ABT Principal Dancer Angel Corella
Below a rare English language interview though Angel has done many in Spanish
Below, Angel and Paloma Herrera discussing Don Quixote
Sara Mearns, Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
Former ABT Principal Mikhail Baryshnikov
Former ABT Principal Alessandra Ferri (in French)
ABT Principal Dancer Roberto Bolle
ABT Guest Star Polina Semionova
Interesting Polina, talky interviewer - see the video just below, Russian interviewers still seem best at bringing out the best.
The Bolshoi’s Principal Dancer Nikolay Tsiskaridze
An English-over example of the frank, self-confident Russian style of interview also seen in other videos below only in Russian
American Ballet Theater’s David Hallberg
American Ballet Theater’s Paloma Herrera
American Ballet Theater’s Misty Copeland
Principal Cory Stearns Of The ABT
See Cory associate ballet with “cool icons”. US ballet seems ripe for this, European and especially Russian are further down the road.
American Ballet Theater’s Guest Star Alina Cojocaru
Not an interview but very revealing nevertheless. She was 15 competing at the Prix de Lausanne
Former American Ballet Company Principal Michelle Wiles
Former ABT Principal Vladimir Malakhov
Former ABT Principal And Balletmaster Susan Jaffe
ABT Guest Star Ivan Vasiliev (All In Russian)
ABT Principal Dancer Diana Vishneva (All In Russian)
Diana Vishneva’s interview in the excellent RU5.TV “Personal Belongings” series At least half of the best dancer videos are from Moscow or St Petersburg
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(In Russian) Natalia Osipova At The Bolshoi
Part of the excellent Moscow series “Monologues About Themselves.” At least half of the best dancer videos are from Moscow or St Petersburg
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Veronika Part Of The American Ballet Theater
Ethan Steifel Formerly With The ABT
Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky Of The ABT
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Gillian Murphy Of The ABT
David Hallberg Of The ABT
Irina Dvorovenko Of The ABT
Paloma Herrera Of The ABT
(In Russian) Natalia Osipova On The Ballet Coppelia
(In Portuguese) Marcelo Gomes Of The ABT
Best EVER interview with a dancer in English we’ve seen was with Marcelo Gomes on Tuesday 5 June. It was in the List Theater at Lincoln Center and so far as we could see was not taped. He’d already had a 25 hour day in rehearsal.
He talked about how he was attracted to jazz dance at age 5 in Manaus, halfway up the Amazon River, and several years later moved over to ballet when he moved to Rio to learn. His first paying role in ballet at age 16 was actually as a monk. In La Bayadere - by the ABT. Kevin McKenzie spotted him then and an offer to join ABT was actually made.
But his parents wanted him to see through his training year with the Paris Opera Ballet - which he loved. He also loved Paris.. Right after, he asked for another audition with the ABT but they took him “sight unseen” into the corps and he was doing solos soon and became a principal at 23.
He is really proud of learning extremely fast, and of his partnering to make the ballerinas look good. He talked kindly of partnering Natalia Osipova and Diana Vishneva, and he made partnering sound like a lot of fun with the silent dialogue that goes on. In time off, he travels, cooks, and looks after his miniature dachshund.
When asked from the grinning adoring audience who was the toughest, most fearless dancer he ever partnered, he hedged and then admitted “It had to be Nina”. Everybody really laughed. Really, a model interview. And a kind man.
(In Italian) Roberto Bolle Of The ABT
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