Fouettés - Prima Ballerinas in Bolshoi - Ananiashvili, Gracheva, Alexandrova, Zakharova, etc…

”A fouetté turn (or fouetté en tournant) begins with the performer standing on one flat foot in plié (with knee bent). The working leg is extended and whipped around (fouetté is French for "whipped") to the side and then, once extended to maximum turnout, bent and pulled in to a passe or retiré position. The foot beats behind the knee and then to the front of the knee of the supporting leg before extending back out to the front. At the same time, the supporting foot transitions to relevé (heel raised), in ballet often rising to en pointe (on toe tips). These movements create the angular momentum needed for one turn, which is executed by rotating in place on the supporting foot.“

This video includes Smirnova, Stepanova, Nikulina, Stashkevich, Krysanova, Obraztsova, Shipulina, Zakharova, Osipova, Kaptsova, Lunkina, Alexandrova, Allash, Antonicheva, Stepanenko, Ryzhkina, Gracheva, Ananiashvili, Mikhalchenko, N.Pavlova, Semenyaka, Bessmertnova, Maximova, and Plisetskaya. They perform Don Quixote, Swan Lake, and other ballets.

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00:00 Olga Smirnova - La Fille du Pharaon
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00:22 Yulia Stepanova - Etudes
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00:39 Anna Nikulina - Swan Lake
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01:05 Anastasia Stashkevich - Marco Spada
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01:23 Ekaterina Krysanova - Le Corsaire
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01:52 Evgenia Obraztsova - Don Quixote
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02:17 Ekaterina Shipulina - The Legend of Love
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02:46 Svetlana Zakharova - Swan Lake
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03:17 Natalia Osipova - Don Quixote
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03:42 Nina Kaptsova - The Golden Age
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04:00 Svetlana Lunkina - Le Corsaire
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04:25 Maria Alexandrova - Don Quixote
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04:52 Maria Allash - Swan Lake
   • Maria Allash / Ruslan Skvortsov / Nikolai ...  
05:24 Anna Antonicheva - The Golden Age
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05:45 Galina Stepanenko - Don Quixote
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06:17 Marianna Ryzhkina - Diana and Acteon
   • Diana y Acteon  Marianna Ryzhkina Mikhail ...  
06:33 Nadezhda Gracheva - Le Corsaire
   • Le Corsaire Pas de deux 1993 Bolshoi  
07:05 Nina Ananiashvili - Don Quixote
   • Prima ballerina assoluta Nino (Nina) Anani...  
07:32 Alla Mikhalchenko - Swan Lake
   • Swan Lake   Black Swan   Bolshoi Ballet 1989  
08:01 Nadezhda Pavlova - Don Quixote
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08:31 Ludmila Semenyaka - Swan Lake
   • 1978 PDD Black Swan  
09:04 Natalia Bessmertnova - Swan Lake
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09:37 Ekaterina Maximova - Don Quixote
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10:06 Maya Plisetskaya - Don Quixote
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