Becoming Odette

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  • čas přidán 24. 09. 2012
  • This breathtaking video focuses on Principal Artist Amber Scott as she prepares for her debut as Odette/Odile in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake. Follow her through from first rehearsals to the stage and hear her thoughts on this milestone role.
    Video production by The Apiary
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Komentáře • 154

  • @aprilliajaye1636
    @aprilliajaye1636 Před 10 lety +136

    Amber Scott is so beautiful, her technique is exquisite, and her performances are flawless! She is the literal meaning of perfection.

  • @stummkind
    @stummkind Před 9 lety +276

    i always am in awe how they can be so skinny and so trained at the same time. :0

    • @clarissasix
      @clarissasix Před 9 lety +34

      Every day intensive training since childhood. You need great passion, dancing must be your life.
      There is nothing better. :-)

    • @kenziedee_
      @kenziedee_ Před 9 lety +39

      Gretel they train very hard nearly everyday. Yes they are thin, but you can see they are all very toned and they do have to eat a lot just like any athlete. It always bothers me when people automatically assume dancers are anorexic.

    • @stummkind
      @stummkind Před 9 lety +33

      m dunwald i never assumed anything like that. an anorexic could never do ballet obviously, at least not on a long term and not in a professional setting as starving leads to loss of muscles. all i meant was, that i am in awe, how such a skinny looking body can contain so much muscular strength and motion control, for doing such skill full moves ballett requires.

    • @stummkind
      @stummkind Před 9 lety +12

      Sky Black you can just lie to yourself thats absolutely fine. but by malnutrition sooner or later your muscles are going to be wasted and then you will not be able to any more.

    • @dorcasmalahlela2805
      @dorcasmalahlela2805 Před 8 lety +23

      +Angie Montreal I had a friend who said she was told by her ballet teacher that she wouldn't be good because her bum and thighs got larger the older she grew (natural growth, like her mum and sisters), and she was so sad she didn't do it anymore. She might have not had the same sillhouette as the others, but I wish the teacher could have said something more constructive.

  • @katieblack8530
    @katieblack8530 Před 10 lety +68

    Swan lake is my all time favorite ballet. Amber Scott performs Odette and Odile flawlessly.

  • @EnglishRose719
    @EnglishRose719 Před 10 lety +44

    I'll never forget the first time I saw Swan Lake in person, it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

  • @XactlyCeSe1
    @XactlyCeSe1 Před 9 lety +257

    She traveled a lot in her fouettes. But she's a beautiful Odette.

    • @avesraggiana
      @avesraggiana Před 8 lety +46

      +XactlyCeSe1 In that way, she follows in the tradition of perhaps the greatest Odette of the last generation, Natalia Makarova. Makarova is recorded quite a few times on video wandering all over the stage in the thirty-two fouettés. Never a natural turner, she even wrote in her autobiography about how she managed to whip herself off the stage and into the wings, like the wind had blown her away, she writes.
      I did have the rare good fortune of actually seeing her in performance many years ago, when she was having yet another off-night with the fouettés. She did them anyway. And none of us in the audience could get through the strain of her stumbling through her wobbly, wondering fouettés without gripping our armrests in anxious suspense. Still, that Swan Lake performance was that rare magical, legendary moment in live theatre, a performance where Makarova blazed brilliantly, burning larger than life, from the moment she first leapt onto the stage as Odette. A truly memorable performance, one I’ll carry in my memory for as long as I live.

    • @madelinelui175
      @madelinelui175 Před 8 lety +18

      She does travel quite a bit but she's a beautiful Odette and dancer, I love her a lot.

    • @Shanna12345678
      @Shanna12345678 Před 8 lety +56

      It was rehearsal, if you note, she just steps out of the step and walks out. I'd like to see people criticize your rehearsal footage. Number 2, it's theatre. This ballet is more than just that sequence of fouettes. If you want to see tricks, go to the circus.

    • @user-du8ts5oi3t
      @user-du8ts5oi3t Před 5 lety +5

      Yeah she kind of hopped into pointe instead of rolling up

  • @kayenjay2
    @kayenjay2 Před 11 lety +1

    imho the best 'short' video that AB has released yet. The dancer given the chance to talk in depth about their role. Apart from that I have nothing but admiration for dancers.

  • @kateunicorn4996
    @kateunicorn4996 Před 8 lety +35

    became Odette.Guys,it is veryy diffucult,especially the fouettes.Anyways,it wss my child dream and I had the experiance to do it :)

  • @brokendoll027
    @brokendoll027 Před 11 lety +1

    Not just dancing...also with feelings,
    Want to go to theater to see her Odette/Odile!!

  • @VashtiWalters
    @VashtiWalters Před 11 lety +9

    That is SO beautiful.
    It must be amazing to dance with an orchestra playing!

  • @zalmallama
    @zalmallama Před 8 lety +38

    in my school we organised a show. students can write their own 15-20 mins ballet, the teacher in charge will choose a ballet and then we will have our performance in march 2017. one more year but we do need to train. btw not ballet school, its just your plain ol school to study. at first i thought this was weird but its actually pretty unique i guess

  • @Jessiey404
    @Jessiey404 Před 8 lety +5

    Love the ending scene to the song at 1:56

  • @dancethenightaway7393
    @dancethenightaway7393 Před 9 lety +4

    Beautiful! These dancers are my inspiration!

  • @PistachioNut12
    @PistachioNut12 Před 11 lety +1

    I went and saw it yesterday in Melbourne.....it was beautiful

  • @indiegirl1234100
    @indiegirl1234100 Před 9 lety +1

    just saw this, it was the oat beautiful ballet ever

  • @willygarcia2144
    @willygarcia2144 Před 10 lety +80

    The ballerinas are the evidence that the woman is one of the most gorgeous live beings in our world! I can't find other woman as beatiful as a woman who seems awesome as odette, the princess become in swan in the Swan lake.

  • @vanessakim6890
    @vanessakim6890 Před 7 lety +1

    the music at 4:40 always gives me goosebumps! and amber is such a beautiful dancers, so glad she is in the ballet company that i watch the most!

  • @jankoraven
    @jankoraven Před 11 lety +1

    Stunning costumes! This looks marvelous!

  • @91clarisse
    @91clarisse Před 11 lety +1

    i saw the performance yesterday and it was magical. I really want to see it again if i could. simply amazing. Congratulations

  • @taishwarya
    @taishwarya Před 11 lety +3

    I wish I could see it one day...

  • @AnastasiaFilologos
    @AnastasiaFilologos Před 11 lety +1

    you didvery well to upload this!HUGE THANK YOU!!

  • @neuviemenuage
    @neuviemenuage Před 11 lety +3

    i saw her perform this today, absolutely beautiful. amazing, amazing performance.

  • @balletduo
    @balletduo Před 11 lety +1

    It is! My company does Nutcracker with a live orchestra every year and it's superb!

  • @idalodsgaard1275
    @idalodsgaard1275 Před 11 lety +3

    This was breathtaking, it left me with goosebumps!

  • @Sweetybird11
    @Sweetybird11 Před 11 lety +1

    She really good ballerina!!! She have a perfect lines for baller.... really perfect and amazing!

  • @roseballet801
    @roseballet801 Před 6 lety

    Amazing performance ! Stunning dancers!

  • @australianballet
    @australianballet  Před 9 lety +10

    With #SwanLake coming up we revisit Amber Scott's video about Becoming Odette! czcams.com/video/CttzakWaqH8/video.html

  • @BestiesAtTheBallet
    @BestiesAtTheBallet Před 11 lety +1

    Just beautiful

  • @2boys1man4me
    @2boys1man4me Před 11 lety +1

    Wow!!! You're so cool! I love your turns, your lines are magnificent!

  • @hellogoodmorning123
    @hellogoodmorning123 Před 11 lety

    I'm seeing it in December. Can't wait!

  • @MossyBallerina
    @MossyBallerina Před 11 lety +1

    My dream is to someday be in Swan Lake. Not as Odette, because I can't imagine that ever happening, but just as one of the swans. My ballet studio performed Swan Lake last year, and it was breathtaking to watch. I love the music, I love the choreography, I love all of it. It's such a beautiful ballet. I wish I could see it again, and this production looks fantastic, but sadly Australia is too far to travel just for a ballet. :(

  • @troath56
    @troath56 Před 11 lety +1

    What a great piece. Really set te scene and makes you want to go and see the performane so much. Congratulations

  • @TaisNevesManaTay
    @TaisNevesManaTay Před 11 lety +1

    Ela é simplesmente Fantástica.. É como uma nuvem!

  • @001loqka
    @001loqka Před 11 lety

    OMG !she is amazing!!

  • @vanessaterry3724
    @vanessaterry3724 Před 5 lety

    omg the last clip brought me to tears

  • @iloveyouboox1
    @iloveyouboox1 Před 11 lety

    shes the most beautiful swan ive ever seen!

  • @2568dance
    @2568dance Před 11 lety +2

    This looks absolutely beautiful! If I only lived in australia!

  • @sarahrbarber
    @sarahrbarber Před 11 lety +1

    Great video...More like this please!

  • @MaDuhka
    @MaDuhka Před 11 lety

    Absolutely a.m.a.z.i.n.g!!!

  • @indianarose4891
    @indianarose4891 Před 11 lety +1

    Just saw it a few hours ago it is AMAZING

  • @ariisil
    @ariisil Před 11 lety +1

    Não há nada mais gratificante que dançar o Lago dos cisnes!

  • @catluvr4lyfe1
    @catluvr4lyfe1 Před 11 lety

    Stunning.

  • @10jac9rob
    @10jac9rob Před 11 lety

    wonderful - and so interesting - congrats all

  • @AngelinaHardy16
    @AngelinaHardy16 Před 11 lety +2

    4:40 = instant goosebumps, just beautiful ♥

  • @Yalkipalki
    @Yalkipalki Před 11 lety

    She looks gorgeous!

  • @HannahLeonardYes
    @HannahLeonardYes Před 11 lety

    Yay! She's a left turner!

  • @gisugar1
    @gisugar1 Před 11 lety

    Gorgeous!!

  • @JanetteHeffernan
    @JanetteHeffernan Před 11 lety

    Ivanov choreographed Act II. Cruelly Petipa kept Ivanov down for virtually all his career except for this Act which is the most famous Act of all. Fortunately for posterity Petipa was ill and had to hand over control to his second in command otherwise the world would have been deprived of this masterpiece. Looks wonderful production. Wish I could see it.

  • @paulinacardenas975
    @paulinacardenas975 Před 9 lety

    Perfect i love it

  • @Siouxsie91
    @Siouxsie91 Před 11 lety

    Amazing!

  • @justineclarissa
    @justineclarissa Před 11 lety

    yes.

  • @peach1637
    @peach1637 Před 6 lety

    EPIC!!!!

  • @heroscraftcanal2640
    @heroscraftcanal2640 Před 9 lety +4

    muito lindo elas e eles dançando
    sao barlarinas de verdade

  • @NeonAtary777
    @NeonAtary777 Před 7 lety +1

    I love ballet to much.

  • @midgetfriz14
    @midgetfriz14 Před 11 lety +4

    swan lake is my fave ballet of all time - wish i was a ballerina :)

  • @victoria58
    @victoria58 Před 10 lety

    Beautiful

  • @Min92536
    @Min92536 Před 11 lety

    This is my absolute dream :)

  • @tianavibhakar3765
    @tianavibhakar3765 Před 7 lety +67

    is it sad that when i first glanced at the video title i read "becoming omlette"? yikes.

  • @graceliddy8166
    @graceliddy8166 Před 10 lety +1

    I thought I was gonna pass out by the amazingness of 3:20-3:40

  • @Jaclyn_Lizzi
    @Jaclyn_Lizzi Před 11 lety +3

    I read Portuguese, can't write it, but I can't agree more :)

  • @darots1335
    @darots1335 Před 10 lety

    Ooooooo is beatifullllll

  • @littlehouse15
    @littlehouse15 Před 11 lety +12

    I didn't know it was acceptable to travel that much during fouettes.

    • @zixiong681
      @zixiong681 Před 4 lety

      it's hard to not travel because the fouettes are so fast, unlike fouettes you do in class because it's slower. I've only seen a select few that didn't travel as much in fouettes during the coda...

  • @kathymyers7279
    @kathymyers7279 Před 6 lety

    Each swan, a Stradivarius.

  • @wynterdraculina
    @wynterdraculina Před 11 lety +1

    Amber Scott taught me :)

  • @MossyBallerina
    @MossyBallerina Před 11 lety

    Being Odette would be amazing, but I'm 17, and still a relative beginner at ballet. So I really can't imagine ever being Odette, because I doubt I'd ever be good enough.

  • @sofiaonpointe
    @sofiaonpointe Před 11 lety +1

    I agree. Though, my dream is to be odette, because i know that i can- actually anyone can.

  • @vikii4494
    @vikii4494 Před 4 lety +1

    music at 2:32 gives me chills 🥰

    • @isatthere
      @isatthere Před 4 lety

      Me too. Its one of those things that stay in your body.

  • @crisdance98
    @crisdance98 Před 11 lety

    Esta hermosa:')

  • @SilkeNielsen
    @SilkeNielsen Před 7 lety

    where can i buy a tutu skirt?? i really need one

  • @Marinalva295
    @Marinalva295 Před 10 lety +3

    Boa sexta feira, Boa Tarde!

  • @joelhc85
    @joelhc85 Před 11 lety

    it's part of the pas de deux (prince and white swan)

  • @rebekah8457
    @rebekah8457 Před 9 lety

    Cooooooooooool

  • @evansjun8749
    @evansjun8749 Před 11 lety

    it is just really beutaiful my dream is to become a ballet dancer

  • @cutecupcakegirl123
    @cutecupcakegirl123 Před 10 lety +2

    3:20 i WISH i could fouette like that!

  • @theAnnafilms
    @theAnnafilms Před 11 lety

    i got goosebumps at 4:30

  • @kustedonee8033
    @kustedonee8033 Před 11 lety

    waaah!!

  • @nevroth
    @nevroth Před 11 lety

    I know what you mean. In my next life I will dance in the corps for La Bayadere's Kingdom of Shades!

  • @annejulia98
    @annejulia98 Před 11 lety

    The best moment: 04:40!! *-*

  • @reillytrammell7422
    @reillytrammell7422 Před 8 lety +1

    i did a duet, black and white swan to that music i forgot the name. I was the Odile and my friend was odette

    • @AhSatan
      @AhSatan Před 8 lety

      +Reilly Trammell There's many songs used in this video so I'm a bit confused on which one you mean.

  • @avesraggiana
    @avesraggiana Před 10 lety +1

    So, what happens at the end? Tragic ending, which I prefer, or happy ending, which I loathe?

    • @KaylaM13
      @KaylaM13 Před 10 lety +5

      She dies... :'(
      Which is sad but romantic! This and Giselle are my favorite Ballets. I like the sad stuff as well.

    • @kstone1131
      @kstone1131 Před 9 lety +3

      Both Odette and the prince kill themselves to break to curse on all of the swans, and so they can be together. Once Rothbart dies, we are given a view of Odette and The prince in the after life

  • @lilypadlady123
    @lilypadlady123 Před 11 lety

    They came with Romeo and Juliet a couple of weeks ago :)

  • @hallihallaxx1640
    @hallihallaxx1640 Před 7 lety +1

    Crying because I didn't have the body for becoming a ballerina... And yes I know it's about training also, but if you don't have the body you can't train to get to the top...

  • @gabriellyfelipe9390
    @gabriellyfelipe9390 Před 7 lety

    mt legal :)

  • @macva87
    @macva87 Před 11 lety

    Wow! I love ballet, but I have always wonder these things, Plus I think that in "Black Swan" I saw I think Mila Kunis with a tatto!
    Now I know that it doesn't look good!!! thankks!!! XD

  • @artegiannioti7976
    @artegiannioti7976 Před 3 lety

    She travels a lot but shes good !

  • @adachist
    @adachist Před 11 lety

    omg

  • @FerretsForever94
    @FerretsForever94 Před 11 lety

    Australian Ballet! WHY U NO COME TO PERTH!?

  • @estela2312
    @estela2312 Před 7 lety

    3'28 song?

  • @camilled4357
    @camilled4357 Před 7 lety

    What's the song name at 0:35 ?

  • @minniemousegirl8342
    @minniemousegirl8342 Před 8 lety +12

    I was Clara in nutracker

  • @skateata1
    @skateata1 Před 11 lety

    I really wanted to reach pointe. It is so beautiful! Them girls must be really strong.

  • @flavia_8524
    @flavia_8524 Před 7 lety

    how many kg she have?

  • @joseolivares2700
    @joseolivares2700 Před 10 lety

    1:34 whats the name of the song?? i have been looking for it but have never found it :(

    • @AnnapurnaMoffatt
      @AnnapurnaMoffatt Před 9 lety

      Danses Des Cygnes, Moderato Assai--a.k.a. Odette's variation from Act II. ABT's production: v=26lTk7hcu70.

    • @joseolivares2700
      @joseolivares2700 Před 9 lety

      thanks!!!

  • @deyawillo7864
    @deyawillo7864 Před 10 lety +4

    After watchtching Svetlana Zakharva performance this Im sad to im not impressed although, this woman gave a incredible performance also. I cant do none of that lol.

    • @TheQuantum05
      @TheQuantum05 Před 7 lety +1

      Hadiyah Williams I agree Svetlana is way better

  • @KHeartsdiva54321
    @KHeartsdiva54321 Před 11 lety +1

    She's breathtaking but I do worry about how skinny she is, there's literally nothing to her! Anyways, she's so so beautiful, great dancer!

  • @macva87
    @macva87 Před 11 lety

    Beautiful!!!
    Can the ballerinas have tattos?

  • @natalie0505
    @natalie0505 Před 11 lety

    I can't tell if you're trying to get a rise out of someone or actually stupid. That is Amber Scott, who plays Odette and Odile, as she actually said herself in the video. And she isn't narrating the video she is being interviewed, so excuse her for not having a professionally trained TV voice and an Australian accent.

  • @Dancechick098
    @Dancechick098 Před 11 lety

    Does anyone think that the principal dancer looks sort of like Sasha from Bunheads??

  • @EllziBellzi98
    @EllziBellzi98 Před 11 lety

    thats why there is makeup in the world ;)

  • @MossyBallerina
    @MossyBallerina Před 11 lety

    Welll... maybe so. But I'm perfectly content just being in the corps. :)

  • @arianastrokes8602
    @arianastrokes8602 Před 8 lety

    canción del minuto 01:34?????