Osipova dances with tremendous abandon and excitement! I've never seen anyone with such "attack", even as Kitri, which demands so much vivacity. She sparkles. And those fouettés! She is a remarkable ballerina. Her heart and soul shine through every step.

The speed of her variation is just amazing!

I find it absolutely astounding how she remains so humble, so self-effacing when speaking about her dancing. She is obviously a remarkable prima ballerina, clearly a star - yet there is not a hint of it in her speech. Wonderfully refreshing.

какая чудесная пара !!!! БРАВО!!!

She is greatness! We are lucky to be able to witness a legend in te making. Also, what a perfect partnersip with Vasiliev!!!

She is very expressive in this clip, and love her facial expressions

I adore Natalia, she is just beyond human

I wonder if God accidentally put too many batteries inside Natalia. Unbelievable energy. Always a great joy to watch her.

She's so amazing! The best Kitri ever!!

Bolshoi's spectacle ends 10 minutes earlier than Vienna's. Natalia's speed is incredible :)

Congratulations Natalia & Ivan !!! You're just S*U*P*E*R*B !!! Congratulations Bolshoi, thanks for editing.

Adoro o ballet, insuperavel o ballet russo , maravilhoso Ivan Vasiliev e Natalia Osipova. Emoção pura.

They are both wonderful dancers. I wish there were more full length ballet videos available of these two dancers. Thanks for posting.

I really love that she wears the flower on the top of her head,that is really flamenco, all the women in sevilla wear the flower like that, is So Kitri!!Besides her joy dancing, that is really amazing,you can tell she is enjoying herself dancing. And I LOVEEEEEE ITTTTT!!!!!!

The Bolshoi is alive and well with these great dancers, continuing the Bolshoi tradition of excitement, passion and bravura. They are both very well spoken, he especially, mature beyond his age.

Очень люблю Наташу Осипову!

This is simply gorgeous!

Wow, nice piece of work. As i always say, Ivan has shoewd me that it doesn't matter if you don't have the best feet or anything, you CAN still look sensational. It's amazing the emotion and passion both of them share at the stage...And i hadn't realized until now, but Natalia is gorgeous! I didn't noticed until now, but what a beatiful women...and what a dancer she is...Wonderful!

My jaw is still at ground level... Love it!

@townhouse21, I was at that performance too! I thought it was absolutely amazing. Natalia and Ivan have such spirit; I've never seen an audience enjoy a performance so much.

OMG he is perfect!!! I had never seen a dancer jump so high dancing this role.

Какая прелесть, какие молодцы. Да не оскудеет, Земля Русская талантами. Восторг!

i seriously CANNOT find a single flaw in her dancing! she is absolutely incredible,totally unreal and so pretty oh my god how brilliant was the coda???? this is easily the best don q's ive seen

Балет-наше золото!Вы можете танцевать долго,и вместе.

They're both INCREDIBLE.

Ivan's turns are amazing xx and I can't even use words to describe Natalia xx

oh my someone give that women an award!!!!!

Both of their jumps are so incredible! I love Natalia in Don Quixote, she is magnificent technically, but she also has such expression and character, and makes a beautiful Kitri. One of my biggest goals in life is to have a jump like hers. Ivan, too, is amazing, and he's a wonderful match for her. Perfect DQ performance. They were also incredible in Flames of Paris, by the way :)

Красивый и замечательный дуэт, жаль,что сейчас в разных театрах.

Merveilleuse danseuse!

That first grand jete in her opening solo is a moment for the ages...she hangs in the air high enough and long enough so that we can see her sculpt her back and head and shape arms to complete the picture at the top of her jump. Just breathtaking...

wow, they are incredible!!!! Vasilev was so thin, omg

fabulous!!!!

she is like PERFECTLY balanced!!!

BRAVO!!!

Wow!!!!! Vasiliev es excelente! q saltos! y q control! es un gran representante del ballet clasico.

i juz love her

You are so lucky! Hope someone, somewhere will have recorded this!

Я люблю нэйталию, также - фактически моя любимая балерина!!!!

NEVER have I seen a ballerina so energetic and feisty like that. She's so talented; and her jumps are amazing... maybe even more than Ivan.

OMG!!! speechless

super dai bog ivan i natalie

@BlindbyBeauty Exactly! She is the best!

AWESOME JUMP!!! RESPECT and UVAZHUHA :)

@gadgetyman23 yes, she adjusted her balance perfectly. there was quite a lot of debate about whether this addition to the choreography was just 'showing off' on the ballet.co.uk forum (along with full summaries and reviews of the whole Bolshoi 2010 London season).

she´s the best kitri i´ve ever seen...!!

@townhouse21 that sounds amazing! I still don't get what you are saying though... he actually was holding her with one hand on one leg?...

I think the youtube audio is slightly off synch. I've never seen a dancer with such energy and joy on stage; she's amazing.

@SuperBalletgirl101 yes - he started with the one handed lift as normal in DQ, then went onto one leg - and Osipova had to adjust balance, then he went onto demi-point, and she adjusted again... it was quite something. But quite a few purists said it was a bit too much, and was showing off.

@dReAmBeLiEvEsHiNe98 Osipova owns this part, she is "the" Kitri - and if dancing with Vasiliev? The better!

@XxBallerina4ChristxX - you are 100% correct in both postings. It's true. Unfortunately we have that problem of turning this beautiful art into a "business". I am a ballet teacher myself and I cannot be as hard on my students as I would like to be b/c of all these "laws" of what constitutes child abuse, verbally or physically.

i really dont know who jumos higher, Ivan or Natalia lol. her energy is just amazing! she makes it look so easy and as if she doesnt get tired. they are wonderful together, both hyoung and full of vibrant energy that makes you smile.

he is 17 and she is 20 on this video!

welcom to moscow on Apr, 22th

i saw these two in OC, they were so incredible!!! They both dance with so much energy i love it!

I love how she really pushes her technique and yet remains faithful to the musique - in my opinion, there are far too many dancers out there who go for the 'tricks', which is fine, and impressive provided they're done well, but it really irks me when they're done at the expense of musicality. She's gorgeous. And I thought Sylvie was untouchable!

she's definitely not a robot.

But I have to admit she is fantastic. Wow.

Oh my God!!!! Her speed! Oh my God !!!!!

O M G!!

we have just watched Don Quixote with V and O in London. On Vasiliev's second one handed lift, he then went into what my 11 year old son described as an arabesque on demi-point ! and that's NOT something we have seen in the Darcy Bussell 'Book of Ballet' :) as for how they get that good, my son learns in a school owned by a former Bolshoi principal Dancer, and by a russian trained at the Moscow Choreographic, and the process starts early, and involves a lot of work and dedication.

she's not jumping-she's flying!!!!

OMG she can jump high

what's the name of the first variation?

Cynthia Harvey is extremely good, fantastic in the Baryshnikov production for the ABT.

@USABEAT The reason for turnout is something called "line".

Обалденная балерина👍👍👍

what is she speaking? it is so beautiful!

Natalia's my idol! Wish I could meet her. :( When her and Ivan were performing Fredrick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet in London they had meet and greet tickets, I sooo wish I could have gone but I'm up in Liverpool and didn't have the money for the train down at the time, dammmmn.

@hiphopson- She's speaking Russian. And, yes, it is beautiful. :)

Obviously, I meant 'music', rather than 'musique'!

I couldn't agree more. Not that USA dancers are bad, but you definately can see the differences in technical abilities and in artistry. Its because there is somewhat of a lack of discipline in USA. In America, many dancer teaches give students the whole, "You did your best, and thats what counts." bit. Russian teachers would never say that to their students, they just keep pushing them until they reach near technical and artistic perfection.

@USABEAT what are the secrets, please Dmitri Roudnev

she is amazing,i would love to see her being partnered by carlos acosta at a gala doing don q or le corsaire

i feel that they are off the music.. i dunno whether they really off, or the music is off in this vid.. however, i think they are great n awesome.. i have been admiring osipova for some time.. I love to watch her when she jumps..she's very strong.. and i like her doing kitri in don Q. I actually dunno anything about DonQ, but osipova does kitri very energetically..it's very fun to watch her..she sure has got style..

USABEAT- I wrote you a message b/c the comment section keeps telling me there is an error and it won't post.

she's 23 now.

@USABEAT Hard work...

Its weird but it almost looks like near the end of this video in her fouettes her passe leg is turned in.... it might be just me though, i've watched this video a couple times because I love to watch Osipova so much but that's the first time i've noticed. don't worry i'm not trying to bad talk her or disrespect her talent before someone makes some kind of angry response! I think she's AWESOME but i was curious if it appeared that way to anyone else or maybe its just the way her style/body is.

how old is she?

i really hate when really awesome interviews are in different languages so i can't understand them... :(

They don't dance it like this anymore... Inevitable, I suppose.

There were 2 triples :)

@XxBallerina4ChristxX - Also, a big thing that Russians LACK is that they don't do any cross-training to strengthen other muscles in the body. They do not do pilates or yoga. They only do excercises that improve turnout. They stretch of course, and take class but that goes w/o saying if you're a dancer period. They also emphasize on extensions of the leg which are gorgeous, no doubt about it, however they miss out on the benefits from pilates and yoga that is strongly emphasized in the USA.

@USABEAT I dont understand what you're telling me. Are you saying Americans dont have decent port de bras training? Did you decide the Russian use of port de bras is proper? There are many, many American dancers with beautiful use of their "head and arms." Natalias and Ivans use of port de bras is NOT their specialty.

it's HER role : )

スペインの下町の若いカップルって設定がハマるカップルですね。 若々しい鹿のようにエネルギッシュでしなやか、そしてとっても可愛い。

At last we can see a real fiery, impulsive and alive Kitri! Bravo Natalia! I think she should do wonderfully in all the roles that require passion and temperament. Not so sure about Giselle or Odette/Odilia, those whould better suit Svetlana Zakharova, who is cool and precise.

Why are they talking during this???

@Oshemat my feet are even badder than his, but i'm a girl ballet dancer, who doe pointe... it's a struggle but that's ballet...

I LOVE NATALIA! i will meet herr!! and ivan vasilev too!!

FUUUUUCK, double fouette!!!!!!!!!! And he can fly!!!! Russian Ballet, you are alive!!!

@USABEAT - No, NOT "all little girls" take their ballet very seriously. I know this for a fact.. I am a serious ballet teacher.

0:11 It's a bird in the building!

Omg shes a robot!!!!

mezhdu prochem, ona skazala "kazhdiy balerin" :)

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@USABEAT Big difference between "artists" and "technicians." I think its a bit naive of you to generalize all of America's ARTISTS based on a video of Don Quixote which can confuse acrobatics for classical ballet. America's artists DO look this good, even in Don Quixote, have you seen all of America's artists? Do you think Osipova would look better than Julie Kent in Romeo and Juliet? How about Ivan compared to David Hallberg in "Afternoon of a Faun?" How would they do in a Balanchine piece?

she looks more American to me than Russian when she dances because of the attack she puts into her performances.

There is only one thing in this entire 9 minute video that I don't like. In the Grand Pas De Deux, during the preparation for her a la seconde turn en dedans, she bends her back leg just a bit. But that's only when I'm really looking to nit pick. I really love her Kitri.