"Giselle" ABT 1977 Part 10 (Act II Finale & Credits)

The conclusion of "Giselle" taped at the Metropolitan Opera House on June 2, 1977. Natalia Makarova is Giselle, Mikhail Baryshnikov is Albrecht and Martine Van Hamel is Myrtha. Production by David Blair, choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. Music by Adolphe Adam. John Lanchbery conducts. American Ballet Theater.

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• ballet
• giselle
• natalia
• makarova
• Наталья
• Мака́рова
• mikhail
• baryshnikov
• Михаил
• Николаевич
• Барышников
• abt

[NoctueliaObscura]

Absolutely sublime... Thank you so much for sharing this.

[jgh37]

Superb dancing and wonderful acting at the end.

[snowgirl1052]

Wish there were videos of Gelsey Kirkland dancing Giselle.

[oldoperafan]

Sorry, don't want to spoil everything here, but imo it's not that great. In fact, I must give it another go because so many comments here cannot be so wrong, or can they...

[LadyFan05]

Waaaaah, why did she have to die??? *sniff* Thanks for posting. :')

[jinpitakki33]

the BEST of the BEST. the modern day dancers need to learn a thing or two from these magnificent dancers about performing as opposed to dancing. though modern dancers have the technicality, baryshnikov and makarova have that AND interpretive artistry.

[philipc67]

I had never seen this before, such overwhelming, torturing, tragic beauty! Both are technically astonishing, but their dramatic interpretation is even greater. I love it that she is not too demonstrative, after all she is a ghost, a spectre. The last two minutes are heartbreaking, she glides away sur les points and he crushes the white flowers of his lost love. Magnificent!

[littlejunkie10]

most beautiful and moving Giselle I have ever seen! it makes my heart ache at the end.

[55werther]

No se puede negar, y, Sin lugar a dudas Ella, Si no la mas grande, Una de las

Mas Grandes Giselle, de todos los tiempos, y El en una de sus mas gloriosas

actuaciones. Inolvidables.

[mermew]

@pinklady80lately Baryshnikov is not the only dancer who elicited gasps from the audience by doing these. Check out Fernando Bujones (sublime; technically perfect), and even Nureyev before them (maybe not as technically precise, but full of passion).

[zombiepuntocom]

Bravo, bravo bravo !!!!!!!

[martinbijkerk]

Is that stage really that small? Everybody has to hold in.

Check the second girl from the back at 0.08. Poor thing.

Beautifull performance though. Thanks for posting