Her characterization is perfect and technique absolutely adequate. It is her physique and face that make her eternally girlish. You can't really ask her to fix that. This is very beautiful but she isn't the best cast for swan queen.
Im a big Alina fan, but she looks like this role is too much for her. She is so little and innocent and the black swan is supposed to be seductive and evil. She is the best giselle but this looks like a little girl wearing red lipstick.
yeah I am familiar with gaynor...gaynor's were put down in ballet school because girls would wear them before developing proper ankle strength on pointe and then ended with chronic ankle injuries....lucky for me i do have strong ankles but i never have tried gaynor i use heritage from bloch ...they are so comfortable for my wide feet and forward arch
no matter how i love alina as a ballet dancer, i don't think she's right for this role. she's perfect in sleeping beauty, but not for swan lake. and btw, every time i see her dance, i always get annoyed by her feet. i love her, but she's not the best.
@KittyUSF her feet are annoying. her foot is wide and cuts short; i guess alina has very short toes. i don't get to see the "point"ness of it. i wish they could be extended by two to three inches more.
@KittyUSF If those ballet slipers were not the right ones, she wouldn't have been able to dance with such perfection. Like it or not, obviously her feet are that wide and that short. In a newspaper article about her I read:"Her feet are very small - size 34, but those feet create miracles."
@nelinas well i have wide feet too so i can understand..... i still love her and i think she is absolutely gorgeous...pixie like....do you know what make of shoe she uses?
@KittyUSF She wears Gaynor Mindens because she had a foot injury that healed wrong in her foot and it hurt her to dance on and regular pointe shoes make the pain in her foot hurt so she wears Gaynor's because they are really comfortable to wear.
@kkiimmiissiipp Alina's feet are a clear example of lack of funding/ethics in the dance world. One of her feet got injured when she was 17, but unfortunately in Kiev, they didn't have the necessary equipment to correctly diagnose and treat the problem... Now, the shape, size and look is a totally different story, some people like them (myself included) and some people don't....
i love the feet!!!! and that design on her tutu is absolutely stunning!!!
nwm9511 2 weeks ago
She will always be Giselle to me.
chamuda610 2 months ago
Her characterization is perfect and technique absolutely adequate. It is her physique and face that make her eternally girlish. You can't really ask her to fix that. This is very beautiful but she isn't the best cast for swan queen.
nicolezly 2 months ago 2
Im a big Alina fan, but she looks like this role is too much for her. She is so little and innocent and the black swan is supposed to be seductive and evil. She is the best giselle but this looks like a little girl wearing red lipstick.
cjoyoates 5 months ago 13
definitely not her best role but still beautifully done...
bananahead82 6 months ago
yeah I am familiar with gaynor...gaynor's were put down in ballet school because girls would wear them before developing proper ankle strength on pointe and then ended with chronic ankle injuries....lucky for me i do have strong ankles but i never have tried gaynor i use heritage from bloch ...they are so comfortable for my wide feet and forward arch
KittyUSF 10 months ago
no matter how i love alina as a ballet dancer, i don't think she's right for this role. she's perfect in sleeping beauty, but not for swan lake. and btw, every time i see her dance, i always get annoyed by her feet. i love her, but she's not the best.
kkiimmiissiipp 11 months ago
@kkiimmiissiipp what about her feet bother you??
KittyUSF 10 months ago
@KittyUSF her feet are annoying. her foot is wide and cuts short; i guess alina has very short toes. i don't get to see the "point"ness of it. i wish they could be extended by two to three inches more.
kkiimmiissiipp 10 months ago
@kkiimmiissiipp ah! i understand...you have a point....i also think those arent the right shoes...i highly doubt her feet are that wide
KittyUSF 10 months ago
@KittyUSF If those ballet slipers were not the right ones, she wouldn't have been able to dance with such perfection. Like it or not, obviously her feet are that wide and that short. In a newspaper article about her I read:"Her feet are very small - size 34, but those feet create miracles."
nelinas 10 months ago 18
@nelinas well i have wide feet too so i can understand..... i still love her and i think she is absolutely gorgeous...pixie like....do you know what make of shoe she uses?
KittyUSF 10 months ago
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bgirlmilkdogg 10 months ago
@KittyUSF She wears Gaynor Mindens because she had a foot injury that healed wrong in her foot and it hurt her to dance on and regular pointe shoes make the pain in her foot hurt so she wears Gaynor's because they are really comfortable to wear.
bgirlmilkdogg 10 months ago
@bgirlmilkdogg oh damn... im going through something like that myself... i hope i dont have to resort to wearing ganor though =/
KittyUSF 4 months ago
@KittyUSF why not? gms are rly comfortable and they save her career. without them we wouldnt be able to see anymore of her beatiful dancing!
josephinea1 2 months ago
@KittyUSF I just watched an interview with Alina on BBC. The commentator said: "Her feet are tiny, her shoe size is two and a half."
nelinas 10 months ago
@nelinas wow!!! okay i see now haha!!! thats SMALL...well she is very petite overall
KittyUSF 10 months ago
@kkiimmiissiipp Alina's feet are a clear example of lack of funding/ethics in the dance world. One of her feet got injured when she was 17, but unfortunately in Kiev, they didn't have the necessary equipment to correctly diagnose and treat the problem... Now, the shape, size and look is a totally different story, some people like them (myself included) and some people don't....
aeternusdanseur 10 months ago
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO AMAZING!!!! :D :D :D
mimiromani 1 year ago
awesome!! I finally found Alina in Swan Lake :))
thanks for uploading!!
XxBallerina4ChristxX 1 year ago 2