Olesya Novikova - Kitri Variation (act 3) rehearsal

rehearsal and lesson of Kitri's Variaton, from the ballet Don Quixote at the Kirov Mariinsky Ballet Company.

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[bwoodsfinest]

This video doesn't play all the way...

[rudik1988]

@bwoodsfinest I'm sorry, but I can see correctly all the video!

[slimdancer08]

Talk about hard work... she's so wonderful to watch :) Is it me, or does she slightly sickle in some steps though?

[triefmief]

best performance ive seen on youtube!

[theamazingsoter]

@mextliit Yes, I know what a rehearsal is, thank you. Your point being?

[mextliit]

@theamazingsoter it's called REHEARSAL darling..have u ever worked in a top company?

[theamazingsoter]

@chainedserendipity I see your point, but she hasn't performed the whole variation on this rehearsal even once, just a few combinations of steps, so she can't be completely in character. How can you say whether or not she's a good Kitri if she stops and/or is interrumpted every few steps? The only thing you can really judge character-wise from this rehearsal is her use of the fan...

[chainedserendipity]

@theamazingsoter I understand that she's only rehearsing, but if you don't start to get the character from day one how do you expect it to be gorgeous and believable in performance? Is it just going to magically appear as soon as you go side of stage? She's a beautiful dancer, but I've seen some of her other work and the character is there - it's just not believable.

[EDstar221]

Does she have endless stamina?

[spqrmor]

The accompanist must be going mad with that variation at the end of the day...

[etoiledelkirov]

beatiful ballerina

[amusicalnightmare]

Beautiful. She uses the fan properly, an accentuator. I can't imagine how hard she worked to be this wonderful. =)

[chainedserendipity]

She's not playful enough.. Kitri is meant to be this cheeky, playful, but sensual role and she's not really doing any of that. But it's gorgeous nonetheless.