slippery, but it obviously isn't.
Much as I adore Busby Berkley and Esther Williams, these outdo them a 1000 times over.
Superb though the clarity is here - from the ballet point of view, I still prefer 'The Shades' we know. I think they're more dramatic and graceful.
balletnut 3 months ago
hi balletnut - i've only seen the ballet once or perhaps twice as a kid (fonteyn and nureyev at covent garden with the royal ballet) and i can't remember if/how this part of this version of 'the shades' fits in? i recall things going wrong when they were using the ribbon in a PDD and fonteyn getting tied up as she held the ribbon and turned - looking very perplexed!
nickwallacesmith 3 months ago
Mme Dudinskaya's arabesque and attitude turns :-) so beautiful! As for Chabukiani - awesome virility, athleticism and, above all ... speed! The speed of his pirouettes and chaine turns is to the point of being a blur - just *insane!* (And floor looks so incredibly slippery! LOL!)
Pearlaceous 3 months ago
hi Pearlaceous - yes, Chabukiani's speed and virility are are extraordinary! and yes especially in the turns -almost as though the speed of the film hs been turned up - but it hasn't! cheers
nickwallacesmith 3 months ago
I so enjoyed this. Thanks. BTW, I have a video reel that includes this as well as many gems. Can you use this? I'd be happy to let you have it for a while. I don't have the ability (time) to share via YouTube or the equiptment needed. So, respond privately if you want, it's hours of clips along with full length Beyedre. Best, GG
GariGold 3 months ago
WOW! this was something like 70 years ago!
jessDance00 3 months ago
hi jessDance00 - yep, exactly but if i look back to my childhood then it's not so far back, given a couple of flips back. cheers
nickwallacesmith 3 months ago
What an amazing dancer Chabukiani was. The set reminds me of the Busby Berkley movies.
ballet701 3 months ago
hi ballet701 - yes, it does - exactly! i think it's the camera shots too.
nickwallacesmith 3 months ago