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  • William Forsythe?

  • shes raw and natural and just simply perfect

  • ahh breathtaking. She is dance, and that's the easiest way to put it

  • D'accord!! she is fluid.. she is motion..

  • the greatest of all

  • In class, they always talk about "everything being one movement," and it always made sense to me, but watching Guillem's dancing makes that idea come to life.

  • @kimmios1 wow, really? Haha WOW.

  • I have never seen ballet so sassy. What is this?

  • @nasaroxmysox1 Isn't this In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated?

  • @PrincessKimberly Oui : )

  • Astonishing dancer in all expressions and details too

  • She's dancing with???

  • @lulumoralesl Laurent Hilaire, don't you know anything you stupid fucking moron?????

  • al legs all pointe dancing almost acrobatics

  • I noticed after watching Sylvie doing Raymonda for about the 4th or 5th time here on YouTube that the entire thing is nearly done on pointe! She's so natural, I forgot that the variation nearly NEVER comes off pointe, except for some turn preparations!

  • yet to see someone who can match sylvie.. alina cojocaru is getting there..

  • @owenselkirk If you truly believe that then you're a stupid fucking cunt. Cojocaru is a fraction of the dancer Guillem is, at her age Guillem was the international superstar Cojocaru is limited in range and technique and now at 30, hampered by injuries will never achieve what Guillem did. And if you think different all I can say is I hope you get cancer of the ass, fucktard. xxx peace out babes

  • @kimmois1 I said I havent seen someone who is as good as sylvie :S ??? Jesus get a life

  • @owenselkirk Listen, you DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HAVE NO TASTE. ME GET A LIFE, WHAT ABOUT YOU??? HEY HEY. YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE, GET TASTE, GET A GRIP AND WHAT'S MORE YOUR MOTHER DRESSES YOU FUNNY. HA. GOT YA BITCHAS

  • @kimmois1

    darling....i learned years ago...some people don't understand that sylvie is the best. no point in arguing with them. they will never understand.

  • @owenselkirk

    no one is getting there. no one.

  • Did she even have toe pads or lamb wool? Looking at it hurts. Anyways, she's just... beautiful, and perfect. My favorite ballerina of all times.

  • WOW!!!! around 2:27 she does a turn that's kind of..impressive! I can't even hold my leg still in an attitude a la seconde! she's awesomee

  • sylvie guillem y mikhail baryshnikov son y seran por siempre los mejores bailarines de la historia

  • I remember this program on the french TV very well because it introduced me to classical dance !! I went to the french Opera to watch ballets because of it ! grazie mille cara Paola

  • I purchased this video in the 80's and have watched it "a thousand times". Like some eternal meditation and intimate "window" on to the magnificent Sylvie Guillem and the supremely talented William Forsythe. I must say that I am now following Polina Seminova with that same sense of awe and excitement.

  • she is FIERCE!!! :D

  • sylvie. I'll see you this coming February.

  • I hear she is payed the equivalent to 20,000 each time she steps on stage

  • @RONIDC1979 She is underpaid.

  • Even though people like Zakharova and Somova have a greater facility than Gulliem, no one utilizes their body like she does.

  • @cooperneely

    what is this "greater facility" you speak of? I'm lost and confused because no dancer has greater ANYTHING than Sylvie. Not one.

    sorry hun but you must be mistaken

  • Sylvie is still the most AMAZING classical dancer to appear on stage. Not only did she have a ridiculous, and out of theis world facility, but she had such impeccable musicality. Did u see how she took the 'In The Middle' music and made it fit her choreography? That, I tell you, is hard to teach. Many dancers with great facilities, but to be able to literally manipulate it and gain what we call true 'control'...priceless

  • spettacolaarreeeeee

  • fuckin a man. shes my biggest inspiration.

  • she is perfection .

  • was she part of the original cast of this peice?

  • @andersonjaymez William Forsythe set this piece on the Paris Opera Ballet when she was an Etolie with them...So yes she was part of the original cast. I only just found that out

  • madonna i piedi... K SOFFERENZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • is this "In the middle" ? i think it is.. amazing ballet, amazing Silvie Guillem like always!

  • C´est ballett! J´aime Sylvie Guillem!

  • AMAZING! thanks for posting!!!

  • what does vintage means??

  • @revolutioncomming

    I think she means that the way she was dancing was a bit outdated. However, I strongly disagree and she's still dancing. I think that her approach to modern or contemporary dance is sometimes over the top. I adore Sylvie Guillem so, perhaps I'm bias.

  • sylvie and laurent were soooo glamourous together

  • i use to dream of being able to perform choreography like this in my sleep, maybe the new hip improvements will inspire new hope...ummm, tony where are you? gotta watch all of it!

  • uggg, her movements && extensions r so amaizing!!!!

  • How tall is Sylvie Guillem? I always thought she was taller but I may be wrong.

  • I have always wondered, does anyone know? She looks so tall because she's got sooooo long legs, arms and neck, but she can't be so tall than she looks like, because of her partners, women dancers can't normally be taller then 1'68.

  • she is 1,70m. I don't remember where I red it. Maybe on wikipedia.

    Anyway, what you say, it's not so true at the present. Durcey Bussel or also Natalia Volochkova are 1,80m and there are a lot of companies which requires 1,68m at least

  • @Irritata omg are you sure?! that would be amazing 170m but i read she was like 6 foot? like 180cm i dono if its right i saw it on google

  • @Irritata I have read that as well. However, I also read an article / interview in which the 5'10" interviewer (1.78m) was surprised to find that he was taller than her.

  • I wonder what brand of point shoes she wears... I'm built much in the way that she is, I wear the Grishko 2007 in hard or super-hard shank. But, I'm not sure I'm fully satisfied with them.

  • i agree...but I guess that u price u pay for being amazing and wanting to be the best...truly beautiful <3

  • I almost cried when she took off her pointe shoes

  • this video is so hard to watch!!!  she's in so much pain..her feet are killing her. i remember being in this position before. you can see how hard she's trying to hold it back..wow what a trooper

  • how old is this vid?

  • my! i love her arch!

  • If she is vintage who do you think is so current???

  • i don't really think she's vintage....she is an 80's ballerina who can fit nowadays' standard type of dancing.....and that's really special....

  • she is simply the best dancer in the world

  • i love you for understanding that.

  • @nolacoppel I've never seen anyone like her.

  • never mind "vintage" .... i would be hard pressed to find a current dancer of this caliber....even polina does not have the maturity in her dancing yet to achieve this finess

  • @karen5167304 "hard pressed"? more like impossible

  • @karen5167304 Polina is SHIT. Overrated, fucking dross.

  • she is incredulous! thanks for posting!

  • what kinda dance is it??i know that it is ballet but i haven't seen anything like it before:)truly amazing!!

  • It's called "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" by Forsythe

  • ah. perfection. i love you sylvie

  • in the middle somewhat elevated!!!! WOW!!!!

  • un corps de folie

  • Oh man, I cannot see this ballet with anyone else in it. I saw it with Sylvie, and her impression was too strong! Couldn't watch Vishneva or Zakharova in this same piece after, although they did a fine job.

  • shes prob really tired and needs a break. we all get like that. our feet hurt and cramp and we get tired lol its okay tho

  • Is this documentary still available to buy?

  • she's so young here, so round in her face:)) i've never seen her like this)))

  • What are they rehearsing for? it sounds so familiar...

  • In the middle somewhat elevated

  • In the middle it's "Raimonda". What is it in the begining. First 4 minutes.

  • in the begining it's William Forsythe's Ballet, "In the Middle Somewhat Elevated" not in the middle it's "Somewhat Elevated" lol

  • )))))))))))) looool! i'm stupid!)))

  • it's okay we all have those moments lol :)

  • it's okay we all have our "moments" lol :)

  • OMG! that guy is evil!!

    I mean eating infront of hyper tired dancers rehearsing!!!

    hahaha

    and yeah sylvie is just awsome she has beautiful lines and god she has flexibility and strenght oh and she makes it look so easy HA

  • Such discipline she has to keep continuing when she feels extreme pain in her feet while wearing those pointe shoes.

    xD I guess that's what it takes to become a beautiful ballerina like Sylvie.

  • what was happening with her foot. was she injured??Or do you just mean the normal pain, when you are dancing on point??

  • Anyone know what that music is? I love it. I think she is my favorite ballerina.

  • In the Middle somewhat elevatetd , music by Thom Willems

  • this is just amazing.

    these days you dont find many dancers as good as she used to be.

    incredible.

  • She is so awesome; loved every minute of this video. Love the music!

  • The first bit of music and choreography is interesting - like exaggerated tango.

  • Those are some beat-up pointe shoes! Can't imagine how easy it is for her strong feet to tear them up like that.

  • as always, she's fucking GORGEROUS!

    anyone know how old she is in this video??

  • i dont know but she looks pretty young!

  • Most likely in her twenties, I'm guessing?

  • absolutely beautiful..she is so gud

  • I like this performance better than Zakarahov's... or however you spell it.

  • She is so amazing...

  • She works so hard for any of her roles. She always gives 100% of her ability artistically and tecnically. She is a living legend...

  • Gods, I love 'In The Middle'... *dreamy sigh* It's so beautiful... I feel bad for her poor toes. At least hers are rather square though, I can't even imagine having so little padding with my uber-tapered feet. *pained, envious sigh*

  • I remember this documentary! Sylvie Guillem is absolutely amazing and was one of my idols when I was doing ballet during the 80s. Her flexibility, control, and extension are unreal.  Thanks for putting this up for everyone!

  • Whats the name of the documentary. I would love to watch it.

  • I don't remember. This is the first time I've seen it since 1989 or so, but it aired on Bravo back in the day. I think it might have just been called "Sylvie Guillem." Fascinating documentary!

  • shes the most beautiful thing ive seen.....

  • may i know what's they talking bout?

  • Cannot modern engineers design a better point shoe? Major ouch!

  • honey she dances 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year. shes allowed one day for her toes and arches to be too tired and sore to function give her a break! shes hands down the most delicious dancer on the planet she has sucked it up for years. people have lasted less time than she has injured in as series of about 6 rehearsals a day after a 3 hour class

  • ps no pads in her shoes. i kno some studios dont allow them here but she continues not to use them. literally adding insult to injury

  • Have you ever done this ballet, it kicks your ass hard. Dancers are first and for most human beings not Robots, We might be stronger than most but we still get tired.

  • yea ok... Let me see if you can keep up with her schedule without doing the same!

  • @twocrimsonroses you, my dear, are an idiot.

  • @twocrimsonroses envidia pura...!!!! jajaja

  • that was late 80s that was the best they could do

  • yea i would like to see you dance as much as Sylvie. even though Sylvie is one of the best dancers ever, we all have our limits no matter how long you have been dancing. its better to save yourself and prevent an injury than to keep going until your muscles get so tired, they dont hold you up and risk twisting your ankle and not be able to perform

    and she DOES have major blisters, did you even WATCH the video???

  • Simply the most beautiful ballerina of all time, in my opinion. She has an endless talent.

  • they both can do whatever the hell they want during rehearsal because theyre the fiercest bitches in the game! they can eat slepp and even play a few videogames and still put on a perfect production

  • it's better than her own film.

  • Thanks to the likes of Tharp,Forsyth,kilian and The worst Morris many great classical ballet dancers have suffered major injuries(Baryshnikov dancing all that Tharp crap)and now Sylvie with the best feet in the business!Que tristesse.

  • (in response to gbendanny1) Classical ballet can cause injuries too. A principal at San Francisco just recently tore her knee on stage in a production of Don Quixote. It's not just modern and contemporary ballet. Any type of dance runs the risk of injury. It's not the choreographer's fault, that's just the way dance is sometimes.

  • Modern dance shifts the weight and directions periously for classical dancers whose discipline is strict "Turnout" and placement.Of course, nothing is risk-free! In dance or crossing the street.Sorry to hear about the ballerina...Who is it? Not Lorena!

  • it was Tina leBlanc. You raise a good point. Modern and contemporary pieces can be more dangerous if the ballet dancer does not have modern training. but even in preprofessional ranks these days you'd be hard pressed to find a dancer that isn't versed in modern as well as ballet.

  • I love Tina.I remember her from her great Joffrey days.She has solid training and I predict she will recover good as new.Kitri is tailor made for her...VIVA TINA!

  • Who cares if he's eating, it is an incredible piece an dsylvie is devine

  • His banana killed me!

  • my bad. sorry! totally forsythe! i had just finished watching sarabande when i wrote that comment! i was just anfry that the other dude was down on him for eating a banana!

  • I saw Sylvie in "Rise & Fall" - a modern, but very beautiful, ballet. I'm afraid what this clip shows is disjointed, awkward, unattractive. Sometimes modern choreography is, like modern art, simply degenerative.

  • Ballet (like all art) is not always about 'pretty' and pleasing...and ballerinas need the creative challenge that works like this provide. It's not always about fluffly tutus and waltzy music. This is gorgeous, thought provoking and exquisitely danced!

  • She never ceases to amaze!! But i gotta say that I cannot stand this music either. And about the eating thing... yup... people do that to stay alive. Who knew?

  • This is Sylvie Guillem, perhaps one of the world most famous ballerinas in our time. She is rehearsing "In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated" Chor. by William Forsythe. The piece is physically & technically difficult & challenging. Mr. Forsythe created this dance to showcase Ms. Guillem's extraordinary skills, the dance is quite modern.Anyhow, the choreography is NOT bad at all, just different.

  • Bad music, bad choreography, AND - is the guy eating?

    Generally aweful

  • it's just a modern dance, i thought the chore was wonderful! but yes i agree with u that the yellow-shirt guy is quite awful..

  • I´m not sure,but I think that guy in the yellow T-shirt is Forsythe...and I don´t understand why should he be awful???just because he´s eating???

  • Professionals don't eat during work, they do it during breaks. Especially they don't do it while filming. I am sure he could eat any other time. You are either very young, or had not very good work and ethics examples.

  • I think that seeing as he is not only professional but world famous, he can pretty much eat whenever he feels like it. He is not just any member of a ballet company, he is the choreographer.

  • Of course he can, he is not polite, lol !

  • its jiri kylian. only one of the most famous choreographers of our time! and the piece she was doing has become one of the most sought after pieces in the world....

  • Very possible. I voiced my opinion. And I respect yours.

  • no!it´s definitely not Kylian.I know him personally,he is Czech as me,and this is not he!

  • by the way,this is not his piece.Kylian has different style in many ways...

  • all i can say is what?

    and i hope that's an "awe-full", instead of you just spelling "awful" wrong.

  • video stupendo!Grazie per averlo messo^_^

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