The lead dancer in this is OUTSTANDING!! This is, by far, the best dancing I've seen in a ballet ever, and love this song too!! BRAVO!

I have watched many renditions of the Arabian Dance and always I come back to this one. As others have said, the lead dancer fully embodies truly beautiful dance whereas great athleticism could only diminish the subtlety of the presentation. I am, every time, left speechless. Edited for clarity

I swear! That soloist is absolutely breathtaking! I remember watching this version of "The Nutcracker" on TV and have been searching for this one dance scene ever since - I'm so so glad to have found it here, the only thing is that the music is very faint and I can hardly hear that wonderful piece, but, that ballerina is the absolute BEST!

I absolutely love how fluid their movements are!

This is the absolute BEST version of this dance/song that I've EVER seen! Outstanding!

i just saw the nutcracker for the first time ever (i'm 35), and this for me was the most memorable song from the production. i love it!

0.40-1.15 the melody was taken from Georgian (republic of Georgia) lullaby. Tchaikovsky is a pure genius!

I absolutely love this piece, it's enchanting, mystifying. I can't get it out of my head, and in a good way!

I used to think it was boring as well, but after repeated listenings, I now think that it's so beautiful and hypnotic. This is one of my favorite movements in the whole ballet. I like the cello/bass pedal point. It makes this whole movement so much sexier!

This, along with the dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy, is my absolute FAVORITE dance!

What a beautiful dance, and dancer =]

This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.

Yes, the slowed down version of this is very powerful.

Lovely! I've been looking through all the videos of this dance. This is the only one that captures the elegance and delicacy of the dance that I saw as a little girl, which led me to ballet.

I was the arabian people..... I did the recital today... it was really fun :)

I absolutely LOVE this version of these flawless and beautiful dancers!! By far, they are the best Ive seen in this number!!

I love this arrangement. The music is so beautiful.

The reason to put Persian is because has sooo many similarities with Ballet! Classical Persian dance has also many similarities with Arabic dance...So the compination was just so clever! Bridging all together in one magnifisent dance!

This is one of my favorites...i just love the music. The ballet is brilliant!

so graceful . . . wow

I first heard this piece of music on a vinyl record player as a boy of ten at a wealthy family's house of it.. Years later when I saw the Nutcracker on stage, I remembered the music. This performance brings out the beauty and the gentle sensuality of it.

I played this piece on harp, the arpeggio's are so beautiful!

Stunningly beautiful. Music and motion in perfect, mesmerising harmony. Thank you!

I love this. After the million times I've seen the NYC Ballet's solo version, it's nice to get a group dance.

its so beautifull..

Just a magnificent version of the Arabian Dance. I have viewed it many times.

I think this song is so beautiful. I love it.

I agree -- I saw it 15+ years ago and have never forgotten it!!

Elegant and beautiful. Thank you for the video.

The BEST Arabian Dance variation ever!!! This choreography fuses Ballet with Classical Persian Dance and gives a very exotic touch! LOVE IT

love the slow version

its not about how easy a dance is, its how well you dance it!! yes maybe you could dance it but i bet you couldn't make it as mysterious as these girls do!!

The Nutcracker is like entering into a totally different world full of magic and fantasy. Like a dream. Tchaikovsky wrote the perfect score for thie fairy tale.

perfect! beautiful choreography and performance, far exceeds any other I've seen

I love how they represented this in animation in Fantasia. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it!

Oh, my Lord! It's so beautiful!

absolutely love it; there's only one small thing I would add and that is a small veil to show only the eyes for each woman to make it even more authentic and mesmerizing

La meilleure chorégraphie de la " Danse arabe" Magnifique ......

Awesome! lol you have such great taste. =) lol

this is such an amazing song, and the ballet is intense. Thanks so much for sharing this. Kevin

If you really like this ballet it is available on Amazon for about $20. Search for "Kirov Nutcracker". It's the one in the pink and violet case. I very much like the slowed tempo of the music in this version of the Arabian Dance.

Exquisite, beautiful dancing

Boring?Boring? You have got to be kidding. This is the most beautiful dance I have ever seen and the lead dancer is just mesmerizing. Something is seriously wrong with anyone who thinks this is boring. Go play your stupid video games.

she is an awesome dancer and i like the music ohh i just put it on my favorite list hehehe

Flawless!

this is an awesome!!! dance. I'm in the nutcracker and im in this dance. IT'S FRICKIN SWEETTTTTTT

Beautiful!!!! thanks, dear.

the nutcracker its awesome, some music kicks ass but this cracks nuts!!

fascinating music , dance and colours !

Beautiful

This is Mariinsky Theatre Ballet, probably better known under their old name the Kirov, prior to that the Imperial Ballet.

Realmente hermoso 😯

absolutely beautifull... and ofcours it's Mariinski theater, what els?

traditionally this song is a solo I think it's more fun to watch but this version was cute too! :) I like some of the moves they do.

Amazing omg ❤️️❤️️❤️️

Love this part.

i go to baltimore school for the arts and i got the part of arabian in the ballet...but its not just a girl i partner her...and its teh best dance in the whole thing...i love it...

i loved this music version, i don't like rushed versions

Mükemmel! (Perfect!) I liked this slow version so much =)

Totally mesmerizing, power, beauty, elegance, strength, grace, femininity. Spectacularly alluring. and I don't even like ballet as such. May have to look into it further.

the arabian dance is also called "coffee" the spanish dance is also called "chocolate" the chinese dance is also called "tea" and the russian dance is also called "trepak" that should be all :) i love this piece of music and the dance!! my favourite!!

Well, it could make the next costume change go quicker if they have their pointe shoes already on~ I do remember at least two occasions where the principal dancers performed Arabian on pointe. Once was a soloist and another was a duet. The duet was very beautiful and sensual. The dancers were guest artists from Russia. To be honest, their dance was the most memorable for me.

Love this woman. so nice she dance.

The best.

omg my dance skool just did the nutcracker and our arabiand ance was exactly like this one! usually pple switch the choreography around a little to suit the dancer's skills, but our choreography was EXACTLY the same!

awsome!! i like it

Amazing......

Bravo ....bravo....

Right on! Teatcher

WOW! I've seen the NYC Ballet version three times live, not to mention the Pacific Northwest Ballet and NYC Ballet film versions a million times, and this has always been a solo. I've never seen it like this! *Though I know there's a pas de deux version out there.

The inspiration is armenian. Beautiful

Beautiful dance Routine

This is so beautiful. Is there a higher quality version viewable online or perhaps a DVD of this particular performance for sale?

exquisite

Those of you that feel you need to critique the style of dance that this choreographer chose need to get in a time machine and go talk to P. Tchikovsky. The entire third act of the nutcracker is all about fantasy, and the prince taking Clara to a celebration of diversity which was a rare thing in the time it was written. As un-authentic as you may believe it to be, you should be less wanting to critique the style of dance, and applaud the choreographers beautiful display!

this is a bril video. i've played in the violin section accompanying the Nutcracker ballet and this has held me spellbound,a russian composer writin an arabian dance..its apt though.

Thank you very much :D

@johnra70 Ballet is not only about technical skill. This particular piece of music is so powerful and persuasive, it doesn't really need feats of strength, just grace.

واو رائع جدا wow so beautiful

She sure is. Thanks for the reply.

@TheAmaul Haha. The Clarinet plays the melody The English Horn (much like an Oboe) plays at the same time, but raises the second note (the clarinet lowers the second note) Lol sorry if that is confusing, but hope it helped... :)

Is's music is taken from georgian lullaby Very nice

The version of this last night in Orlando Florida and the Convention center was way different... The main dancer was basically on a ring hovering over the stage doing amazing stuff... Very different from past versions i have seen...

In the ballet The Nutcracker, it's called the Arabian Dance not because it's arabian but cos its supposed to represent coffee.

@Nooonika, that's interesting. I was noting how the costumes looked more Georgian, Turkish or Persian and not so much Arabian.

i never saw this in nutcracker shoes be4 but is niceee !!!!

this song is used in the movie of Geert Wilders (Fitna) the song gives so much drama to the movie, i like the song better then the movie

I'm doing this dance (:

@existamixa It;s The Arabian dancr from the ballet The Nutcracker.

It's like watching water

*tears up*

i love tchaikovski...and the dancer is beyond my imagination....not the fisrt time i see this video

love this music and dance and reallyy is that where he got the music cause he didwell =P

Actually, baletpotskhishvili is correct. The music is adapted from a traditional Georgian lullaby. Look it up if you don't believe it! I wouldn't call it "stealing," though. He used traditional music from other countries in his other works, especially the 1812 overture (he used the French La Marseillaise to represent Napoleon's troops).

@MsSsunshine13 clever. i realize it is a subdued piece, but even with your valuable suggestion, it is fairly quiet.

omg iuuukkk!

tschaikowsky yeah !!!!

It's nice to see these ladies fully clothed. XD

@TheNortherner29 Thank you.

okay, i know that there are some other names like this is also called tea but the others? spanish dance= ?? russian dance= and so on xd btw, mariinsky is absolutely great!