Best and worst warhorse performances

[Mathman]

And what's an ideal Romeo? The dude killed 3 people including himself. Mercutio's death was not necessary either, neither was Juliette's. If he had a bit patience to wait in Mantua, they both might have survived.

15-year-olds are not known for their patience.

Remember how it all started: he was pining for someone else, went to distract at a ball at Capuletti's, fell in a new love in 1/2 hour, then picked up a fight, lost his best friend and killed his fiance's cousin and had to flee in exile, was lucky not to be executed. Then killed Paris without much thought, then himself, and then his mom died of grief. Not exactly mature behaviour.
I think one might have to be a genius to express all this in 4 minutes,

The most interesting take on "the ideal Romeo" is that the play is about role-reversal and "to thine own self be true." Of the two teen lovers, Romeo is the one with stars in his eyes rhapsodizing about "What light thru yonder window breaks," while Juliet is all about, Lets's get it on, lover-boy.

Things start to unravel when Romeo decides to go macho, rushing about getting involved in sword fights, etc.

I look forward to a pairs or dance team presenting that interpretation.,

 

[Tutto]

I'd forgotten this even existed. But then, it's not a warhorse in fs.

You are quite right. Sorry for diverting the thread or rather trying to. All this talk about R&J

 

[Tutto]

Re Nutcracker- just remembered the perfect Prince:

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He did skate it clean more than once but I can’t find a video , so a fall but the rest is very good.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

While we're discussing R&J

 

[Mathman]

(One of) the best Swan Lakes.

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The worst = someone dressed in half black, half white feathers and flapping their arms.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

One of my fav Swan Lake programs.

 

[4everchan]

(One of) the best Swan Lakes.

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The worst = someone dressed in half black, half white feathers and flapping their arms.

you mean the olympic gold performance ?

 

[Mathman]

One of my fav Swan Lake programs.

This first lift (0.55) alone! She was SO mesmerizing, it's a shame that the arc of her career didn't sustain the promise.

 

[Mathman]

you mean the olympic gold performance ?

This?

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A little coltish, but not the worst.

Edit: Oh wait, you mean Zagitova? I don't really count that as Swan Lake, even though the soundtrack of the Natalie Portman movie utilizes Tchaikovsky's music. To me, it is more a depiction of a person succumbing to insanity than of an enchanted swan.

 

[gkelly]

I like this Swan Lake

And while we're on the subject, this Tchaikovsky R&J, even though he never did manage to skate it clean.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Re Nutcracker- just remembered the perfect Prince:

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He did skate it clean more than once but I can’t find a video , so a fall but the rest is very good.

I like it very much but the choreography was a bit special?

(One of) the best Swan Lakes.


The worst = someone dressed in half black, half white feathers and flapping their arms.

If you mean him then I strongly disagree. (He wasn't flapping his arms anyway.)

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Here's the 2.0 version, from the 2021 24h TV charity broadcast; it had long disappeared from Youtube but a Vimeo video remained for years; alas it has now also been taken down, and I don't go on TikTok at the moment. I hope that you can watch this, it's the first part, the second part is Hana ni Nare on this same occasion:

У вас большие запросы!

I see that you didn't mean Alina Zagitova's Olympic Short Program, so I wonder who you meant...

 

[4everchan]

This?

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A little coltish, but not the worst.

Edit: Oh wait, you mean Zagitova? I don't really count that as Swan Lake, even though the soundtrack of the Natalie Portman movie utilizes Tchaikovsky's music. To me, it is more a depiction of a person succumbing to insanity than of an enchanted swan.

No. I meant baiul

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The quid pro quo itself just proves how much of a warhorse Swan Lake is!

 

[TallyT]

As far as I am concerned the worst Swan Lake is absolutely everyone who wore a tutu.

 

[Arigato]

my ultimate Romeo.

Listen to what Carol calls his jumps. It's timestamped. Hit play.

I am not a fan of most Shakespear's characters.

Macbeth should have been dealt with by John Wick.

 

[4everchan]

Listen to what Carol calls his jumps. It's timestamped. Hit play.

Carol knows best !

 

[4everchan]

I like this Swan Lake

wrong bird

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[yfan1]

Meanwhile, Sasha Cohen is typically a skater with a weaker basic technique (two-foot, flat skating) who still managed to express an exceptional artistry.

Sasha's spirals were a great showcase of one-foot skating (and balance). They weren't exactly going for 'one-foot skating' showcases back then all that much beyond it.

Her positions in her spins and spirals were fantastic too, which is surely technique.

 

[Mathman]

If you mean him [Yuzuru Hanyu] then I strongly disagree.

Oh goodness no. Hanyu never gave a bad performance.

But I am far too gallant to give examples of programs that missed.

 

[Tutto]

I think we haven’t touched yet Rach No 2 have we?
And of course , here’s Sasha was the first to come to MY mind

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Only costume of Sasha i do not like sigh,..