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Pas de Deux from Cruel World

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Uploaded by on May 22, 2006

as performed by Julie Kent and Robert Hill choreography by James Kudelka

(There's a one minute introduction)

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  • what's the name of the song? I know it's Tchaikovsky...

  • I'm sorry, I don't know actually. Sorry, I wouldn't know where to find out, either. :[

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  • this pas is TOTALLY breathtaking.

    the title, the costumes, the music, the dancers, not to mention kudelka's genious make this not just a dance, but a story of two people trapped in a cruel world.

    i especially love the last embrace where kent's arm falls helplessly to the last notes of the pleading strings.

    gorgeous.

    every dance on the ABT Now video is also beautiful, except the finale. now that's heinous.

  • this made me cry. it may be a cruel world, but ballet makes it so much better. this kind of incredible art is the reason we dance =]

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  • This is ravishing. The choices Kudelka makes at the musical "climax" are very interesting-- at first I didn't understand them.... She is thrown up, and brought down onto her points several times. Of course your feet are full of feeling (and often pain, unfortunately) when you're on point-- so the trust between the partners must be extraordinary. The ending is particularly beautiful, as several people have mentioned.

  • wow! Julie is just amazing!

  • @bailey312 I'm pretty sure that it is tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence in D minor. Its about 10 minutes in length.

  • Absolutly gorgeous! Julie's feet and movements are breathtaking! I could watch this video over and over!!

  • @pamriquel Thanks so much! Actually, in the four years since I've watched this video, I've actually played that piece!

  • @bailey312 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence in d, op 70 Pt 2

  • Oh. My. God.

    That was the most brilliant dancing I think I have ever seen in my life.

    James Kudelka is definitely a Michaelangelo of moving sculptures...

    I feel like bursting, because I just cannot comprehend what I just witnessed.... Nothing short of miraculous!

  • Perfeito!!!

    Mais que Perfeito!!

    Lindo ,Lindo!!!

    *

  • @balletfreak430 Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas, Two Cellos, Op. 70 ""Souvenir de Florence:"" II. Adagio Cantabile e Con Moto 9:58 Ying Quartet Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets and "Souvenir de Florence" Classical

    

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