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Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Russian: Наталья Романовна Макарова, born 21 November 1940) is a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that “her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation in the West.”
Makarova was born in Leningrad in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the USSR. At the age of 12, she auditioned for the Leningrad Choreographic School (formerly the Imperial Ballet School), and was accepted although most students join the school at the age of 9.
Makarova was a permanent member of the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad from 1956 to 1970, achieving prima ballerina status during the 1960s. She defected to the West while on tour with the Kirov in London. Soon after defecting, Makarova began performing with the American Ballet Theatre in New York and the Royal Ballet in London.
When she first arrived in the West, Makarova was eager to expand her choreography by dancing ballets by modern choreographers. At the same time, she remained most identified with classical roles such as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and Giselle. In December 1975, she and her dance partner Mikhail Baryshnikov featured prominently in an episode of the BBC television series Arena. She was featured in the 1976 live American Ballet Theatre production of Swan Lake, simulcast from Lincoln Center on both PBS and NPR. When ABT artistic director Luica Chase stepped down, both Makarova and Baryshnikov applied. After the company went with Baryshnikov, she left for the Royal Ballet of London.
Natalia Makarova's hilarious speach for her 1983 Tony Award
Natalia Makarova & Ivan Nagy (with Itzhak Perlman & Lynn Harrell) - Swan Lake
the dying swan - natalia makarova
Prima ballerina N.Makarova tells us about her disasters on stage!
NATALIA MAKAROVA ""HONOREE" - (COMPLETE) 35th KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, 12-26-2012 (187)
ballet techniques natalia makarova
Documentary - Ballerina by Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova Q&A; | Ballerina: Program 1, 'Body and Soul'
Sleeping beauty Pas de deux Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov
Adagio Swan Lake Natalia Makarova Kevin McKenzie
Actors: Bryson Funk (actor), Matt Kramer (actor), Matt Kramer (editor), Matt Kramer (producer), Matt Kramer (writer), Matt Kramer (director), Jacquelyn Blomquist (actress), Courtney Noetzel (actor), Britton Gomez (actress), Madison Bates (actress), Ragan Cantrell (actress), Ashton Overbeck (actress), Jazmin Powers (actress), Alex Spencir (actress), Madelyn Oden (actress),
Plot: Lacey Dresse is a young ballet student with big dreams, but she and her charming, blundering friends are always turning La Petite School of Ballet inside out, upside down, and funny side up! Based on the Blunderinas book series, this is a whimsical, musical collection of misadventures for the starry-eyed dreamer in all of us!
Keywords: ballerina, balletFantastic physical language off stage too.
Click on the following timecode to go to start of dancing 0:56. This is a rare clip showing perhaps the most famous prima ballerina of the modern era, Natalia Makaova, and one of her favorite partners, Ivan Nagy, dancing the White Swan Pas de Deux from "Swan Lake." They are accompanied on-stage by violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Lynn Harrell. This was performed on May 13, 1984 as part of a 100th anniversary celebration at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Ms. Makarova was forty-four at the time of this performance. Ivan Nagy had retired six years earlier, in 1978, at the age of thirty-five, but was coaxed by Makarova to return for this one performance.
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Great tragedians can be funny too :)
JUDITH JAMISON (1999 Kennedy Center Honors Honoree/dance choreographer) introduces NATALIA MAKAROVA at the 26th Kennedy Center Honors awards ceremony. The names of dancers who pay tribute to Natalia + titles of dances are as follows: 1) Grace Ann Pierce & Tiler Peck - (other dances); 2) Alina Cojocaru & Angel Corella, "Giselle"; 3) Julie Kent & David Hallberg, "Romeo & Juliet"; & 4) Veronika Part & Marcelo Gomes, "Black Swan Pas de Deux". Thank you "MrDarrellmoo" for the names of the performers and dances.
ballet class with nathalia makarova
Russian ballerina and choreographer Natalia Makarova spoke about 'Ballerina: Program 1, “Body and Soul”' at Dance on Camera Festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Natalia Makarova is considered one of the great ballerinas of her time, whose flawless Kirov Ballet training made her a role model for future dancers. Dance on Camera celebrates her 75th year by presenting “Body and Soul,” the first segment of the Emmy-nominated Ballerina series that she conceived, wrote, and narrated for BBC TV. Unseen for many years, the four-part documentary, from which Program 1 will be shown, examines the qualities that define a true ballerina, with Makarova sharing rare footage of legendary figures Maya Plisetskaya, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci, and the remarkable Sylvie Guillem when she first joi...
Makarova and Baryshnikov - The very definition of greatness.