Bolshoi Bolero I with Sergei Radchenko

Ravel's Bolero, from the Bolshoi, around 1966. A young and talented Sergei Radchenko is featured along with Elena Kholina and Alexander Lavreniuk.
Radchenko, who is wearing the red jacket in this performance, is now the artistic director of the Russian National Ballet.

Take note of the excellent conducting.

"Born in 1944, Sergei Radchenko graduated from the Moscow School of Dance in 1964 and then joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he worked for 25 years. He danced the entire repertoire of Bolshoi, but as a character dancer he possessed great charm, temperament and exquisite taste with a special affinity for Spanish dance, particularly the role of the bullfighter in the Bizet-Shchedrin Carmen Suite production together with Maya Plisetskaya and Alexander Godunov. He worked as choreographer in numbers of film productions. He also presents a large number of master-classes, inviting leading teachers from the Bolshoi and Maryinsky theatres to ensure the continuation of rich traditions of the Russian classical school
For his work in developing the ballet, he was awarded the title of Honorary Artist of the Soviet Union in 1976. Sergei Radchenko the co-founder and Artistic Director of «Moscow Festival Ballet» company."
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/7362/b_com_rad.html

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• bolero
• bolshoi
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• kholina
• lavreniuk
• ravel

[jkircher314]

I'm happy you liked it.  They are such gifted artists.

[HelgaMaq]

They both were the great "Spanyards" of the Bolshoi. Thank you for sharing!

[jkircher314]

I recently saw Radchenko's company. They were excellent.

[LegatusWolf]

@jkircher314

Thanks alot for this video. Finally something good among the trash i found here on YouTube!

again thanks!

[ananasdt7]

she's living three streets away from us now :)) most beautiful interpretation.

[rofrabez]

too much gay.

[dansedufeu]

fabulous! Quite, quite different...so theatrical and not an inch or unrequired bare flesh to be seen!!

[CIzoldi]

I am so happy that you have posted this video. I've seen it when I was a young girl and loved it! This click is part of a longer video with various ballets and ballet classes. Can you be so kind to tell me how can I get it/buy it?

[raymonda100]

Can you tell me how I can found out where and when Radchenko's company is dancing in the US?

[Shania326]

@doolie--

It's a bit silly trying to compare this full-fledged ballet production of Bolero with torvil & dean's ice-dance duet to the music -- like comparing apples & oranges.  Both renditions are on my Favorites list

[Shania326]

In her place, I think I'd have chosen the guy in the red jacket. He's a bit cuter than the other one.

[shadowmia22]

I'm glad she finally found a partner she was satisfied with! 

Seriously, though, even though the vid didn''t translate to utube perfectly without any body distortion, this is the best & most hypnotic interpretation of Bolero I've ever seen. Love it

[jakovasaur]

Could be one of the first uses of "TALK TO THE HAND!" at 3:30