Vaganova Then And Now | How has it changed?! Years 91,96,98. Lopatkina, Zakharova, Borchenko.

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• OG

  @oglaspb · 2 years ago

  Hi Isabella - I’m one of the girls in this video, in Zakharova’s class. The higher extensions were not introduced to Vaganova by Zakharova. Svetlana  joined Vaganova only for the graduating year and had to quickly adapt to the existing emphasis on higher extensions. Obviously, with her incredible talent, she did so beautifully.

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• TW

  @TwanWu · 2 years ago

  Wow I didn't know the story of Lopatkina feeling uncomfortable in rehearsals with younger, trickier dancers around her. That's so unfair considering she had been called the top ballerina in all of Russia for years. Her intepretations of Swan Lake, Dying Swan and Raymonda are all legendary. If, with all those accomplishments, she still have to compete and prove herself, then ballet is really a cutthroat world.

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• MA

  @mariaangelopoulou4548 · 2 years ago

  In the field of classical dance by Vaganova graduate dancers, that Nikolay Tsiskaridze took the position of director was considered, to put it politely, unacceptable.<br>Young graduates of the academy also do not have the best comments.<br>Vishneva had reacted very strictly when this fact was announced.<br>Now, after several years from 2014 until today, if I&apos;m not mistaken, he has left the mark of his work. Tsiskaridze has graduated from the Bolshoi academy, which has a different logic and other needs, the dancers have to work later on the huge stage of the Bolshoi theater, everything must be very impressive dynamically, let&apos;s not forget that it is in Moscow, where it is the center of power so everything is more explosive.<br><br>The Vaganova Academy, as it developed over time, had other advantages. Purity, controlled dynamism, deepening of artistic quality.<br>The main thing that classical dance suffers from these days is extroversion, that is to say that the show is very boring, sometimes making it look like a circus, how will the dancer lift her feet, how many big jumps where the symbolism of the art of ballet is lost, especially Tsiskaritzde is unfit to bring out spirituality, this is true.

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• AI

  @airedale01 · 2 years ago

  This is so enlightening. &nbsp;I stopped ballet in 1991 age 31 due to injury. &nbsp;It was so painful that i didn&apos;t look at anything untill several years ago (30 years!!!). &nbsp;I still cant believe what I&apos;m seeing in terms if technique and it makes. Me feel like i was a total slob. &nbsp;But seeing the vaganova girls (far above my level at any rate) of 1991 makes me feel much less of a slob. &nbsp;Recently saw a video of makarova ( <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbibrVLAxsQ&amp;t=1664">27:44</a> one of my idols back in the day) in donQ and i was shocked at how poor it looked compared to current primas...heck even compared to current students! &nbsp;I feel a little better, that me technique was within the time period, and not just sucky!

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• KA

  @kaykomckayface1097 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Thanks for the shoutout for Renata!! My absolute favorite atm.❤❤

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• AN

  @anneharrison1849 · 2 years ago

  It’s interesting how the “treatment” of swayback legs has changed, I was never a full time ballet student, but I did take class on Saturdays at a vocational school in the UK from 95 to 97. I literally never heard a single comment about swayback legs or how to manage them, it was simply known that they were a nice feature, especially in the working leg (I was always considered to have a good line in arabesque for this reason), there was also an awareness that many people with these body features seemed more prone to injury, but no awareness of why or how to avoid. <br><br>Now we have people on YouTube younger than me who are old enough to reflect on their training. I recall Kathryn Morgan saying that at SAB she was taught how to place her feet to accommodate swayback legs. I’m not sure there is a consensus yet in the dance world on how they really should be handled, outside the dance world there seems to be a strong leaning to not hyperextending and learning where “straight” is, but it gets tiring in everyday life that every time you stand you are supposed to find the position that looks straight to everyone else and hold it.

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• JU

  @julialepsch117 · 1 year ago

  Lopatkina is my favourite dancer ever. I even named my cat after her, but I didn&apos;t have the heart to tell this little fact to her face when I met her backstage during London&apos;s 2014 tour. 😅I&apos;m so glad I could meet her in person just before retirement.

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• CM

  @CMO_MAUI_WeWillNeverForget · 2 years ago

  The ones from 1991 must be around my age now. I’m 57. 1991 seems like yesterday. Time really does fly by at a frenetic pace. This was fun to watch 😊😊

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• ОЛ

  @ОльгаГофман-о8у · 2 years ago

  Lopatkina ended her career in ballet not at all because of competition. The reason was aggravated old injuries: due to foot damage, Ulyana sometimes could not even walk, let alone dance. A complex operation performed in New York did not solve the problem.

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• SP

  @SpectrumMom · 4 months ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a recent fan of your channel, just loving your personality, your relationship with Suvi, and you all just make me happy. Having said that, other than having an athlete&apos;s point of view of the body and how hard I imagine their movements to be, I am a total ballet moron. I was wondering how long prior to the exam they find out what it is and how long they get to practice. I also wanted to say that I watched your discussion of that newest exam with the choreographer guy and it almost made me mad. Like dude, no one is here for you! I understand people may like him generally speaking, but even as someone who knows nothing about ballet I saw and agreed with your comments on how the exam focused on him and not the girls. Congrats on your success and keep going with your channel.

• SM

  @sm-k5513 · 2 years ago

  So interesting!! I can&apos;t wait to see the next instalment !😊

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• ME

  @me67226 · 2 years ago

  I ❤the long sleeves. And tutus<br>Low backs for &nbsp;coolness.

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