Natalia Osipova - 2nd Shade from La Bayadere

Bolshoi Ballet's Natalia Osipova performs the second shade variation from La Bayadere. June 2008.

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• Bolshoi
• Ballet
• Natalia
• Osipova
• second
• shade
• variation
• La
• Bayadere

[ThatOneTheatreGirl]

She's got to have helium in her tutu!!!

[TheBunduBallerina]

@ThatOneTheatreGirl Great comment! Thanks! :-D

[Pearlaceous]

Loved it! Maybe she doesn't have soft Mariinsky arms, but she *is* very musical, and I have never seen anyone jump higher in this variation - it's outstanding! 

[TheBunduBallerina]

@Pearlaceous Thank you, Pearlaceous, for your great comments! I do so appreciate them!

[tutus4life]

i think this variation was made for her

[TheBunduBallerina]

@tutus4life Thank you! I agree. :-)

[MsMar1110]

She is definitely the best ballerina in the world right now.

[AndDanielaSays]

It's like gravity doesn't apply to her!

[xweryt]

I notice that Ossipova has hitched the silly shade scarves up to her elbows, rather than keeping them down at her wrists - in this way you can see her arms. Also the scarf is attached to her chignon, not the nape of the neck, leaving the line of the neck and head free and visible. Hate those shade scarves!

[carolzinha43]

The only thing I don't like about her is that her left foot is never straight when she is in air with the cabrioles. It's odd.

[AndDanielaSays]

She took ballet to a completely different level. She's brilliant.

[LTeodor]

Гимнастика на пальцах, а не балет!

[MsMar1110]

@arktana zaharova is great but she doesn´t have the fire like osipova

[theamazingsoter]

@Buondelmonte123 No problem :) I love discussing the choreographic variations between productions, and after watching/dancing these solos so many times these modifications don't pass unnoticed (and that abrupt devéloppé and Osipova's explosive turns are certainly not something that can pass unnoticed!)

[Buondelmonte123]

@theamazingsoter thank you. I appreciate you taking the trouble to go into such detail.

[theamazingsoter]

@Buondelmonte123 Osipova did not insert the développé a la seconde - which I don't like either - all the current Bolshoi 2nd Shades do it at the end of the attitude devant part. Other than the développé, this version also includes an extra double piqué turn @1:11 in between the saut de basque and the finishing chainés, and @0:21 Osipova crosses the stage jumping (flying!) instead of simply running to the uptage right corner to repeat the cabrioles-chassés.

[AwesomeAA22]

@MsMar1110 Polina Semionova!?! No, but Osipova is amazing! i'm a huge Semionova fan though! :)