jonellew Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 If I'm not mistaken, there was only one mention of the lovely Nina Ananiashvili, and I'll second it-- Georgian fire and divine proportions to boot. Link to comment
Dale Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 jonellew, thanks for joining our discussion. We have a great many Ananiashvili fans here. Please look around and pop into the Welcome forum. Link to comment
chrisk217 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Larissa Lezhina was also mentioned only once, despite managing to look adorably cute and radiantly beautiful at the same time. My other vote goes to the beautiful Carla Fracci. Link to comment
ami1436 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I have to add Tamara Rojo to my list! Link to comment
Ostrich Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 You're probably all bored of hearing it, but I'll say it again - Carla Fracci! Link to comment
paolo Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Some seem to interpret this question as to who dances the most beautifully. On straight looks, mine are: A. Asylmuratova Christine Dunham Isabel Guerin Sylvie Guillem Susan Jaffe Julie Kent Moira Shearer Silja Schandorff Tamara Toumanova As beautiful as Fonteyn and Farrell were as dancers, they just cannot be on this list. Link to comment
carbro Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Oh, I don't know, paolo. I'd keep Fonteyn on a list, but I probably wouldn't include some of the ladies you named. Yours all have attractive faces, but I don't feel all of them merit the rarified status of "most beautiful." Fonteyn, to my mind does. Link to comment
Old Fashioned Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 I agree with Carbo, and I would keep Farrell as most beautiful, too, although I didn't list her previously because I was sure others would. I remember reading on here someone saying whether or not he/she would find Farrell attractive if she were not a dancer- in my mind, she still would be. She isn't beautiful in a glamorous way, but rather has a natural prettiness, kind of Uma Thurman-esque. Anywho, there's the old cliche: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Link to comment
Hans Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Lezhnina Sizova (Still gorgeous) Karsavina Fracci Ferri Whomever dances the third shade variation on The Kirov in London tape with Chenchikova. Wonder where she is now. Link to comment
Dale Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 re: The young Farrell was considered very beautiful (in the general sense of the word). Link to comment
dirac Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I'm following paolo's guidelines in the following list: Moira Shearer. Gorgeous onstage, gorgeous off – the director Michael Powell, who saw a few beautiful women in his life, has recorded in his memoirs her effect in person -- and in front of the camera. She covers all the bases. Nina Fedorova – I’ve only seen her in photographs, but her face and figure just leap out at you, even in pictures where she’s tucked away in the corps. Wow. Tamara Toumanova Pearl Argyle Tamara Karsavina Julie Kent I don’t think she’s been mentioned earlier, so excuse me if she has, but I nominate Diana Adams. Not a glamour girl in the Toumanova mode, but a beautiful figure and lovely features. I wouldn’t call Fonteyn or Le Clercq beauties in the traditional sense. Magnetic and attractive, yes, but not great beauties. Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 "I remember reading on here someone saying whether or not he/she would find Farrell attractive if she were not a dancer- in my mind, she still would be." This is reminiscent of the very beginning of the Elusive Muse film. Farrell recalls a conversation with Balanchine in which he said, "You know, Suzanne, if I weren't a choreographer, you wouldn't look at me twice." She responded, "You know, George, if I weren't a ballerina, you wouldn't look at me twice." Link to comment
Helene Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 My vote is for Karsavina. Link to comment
AmandaNYC Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I only know ABT and NYCB: Julie Kent Irina Dvorovenko Jenifer Ringer Darci Kistler Suzanne Farrell Helene Alexopoulos Margaret Tracey (more pretty than "beautiful") -amanda Link to comment
Martyna Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Hm... Actually, there are many. I'd say Polina Semionova, Suzanne Farrell, Elena Evteyeva, Sofiane Sylve. Link to comment
richard53dog Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I think I already posted a name or two but I'd like to add another one. Someone may have already mentioned her, but based on her POB Sleeping Beauty, I would add Aurelie Dupont to the list. She fit the title perfectly! Richard Link to comment
Ceeszi Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 I would add Aurelie Dupont to the list. She fit the title perfectly! I watched Nureyev's "Don Quixote" with Dupont last night. When I first looked, I saw she bore a strong resemblance to Catherine Zeta-Jones. She is gorgeous! Link to comment
DanceActress Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Along with Aurelie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot is absolutely gorgeous! Link to comment
soubrette_fan Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I'll second the vote for Irina Dvorovenko. I downloaded the "Inside the ABT Studios - Raymonda" video clips from the ABT website a while ago, and I was mesmerized with how beautiful Dvorovenko was in the studio - even with a freshly-scrubbed face free of make-up, her dark eyes and alluring features still shine through. Link to comment
jllaney Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 My vote is for..........all of them!!! All of the ballerinas I've danced with and watched seem like radiance and beauty personified. That's the nature of what they do. And I, for one, celebrate it. Having said that- Roberta Marquez at the RB seems cuter than most. Link to comment
accob Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Alessandra Ferri Julie Kent Darci Kistler Alexandra Ansanelli Saskia Beskow how could u forget ferri and kistler?? Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I'd say Farrell was one of hte great beauties of hte sixties..... She looked astonishingly similar to one of the most fashonable models of that time, Jean Shrimpton, and English woman, a self-described "Cockney" whose refreshing lack of pretension suited the times as well. Shrimpton had huge eyes and a famously photogenic overbite; for a while in the late 60's all beauty magazines featured girls with their two front teeth showing. Gelsey Kirkland, who had naturally thin lips, like mary Pickford's, went and got a silicone implant in her upper lip to create that line. Farrell's face typified certain qualities -- vulnerability, inwardness in particular -- that were very important in that era. Her face and body made her beautiful even before she started to move - and then, there were those moves! Link to comment
paolo Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Farrel would be very pretty but for the overbite. Veronika Part should be incuded heramong the most beautiful. Link to comment
32tendu Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 In no certain order: Tanaquil LeClercq Kay Mazzo Suzanne Farrell Darci Kistler Maria Kowroski Jennifer Welch Cudnik- St. Louis Ballet Maria Chapman-PNB Amy Aldridge- PA Ballet Link to comment
Gina Ness Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 There is one stunningly beautiful ballerina that no one has mentioned on their list: Nathalie Krassovska, who just passed away last month. She was gorgeous! Link to comment
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