She's so good that Bolshoi recruited her straight into the rank of soloist right after her graduation from the Academy. That is quite literally unheard of. Not to mention by the end of her second season she was promoted to leading soloist. I believe she held that rank for three years before being promoted to principal.

Not only a beautiful dancer but a beautiful human, inside and out! I hope her and her family can remain safe ❤️

Most superior brilliance of a ballerina I've ever witnessed on screen! One can have a dream, but I hope to see her in person perform before I pass into the next realm of life. I've seen Maya Plisetskaya, a privilege.

Olga embodies each role with great passion ( and countless hours in the studio) and has a brilliant technique. Also, she is a real "jewel" in the diamond variation-stunning. Again, thanks for all of your amazing videos. ❤❤🌹🌹💞💕

Шикарная балерина! И настоящий человек! 💖

Excellent and expressive dancing of a top Ballerina. .There is one phantastic flow in dancing and music.

I came looking for Olga Smirnova and I found this other angel. Both women are fantastic artists. Thank God for both of them and the joy and beauty they bring to the world. 🧚❤️

She’s amazing

What can one say about perfection? She is the eternal Russian ballerina.

Bravo Olga Smirnova Welcome to Netherlands🇳🇱 We Supports Against Wars

Welcome and Bravo!

My favourite!)

Olga is such a beautiful dancer, especially as swan! She is awesome❣️Who would ever disagree?! 😉😃 NOONE!

Fabulous dancing!

Thanks a lot. The video is awesome. What a joy to watch her, she's so wonderful. Unique ✨✨✨👍

Primadonna, maestria💖💖💖💖💖💖👑👑👑👑🌹🌹

It's just perfect 🥰

Очень не хватает в Большом ( её изысканности и элегантности и наполненности партии !!!))) эх Ольга ( и ведь фуэте сделала сложное с одной рукой

Stunning

YES OLGA!🔥🔥🔥

she ıs great in raymonda too!

One of the best ballerinas ever.

Muy buena !!! Excelente movimientos de brazos.

Она уникальна! При абсолютном даже холодноватом совершенстве формы - какая внутренняя страстность даже экстатичность! Ее Никтя бесподобна! Большой лишился истинной Звезды!❤🎉

Maravilhosa 😍

Maravilhosas 👏

Богиня великолепная танцовщица Санкт Петербург 😮😊😊😊

i just watched her last night in romeo & juliet… it was crazy

0:24-0:38 That's amazing footwork! 🧚

Excellent balerina and brave human

Olga Smirnova è sinonimo di arti incredibilmente lunghi, sinuosi, schiena meraviosamente flessibile, movenze da cigno, musicalità sublime, è una ballerina sorretta da una tecnica impeccabile, così soave, eppure così forte e resistente. Olga Smirnova non è solo una grande ballerina, è anche una grande donna che ha avuto il coraggio di dire no ad una guerra e con essa a tutte le guerre. Alla ballerina va la mia ammirazione, ma alla donna e al suo coraggio la mia riconoscenza. Grazie Olga Smirnova.

Obrigada querida adorei esse vídeo 🤗

She is brilliant, thank you very much!!! Love that last diagonal (instead of round) in Giselle, I think it fits ''Olga's'' Giselle more than standart choreography. Now thinking, let me ask, why cutting variations into pieces?

Solamente: E-c-c-e-z-i-o-n-a-l-e!

Olga✌

Вот такого Чёрного лебедя я ещё не видела, аж мурашки!

Meu Deus linda 👏

hermoso

The starting point of your Montage - - Smirnova's Kitri Act 3 is a good shot - - perfectly considering the - - angle - - light - - and camera movement. The extreme close-up @ 0.26 of the dancer's feet. Then the closely (medium shot) filming - - again - - of Smirnova's Russian "light as air" feet. Then the long shot - - of the large area of the film setting. It has set up - - a fantastic overall look - - to your Best Of Smirnova story❗Which consequently makes your work of art - - an excellent Montage story❗IMHO Smirnova is a greatly talented ballet dancer❗ And her - - Bridesmaid dance - - is one of my favourite❗Thank you @ DLB for posting.

Thank you Olga for leaving the Bolsjoi Ballet in protest of the invasion of Ukrain.

Welcome to the EU, Olga! 😍

Can I get dvds of ballets she has been in, does anyone know please?

Thank you for the video. Unfortunately, the variation of Odette cut off - it is a wonderful performance.

В классике она выходит в первые ряды балерин мира - лебединое, спящая, раймонда - это её 🌹

BEST of VIENGSAY VALDEZ!!!!PLEASE!!!

Bravo and appreciate for your decision to leave the Bolshoi recently.

She is true beauty, I honestly love look beautiful Russian ballerina and models but if they have ugly selfish mind, I feel sick. But she is real beauty against WAR.

This is Olga Smirnova. A Russian ballerina. About her the BBC writes. Because Olga finally had enlightenment, and she declared that she was "against the war with all the fibers of her soul." Then she left Russia to join the Dutch National Ballet. Who received her immediately and with warm embraces. Now she will dance beautifully in Europe. And this is Artem Datsyshyn. A Ballet dancer of the National Opera of Ukraine and winner of international competitions. He will never dance again. He died at the hands of the Russian occupiers. That's all you need to know about culture outside of politics. On the prospects of unity under the auspices of culture. And about the price of war. Which we pay. And which they (Russians) use.

It feels like she’s always behind the music.

5:06 name of the show???

Finally someone doing the Spessivtseva's diagonal at the end of the Giselle's solo!!!! Tired of the piques already!!!!

Does she live in Russia

I never thought the ballet world would revisit the age of ‘defections’. Let us pray that Russian artists of all kinds will weather this awful time.

Beautiful Smirnova. It's a shame he left the Mariinsky. We will no longer see her in large productions

Such a pity she left Russia over politics. Perhaps one day she will return. Regardless, she's a Russian Prima ballerina and was trained at Vaganova and it shows!

У нас её считают весьма посредственной. Есть настоящие лебеди и есть она. Блат в любой стране блат

Is it only me? She is top and very talented..but I feel there are many artists of the same capabilities that bring interesting interpretations of the roles. Maybe she was just at the right place at the right time. Do not find her superior to eg Ulyana Lopatkina

Лошадь лошадью и останется.

Кумир нетвоблистов. Если б не февральские события, вряд ли бы стала таковой. Ни музыкальности, ни образа, ни хореографического рисунка. Всё от головы, чисто руко-ного-махаловка.

Less she-males, more real women.

Such poor turn out and ugly arms in the Don Q.

I started to watch thinking maybe I am hard on her. Nope, she is still pretty horrible, especially for a principal dancer. I cannot believe money can buy her career. Seriously? Awful.

She has such a high arabesque

Bellissima.fanciulla.🩰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🩰🩰🩰🥰🥰🥰🩰🥰🥰🥰🥰