This is just a sneak peek as to what I saw! This is Medora performed by Anastasia Kolegova. She was wonderful. The most perfect Vaganova body; long hyper extended legs, beautiful extensions and jumps and a lovely flowing upper body. The other Principals were as follows: Conrad-Yevgeny Ivanchenko, Gulnare- Elena Yevseyeva (who I met today :)) and Ali-Filipp Smekalov. What I really love about the Mariinksy is that it was not about what tricks you could do, such as how many pirouettes(turns) you could do or how high you could get your leg, it was purely about the ballet art form. It was so pure and beautiful to watch and still see that one of the best companies in the world are sticking to the beauty of ballet and not turning it into gymnastics. I love to watch PURE, BEAUTIFUL BALLET!!! This was so amazing to be able to see in real life, it took my breath away and I'm so lucky I get to go to another performance tomorrow evening!
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