"Giselle" ABT 1977 Part 1 (Act I beginning)

Act I of "Giselle" performed by American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House on June 2, 1977. Natalia Makarova is Giselle, Mikhail Baryshnikov is Albrecht and Frank Smith is Hilarion. Staging by David Blair, choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. Settings by Oliver Smith. Music by Adolphe Adam conducted by John Lanchbery.

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

[vstasov]

Many thanks for making this available.

[iDancer33]

baryshnikov is AH-MAZING

[al1936ful]

How did you get this video? The quality of the picture isn't so great, but the quality of the sound certainly is.

[antifrownpossum]

I love Baryshnikov, but Makarova is great, as well.

[LadyFan05]

Aw, man! I was rooting for a ballet-style knife fight! LOL I've never seen the ballet or heard the story, but I like it so far! Thanks for posting this!

[SuperCubanforever]

@SURFUR have you seen Roberto Bolle?

[SURFUR]

Mikhail Baryshnikov is a primo ballerino deity.There is no dancer in any era even to come close to the kind of legacy he has. And with good reason. His boyish face, his infinite energy, leaps the defy every possible law of gravity there is--the man must be the real-life Peter Pan, no matter what age he gets to.

Even in "Giselle" where the ballerina is the star, Misha always draws your eye. Even when sharing the stage with Kirkland, Van Hammel and Makarova.

--Dance Forever, Dane Youssef

[pedinurse1]

can anyone ever be great than our Misha?

[weenie0182]

@bubblegirl4156813551 yes(:

[balletnut]

Sublime.

[uclmu2008]

So beautiful, I cannot thank you enough for posting this!