@AndDanielaSays Huh? Natalia does a different variation, which showcases her greatest asset- her ballon in those jetes. And she is young and still developing. And ballet is not just jumps but the epaulement, port-de-bras, expression, so on...which Platel does in the most refined, elegant, and purest sense of the Classical French style (of course, just imo). Doesn't take away from the incredible talent of Natalia- her Kitri is unsurpassed.
What on earth were Nureyev and Kurgapkina thinking of when they set this version? Its far too slow, and far too 'bitty' choreographically to make any sense at all. I like my Gamzattis to devour the space and dazzle me with their techniques. It sure isn't happening here.
@Buondelmonte123 it is Nureyev's choreography to blame, he never liked the girls to look better than him dancing so he made their choreography hard and complicated and only he could do it which in the end, makes the dancers still having to concentrate on the steps rather than moving about the stage. I was never a fan of Platel, I think Dorothee Gilbert does this variation with more ease plus she travels more and it still looks natural.
@tutus4life That's fascinating, thank you. I always though that when Nureyev choreographed for himself he had Osipenko and Kolpakova in his mind's eye, and strived for their academic perfection in his own work. For me, no company ever gets close to the Mariinsky Ballet in La Bayadere, because it's in their collective blood.
@Buondelmonte123 I agree with you completely. Sometimes you have to admit though, due to the Nureyev choreography and the POB training, French dancers are just as distinct as Russians.
This Gamzatti is not a tempestuous princess, instead she looks like a regal, elegant queen who doesn't have to move quickly for anyone. Mme Platel's large expressive eyes and somewhat icy manner give me this impression.
Also, this looks like the "arabesque", not the "jete" variation, lol, so she's more stationary than other versions.
She's definitely on her center, as would be expected from any professional ballerina, but it would have been so much better had she travelled and MOVED. Gamzatti isn't a shy, take-things-lying-down type of girl. 2 balances en tournant should take the entire diagonal of the stage!
She's not using the stage at all... I mean it' not like she's in a cramped, tiny studio, this stage is massive... Also she has no life in her movements, I would like to see a little more energy and activity in her legs and arms... Not terrible but just kind of... BLAH.
@PokemonTCG88 do you know who you're talking about ?? if she wasnt good, she wouldnt have danced with the Paris Opera Ballet for about 23 years !! sorry but she's amazing, she has been tained by some of the best
Yes POB has one of the best corps de ballet. But the Etoiles are not particularly brilliant compared to many great Russian stars, for example. Even French "balletomanes" admit it.
@lopatkina It depends in which decade. I think the Étoiles at Nureyev administration were very comparable to their Russian peers at the time. Nowadays, you can see a huge gap between them like it was before Nureyev was appointed director. The Paris Opera lacks real stars and the legacy of Rudolph N. is fading away which I think it's a real shame.
Non mais je dis pas ça parce que je trouve que c'est la meilleure compagnie du monde, c'est vrai, elle est reconnue comme la meilleure du monde. Après, chacun son opignon.
I think it looks like she's holding back because French dancers (in my opinion) aren't all worried about showing off, i.e. who's got the highest extensions, biggest jumps. They're all just very elegant and soft. Dance isn't a competition to them, it's a joy of living. They don't really push past their comfort zone. All of them have nice, clean lines without throwing their bodies around.
Nureyev had a beautiful mind. He really knew talent and beauty when he saw it and it shows in the fact that all the POB dancers from the Nureyev period are some of the most successful and highly recognized of them all. If only there was another man like him.
ok to everyone who is comparing platel to gilbert... are you out of your mind??? you are talking about completely a completely different time! in the bast 30 years ballet has completely changed, no one was even dreaming that a vishneva or a zakharova was ever gonna exist!
and remember, anyone who is dancing now Gamzatti is looking up platel as a reference. it's like comparing yevteyeva to zakharova... just impossible
btw I get what you mean with her arms, now I see too. I love her as Gamzatti, very graceful and she fits perfect into the role, but sometimes it seems as if she'd be a bit stiff cause she doesn't seem to fill the room.
Nureyev's mind worked on a different frequency to mine. I like his choreography but can never make sense of it. When I predict a big jump there's always some little releve or fondue.
It was very good. But she did look as if she was holding back a bit... Something completely random, though it does have to do with this production. Though the costumes were lovely, I thought they looked more Indonesian than Indian in the first scenes of the ballet at the temple... Either way, it was wonderful.
It's interesting to watch this after watching Dorothée Gilbert in the same variation. Gilbert's technique is much more secure and easy, and she has better ballon. Platel actually looks a little tight here, as though she's holding back. But she still has a lightness to her dancing that Gilbert doesn't, and no one can beat Platel in elegance and regality.
@dlballet53 ok this is something that my italian teacher always told me : when you are in the box on pointe, it's better to tilt your body forward than backward, so that no matter what you do, you can hold on to your center.
her arms are back in space i think, so it looks like she lost her center so the arms look a bit weird... like she put her lower body forward but her arms were left on the back... idk if you get me o.0
listen, i think she is a great dancer too... but dancing is not just about making things look pretty!!! Dance is so much more than that, it's a magnificent universal language that we use to express the greatness of human emotion and our deepest feelings... ballet has the most extensive vocabulary of all... i am not commenting bad about her, as someone who danced for A LOT of time i understood what dlballet53 was saying...
everyone has different styles, she does look weird in my opinion, but it's something so technical mostly girls who've had a lot of training can catch it. it's mostly on the teaching style, the French school tends to put more emphasis on grace over technique, specially when it comes to Porte bras...
she my favorite gamzatti ever!! <3 she is really regal...
Oh, you need to check out Maria Alexandrova and Natalia Osipova in this variation...talk about powerful! Maria Alexandrova is a monument of a woman and simply devours space with her big and powerful jump, and Natalia Osipova is the ballet world's female Michael Jordan, and stays airborne seemingly forever.
At my dance studio for part of the summer ballet program we did this variation and performed it. I love this variation and she danced beautifully. I'm glad I got to dance it too!
She's very good at ballet but I don't think Gamzatti was the role for her. I think she'd be good at a slower part, that seems like something that she would be flawless at :)
Sorry, I cannot stand it when people say dancers have "wonderful balance". Of course they have wonderful balance. It's not possible to do anything en pointe without any kind of balance, whatsoever.
is my imagination or i've heard this music in other ballet, maybe don quixote??? y dont remember but i've heard this song in other ballet.can someone help me???
simplemente divina,pies ,elegancia ,belleza estupenda en todos los sentidos,aparte super musical y sostiene todo el tiempo los pasos,lo que se dice una verdadera etoile.
i like this variation but i find platel a little too 'small' and contrived, she seems to be dancing on the spot quite a lot. it doesnt seem to be as showy as i would like!
im asking whats the name of the score . there has to be one right . i just want the name of this variation . but then again i dont need it anymore. because i posted that comment a year ago .
and how come this isn't a score .
i am talking about the music . this is not a song its a score . LIKE THE TITLE OF THE SCORE (gamzatti's variation) .. get it ? .... sorry for the misunderstanding . if you happen to know the title of her variation can you please tell it to me :)
dansedu92, "score" en anglais signifie "partition." Kaderderz cherche le titre de la partition, c'est tout. Tu es aussi impolie qu'ignorante. J'imagine que tu danses un peu comme tu écris l'anglais--comme une vache espagnole !
Kaderderz, Leon Minkus is the composer, the title is La Bayadère, or Bayaderka in Russian.
Je ne vois pas pourquoi tu te mêles de ca, Kaderderz137 a su me répondre par lui(elle)-même comme un(e) grand(e)!
Tu me trouves impolie? Oui, j'ai été ignorante sur le moment mais ne trouves-tu pas que c'est d'autant plus impoli de (mal!) juger les gens sans les connaitre??
You can find it on iTunes. Just go to the iTunes store and search for Le Corsaire Grand Pas de Deux (because this music is also used in Le Corsaire). They sell the variation at two speeds. Good luck!
There's room for many ways to interpret Gamzatti, but not in my heart. I prefer the more robust athleticism and sheer daring of the Russian manner of doing this variation. Check out M. Alexandrova or even Natalia Osipova in this variation. I think the French style of ballet is a little too cloying for this type of Petipa-Minkus variation. It's a shame to see the otherwise overwhelmingly capable Platel being forced to chuck out pages of big waltz sheet music in favour of mincing little steps.
while i adore Elizabeth Platel, i dont think this was one of her best performances. I think it a bit dry, lacking the flavor of Gamzatti... anyone else feel this??
This performance is VERY restrained. Is the space too small for her? (I think not based on the wide view of the stage) I feel as though she dances on top of herself. Not my ideal Gamzatti. Where is the attack and the risk?
What scene and act is this?
DivineSinners 1 week ago
i'm going to dance it and i'm fucking excited! <3
vaganovaindreams 1 month ago
Impressive
piccolaiaia88 1 month ago
So beautiful, I wish that when i performed this as my solo in an Eisteddfod i could have looked even half as divine as she.
SylverCygnet 1 month ago
Questa ragazza è bravissima! Sembra una piuma!
MissKellyxD 2 months ago
ella es tan elegante!!!! hermosa!
ariadna2790 3 months ago
fantastique!!!
sunnyballet 4 months ago
Elizabeth Platel is so beautiful and elegant, thanks for the video
natura1971 4 months ago
So refined!
Pearlaceous 4 months ago
Elisabeth Platel is, for me, the only dancer who can make me forget how fussy and annoying Nureyev's choreography is. Brava!
Firestarjude 4 months ago
Natalia Osipova. Enough said.
AndDanielaSays 5 months ago
@AndDanielaSays Huh? Natalia does a different variation, which showcases her greatest asset- her ballon in those jetes. And she is young and still developing. And ballet is not just jumps but the epaulement, port-de-bras, expression, so on...which Platel does in the most refined, elegant, and purest sense of the Classical French style (of course, just imo). Doesn't take away from the incredible talent of Natalia- her Kitri is unsurpassed.
2ndAveLine 5 months ago
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She can do much better than this.
theamazingsoter 5 months ago
What on earth were Nureyev and Kurgapkina thinking of when they set this version? Its far too slow, and far too 'bitty' choreographically to make any sense at all. I like my Gamzattis to devour the space and dazzle me with their techniques. It sure isn't happening here.
Buondelmonte123 6 months ago
@Buondelmonte123 it is Nureyev's choreography to blame, he never liked the girls to look better than him dancing so he made their choreography hard and complicated and only he could do it which in the end, makes the dancers still having to concentrate on the steps rather than moving about the stage. I was never a fan of Platel, I think Dorothee Gilbert does this variation with more ease plus she travels more and it still looks natural.
tutus4life 5 months ago
@tutus4life That's fascinating, thank you. I always though that when Nureyev choreographed for himself he had Osipenko and Kolpakova in his mind's eye, and strived for their academic perfection in his own work. For me, no company ever gets close to the Mariinsky Ballet in La Bayadere, because it's in their collective blood.
Buondelmonte123 5 months ago
@Buondelmonte123 I agree with you completely. Sometimes you have to admit though, due to the Nureyev choreography and the POB training, French dancers are just as distinct as Russians.
tutus4life 5 months ago
@tutus4life I agree with you. POB is a terrific company. I've never seen them give a bad performance.
Buondelmonte123 5 months ago
This Gamzatti is not a tempestuous princess, instead she looks like a regal, elegant queen who doesn't have to move quickly for anyone. Mme Platel's large expressive eyes and somewhat icy manner give me this impression.
Also, this looks like the "arabesque", not the "jete" variation, lol, so she's more stationary than other versions.
2ndAveLine 6 months ago
She's definitely on her center, as would be expected from any professional ballerina, but it would have been so much better had she travelled and MOVED. Gamzatti isn't a shy, take-things-lying-down type of girl. 2 balances en tournant should take the entire diagonal of the stage!
bettycoltrane85 6 months ago
You could stack a row of baguettes from the top of her head to the tip of her pointe shoes on that arabesque at 1:21 and she wouldn't move at all!
2ndAveLine 7 months ago
She's not using the stage at all... I mean it' not like she's in a cramped, tiny studio, this stage is massive... Also she has no life in her movements, I would like to see a little more energy and activity in her legs and arms... Not terrible but just kind of... BLAH.
ThePrimaballerina82 7 months ago
lovely and elegant, but on the slow side. I'd like to see a little more fire in there.
resborzage 7 months ago
why are her arabesques so amazing??
shortbucks 8 months ago
shes not that good. Shes just skinny and has liong legs
PokemonTCG88 8 months ago
@PokemonTCG88 do you know who you're talking about ?? if she wasnt good, she wouldnt have danced with the Paris Opera Ballet for about 23 years !! sorry but she's amazing, she has been tained by some of the best
FyreBalletDancer 8 months ago
@PokemonTCG88 I'd like to see you do that! She's incredible and flawless, I've danced that solo and it is incredibly hard to do that well!
SylverCygnet 8 months ago
she is beautiful!!
Laurinhaps0107 10 months ago
MUY MUY CONTENIDA ESTA VARIACION, PARA GAMZATTI, PIDO MAS,
stilless 10 months ago
踊りは素敵なのに、カメラをアップや望遠にして見辛いのが残念。
GOKOK69 10 months ago
VITORIA BALLERINA BEATIFUL
vivigatz13 10 months ago
Nice, but not the best... In my opinion the best is always Darcey Bussell
Acacallide 11 months ago
大変美しいダンスですね。とても上品です。しかも技術も確かです。彼女のお名前ご存知の方教えて下さい！
Who is she?
723nagisa 11 months ago
La meilleure interprète de cette variation...Les ports de bras sont également sublimes. Quelle musicalité !!!
Camelia1976ify 1 year ago
how do you call the first jump?
mimictt 1 year ago
@mimictt it's a cabriole.
danceiz4me 1 year ago
She has such long skinny... EVERYTHING!
TerrorLily 1 year ago
i'm using this choreography this year(:
babyyydanceeecrazyyy 1 year ago
L'Opéra de Paris est la meilleure compagnie de danse du monde, avec les meilleurs professeurs et les meilleurs danseurs.
horacevanubu 1 year ago
@horacevanubu
Yes POB has one of the best corps de ballet. But the Etoiles are not particularly brilliant compared to many great Russian stars, for example. Even French "balletomanes" admit it.
lopatkina 1 year ago
@lopatkina It depends in which decade. I think the Étoiles at Nureyev administration were very comparable to their Russian peers at the time. Nowadays, you can see a huge gap between them like it was before Nureyev was appointed director. The Paris Opera lacks real stars and the legacy of Rudolph N. is fading away which I think it's a real shame.
sweetaliena 11 months ago
@lopatkina
Non mais je dis pas ça parce que je trouve que c'est la meilleure compagnie du monde, c'est vrai, elle est reconnue comme la meilleure du monde. Après, chacun son opignon.
horacevanubu 10 months ago
Usally profesionals' pionte shoes look pretty, but can desroy your feet, as well as being painful.
meyerkar000 1 year ago
What pointe shoes is she using? It's so beautiful!
AQUA732 1 year ago
this is the variation of marius petipa????
erbesialex 1 year ago
i love it, it is what i want tobe when i am olded sow it have gave me a realy good puss to being a dancer
cushiejo 1 year ago
esta super bonito me encanto
erbesialex 1 year ago
Maravillosa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cassismira 1 year ago
from which ballet is this?
walla12341 1 year ago
@walla12341 La Bayadere.
bombygriz 1 year ago
GORGEOUS!
alexandradanielle27 1 year ago
I think it looks like she's holding back because French dancers (in my opinion) aren't all worried about showing off, i.e. who's got the highest extensions, biggest jumps. They're all just very elegant and soft. Dance isn't a competition to them, it's a joy of living. They don't really push past their comfort zone. All of them have nice, clean lines without throwing their bodies around.
wigglebells 1 year ago 2
Nureyev had a beautiful mind. He really knew talent and beauty when he saw it and it shows in the fact that all the POB dancers from the Nureyev period are some of the most successful and highly recognized of them all. If only there was another man like him.
Physdelicdreaming 1 year ago
ok to everyone who is comparing platel to gilbert... are you out of your mind??? you are talking about completely a completely different time! in the bast 30 years ballet has completely changed, no one was even dreaming that a vishneva or a zakharova was ever gonna exist!
and remember, anyone who is dancing now Gamzatti is looking up platel as a reference. it's like comparing yevteyeva to zakharova... just impossible
linadark 1 year ago
thanks! I was thinking exactly the same thing.
btw I get what you mean with her arms, now I see too. I love her as Gamzatti, very graceful and she fits perfect into the role, but sometimes it seems as if she'd be a bit stiff cause she doesn't seem to fill the room.
Juventina1005 1 year ago
much more better than Dorothee Gilbert, in my opinion
AGirlWhoLovesBallet 1 year ago
Nureyev's mind worked on a different frequency to mine. I like his choreography but can never make sense of it. When I predict a big jump there's always some little releve or fondue.
MikhaelaFifaela 1 year ago
It was very good. But she did look as if she was holding back a bit... Something completely random, though it does have to do with this production. Though the costumes were lovely, I thought they looked more Indonesian than Indian in the first scenes of the ballet at the temple... Either way, it was wonderful.
issyballet95 1 year ago
i love the tutu
quetzalcoatl2870 1 year ago
It's interesting to watch this after watching Dorothée Gilbert in the same variation. Gilbert's technique is much more secure and easy, and she has better ballon. Platel actually looks a little tight here, as though she's holding back. But she still has a lightness to her dancing that Gilbert doesn't, and no one can beat Platel in elegance and regality.
ag2322 1 year ago
I like it... but there's just something about her arms tht i really don't like
dlballet53 1 year ago
@dlballet53 ok this is something that my italian teacher always told me : when you are in the box on pointe, it's better to tilt your body forward than backward, so that no matter what you do, you can hold on to your center.
her arms are back in space i think, so it looks like she lost her center so the arms look a bit weird... like she put her lower body forward but her arms were left on the back... idk if you get me o.0
linadark 1 year ago
@linadark
please don't comment bad on the godess of my life~
** cuz I really like her~ **
I think that she does that to make it look better~
**cuz I really think it looks better~ **
She's got to be able to balance anyway~
** in a really pretty way, mind you~ **
AGirlWhoLovesBallet 1 year ago
@AGirlWhoLovesBallet
listen, i think she is a great dancer too... but dancing is not just about making things look pretty!!! Dance is so much more than that, it's a magnificent universal language that we use to express the greatness of human emotion and our deepest feelings... ballet has the most extensive vocabulary of all... i am not commenting bad about her, as someone who danced for A LOT of time i understood what dlballet53 was saying...
linadark 1 year ago
@linadark
ok~ cuz everyone's got different thoughts~
I just wanna show that I don't think she's weird~
+ She's STILL the godess of my life!~
AGirlWhoLovesBallet 1 year ago
@AGirlWhoLovesBallet
everyone has different styles, she does look weird in my opinion, but it's something so technical mostly girls who've had a lot of training can catch it. it's mostly on the teaching style, the French school tends to put more emphasis on grace over technique, specially when it comes to Porte bras...
she my favorite gamzatti ever!! <3 she is really regal...
linadark 1 year ago
Dorthey Gilbert did it better
kfmcmahon 1 year ago
French dancers have the thinnest legs. :|
saunabelt 1 year ago
maravilhosaa!
ciacoaracynunes 1 year ago
Beautiful!!!!!!!
fashionballetNYC5 1 year ago
french ballet dancers are very... i don't know very "chic"! very very beautiful
TeftG 1 year ago
I really want her legs **like they're so thin!! :D **
cuz' mine look a bit thick when I'm on stage ;m;
AGirlWhoLovesBallet 1 year ago 2
@AGirlWhoLovesBallet ME TOO!
isthatmarcee 1 year ago
i absolutely love this variation<3
xxxpointeshoesxxx 1 year ago
She´s so beautiful and elegant. One of my favorites.
natura1971 1 year ago
I love this variation so much!
from1stagetothenext 2 years ago
omg i wanna try this, looks fun and chalangeing!
pepercat17 2 years ago
elizabeth platel is one of the most beuaitful dancers the opera of paris had had.
she's so gorgeous and so elegant.
i totally love her.
p40531 2 years ago 4
I dont like the way Paris Opera uses their plie; its as though they just sit, versus "melting", so to speak.
donquixote444 2 years ago
She's so powerful and amazing!
FILIPINADANCER09 2 years ago 2
Oh, you need to check out Maria Alexandrova and Natalia Osipova in this variation...talk about powerful! Maria Alexandrova is a monument of a woman and simply devours space with her big and powerful jump, and Natalia Osipova is the ballet world's female Michael Jordan, and stays airborne seemingly forever.
avesraggiana 2 years ago
I've seen many and this is my favorite out of all of them!
FILIPINADANCER09 2 years ago
great performance!
i'd say this was one of her better roles.
i've always thought of her as the "runt" of the Paris Opera Ballet: her presence has nothing on the majority of the other etoiles. :]
pointemeout 2 years ago
I was thinking that to.
They seem a little bouncy.
But yes she was very good overall :]
hballerina 2 years ago
At my dance studio for part of the summer ballet program we did this variation and performed it. I love this variation and she danced beautifully. I'm glad I got to dance it too!
whiteswans135 2 years ago
what an extension :)
superballetlover 2 years ago
She's very good at ballet but I don't think Gamzatti was the role for her. I think she'd be good at a slower part, that seems like something that she would be flawless at :)
hballerina 2 years ago
@hballerina
She was also a great Gamzatti, I have seen her in the two roles.
StCorentin 8 months ago
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hballerina 2 years ago
she has great technique but she's boring. sorry.
vanillabean001 2 years ago
i tottally agree with you.
alexstarballerina 2 years ago
Beautiful. French dancers have such gorgeous technique.
SonyaNatalia 2 years ago 36
@SonyaNatalia They kind of do
MrWabblewobble 1 year ago
pretty tutu and dancin
balletisawesome 2 years ago 15
she is amazing...
tinytim2204 2 years ago 3
She's not the best Gamzatti, but her technique is great.
westinsouth10 2 years ago 3
I haven't seen many better than her, though. She's absolutely stunning. Mind you, who in the Paris Opera isn't stunning?!
RIGGlovesnigg 2 years ago 3
Amazing energy, technique, expression... And my favorite variation!
geckoarmy8 2 years ago
She has wonderful balance. Beautiful Gamzatti.
oohmoe 3 years ago 3
Sorry, I cannot stand it when people say dancers have "wonderful balance". Of course they have wonderful balance. It's not possible to do anything en pointe without any kind of balance, whatsoever.
RIGGlovesnigg 2 years ago 4
GORGEOUS!!! OMGOSH that was fantastic!
prn4ustat 3 years ago 4
Wonderful...
fsrgen 3 years ago 2
Great dancer.
SUITESJSB 3 years ago 4
its the music of the le corsair!
ballarina18 3 years ago
is my imagination or i've heard this music in other ballet, maybe don quixote??? y dont remember but i've heard this song in other ballet.can someone help me???
ballet4evernever 3 years ago
its the music of the le corsair!
ballarina18 3 years ago
yees ! me too!.. i think it's from le corsaire
rubiaa06 3 years ago
she is lovely, amazing, elegant, she's a very good gamzatti.
ballet4evernever 3 years ago 2
simplemente divina,pies ,elegancia ,belleza estupenda en todos los sentidos,aparte super musical y sostiene todo el tiempo los pasos,lo que se dice una verdadera etoile.
brava mil veces brava platel.
nuriavedette 3 years ago 2
i like this variation but i find platel a little too 'small' and contrived, she seems to be dancing on the spot quite a lot. it doesnt seem to be as showy as i would like!
THEpozzle 3 years ago
I love the dance, the music, EVERYTHING!!
what the name of the score???
does anybody know??
Kaderderz137 3 years ago
there isn't score because it's a Ballet and NOT competition! When you go at a concert,you don't put any score,ugh? So,it's the sme for ballet!!!
dansedu92 2 years ago
im asking whats the name of the score . there has to be one right . i just want the name of this variation . but then again i dont need it anymore. because i posted that comment a year ago .
and how come this isn't a score .
i am talking about the music . this is not a song its a score . LIKE THE TITLE OF THE SCORE (gamzatti's variation) .. get it ? .... sorry for the misunderstanding . if you happen to know the title of her variation can you please tell it to me :)
Kaderderz137 2 years ago
dansedu92, "score" en anglais signifie "partition." Kaderderz cherche le titre de la partition, c'est tout. Tu es aussi impolie qu'ignorante. J'imagine que tu danses un peu comme tu écris l'anglais--comme une vache espagnole !
Kaderderz, Leon Minkus is the composer, the title is La Bayadère, or Bayaderka in Russian.
ajparis 1 year ago
Je ne vois pas pourquoi tu te mêles de ca, Kaderderz137 a su me répondre par lui(elle)-même comme un(e) grand(e)!
Tu me trouves impolie? Oui, j'ai été ignorante sur le moment mais ne trouves-tu pas que c'est d'autant plus impoli de (mal!) juger les gens sans les connaitre??
dansedu92 1 year ago
May I ask where I can find the music for this variation???
yonjooheero 3 years ago
You can find it on iTunes. Just go to the iTunes store and search for Le Corsaire Grand Pas de Deux (because this music is also used in Le Corsaire). They sell the variation at two speeds. Good luck!
amburke1978 2 years ago 2
There's room for many ways to interpret Gamzatti, but not in my heart. I prefer the more robust athleticism and sheer daring of the Russian manner of doing this variation. Check out M. Alexandrova or even Natalia Osipova in this variation. I think the French style of ballet is a little too cloying for this type of Petipa-Minkus variation. It's a shame to see the otherwise overwhelmingly capable Platel being forced to chuck out pages of big waltz sheet music in favour of mincing little steps.
avesraggiana 3 years ago 4
love her tutu. and she can just float!
lauraLICOUS 3 years ago
while i adore Elizabeth Platel, i dont think this was one of her best performances. I think it a bit dry, lacking the flavor of Gamzatti... anyone else feel this??
mochabubble 3 years ago 3
très belle mais elle manque de flamme
janimarie09 3 years ago
This performance is VERY restrained. Is the space too small for her? (I think not based on the wide view of the stage) I feel as though she dances on top of herself. Not my ideal Gamzatti. Where is the attack and the risk?
gleichdances 3 years ago 4
She is so lovely!!!! She is a living dream come true.
elvis3700 3 years ago
this is beautiful. i'm doing this variation in pointe class.
kal4dance092 3 years ago
she was pretty messy with her arms ?? did anyone else notice this?
45cutie54 3 years ago
nice costume
centerstagelova 3 years ago
great
StCorentin 4 years ago