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[Kate B]

Did anyone see Don Quixote last night?  Natalia Osipova was phenomenal, as was Denis Matvienko.  Ballet stars of the future I hope.  I wanted to see them do it all over again.

[drb]

Kate B, on Aug 18 2006, 07:25 AM, said:

...  Natalia Osipova was phenomenal...

I've read that her Kitri has been thrilling in her 3 or 4 St. Petersburg appearances, each performance topping the previous one.  Kate B, could you please tell us more about the London performance?  Already, the review in the Evening Standard says

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As the applause thundered, the Bolshoi's director Alexei Ratmansky could be seen climbing out of his seat and heading backstage. He was, surely, rushing to congratulate Natalia Osipova..  [she] romped through it with such exuberance and flair, such feisty good humour and quick-witted panache, that her gutsy, lusty Kitri easily rates as the best performance of this Bolshoi visit.

[ami1436]

Last night I saw Alexandrova as Kitri...   Her Act II leaps into Filin's arms astound me.  She is such a joyous dancer.

Osipova did the Grand Pas variation 1 - she's beautiful, light, tiny, young.  Everyone is raving about her, and my friends have insisted that no one, anywhere, could top her Kitri.

[Kate B]

I have blogged it on thewinger.com - and about Monday's mixed programme, which I hated.