Дорогой(ая) PRIVET, спасибо за прекрасные фотографии. Приобщили к празднику жизни. Александрова выглядит великолепно. К ней тоже у критики претензии, как и к Захаровой. Надеюсь, что и в том и в другом случае это всего лишь придирки или непонимание. Очень люблю Александрову и желаю ей полностью восстановиться после травмы.

Daria Khokhlova, Chinara Alizade, Denis Savin

Jerry, I’m no longer in NYC. I arranged carefully so that I could combine the Swan Lake performances with my other necessary travel. I’m so glad that I did. I will look forward to reading about what you see next.

I’d be happly to try to explain somewhat more what I saw and felt in Svetlana Zakharova’s and Olga Smirnova’s Swan Lake portrayals. As I’ve written, I saw two of each.

Svetlana Zakharova

I was sitting quite far back for her first performance, but I did have theater glasses that gave me sufficient magnification. For the second performance I was fairly close and still used theater glasses constantly, because facial expression is very important to me. In the first performance what she did facially was fine enough that I focused more on how her expression reached into her entire body — her command, her crafting and her beauty. It was from the beginning of her Odile portrayal through to the end of the evening that she excelled. Everything fell into place magnificently.

In her second performance I really focused on her face. I recall from my notes two things that were extremely powerful. As Odette in the first act, she made a tremendous effort to reach out to her partner for a loving connection. I couldn’t have asked for more and I think that she did all that she could. It was soulfully embracing and I felt it deeply. As Odile she used brilliant restraint, which the Bolshoi seems to encourage here. I personally liked this approach. In her final act Odette her expression became so depthful at times that I felt she might actually go over the edge and become the character. Once again I was moved considerably.

One general comment that I’d like to make is that as performers grow in artistry with their maturity it seems very important to also hold onto the freshness.

Olga Smirnova

What impressed me most was how she combined so much with such excellence. Svetlana Zakharova accomplished the same, but with a sense of totality. Olga Smirnova seemed to highlight every compelling detail — her eyes, her face, her motion, her placement, her feelings — they all cried out for separate attention because of their remarkable fineness. Yet they all blended together wonderfully.

There is one thing more about this production that fascinates me. I’ve alway appreciated Swan Lake most as a dreamlike flow emanating from and revolving around the Act I White Swan duet — An Enchantment. In this series I was most taken by the characters, Odette and Odile, as strongly and brilliantly defined individuals. It became Theater of the highest order.

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Spartak

Вот, прилетели!
Лицо БТ в мировых кинотеатрах - Смирнова+Холберг!

Очень странно такое читать. Про Смирнову известно, что она из-за травмы не будет выступать в "Лебедином озере" 20 сентября и участвовать в шоу Kremlin Gala 27 сентября. Значит травма серьезная. Что же об этом Филин не знал? В любом случае он несет ответственность за плохую подготовку к сбору балетной труппы, какой-то детский сад! 

Наше всё!
И какой-то совсем растерянный, но возмужавший Денис Родькин.

Вот это просто безобразие!
Премьер БТ Артём Овчаренко не может поднимать уже не только Ольгу Смирнову, но и собственную возлюбленную.
Ну что же это такое....

Дорогая bird, хотя исполнителей и связывают некие не служебные узы, все же дуэт не складывается. Выражение: "Своя ноша не тянет" в этом случае, увы, не работает.
И еще хотелось бы когда-нибудь увидеть, уж если не мысль, то хотя бы ее  тень на Темином лице.
Но это, похоже, совсем из области фантастики.
Присутствуют только безмятежность, невозмутимость и самодовольство.

Отредактировано Айрин (29-09-2014 00:07:07)

1:13; 1:21; 1:34; 2:04; 2:08; 2:12; 2:16; 2:51

and just to compare

Anna Antonicheva, Ruslan Skvortsov