Swan Lake Ballet Tchaikovsky Act 1 part 1

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Academical Orchestra St. Petersburg
Conductur : W. Fedotov
Choreography: Marius Petipa/Leonid Ivanov
Ballet of the Kirov Theatre St. Petersburg

Odette/Odile : Yelena Yevteyeva
Siegfried : John Markovsky
Rothbart : Makhmud Esambayev
The Fool : Valery Panov
The Prince´s Mother : Alla Kabarova
Servant : Viktor Ryazanov

Historical Recording from 1968
Screen Adaption : Konstantin Sergeyev
Director : Appollinary Dudko

The four-act ballet Swan Lake,based on a German fairy tale and with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,was first produced in Moscow in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre with a choreography by Julius Reisinger and was a total failure.After Tchaikovsky´s death in 1893,a memorial to the composer presented the second act,succesfully recoreographed by Lev Ivanov.In 1895 a completely new version of the ballet,choreographed by Ivanov and Marius Petipa was staged at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and this time the ballet received the appreciation that it had rightfully deserved.The new choreography fulfilled the expectations of the Russian public as it added an element of "pressure" to the copmosition. This recording presents a "classical" staging of the ballet from 1968 which based on the Ivanov/Petipa choreography.This Russian screen version of Swan Lake is a colourful and magnificent version of one of the ballet classics of all time,performed by the world.famous Kirov ensemble.

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  • Who came here just for hear Tchaikovsky?

  • @xxxdeppxxx you are so correct. I hate that people are judging her on her dancing and belittling her when her job is based on her acting not dancing. The dancing is an element of the movie but people need to remeber that she had to learn what a normal ballet dancers learns over 17 years or more of their life. To learn ballet, get in shape, learn technique, and seem like you have been dancing you whole life is very challenging....I tip my hat off to natalie.

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  • Curse you water mark!

  • @4everPhantomslover you said it. she did an amazing job.

  • Thanks for the upload!

    Great to have the chance to watch and listen! Thanks!!!

  • just here for the music..

  • ugh ahah dat guy iz so funi

  • @Ana94356 :(

  • She's like a princess that walk out from a fairy tale~

  • Werkelijk heel mooi.....kijk en luister.

  • Tchai like it

  • @ahmadyaser98 I tried to find something, but it's protected by copyright laws... It's sad :(

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