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Danielle, Full time dancer at the National Theatre Ballet..

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Helene Bouchet from @hamburgballett for @dancemagazine , that hook though. #foot #incredible #dance #ballet #pointe #ballerina #studio #movement #grace #power #line #follow #love #pink #purple

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Mentally preparing now for another marathon show of Sleeping Beauty… 👸🏻 Fairy Cavalier ➡️ Garland Waltz ➡️ Bluebird. 💪🏼 #letsdothis #morningclass @ali.bpowya 📽 (at Estonian National Opera)

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Who is this Ballet star?

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The best way to see how to fix things is to film yourself and watch it back, as painful as it may be- there is nothing more honest than your own critique of yourself. Note to self- TURN OUT YOUR LEGS POINT YOUR FEET AND FIX YOUR BIRD WING ARMS!!!!!!!

Screenshots from today, going in on your own on a Sunday to practice, such a long way to go before Tuesdays performance of Raymonda grand pas de deux and clap variation solo..

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Enjoying the morning melbourne sun with a bit of balcony ballet on my day off. Lovely!

Follow my Instagram for more dips into what we get into in and out of the studio at the National Theatre Ballet @abcDaniellefghi

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Meet a Dancer: Rhiannon Fairless was born in Titirangi, New Zealand and joined The National Ballet of Canada as a RBC Apprentice in 2013 and became a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2014.

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*proud* You go girl kiwi pride

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Ballerina Marianela Nunez - Royal Opera House - Photo by Johan Persson

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perfect body

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Bit of a dysfunction ballet family but family all the same. spending some weeks- up to 90 hours a week together rehearsing- you cant get much closer than us- 3 years with these beauties xx

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There’s nothing quite like Australian spring. The best way to spend a day off? going for a beach run then soaking your feet in the ocean!

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Drew Jacoby I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with my height. I liked being tall, but sometimes I wished I weren’t 5’ 11’’. It seems like I have been tall forever. I went to Pacific Northwest Ballet School, where there were a lot of tall dancers, even though I was the tallest. The repertoire really suited my body type. I was certain I was going to get into PNB and was shocked when I didn’t. They told me to come back when I was strong enough to be a soloist. I was crushed. But I had met Alonzo King of LINES while at PNB, and he offered me a job. Alonzo is all about freedom and individuality; also, he tends to like long bodies. So I went from school to working with a choreographer one on one. There was no issue with my height—it was only a good thing. When I stopped trying to fit in, and began being myself and exploiting my difference, my career took off. In the end, it was so much better for my artistic growth. 

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"Life is like a box of chocolate, never know what you're gonna get" L-R: Infra pas de deux (Wayne McGregor) Peasant pas de deux, Raymonda grand pas, Swan Lake act 3 pas de deux, Nutcracker pas de deux, Tchaikovsky pas de deux WHAT A MIX! Dancers of all shapes,sizes, colours and genders creating movement of SUCH DIFFERENT ways to each other stand(or kneel) as family (: For more cute moments like this follow me on Instagram - @abcDaniellefghi

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Stretching on the piano before rehearsing Raymonda solo

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National Theatre ballet- studio performance of Swan Lake act 3 "Neapolitan" and "Spanish" Our dysfunctional family photo of the day. My homies.