Thread: the Bolshoi & Yuri Grigorovitch

the ballet world for its entire history has only known two really great choreographers - Marius Petipa and Yuri Grigorovitch. the latter was the only choreographer in 20th century ballet who staged truly groundbreaking choreography comparable to that of The Rite Of Spring's in innovativeness and being ahead of time. Grigorovitch is the only ballet revolutionary whose works have not been surpassed by anyone in terms of breakthrough in new ballet technique and staging.

here's some of his works -

Prokofiev - The Stone Flower



Shostakovich - The Golden Age

Originally Posted by hreichgott

Spartacus (which I didn't like)

its his best piece actually, and the brilliant music by Khatchaturan to boot.
i hope someday you changed your opinion of it.

I just watched the Bolshoi's 1976 version of Swan Lake with choreography by Yuri Grigorovich based on Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. I am no expert this is just my opinion but it was the best Swan lake I have seen. I often feel that the details of the story seem rather vague in other Swan Lakes. In Grigorovich's it was so clear easy to follow this was obviously helped by Maya Plisetskaya who was brilliant as The Swan. Having said that I didn't like the Black Swan unlike hreichgott

Just watched an old film of Spartacus first time I have seen it. I can't say I was particularly enamoured of Grigorovich's choreography but I did admire the way he seemed to mix modern dance with classic ballet with out it being jarring or over the top.

Originally Posted by Speranza

Just watched an old film of Spartacus first time I have seen it.

in fact Spartakus is the best ballet of all times because it has achieved such a synergy between music and dance and narrative that was never seen before. Grigorovitch and Khatchaturan worked on it together as a team.

Originally Posted by sharik

in fact Spartakus is the best ballet of all times because it has achieved such a synergy between music and dance and narrative that was never seen before. Grigorovitch and Khatchaturan worked on it together as a team.

I actually thought the music and dance didn't go together very well at least not in the 1st act. The dance steps didn't seem to be at the right point in the music, but having only seen the ballet once I am not sure if that was the dancers mistake or intended.

I wouldn't say the best but it is definitely one I will see again. The music was beautiful, it's a good story and I really liked the Aegina role

Originally Posted by Speranza

I actually thought the music and dance didn't go together very well at least not in the 1st act. The dance steps didn't seem to be at the right point in the music

that's strange but maybe because Spartakus' the most advanced and complex choreoraphy like no other ballet's.

here's a new version of Spartakus -



can be downloaded from this site -
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4568217
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4632128

The video quality looks great in the youtube link better then the one I watched. I do prefer to watch on tv then via my computer though but thanks

Originally Posted by Speranza

I do prefer to watch on tv then via my computer though but thanks

computers can be connected to TVs using HDMI cords.

I know but it never comes out so well. At least not for me.