BalletNut Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Which dancers would be your ideal ballet couple onstage? Time and geography are, of course, irrelevant. Link to comment
Nanatchka Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Which dancers would be your ideal ballet couple onstage? Time and geography are, of course, irrelevant. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kyra Nichols and Igor Youskevitch. Link to comment
Helene Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 For me, it already happened: Suzanne Farrell and Ib Andersen in the last movement of Mozartiana. Link to comment
oberon Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Nijinsky & Wendy Whelan... Link to comment
atm711 Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Nijinsky & Wendy Whelan... Oh --I can imagine them in 'Afternoon of a Faun'---that is one nymph who would not be intimidated. Link to comment
GeorgeB fan Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Alicia Alonso & Carlos Acosta Julie Kent & Wayne Eagling Link to comment
carbro Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Gelsey Kirkland and Jose Carreno. I'm breathless just thinking about the pairing. I used to try to imagine Marianna Tcherkassky with Peter Martins in Les Sylphides. Oh, so pretty, but dull, dull, dull. Link to comment
Drew Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Kirkland/Nureyev (they did dance together at least once, in a full-length Raymonda, and received a rave review from Barnes) or, in a different, cooler tone: Kirkland/Bruhn (two of ballet's all time perfectionists) or, in case anyone doubts how much I loved Kirkland: Kirkland/Nijinsky (in Les Sylphides: after all, De Valois is supposed to have described her as a young Pavlova) and, just so I don't seem obsessive, or, at least, just to express some alternative obsessions: Ringer/Nagy (two stunningly beautiful artists who both seem or seemed to enjoy connecting with their partners) Ringer/Babilee (can't come up with an explanation but something to do with charisma, sex, and modernity) Link to comment
dirac Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 If memory serves, Kirkland and Nureyev once danced a fabulous Corsaire pas de deux together. It's too bad Farrell was too tall for Baryshnikov when he joined NYCB -- I don't know that it would have been a dream partnership, but it would have been fascinating to watch, I'm sure. Link to comment
Old Fashioned Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Anothony Dowell and Barbara Bears. Or Dowell and Janie Parker. Link to comment
glebb Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 If memory serves, Kirkland and Nureyev once danced a fabulous Corsaire pas de deux together.It's too bad Farrell was too tall for Baryshnikov when he joined NYCB -- I don't know that it would have been a dream partnership, but it would have been fascinating to watch, I'm sure. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Memory serves you well indeed dirac. I too saw the fabulous Corsaire pas de deux of Kirkland and Nureyev at State Theatre, summer of 76. It was an ABT gala. Link to comment
MakarovaFan Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Makarova and Vasiliev Link to comment
Ballet lovers Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Svetlana Zacharova-Vladimir Malakhov Agnes Letestu- Danila Korsuntzev Diana Vishneva-Fethon Miozzi Uliana Lopatkina-Kenneth Greve We think that they are the most perfect pairs. We are waiting for their performances ! Link to comment
perky Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Matilda Kschessinskaya and Rudolf Nureyev: The Clash of the Titans Jerry Robbins and Wendy Whelen Tanaquil LeClercg and Angel Corella Pierre Vladimiroff(sp?) and Gelsey Kirkland Link to comment
Terry Hoyland Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Long term - the Sibley and Dowell partnership was pure magic. Seasonal partnerships: Terekhova and Yuri Posokhov made a dream team. Zelensky and Lopatkina - but Zelensky presents his ballerinas so beautifully that he makes every partnership look great. Terry Link to comment
Hans Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 (edited) This has been mentioned before, I think, but Farrell and Nureyev. Sizova and Soloviev (actually happened). I think Carla Fracci and Peter Boal would be interesting to watch. Lezhnina/Fadeyev, too, or better yet, Lezhnina/Soloviev. Asylmuratova/Carreno. Forgot one--imagine Lezhnina/Boal! Edited June 24, 2005 by Hans Link to comment
Rosa Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Gomes/Kirkland Dowell/Lopatkina Corella/Osipova Link to comment
bart Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I think Carla Fracci and Peter Boal would be interesting to watch. I must have missed this when it was first posted. What a fascinating pairing, but not one I would have ever imagined. Hans, I'd love to hear your reasons, especially as to Boal. Were you thinking of Fracci's partnership with Bruhn? Link to comment
Nanarina Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 [Paris Opera Ballet: Stephane Buillion and Agnes Letestu ( Already cast in Les dame aux Camellias) (Bala ManonHerve Moreau and Aurelie Dupont ( S. Waltz Romeo & Juliet) Solymosi (1)or IgorZaklinsky (2)and Darcey Bussell. 1. Tch. Pas de deux 2. Manon Link to comment
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