Speaking of bravura performances recently, my sister Gill (on loan from ABT) premiered as Odette/Odile in the Kirov Ballet’s production of Swan Lake over the weekend in St. Petersburg, at the famed Mariinsky Theater. And, through the magic of Youtube, her Black Swan pas de deux is now online:
For the non-ballet folk, that spin move is known as a fouette, and they’re hard!
Wow! She is really, really good! Thanks for posting this…I gave my mom her Swan Lake DVD for Christmas…Tell Berks hi from my chocolate lab!