Maia Makhateli - clean and delicate Nikisha Fogo - very lively & nimble Tiler Peck - precise energy Olesya Novikova - bright lyricism Sarah Lamb - clean elegance Ekaterina Krysanova - fluidity Renata Shakirova - delicate brightness Anastasia Kolegova - clean, controlled Nina Kaptsova - delicate & nimble Myriam Ould Brayan - dainty, soft Natalia Osipova - powerful, energetic, spontaneous (my personal favorite 😊) Evgenia Obsraztsova - bright fluidity Marialena Nuñez - clean & controlled Alina Cojocaru - bright, long lines

There’s ALWAYS the guy who coughs.. ALWAYS

Osipova, my God, she's so fast even the cameraman cannot keep up with her jumping and turning all around the stage!

Me: bumb my toe * acts like the world is ending * Them: * jumping on their toes without a break *

Me: I’d like to do ballet My Joints: sis no

I join the others who have commented on the absence on Svetlana Zakharova. She takes my breath away. You belong at the top of this list, Svetlana!

Let's face it.. they're all wonderful dancers, in their own unique ways, but the Russians are impeccably trained, consistently.

marianela is so effortless and light on her feet. natalia is energetic and dynamic. sarah is delicate and very elegant in her movement. my three favourite ballet dancers in my opinion😍

15) 0:05 Maia Makhateli(MET Nationale) 14) 1:23 Anastasia Stashkevick(Bolshoi) 13) 2:51 Nikisha Fogo(Vienna State) 12) 4:41 Tiler Peck(New York City) 11) 5:39 Olesya Novikova(Marinsky) 10) 6:57 Sarah Lamb(Royal) 9) 8:53 Ekaterina Krysanova(Bolshoi) 8) 10:35 Renata Shakirova(Marinsky) 7) 11:29 Anastasia Kolegova(Marinsky) 6) 13:07 Nina Kaptsova(Bolshoi) 5) 14:27 Myriam Olud Braham(Paris Op) 4) 15:21 Natalia Osipova(Royal) 3) 16:05 Evgenia Obraztsova(Bolshoi) 2) 17:08 Marianela Nunez(Royal) 1) 19:27 Alina Cojocaru(English National)

I know Ulyana Lopatikna isn't dancing anymore but gooshhhh she was a true queen!! Loved her

Yes! Wonderful ballerinas all of them, glad to see Nina Kaptsova here (as I think she is somehow underrated..) and my all time favorite, Miss Osipova! Brava!

The costumes, the music, the technique, the expression, the passion... all of it done perfectly in each performance. It's simply breathtaking.

Tiler Peck's solo literally looks like it's being played at 2x speed. Amazing!

I love😍😍😍 Zakharova Khoreva Lopatkina and Osipova

Gorgeous list - my top 4 is Marianela Nunez, Evgenia Obratszova, Maria Kochetkova and Natalia Osipova. Can't whittle it down to 3, and I've only seen Nunez live out of these 4. Will never forget it - she is just magical ❤️

who's here after watching Pretty tiny things lol

Thrilled to see so many of my favourites in your list .... especially Alina Cojocaru who is a superb ballerina technically and dramatically 👏👏👏

Wonderful compilation!!! So glad to see again Nina Kaptsova I love and of course Natalia Osipova, Eugenia Obratzsova, Alina Cocojaru, etc. You made such great choices and I appreciate all your work, love that went into this great video. there is no need for comparisons who is better, they are all great to just enjoy each one.🙏🙋💕🎈

Не у всех можно даже техничность оценить по представленным отрывкам, не говоря о передаче образа. Но даже при таком кратком ознакомлении Наталья Осипова явная фаворитка! 🎉💐💐💐 Очень понравилась Fogo 💐

I especially loved Fogo and Novikova. As always, Osipova is so exciting to watch.

2:50 I didn't expect her to be so good. Wow.

Thank you for this beautiful compilation of all of these amazing ballerinas - it would be hard for me to choose a favorite(s) from among them!🌺🌹💕

Russians are the most flexible as always, bravissime

Sarah Lamb has such a style that makes it look effortless. She impresses me

Natalia will always be my favorite because of her impeccable technique paired with energy extraordinary acting.

Thank you for this compilation of lovely and talented dancers. It was a pleasure to watch. C❤❤❤

I'm not interested in ballerina dancing, i do like more hip-hop but here I am... Watching... This is awesome!!! So majestic!!!

its hurts my toes just watching 6:22

Mad respect for ballerinas. I've been watching ballerina videos on youtube and it's insane the amount of effort and training (and pain) they must go through when at a professional level.

Um Svetlana Zakharova? She’s undeniably in the top ranks even if you don’t personally like her dancing - otherwise cool list! 🤗

I can’t help liking the russians more, épaulements, technique and expressive movements! That’s just my opinion

Why is nobody talking about how perfect is Marianela Núñez? She is the best in my opinion.

So many talented and beautiful dancers- incredible! And each has their own style. I really loved the lightness of Nikisha Fogo - she made each jump look so effortless. At this level, I do think "the best" is very subjective because it does come down to personal preference. And even some choreography is better suited to some styles depending on the character played, so it is hard to compare. Still we like to watch certain dancers more than others, just as certain singers touch our hearts more than others. :) we're very fortunate to have such talent and dedication in such a difficult art like ballet.

The Russian ballerinas are superior .. I'm not even Russian but I know it

In summary: a dance that looks like humans acting out birds having a conversation

Thanks for uploading this. I love ballet and you made me a precious gift with that.

I’m here because I watched “ Tiny pretty things “ on Netflix and I wanted to know more about ballet 😆

Great choices! Shakirova has so much potential; I can see her being one of the best of our era one day. Nikisha is lovely and underrated. Katya is adorable in and brings fresh innocence to nearly all of her roles. Miriam’s bluebird is nice, but Yuhoi Choe will always have my heart in that role. Obratzsova reminds me of Gelsey Kirkland sometimes, in both her dancing and physical appearance. She truly looks like a young Gelsey, and just like Gelsey, Giselle is one of her greatest roles. I miss Alina at the Royal. :( She, Osipova, and Nela are the three queens of RB. I would say of all listed, Natalia Osipova is my favorite 💕

La tecnica y la elegancia de las bailarinas rusas es insuperable,so increibles de buenas que son...viva Rusia!!!

What beautiful dancers! Thank you so much for sharing!

Wow I love Renata's dance. Extraordinary! Also Alina, wow the energy. Superb

What a great set. All the dancers are wonderful. Osipova and Krysanova are incredibly fast and have a bit of a similar dance style. I love both.

Lovely ballerinas and so special to see, thank you for sharing

Just incredible. What a gift and joy to watch. Thank You.

So glad I watched this . Such Beautiful performers . Amazing!!!

They are all so incredibly beautiful and artistically genuine. Each has her own unique genius and it is so wonderful to enjoy their talent.

Olesya Novikova is so underrated, but she has to be the greatest of all time... the perfect ballerina, could watch her for hours... Osipova is always fun to watch for athleticism, her feet are so strong...amazing dancer. I like when they hold extensions a little longer. Cojocaru also does this with grace and without too much obviousmuscle.

I love watching these ballet dancers. Thank you.

All russsian schooled ballerinas has very nice fluid and easy-aired hands

The Royal Opera House has uploaded "La fille mal gardée", with Marianela Nuñez. I think it would be posted just for another week, and it is amazing! I was mesmerized.

I think my top 4 favorites based on how captivating they are to watch with how effortless their technique is and how they’re incredibly lively yet exceptionally elegant at the same time are Nikisha, Anastasia, Evgenia, and Natalia.

19:38 made my heart stop

Number 1- great choice 😊. She’s my favourite.

"Competitions are for horses not artists." Bela Bartok

Difficult to choose between Nunez & Cojocaru! Lucky to have seen them both live. Fine dancers, but wonderful actors too - communicate so brilliantly with audiences.

Nice List. Would love to hear your opinion on Yasmine Naghdi. She's the reason I started getting more interested in Ballet, when I saw her dancing Julia. I was working in a cinema and we had a ROH Live Broadcast event.

Another fantastic compilation from you! Thank you for taking the time to share these. I could not agree more with the choices you have made for this video. I always love it when dancers like Anastasia Staskevich and Miriam Ould Braham are praised. Of course I love every single one of the dancers who added to this list.

Thanks for highlighting Mariinsky ballerinas. They are a sensational company but too often overshadowed by Bolshoi.

Watching this confirms to me my preference for dancers trained at Vaganova - and I prefer the Mariinksky style to the Bolshoi. Marianela is an exception to this "Vaganova preference" - she's incredible as always.

I love how Natalia did her firebirds in her Don Quixote variation it was soo pretty!

I enjoyed Fogo's performance. I think Osipova has more current same performance of what was included here. And the missing ballerina Zakharova I think she's very good too.

Marianela is my favorite 🤍🥺✨ her musicality and interpretation are just out of this world! ☺️ but they’re all incredible

Love them all! Also a huge fan of Beckanne Sisk at Ballet West. She's considered a prodigy, joined a company at 18 dancing principal roles at 19! She's 27 now I think and a principal dancer

I Always LOVE to watch the female ballet dancers dance perfectly!! 😁❤️

There are all so amazing. I started watch my jaw dropped immediately

Marianela is my absolute favourite but I actually love her most in more modern roles like manon

Ossipiva is the real number 1. Even the orchestra has to increase the speed to keep up with her

thank you for this it makes me so happy

My granddaughter Brianna had such a good time dancing with you after the Nutcracker performance in 1000 Oaks. She was an evergreen tree. We have been reading all about your career and we hope your neck is better. Happy New Year from Brianna.

Nikisha Fogo, sells me the story the best. when i walk away from this thats who i'm remembering and i dont think thats an insinuation that shes the most gifted or most talented, or the most skilled, but her ability to serve a story a platter is impeccable, shes talented and yes she is skilled, but it goes beyond foot work and posture when i see that, with Nikisha it seemed like as art form head to toe rather than some others where it was either all footwork or all posture and bounce in the step, but i think but i think here at least in my opinion Nikisha blended it all together, the best.

Russian girls are born to be ballerina, its just in their blood . They are divine!!! Ulyana Lopatkina🙌🙌

Phenomenal display of human female performance in one of the the most (if not THE MOST) difficult artistic "form" discipline. Brought tears to my eyes... It also makes me hopeful for the hidden grandeur of our species and confirms the majesty of our female gender as the central aspect of everything sublime and splendorous in our nature.. Thanks for this superb compilation!

Very good choices! Amazing thank you!

These are the truly blessed. Years of training, pain and sacrifice given freely to star and open a window into he sublime, if only for a moment. We can never thank you enough.

So, so sublime. Unearthly beautiful. Inspiring. A gift from Heaven this is; the only explanation for such lovely creatures as these!

Beautiful compilation!

I couldn’t stop myself to appreciate these people’s talent. They are such a gem. I never knew about this type of dance being called Ballerina dance and these dancers made me to look for more details on Google. Not a second is wasted watching this video.

Какие вы божественные, девчонки-балерины!!! Глядя на вас, хочется жить! Вы ПРЕКРАСНЫ!!!

Sarah Lamb in Romeo&Juliet, Natalia Osipova in Giselle and Marianela Nuñez in Don Quixote would be my favourite picks❤ I can only hope I'll be able to see all these great dancers live one day🤞🏻

All extraordinary but uniquely exceptional in my eyes is Nikisha Fogo. So fluid! Her body flows like molten metal. Just breathtaking. Thank you for sharing!

I literally cannot breathe. Such beautiful artistry. As a former ballet dancer, I cannot imagine rising to this level of expert. So amazing.

I wish ballet dancers got the credit and appreciation all of the popular dance show performers get today! I mean ballet is sexy, beautiful, elegant and takes real talent. It should be in the mainstream more. Not to be trendy like everything else but ballet is an excellent form of dance that should be more prominant in our culture. imo

none of the dancers can compare to russian ballet dancers in terms of gracefulness and lightness. they really capture the whole point of ballet and look like dainty porcelain dolls, like one of those music box toys that you wind up and a little doll dances on top.

So beautiful.... Thanks for sharing. Greetings!

theyre STUNNING and so good

Svetlana Shakorova not in it!! Nah, impossible, she not only should be in it, she absolutely is 1st rank, we have to talk about you leaving out a Prima Ballerina Assoluta.

For me: 1. Kolegova 2. Novikova 3. Obraztsova 4. Nuñez

I know absolutely nothing about techniques, but ohhh how glad am I to see Alina on this list!!!! The first time I saw Giselle, I was completely blown away by how good she conveyed the expression of a young girl, her aura is so refreshing & innocent. Can't help but falling in love.

This is so, so good. Thank you.

I would love to one day see ballet studios that also cater to those less fortunate children born into low income households. It teaches not only the art of dance but grace,good lifetime posture and many benefits for living a healthy lifestyle and meeting positive people who want to be a productive member of society.

Nice list, very nice. Especially love seeing my favorites- Krysanova, Genia, Sarah, and Osipova- and some new faces, too! (My heart will always belong to Lopatkina.) That's a nice Odette by Nunez, but I almost feel bad for a non-Russian dancer in the role- they just get the arms/shoulders/back like very few others can. Something in the water, lol. It makes sense for Zakharova to not be on here, imho, since one of SuperBalletGirl's criterion is being an active dancer (it's also okay for her to simply not be someone's favorite!!!). Sveta's so much more of a guest/touring artist now, not really doing consistent extended runs with her home company. At this point in her career she's more like Diana Vishneva - can pick and choose all around the world.

So beautiful, and they make it look so effortless. Decades of education, work, and rehearsal and unbelievable talent is all it takes, after all.

so very wonderful to watch !!

Oh my goodness, how miss live performance! I long for that tingle of anticipation that thrills through you as the curtain raises, that rustle of excitement when the principal dancers enter from stage left, the pause of pure joy before thunderous applause, and dancing may way home in my head! Oh Covid, when will you let me enjoy this again?!

It sometimes looks like they're just doing random things. But trust me, as a ex-ballerina we actually work very hard. And I gotta agree, it looks very random.

Awesome I love seeing this!!!Look at how amazing they move!!❤️💚🎀👍👍👍🏆🏆🍀

Wow, straight up PRO style...Very NICE video.

I would have liked to see Maria Khoreva (at Mariinsky) included in the list - beautiful lines and extremely talented.

Ballet I think is a representation of how beautiful the human body can be. Like it shows the body in the most beautiful forms.

Thanks. I really enjoy watching ballerinas, they are just so graceful and talented. There are a couple of teens who are brilliant for their age, too, I've been watching on YT lately. I was a professional dancer and singer and I was very fortunate to be able to dance with, who I think is the "goat", forever and always", Joyce Cuoco!!! And I got free lessons because my teacher thought I was so uncanny. When I see dancers now, I bow my head in shame and apologize to them, because they are just awesome. It's hard to distinguish, many comments have a favorite. If I HAD to chose, Ekaterina, your #9 would probably be my pick. Look how she does those side kicks especially, it is totally amazing and something very unique and uncanny, different than even how Joyce did them.