Contemporary NOOOOOOOOOO

Really? She looks like a 70 years old.

This lady is still living her best life

Родилась 22 мая 1933 г.в Ленинграде. С 1951 по 1989 прима - балерина Кировского театра. Народная артистка СССР, лауреат Государственной премии, депутат Верховного совета, кавалер ордена Ленина. С середины 90х педагог-репетитор ABT

God has really blessed her, she is sharp as a tack, I beat you she can put on some pointe shoes and do it herself

Yes, Catherine is amazing. I saw her with Aran in The Nutcracker last month. They were fantastic together.

He is so handsome, ...who cares what he does...LOL he is darling

What were they dancing?❤😊

That`s possible, yt has a lot of Kirov videos with Kolpakova! Thanks a lot!

she is difficult oh my Gosh .. only god can read her mind

anyone can, if you're in the mood ))

@@lahire22 The MOOD !!!

@@MrLuis85698 the dancers can understand her. They are at the same wave

... on the same page

But Irina experiences joy and pleasure from collaborating with this couple. Does she obviously understand and appreciate something different about dancers than you do?

@@lahire22 well I could see her irritation time to time as both dancers were not able copy or provide the positions she asked for or for the character and it was frustrating to watch. Several times she even made a heavy breath which says it all. I wasn’t happy to see theirs lack of response to the such a master. I do not say that they are not a good dancers - of course they are, but they couldn’t understand her and all this rehearsal went pretty weird for me.

@@stanislavfeco71 she explains to them the nuances only, she does not require them to copy, they are not robots, they are not Muntagirs and Nunes, they have their own individuality, wonderful in addition to everything else!

@@lahire22 thank you for trying to teach me and explaining me things , but honestly I don’t think I need your expertise regarding the coach and the dancer relationship . I have enough of professional experience to be able recognize things. I used to be principal dancer, now I am choreographer and coach and I was lucky to be working with Kolpakova’s husband Vladlen Semyonov, as well as with Komleva, Berezhnoy or Terekhova ( naming just a few from that old Russian school generation) and I am sure that I understand the psychology of both - the coach and the dancer better than many others and especially those from Kirov ballet and what they want and which nuances and how they expect you to immediately catch it and after you received the correction you was expected to remember it and do it with next take.( here I saw that the dancers after getting correction , again did it next time theirs own way without remembering what she asked from them and it happened several times ) Also don’t know what have to do Marianela’s and Vadim’s individualities with this rehearsal? I would appreciate if we can already stop this conversation as it doesn’t lead anywhere.

Well she is in ABT cause of talent so yeah she better take note of everything this darling lady said. I think she will be great

О, я знаю это! Испытывать раздражение это короткий способ себя обуздать! Кэт молодец

Да, пару раз вздохнула тяжело 🙃

@@stanislavfeco71 мучается с языком ))

Ирине 90 лет, и она делает все, потому что ей нравится

@@stanislavfeco71 особенно когда позы ставила)

She’s quite good, but I feel like nowadays many ballerinas misinterpret the character of kitri, instead of portraying her as passionate like maya plisetskaya or other older ballerinas, they kind of make kitri into a noble princess

They are still learning the technicalities and Im sure once they have their costumes and have rehearsed they will be oh so SPANISH!

What happens when people are chosen for their bodies versus fan dancer leanness? Meaning you can have a beautiful body and a beautiful capacity to athletically do Ballet, but ALI is acting first and foremost first and foremost first and foremost. kitri is a young candela gal showing off having fun. I sensuous passionate, but not passionate in that sort of older woman type of passion. She’s like watch Gelsey Kirkland in this role and there’s everything you need to see. Dancers have to love the character they have to be in it to win it. They have some of that one and if they’re just leaving the world of athletic capacities turning in all Nicole think you feel when you do ballet if that’s all they’re interested in and that’s with strong internally is the athletic challenges. Well it’s going to be flat!

Tome it looks like they're working out the choreography, their timings, their style and each other. It's a process and sometimes the acting and character come as the dancers become more secure and confident, especially if the characther they're protraying doesn't come naturally to them. It's part of the challange! They are still in the process of discovering their Kitri and Basilio so please don't be harsh on them (yet). This is an unfinished product😊 and imo they're doing super well❤

I agree

let me guess, you're Russian

You've clearly never seen Catherine perform! She has incredible personality on stage and embodies the quality of any character she represents. She and Daniel brought the house down with this pas de deux last week at Lincoln Center.

Watching Catherine in class. She is very well trained I am not sure how to word this but I think Irina is trying to teach them "bravado". This comes from the front clavicle area For instance when you enter the stage Bravado would be like a strong statement I'm not stating this the right way to get my point across Without this Bravado (and I just can't get the correct word) Without this it feels empty Younger dancers these days do not have this Feeling that comes from this area that projects out out to the audience or people watching you dance

@@libertybabe6086 we call it arrogance, entitlement, haughtiness, elitism. Some people express these much more easily than others. One could even say it comes naturally to them.

I was having a hard time understanding the pointers she gave them ☹️

Ну это Вы чересчур строги )), не бездари. И.А. - Миссия, - несёт прекрасное на другую половину планеты.

Вы бы придержали свой поганый язык, зачем вам вообще балет, она и уехала от таких , вроде тебя, и не только она и очень хорошо!!!

Every artist is learning and growing as their career progresses. They are there to be taught the number, not come in as perfection (that's impossible during rehearsals!).

@@simonaperez1475 💯

@@lindatannock им уже не вырасти. У них нет хорошей школы. У нас разные подходы к классическому танцу. Таких исполнителей даже в провинциальную труппу не взяли бы, в кордебалет. Танцовщик даже элементарно поддержку не может выполнить. О чем тут говорить. А фуэте? Её сносит. Да не о чем даже говорить.