I agree. Marinski is becoming a sort of factory of good nice dancers without soul.

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Better tha maria korea because korea promotes herself and not the character

Thanks for your comment. I agree - she reminds me of the impeccable Lopatkina, too.

And Maria is the only ballerina at the Mariinsky theater who dances in Lopatkina's costumes 😊. They fit to her ideally.

@@makhnonatalie2600 I think the costume got shortens a bit, but yes she's the only one who wore Lopatkina costumes, which I remember saw her in Raymonda act 2 costume.

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So well said. Such refinement and individuality despite ballet's strict discipline is always new, thrilling and uplifting. Indeed, thank you to the Mariinsky and its coaches.

Thank you so much.

Da 😊 Spasiba.

Thanks for your wonderful comments!

Thank you, too. Let's hope she gets the promotion she deserves.

А Мария Ильюшкина уже и есть 1-я солистка Мариинского театра.

Thank you too for your comment.

Da. Spasiba.

Я где-то слышала что она в ее костюмах,которые остались в Мариинке и выступает) получается у них одинаковые параметры в теле, будем надеяться что и в тонкости души тоже будет совпадение и мы сможем наслаждаться ею, теперь когда Ульяна Вячеславовна уже не выступает)

Both Raymond a variations were amazing. ❤

@@cynthiafletcher9845 Oh yes, definitely. She is a fantastic Raymonda all around! Just that act 3 is my all-time favourite of hers. I could watch it forever!

Thank you, too for your comment. I am also excited for her Giselle debut!

Yes, we all are awaiting for Maria's debute in Giselle

Her Raymonda variation is great, but Sophie Guillem‘s is still my favorite. This has several versions: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eK9nlLF-ldTbfIk.html

Интересно чем ?

@@user-ym3uw6xg6s Да уж, Максимова бы очень обиделась.

@@Margarita20107 не то слово .Оскорбилась бы до глубины Души .

@@user-ym3uw6xg6s Вы знали лично Екатерину Максимову, чтобы выражать её мнение как истину?

Spasiba.

Danke.

Thank you, too for your wonderful comments.

Thank you!

True and I think she already does so in the way she performs the perfectly confident and controlled veil pas de deux from La Bayadere. I have never seen a longer balance here at 0:39 - 0:43 and no wobbles in this daunting pdd,, than when performed by Ilyushkina.

Grazie

Non tanto la stabilità, ma anche io la trovo impostata in maniera strana, sembra che accenni.

This is Nadezhda Batoyeva as Gamzatti.

Thanks. No, that was Nadezhda Batoeva, (not the incomparable Novikova), sitting as Gamzatti to Ilyushkina's Nikiya.

Thank you for your interesting observations.

Thanks, I agree.

Вы правы...Вам действительно всё показалось.

Я с вами согласна, это не балет, а художественная гимнастика

@@user-oj9pe6go5p вам тоже кажется не то, что есть на самом деле. Мария талантливая и перспективная балерина. Все когда-то в начале пути были не идеальны...даже Ульяна Лопаткина

И поэтому , что?Давайте будем все захваливать девочку с огромным потенциалом и великолепными данными, чтоб она расслабилась и перестала работать над собой?Сделаем ей такую медвежью услугу…

I agree. The quick upturn of the chin used to annoy me a lot in Xander Parish. Hopefully Ilyushkina can work to transform this gesture into a graceful, gradual upturning of the face!

@JB Evangelista She has a soul. Ilyushkina is very young, she is only 22 years old. Performing on the Mariinsky stage is a huge burden of responsibility. She tries too hard not to miss anything, so she looks like an excellent student on the exam.

@JB Evangelista Come on y'all! The issue is not about her not already being a beautiful artist. She is and of course, if she works intelligently and remains healthy, as injury free as possible, she will certainly improve even more and might have a long wonderful career. The issue is giving all those beautiful thoroughbreds something new and inspiring, not only for them but for us who realize that eating steak every day gets to be "boring"! Russia being the great nation that it is and it is, has no excuse. And for the person who wrote saying that I was making my conclusion based only on seeing part of the repertoire. Again...I am basing what I wrote on what the Russians choose to showcase their new stars in. What we see are always the same solos, variations, pas de deuxs, etc, from the same old productions, with these new stars in them. It is all lovely but even lovely isn't lovely forever! Come on Russia! You can represent yourself so much better! Heck, you have all the talent in the world to do it with.

Of course, not. She is Maria Illiushkina, and she has to find her own way in ballet.

@@makhnonatalie2600 Please read everything before you comment!

@JB Evangelista You took the words out of my mouth! Ilyushkina has a fine technique, is a good actor and dances intelligently and musically, but she does not yet have the glorious movement from the soul which is Lopatkina's hallmark. She will, in time, find her own personal way of being a fully developed ballerina.

I find too she is not so good.

Not so good in static too.

@@ioioioioio265 You are too strict, there is no complete ideal. Who do you think was she better at static at that age? I have not seen the best in the aesthetics of static poses, and I have been watching ballet since the 70s of the last century. Watch live, videos are often deceptive.

@@user-li6xb5ub5i Then, I think that the last 'stars' of marinsky are embarassing. Look videos of young Somova or Novikova. Simply charming.

@@ioioioioio265 I saw young Somova and Novikova live, you have a biased attitude. Charming? I agree with that.

Noia is the result of lacking od soul.

You draw strange conclusions after seeing only a part of the repertoire.

@@user-sx3wy7mh9g My conclusion is based on what I see and have seen. I know each one of those ballets and enough about each one having seen them all for "years" and have trained enough students who have gone on to perform in them, to know what I wrote is true. Each time there is a new "star", and there are many - male and female. They are shown doing the same old ballets - complete or partially - a variation from them or pas de deux from the same old ones. Don't get me wrong. The productions are wonderful and the dancers are of course top notch because they are trained factory, assembly line, style, which is also great. But with all that superior talent, coming from the dancers technique, you would think that somehow, someway, there would be a new choreographer on the horizon with new fresh ideas to showcase those incredible new stars in. And Balanchine's "Diamonds" alone doesn't count. I am not saying by any means that the old dinosaur productions shouldn't be showcased. I am simply saying that each time Russia wants to introduce a new star and again...they have so many, if they would only introduce even a third of the number of new productions to showcase them in, perhaps there wouldn't still be this great exodus of their stars fleeing to the west and other places. I am not wrong in what I have written because what is is what is!

@@ioioioioio265 What? Is that a mixture of English and something else? Clearly it is.

@@user-sx3wy7mh9g it's a suspicious comment. Maybe same person as alesssndromanzoni2920 above. Both comments presenting opposite sides, mentioning country Russia specifically, posted in close time with each other, using the same language and similar typing styles. I wonder if the Russian government monitors youtube videos about their country🤔

I am so happy to hear that. Thank you!

Can't agree more! Thank you!