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Osipova hands down

Please repeat ....my sacrum locked up and I've got an impingement loaded with pain😅

Does anyone get easily motion sick in general and find it hard to spot because of it, even if you find the exact same spot you easily get dizzy and nauseous?

Isabella, you asked about our other favorite Giselles. I absolutely LOVE Iana Salenko! There are some black and white rehearsal videos of her here on YT that are divine 🥰 I would love to hear your comments about her! And I also love Olesia Novikova and Polina Semionova. It’s just coincidence that they are all Russian/Ukrainian, I love many dancers from all over the world

my class said to make 4th smaller but this is even clearer, thanks isabella :D

Hi! Can you please link to video for the next lesson? The one you mention at the end of this amazing video that discusses more of the strengthening / toning exercises for good arm and shoulder flexion? Thank you!

her balance 😌🥰

These tips are ✨✨🤩🤩

I absolutely adore Osipova in this role; from emotionally immature in the first act to an adult in the second. And Acosta's Albrecht is wonderful. I always really feel for him when he tries to get his fiance to say she's NOT marrying him in the first act. Sublime!

Part 2 with Marianela Nunez pleaaasseeee!!!!!!!!!!!

Marianela Nunez???

God i love u!!!

The styles of individual schools have become diluted over the years, although Russian schools have obviously retained their individual style more than most. The Vaganova style is flashier (more exciting ?) than the stereotypical RBS "pure/less mannered" style. Russian ballet students tend not to be selected for training unless they have natural flexibility/turnout etc. As with many other schools across the globe, foreign students are allowed in for the financial gains and they struggle with the aesthetic requirements. Forcing feet out to 180+degrees, with ankles rolling in and knees not able to follow even the big toe in plié, is asking for injuries and a short lived career. This dancer has little turnout and the skirt hides the 'cheat' on the extension. The pirouette prep shows the apparent lordosis, lack of core engagement with upper body, head poking forward and the supporting knee falling in etc. Misalignment like this greatly affects the body over years of repetitive movement, resulting in multiple injuries and a shortened dancing life. Paris Opera used to scout from playgrounds across France, only taking kids that had natural facility - saves a lot of heartache in the long run.

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For me: Osipova: personifies Giselle's youthful exuberance and absolute love of dance May: personifies Giselle's innocence, fragility, and delicacy Svetlana: tecnically brilliant, but I didn't "feel" anything POB: technically brilliant and very, very precise, but I didn't "see" Giselle. I just saw a technically brilliant dancer.

I am sorry, but I find Zakharova far too thin and angular. Technically, excellent but a very cold dancer.

Part 2--Giselle's mad scene!

Francesca Hayward the most musical.

Guys, I'm 14 , I had my period 6 times when I was 11, after that, I haven't have my period, everyone my age I know, already have it, is it like weird? Or I am still like young? (I'm a ballerina and my ginecologist said one year ago that because of my body, exersice and age its still okay)

Really loved this! Zakharova's developpe into arabesque (?) before she starts the hops seemed to foreshadow her arabesque line as a Wili in act 2, the way she rolls through and enlongates the line. May is the epitome of the shy joyful Giselle; but for me, Osipova just nailed it, not just technically but also with her acting. You can tell she lives to dance (as Giselle). Incidentally a few days ago I saw the mad scene from this production with Carlos Acosta, also an amazing actor; hopefully there's a full version here on YT as I'd love to watch the whole ballet. One of my favourite Giselles was Galina Mezentseva; maybe she didn't have quite the technique of today's dancers but she certainly embodied Giselle's innocence and despair. Another one here voting for a comparison of mad scenes, please! :)

Definitely a great tip!!❤❤

how am I so early 😮

I have never been a big fan of Osipova UNTIL I saw her dance live onstage ! I was blown away by her acting .. I saw her in the pas de deux balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet . She was just absolutely fabulous ! She was Juliet … amazing ❤❤❤❤

I have never been a big fan of Osipova UNTIL I saw her dance live onstage ! I was blown away by her acting .. I saw her in the pas de deux balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet . She was just absolutely fabulous ! She was Juliet … amazing ❤❤❤❤

Osipova transcends technique and really tells us about Giselle's emotions. I think I would have chosen Myriam Ould-Braham from the Paris Opera Ballet. It would be interesting to show the same ballerinas in an Act II variation. Thank you for putting this together for us - lots to think about.

The 1st one here, was was definitely my favorite. It felt like she became the music.😊💝

Osipova will always be my Giselle ❤

Date saved ❤ (I'm an adult who studied professionally eons ago. So, it'll be adult beginner for me)

Osipova, personally, though I like some elements of the carefree nature, I feel the musicality is sometimes is just toooo off for me to enjoy it (thete is a difference between pushing the boundaries of the musicality i.e. Tiler Peck style, vs just not being on the music). I also find the loss of the classical positions of the port de bras just not in keeping with the ballet, and this is something I struggle a lot with Osipova more generally - its fine in more modern ballets like Carmen and fits the flair of Don Q, but in the great classics it really skews the perception of the period and the style. Again, an absolutely start ballerina, but personally find those elements a bit too distracting for me to enjoy as much as some others. My absolute favourite in this role hss to be Alina Cojucaru - technical, stunningly emotive, musical and the difference between the two acts is just phenomenal. Would love for you to analyse her Giselle and also Marianela nunez's Myrtha ❤️

Certainly Svetlana Zakarova for me.

In tendus from fifth, I always feel like I'm "sitting" on my leg, and I never get it clean! Do you have any tips?

English nationals trio is my favourite, then the royal

Your videos help me so much! I'm really anxious about my summer intensive, thinking I'm not good enough and that I'm not going to make it, but this helped me so much!!!

True! Everytime I do something good in ballet class I don't even think about it, but when I do something bad I think about it all day long!

I love pliè at the barre so much! It's so relaxing and expressive

Y'all should analyze different Giselle mad scenes!

Osipova is my favourite Giselle 🤍

Yessss. Love this. Correct, quality turnout is so important for so many things. Thank you. ❤😊

Osipova reminds me of the observation you made about the wonderful ability of musicality of Tiler Peck being technically so strong that she can "stretch" time. For me, this is true artistry, not when you 'just' hit the right poses at the right time (which is already incredibly hard!), but when you can go a step beyond and wow the audience.

I love this I need a part 2 lol !!!

My problem with Osipova is and continues to be, that she is almost too athletic. She is great, of course, but still not as good as Svetlana. Svetlana has grace and she is delicate. When she dances, she flows…her arms and hands are beautiful. While it is true that Osipova “acts” better than the others, and no one has better jumps, Svetlana is the prima ballerina assoluta…I also thank you for showing Dorithée Gilbert. I live in Paris and should study the French dancers more, instead of, always, Russian. Gilbert is new for me. Thanks. Great channel. Trés bien!

I pick Osipova for the joy she expresses in her dancing.

Osipova is the best in my eyes, and the one who has the younger energy, as if she were a real 16-year-old. I enjoyed May too.

And as other commented of course Smirnova mariel Nunez, ferri and Kirkland

Hi, Thanks for your interesting reflektions . It would be great to hear your reaktions om yulia Makhalina, alina cojocaru, Tamara rojo and the legendary Natalia Makarova!

Please watch Marianela Nunez!

Как обычно и во всем. Набежали иностранцы и учат русских жить. Сидите в своих лукоморьях, славьте ЛГБТ и не задирайте русского медведя. Слава Русскому Балету, НМЦ и АРБ!

Thank you, this was very interesting. I would love to hear what you think about the versions of this variation with diagonal in the end instead of the manége. Sometimes it is called Spessivtseva’s diagonal after Olga Spessivtseva, but quite many ballerinas did the diagonal in 1930-1960s (for example Carla Fracci in ABT’s Giselle in 1969.)

Osipova is acting so well in this role. She is brave enough to show her own pain when she is dancing Giselle, especially in the mad scene. It's very authentic. She is the best Giselle I've ever seen. Zakharova is a very beautiful and amazing dancer, I admire her technique. But to me, she is a little bit more an ice queen with a cold aura and Giselle is the complete opposite. In this ballet, she would have been a great Myrtha. On the other hand, I saw her as Odette and I saw emotions, maybe Giselle is not her role.

Thank you for making this video, it was really interesting to look at these dancers in detail with the help of your commentary, which I found really helpful. I agree with you both on the fact that Osipova is so deeply into the character to the point that we don't even notice that much that she isn't perfectly on the music, but she can adapt to it finishing on time. I loved the control that all these dancers had while holding the arabesque, but I particularly appreciated how Osipova and Zakharova tried to blend it in the role of Giselle, so that it looks delicate as well. And a pleasant surprise for me was May, I had never watched her before and I can tell she made me feel the character of Giselle a lot, it's impressive how she's so young and she already has such a good stage presence, perfect lines and tecnnique of course. I was also impressed by Dorothée's footwork and controlled arms that give her a lot of stability. Finally, when I was watching Zakharova, I really noticed that she makes everything look so easy, even the most difficult steps, in her performance she looked so youthful, as you said, but still perfectly on the music. It's awesome to see, in the same person, both the delicateness of a young girl and the experience, technicality and precision that only the greatest have.