I was searching youtube, as usual, and came across these lovely videos from around the 50's and 60's. The first one is of the great Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the pas de deux from Le Corsaire, one of their signature pieces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLItQ3vFUZk&feature=related
The next one I found is of Alla Sizova in the Le Corsaire Medora variation. Look at that girls jumps!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcNdGU1oBQ
Now what I've found is a version of Svetlana Zakharova and Igor Zelensky doing the same Le Corsaire pas de deux as Nureyev and Fonteyn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvyQc68-u4
Oh how ballet has changed! The costumes, the number of turns people did, the sets, even the music for the Medora variation is different (now it's either Dulcinea or Queen of the Dyrads from Don Quixote)! One of the largest changes I believe is the height of people's extensions. Nowadays we have people like Sveltana Zakharova, who is a human rubber band, and back then Margot Fonteyn's extensions are only 90 degrees! That change only happened in 50-60 years...I wonder what ballet will look like in another 50.
So what ballet era did you enjoy more? I personally love both for different reasons, but tell me what you think!
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