6/9 35th Mezentseva Birthday Semenov Kirov Mariinsky Class Zaklinsky Kulik Pankova Vaziev Vorontsova

[murzik123456]

This is pure gold! Thank you!

[Consofdance]

Thank you for the video,

it was great to see Mahar V.

and Sasha lunev

also Jenia Neff what a great male dancers!

[Pearlaceous]

Is that Pankova wearing the blue short pantalons and stripy top? She was a big favourite of mine - beautiful physique and lovely technique.

[russianballetvideo]

Yes. She and Kulik were always together in this class and talking to each other.

[Pearlaceous]

Woah - that was quick! Thank you so much and it is lovely to see you again! This is a great class! I love Pankova' s lightness and grace - another one who was under-rated in my opinion. Did she ever dance Odette/Odile?

[russianballetvideo]

I do not know. She was always doing the pas de trois.

[Bnesque]

I know she was. But I really love her musicality here>

And Mezentseva finally begins to do Odette variation. This is great!

[pediatrapaola]

did you noticev lunjov doing triple twice?

[raulishnikov]

not only triple but with arms in 3rd position wich is considerably harder...

[pediatrapaola]

@Pearlaceous DID YOU NOTICED HOW EASILY LUNJOV PERFORMED TRIPLES?

[pediatrapaola]

wow triple twice

[sangfroidjen]

Thanks for the wonderful video. I love Margarita Kulik, she has an effervescent quality to her dancing. Is she in any capacity of teaching e.g. still involved in ballet? I really missed that video of Kulik rehearsing Walpurgis Night solo.

[russianballetvideo]

She supposedly teaches in Korea with her husband, Vladimir Kim, also an ex-Kirov dancer. They were both at Varna in 1983, she winning gold, he winning bronze(maybe he won silver)

[pediatrapaola]

@russianballetvideo once saw kim in italy did arlequinade,but was not particulary impressed by him.