amiaow Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 This is only a short video, but I found it on Youtube and thought other forum members may enjoy watching it too. It is Oksana Skorik and her partner Timur Askerov in Swan Lake rehearsal. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xz8DmJ3MH0&feature=mh_lolz&list=FLfUGdA-_zbF4 Link to comment
cinnamonswirl Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Very promising! The distorted alignment (a la Somova) at 1:34 is disappointing though. Link to comment
Angelique Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Very promising! The distorted alignment (a la Somova) at 1:34 is disappointing though. Just out of interest I took a second look at the frame @ 1:34 and thought it absolutely beautiful. Wing like working leg creates a metaphor for a bird ready to take to the skies. In this particular case square hips would render the pose less dynamic, even stale. Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Saw her live once and couldn't believe that particular performance...(to the point of embarrasment, if IMO... ) Link to comment
Helene Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I've moved the posts about the current aesthetics of the Mariinsky Ballet to the following thread: Link to comment
amiaow Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 More videos have been uploaded from this rehearsal session- there is a playlist at She really is so lovely to watch! Link to comment
Natalia Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Not at all impressed with Skorik, who massacred CHOPINIANA at the Kennedy Center last night, sorry to report. This is sad because I admired her in the documentary of her struggles at the Perm Academy of Ballet (ca-2006/07) and was hoping for much more. Not sure why she has become so brittle and lacking in poetic feeling or musicality (almost a face of anger throughout a Romantic poem of a ballet). Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I told you so, Natasha..! What I saw was not an off night. It was just an unprepared dancer thrown out to the stage way before her time... Link to comment
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