Terry Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 I just wanted to post this link to a video clip of the French dancer, Sofiane Sylvie, from the Het National Ballet. You can see clips of her in "The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude" and the coda in "The Nutcracker." I just wanted to bring this to your attention because I don't think I've seen anyone finish a fouetté with 10 pirouettes à la fin (which you can see in the clip)...extremely impressive, technically. Has anyone seen her dance? Here it is: http://www.het-muziektheater.com/mpg/qt.ph...g=s-sylve&pl=qt Link to comment
Manhattnik Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 I guess we know who'll be doing Fourth Movement of Western, Hippolyta and the Marnee Morris role in Who Cares for the immediate future! Link to comment
Michael Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 The herky jerky quality of this video clip when viewed on my laptop may be misleading but -- Keeping an upright, non-tilted balance did not seem to be a very evident strength in that video. Very athletic, but she seemed to be tilting markedly one way or the other nearly all the time. (Maybe just an artifact of computer animation?) Link to comment
Manhattnik Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Perhaps your laptop was on a crooked table? Michael, there is no way anyone can finish off a pirouette/fouette combination (and weren't those changes from attitude avante to devante stunning?) with a sextuple (or was it septuple?) pirouette while tilting in any direction. Were she off-kilter, she'd have bailed out long before she got to three or four. Or fallen over. Link to comment
Michael Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 It must be the quality of my program which didn't show this clearly at all. Link to comment
Manhattnik Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 I sense the potential for a new Apple "Switcher" ad here.... Link to comment
Roma Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 That was really something! And apparently she is guesting with NYCB this winter Link to comment
Hans Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 That is definitely very impressive. I've seen Jennifer Gelfand do that, and Ashley Bouder, but they are more athletic. The Nutcracker pirouettes bothered me, though...Ivanov (or at least Vainonen) meant for Tchaikovsky's beautiful music to be danced to; presumably that's why they choreographed steps instead of leaving a void and saying "turn!" The athleticism seemed much more appropriate in the first piece, and I really liked the pirouette in which she changed from retire devant to derriere--it was more subtle (a rare quality in a Forsythe work). Link to comment
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