male coda compilation • Now & Then - Tchaikovs...
male variation compilation • Now & Then - Tchaikovs...
Two full-length versions of the Tchai Pas de Deux were documented during Mr.B's lifetime: The one from 1962 and the one from 1978. In between there was at least another one for Villella (only a coda fragment released - late 1960s?), and one for Farrell/Martins (coda released 1977). The coda fishdives couldn't be more different.
In the original version (Verdy/Ludlow) the woman would take off with both feet in the air, jump on an "arc" trajectory, and the man would catch her on the descent so there would be no need to shift her position in the final pose - her legs would already be on a higher level than her head.
In the 1962 version both dancers jump in sync, then she jumps "horizontally" and he catches her - all pretty safe. Apparently too safe for Mr. B's taste...
The McBride/Villella version is more daring: he doesn't jump, but after catching her he turns her upside down as much as he can without actually bashing her head on the floor ;-)
Mr. B apparently liked the upside down idea so much that the 1977 version is just the flip taken to extreme - Farrell jumps very little, and Martins turns her completely upside down.
In the 1978 version the man jumps ahead, she follows immediately with the "horizontal" jump and he catches her when she flies by before disappearing into the wings. I sincerely hope it worked in live performances...
With such variety to chose from it is strange that subsequent stagings settled for something different. NYCB dancers indeed perform a combination derived from the McBride/Villella/Baryshnikov versions, but other companies don't. More often than not what they do resembles a lift. She doesn't jump but goes on pointe and raises her other leg; he grabs her by the leg and upper body, lifts her, and forces her leg into a near-vertical position to simulate the upside down flip.
For the montage I used footage available on YT. Many thanks to the uploaders.
1962 Hayden/d'Amboise • Video
late 1960s McBride/Villella • Tchaikovsky Pas de Deu...
1977 Farrell/Martins
1978 McBride/Baryshnikov • Choreography by Balanc...
1989 Platel/Legris
2000 Zakharova/Zelensky • Svetlana Zakharova- Ig...
2010 Herrera/Hallberg
2010s Peck/de Luz • Video
2012 Obraztsova/Merkuriev • Obraztsova & Merkuriev...
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