#TBT: Marie-Agnès Gillot in "Giselle" (2006)

#TBT: Marie-Agnès Gillot in "Giselle" (2006)

by | Apr 29, 2020 | TBT

In this 2006 clip of Myrtha’s entrance in Giselle, former Paris Opéra Ballet étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot gives an other-worldly performance that is chilling, ethereal and technically sublime. Her footwork throughout the solo is mesmerizing, and it receives full...
#TBT: Ekaterina Shipulina in “Raymonda” (2003)

#TBT: Ekaterina Shipulina in “Raymonda” (2003)

by | Mar 18, 2020 | TBT

The Bolshoi Ballet’s Ekaterina Shipulina was promoted to principal rank in late 2011, after over 13 years of dancing with the company. Yet from the earliest days of her career, her performances revealed the makings of a leading ballerina. In this 2003 clip of...
#TBT: Rudolf Nureyev in “Swan Lake” (1964)

#TBT: Rudolf Nureyev in “Swan Lake” (1964)

by | Jan 22, 2020 | TBT

At the end of Swan Lake’s Act I, Prince Siegfried finds himself alone after guests have departed from his birthday celebration, processing the news that he’ll soon need to choose a wife. The soul-searching prince dances an introspective, almost mournful...
#TBT: Noëlla Pontois in “Raymonda” (1983)

#TBT: Noëlla Pontois in “Raymonda” (1983)

by | Nov 6, 2019 | TBT

Noëlla Pontois, the striking, lithe and fiercely technical former étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, was renown for her interpretation of aristocratic roles in 19th-century ballets. In this 1983 performance from Rudolf Nureyev’s production of Raymonda, Pontois is...
#TBT: Anthony Dowell in "Four Schumann Pieces" (1980)

#TBT: Anthony Dowell in "Four Schumann Pieces" (1980)

by | Oct 16, 2019 | TBT

Sir Anthony Dowell dedicated four decades for his life to The Royal Ballet, first as a principal dancer, and then as the company’s artistic director. His monumental career is a testament to his love for the art form. That love can also be seen in this solo from...