#Natalia Osipova

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The dying swan 🦢

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Your blog is so interesting! I wanted to ask you, and I know sometimes it’s a bit unfair to compare but between Zakharova and Nuñez who do you prefer and how can you compare their techniques?

Also I’ve always heard the great prima ballerinas of this century are Zakharova, Osipova and Nuñez, but are there more?

Thank you!

I'm glad you enjoy my blog!

I have talked about the relative strengths of Zakhraova here, as well as some more about Zakharova, Nunez, and Osipova here. I am a great admirer of both, but I think I prefer Nunez most of all. Zakharova and the amazing moments she can achieve with her physicality are absolutely spellbinding, she's probably as close as it gets to dancing 'by the book'. She appears so ethereal and that level of academician just seems like an impossible, but glorious dream.

Nunez doesn't have Zakharova's plasticity, turnout or endless lyrical extensions but she has figured out how to master the art form on her own body with incredibly precise weight transfers leading to moments of jaw-dropping suspension. Her placement gives her such freedom to explore her musicality and also dance from a place of genuine vulnerability.

Zakharova (or perhaps Sylvie Guillem) is the closest we've seen to a textbook ballerina but there is something so special and genuine about seeing Nunez mold the rules of ballet to achieve incredible feats technically and emotionally

To answer your second question, if we're talking about the best ballerinas of the 21st century, I think there are a handful of other names that can't be left out: Diana Vishneva, Alina Cojocaru, Ulyana Lopatkina and Julie Kent. It's a lot of names, but this century has truly produced some impeccable artists.

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The Royal Ballet celebrates Natalia Osipova’s 10 years with the company, complete with a rare ROH flower throw!

17 November 2023

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Natalia Osipova as Juliet and Reece Clarke in Romeo and Juliet. The Royal Ballet, 2022

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swanhilda's angry little emboîtés my beloved

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Natalia Osipova | Reece Clarke | The Royal Ballet | Photo by Andre Uspenski | @dancersdiary

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Silmarillion AU: The Ballet

Aredhel would not be constrained by the walls of her brother’s city and rode forth often beyond the borders of his realm. One day she was seen by Eöl, who wove enchantments about her until she was utterly lost. Then he showed himself to her, and loved her. A child they had of their union, Maeglin, to whom Aredhel spoke of her longing to return home, until they escaped together. Eöl followed them in anger and threw a spear at his son, but Aredhel stepped between and was wounded by the weapon, and died. 

Natalia Osipova as Aredhel, Reece Clarke as Eöl, Matthew Ball as Maeglin

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I’ve heard that Osipova is pregnant! If that’s really true, I just want to hear it directly from her. She literally did Kitri at 37, plus being pregnant too, what a true powerhouse. That means she’s doing Manon when she’s 3-4 months along.

If so, than congrats to her and husband (now father) Jason😊

I don't really follow Osipova much anymore so I haven't heard anything. Congrats to her if she is!

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Natalia Osipova and José Manuel Carreño in ABT’s Don Quixote

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Hi!!! I'm totally new to ballet and I know nothing about it, so I have a genuine question. I saw a video on YouTube that had Marianela Nunez, Natalia Osipova and Svetlana Zakharova as the best ballerinas in the world. Can you please explain to me what makes them so incredible? (I know nothing about technique so they all look out of this world for me) I would love to read a more in depth analysis from you❤

These three are perhaps the most popular ballerinas of the 2010s but the three couldn't be more different.

Osipova's strengths, especially as a young pro, were her outstanding virtuosity and endless, soulful energy. Look at old videos of her dancing Don Quixote at the Bolshoi or Mikhailovksy, her jumps seem to float with effortless rebound and the speed at which she can accelerate is also unique. She's fearless on stage and her risk-taking both technically and emotionally is always reinvigorating.

Zakhraova first gained acclaim for her natural facility and flexibility, her long hyperextended legs, arched insets, and tremendous mobility left audiences spellbound. Her turnout and cleanliness are often regarded as nearly textbook. Her lyricism and adagio prowess shine in roles like Odette/Odile from Swan Lake. She just has this regal, imposing aura that takes over the stage.

Nunez is a slightly different case. While she was certainly a prodigy, she wasn't a world star until later in her career and had a slower development compared to the two Russians. She's remarkable because she's showing the magic of what possible with pure technique and placement. Her balance and suspended quality of movement are inimitable. It's so hard to be that precise, and even more remarkably she's a better dancer now in her late 30s/early 40s than she was as a teen wizard. She just exudes a genuine love for the art form with every step- you see her smile and you fall in love too.

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I have never heard the ROH as loud as after Osipova did the Kitri Act I variation. Wow.

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didn’t see world ballet day today, only clips so far but Osipova looks so good in bangs (fringes)! And of course her Kitri was amazing, that role is made for her.

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Natalia Osipova as Odette in Swan Lake