#isabella boylston

[martysimone]

Fleur du Mal x Isabella Boylston | Cupped Bodysuit + Ballet Wrap Skirt in wildberry silk + lace | Isabella Boylston is a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre

#Fleur du Mal #Isabella Boylston #luxury lingerie #American Ballet Theatre #lingerie #collab #ballet #ballerina

[lovelyballetandmore]

Isabella Boylston | James Whiteside | American Ballet Theatre

#isabella boylston #james whiteside #american ballet theatre #white tights #ballerina #balletphotography

[visually-corrupted]

𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 in New York City. 🚕

[ballerinaproject_]

#isabella boylston #ballerina #ballet #ballerina project #new york city #taxi

[thirdarabesque]

Isabella Boylston🩰✨

#ballet #balletedit #ballet gif #isabella boylston #ballerina #en pointe #SBedits

[o-the-mts]

#NYPL #New York Public Library #ballerina #Isabella Boylston #libraries #Party Girl 1995 #shelving never looked so hot

[ascle]

Main dans la main… clap!

#dance #danse #isabella boylston #american ballet theatre #metopera #dancer #ballet #ballerine #NYC #new york city #new york

[tikitania]

Nutcracker Season!

Nutcracker season can elicit an array of feelings. Some love it, some hate it. I was falling into the indifferent category. I don't live in a major city, so the month long onslaught of ballet school-civic rep level productions has me a bit bummed out…and ready to tune it all out. AND THEN…I stumbled upon this very interesting panel discussion lead by ballet critic, Alastair McCauley, comparing the original Lev Ivanov Sugarplum PDD to the Balanchine version, getting into the nitty gritty of the score and the choreographic language that can be found in both versions, pointing out the various ways in which Balanchine quoted Ivanov. This is so interesting and only available online until Dec. 17, so hurry and watch it while you can. Who knew about the original version of the Sugar Plum sliding across the stage on point on a hidden stage tracking device?! If you do anything, watch this first video with the panel talk and demonstrations. The videos I included after that are just if you want to get obsessive like I did to dig deeper. Panelists: Suki Schorer, Wendy Whelan, Sara Mearns, Jonathan Stafford. (Watching Suki coach is worth watching!) NYCB Dancers: Chun Wai Chan, Ashley Hod (Balanchine version) & Anthony Huxley, Emma Von Enck (Ivanov Version)

MacCauley mentions the Fonteyn version a few times during this talk, so I found it for you. The tempo is certainly much faster, and it really makes you appreciate Fonteyn's speed! But I actually prefer the slower tempo, which allows the music to really soar. But I also wondered if it was the audio quality of this historic recording is simply too compressed and tinny to do it justice.

The Mariinsky dances the Vasily Vaionen version of the Nutcracker, and I wanted to see how it compared to the Ivanov version. I really love the Mariinsky version. It's a departure from Ivanov, but still very classical and regal. PPD below with Baby Shakirova.

BONUS: If you want to watch the full Mariinsky Nutcracker, here's a 1994 recording with Larissa Lezhnina and Victor Baranov. And for some real fun going down the rabbit hole, this is an amazing Soviet black and white recording of the PDD with the late Svetlana Efremova (SHE IS AMAZING!) and Sergei Vikulov. Notice that the extra four cavaliers are not in this one, so the choreography is adjusted. I have a thing for soviet era black-and-white ballet films. Not to be overlooked, the Grigorivich version at the Bolshoi is worth mentioning. There are a few things that stood out to me. Its religiosity, for one. The PDD essentially starts with Masha and her prince praying together as if at a mass. And then, towards the end, are the huge lifts that end with an upside down ballerina (not my favorite pose…)

Interestingly, ABT's version by Ratmansky also incorporates the same big lift, but transitions into a spin. You can see it here, and it's a much smoother transition. Ignore the weird speed manipulation in this video. It can give you motion sickness.

AND….I found this POB version. The Nureyev choreography is horrible and Tsikaridze knows it. He can barely hold back his own laughter as how bad this performance is. When I watched this, my first thought is that Nureyev must have been a misogynist because the Sugar Plum/Clara choreography is so god awful that it seems like he's trying to humiliate ballerinas. Poor Myriam Ould-Braham, she does her best to dignify the choreography with her impeccable technique, but there is no saving this. Another thing that bothers me is that the couple are hardly dancing together, it's like a bad ballet class where they dance side to side. I hope this version soon disappears forever. Watch at your own risk. It made my blood boil.

Okay, that's it for a while. I may go see the Houston Ballet's Nutcracker if I have time. But I will mostly be focused on taking time off with the family, puttering in the garden, and catching up on my ever-expanding to-do list. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!

#ballet #prima ballerina #nutcracker #deep dive #nycb #NYC Ballet #Alastair MacCauley #Bailet history #Lev Ivanov #sugar plum fairy #mariinsky ballet #Bolshoi #margot fonteyn #royal ballet #ABT #Ratmansky #grigorivich #Soviet ballet film #russian ballet #Nutcracker Season is here #rudolf nureyev #great dancer terrible choreographer #time for the hot toddies #Youtube

[ballet-symphonie]

Which famous dancers do you consider to be short, average, or tall?

Short (under 5’6): Skylar Brandt, Misty Copeland, Evgenia Obratsova, Nina Kaptsova, Alina Cojocaru, Natalia Makarova, Ektaterina Krysanova, Tiler Peck, Maria Kochetkova, Iana Salenko, Osipova

Average (not too small or tall): Maria Alexandrova, Nela, Olesya Novikova, Diana Vishneva, Polina Semionova, Viktoria Tereshkina, Maria Khoreva

Tall (over 5’7): Zakharova, Ekaterina Shipulina, Lopatkina, Olga Smirnova, Alina Somova, Isabella Boylston

5'6" (167cm) is the average height, particularly in Europe. It's also quite common here for companies to post a minimum requirement of 165cm for women- certainly not always followed though. I think the bar for being a 'short' dancer needs to be dancers under that minimum.

Short (under 5’4 / 165): Skylar Brandt, Misty Copeland, Evgenia Obratsova, Alina Cojocaru, Natalia Makarova, Tiler Peck, Maria Kochetkova, Iana Salenko, Natalia Osipova

Average (5'5-6"/ 167) Maria Alexandrova, Marianela Nunez, Diana Vishneva, Ekaterina Krysanova, Nina Kaptsova

Tall (5’7+ / 170+): Viktoria Tereshkina (I think she's just 170, looking at pictures with her and Vishenva) Svetlana Zakharova, Ekaterina Shipulina, Ulyana Lopatkina, Olga Smirnova, Alina Somova, Olesya Novikova, Isabella Boylston, Polina Semionova (definitely over 170), Maria Khoreva (also right about 170)

#ballet #not tagging everyone #ballet ask #ballerina

[miss-mollys-ballet-blog]

Ranked Ballet Performances

I've seen quite a few live shows and I have thoughts on all of them, but instead of sharing them, I'm just going to rank them from my favorite to least favorite:

La Bayadere: Viktoria Tereshkina and Kimin Kim

Giselle: Svetlana Zakharova and David Hallberg

La Bayadere: Ekaterina Kondaurova and Timur Askerov

Raymonda: Ekaterina Kondaurova and Danila Korsuntsev

Don Quixote: Marianela Nunez and Carlos Acosta

Le Corsaire: Ekaterina Kondaurova, Andrey Ermakov, Kimin Kim

Paquita: Viktoria Tereshkina and Timur Askerov

Swan Lake: Devon Teuscher and Marcelo Gomes

Raymonda: Oksana Skorik and Timur Askerov

Giselle: Skylar Brandt and Joo Won An

Don Quixote: Skylar Brandt and Herman Cornejo

Romeo and Juliet: Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside

The Nutcracker: Mariko Sasaki, William Bracewell, Isabella Gasparini, and James Hay

Giselle: Gillian Murphy and Thomas Forester

Swan Lake: Isabella Boylston and Alban Lendorf

Swan Lake: Devon Teuscher and Aran Bell

Giselle: Elizaveta Gogidze and Olekseii Kniazkov

Little Humpbacked Horse: Anastasia Kolegova and Maxim Zyuzin

Sleeping Beauty: Sarah Lane and Herman Cornejo

Paquita: Nadezhda Batoeva and Xander Parish

Harlequinade: Skylar Brandt and Daniil Simkin

Whipped Cream: Sarah Lane and Daniil Simkin

Le Corsaire: Maria Khoreva, Konstantin Zverev, and Kimin Kim

Paquita: Maria Khoreva and Konstantin Zverev

I think I got them all lol. I didn't include non-ballet performances such as Bourne's Swan Lake, Alvin Ailey, and Riverdance.

#ballet text post #ballet

[greyeyedmonster-18]

If you could steal the wardrobe of one celebrity, whose would you steal?

Alternatively, if you could style one celebrity, who would you choose?

♥️

these are GREAT questions.

i always have been a big fan of kaia gerbers street style (but also always joke that i would take pete davidsons wardrobe in a hot second). also shes not really a “celebrity” but theres a ballerina named isabella boylston whose wardrobe i would take in a hottttt second.

and its gotta be karlie kloss. i would style the shit out of her; lets take some risks klossy

honesty hour

#grey answers #honesty hour asks

[destinyc1020]

U get them how you loose them.

Benjamin cheated on his ex ( ballerina isabella boylston) with Natalie during black swan, so nt shocked he cheated again. I feel bad for their kids bt... im nt suprised.

Smh

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Yea girl.... that's what I always say too. You lose them how you get them. If a man is willing to cheat on his wife/gf WITH you, then he's also capable of cheating ON you with someone else. 👀

BTW, this kiss👇🏾 looks awkward af.... You can tell they were just trying to keep it together before the breakup announcement came out smh. 😬🥴

[britinthepnw]

Isabella Boylston

Ballerina Project

[lovelyballetandmore]

Isabella Boylston | Daniel Camargo | American Ballet Theatre

#isabella boylston #daniel camargo #american ballet theatre #balletphotography #white tights #ballerina #tutu

[jewishbarbies]

Natalie did WHAT

This is unrelated to the movie but her now husband cheated with her, and the man had a whole relationship with a principal ballerina Isabella Boylston 💀

#Asks #anonymoose #jfc #wtf natalie

[scholarlyhobbit]

Isabella Boylston looking poised and fierce in a photoshoot. The tutu is stunning; big Odile vibes. And can we talk about her feet? Perfection. From interviews, I know she doesn't really use anything in her shoes for padding, and I'm just sort of bowled over by her strength and endurance. . . . 🏷️ #ballet #ballerina #isabellaboylston #pointe #pointeshoes #americanballettheatre #abt #balletlife #dancelife #tutu #beautifulballerina #ballerinaseveryday #balletdancer #dancer #balletworld #worldwideballet #balletlovers #loveballet #balletinspiration #danceinspiration #balletaddiction #balletphotography #balletphotography #dancephotography #balletpost #balletpost #danceislife #gorgeous #балет #балерина https://www.instagram.com/p/CpbIR7KvzY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ballet #ballerina #isabellaboylston #pointe #pointeshoes #americanballettheatre #abt #balletlife #dancelife #tutu #beautifulballerina #ballerinaseveryday #balletdancer #dancer #balletworld #worldwideballet #balletlovers #loveballet #balletinspiration #danceinspiration #balletaddiction #balletphotography #dancephotography #balletpost #danceislife #gorgeous #балет #балерина

[chaoticnutcase]

Isabella Boylston by Nisian Hughes

#Ballet #Beauty #Black