I would first like to apologize for my inactivity lately. It is break and I am having a hard time thinking of stuff to write about. On the other hand, I have just realized that I haven't done a post glorifying Svetlana Zakharova yet.
For those of you that do not know who she is, Svetlana Zakharova (I love her name!) is a Russian ballerina, having danced with the Mariinsky Theatre (now known as the Kirov Ballet) as well as the Bolshoi Ballet. She is, in my opinion, the best ballerina of the age. Fun fact, after graduating the Vaganova Academy at only 17, she joined the Mariinsky Theatre in the Corps de Ballet. She said in an interview that she wasn't really part of the corps, as she was always dancing the soloist roles. A year later she was promoted to Principal. I found a clip of her in her first year with the Mariinsky Theatre, dancing Bluebird. Then there's also the Don Quixote Pas de Deux, which is amazing, and if you don't want to sit through the whole thing, at least skip to the end when she does her fouettes...they're amazing. I also might have already posted this in an earlier post, but I have also posted her in Swan Lake doing the Black Swan. While watching this video, I realized that there was a snowflake on the bar at the bottom of the video (the one which has the pause and play button and such. It was on the right hand side of it). Curious, I clicked on it and snowflakes appeared on the screen!!! You should definitely try it, and to turn it off just click the snowflake button again. :)
Don Quixote PDD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOIZyYbidAU&feature=fvwp&NR=1
Bluebird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJ0h9ny0qM&feature=related
Black Swan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6xhKxDGWqo
On another note, I hope you are all having a great break and stretching your splits!!! :)
<3
PS: Sorry I didn't update yesterday Isla. :P The holidays are wearing me out!
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