When Elena Glurdjidze, a senior principal dancer with the English
National Ballet, dropped by a Chanel couture salon earlier this month
for a final fitting of a costume Lagerfeld designed for her, she gave
him an impromptu dance from “The Dying Swan.” He filmed it and the
three-minute video, shot in grainy black and white, went live on
chanel.com Wednesday
How cool is that?!!
Posted by: -Ed. | May 31, 2009 at 09:02 PM
Great... but I miss the "Swan" musical piece to go with it...
Posted by: alejandra | June 01, 2009 at 03:40 AM
Gorgeous. but I wish he had stuck with the score by Saint-Saens, I suppose it's trop triste...
Posted by: JulaGem | June 01, 2009 at 06:06 AM
I have to say that I enjoy this blog even though Opera Chic is obviously not a Gheorghiu fan (and I am)!
Posted by: Linda Smith | June 01, 2009 at 06:15 AM
Wonderful!!! What a pity the cameraman seemed more concerned to the floor logo than to the dancer's arms...
Posted by: Daniele | June 01, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Huh! That's nothing! You should see how I dance for the staff at M&S when I'm trying on a new pair of casual slacks!
Posted by: Moi | June 01, 2009 at 03:03 PM
How unexpected and wonderful. And a great costume--I love the little wings!
Posted by: Sandy | June 01, 2009 at 03:49 PM
Splendid!!!!!!!!
Posted by: nick | June 01, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Unfortunately, the dancer is replicating a dying swan and the music is Debussy's Clair de Lune - "the light of the Moon" and the dancing and music don't equate! Maybe Chanel should stick to fashion.
Mimi
Posted by: Mimi | June 05, 2009 at 12:31 PM