MakarovaFan Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Who are your favorites? Link to comment
Cygnet Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 When I was a little girl, the first live SB performance I saw was the de Valois 1977 Royal Ballet production. Park & Wall were Aurora and Florimund. The Bluebirds were Alfreda Thorogood and Michael Coleman. They left a lasting impression on me. They were great! My other all time favorite Bluebirds are A. McKerrow & J. Renval, L. Semenyaka & Y. Vetrov, and Jennifer Penney & Wayne Eagling. In addition to the Florines already mentioned, my other favorites are Pavlenko, Yevteyeva, Lezhnina, F. Chadwick, Makarova (Sizova/Soloviev film of SB), and M. Bilova. I wish I could have seen Maximova & Vasiliev but they danced this ppd before I was even thought of . Link to comment
Brioche Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Florine's are Elizabeth Loscavio and Joanna Berman (SFB) Still thinking about my fave Bluebirds. B Link to comment
oberon Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Carrie Lee Riggins & Adam Hendrickson of NYCB. I saw the very youthful Ethan Steifel & Yvonne Borree when NYCB's production was new, and before that at ABT I saw Karena Brock & Ted Kivitt, who were superb. Link to comment
carbro Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Two of my fave bluebirds are Johan Renvall and Herman Cornejo. No Florine springs immediately to mind as quite so outstanding, but I've enjoyed Ashley Tuttle, Cheryl Yeager and Deirdre Carberry. (Whatever became of Deirdre, btw? Anyone?) Link to comment
Marga Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 (Whatever became of Deirdre, btw? Anyone?) I have bought a few ballet books from Deirdre Carberry's mother, who is an ebay seller. She told me Deirdre has been living in England for a few years and is not dancing at the present time. My vote for Bluebird is Kevin Pugh and for Florine, Natasha Makarova. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 My favorite Bluebirds were Rudolf Nureyev and Graham Usher Favorite Florines were Georgina Parkinson, but not while dancing with Nureyev, and Makarova, also not dancing with Nureyev. Link to comment
aspirant Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 A bluebird to remember (and hopefully to see again sometime soon!) is Olivia Goodrich/Lavery (not sure which she is going by. She performed this role at the SAB workshop a few years back and was spectacular. Link to comment
Old Fashioned Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Ilya Kozadeyev and Leticia Oliveira. Link to comment
cargill Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 The last time ABT did Sleeping Beauty, Ethan Stiefel did Bluebird, and he was just wonderful. Inhuman and very magical, with wonderful sit-in-the-air cabrioles. It was one of the greatest things I have ever seen. Link to comment
Lovebird Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Favorite Princess Florine- Antoinette Sibley on the RB video WOW! Also Deidre Chapman Favorite Bluebirds- Errol Pickford Link to comment
mohnurka Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Tatiana Terekhova, Elena Pankova, Elena Evteeva Link to comment
sharongordon Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 My favorite Bluebirds were Rudolf Nureyev and Graham UsherFavorite Florines were Georgina Parkinson, but not while dancing with Nureyev, and Makarova, also not dancing with Nureyev. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can you tell me what ever happened to Graham Usher? I met him when I was a kid in the 1960's and just loved him. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Unfortunately, Graham Usher died in 1975. Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Sibley, sibley Sibley Lovebird you are so right....--she shimmers, her whole upper body is winged. That video is mostly kinda awful, except for Sibley -- Fonteyn is uncharacteristically awkward as Aurora; the best things on it are Gerd Larson as he queen (she is fantastic), Park as one of hte precious-metal fairies, and this absolutely transcendant performance by Antoinette Sibley as Princess Florine. It's not just technique, of which she has plenty -- it's the beauty of her line, the softness of her breathing, the delicacy of her head positions, the remarkable flexibility of her torso -- she's rarely straight up and down -- though her legs are very true and her aplomb is fantastic, she does her double ronde de jambes in the coda with her torso at quite a tilt -- beautifully lifted out of the hips, but the tilt is almost Cunninghamesque -- very classical, truly beautiful, and at high speed. Her lines are unbelievable. And all of it is so dancey, musical in the extreme. Link to comment
atm711 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Jean Babilee is my favorite Bluebird---he literally flew in those brise voles. I loved Alonso's "Florine", she was like no other I ever saw dance the role--she was every inch the Classical ballerina, with no signs of the cutsiness that most dancers infuse the role. Link to comment
sharongordon Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Unfortunately, Graham Usher died in 1975. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm sorry to hear that. He was so kind to a little kid. Not to mention a wonderful bluebird. Link to comment
silvy Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I loved Larissa Lezhina - I saw her dancing Florine in Uruguay, maybe 10 years ago or more - truly delicate, and could not believe she was in right in front of my eyes in country, as she was one of my "video" idols. I do not remember the name of the Blue Bird,though. I also like Pankova, Terekhova and Semenyaka. For Blue Birds I would go for Yury Vetrov and Melnikov (sp?) Link to comment
Hans Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Silvy, you saw Lezhnina live?! I am SOOOO jealous!!! Link to comment
Mashinka Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Silvy, I very much doubt that Yuri Vetrov ever danced Bluebird, did you mean Alexander Vetrov who I believe is his younger cousin? Link to comment
silvy Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Yes, Hans I saw Lezhina live - she did not dance much, though. I remember she did not dance the variation, only the pas de deux (I do not remember if they danced the coda). That was before our Solis Theater was refurbished, and I guess it was because the floor was not in the best conditions (there was a huge rake on the stage, which is now gone). This was part of a gala program, where Gedeminas Taranda also danced (he danced a tango with a ballerina named Pavlova - of course, a young Pavlova!!!!!!). The Vetrov I mention is the one who dances opposite Bylova in the Bolshoi video (if I am not confusing names - this Bluebird has a very large travelling assemble, and very large travelling sisonnes, which are impressive). Link to comment
Helene Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 This was part of a gala program, where Gedeminas Taranda also danced (he danced a tango with a ballerina named Pavlova - of course, a young Pavlova!!!!!!). Now it's my turn to be green with envy Link to comment
silvy Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Yes, and I saw Taranda twice in my country. The first time he came with a group, where Nadezhda Pavlova herself danced 2nd act Giselle, and Maya Plitseskaya herself danced Dying Swan in her sixties. Then Taranda danced this tango with this other Pavlova (a young dancer). I also remember a "Carmen" by Alberto Alonso, where a whole group of female dancers in unison danced the solo variation. I could not believe I was seeing all these great artists live. I think the group was called "the Russian Imperial Ballet", or something of the like. The second time (when I saw Lezhnina), I remember seeing the Pugni pas de quatre. Among the dancers was the one who dances the first soloist in Raymonda in Bolshoi video (dream sequence - I do not remember her name). I liked her very, very much. Link to comment
Mashinka Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Then Taranda danced this tango with this other Pavlova (a young dancer). Almost certainly that would have been Olga Pavlova. Link to comment
silvy Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Yes!! It was Olga Pavlova - very impressive tango indeed Link to comment
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