Satanella/Carnival In Venice - Dupont & Phavorin

[camille32087]

She is just amazingly musical, and gorgeous!

[sangfroidjen]

Dupont is elegance personified, never flashy always soignee in everything to the core.

[sarahdanceify]

such perfect timing on those last notes of the pdd! strong, incredible dancers this video is great

[neptunelogic]

Thanks, mrlopez....great great piece!!

[looovecats]

I wonder why some ballerinas dances this pas de deux with face expression "Look how cute I am!". Dupont and Obraztsova are exceptions. Dupont - because she just could't be like this and Obraztsova - because she has natural charm and doesn't have to add this face expression. Every other ballerina is hard to watch for me.

[pediatrapaola]

@looovecats look how cute l am .great

[Qbendanny]

Se la comio! Me gusta como juega con los tempos y el sutil combre en el jete de la coda. Mas linda y perfecta no puede estar.

[Leonnidik]

Dupont caresses the steps.

[kellylynn2008]

This is the most amazing Santanella! It's the best I've ever seen!

[Pearlaceous]

I love their musicality - the way they dance with the music, on the beat rather than behind it. Many dancers seem to think being slightly behind the beat all the times means they are dancing lyrically. Mistake! It is one of my pet peeves, along with unstretched knees. I would love to see Evgenia Obraztsova dance this - she has the charm, musicality and exquisite footwork for the role!

[looovecats]

So you haven't seen video of Obraztsova/Shklyarov dancing that? It's on youtube, you can easily find it.

[mrlopez2681]

I was actually going to upload the Obraztsova/Shklyarov performance...but I chose to showcase this clip instead. I dont like uploading clips that are already up, unlike some other users!! ;)

[looovecats]

I'm glad you uploaded this clip, because I like Aurelie Dupont and I was glad to see this pas de deux danced by her.

I wonder which version you prefer. I like both though they have different styles of dancing.

[bwoodsfinest]

@mrlopez2681

no offense but that's a good thing that multiple users upload the same clip.

a: you have more options as far as clarity is concerned

b: if youtube decides to cancel someone's account(like mydiorella) you can still find that clip

c: some user's remove video's after a while

[Pearlaceous]

Thank you! I found it and watched it. Actually, although it's good, and much to my surprise since I am a huge Obtaztsova fan, I think I prefer this Dupont/Phavorin version!

[Pearlaceous]

This is gorgeous - I love it! Thank you so much for uploading it!

[cubanmiamiboy]

Lovely!

[palubob]

Thanks for providing answers to many questions concerning this indeed popular "gala" pdd. Do you know the approximate date of this Dupont performance?

[mrlopez2681]

1995. I fixed some info, thanks to a friend's corrections on the origins of Paganini's opus.