Slowest Variation Ever

This variation was simple compared to the others but it had one little twist that made it really hard. It is extremely slow. That one element would make it seem easier but by the end of doing this I was exhausted. This variation is from Les Sylphides and is the 3rd variation. This ballet was the first artist ballet that was written not as a story but just as an art. This would explain why the hardest part about this variation is its artist quality and its slowness. Sorry that the video is not that good for a better picture go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uyixV4Z7PI&feature=related. Remember Confusius say "Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."

2nd Variation of the year

Here is my second variation. This one is only like 50 seconds but it was still a killer because you never stop doing big jumps for that whole time. Not to mention you run across the stage every two seconds. Well I hope you enjoy it. This variation is from the ballet Giselle and is part of the willies (dark dancing dead fairy people) dance. The Character is Myrtha the queen of the willies. Note: I did not learn the second half of this clip, because that is the finally and is not till the end of the willi dance (you can see where is jumps to the second section).

First Variation of the season

Every summer I have taken a variation class, a variation is a short solo done one of the leads in a ballet. I have attached a video of the variation done by some fabulous dancer. I wish I could dance this good. Some of the steps are slightly different from what I learned but basically it is the same.This dance is from the ballet Giselle and this is Giselle preforming a dance for her lover and trying to not let her mom know I also found a quote that sums up my feelings about ballet. Including my toes that aches from doing to many hops on pointe. “If ballet were easy, they'd call it football” That is all I need to say!