Одетта - Алина Сомова Принц Зигфрид -- Данила Корсунцев Дата - 20 июня 2011 г. Odette - Alina Somova Prince Siegfried - Danila Korsuntsev Date - June 20, 2011
I have goosebumps. Her use of arms, head and upper body is amazing, her every pose, every gesture and face expression is so full of meaning, as if I were watching Swan Lake for the first time. She should always dance with Korsuntsev, he makes her look even more fragile. He also looks better with such Odette!
This performance was the most intense and beautiful interpretation of Odette I've seen in a long time ...this role fits Alina perfectly (oh so fragile and stunning!)
Wow. What a difference a few years and a different coach make. Seems like Somova has gotten over "the big girl jitters" and her "extension-philia" and found her own way with The Dance. She gives a polished and affecting performance here, with true ballerina quality. She reminds me of a younger and unmannered Lopatkina; tall, long-limbed, statuesque. Bringing out the Queen in Swan Queen comes easily to her. And even her high, stretched "escaping attitudes" at 1:30 are touching.
She was always a very talented artist with very good instincts at interpreting character. But she has some technics issues that I’m sure she’s working on improving
This is an amazing video. Alina is flawless in her interpretation and brings a fresh look to the ballet. Agree that Korsuntesev should be her partner in that she couldn't do it without him making everything smooth. The filming was excellent in that we could see not only her technique but her facial expressions. Bravo!
Like her or not, i think we all can agree that she is the most facially stunning dancer of our time. To me her dancing is just as stunning as her physique. Suppleness, fluidity and grace to die for... Heart-wrenchingly beautiful Odette.
wow........She really had it in her! I could barely stand to watch some earlier videos that were posted of her. But now, she pulls your eyes to her with her expressive and (now) more genuine and artistic movements.
removing the fact that she has been criticized for many things and is not liked by many people, removing all my prejudices, alina is an excellent odette
It is rare that I particularly enjoy Somova, but here she really gives my favorite swan-dancers (Zakharova especially) a run for their money. She has quite matured as an artist and has the rare gift of acting, especially for tragic roles. She is lovely and refined here, from the minute she bourred onto stage (did I mention I love the way she makes the tutu move when she bourres in place?). :)
A wonderful performance from Somova indeed: musical and poetic while still remaining within the classical style of the ballet. She is also extremely fortunate to be partnered by Korsuntsev, the Mariinsky's best partner - always unobtrusive, complementing and presenting his ballerina to perfection, and strong enough to make all those difficult high lifts look like fleeting moments of beauty captured in time. Thank you for enabling us to see this.
10:41 - 10:46 - Beautiful! How Alina she has changed - she has toned down the extensions, and she looks like she is thinking more about what she is doing, rather than just dancing to her bodily extremes in everything. Now she looks like a Mariinsky dancer. Now should have been when she was promoted - when she had really improved. They made her a principal too early and let her slowly improve there, up at the rank of the likes of Lopatkina and Vishneva. How do they reward her now?!
Shes sooo long! We dance a lot a like loolll not nearly as good but i have long legs and hyper extended knees and am very flexible! I admire her so much and she is the perfect role model for me because we are actually alike in some ways. This makes me think with lots of hardwork this could be me one day.
the woman can dance. It is malicious to detract her.... I do believe and I am serious, as absurd as it might sound, that many of her critics are annoyed by the fact that she is too beautiful...
+MariaCaIIas I do not question the sincerity of your "belief", but I hope you are aware that wishful thinking and fact are two very different things. You don't know anything about the background of those commenters and to assume there is an ulterior motive is nothing else but wishful thinking. Criticism doesn't automatically translate into envy, and criticism and detraction aren't the same thing.
This is how it all started. When the iron curtain came down, the West was caught by surprise. They hadn't seen anything like the beauty of the current Russian dancers at the time: the amazing turnout, the incredible flexibility, the beautiful extensions, the lyricism, the strength. Alina graduated from the Vaganova Academy and was quickly catapulted into principal roles (2003/4) shortly after the West started learning more about Russian ballet. As the Western dance world was exposed to these beautiful, talented Russian dancers, many were overcome with defensiveness. The online campaign against her beautiful flexibility started. All the Russians have the same extensions and flexibility, but for some reason the critics zeroed in on Alina -- perhaps more initial online exposure than some of the others. The Russians raised the ballet technique bar; and it will never go back, because the new height is extraordinarily beautiful. She is beautiful, appears to be a lovely person, is a beautiful dancer, and has a beautiful ballet body. She has an electricity on stage that few dancers match. As with all new soloists, her artistry has grown over time with experience; and the combination of talent and growing artistry has landed her in the inner circle of the best in the world, no matter whether she is a personal favorite or not.
Norma Mimosa . Thanks for such great and realistic comments. Alina is indeed beautiful, talented, musical, artistic, and has these amazing extensions that add to the beauty of her performances. She really raised the bar as you explain in the classical ballet art .
Without doubt, she has become a definitive Odette/Odile. The perfect body, suppleness, lyricism and flexibility for Odette; the experience for subtle wickedness from Odile.
Ottimo mantenimento delle pose figurali nell'ensemble ed ottima la fibrillazione dei passi sulle punte in eundo veloce della ballerina in questo balletto che contempla quello che con un mio neologismo mi piace chiamare convolo aereo ed elanista della ballerina ottimamente indotto e tenuto dal partner. OOTIMA la levità fluente fatta tensione elanista e motile sorprendente nella ballerina. Ottimo il senso del continuum dato alla pièce danzante dai protagonisti. OLTREMODO BRAVI E SPETTACOLARI. BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO
Alina here is better, she has matured... but watching Danila with her I remember Danila + Lopatkina, they were unbeatable, in my opinion, far far better, another world ...
Ok for everyone saying shes was like a gymnast. She is not doing aerials or tumbling passes. I am an acrobatic dancer and ballet dancer. Having high extensions and large combre arches are in no way shape or form dancing like a gymnast. Shes extremely tall so having enough control might have been a problem due to her height so it might have had a rough gymnast feel. I am much smaller so that is not a problem for me really. But acrobatic which is wear extensions and back flexibility come in is one of the most controlled beautiful styles. Please distinguish the difference. I feel like ballerinas do not really understand anything except ballet and judge anyone who does things a little differently and have a hard time embracing different styles and maybe even breaking rules a little. (High extensions) please try and be more accepting.
+Queensofprep870 I can hardly believe that all commenters in this thread are ballerinas or former ballerinas. As an side, not every female dancer is a ballerina... in fact, very few are.
@consuelo1962 Except she never ever looked like a gymnast. I liked the earlier Somova as much as I like her now. She always possessed that special spark that spellbound audiences all over the world.
I would like to express personal opinion regarding ballerinas’ tutu. Female ballet dancers are usually so slim that wearing tutu seamless boy shorts in matching the tutu colors instead of small panties would not make their beautiful legs short. There are top professional ballet female dancers who wore better covering of their rears that look stunning and professional, and beautiful.
I wish they had the pantomime it would have been great and thank God she toned down her extensions! Now I want to see her doing the dream variation in Raymonda.
I see the artistry in Lapotkina and Vishneva, for sure. My personal favorite now is Zakharova. But the way that Somova would dance, all technical bravado would sort of remind of bel canto opera. It's about pushing the envelope and not necessarily exploring the art. Which doesn't mean that Callas singing "Tosca" isn't amazing. But sometimes just watching someone do something amazing, even without the poetry, can be great too. At least to me! Hope that made sense. :)
OK, I'm new-ish to ballet, and I certainly don't have the eye for things that someone who has followed it forever does. Please bear with me. :) Ever since seeing the documentary "Ballerina" I wanted to see what Somova has been up to, so I've watched some of her videos and read some reviews and columns from around the web. And most of the reviews agreed with you about her earlier work. And I can see the difference, even. But is it wrong if I sort of like the crazy extensions and stuff? cont'd
I am wandering if Mariinsky will ever change the 6:10 positon exposing the rear of the female dancers despite wearing pantyhose, and tutu panties on top of their own , and on top of the pantyhose .
These ballerinas have to understand that from a viewer's perspective, the higher up you raise your leg, the longer it takes, so overall this slows down the flow of the dance. Yes, it is a subtle difference, but you have to understand that it is a constant balance that you can't just ignore for the sake of a bigger 'effect'. Sometimes in order not to sacrifice the overall flow and beauty one has to raise a leg not quite as high. Again, it's a subtle thing and a question of the dancer's intelligence i think. It's a question of putting the technique at the service of the art and not the other way around. Susan Jaffe in my opinion was the epitome of that intelligence. When you choose future ballerinas, you have to look at overall talent and depth of it, not just physical form and ability. And i'm afraid what's going on in the Russian ballet today is just that - each ballerina, even when they're famous, is just a little screw in a huge pile. It's almost like a conveyor belt machine - they have a particular approach to selecting and raising them, but there is nobody to critique it, to improve the criteria, to make it truly intelligent. It's almost like there are too many of them and they are all too much the same, perfect in a one-sided way, yet each not special enough, and ultimately that is bad for the art. This reminds me a little bit of what is going on with figure skating as well. Over time this trend could lead to a decline of the number of 'surprises' (in a good sense) and to the overall degradation of Russia's leadership in the art (though it is obviously still the leader, though arguably only due to the decline in overall quality worldwide)
Алина просто прекрасна!
Так высокохудожественно, так дивно,,на грани волшебного Безумно красивая пара Алина изумительная, прелестная
Ну Алина прямо птица...потрясающая...
I have goosebumps. Her use of arms, head and upper body is amazing, her every pose, every gesture and face expression is so full of meaning, as if I were watching Swan Lake for the first time.
She should always dance with Korsuntsev, he makes her look even more fragile. He also looks better with such Odette!
Алиночку видела в театре - это чудо, волшебная балерина, высочайшего класса - нежная, безупречная, да просто ерасавица. Сппсибо, спасибо, спасибо!
Божественно хороши!!
Отличная балерина Мариинского театра! Здоровья, счастья, и благополучия в личной жизни, и новых спектаклей на сцене Мариинского театра! Сергей🥰🍁
Русская балетная школа лучшая. Алина шикарна, руки великолепные.
У партнера красивые поддержки. Наслаждение.
Талантлива безмерно! Манерой исполнения чем -то напомнила Г.Уланову, На первом месте не демонстрация техники, действительно талант.
Боже мой, Алина суперженщина! Я люблю ее!
This performance was the most intense and beautiful interpretation of Odette I've seen in a long time ...this role fits Alina perfectly (oh so fragile and stunning!)
This performance never gets old. Alina holds her leg in the back for some time at about 95 to100 degree and it looks stunning
The most exquisite ballerina! Every gesture, every look, means something! Such a joy to watch. Such a privilege to be able to view a true artist.
Svetlana Zakharova and Alina Somova are on the top of the world.
Wow. What a difference a few years and a different coach make. Seems like Somova has gotten over "the big girl jitters" and her "extension-philia" and found her own way with The Dance. She gives a polished and affecting performance here, with true ballerina quality. She reminds me of a younger and unmannered Lopatkina; tall, long-limbed, statuesque. Bringing out the Queen in Swan Queen comes easily to her. And even her high, stretched "escaping attitudes" at 1:30 are touching.
She was always a very talented artist with very good instincts at interpreting character. But she has some technics issues that I’m sure she’s working on improving
Spectacular: technique, expression, pliability, extension, fluidity, transforms Alina into a beautiful swan queen.
Norma Mimosa DEFINITELY
Алина Сомова очень изысканная балерина и напоминает чувством меры и формы Марго Фонтейн
she is so beautiful. amazing dancer, and those arms!
Exquisite Odette! Incredibly beautiful port de bras, among the best I've ever seen.
Прекрасная пара Оба танцуют великолепно Очень красивы в танце У Алины замечательный партнёр Алина превосходна
This is an amazing video. Alina is flawless in her interpretation and brings a fresh look to the ballet. Agree that Korsuntesev should be her partner in that she couldn't do it without him making everything smooth. The filming was excellent in that we could see not only her technique but her facial expressions. Bravo!
Молодец держит форму, воспитывает двух девочек, раньше больше танцевала в Ла Скала, чем в Мариинке и внешне обаятельная...🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
У нее дочь и сын
Некорректно написала, ошиблась, прошу прощения.
My favorite Swan of today. Gorgeous!!!
Like her or not, i think we all can agree that she is the most facially stunning dancer of our time. To me her dancing is just as stunning as her physique. Suppleness, fluidity and grace to die for... Heart-wrenchingly beautiful Odette.
Alexandra .Martins her legs are soo unreal!!!
Magificent performance!!! she has really improved!!! So much more emotional now and wonderful technique!!!
wow........She really had it in her! I could barely stand to watch some earlier videos that were posted of her. But now, she pulls your eyes to her with her expressive and (now) more genuine and artistic movements.
huixue i felt the same way about her
They say a diamond lasts forever. Alina is an everlasting river of diamonds. Sparkling and flowing endlessly.
Её роль.Очень выразительная...Класс.
Wow, Wonderful! Brilliant! No words!
removing the fact that she has been criticized for many things and is not liked by many people, removing all my prejudices, alina is an excellent odette
Yeah:) and the wonderful thing is that she keeps improving even when she has achieved nearly everything. She's AMAZING, I love her style.
It is rare that I particularly enjoy Somova, but here she really gives my favorite swan-dancers (Zakharova especially) a run for their money. She has quite matured as an artist and has the rare gift of acting, especially for tragic roles. She is lovely and refined here, from the minute she bourred onto stage (did I mention I love the way she makes the tutu move when she bourres in place?). :)
She has that it factor! Absolutely beautiful!!
Korsuntsev is such a terrific partner! Alina is very touching.
She is do dramatic! Very nice!
even just the way how they pose kills me.. it’s just wonderfully beautiful
Чудесно!
A wonderful performance from Somova indeed: musical and poetic while still remaining within the classical style of the ballet. She is also extremely fortunate to be partnered by Korsuntsev, the Mariinsky's best partner - always unobtrusive, complementing and presenting his ballerina to perfection, and strong enough to make all those difficult high lifts look like fleeting moments of beauty captured in time. Thank you for enabling us to see this.
Amazing, my favorite O/O ever.
10:41 - 10:46 - Beautiful!
How Alina she has changed - she has toned down the extensions, and she looks like she is thinking more about what she is doing, rather than just dancing to her bodily extremes in everything. Now she looks like a Mariinsky dancer.
Now should have been when she was promoted - when she had really improved. They made her a principal too early and let her slowly improve there, up at the rank of the likes of Lopatkina and Vishneva. How do they reward her now?!
Beautiful control and stunning performance.
Alina is a true artist...expression, emotion and grace. Korsuntsev is my favorite partner; so attentive. Thank you for posting.
Чудесная... ❤
my favourite dancer so far :)
She is now much much much more stronger!!! What a perfection.........
Alina, this part is definitely a signature dancing part for you. You are an amazing swan queen 👑
アラベスクで止まる時一瞬たりとも動かずピタっ！とポーズ出来るのが本当にすごい…足もめちゃくちゃ高い位置だし、アリーナはプロのバレリーナの中でも群を抜いてると私は思います！！
Splendida, perfetta!!! Tecnica, armonia e grazia si completano in lei. Alina Somova, insieme a Svetlana Zakarova è la migliore ETOILE!!!!
she's so amazing!
Amazing pair of artists, incredibly beautiful.
She's so amazing
Алина райская птица лебедь Небесной красоты и прелести Потрясающая артистка Чайковский залюбовался бы ею Кимин прекрасен, исключителен
Shes sooo long! We dance a lot a like loolll not nearly as good but i have long legs and hyper extended knees and am very flexible! I admire her so much and she is the perfect role model for me because we are actually alike in some ways. This makes me think with lots of hardwork this could be me one day.
she is Odette. beautiful performance.
Алина - божественная, конечно, балерина! Бриллиант чистейшей пробы!!!
Alina was fabulous! The camera work was criminal.
the woman can dance. It is malicious to detract her....
I do believe and I am serious, as absurd as it might sound, that many of her critics are annoyed by the fact that she is too beautiful...
+MariaCaIIas I do not question the sincerity of your "belief", but I hope you are aware that wishful thinking and fact are two very different things. You don't know anything about the background of those commenters and to assume there is an ulterior motive is nothing else but wishful thinking. Criticism doesn't automatically translate into envy, and criticism and detraction aren't the same thing.
This is how it all started. When the iron curtain came down, the West was caught by surprise. They hadn't seen anything like the beauty of the current Russian dancers at the time: the amazing turnout, the incredible flexibility, the beautiful extensions, the lyricism, the strength. Alina graduated from the Vaganova Academy and was quickly catapulted into principal roles (2003/4) shortly after the West started learning more about Russian ballet. As the Western dance world was exposed to these beautiful, talented Russian dancers, many were overcome with defensiveness. The online campaign against her beautiful flexibility started. All the Russians have the same extensions and flexibility, but for some reason the critics zeroed in on Alina -- perhaps more initial online exposure than some of the others.
The Russians raised the ballet technique bar; and it will never go back, because the new height is extraordinarily beautiful.
She is beautiful, appears to be a lovely person, is a beautiful dancer, and has a beautiful ballet body. She has an electricity on stage that few dancers match. As with all new soloists, her artistry has grown over time with experience; and the combination of talent and growing artistry has landed her in the inner circle of the best in the world, no matter whether she is a personal favorite or not.
Hm, have never heard of her..
Norma Mimosa . Thanks for such great and realistic comments. Alina is indeed beautiful, talented, musical, artistic, and has these amazing extensions that add to the beauty of her performances. She really raised the bar as you explain in the classical ballet art .
John Doe Yes, it is!
А россияне балет не смотрят?))) Алина Сомова великолепна!
Россияне мировые проблемы обсуждают...🤔
Смотрят,😊.И деткам своим показываем,благо много роликов на ютюбе.В театр к сожалению редко ходим.
Она живет руками почти как Уланова.Неужели такое бывает раз в сто лет?!
Wow, I actually used to have a negative opinion of Aline, but this video made me rethink my position. Her port de bras are amazing.
Arms and hands, upperbody, yes, and exqusite lines whole of her body and legs make! THE MOST GORGEOUS ODETTE we can see.
maravilloso!! es una hermosa reina cisne
Without doubt, she has become a definitive Odette/Odile. The perfect body, suppleness, lyricism and flexibility for Odette; the experience for subtle wickedness from Odile.
Bravo brilliance dance
Wonderful!
Ottimo mantenimento delle pose figurali nell'ensemble ed ottima la fibrillazione dei passi sulle punte in eundo veloce della ballerina in questo balletto che contempla quello che con un mio neologismo mi piace chiamare convolo aereo ed elanista della ballerina ottimamente indotto e tenuto dal partner. OOTIMA la levità fluente fatta tensione elanista e motile sorprendente nella ballerina. Ottimo il senso del continuum dato alla pièce danzante dai protagonisti. OLTREMODO BRAVI E SPETTACOLARI. BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO
Прекрасная Одетта Алина Сомова Прекрасная постановка Мариинский Ты чудо
goosebumps...
Hermoso!
1:30 - 1:32...that's called innovation in ballet!!
Perfect Odette.So charming and sensual.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Alina here is better, she has matured... but watching Danila with her I remember Danila + Lopatkina, they were unbeatable, in my opinion, far far better, another world ...
Ok for everyone saying shes was like a gymnast. She is not doing aerials or tumbling passes. I am an acrobatic dancer and ballet dancer. Having high extensions and large combre arches are in no way shape or form dancing like a gymnast. Shes extremely tall so having enough control might have been a problem due to her height so it might have had a rough gymnast feel. I am much smaller so that is not a problem for me really. But acrobatic which is wear extensions and back flexibility come in is one of the most controlled beautiful styles. Please distinguish the difference. I feel like ballerinas do not really understand anything except ballet and judge anyone who does things a little differently and have a hard time embracing different styles and maybe even breaking rules a little. (High extensions) please try and be more accepting.
+Queensofprep870 I can hardly believe that all commenters in this thread are ballerinas or former ballerinas. As an side, not every female dancer is a ballerina... in fact, very few are.
@consuelo1962 Except she never ever looked like a gymnast. I liked the earlier Somova as much as I like her now. She always possessed that special spark that spellbound audiences all over the world.
perfect!💞🌹🌷🌷💖♥️👐👐
I would like to express personal opinion regarding ballerinas’ tutu.
Female ballet dancers are usually so slim that wearing tutu seamless boy shorts in matching the tutu colors instead of small panties would not make their beautiful legs short. There are top professional ballet female dancers who wore better covering of their rears that look stunning and professional, and beautiful.
well, I told already on some board - she's a swan queen, and that's it.
мне принц понравился, интересная пара получилась
I wish they had the pantomime it would have been great and thank God she toned down her extensions! Now I want to see her doing the dream variation in Raymonda.
I like so much her extensions. Alina is gorgeous and offers an exquisite performance. Kosuntsev is definitely a great Mach for her.
А как она хороша в роли Никии!
Thank you for posting this beautiful video, I love Alina.
But could anyone give me the link to her debut performance as Odette/Odile?
thanks!
🔥DANCE🔥ALINA 🔥Perfect photo @12:00!!! Fitting extended leg position and time.🙌
I see the artistry in Lapotkina and Vishneva, for sure. My personal favorite now is Zakharova. But the way that Somova would dance, all technical bravado would sort of remind of bel canto opera. It's about pushing the envelope and not necessarily exploring the art. Which doesn't mean that Callas singing "Tosca" isn't amazing. But sometimes just watching someone do something amazing, even without the poetry, can be great too. At least to me! Hope that made sense. :)
HIghballJordan11 I am not understanding you.
Кто выбирает лучших? Они ведь все одинаковые.
@Qbendanny your first sentence is how I always feel about her.
OK, I'm new-ish to ballet, and I certainly don't have the eye for things that someone who has followed it forever does. Please bear with me. :) Ever since seeing the documentary "Ballerina" I wanted to see what Somova has been up to, so I've watched some of her videos and read some reviews and columns from around the web. And most of the reviews agreed with you about her earlier work. And I can see the difference, even. But is it wrong if I sort of like the crazy extensions and stuff? cont'd
HIghballJordan11 I absolutely indulge watching those long beautiful land well coordinated legs and her unique extensions
What is wrong with high extensions
+Queensofprep870 Everything, in a XIX century classical or Romantic ballet. Nothing in modern oder contemporary ballet.
I am in favor of Alina’s extensions
Я одна тут русская? И зачем балет ставить на английский?
Я тоже!
2時間練習すると生クリーム食べるんだー
I am wandering if Mariinsky will ever change the 6:10 positon exposing the rear of the female dancers despite wearing pantyhose, and tutu panties on top of their own , and on top of the pantyhose .
5:02//9교시//오후
I think Korsuntsev is unobtrusive to the point of resembling a coat hanger in the hall. But that's just me.
@DreamsontheWater This is exactly what I've been saying. Promoted too early.
Мало фактуры для лебедя. А в целом, не плохо.
Alina ne ponravilasi
다먹고톡하께맘^^
^^다먹고톡
わちゆれてた来ないでくださいいわれたんだ😢マフィアだからお兄ちゃん
ぶしゃいくぶしゃいくぶしゃいく
I've tried to like her. I have. I just don't see in her what everyone else does. She still looks student like to me.
These ballerinas have to understand that from a viewer's perspective, the higher up you raise your leg, the longer it takes, so overall this slows down the flow of the dance. Yes, it is a subtle difference, but you have to understand that it is a constant balance that you can't just ignore for the sake of a bigger 'effect'. Sometimes in order not to sacrifice the overall flow and beauty one has to raise a leg not quite as high. Again, it's a subtle thing and a question of the dancer's intelligence i think. It's a question of putting the technique at the service of the art and not the other way around. Susan Jaffe in my opinion was the epitome of that intelligence. When you choose future ballerinas, you have to look at overall talent and depth of it, not just physical form and ability. And i'm afraid what's going on in the Russian ballet today is just that - each ballerina, even when they're famous, is just a little screw in a huge pile. It's almost like a conveyor belt machine - they have a particular approach to selecting and raising them, but there is nobody to critique it, to improve the criteria, to make it truly intelligent. It's almost like there are too many of them and they are all too much the same, perfect in a one-sided way, yet each not special enough, and ultimately that is bad for the art. This reminds me a little bit of what is going on with figure skating as well. Over time this trend could lead to a decline of the number of 'surprises' (in a good sense) and to the overall degradation of Russia's leadership in the art (though it is obviously still the leader, though arguably only due to the decline in overall quality worldwide)
comment BS. there you are trying to sound smart. take your nonsense somewhere else
Baseless and illogical comment