ABT Studio Company | FLAMES OF PARIS Pas de Deux 🇫🇷

ABT Studio Company dancers Kotomi Yamada and Elwince Magbitang perform the FLAMES OF PARIS pas de deux in April 2021, during ABT Studio Company’s Covid-safe “ballet bubble” at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park.

Produced by kw creative
Filmed and edited by Emily Kikta & Peter Walker
Filmed at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, New York

Choreography after Vasily Vainonen
Staged by Sascha Radetsky
Music by Boris Asafyev
Lighting Director: Ash Umhey, courtesy of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
Dancers: Elwince Magbitang, Kotomi Yamada

Cover photo by Erin Baiano

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[monongahelacats]

Kotomi is something special. I'll be shocked if she not taken into the main company.

[DavidAsset]

I really enjoyed this. This is a difficult ballet to pull off. The male solos are extremely challenging, all jumps with only twirls for resting. These two young dancers were lovely, and I hope they have wonderful careers going forward.

[jillgooner]

That was beautiful. Was watching Ivan vasiliev dancing it yesterday. Way over the top and looks like a body builder. Everything is so exaggerated. That was just as impressive but in a more delicate way. Knocks spots off Ivan

[bella.the.bookish.baker.]

Both of these dancers were so amazing! I’m not a dancer and I basically know nothing about ballet technique, but oh my god her turns were just 👌 ✨beautiful ✨

[AnnaAnna-ziri]

He is fantastic!!!! They are both excellent. He just really wowed me with his style

[barbaralemere]

These dancers have wonderful elegant style and great presentation. Great technique! A pleasure to watch them. 🙌.

[catarinat.d.]

Smooth!! Two future stars in the making 😊 Well done 👏

[Jules-]

An amazing pas de deux from these two, very talented, young artists. His turns and elevation are brilliant and her fouettés and turns likewise. Everything was executed with genuine bravura, and I thought the entire piece was outstanding and exciting.

[carmeladioko]

id give this a million likes if i could!! soo clean and beautiful

[pasdepoisson]

They are so amazing✨👏✨👏Wonderful performance !!

[СветланаДьяченко-ды]

«Мало, мало, мало огня! Я хочу ещё немного больше!» Лучше посмотрю Наталью Осипову и Ивана Васильева и всем советую🥰

[АндрейМартынов-эе]

Молодым людям ещё предстоит очень много работать... прыжки низкие, еле еле отрывают задницу от пола... фуэтэ делать не умеет! Пошла гулять по всей сцене. В целом плохо.