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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Artists: Christine Schwaner & Elysa Hotchkiss Photo by: Rich Sofranko

Uliana Lopatkina performing “The Dying Swan.” Photo: Gene Schiavone

The Washington Ballet School of Ballet has launched an initiative to train more dancers of color. Photo courtesy The Washington School of Ballet.

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Olga Smirnova as Odette in ‘Swan Lake’. Photo © Gene Schiavone.

Taken during the Bolshoi’s tour to Lincoln Center, NYC 2014.

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”I danced from the moment I learned to stand on my feet. I have danced all my life. Man, all humanity, the whole world, must dance. This was, and will always be.— Isadora Duncan

↳Aesthetic- Rio Anderson

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Sophia Lucia in her new costume by maymaysews

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Its so pretty wow

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Alina Somova and Xander Parish, Romeo and Juliet

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Paris Opera Ballet in Sleeping Beauty

Photo © Gérard Uféras

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Sophia Lucia working on a new variation from coppelia

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Juuuust beautiful.

I do really hope though that her teachers break her out of the habit of doing those *jazz* arms right before she does her pirouette. I find it weird that she always “winds up” before she turns (counter-twists her arms); it’s obviously a mental thing since she turns just fine on her own. I could only get my kids out of the “wind-up” habit by randomly yelling loud gibberish every time I saw them do it.

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Isn't a slight twist in the torso acceptable? I know in Vaganova we're even trained to apply this sort of twist on the "&" count before we actually push into the turn. Personally, this small preparatory step has proven to be far more beneficial to me. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding. She might be using this technique a little more than she should, but I'd love to hear other opinions.