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History of Classical Russian Ballet goes back to 1700ies.
It has been developed to perfection and probably peaked around 60-70ies of the previous century, (or so I think.)
To those of you who are interested in history of Russian ballet, you can read it here, History of Russian Ballet
I just wanted to post videos of few outstanding dancers from old(er) times.
I'll start from this lovely dancing pair performing in Bolshoi Theater in Moscow - the one that you see at the opening, the theater of the best ballet in the world.
So here is Yekaterina ( Kate) Maximova and Vladimir Vassiliev back in...1979 I believe.
This scene from " Legend of Love" is rather rare and unusual; this is Maris Liepa again, apparently in the beginning of his career, while Maya Plisetskaya is already an established icon.
Thanks Erasure! Lovely videos....and Dying Swan always makes me ...it is so beautiful. I have not seen video of these dancers....very nice.
MANY years ago I was a dancer and cherish those years. I tend to get teary at performances, though...especially if I had danced in that particular one...ie can't make it through Nutcracker without tissues .
Thanks Erasure! Lovely videos....and Dying Swan always makes me ...it is so beautiful. I have not seen video of these dancers....very nice.
MANY years ago I was a dancer and cherish those years. I tend to get teary at performances, though...especially if I had danced in that particular one...ie can't make it through Nutcracker without tissues .
Enjoyed your post! gbh
You are most definitely welcome - I've enjoyed myself going through these old videos.
I might post some more on Russian classical ballet ( and *non-classical* dance also,) if I find other interesting videos.
....what a great field, so fascinating...recently I read "Natasha's Dance" a general cultural overview of Russia...wow, incredibly interesting.
gbh
Who is the author of the book?
( But before you'll answer, I'll post couple more scenes from the well-known "Nutcracker" and "The Swan Lake" of course.
And this is Russian non-classical ballet. ( This particular dance group has been around for the last... 100 years or so I think...)))
They perform dances from all over the world, but first - this is " Russian dance" of course;
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...it is so beautiful. I have not seen video of these dancers....very nice.
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