Olga Spessivtzseva - Giselle

In this clip the legendary ballerina performs the first act variation from Giselle. In 1932, she was the first ballerina to perform this in the west. She speaks here (she had a nervous breakdown several years earlier) with Anton Dolin, both former principal dancers with Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe. He is teaching the variation to Patricia McBride at the end of this clip.