No one can do Don Quichotet like Sylvie because she is a true artist. Osipova is very talented and gifted abut nowhere on the same level as Sylvie, in dancing talent is not enought you also have to use braisn and soul plus the charisma. Osipova has left the Bolchoi for the Michailovsky and one can see that in the latest Gala we have seen in the Michailovsky that she is full of mannerisms and ticks, no artistry, Sylvie is a true artist. Can anyone name anaother dancer as versatiel as Sylvie?
@nakis74 Very well said. Sylvie is gifted in body, command of technique, charisma, and intellect that comes across onstage in a big way. Like her or not, her persona is powerful yet unforced, unlike certain stars who are all flash and of little substance. Osipova has good and bad points, but now it seems like she's mainly relying on audience-pleasing tricks, thereby lowering audiences' ballet IQ even more. Diana Vishneva comes close to Sylvie as far as today's dancers go.
@sangfroidjen Could not agree more with what you said. Sylvie Guillem is without doubt a most complete artist and she has set a standard for new generations of dancers with her performances, image, intelligence, diversity in her repertoire and artistic integrity. You are right about Vishneva who admires Guillem immensely by the way and who has constructed her career on her example without imitating her, intellignetly combining classical and modern dancing and expanding new artistic horizons.
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Oh my gosh!!! She's my favorite dancer of all time! And I just did a Don Quixote production at my dance studio this year! Its so amazing to see her dancing (much better I must say) to the same music I did! <3 <3 <3
@EverlastingxHope - I know... it is SO frustrating. They don't know what all your body goes through when you are up on that stage, especially when dancing with injuries.
I love how you can hear her shoes beating against the ground as she dances... it is the only clue as to how much strength and effort she is putting into it, without it it's like she is just effortlessly floating
The way she ended those turns with her arm up and thrusting her hip was absolutely hysterical! I'm sure she was making fun of her own self coming out of the turn!
For someone so small she sounds like a "sack of potatoes hitting the floor". Our ballet instructor would have cracked our legs with a yard stick for that!!!!!! OUCH!
I think, she´s one of the happiest person I´ve ever seen, but she has chosen a hard life!This video shows, that nobody become a professional without hard training and severe discipline and that´snot funny, it´s a fight!!!!
Simply amazing. This is why she is the best french Ballerina ever to prance on stage. Her en dehors were a perfect example of how to be done perfectly en pointe!
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SYLVIE GUILLEM espor encima de todoo una gran bailarinaa ,de pequeñaaaa hizo gimnasia y claro que la beneficio mucho en flexibilidad y esas cosas,, pero ella es bailarina y uina de las mejores
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You can't really compare Fonteyn or the ballerinas from decades ago to the prima ballerinas now. The styles are completly different. Back then it was all about artistry, now its about leg extensions and turnout.
No. You can't compare them. Ulanova, Plisetskaya and Fonteyn are in a different class altogether.
Prokofiev said about Ulanova: She is the genius of Russian ballet, its elusive soul, its inspired poetry. Ulanova imparts to her interpretation of classical roles a depth of expression unheard of in twentieth century ballet.
Would he or anyone seriously say such a thing about Guillem or any other ballerina now? I doubt it.
in 30-40 years, people will be talking about todays dancers in the same glorified rosy way.. people tend to think that all things were better in the past.
But you should read historic accounts and reviews! Some dancers were greatly critised then too. But the greats...oh, I believe they were divine. We even have footage of some of them. But dancers now are also great. But dance is different.
@dulcicantor exactly! i was in an opera and the other singers were so talented but offstage they were so different. i was in the Austin Lyric Opera hansel and gretel.
What?? 30-40 years? Actually this video is younger than 25 years, Sylvie is a dancer of the PRESENT (not of the past), she still dances as well as you can see over there (I saw her at La Scala in Milan, january 2011 as Manon, perfect body, perfect pointe technique, as brilliant as always). She isn't afraid of any younger dancer. Every younger dancer took inspiration by her.
@prossimamente- That was the poster's point. Some people say that dancers of today aren't as good as dancers of years ago; that they now lack a certain charm, grace, blah blah etc. etc. But 20-30 years from now, people will be just as praising of these dancers (Sylvie, Svetlana, Natalia, etc.) as much as they praise Fonteyn or Pavlova. People have an obsession with the past.
ballet freak. ur knee can not possibly be turned complrtly in if your hip is turned out thewrefore if i see your knee caps your turned in. it probably comes from her days as a rythmic gymnast. she didn't start ballet till about 12 or 13
are you kidding!??! Sylvie Guillem is the best dancer in the world... shes the highest paid dancer ever in the history of the world! and its a rehearsal... all the videos you see of Margot and Maya are on the stage.. if you havent noticed!
People have a hangup about money these days. The amount you are paid doesn't say how good you are. Many are paid far too much these days. In my opinion, Galina Ulanova was a much much better dancer than Sylvie Guillem ever was.
That's ridiculous, you can't even begin to compare them- they are from completely different eras therefore the way in which they dance (the emphasis on emotion vs athletic-ness) is completely different- rendering neither better or worse than the other.
has any one ever noticed that she's a bit turned in. it's hard to tell if u pay to much atention to her feet or how high the leg goes but look at her knees...
@proudtobeadancer you can't become etoile alone ! every body, even Sylvie Guillem, need the help and the experience of an older dancer. Sylvie couldn't learn kitri alone ; Sylvie has talent, but she isnt perfect.
@proudtobeadancer how can you say that ... Sylvie is as good as she is because of the amazing teachers (= ballerinas) she had ! Yvette Chauviré (prima ballerina) taught her ... i dont think it was intimidating at all :))
she has really hyper extended skinny arms like me. mine can look so ugly sometimes!!! she just proves to me that i CAN figure out how to make my arms look good! thanks svetlana!! :-)
funny how she's so fantastic and still has someone coach her. And im not making fun or anything- she is fabulous- but just merely saying that you can never stop learning ya know.
jowsbrazil: for us dancers, extreme pain is normal and comun all the days of our lifes, since our first posicion at 8 years old to our last performance is all extreme pain, but we like it, we love ballet is a painfull blessed.
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who ask you? in 15 years of professional dance (3 diferent countrys and 5 companys) all my dance life was extreme muscle pain, there's no other way..maybe you and your friend are very very very elastics lucky you!for me is only daily work,work,work.
more like a bad foot day. that right forefoot/ankle looks bad, so painful. you can see the bruised streaks that _are_ the muscles. poor lady. been there, done that, but didn't look like her, fer shure.
Bonjour ! Pour répondre à certains commentaires Sylvie Guillem avant de commencer la danse classique à l'Opéra à été formé à la Gymnastique, par sa mère il me semble. Les cours de Gymnastique font partit de la formation du danseur et de la danseuse. Ces cours leurs sont très précieux. Ils apporte des connaissances supplémentaires et permettent de corriger certains problèmes comme la position du dos, la souplesse ...
una pregunta...mucho se halaga a Sylvie Guillem sus extensiones y fisico....ella ha sido gimnasta antes de ser bailarina de ballet...entonces seria recomendable que las futuras bailarinas tomaran seriamente clases de gimnasia? lo pregunto porque hay una corriente pedagogica que no recomienda practicar gimnasia antes o durante la formacion balletistica porque atenta contra la postura basica de la bailarina, la colocacion de su columna vertebral...
Pardoneme, no hablo espanol muy bien, entonces voy a responder en ingles: I do not think artistic gymnastics (with the flips and uneven bars) is beneficial to a ballerina. They use jazz technique instead of ballet technique, which can be confusing for a young dancer. Also, artistic gymnastics training is very hard on the body, so why wear yourself out any faster? Gymnastics can also produce a short, thick physique that is not appropriate for ballet.
Mira, sinceramente, esta Silvie Guillen para mi es eso, una atleta, llega con la pierna a la cabeza y hace mil contorsiones.Eso no es ballet. Esque ballet es otra cosa. Mira a Margot Fontaine, a la Maximova, a Alicia Alonso, a la Plietseskaya, es que transmiten un noseque. Esta variacion tambien la baila preciosa la Gelsey Kirkland. Aunque para mi la mejor es la Maximova
Completamente de acuerdo contigo. Tiene una expresion plana y vacia. Y mas aun como Kitri... que necesita todo el arte de españa. tamara rojo baila muy bonita esa variacion. Sylvie Guillem, aunque tiene una buena Raymonda, me deja muy vacia en cuanto a expresion
Yo creo q ella es fantástica, ademas ella practico gimnasia hasta los 11 años... no creo q eso haya dejado una marca tan importante como para decir que no es bailarina sino gimnasta no crees? En todo caso es cada uno de nosotros puede admirar a quien estime conveniente, pero si criticamos que sea con conocimiento y no antojadizamente!
Geez people... stop posting sex related comments for publicity... this is ballet, this is art, life, beauty.... show some respect. ¬¬ Guillem's awesome. =D
She is truly one of a kind- one in a billion. A rare thing is a dancer with such perfect technique and flow that is so on the edge of wildness and ecccentricity- but she never loses her precision. Besides that, she has superb physicality for dance- very long, lean legs, and extreme flexibiltiy. The vast majority of even company dancers pale in comparision to her.
what the heck is everyone saying in spanish? your all like "mais il faut wue tu manges" just say shes good if you thaught she was good or shes bad if you think shes bad, dont say something in spanish that'll probably confuse people
porque se fue de la opera de paris porque estaba en desacuerdo con las politicas de la institucion y porque queria dejar de bailar clasico y dedicarse a otras cosas.... a mi tambien me hubiera gustado mucho verla en las grandes producciones de nureyev
no Navy Seal could keep up with her ...lol
Treadlightlyful 1 month ago
She is... beautiful, how lucky to be born with the perfect body and unbelievably talented as well. One in a million!
mydancediary 1 month ago
No one can do Don Quichotet like Sylvie because she is a true artist. Osipova is very talented and gifted abut nowhere on the same level as Sylvie, in dancing talent is not enought you also have to use braisn and soul plus the charisma. Osipova has left the Bolchoi for the Michailovsky and one can see that in the latest Gala we have seen in the Michailovsky that she is full of mannerisms and ticks, no artistry, Sylvie is a true artist. Can anyone name anaother dancer as versatiel as Sylvie?
nakis74 1 month ago
@nakis74 Very well said. Sylvie is gifted in body, command of technique, charisma, and intellect that comes across onstage in a big way. Like her or not, her persona is powerful yet unforced, unlike certain stars who are all flash and of little substance. Osipova has good and bad points, but now it seems like she's mainly relying on audience-pleasing tricks, thereby lowering audiences' ballet IQ even more. Diana Vishneva comes close to Sylvie as far as today's dancers go.
sangfroidjen 1 month ago
@sangfroidjen Could not agree more with what you said. Sylvie Guillem is without doubt a most complete artist and she has set a standard for new generations of dancers with her performances, image, intelligence, diversity in her repertoire and artistic integrity. You are right about Vishneva who admires Guillem immensely by the way and who has constructed her career on her example without imitating her, intellignetly combining classical and modern dancing and expanding new artistic horizons.
nakis74 1 month ago
Wow... this video still gives me happy chills.. She's awesome.
Aldosfuturewife1 2 months ago
@proudtobeadancer : Actually,she's not even correcting Sylvie. She's telling her the good things she's doing. :p See,it IS impossible to correct her.
chloelacanadienne 4 months ago 3
english sub please. :( i dont have speaker. =(
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700kirsty 5 months ago
WTF? Does she really need a rehearsal director? SHE'S FUCKING PERFECT!
simpatrick 6 months ago
Oh my gosh!!! She's my favorite dancer of all time! And I just did a Don Quixote production at my dance studio this year! Its so amazing to see her dancing (much better I must say) to the same music I did! <3 <3 <3
dancetalent08 6 months ago
what variation was the first one from? i know its not kitri but what is it? the one with all the traveling pirouettes
applelemonhead3345 6 months ago
@applelemonhead3345 it is kitri :P act 3 variation I think
Lucyballet1994 6 months ago
@Lucyballet1994 well see that's what i though, but every time i try and look for it by that title a different variation comes up
applelemonhead3345 6 months ago
It annoys me that people think ballet's just a dance where you flit around in a pretty tutu and wave your arms. They think it's EASY.
EverlastingxHope 6 months ago 3
@EverlastingxHope - I know... it is SO frustrating. They don't know what all your body goes through when you are up on that stage, especially when dancing with injuries.
ErinDances5678 6 months ago
............wow..............
XyourcutebabbyX 7 months ago
I love how you can hear her shoes beating against the ground as she dances... it is the only clue as to how much strength and effort she is putting into it, without it it's like she is just effortlessly floating
ravegods 7 months ago
very harad!!
thomasmoresakano 9 months ago
i could do that too.
cmyu100 10 months ago
It seems there is little room for improvement from this rehearsal... until one watches the next rehearsal!... Silvie Guillem Kitri Act 1-Solo
supermaxim109 10 months ago
was something wrong with her foot?
MegCT 10 months ago
@MegCT no ... pointe work just hurts :))
FyreBalletDancer 7 months ago
BETER W/ AGE
aslushy 10 months ago
a legenda podia ser em portugues
balletvida 11 months ago
that don quioxte was purely amazing!
carina621 11 months ago
The way she ended those turns with her arm up and thrusting her hip was absolutely hysterical! I'm sure she was making fun of her own self coming out of the turn!
rlee1976 1 year ago
Dressed like this,at 0:18 , i mean, Sylvie reminds me a picture of Degas, don't know why
TheGEiSHOChan 1 year ago 3
@TheGEiSHOChan because she's a ballet dancer... duhhh!
isastruve 11 months ago
Does someone know his stature?
loReeBaLletera 1 year ago
18 people fainted and accidently clicked the dislike button on their way down.
bellcandy33 1 year ago 3
For someone so small she sounds like a "sack of potatoes hitting the floor". Our ballet instructor would have cracked our legs with a yard stick for that!!!!!! OUCH!
nawmmbr 1 year ago
she doesn't jump.... she flys
DHansen17 1 year ago 4
Beautiful but she does not seem at all happy
Beckarie16 1 year ago 5
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I think, she´s one of the happiest person I´ve ever seen, but she has chosen a hard life!This video shows, that nobody become a professional without hard training and severe discipline and that´snot funny, it´s a fight!!!!
Bwwbe 1 year ago
j'adore ses pieds, sauts, extensions, bras, TOUT!!
1quebec1frnc1 1 year ago 2
WOW. it's always amazing to see an artist at work.
froxy719 1 year ago
shes amazing!
kellykballerina 1 year ago
I love her arches!
audreymarie08 1 year ago
so glad i speak french...
ispinintights 1 year ago 2
she just makes it look so easy!
ElleKatey1 1 year ago
shes amazing...!!!!!
napidancer 1 year ago
why r people 'hating' when someone writes they like someone better?!??! get over it, people are allowed their own opinions
balletgirl11 1 year ago 4
Simply amazing. This is why she is the best french Ballerina ever to prance on stage. Her en dehors were a perfect example of how to be done perfectly en pointe!
JJboy1992 2 years ago 4
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I find Paloma's version much better though
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no one does don quixote better than paloma
dancebea92 2 years ago
dude your totally right shes fanominal in that
laurelballerinafly 2 years ago
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i actually think Svetlana did don quixote better
shelleyjellyBANG 2 years ago
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paloma's style of it is better. they both danced it well in general but paloma's style was better
dancebea92 2 years ago
I dont have knowledge enough .. but Guillen seems very fast... ever..
Zakharova looks like a ballerina...only dance..
roderickbarbarroxa 2 years ago
i love Sylvie, but no one can do Don Quixote better than Osipova!!!!
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balletfreak329 2 years ago
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no double in the attitude?
i dont like what she i doing :(
magicalgrasshopper 2 years ago
SYLVIE GUILLEM espor encima de todoo una gran bailarinaa ,de pequeñaaaa hizo gimnasia y claro que la beneficio mucho en flexibilidad y esas cosas,, pero ella es bailarina y uina de las mejores
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lemonduh 2 years ago
That is so beautiful! If i could be 1/3 as good as her i would be amazing!
DanceswithPointeShoe 2 years ago 4
I love her dancing...its so diferent, so strong...
SophieNeveudancer 2 years ago 3
is it just me or is she really loud landing the jumps ? its probably just the floor or something.
because she looks perfect!
shes ammaazziinngg
bebethomthom 3 years ago 2
random ? in titanic, ya know how rose goes up on her toes. does anyone know the name of the dancer that does it for kate winslet?
syd453lm 3 years ago
At 0:30 when she lands she looks like she's had a little too many beers.
dancercrazy232 3 years ago 4
Agreed!
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BananaGurlBallet 2 years ago
her shoe broke
mario57353 2 years ago
You can't really compare Fonteyn or the ballerinas from decades ago to the prima ballerinas now. The styles are completly different. Back then it was all about artistry, now its about leg extensions and turnout.
NDBCdancer 3 years ago 5
Oh, yes, wich is very sad. The Darcey Bussels and Sylvie Guillems of today can't be compared to Ulanova or Fonteyn...
ScenePoa 2 years ago 2
No. You can't compare them. Ulanova, Plisetskaya and Fonteyn are in a different class altogether.
Prokofiev said about Ulanova: She is the genius of Russian ballet, its elusive soul, its inspired poetry. Ulanova imparts to her interpretation of classical roles a depth of expression unheard of in twentieth century ballet.
Would he or anyone seriously say such a thing about Guillem or any other ballerina now? I doubt it.
swanningaround 2 years ago
it's all a matter of perspective.
in 30-40 years, people will be talking about todays dancers in the same glorified rosy way.. people tend to think that all things were better in the past.
mrparts 2 years ago 66
But you should read historic accounts and reviews! Some dancers were greatly critised then too. But the greats...oh, I believe they were divine. We even have footage of some of them. But dancers now are also great. But dance is different.
panyatna 2 years ago 2
I agree, people talk about opera that way. I think the opera singers of today are phenomenal, but people disregard them for former greats.
dulcicantor 2 years ago 3
@dulcicantor exactly! i was in an opera and the other singers were so talented but offstage they were so different. i was in the Austin Lyric Opera hansel and gretel.
icantpirrouette13 1 year ago
@mrparts
What?? 30-40 years? Actually this video is younger than 25 years, Sylvie is a dancer of the PRESENT (not of the past), she still dances as well as you can see over there (I saw her at La Scala in Milan, january 2011 as Manon, perfect body, perfect pointe technique, as brilliant as always). She isn't afraid of any younger dancer. Every younger dancer took inspiration by her.
prossimamente 6 months ago
@prossimamente- That was the poster's point. Some people say that dancers of today aren't as good as dancers of years ago; that they now lack a certain charm, grace, blah blah etc. etc. But 20-30 years from now, people will be just as praising of these dancers (Sylvie, Svetlana, Natalia, etc.) as much as they praise Fonteyn or Pavlova. People have an obsession with the past.
soyuncatacol 5 months ago 2
@mrparts I couldn't agree more!
1CasuConsulto 6 months ago
@mrparts because they become less and less charming and graceful each and every year...
JacquelynCarmichael 3 months ago
ballet freak. ur knee can not possibly be turned complrtly in if your hip is turned out thewrefore if i see your knee caps your turned in. it probably comes from her days as a rythmic gymnast. she didn't start ballet till about 12 or 13
RONIDC1979 3 years ago
i can't seem to define the word "jealousy" quite enough in this instance...
dancearecul 3 years ago 2
She is not up there with the likes of Margot, and Maya. Then again who is?
swanningaround 3 years ago
are you kidding!??! Sylvie Guillem is the best dancer in the world... shes the highest paid dancer ever in the history of the world! and its a rehearsal... all the videos you see of Margot and Maya are on the stage.. if you havent noticed!
BalletFreak107 3 years ago
People have a hangup about money these days. The amount you are paid doesn't say how good you are. Many are paid far too much these days. In my opinion, Galina Ulanova was a much much better dancer than Sylvie Guillem ever was.
swanningaround 3 years ago
that is a lie.
i agree with balletfreak107 10000%
sylvie is amazing and much better then galina
balletaholic 2 years ago
Wow! I cannot believe you have said such a thing. Guillem will be soon forgotten. Ulanova will never be forgotten.
swanningaround 2 years ago
That's ridiculous, you can't even begin to compare them- they are from completely different eras therefore the way in which they dance (the emphasis on emotion vs athletic-ness) is completely different- rendering neither better or worse than the other.
LaFeeVerte1209 2 years ago 4
best comment ever.
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MoscowSnowGirl 2 years ago
i absolutely agree! sylvie is my ballet idol, i would kill to be a quarter as good as her.
aputhemonkey6 3 years ago
ahhhh. im so jealous. she is such a beautiful dancer and so skinny!
northstargirls 3 years ago
Her poor foot looks like it was killing her yet she danced so beautifully.
elong10 3 years ago
has any one ever noticed that she's a bit turned in. it's hard to tell if u pay to much atention to her feet or how high the leg goes but look at her knees...
RONIDC1979 3 years ago
TURN out does NOt come from the knees... it comes from the HIPS! duh
BalletFreak107 3 years ago 2
omg you're right:D
Sipsike 3 years ago
bla! feet! hyperextension! amazing!
AND REALLY SKINNY.
cellolove7 3 years ago 3
she does kitri at the end
i know this is totally random but im doin the kitri variation for competition this year lol
but she has the most amazing point of her foot
like when she leaps
=)
BEAUTIFUL
dtadancer95 3 years ago 5
she is just simply amazing.....:-)
pointedansuer1612 3 years ago 3
OMGSH! She is the best ballerina I have ever seen! Go Sylvie!
hahaha2531 3 years ago 3
Bravo Bravo!!!!!
elvis3700 3 years ago 3
how intimidating that must be to be her rehearsal director! to CORRECT sylvie guillem? is that possible?!
proudtobeadancer 3 years ago 72
oh my goodness, i was thinking the exact same thing! "oh, um, yes, so.. *ehem* pointe your feet more?!" hahaha
vanillabean001 3 years ago
LOL
i guess it's their job, though, and any decent dancer should WANT corrections, so it wouldn't be too terrifying.
InCupsOfCoffee821 3 years ago
@proudtobeadancer you can't become etoile alone ! every body, even Sylvie Guillem, need the help and the experience of an older dancer. Sylvie couldn't learn kitri alone ; Sylvie has talent, but she isnt perfect.
MamzeilleLili 1 year ago
@proudtobeadancer Her rehearsal director is Ghislaine Thesmar...she was not too shabby in her day either!
neodancer 1 year ago
@proudtobeadancer how can you say that ... Sylvie is as good as she is because of the amazing teachers (= ballerinas) she had ! Yvette Chauviré (prima ballerina) taught her ... i dont think it was intimidating at all :))
FyreBalletDancer 7 months ago
she is so GOOD!!!!
vess1028 3 years ago 4
omg the best ballerina in the world doing my favourite ballet!
magical =]]
missshorty02 3 years ago 5
è la migliore!!!
MyLoveTadb 3 years ago 2
she's simple the best!!!!!!!!!
dancer311087 3 years ago 5
Sylvie Guillem : LA DANZA.
stefanodanza 3 years ago
She is so funny and cute! haha, she is very expresive...after turning...;D
dancingwithoutwords 3 years ago
How did you get this video?
mowie4eva 3 years ago
she has really hyper extended skinny arms like me. mine can look so ugly sometimes!!! she just proves to me that i CAN figure out how to make my arms look good! thanks svetlana!! :-)
vanillabean001 3 years ago
oops!!!!!! i meant sylvie! i was looking at svetlana not two minutes ago! hehe
vanillabean001 3 years ago
funny how she's so fantastic and still has someone coach her. And im not making fun or anything- she is fabulous- but just merely saying that you can never stop learning ya know.
eloisefig 3 years ago 5
i totally agree with you. and it shows her character that she listens and cares because many principals think they're above that.
vanillabean001 3 years ago
I'd love to b like her someday..XXD
oscarmad123 3 years ago 2
lol, after all the turns she looks drunk, but she still brilliant
BillyElliotLover96 3 years ago
yes she does, but its cute hehe
LePetitDanseur2010 3 years ago
Of course it's French. After all, Mlle. Guillem est Francaise.
kdub10009 3 years ago
OMG... She makes AMAZING grand jettes... unbelievable... Hers and Polina's are unbelievable... it's like she makes absolutely no effort at all.
Naokun29 3 years ago 2
what a professional, she is brilliant!
mhss0001 3 years ago
where there are not muscles there are bones... so thin! but she's so perfect...
liz33986 3 years ago 3
sylvie is just perfect
mavrou24 3 years ago
i agree
sonson8389 3 years ago
her leaps are AMAZING.
brittanyxcakes 3 years ago
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00:28 she looks kinda drunk...
citruzzlove 3 years ago
elle est magnifique! vive sylvie!!
oripin12 3 years ago
those pique turns are so fast. i wouldn't blaim her for being so tired!
peacelovecali 3 years ago 4
Sylvie looks like in extreme pain. Ballerinas can handle a lot of pain. So if she stopped dancing, the pain must have been unbearable.
I love her anyway!
jowsbrazil 3 years ago 7
jowsbrazil: for us dancers, extreme pain is normal and comun all the days of our lifes, since our first posicion at 8 years old to our last performance is all extreme pain, but we like it, we love ballet is a painfull blessed.
aircat29 3 years ago
aircat, you're a dork. Chances are, jowsbrazil is a dancer too.
mistercleopatra 3 years ago
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who ask you? in 15 years of professional dance (3 diferent countrys and 5 companys) all my dance life was extreme muscle pain, there's no other way..maybe you and your friend are very very very elastics lucky you!for me is only daily work,work,work.
and DORK your mother..pusssy
aircat29 3 years ago
She is so wonderfull - merveilleuse
souriceau02 3 years ago
i guess u could say i'm slightly obsessed with her legs and feet
anonymousmariposa 4 years ago
aww. i did Don Quixote! I think she is pretty good!
tizzydancemaniac 4 years ago
more like a bad foot day. that right forefoot/ankle looks bad, so painful. you can see the bruised streaks that _are_ the muscles. poor lady. been there, done that, but didn't look like her, fer shure.
tamsindonner 4 years ago 2
Sorry but I think she was having a "bad hair day". Sylvie would rather that this video quietly disappeared, I think.
swanningaround 4 years ago
I donn't understand why Is that I don't like her.... I mean she is good, but she doesn't touch my soul. I wonder why
merluzasfritas 4 years ago
well she iss rehearsing. when i am in rehearsal i'm usually not trying to touch anybody's soul. even so, you are entitled to your personal taste.
sallysegalene73 4 years ago 3
this is just rehersals
hgjon2 4 years ago
This is rehearsals !!!! gosh
hgjon2 3 years ago
this is kitri, a very strong and powerful role, besids that it's only a rehersal.
Tallyzip 3 years ago
ohh qu'elle exigence de son professeure !!
MisterJo0o 4 years ago 2
she is such a great ballerina.
her feet are outstanding!
even when she is tired, it looks like she is performing in front of a crowd!
:)
balletchick9088 4 years ago 3
eh, she kind of seems like a primadonna.
CaseyLKing 4 years ago 2
I think her flexibility really helps her!
hgjon2 4 years ago
Bonjour ! Pour répondre à certains commentaires Sylvie Guillem avant de commencer la danse classique à l'Opéra à été formé à la Gymnastique, par sa mère il me semble. Les cours de Gymnastique font partit de la formation du danseur et de la danseuse. Ces cours leurs sont très précieux. Ils apporte des connaissances supplémentaires et permettent de corriger certains problèmes comme la position du dos, la souplesse ...
joshua44170 4 years ago
lmao!
absolutely incredible!
she is without a doubt the greatest female dancer of our generation!
superfunkstarfucker 4 years ago 3
Omg someone with the name Sylvie lol Jks Thats my name :)
Casushi 4 years ago
she's one of my faves =]
such strengh and beauty...
Tallyzip 4 years ago
una pregunta...mucho se halaga a Sylvie Guillem sus extensiones y fisico....ella ha sido gimnasta antes de ser bailarina de ballet...entonces seria recomendable que las futuras bailarinas tomaran seriamente clases de gimnasia? lo pregunto porque hay una corriente pedagogica que no recomienda practicar gimnasia antes o durante la formacion balletistica porque atenta contra la postura basica de la bailarina, la colocacion de su columna vertebral...
dulcinea10 4 years ago 2
Pardoneme, no hablo espanol muy bien, entonces voy a responder en ingles: I do not think artistic gymnastics (with the flips and uneven bars) is beneficial to a ballerina. They use jazz technique instead of ballet technique, which can be confusing for a young dancer. Also, artistic gymnastics training is very hard on the body, so why wear yourself out any faster? Gymnastics can also produce a short, thick physique that is not appropriate for ballet.
CordsZ 4 years ago
Mira, sinceramente, esta Silvie Guillen para mi es eso, una atleta, llega con la pierna a la cabeza y hace mil contorsiones.Eso no es ballet. Esque ballet es otra cosa. Mira a Margot Fontaine, a la Maximova, a Alicia Alonso, a la Plietseskaya, es que transmiten un noseque. Esta variacion tambien la baila preciosa la Gelsey Kirkland. Aunque para mi la mejor es la Maximova
merluzasfritas 4 years ago
Completamente de acuerdo contigo. Tiene una expresion plana y vacia. Y mas aun como Kitri... que necesita todo el arte de españa. tamara rojo baila muy bonita esa variacion. Sylvie Guillem, aunque tiene una buena Raymonda, me deja muy vacia en cuanto a expresion
EtereaRoseAdagio 4 years ago
Yo creo q ella es fantástica, ademas ella practico gimnasia hasta los 11 años... no creo q eso haya dejado una marca tan importante como para decir que no es bailarina sino gimnasta no crees? En todo caso es cada uno de nosotros puede admirar a quien estime conveniente, pero si criticamos que sea con conocimiento y no antojadizamente!
Anaqii 2 years ago
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isthatmarcee 2 years ago
Geez people... stop posting sex related comments for publicity... this is ballet, this is art, life, beauty.... show some respect. ¬¬ Guillem's awesome. =D
Naokun29 4 years ago 3
(: amazing! loved it the whole clip through.
:( I hope she wasn't injured though...
yonjooheero 4 years ago
She is truly one of a kind- one in a billion. A rare thing is a dancer with such perfect technique and flow that is so on the edge of wildness and ecccentricity- but she never loses her precision. Besides that, she has superb physicality for dance- very long, lean legs, and extreme flexibiltiy. The vast majority of even company dancers pale in comparision to her.
5KAT 4 years ago 5
she is my best ballet dancer - really, good techni
jahudka1valencia 4 years ago
she is my all time favorite ballerina
dancer894562 4 years ago 2
WOW........
TaurusPiscesVirgo 4 years ago
I think she slipped because her shoe shank broke...that's why she put on another one..
bravetheheat 4 years ago 2
no other ballerina can match this stunning performers skill
studio44a 4 years ago
she is pretty i like her and how she fights her pain!
jAcKdArLiNg 4 years ago
Please watch HISTORY OF BOLSHOI BALLET - 4 of 6
minute 2!
The best Kitri ever!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy!
nevermind111 4 years ago
she is wonderful...are there no piano tuners in paris, though?
xgianpatrick 4 years ago
haha, I was wondering the same thing
fionasputnik 4 years ago
i love her!!! but that slip was pretty funny! haha but she's amazing
dancequalslife7 4 years ago
I think she didn't strech her legs all the time...
Just joking, she's amazing!!! Wish I could see her live!
Eriam91 4 years ago
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what the heck is everyone saying in spanish? your all like "mais il faut wue tu manges" just say shes good if you thaught she was good or shes bad if you think shes bad, dont say something in spanish that'll probably confuse people
nodumbblond 4 years ago
Did you ever wonder if they SPEAK Spanish? I think it's French, by the way.
dancinfroge 3 years ago
well how should i know? i'm not a scientist or whatever!
nodumbblond 3 years ago
i think they're just speaking their own language, perfectly within their right.
tigereyes5 3 years ago
Yes it is French.
Phedon34 3 years ago
Elle parle en Francais
budlong 3 years ago
Sie sprechen Deutche !!!
gastonlegrand 3 years ago
Simplesmente linda!
Queroo essa ponta pra miim!!
mapxnd 4 years ago
I have always wondered why Sylvie never danced nureyev's choreography...
graziana22 4 years ago
porque se fue de la opera de paris porque estaba en desacuerdo con las politicas de la institucion y porque queria dejar de bailar clasico y dedicarse a otras cosas.... a mi tambien me hubiera gustado mucho verla en las grandes producciones de nureyev
fouette83 4 years ago
Sylvie was promoted to the rank of etoile after her debut in Nureyev's own production of Swan Lake by R