Alina Cojocaru at 25, Sleeping Beauty Aurora variation act 1

[minimunamira]

best aurora

[ballet23]

seeing her do this tonight <3 ahh cant wait

[hisakata32]

absolute perfection @ 0:43

[toastertastic]

GAWD. That was gorgeous. 

[outhouses11]

i am performing as aurora in sleeping beauty in less than a week and i have lost count of how many times i have watched her do this variation and of course rose audigo and all the other stuff :) ITS THE GOAL!!!

[Heartistic4Him]

So often the beginning of this variation is slow and pudding-ish, but she put a little glimmer of spunk in there. The effect is dazzling.

[likeafirstday]

she is bessttttttttttt ...

[LiveAndBreatheBallet]

Her balance and line in the arabesque is to die for. My favorite Aurora of all time!!!

[Dancer4LifendAfter]

GORGEOUS OMG I JUST DIED!

[balletuniverse]

My absolute favourite dancer!

[7dancerchick]

wonderful musicality

[simplytara89]

HOLY JETES!!!!!!!

[passionofpersephone]

NOBODY can bourree like her.

[AriaInTheSky]

Are you kidding? No one can do anything like her!

[LiveAndBreatheBallet]

Omg control! she personfies aurora. She portrays her perfectly; so innocent and light. And her maneges is stunning!

[AriaInTheSky]

Geez. Alina has got to stop being so amazing or else all us dancers are going to get pretty dang suicidal, if you know what I mean... lol Love you, Alina!

[crushesonlycrushyou]

i wish i could dance like her. she is so graceful and light on her feet!

[retusina]

this is such a goddamn difficult version!!!

[ABTBluebird]

that was pretty close to beyond perfect.

[iysum]

Not bad at all.

[mschingg]

its super gd~!

[iysum]

Uhmmm, she is good in her age group. Even so, Natalia Osipova is a better Sleeping Beauty. Alina is really not bad at all.

[mschingg]

really?? i hvnt seen natalia in sleeying beauty.. though her esmeralda is really gd!! any videos of natalia doing sb??

i tihnk alina is the best i watched so far she is sooo elegant and so effortless with super control! =]

[Allanebesnai]

Amazing dancer! dancing and the emotional and technical mastery !!!

[maddie271]

in her arabesques her arms do not reflect how hard she is working...this is excellent

[vanillabean001]

I know! It's gorgeous.

[era2012nbl]

it's really nice and i don't know if it supposed to be like that but between jetes, her feet flex. i obviously couldn't do that, but that was the only thing i did like about it. Although, it could've been how it was choreographed, so...

[neptunelogic]

hop that quickly between jetes in toe shoes after the rose adagio and see how well your feet point...: )

[vanillabean001]

Hehe I know! I wish I could say "Oh I could do that!" but uh, no, I wouldn't have made it through the whole VARIATION after the rose adagio let alone made sure to point my feet quickly between jetes.

[SLOC4LYF]

you dont ask questions when SHES INSANE!!!!!!

[vanillabean001]

No, they would never choreograph flexed feet in a classical ballet.

[neptunelogic]

manege?

[kellsterxoxo]

shes my favorite dancer! shes so expressive!

[Roberta1979]

Bravissima, se proprio devo tirare fuori un piccolissimo nei la pirouette a 2.00/2.02 minuti prima di finire in una quarta perfetta ha una leggerissima insicurezza.Sicuramente colta solo da chi ha studiato anni e anni di danza, come me, e ha l'occhio un po' più critico, critico in senso letterale non negativizzante...Cmq in conclusione: variazione stupenda!

[wooddog15]

whoah is all i can say... i'm basing my competition variation on this! It's all so fluid! Hermusic is actually the lengthened version imagine dancing for over three minutes!!! she is a godess! she such an amazing dancer but i've seen her beforeher pirrouettes could be better but thenagain who am i to say right? I wonder if she's done lilac fairy and sugarplum fairy i cant find any vids!!!!

:D alina rocks!!!!!!

by far the best aurora and kitri i've seenand i watched quite a few :D

[moosterjj21]

i just love how she is always smiling!

[icarrus4u]

Viviana Durante should coach her in this.

[afnan1028]

Wow, that was beautiful!!!

[BLynn93]

She is my favorite Aurora! She IS Aurora!

[cheerdancegirl12]

she must have been perfect because thats what she does. flawless. you can see the joy in her face, its beautiful. she loves what she is doing and it is breathtaking to watch her.

[wooddog15]

i'm in awe i love it so much i wanna learn hers not the one my teacher's presenting in my variation class! :D grand jetes en tournant were beautiful much better than my terrible piques en menage

[LePetitDanseur2010]

PERFECT.

[snowleopard89]

0:20 through 0:40...effortless!! She looks like she belongs in a music box. Beautiful!

[rubiaa06]

this is just wonderful! the best aurora i've ever seen !!

[Onmytoes972]

She is wonderful, just wonderful.

She is just magnifisent. Thats all I can really say!!! There are no other words. :]]

[balletfreak329]

She is so beautiful! I think this part is the perfect one for her!

[georgeou]

Absolutely astonishing technique and control!  Just gorgeous is all I can say.

[quaaxel]

She is better than Zakharova in this variation

[ajtdmx]

i agree

[quaaxel]

thank´s

[aprilautomn]

I love Alina.

Alina is the perfect Aurora, but Zakharova is perfect in swan lake.

[quaaxel]

Yes, i agree with you. Zakharova is perfect in Swan Lake. Nobody can do what she does in Swan Lake

[icarrus4u]

I love Alina but Viviana's variation is better.

[quaaxel]

I´m sorry darling but no way. viviana doesn´t has Alina´s potential

[icarrus4u]

They're different. I do agree Alina has more physical talent but Viviana is a wonderful artist.

[milodude116]

that was amazing!!!

best menage ever!!!

[pointemeout]

appropriate. i love her.

[balletCrAzY22]

Personally from watching my dance videos my feet legs and arms are very similar to her

[GABLST21]

Same!!!

[GABLST21]

Same!!!

[elaiwii95]

She's rlly pretty..

[dancergirl221]

she dances with so much GRACE!

her costume is amazing.

[crra89]

it is true the pirouettes are not perfect.....incredible jette, amazing style, no need to be tall.....just look at her i melt, i could watch this video for a thousand times .

[amarinaballerina]

wow...her balances are incredible! She makes it look so effortless while technically I think this is one of the hardest variations...and her jete en tour nons are just as good if not better than a mans! STUNNING

[balletgirl16]

stunning

[balletgirl16]

love her costume so much

[OnlyBallet]

Any good dancer can have a bad day. One or two pirouettes that are off don't make a bad dancer.

[wheeskers]

She had to wind up for her pirouette. Any good dancer doesn't do that.

[louisevik]

id like to see anyone else try and do them better- no offence, but to give a negative comment about an amazing dancer, well you must be out of this world. id like to see you do a better job. im sorry, but your comment really touched a raw nerve. and i agree with OnlyBallet

[wheeskers]

I guess I shouldn't have said that. I'm not even on pointe yet and haven't even had pro. training. I also find myself winding up to pirouette.

[louisevik]

blimey... no. ive been doing ballet, for 16 years, on pointe for 10, and i am no where near as amazing as Alina is!! and probably will never be- only a select few are good enough to dance how shes dances...just think before you write!!

[icarrus4u]

Like you??

[LVdancerbabe]

Actually thats a proper preparation for a pirouette. And if it was choreographed that way, then it also wouldn't be incorrect. Winding would be if her right arm crossed over to the left side of her body. Having it directly outstretched is again, a proper pirouette preparation.

[dancergirl221]

yeah, right! its ALINA COJOCARU you freakk!!!

mhmm, jealous much? i think so.

[wheeskers]

She has a really pretty tutu. Very classic and elegant yet unique at the same time. The same goes for her footwork.

[horowitz4family]

Alina Cojocaru is so pretty, Artistry, it's pretty, but a bit, only a bit over exaderated. Technique, perfect! Beautiful! Stunning!

[dancergirl221]

overeaxaggerated? what do you mean by that?

[ponitale7]

she is so beautiful, and a great dancer

[burakserkancebeci]

I love her she ıs fantastic dancer..

Very clean all step and she play so well when you watch her you can enjoy ..

[drummamamma]

She is absolutely stunning!

[Lissbirds]

Is this available on DVD? She's one of the best Auroras I've seen. I love Alina!

[1psoas9]

I love her phrasing her ease and her modesty. The technique is glorious, and yet she never sells it. This is wonderful, just wonderful.

[Mireane]

she's so pretty!

[neila67100]

wonderful amazing perfect she's the best for the balance turn respect of the music and i love that....THE BEST with sylvie guillem

[EtereaRoseAdagio]

The best Aurora I've seen

[fornolina]

Technically, she is amazing, but she doesn't abuse it. High extensions are not an end in itself. initself.

[kukorica87]

Absolutely fantastic : so fluent, so natural, exact and graceful- BEAUTIFUL.

[ballet23]

haha i didnt even notice sorry

[ballet23]

the double piriuettes were not the best

[lex2003]

no, but the triple pirouettes were ok though.

[MsNikkiStar]

I think she is so used to doing triples that she just used too much power in that double

[balletgirl16]

she's amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

[ruteyo]

AMAZING control, have seen no one control the first few arabesques better than her!

[pixposteruk]

Standing ovation! Annamicro, would you be able to post the wedding PD2 as well? If not could you tell me whether she was partnered by Kobborg or Bonelli on this performance?

[annamicro]

Yes, the pdd is on my list, but I've not had time enough to do that: I'll upload it asap. :-) Alina is partnered by Federico Bonelli.

[pixposteruk]

Many thanks! I will look out for it, your Alina videos are wonderful!!

[leoninsf]

Please post the PDD, and thanks for posting this.

[lex2003]

Fantastic. annamicro, do you have any of the prologue corps (fairy dancing) or act 3. I would love to see the other parts of this production :)

[swanodette89]

Peccato per la chiusura delle pirouttes, ma resta comunque un esibizione assolutamente strepitosa!!

[tygerlilly329]

absolutly breathtaking. by far the best i've seen in this variation

[sophinette75]

She's wonderful! Grazie mille.