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annarti
Reason #478 why the Internet is awesome: you can find your childhood on it :D
The Bolshoi at the Bolshoi, 1989, "Coffee: Arabian Dance" from The Nutcracker Suite.
I LOVED this video when I was a kiddie. Never been huge on ballet, never had any dreams of being a ballerina, but The Nutcracker Suite and less so Swan Lake were my babies. It was the music, the costumes and, most specifically, the Arabian Dance. The music and the slow controlled movements and aslkjghs just GORGEOUS. That woman's control is incredible.
In my efforts to find the full thing I accidentally downloaded one from last year, which had all the same choreography and costumes but they just didn't dance as well. Arabian Dance lady was so shaky on her legs, especially at the squatting bit at the beginning and anything on one leg, and at one point she actually fell over. Didn't hold a candle to my 1989 lovely. BUT I FOUND HER. Whole thing downloaded in less than a day :D I love the Internet <3
This and the 1812 Overture, which is always the highlight of Symphony Under the Stars, make Tchaikovsky my absolute favourite classical composer.
The Bolshoi at the Bolshoi, 1989, "Coffee: Arabian Dance" from The Nutcracker Suite.
I LOVED this video when I was a kiddie. Never been huge on ballet, never had any dreams of being a ballerina, but The Nutcracker Suite and less so Swan Lake were my babies. It was the music, the costumes and, most specifically, the Arabian Dance. The music and the slow controlled movements and aslkjghs just GORGEOUS. That woman's control is incredible.
In my efforts to find the full thing I accidentally downloaded one from last year, which had all the same choreography and costumes but they just didn't dance as well. Arabian Dance lady was so shaky on her legs, especially at the squatting bit at the beginning and anything on one leg, and at one point she actually fell over. Didn't hold a candle to my 1989 lovely. BUT I FOUND HER. Whole thing downloaded in less than a day :D I love the Internet <3
This and the 1812 Overture, which is always the highlight of Symphony Under the Stars, make Tchaikovsky my absolute favourite classical composer.