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royal ballet artists as Cygnets

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#i was looking for forever but i couldnt find her name bye #royal ballet #pink #green

Johnathon Cope coaching Natalia Osipova in Swan Lake

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Fumi’s feet

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Fumi Kaneko and Nehemiah Kish rehearsing The Sugar Plum Fairy PDD

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*holds my breath as Oksana Skorik preforms cuz i don't want people to find another reason to drag her*

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NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - Natalia Osipova

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Oksana Skorik as Giselle

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Paris Opera Ballet Sujet - Germain Louvet

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Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli in Christopher Weeldon’s Aeternum

photo by Angela Kase

"When I was very young I was very shy but at the same time I was very open cause I was very curious so I wanted to try many things."

- Sylvie Guillem

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this picture is actually four miles long

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Darcey Bussell in Sylvia

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How do you improve your entrechats?

Ooh thank you for asking!

Now entrechats are tricking because i like to be absolutely sure that my beats are clean and crisp and i always finish them and COMPLETELY CLOSE INTO MY FITH IN THE AIR before i land, so you can land in that perfect fifth and just have some bomb entrechats.

That being said, it’s important to focus on your inner thigh muscles so you can pull your legs together as fast as possible. This is just a basic tip for anyone who’s trying to do this in general: Don’t think about crossing your feet in the entrechats, you have to cross at the thighs. And that is such a cleaner beat.

SO I MADE GIFS!

I recommend exercises like these (i promise after even a few sets of these, you’ll start to feel the burn man) *here’s the link for the video*