I can't compare. Sarah is crispy, Lauren is delicate. Both are lovely in their own way.

Lauren seems like a princess and Sarah seems like a fairy. I don't know if it makes any sense to another but it's how I feel watching them. Both gorgeous

I feel like Lauren's is more a regal/Queenly depiction of the Sugar Plum Fairy while Sarah Lamb's is more Youthful Fairy-like. They both portray Sugar Plum amazingly to their own though. It's suits them how they dance it.

They were both gorgeous! Lauren was such a classic, graceful sugar plum, while Sarah was quick and spritely! I love the artistry of both of them!

These split screen videos really show there is no “ONE” way. Lovely.

I love both ballerinas, but I found my eye was drawn to Lauren throughout; she just has such a beautifully calm and elegant way of performing.

Both ballerinas are stunning and exquisite, it’s kind of like comparing oranges and apples. Side by side comparison shows that there is so much room for individual interpretation when dancing to the same choreography. Thank you for sharing this magical ballet moment!💕🩰💕🩰💕

so happy that when i scrolled down my exact sentiments are echoed... there is no comparison, both are gorgeous in their own right. what absolutely talented and beautiful ballerinas.

both are so lovely. i love how sarah remains on beat, however are both so beautiful i cannot choose a favourite.

Lauren is an English rose. I've always thought she had the most beautiful lines. I love to watch Sarah, but Lauren epitomises the English ballerina for me. She is very musical, feels the music and savours her steps deliberately which I notice all the time. She has a regal poise and elegance which I have always loved - every move she makes is about beauty - you can tell she thinks of it like that.

Both ballerinas are marvelous, each in their own individual way. My eyes darted from one to the other and I couldn't pick a favorite.

The lady on the left screen was the best to me.. she seemed to float and very fairy like.. ( I hope that makes sense..😊)..

As beautiful as these videos are, I wonder if this split screen format hasn't inspired an excessively critical mindset in viewers: Should the purpose of videos like this be so we can pit one artist against another? Or should it be to appreciate their different interpretations and the nature of the role itself? Ballet is already an exacting art that can challenge dancers to push themselves to the extremes of their physical, mental, and emotional ability. As the audience, we can play a role in supporting and appreciating rather than deriding the artists who give us their incredible performances.

It's so cool to me to see the differences in what these masterful dancers bring to the role. Even with the exact same choreography and counts, they bring a different flavor to the role. I love going to performances to see different dancers live and how their execution changes the vibe of a variation, but it's a really cool experience to see the side by side comparison as well. It highlights more of the technical points you don't see as much in a live presentation

Both dancers are exquisite.What more can you say.

Both are stunning: beautiful artistry, attention to detail and stage presence. Thank you. 💕🍭💕💖💖🍭

Cuthberson, more genuinely joyfull, whimsical, a true faerish magic...

WOW!!! They both have their own musicality while dancing, and it makes sense for each dance. They are both in time, they make all their steps beautiful, it is just a slightly difference in their personal style of dancing. You see them both making their own ersion which makes it magical seen side and side. FLAWLESS, EFFORTLESS, NO MISTAKES, and yet their own personality. I wish I could find the asian sugar plum fairy video again, it was my personal favorite version :( Just like this queens, they all dance beautiful.

I can't compare! love both of them! thank you very much!

Cuthberson

Both lovely, thank you. Amazing how different they are 👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺

This is a stunning performance overall. We hope to see more of these eventually.

only major thing that swung my opinion were the gargouillades. sarah’s are much less hasty and strained. but even then both are amazing, and gargouillades don’t even deserve to exist so i really don’t mind that part at all.

The one that always comes out on top is the one that dances with joy and uses her face.

Lamb's movements are much more crisp and precise, and overall I find her interpretation much more nuanced. They're both very delicate and fairy-like, though.

Cuthbertson is on the left, that is, the viewers left.

Miako Yoshida is The BEST.

Волшебная музыка П.И. Чайковского! Самая что ни на есть рождественская!

Love this channel! Thank you for this!🥰🥰🥰

At @ 0:14 and @ 0:18 Sarah Lamb (on the left) shows beautiful and natural phrasings - - just a tad of nuanced and gorgeous expressions 🌟 🤩⭐️ when she bends her left knee and moves her right leg backwards. I love ❤️ 😍 💕 💘 them both for sure ❤️ tho for this Variation Sarah Lamb has it. Thanks again to @ DanceLine Ballet for sharing.

Left is very fluid, and right is much more rigid (not in a bad way). Left is like drawing a circle, and right is like drawing a rectangle

I loved the dancer on the left best. It was as if the music flowed right through her 😍❤️

Personally I prefer Cuthberson

Sarah Lamb on the left has elevated artistry.

Both good. But lauren is better at the softness and lightness that the Character needs.

Okay Sarah’s garguillodes tho!!!!

I wish the description would say who is on which side of the viewer's screen. I know basically nothing about ballet so I can't tell just from looking at the ballerinas who is who.

Both are fantastic! While it’s nice that lamb is so crisp, sometimes it felt like she looked like she was rushing

I preferred Lauren at 1:14 to 1:19 as she moves across the stage and does that part there. But prefer Sarah at the end of the clip as she goes around the stage.

Could you please to make similar comparison with the Bolshoi's version (e.g Lamb vs Ksptsova).

I like the way Lamb is always on the beat, crisp and precise. That's just my preference, both ladies look stunning.

Can't believe there are two different dancers😅

I think the way I would compare them is that I prefer Grigorovich's choreography (Balachine's is probably my favourite for the rest of the show but his Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy feels too fast) - it feels so much more ethereal than Wright's. I am, of course, a complete pleb and haven't danced since I was about five but this is my opinion 😊

Does the company perform to recorded music? If not, tempos can vary performance to performance. Or not? 🌝 Bueller? Anyone? Bueller?

Hi, So Caveat: I do freely admit that I have no knowledge about ballet. Are these danced to a live orchestra? To me it seems like they have a slight difference in timing, even though the landings ar mostly very much at the same time. The only reason for this that I can find is if there is a live orchestra and different conductors drive the orchestra differently. Unless it has to do with interpretation, of course, but that's beyond my understanding. From my (not so large, but much larger) opera experience even the same conductor drives the orchestra a little bit differently on different nights. A three hour opera can differ with as much as three to five minutes, if the driver has a flight home that night. With my non existent knowledge of ballet, my favorite is the dancer to our left. She shimmers a bit more, if that's something a dancer can do. I'm given to understand that this is a fairy not a queen. The dancer to our right is a queen to my eyes, for some reason. A little more gravitas and a tiny bit less sparkling, perhaps, and I like the sparkles. At least in this piece. Yours, Ann

Looks like the same dancer a couple years apart.

Правая лучше. Даже на заставке её поза грациознее.

They look like twins

who’s who?

It's an interesting phenomenon, but it's not what I imagine when I say "ballet". It must be something else.

Entrambe molto brave, ma preferisco Sarah Lamb

Вообще танцы не в музыку. Хореограф извращуга

Is it just me or they look like the same person kinda?

I mostly preferred Lauren Cuthberson.

Sarah lamb is a great American Dancer, and Lauren is a great English Dancer. I’d go for Lauren, because she is our girl, and one of the best of her generation, but I am hugely biased……

The one on the right is true Sugar Plum Fairy and knows what she is doing. This variation is not the most difficult one I’ve seen.

Чёто драже с истёкшем сроком годности 🙈

Yep this kind of comparison is just dumb for an artistic performance.

Not a fan of either. Núñez is better from Royal.

Пора на пенсию. А прыжки с подергиванием полусогнутыми и растопыреными ногами это просто жуть. Хореографа на мыло.

The only thing I took away from this video other than that both dancers are beautiful artists. Gargouillades are dumb and stupid and we should abolish them from ballet. They are way to hard and don't look that pretty. It's the jump at 1:26 for the ones who don't know ballet terminology.

I do not like this choreography at all.

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Это балерины? Серьезно?

They were both excellent, but just had different styles. There were also some artistic choices that were slightly different and highlighted each of their talents. They also both "got it" they both understood the purpose of the sugar plum fairy's dance to look magical, inviting, and fun.