Ballet Videos To Watch for Inspiration

18 March 2021

Here're some ballet videos for you to watch to inspire you to further your technique and artistry.
Enjoy!!!

Videos for the gentlemen:

1️⃣ Kimin Kim
Sissonne Double from 0:17 onwards where he does it with closed legs.
Grand Jete soaring from 47:31 onwards.

2️⃣ Tetsuya Kumakawa
Fouette Attitude en l'air from 1:15 onwards

3️⃣ Daniil Simkin
Pirouettes
Watch his Spotting!!
Grand Pirouette with 360 spotting
540/revoltade manege
Nutcracker coda
How he does it

Videos for the ladies:

1️⃣ Uliana Lopatkina
Dying Swan Port de Bras
Dying Swan Performance

2️⃣ Natalia Osipova
Amazing Leaps

3️⃣ Natalia Makarova & Anthony Dowell
White Swan adagio, 1980
(from 45:03 onwards)

4️⃣ Alicia Markova
Amazing Pique Arabesque in Giselle, 1951
(from 10:20 onwards)

5️⃣ Eva Evdokimova
Soft and Floating Sissonne Fermee in La Sylphide, 1979
(from 07:21 onwards)

6️⃣ Maia Makhateli
Amazing Balance en Pointe in Don Quixote Pas de Deux with Daniil Simkin, 2022
(from 01:45 onwards)

7️⃣ Dulcinea Variation (Don Quixote)
Svetlana Zakharova, Marianela Nunez, Natalia Osipova
7 ballerinas for comparison
Ye Feifei - Hong Kong Ballet

8️⃣ Swan Lake Act 2 Odette variation
6 ballerinas for comparison

9️⃣ Black Swan / Odile Variation
Svetlana Zakharova, Natalia Osipova, Marianela Nunez

Technical Brilliance:

1️⃣ Tamara Rojo and Steven McRae in Raymonda.
Her pointe control and alignment: even though she falls off pointe, she continues her pirouette.
His triple tours en l'air, sharp spotting of head and fast technique.
Raymonda - Tamara Rojo, Steven McRae