Trailer: Swan Lake - Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe of China (2008)

[TheEuzkaro]

omg the frogs!!! ö

[kragsbjergstraedet]

I have been sleeping with frog no 2 from the left in the front row :-) And I still love her.

[chiave1983]

that was Beyond amazing. I am Not Chinese or Asian for that matter, but I would Love to be in this show. Especially all she was doing balancing on top of that man. It All looks fun and Thrilling ^w^ Sign me up for classes Now!!

[MrCheljack]

Saw an article in the I newspaper about this Troupe they are amazing and breathtaking to watch

[mrbob30031955]

been to Birmingham Hipperdrome to see these tonight AMAZING 10 minute standing ovation

[taucher963]

Юань - наша резервная валюта на случай ГКЧП.

[rootero]

Laughed so hard! The frogs at 2:00 are hilarious... and so impressive!

[HopeOfTheDay]

Great work. They will be in Vienna from 13 th to 17th September (Stadthalle Vienna). I cant hardy wait it!

[hackamore]

It's amazing how the east Asians have adopted European dance and musical culture and, perhaps, do it even better than the Europeans ever did.

[616Metalprincess616]

@hackamore but it´s very sad. For example: Today as a European you have no chance against a Japanese ballet dancer. It´s so sad I can´t describe it. Our culture is about being destroyed. Maybe the Japanese/Asians have just more discipline. (and the Japanese dancers have very beautiful bodys for classical ballet)

[DualThunder]

@616Metalprincess616 its the whole culture. the whole social and environmental context. It doesnt help that the government have made damaging cuts to the funding and subsidising of the tuition, institutes, and education of the arts. it's destroying what we have achieved ever since the growth and rise of ballet (among the other arts) in western culture. But our culture, our greed, and our ignorance has led to something inevitable. That's why we have the problems we have today, such as education.

[PrincessSakuno]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU holy shit that was amazing

[monica367]

OH MY GOD, after watching this u feel like nothing

[missELP90]

wow!

[JingeBelle]

Wow!

[lynniechan94]

I just want to see Odette pirouette on Siegfried's head.

[amusicalnightmare]

I've never seen anything so beautiful. So fluid.

[hayamatsuka]

AWWW THE FROGS ARE SOO UNBELIEVABLY CUTE =3, XD.

[tenor90210]

beautiful!!! let me sing for you "Limmopera meet Sergio"

[karmlan123]

Amazing Chinese, always give surprise to the world.

[nikkytequila]

what is the name of the ballet girl.??? I wanna see more videos of her ballet!!!

[hippolyte90]

@nikkytequila search "butterfly lovers"

[pa0094]

frogs <3<3<3

[2006tee]

love the frogs!! i thought that was a cute jumpy dance routine...

[skaterLiLismom]

Phenomenal performance. Are they performing anywhere now/

[WarrenChu000]

@skaterLiLismom YES! In Pasadena, California on February 13th, 2011 and my family and I are going to see them!  I had NO IDEA what they were about until I came across this video totally by accident. I called my wife over to see this video and she said, "That's the group we're going to see this weekend!"

[hippolyte90]

@WarrenChu000 was it good?

[WarrenChu000]

@hippolyte90 It was good but there was no frogs or Swan Lake. :-(

[SmileyCentral411]

woooww the girl is amazinggggg : 0! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFULLLLLL!

[seriex5]

Amazing thanks for the video!! <3 <3 <3 

[AvernodeSatan666]

An excelente and perfect performance!!!!!!!!!!!

[nakandulure]

I loove the frogs!

[JayJayBayBay123]

only in china (:

[pradhangeorge]

equally fantastic

[theagn79]

It is extremely beautiful or even better.

[iczerman]

That pretty good at 6:05!

[Kayastia]

I saw this live just a few days ago, it was better than Amazing. my favorite are the clowns/male ballet dancers (the ones who danced on the suitcases)

[LiveAndBreatheBallet]

Hahahah the frogs are the best!

[Griseracing2010]

Fantastic, great, see the frogs!

[josivonwangelin]

ich bin auch balletttänzerin .. abr das ist unglaublich ...

[addieg02]

AMAZING!!!

[nikkisexy]

this is amazing i espically love the frogs what strength!

[farasheh]

Horrible! This is not ballet. It is a circus act. They should find some other material and not bastardize this classic masterpiece.

[DenisaMAlexandrescu]

been there yesterday in Munich. first row :D OMG!!! it was absolutely incredible!!!! best birthday present i ever got!!!

[poliwantsacrckr]

HOLY F*CK

set design, STUNNING

costume design, STUNNING

Technique, STUNNING

last section of this collection of clips, JAW DROPPING

[KarinaPavez]

Brilliant

[AlienAbandoned]

Siegfried and Odette floor me every time, but Odile and Rothbart take the cake. I want to see this so bad!

[erekaviolin]

reminds me of kaleido star

[trankngoc]

nice

[BALLETRUSS]

Circus parody to classics! In Russia fans classic ballet not in delight FROM SUCH CIRCUS SHOW!

[wikct2]

When are they come to US to perform?

[hbanana7]

This is definately acrobat as an artform at its finest. If it was ballet, it would have been a circus, but it works b/c it is acrobat.

[cutielolxx]

totally diferent, yet intriguing...and i agree with sailor barsoom.......tht unicycle thing was new to me too!

Best I've seen yet

[SailorBarsoom]

For some reason, it was the unicycle-holding-hands--while-­she-does-one-handed-cartwheels­-and-keeps-up-with-him thing that made me misty-eyed. Maybe because I hadn't seen it before.

Odette on Sigfried's head wows me every time I see it, of course. Talk about "You Were Always On My Mind!" But I'd seen clips of that already. The unicycle thing was new to me.

[Lisztlovers]

Great'

[Bugcrusher2]

stunning!

[rolef74]

Frog's dance touched me

[Papillion1986]

Beautiful..... and strange.

[birampur]

This has reminded me off the golden era of USSR.

[kurthurtig]

amazing people - except for the bendy ones... they freak me out ;)

[hatenuandme]

cute.

[officialchels]

Cool

[69bianca69]

lol

australia's corps is so crap cmpared to these girls

i love this music... its so great i always end up crying.... for some reason......

[lemurs366]

same with canada's. Russia also has great ballet. i think it must be the communism

[maymaylingling]

@lemurs366 the lack of resources in poorer countries forces artists to master one area of creativity, as supposed to trying many and never reaching full capacity with them all. That's why triple talents come a dime a dozen nowadays but we still can't produce a Baryshnikov

[BitzelCharmy]

I don´t have words... OK just one! PERFECT!!!!!

[djmusicjac]

very beautiful, masterpiece in fact and beautiful music

[bmltaggert]

When's the show coming to Canada?

[Bridgged]

Incredible!!!=)

[russiangymfan]

No wonder Chinese are so good at gymnastics and diving. They are just so flexible!

[wikct2]

Too bad they dont perform in Las Vegas. It will beat all other shows.

[blueskee111]

wow that was AMAIZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially on pointe?! on that guys head and his shoulder?! thats just crazzzzyyy! Dude i can barely get through peroets on pointe! lol

[luckiecharm1593]

WOW!! seriously how the hell do they that last part?! i didnt know it was possible to have that much balance! there really amazing

[thesoulofbass]

how can they do that?on the shoulder...she can stay there!!!aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh­h

[rixanoz]

I love the frogs!

[akiraliu]

@rixanoz it was awesome!

[NinaSolaria]

i like the frogs soooo much

[Schoki0]

this is really great its only wonderful i love it very much x3

[Blueberryp13]

Teleporting chinese people ftw!

[polkadotcandyfun]

omg how amazing!! every1 was soo on timing and gracefull!! in my school we wouldve been knockin down each other and no1 would be in timing!!

[balletloveshiphop]

omg are these the same people on superstars of dance?

[AnneSavina71]

Really good. Delightful!

[Hotcoco555]

I loved every second of it. AMAZING!!!

[ktluvs2dance4eva]

i saw them live and they are AMAZING!!!!

theres a little boy who does all these cool tricks :)

[curiousjoe2007]

WoW! I thought Circus du Soleil is astounding excel, this one is almost got me speechless equally good.

[normadoimai]

Is amaizing! This performance makes mw cry!

[Kugelhupf99]

SUPER!

[britneyadoree]

What a lovely show!!!

My first ballet... Don't hesitate! Go and see it! It's wonderful!!!

[ForeverSable]

Saw this on Saturday night - brilliant!!

[Nic3819]

WOW!! This is amzing-what talent.

If anybody knows of this coming to the Midlands (specifically Leicester or Birmingham) please could they let me know, I would love to see this

[MrDragonfly07]

its running at Nottingham Royal theatre from wed 13th to saturday 16th of August, i saw it on the wednesday and it was so amazing it was just jaw dropping. This vid isn't entirely true to the performance i saw coz they added some stuff and didnt do others, and the music thats played to certain "dances" here are played to other "dances" in the actual thing, but it was FANTASTIC.

[xandcouto]

I watch the complete apresentation once...

It'really amazing, everyone must watch it...

[rosiesophie12]

I went to see this last night it was brilliant go to see it. It was AMAZING!

[jennerline]

i went to see this last night in london.. it was amzing :)

i dont get how people can do that :L

[emmalouiserichmond]

I'm just back from the Covent Garden production ... spectacular!!! A beautiful performance with a lot of humour and amazing acrobatics - ignore the snobs and enjoy!!!

[stephibobz]

i went to see this production at the lowery in mancetser last week and it blew me away it was just INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

[BeavisenoLar]

this is so beautiful!!! im so inspired @.@

Man...

I wish i took acro when i was a wee little lass T.T

[LilvixenUK]

I would like to see ndlkeegan argue how acrobatics is NOT art - I'd like to see you try it! And the issue of money is simple - don't pay up if you don't want to see it. It looks absolutely fabulous and I would love to see it if I had the chance.

[apresmoi2]

I think you'll find that it did contain dance. It isn't all just gymnastics - it had acrobatics/dance/magic and circus acts too

[apresmoi2]

oh come out of the dark ages will you - new things need to be done to attract younger audiences what 14 year old do you know that loves ballet? and how dare you say it isnt worthy of the opera house's stage. If the opera house was to only show ballet and opera and classical genre shows it'll only attract the older generation. Before you critisice something like this why don't you go see it for yourself

[shubox27]

I totally agree wiht apresmoi2. Ballet and Opera were once current and modern back in the days. If they want to keep these arts alive, I think it's really important to inject new elements into them to keep them alive.

[MrDragonfly07]

im going to see this in nottingham and can't wait, it will be the first ballet ive been to and from the looks of this it will be a night to remember

[2lucyinthesky]

Swan Lake is like Shakespeare - it can be performed in many different ways without detracting from any other version. I love pure ballet but this looks amazing.

[caro3985]

circus why not? ridiculous previous posts what ill advised snobbery - shame.

[dontfcukwithmum]

I think narrow minded opera buffs should pay the true cost of the running the operas (i.e. don't subsidise with other tax payers' money), and then they could control who gets to perform or not.

[Mojosbigstick]

I think our friend here is a frustrated choreographer. Couldn't get a commission eh?

[Gavinlai83]

wonderfull performance

[TinaMarieValentine]

Absolutly stunning and amazing :-) ;-) I love the frogs x

[MrDragonfly07]

yeah, the frogs are ace arn't they?:P

[CDFedonJoannou]

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