canbelto Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Curiosity got the best of me and yesterday I saw the Giselle video with Fracci and Nureyev. This is 1980 -- both are past their best. But even so, I was somewhat dismayed by Fracci's cheating. There's no kinder way to put it -- she really cheats her steps, especially in Act 2. Her developpe is surprisingly solid, she still has a beautiful, springy jump, but I noticed a lot of cheating going on. Nureyev is a different story. He seems determined to replicate his Vaganova Academy graduation performance. He doggedly leaps, entrechats, turns in the air, etc, except his form is at times ugly, and he looks so exhausted (especially in Act 2) that I'm really surprised he actually lived. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 well according to the library she was born in 1938, as was nureyev, so in 1980 they were both in their early 40s. Link to comment
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