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  • P.TCHAIKOVSKY - "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" / Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet 2010 / Life Extract
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  • @carolloughridge8483
    @carolloughridge8483 Před 3 lety +1938

    I am totally blind and after hearing this beautiful beautiful performance it’s make me want to see more than ever I’m going to see you all in heaven when that comes in I will hug you and complement you and applaud you all over again because you are outstanding I got the impression the music was from young people because and it’s just beautiful so you all should be very proud merry Christmas and God bless you forever love and hugs Carol 😂😁

    • @chaudharyiqbalawan7881
      @chaudharyiqbalawan7881 Před 3 lety +2

      kojy l9br5cis b-day

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 Před 3 lety +28

      @@feralmode This is Ballett at its finest; the Russians don`t play around they are the best and they prove it with the orchestra too. Age doesn`t matter; the best musicians are playing regardless of age.

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 Před 3 lety +10

      @@feralmode I don`t think it could be; there is something seriously wrong with most young people nowadays... Incompetence, I think is the word...
      You`re not sure about the Russians being the best at the ballet? Look at Nina Kaptsova go! Who could be better than her? Her Russian Trainor, lol!?

    • @hatsunemikuchannel2023
      @hatsunemikuchannel2023 Před 3 lety +2

      Can I use this for motion capture, please ? 🤔🤔🙂🙂🤗🤗

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 Před 3 lety

      @@hatsunemikuchannel2023 Go for it!

  • @imjusthungryy
    @imjusthungryy Před 5 lety +7996

    *You know you are a professional when what you do looks easy to others but it's actually not*

    • @jojodagostino7806
      @jojodagostino7806 Před 4 lety +317

      She makes it look so easy to do, she flies across the stage so effortlessly. I'm not a dancer but I know that behind this beautiful performance there are years of practice and infinite dedication

    • @KarlaLopez-qi9yd
      @KarlaLopez-qi9yd Před 4 lety +67

      The turns looked amazing!! She made the turns look so easy

    • @horselover1992
      @horselover1992 Před 4 lety +30

      True, it’s so incredible to watch!🤩

    • @pamelagarcia4323
      @pamelagarcia4323 Před 4 lety +6

      Ikr like no hate to gymnasts not saying all are like that but like some seem kinda stiff and it looks hard or something

    • @zoelai5795
      @zoelai5795 Před 4 lety +4

      P q s t e l e x i gymnasts?

  • @realivanjx
    @realivanjx Před 4 lety +7661

    Gravity: *exists*
    This woman:

  • @kizeliz
    @kizeliz Před 3 lety +4258

    This is what you see as a child that makes you dream of being a ballerina.

    • @UmVtCg
      @UmVtCg Před 3 lety +53

      But then you ended up as a callgirl which is also a very nice job.

    • @kizeliz
      @kizeliz Před 3 lety +77

      @@UmVtCg except it says Cali girl so maybe you should put on your reading glasses

    • @UmVtCg
      @UmVtCg Před 3 lety +20

      @@kizeliz Poteto, potato

    • @aellyn2764
      @aellyn2764 Před 3 lety +50

      After seeing a ballet at 3 yo I dreamt of being a ballerina, or at least do dance and pointes, and now, 12 years later, I’m here, doing dance for 9 years, and pointes since 4 years ! I definitly fulfilled my dream and that was the best decision of my life !

    • @jessicagarry7815
      @jessicagarry7815 Před 3 lety +25

      Then you realized how much work it takes.

  • @MrBubblygoodness
    @MrBubblygoodness Před 3 lety +922

    This is definitely the most technically demanding choreography, but it goes so well with the character and the music. The other versions, while lovely, look so boring now. Nina’s musicality and acting is also superb here. This is the best version of the sugar plum fairy in the world!

  • @littlesunflower4109
    @littlesunflower4109 Před 5 lety +8445

    Me trying to be quiet but also getting some food at 2 am
    Edit: Congratulations to the ballerina, that coreography must be very difficult.👏🏻

  • @mashakalinina564
    @mashakalinina564 Před 5 lety +4880

    We have to admit that Russian ballet is one of the best. She is beautiful!

    • @santashmyakus8516
      @santashmyakus8516 Před 5 lety +286

      The best.

    • @lia8302
      @lia8302 Před 5 lety +181

      Masha Kalinina Ballet may have been invented in Italy and France but it was refined and invigorated in Russia 🇷🇺

    • @user-qf9fk5fc4z
      @user-qf9fk5fc4z Před 5 lety +24

      Yes, yes, Chaykovsky from Italy, Khachaturjan from France... She is say about school, idioto! Конченные знатоки балета, млять...

    • @user-mu3vy4dv9b
      @user-mu3vy4dv9b Před 4 lety +2

      @@user-qf9fk5fc4z согласна с вами.

    • @AR-ef1rs
      @AR-ef1rs Před 4 lety +5

      @@user-qf9fk5fc4z Khachaturian was Armenian tho

  • @Marinette007
    @Marinette007 Před 3 lety +323

    WHO on earth could give thumps dowm to a Prima Ballerina dancing like that ? She has spent her whole life -thousands and thousands of hours, perfecting every move she does in this dance. Looks effortless because all the effort, blood, sweat and tears she has put she she was a little girl. Bravo !! Nina Kaptsova. God bless you and thank you for giving us the joy of seeing you performing. December 21, 2020

    • @cynthiafletcher9845
      @cynthiafletcher9845 Před 3 lety +4

      Nina conveys perfection in this very difficult variation. She is graceful and has a solid technique C 💟💟💟

    • @garyguyton7373
      @garyguyton7373 Před 3 lety +6

      There are a lot of hate mongers in this world that think if it isn't something they like it's trash. Pop Snots. The kind of folks that call people who like classical anything opera snobs.....I've heard that one too many times....so now they are ... Pop Snots. Comes around, goes around. Fire with fire. Necessary.

    • @pepercat17
      @pepercat17 Před 2 lety +1

      The Prima Ballerinas who's dancing is being compared to this dance haha

  • @juanchopoloval87
    @juanchopoloval87 Před 3 lety +250

    She's a fairy no doubt... Such delicate movements almost weightless.. like a feather touching the ground

  • @KarlaLopez-qi9yd
    @KarlaLopez-qi9yd Před 4 lety +2919

    She’s not making any sound with the pointe shoes, she looks like a sugar plum fairy indeed, my due respect to this woman!

    • @pypermcdoniugh2882
      @pypermcdoniugh2882 Před 3 lety +1

      U are so bad

    • @pypermcdoniugh2882
      @pypermcdoniugh2882 Před 3 lety +2

      Shoes aren't for nois unless,you where tap dancing!

    • @carolinegarcia8230
      @carolinegarcia8230 Před 3 lety +104

      @@pypermcdoniugh2882 bis stop insulting her, at least she can spell unlike u

    • @Maria-mu4ol
      @Maria-mu4ol Před 3 lety +114

      @@pypermcdoniugh2882 you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Pointe shoes are very hard, so they make noise when you land from a jump. That's generally what happens when two hard surfaces meet suddenly, and pointe shoes obviously have to be hard to support the dancer en pointe.

    • @GrandDuchessT
      @GrandDuchessT Před 3 lety +71

      @@pypermcdoniugh2882 you don't know what are you talking about. Pointe shoes MAKE noise. They are really hard. Especially at jumps they are usually heard when they touch the floor

  • @Saritaschaoscafe
    @Saritaschaoscafe Před 4 lety +4676

    “If you think this looks easy, it’s not!”
    -My mom

    • @Alexis-bs7ep
      @Alexis-bs7ep Před 4 lety +170

      I like your mom, she sounds like a very smart woman. I've learned and rehearsed this variation and, let me tell you, by the time you're done you feel like you could just fall out.

    • @Saritaschaoscafe
      @Saritaschaoscafe Před 4 lety +34

      Lex is a bat I remember when I was little and I always wanted to dance this part! My mother told me a lot about how hard ballet truly is she couldn’t be more right !

    • @mina_pawzz
      @mina_pawzz Před 4 lety +3

      @Aiman Maraidi me too

    • @swapankumarghosh2679
      @swapankumarghosh2679 Před 4 lety +8

      Ur mom is right

    • @f33star
      @f33star Před 3 lety +10

      My mom was a ballet dancer and shes going to teach me some more ballet lessons

  • @WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts
    @WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts Před 3 lety +1485

    Who's watching this and feeling so untalented. Oh and by the way it that’s you then cheer up.
    Edit: Thanks for the likes, never had this many before.

  • @KaLa1865_
    @KaLa1865_ Před 3 lety +115

    She literally looks weightless with every step she takes. That is incredible :0
    I have no experience in ballet but I know that to have that much control and precision in your body and feet must have taken years of practice and hard work. You know that someone has mastered the art when they've made it seem effortless.

  • @susieenglish302
    @susieenglish302 Před 6 lety +2593

    Years of training just for that moment - worth it

  • @sapphael.
    @sapphael. Před 7 lety +3464

    As someone who never did ballet and who is only aware that this exists thanks to the early barbie movies, can I just say how utterly astounded I am. Truly beautiful!

  • @vanessaponce486
    @vanessaponce486 Před 3 lety +71

    There is seriously no way that she is real that was the best dance I’ve ever seen and probably will ever see my goodness

  • @Liana87able
    @Liana87able Před 3 lety +89

    I watched many variations of this dance by different ballerinas. But Nina Kaptzova by far is my favorite! I literally watch this video everyday, it gives me so many positive feelings! Not only her moves are precise with every note but her face depicts the exact emotions of the composition. Every time I’m in awe.

  • @kamanama3671
    @kamanama3671 Před 4 lety +7901

    Props to the ballerinas on the sidelines with their hands held away from their sides that's got to be difficult

    • @carlotapuig
      @carlotapuig Před 4 lety +666

      Probably tiring more than really difficult

    • @snuggles9961
      @snuggles9961 Před 4 lety +459

      it's not that hard once you're used to it ! after having to do it for hours and hours it feels natural

    • @l.johnson8911
      @l.johnson8911 Před 4 lety +17

      snuggles s ikr

    • @chuck9693
      @chuck9693 Před 4 lety +10

      snuggles s lol 😂

    • @MrSteveGrey
      @MrSteveGrey Před 4 lety +21

      Ehh, you get used to it.

  • @artchic528
    @artchic528 Před 6 lety +2924

    Traditionally, the most advanced and best female dancer of the production is given the honor of being the Sugar Plum Fairy. That is because the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most advanced ballet number to dance in the whole show. This production's Sugar Plum Fairy is no exception to this tradition. Her grace, poise and elegance are evident in every gesture and movement as it should be, and she flies seemingly with little to no effort on the floor, as if she had a pair of delicate fairy wings with which to hover with. This delicate song and her delicate dancing make for one spectacular performance that will be treasured always, thanks to CZcams.

    • @sandracaraballo9830
      @sandracaraballo9830 Před 5 lety +6

      Is this the only dance the sugar plum fairy is in? Ive never seen the whole production, just some clips of this dance on youtube.

    • @EvilSnips
      @EvilSnips Před 5 lety +15

      @@sandracaraballo9830 She's in one other which is the pas de deux (I think it spelled it wrong) and that is a duet. But yea she's not really in the ballet for that long.

    • @sheenalynn3420
      @sheenalynn3420 Před 5 lety +2

      Agreed! %100... these dances are an honor to do for them..

    • @thinmints4life
      @thinmints4life Před 4 lety

      I dream to be clara

    • @yourblueberryboo8537
      @yourblueberryboo8537 Před 4 lety

      A liiitttlleeee scientific there bud ;-; i couldnt read it all i was WAYY too lazy UwU

  • @kate.2769
    @kate.2769 Před 3 lety +113

    I watch this whenever my mood shifts into the negatives. Fastest way to get me smiling and feeling inspired again. She is flawless... it's unreal. We are so blessed with bear witness to this. ❤

    • @richardwyse7817
      @richardwyse7817 Před 3 lety

      flawless indeed.

    • @LanaW123
      @LanaW123 Před 2 lety

      I watch Russian ballet too when 8 get any negativity. It is like a balm on my soul. Especially performance like hers

  • @ariellewis1317
    @ariellewis1317 Před 9 měsíci +19

    I'll never get over this incredible performance. Just so graceful and beautiful. For 3 mins I get to zone out from the rest of the world and just watch in awe. I love the Nutcracker ballet.

    • @algch13
      @algch13 Před 7 měsíci

      A mi también!!

  • @serenevil
    @serenevil Před 5 lety +649

    2:20 That cheeky look. 'you bishes ain't ready for the epicness i'm about to serve up rn' as if she didn't just do multiple triple pirouettes in a fouette combination like she was warming up in the studio. _this_ is a *real* prima ballerina.

    • @kristinaanto
      @kristinaanto Před 4 lety +4

      lol,sorry,but Russians don't really say the b word tho

    • @tsya
      @tsya Před 4 lety +10

      Kristina Antonovich They do. Блять

    • @AaronRollander
      @AaronRollander Před 4 lety +14

      Kristina Antonovich whatever it’s a joke tho

    • @josedeleon3931
      @josedeleon3931 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kristinaanto it´s just a joke chill..

    • @phbarnes
      @phbarnes Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, the perfect moment and the artist’s capture.

  • @thaylamay3531
    @thaylamay3531 Před 6 lety +1040

    She dances like she weighs nearly nothing. She dances like a fairy 🧚❤️

    • @saafiiiraa
      @saafiiiraa Před 4 lety +56

      She clearly weighs nearly nothing.

    • @soupisedgy9385
      @soupisedgy9385 Před 4 lety +25

      *a sugarplum fairy*
      okay ill go

    • @johnchris7278
      @johnchris7278 Před 4 lety +8

      DeadlyHiccups no that was good, come back next year

    • @KarlaLopez-qi9yd
      @KarlaLopez-qi9yd Před 4 lety

      saafiiiraa She/He means that she’s not making any sound with the pointe shoes.

    • @julia-de9sf
      @julia-de9sf Před 4 lety +1

      saafiiiraa believe it or not, it’s VERY difficult doing that. it doesn’t matter if she’s skinny, it doesn’t help at all

  • @MarkVickers-xq9si
    @MarkVickers-xq9si Před 7 měsíci +9

    Oh, my God , an artist AND a super athlete . We Americans who have any sense , know Russia took a French art form, and raised it to (beyond) Perfection . I am simply grateful . It brings tears to my eyes . Both the ballerina and all the musicians . Thank you !

  • @SuperDobieGirl
    @SuperDobieGirl Před 5 lety +8662

    Kinda makes me want to throw a Rose at the phone

    • @horselover1992
      @horselover1992 Před 5 lety +66

      dobie gal I want to through a dozen roses!

    • @djholland8743
      @djholland8743 Před 5 lety +17

      Yess

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 Před 4 lety +50

      I just can`t get over how totally fucking amazing Nina Kaptsova is; she is like an elegant, fairy, sent down from The Goddess like an angel. She definitely deserves her own castle for being so awesome! If someone described how great she was, I wouldn`t have believed them, but seeing is believing; absolutely fabulous!

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 Před 4 lety +9

      Nina told me She would prefer cash, jewels, stocks, bonds and or real estate and She also loves antiques of the highest quality and please, don`t kill the flowers by throwing them at Her! Thank you for your support!

    • @skullboyttv8168
      @skullboyttv8168 Před 4 lety +1

      Me to

  • @softieander891
    @softieander891 Před 4 lety +2141

    gosh, she is so graceful and elegant. this was so pretty

  • @qoaa
    @qoaa Před 3 lety +62

    Absolutely beautiful. I've been watching this every Christmas since I found the video 7 or 8 years ago. The dance of the sugar plum fairy makes Christmas for me. This ballerina floats across the stage while dancing as if gravity doesn't pertain to her, absolutely gorgeous.

  • @terrificturk
    @terrificturk Před 3 lety +19

    by far the best, most elegant, most playful and most in tune performance!

  • @dominicweber
    @dominicweber Před 7 lety +3424

    Seriously this is the epitome of what the Sugar Plum Fairy should be. I couldn't think of any better dancing of this role.

  • @OliviaFlorence
    @OliviaFlorence Před 4 lety +3837

    She’s like an angel! I’m starting ballet this year at the age 35. It is never too late to start something!

    • @thebeesknees8420
      @thebeesknees8420 Před 4 lety +431

      Im 14 and i heard that most ballerinas started when they were around 3 or 4 so I thought it was too late for me😅

    • @heyryanisonx3141
      @heyryanisonx3141 Před 4 lety +407

      @@thebeesknees8420 It's too late to become a professional once you hit puberty, but it's never too late to take it up as a hobby 😃

    • @brittanylooper
      @brittanylooper Před 4 lety +226

      @@heyryanisonx3141 no! it may be harder once you hit puberty and may think it's impossible, but i'm sure if you work hard you'll be able to become professional!❤

    • @theneighborskid5433
      @theneighborskid5433 Před 4 lety +68

      11 y•o is how old I am and I am planning to start ballet 😌✨

    • @carolinacampos2030
      @carolinacampos2030 Před 4 lety +115

      I took lessons when I was 5 yr until 12, then something hit my head and quit, now I'm 55 and due to pandemic started classes again !

  • @Mia-vc6vv
    @Mia-vc6vv Před 2 lety +11

    Absolute best sugar plum fairy I’ve ever seen! I keep coming back to this video every Christmas 🎄

  • @TheRealSubourbonMermaid
    @TheRealSubourbonMermaid Před 3 lety +24

    I had to watch a few other performances from other extremely talented ballerinas before I found this one, and it's perfection! The others were good, but very technical. She looks absolutely weightless, and she was SMILING! It makes all the difference! Brava!!!

  • @lilronnyg5724
    @lilronnyg5724 Před 9 lety +457

    Does anybody notice the happiness in her face at the end, because she truly deserves it.

    • @emmabrisk
      @emmabrisk Před 6 lety +5

      Veronica Reed and here effortless peca turns

  • @kncshw6257
    @kncshw6257 Před 4 lety +1170

    A Russian ballet composed by a Russian composer and played by a Russain ballerina. Flawless!

  • @user-yt1du3bq7x
    @user-yt1du3bq7x Před 7 měsíci +9

    Даже всплакнула от восторга! Невероятное впечатление! Вот это совпадение музыки, хореографии и исполнительницы!!!!

  • @GeorgeWTush
    @GeorgeWTush Před 3 lety +37

    Extraordinarily clean performance. She is exactly, precisely, in time with the music throughout. Every move. And each movement is given its full performance. What beautiful work from a master of her craft.

  • @annagonzalez9200
    @annagonzalez9200 Před 7 lety +1368

    I love it when the choreography is right with the little sounds in the music...

    • @-chopper-1159
      @-chopper-1159 Před 7 lety +4

      Anna Gonzalez I know right!

    • @JenniSammy
      @JenniSammy Před 7 lety +52

      Anna Gonzalez I know this is the best variation

    • @annagonzalez9200
      @annagonzalez9200 Před 7 lety +36

      Jenni & Sammy it's so dainty looking too so pretty 😍

    • @carolwade3094
      @carolwade3094 Před 7 lety +7

      It's lovely. A friend's feet used to bleed from practice. Very, very difficult.

    • @reesejacobo7339
      @reesejacobo7339 Před 7 lety

      Speaking as a dancer, it always should😂

  • @MsFlavella
    @MsFlavella Před 10 lety +423

    Watching this with my 9 and 10 year old daughters - we are all just blown away! WOW!!!

  • @robertmclendon2115
    @robertmclendon2115 Před 2 lety +7

    There's nothing like the Bolshoi. Simply fantastic. I attended this same performance Christmas Eve 2002.

  • @kjack3211
    @kjack3211 Před 3 lety +13

    wow this is so beautiful! she's like a feather dancing in the wind

  • @tianavibhakar3765
    @tianavibhakar3765 Před 7 lety +1392

    she makes it look so utterly effortless. a great honour to watch.

  • @samcad-ho3ze
    @samcad-ho3ze Před 7 lety +580

    Look at her face whilst she is doing that INSANELY difficult routine. Some people are just extra special. Smiling all the way!

    • @FlaminiaJulia
      @FlaminiaJulia Před 5 lety +4

      It fits the role and is generally desired in almost every form of dance. And it helps keeping up the spirits when it gets tough ;)

    • @ladytempress3824
      @ladytempress3824 Před 5 lety +2

      Dumbass! She is forced to smile.Even in pain. People like you just make me sick.

    • @ladytempress3824
      @ladytempress3824 Před 5 lety +1

      Just show her respect for real hard work you jerk.

    • @ValentineBaby21490
      @ValentineBaby21490 Před 5 lety

      @@FlaminiaJulia When I use to do Ballet we wore told to smile on stage.

    • @cath5645
      @cath5645 Před 5 lety

      @@ladytempress3824 take your meds .....

  • @davidnicholas6257
    @davidnicholas6257 Před 3 lety +49

    Absolute perfection ! The French invented Ballet and the Russians perfected it. And a beautiful 😊 all the way through. WOW !

    • @dedeadam9698
      @dedeadam9698 Před 3 lety +3

      Italians invented ballet.

    • @ceceliaclarke9147
      @ceceliaclarke9147 Před 2 lety +2

      @@dedeadam9698 not exactly true. One of the French kings established the basic steps and movements of classical ballet.

    • @allisvibration
      @allisvibration Před 2 lety

      No, classical ballet was invented in Russia, before classical it was known as romantic ballet. Check the Wikipedia

    • @allisvibration
      @allisvibration Před 2 lety

      "Before classical ballet developed, ballet was in a period referred to as the Romantic era. Romantic ballet was known for its storytelling, and often held a softer aesthetic. Classical ballet came to be when a ballet master by the name of Marius Petipa (who is considered to be one of the greatest choreographers of all time) took Romantic ballet and combined it with different aspects of Russian ballet technique (as Petipa was once a choreographer and ballet master at Mariinsky Ballet). Elements pulled from these things include the storytelling found in Romantic ballet, and the athleticism of Russian technique. Therefore, a new era of ballet, which later became known as the classical era, began."

  • @loulie1997
    @loulie1997 Před 3 lety +17

    While the dancing is amazing, I think this is one of the best choreographed Sugar Plum dances ever. It engages with the timing of the music (which keeps the attention of children) and does not have overly repetitive movements, instead utilizing the full space of the stage and letting her flit to and fro like a fairy

  • @deannacolegate4147
    @deannacolegate4147 Před 5 lety +1411

    There is other videos on here where the girls are doing a routine. They memorized the steps and are dancing them out with no regards to the music. This girl has become the sugar plum fairy and is dancing the music. All her hits are when the music hits. She is what a true ballet artist should be. She didn’t dance the sugar plum fairy she BECAME the sugar plum fairy.

    • @HoudaOussous
      @HoudaOussous Před 5 lety +3

      Agree

    • @harshitasrivastava4235
      @harshitasrivastava4235 Před 5 lety +7

      That sounded like yuri telling phichit he made the music his

    • @iksde2659
      @iksde2659 Před 5 lety +17

      > All her hits are when the music hits.
      I see it totally different, like music and her dance share no points in time. It makes me feel weird cause a lot of people here says that timing was good

    • @dinat.4002
      @dinat.4002 Před 5 lety +4

      @@iksde2659 oh friend, only if you can dance as good as her.

    • @peggy2983
      @peggy2983 Před 4 lety +3

      Her turns are so in-sync with the beats!

  • @djungelskogsn7529
    @djungelskogsn7529 Před 4 lety +522

    Because the dancer makes it look so effortless, most people don't realize how much effort the right control of her body takes

    • @kerotfloot8886
      @kerotfloot8886 Před 3 lety +3

      So true! :)

    • @aellyn2764
      @aellyn2764 Před 3 lety +3

      When I was little I was thinking it was difficult but not impossible with training... since, I take some dance class, i’m rn in my 4th year of learning to do pointes, and all I can say is PAIN and « Hey that’s unfair, how can she stay that longer on pointes without falling ? HOW CAN SHE DO 3 TURNS ON PIROUETTES ?? »

    • @jessicagarry7815
      @jessicagarry7815 Před 3 lety +2

      Amen to that. She's insanely talented.

  • @stephennixon9609
    @stephennixon9609 Před 2 lety +6

    No one can beat Nina doing this. I'm not a friend of the Ballet but when Christmas time comes and I want to listen and watch the Nutcracker this is the one I look to find. Her graceful moves blend perfectly with the music it's sheer Heaven watching her. To me she's the best.

  • @natasamladenovic1765
    @natasamladenovic1765 Před 2 lety +2

    My little girl and I are watching this. Besotted. Beautiful. She gave you an aplause.

  • @angorianka
    @angorianka Před 7 lety +458

    Just look at the shadows of her muscles. Man that woman must be as strong as she is graceful! Incredible!

    • @megalopolis2015
      @megalopolis2015 Před 5 lety +2

      I bet she could carry things I'd need a forklift for. :0)

    • @edoardoruggeri1
      @edoardoruggeri1 Před 5 lety +4

      @Crow There's a difference between being 'skinny' and 'muscular and toned'. 'Skinny' is a person with a low fat percentage but also a low muscle mass, with a borderline unhealthy weight. A 'muscular and toned' person also has a low fat percentage, but their weight is appropriate as they compensate their lack of fat with muscle mass. Nina Kaptsova is muscular and toned, not skinny, and she's most likely healthier than 99% of the people around. Besides, petite frames are quite typical for Eastern European women.
      Just because borderline obese people have become the norm in the US and the UK, it doesn't mean that's how it should be.

    • @SuperDobieGirl
      @SuperDobieGirl Před 5 lety

      Alex she could put an ass kicking on someone

    • @user-ms1ie3jn1l
      @user-ms1ie3jn1l Před 5 lety +1

      @@edoardoruggeri1 well that was uncalled for. Just because someone looks unhealthy and thin doesn't mean anything about obesity. One can be unhealthy and underweight as well. Look at Gelsey Kirkland and Ballanchine wanting to see bones. That certainly is unhealthy and has nothing to do with obesity.

    • @edoardoruggeri1
      @edoardoruggeri1 Před 5 lety +1

      @@user-ms1ie3jn1l ...what? Of course you can be unhealthy and underweight. Who said otherwise? The point is that we're so used to seeing oversized people nowadays in the Western world that we forget that that is not the normality, and when someone like Kaptsova turns up she is branded as unhealthy while she is just incredibly fit.

  • @joelpineda4414
    @joelpineda4414 Před 4 lety +1218

    Whenever I hear this music, I feel like I’m waking up into Christmas morning and watching Christmas movies.

  • @unknownstranger6875
    @unknownstranger6875 Před 3 lety +5

    She is one of the most graceful dancers I’ve seen. She came in with graceful and delicate movements even before she started dancing. A favorite as of right now.

  • @connectingthedots6691
    @connectingthedots6691 Před 2 lety +19

    Best sugar plum fairy performance ever! The dance is just magical and makes you believe!

  • @sisterstina3700
    @sisterstina3700 Před 5 lety +762

    It's Christmas eve and I'm watching the nutcracker's sugar plum fairy. Life couldn't be better...

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 Před 5 lety +9

      The Sugar Plum Fairy (Nina Kaptsova) is an absolutely fabulous and amazing, angel!

    • @MARYANNE269
      @MARYANNE269 Před 4 lety +3

      It's nearly Christmas now and I'm searching for The Nutcracker to watch 😁 If found one by Maurice Bejart, looks really good 👍😍

    • @dishitasen7339
      @dishitasen7339 Před 4 lety +1

      Yessss

    • @imoviefilms8385
      @imoviefilms8385 Před 4 lety +3

      It’s Christmas Eve today but this was posted a year ago 😂

    • @phoebeahn8941
      @phoebeahn8941 Před 4 lety +4

      Lol it's almost summer break for me 😂

  • @f0LL3tto
    @f0LL3tto Před 9 lety +1062

    I'd like to focus on the OOOOOHH EEEHHHHH EH EH EH cheering at the end. I've never heard someone cheering like that at ballet. She's got a stadium audience. Lol

    • @Nimminddd
      @Nimminddd Před 8 lety +7

      I love she. I dance ballet. I am 12.she is a very very beutiful.

    • @f0LL3tto
      @f0LL3tto Před 8 lety +3

      +Nice Girl really? i had no idea

    • @f0LL3tto
      @f0LL3tto Před 8 lety +2

      +Mr. Lopez 2681 hahaha, i'll check it out. i live in italy and i saw a few videos on youtube and on tv of ballet, and went to events and so, but what i mean is i've heared people clapping hands and saying bravo, but not as much as they do here lol

    • @nataliar5293
      @nataliar5293 Před 8 lety +4

      +Mr. Lopez 2681 they say bravo in the US just like everyone else

    • @nataliar5293
      @nataliar5293 Před 8 lety +2

      *****
      You said it sounds like a sporting event. It doesn't lol

  • @tammyc785
    @tammyc785 Před 3 lety +8

    An absolute delight! Flawless, technically and musically. Not a single pirouette is short, whether it is 720, or 1080, fully completed, then she gentle floats down with the notes where the music calls for. Always in complete control with not a whiff of strain, or even effort. Her grace and ease does not even make you think about control!!
    In addition, a nice surprise: in this day and age, there are still millions of people who can appreciate the ethos of classical ballet, grace under pressure. Bravo!!

  • @branypoo
    @branypoo Před 3 lety +7

    My grandmother and I watched figure skating & ballet when I was a little girl ❤️ We often watched The Nutcracker during the holidays. My gram would've absolutely *loved* Nina. Beautiful. She makes such a difficult routine look effortless, weightless, and all with a charismatic smile on her face 😊😊💜

  • @aureliomanalo
    @aureliomanalo Před 7 lety +1086

    Incomprehensibly impressive. I did not know the human body could do that.

    • @Ajk058
      @Ajk058 Před 6 lety +1

      aureliomanalo 4rrfv9ooooiiiuuuuyyu

    • @taylorshani1119
      @taylorshani1119 Před 5 lety +19

      aureliomanalo it’s not a human body it’s a dancers body 😂😂

    • @Rhovanion85
      @Rhovanion85 Před 5 lety +1

      That's because you eat

    • @breckanlindsey426
      @breckanlindsey426 Před 5 lety +5

      Yes, we dancers are hard workers and work for what we want

    • @marilu9332
      @marilu9332 Před 5 lety +2

      @@elisethacker9154 actually, everybody does that in life.

  • @candidcandy9320
    @candidcandy9320 Před 7 lety +852

    I remember getting this part in my ballet department, I almost broke my legs practicing... and the bloody shoes, but it was worth it.

    • @trulytrinity5798
      @trulytrinity5798 Před 7 lety +147

      Kevin R. Free ME TOO it was really cool I remember when I came up to the turns in practice I was turning so fast I smacked myself into the mirror lol

    • @aureliaoktania6555
      @aureliaoktania6555 Před 7 lety +4

      Baby Cakes

    • @user-nf3hh8kn5r
      @user-nf3hh8kn5r Před 6 lety

      Candid Candy haha awe p.s: love the eleven fan art on your pfp

    • @user-mo9gk8hq8n
      @user-mo9gk8hq8n Před 6 lety +3

      Candid Candy I don't understand how people say it's worth it...

    • @DBGotNextt
      @DBGotNextt Před 6 lety

      Faith ikr

  • @huggybeartrucks
    @huggybeartrucks Před 7 měsíci +2

    wow......found this by accident, kept hearing this in the lineup of christmas music on the weather channel and wanted to see if it was what i thought it was (it was)..... beautiful!!!

  • @Talias_Pizza
    @Talias_Pizza Před 3 lety +12

    You know its fire when youtube reccomends it 9 years later

  • @briswifty9572
    @briswifty9572 Před 7 lety +363

    She dances so beautifully

  • @jsphat81
    @jsphat81 Před 8 lety +185

    God bless the Russians for Tchaikovsky and for perfecting ballet!

  • @victoriajohn6693
    @victoriajohn6693 Před 2 lety +3

    thank you photographer for allowing the whole ballerina to be seen the whole time and not focusing on details that make the viewer miss the art. This is beautiful!

  • @angelachen-channel
    @angelachen-channel Před 3 lety +5

    My mom totally jumped into the air with joy watching this. I love it! XD

  • @ashleyjason8839
    @ashleyjason8839 Před 5 lety +314

    She was absolutely stunning!! As a recently retired ballerina, I see everything with a critical eye. She was extrodinary!!

  • @clarala22
    @clarala22 Před 8 lety +265

    everything looks so easy for her

    • @kayjay27
      @kayjay27 Před 8 lety

      +Clara Layani ikr

    • @gracecummings4611
      @gracecummings4611 Před 8 lety +1

      that's our job :)

    • @kayjay27
      @kayjay27 Před 8 lety +5

      Yeah, she could of made a mistake, but we don't know, cus we don't know every single move she is going to make.

    • @AUGUSTABALLET
      @AUGUSTABALLET Před 8 lety

      Technic

    • @superrainbowsky-superrainb2582
      @superrainbowsky-superrainb2582 Před 8 lety +8

      That's the point. In ballet, all our teachers tell us to try and make it look easy, even though getting up to that point is so hard.

  • @Estie_the_Bestie
    @Estie_the_Bestie Před 2 lety +4

    I'm currently just watching a bunch of versions of this variation and holy HECK HOW DOES SHE NAIL THIS CHOREO THIS LOOKS SO HARD

  • @maryrosedouglasuk
    @maryrosedouglasuk Před 2 lety +5

    I have seen many sugar plum fairies in my life, but for me Nina Kaptsova is THE one.

    • @pativi6643
      @pativi6643 Před 2 lety +1

      I agree with you! There's this sort of delicacy, fluid movement, precision and weightlessness that I didn't see in any other performances. Even Lauren Cuthbertson from the The Royal Ballet didn't give me the same feeling. Her movement is not as 'open', and sometimes feels heavy. It may also has something to do with how Nina's body is built. She is very petite and her bones are very delicate.

    • @user-dt5bd3jg1m
      @user-dt5bd3jg1m Před rokem

      @@pativi6643 Рост Нины Капцовой 165 см.

  • @soledelafuente5451
    @soledelafuente5451 Před 8 lety +528

    what a beautiful dance and dancer if I had the chance to be born again am definitely want to be a ballarina

  • @BBQ1953
    @BBQ1953 Před 6 lety +346

    I’m more than 6 decades in this earth and in all my experience, Miss Kaptsova delivered the most beautiful and moving dance interpretation of this iconic song. Thank you, Nina!

  • @The_Super_NOVA
    @The_Super_NOVA Před 2 lety +7

    I wonder if she knows how many views her performance has? Flawless!

  • @noelle7786
    @noelle7786 Před 11 měsíci +5

    you can just see how happy dancing makes her. this is so beautiful :)

  • @y-jk1674
    @y-jk1674 Před 7 lety +287

    No matter how many times I've watched this, it still gives me chills

    • @Tec_Nician
      @Tec_Nician Před 6 lety

      It Looks Painful And It Sends Chills Down My Spine That People Do This So Good. I Saw A Few Times Where SHE BENT HER FOOT IN THE MIDDLE. Like How? They Are Jello And Its Amazing.

    • @y-jk1674
      @y-jk1674 Před 3 lety

      Tech_Demon it’s called foot arch, some ballerinas may be born with it but most have to stretch them ceaselessly in a very young age in order to get that beautiful arch.

  • @annalyman2616
    @annalyman2616 Před 5 lety +310

    Nina Kaptsova is a supernatural being! Every year I come back here to be awed by this performance. She is unforgettable. A remarkable and incomparable talent!

    • @ottovonbismarck5007
      @ottovonbismarck5007 Před 5 lety +3

      Anna Lyman if you live in West Europe or in the US, the Bolshoi ballet have a contract with them where they would broadcast live performances in certain cinemas (Pathe in West Europe). I buy season tickets every year. Kaptsova was in 2 broadcasted performances this year.

    • @Lalegendaire
      @Lalegendaire Před 4 lety

      @@ottovonbismarck5007 which performances? I thought she wasn't a prima anymore.

  • @takenoprisoners837
    @takenoprisoners837 Před 3 lety +5

    Every single time I watch this, I get blown away. Nobody dances this variation better than her, she's completely mastered it. Brava🍾🥂

  • @jrblackify
    @jrblackify Před rokem +5

    She is perfect, flawless, and looks as though it's completely effortless for her

  • @soon-kyupark8047
    @soon-kyupark8047 Před 7 lety +1546

    Watching this make me wanting to do ballet. Too bad I am too old for this.

    • @michellenielsen3479
      @michellenielsen3479 Před 6 lety +38

      Soon-kyu Park your never to old or to young to dance as long as you are happy and you work hard.

    • @Oilofmercy
      @Oilofmercy Před 6 lety +54

      wow what a great response, i am a classically trained pianist and i danced. I can no longer do either because of an illness attacked my body. What you said is right. I'm an artist in my heart. bless you xx

    • @user-yd7qv1lj9d
      @user-yd7qv1lj9d Před 6 lety +11

      OMG
      KIM NAMJOON?
      Is that you? 😅❤

    • @luc-eh3ox
      @luc-eh3ox Před 6 lety +5

      try reading the manwha like a butterfly, it's really inspiring♡

    • @jungshooketh2565
      @jungshooketh2565 Před 6 lety +3

      ARMY

  • @missprincesslaura12
    @missprincesslaura12 Před 9 lety +285

    It may look like the girl who is dancing has the hardest job but the people standing the whole time in the background do. How? They have to:
    • Hold one position perfectly unless all move at one
    •maintain balance usually on one leg because not weight should be on the pointed, if pointed, foot
    • Hold a perfect position
    • keep a smile on their face no matter how much pain their in
    Trust me, it sucks...
    But they all were beautiful and amazing

  • @dr.s.choudhury8089
    @dr.s.choudhury8089 Před 4 lety +6

    This is straight out of fairytale books!!! It looks picture perfect so it means this lady is crazy talented and practiced so so hard. Beautiful!! 💗💗💗

  • @julieta555ful
    @julieta555ful Před 3 lety +7

    The level of perfection of this performance it's just insane

  • @janicecastillo9944
    @janicecastillo9944 Před 8 lety +388

    She's perfection!

  • @armyhavethebestusernames3659

    Man now I *seriously* regret giving up ballet when I was younger

    • @Mariana-ck6cs
      @Mariana-ck6cs Před 5 lety +2

      Me too

    • @TheRachaelLefler
      @TheRachaelLefler Před 5 lety +3

      I was thinking of going back. It's not like it's impossible to learn as an adult. They just tend to market the classes to parents. But you can learn it as an adult too. Probably learn faster with an adult's brain anyway. And I don't know if I could handle the pressure and drama of performing as a child as easily.

    • @wynettlapour7961
      @wynettlapour7961 Před 5 lety

      Same

    • @ValeriaSalinas-pp7xf
      @ValeriaSalinas-pp7xf Před 5 lety

      Same!!!!!

    • @koalak7971
      @koalak7971 Před 5 lety

      ARMYYYYY

  • @storyportal8169
    @storyportal8169 Před 4 lety +11

    Absolutely beautiful and perfect ballet!!! A delight!!!

  • @renskekoenders2202
    @renskekoenders2202 Před rokem +12

    Perfection. And I love how she smiles and actually plays out the character.

  • @jasminewilliams8944
    @jasminewilliams8944 Před 7 lety +121

    Everything about this is stellar. Her dancing is so elegant but this symphony is superb. The bells in this song are so enchanting I always get chills. Imagine having melodies this beautiful trapped in your brain. Tchaikovsky was a genius!!!

    • @user37593
      @user37593 Před 5 lety +4

      but playing his pieces are a pain

  • @thedude-sp8po
    @thedude-sp8po Před 8 lety +69

    Jokes aside, ballet seems really hard. Props to the people who practice it professionally.

    • @antger6268
      @antger6268 Před 8 lety +1

      +Withror Pendragon If I tried to dance something like that, I would just throw up.

    • @bookmilla8616
      @bookmilla8616 Před 6 lety

      Thank you haha

    • @herminemeier7282
      @herminemeier7282 Před 6 lety +2

      the dude hey thank you. I mean there are a lot of people who dont really understand what ballet is about or it's just Not their dance style. That totally ok. But there are also a lot of people who Arent Interested in it and Start to unsult ballet dancers like "you are just twirling around wearing a tutu" or "All you do is jumping around" thats so dissrespectful ! So thank you for Not being like this :) (and sry for my english)

  • @francescleoduran3412
    @francescleoduran3412 Před 2 lety +2

    ballet is the dance of perfection - the art of perfectionism at its finest.

  • @itzabbyplaysadoptme
    @itzabbyplaysadoptme Před 2 lety +2

    I love the nutcracker. I love ballet. I want to be a famous ballerina so bad when I grow up and just seeing this makes me so happy

  • @Tracymmo
    @Tracymmo Před 7 lety +157

    I love the raucous applause. It tells me how excited the audience is. Many of us live in countries where we associate quiet audiences with high art, but it's not that way everywhere, and even in the West it used to be commonplace to applaud between movements if symphonies instead of being silent. Audiences in Shakespeare's time were hardly quiet. They were noisy and boisterous.

    • @metro3041
      @metro3041 Před 5 lety

      Don't know what you're talking about, every time I go to see something like this the audience is always more than happy to applaud.

    • @DragonHeir92
      @DragonHeir92 Před 5 lety +11

      For me it’s knowing WHEN to be quiet or applaud. If the movement isn’t yet over, if it is, or if there’s a solo moment, like this.

    • @finalfreak17
      @finalfreak17 Před 5 lety +1

      Well Shakespeare wrote plays for the uneducated masses so maybe that’s why

  • @annawalker7605
    @annawalker7605 Před 7 lety +5158

    It looks so easy...
    but it isn't

    • @piggypork1999
      @piggypork1999 Před 6 lety +33

      I think it is easy once you have learnt it of by heart like me and others

    • @danin2013
      @danin2013 Před 6 lety +146

      It doesn't look easy at all! Wtf

    • @alana9205
      @alana9205 Před 6 lety +7

      Niela Neira honestly

    • @danin2013
      @danin2013 Před 6 lety +21

      @Morgan 123
      You don't know what upset is hahaha.
      Anyway, I was just pointing out that the comment is sorta stupid because if you think dancing like that looks easy, you need to get your eyes checked.

    • @danin2013
      @danin2013 Před 6 lety +21

      @Morgan 123
      Now now, who's getting upset?

  • @yes7380
    @yes7380 Před 3 lety +9

    Such a classical song. What grace she has!! I wish I could dance like that.

  • @myaccounttoskincarerelated9891

    The saddest thing is that the most viewed ballet variation video has “only” 30 million views meanwhile… Well… You know!..

  • @efanshel
    @efanshel Před 6 lety +892

    The Russians own this in every way. Flawless.

    • @clauverwie
      @clauverwie Před 5 lety +1

      No damm

    • @kaberus7565
      @kaberus7565 Před 5 lety +27

      I wish all our cultures could start just getting along already...

    • @mistyforests9071
      @mistyforests9071 Před 5 lety +16

      @@kaberus7565 gotta respect them Russians tho

    • @russian_classic
      @russian_classic Před 4 lety

      watch the video "top 30 Russian composers"

    • @kaberus7565
      @kaberus7565 Před 4 lety +6

      @Purebred Shekelberg What does that have to do with getting along? I'm better than most of my friends and we get along. ;]

  • @emily-un3jw
    @emily-un3jw Před 7 lety +2142

    Me: I'm not going to run in circles for him anymore, I'm done
    Him: heyy
    Me : 2:24

  • @jessiej5765
    @jessiej5765 Před 3 lety +10

    Beautifulllllll so professional, she deserves all the claps absolutely beautiful 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😍🌷

  • @elizabethjarvis6904
    @elizabethjarvis6904 Před 4 lety +1

    I cant watch that and not get choked up. Its so beautiful.

  • @rama2423
    @rama2423 Před 8 lety +174

    oh that's so beautiful , I feel like she is flying

  • @goshen77
    @goshen77 Před 8 lety +30

    It is astounding how a woman is capable of making something so athletic and strenuous appear so delicate and easy....... Ballerinas should be given Olympic gold medals.....all.

  • @lucisferre6361
    @lucisferre6361 Před 3 lety +2

    The joy of being alive at the very here and now has never been more aptly exulted than what is gleaned thru this most masterful of performances. Bravo!!

  • @romenes1127
    @romenes1127 Před 2 lety +1

    소름... 미친 코어 미친 상반신 표현력 너무나도 가벼운 다리...;;; 은은하게 돌아있는 눈빛... 이제껏 만나본 사탕요정중에 최고네요