Video 4

Carlos Acosta trained in Cuba and then went to England to dance as a principal for the Royal Ballet. he has danced as a guest artist at Paris Opera Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet. He in my opinion is the best dancer in the world. He can jump, he can turn PERFECTLY ( the 7 pirouettes in the middle of the variation) perfect 90 degree leg in his grande pirouettes. And he's incredibly clean hence why he went to royal ballet. 

video 3

Tetsuya Kumakawa  was originally trained at the Royal Ballet school and he danced with the company for many years. But later he left and formed his own company called K Ballet in Japan. This his him dancing in Coppelia act III. Pause at 0:58(:

Video 2

Steven Mcrae from The Royal Ballet is a clean dancer and can be very reliable when a good dancer is in need. He won Prix De Laussune in 2003 and got into the Royal Ballet School. he joined the comapany a few years ago and has been dancing since.

Video 1

Ivan Vasiliev wasn't made or trained for Sleeping Beauty or Swan Lake. but his stage presence is intense. He knows how to jump and turn and he is one of the greatest dancers in Russia. He is a principal at Bolshoi Ballet.

Spring Semester

David Hallberg Act I Sleeping Beauty. He's a true artist and he is a very clean stable dancer. He broke his ankle in this dance the night before.

In January when I returned back to class my teachers worked me very hard for the next moth and a half. Everyday they would rehearse me for a international ballet competition called YAGP. I learned Swan Lake Pas de Trois act I variation, La Bayadere Solor act III variation, Giselle Peasant Pas Act I variation, Paquita Pas De Trois variation (i'm not sure which act) and Satenalla Act II variation. In January my teachers decided to only bring Satenella and Giselle which played to my strengths. I danced in Denver Colorado and I got there the day before the competition to get ready. It was scary and I hardly felt like I was dancing. I felt as if I was standing on a huge stage walking around as a bunch of old dancers watched. My results were lower then I would've liked but I ended up getting top twelve. Following YAGP I started rehearsing for Cinderella the ballet which would be performed in April. I got two parts: Harvest dance in Act I (I don't think it's originally from the ballet) and I was in the ball scene. Following this I went home for a moth and returned in June. I danced Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream and it was an amazing role for me. Went along with my personality haha. I've just started my third year at the Brindusa Moore and I hope to improve.

Fall Semester

The first semester living in Pocatello was great. I learned a lot of new materiel and improved greatly in technique and basically everything else that isn't fun in Ballet. I got three parts in the Nutcracker; Soldier Doll in Party Scene, Nutcracker Doll in Battle Scene and Russian Candy Cane in The Land of the Sweets. Soldier doll was great, the choreography included; pirouettes, double tours, barrel rolls and grande pirouettes for any of you who understand what those steps are. Also, it was a solo so that made it twice as good. Nutcracker doll was stupid except the part where I catch Clara. Russian was as usual, amazing. I even got to skip the Danish dance which is pretty awesome. In all it was a great performance. My parents had a meeting with my Ballet Teachers and they said they might and be sending audition tapes to; The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Vienna Ballet and the Paris Ballet. It's kind of scary thinking of living in another country so Pocatello is kind of the main option right now. For me as a Ballet Dancer, you never call yourself good, different people call you good which can kind of be annoying. When you think you're completely screwing up on a step other dancers and your instructors say you're doing it perfectly. That's why you have to be self criticizing of yourself so the step your doing is so good even you're happy with it. When you reach that point the feeling is amazing and it pushes you to do more, that's why ballet is so addicting.

No i'm not getting a big head Mom so don't think about saying anything about that.

Here's some photos from the show.

http://brindusamooreperformancephotography.zenfolio.com/f308738515

Dance Videos

the videos I'm about to show you i watch at least once a week.

Kind of weird but this is my male teacher dancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDv0Hjjp5ig&feature=related

Another one of him dancing.(he hardly dances at all in this one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuypaDZeJj4&feature=related

Tetsuyu Kumakawa

This is from swan lake in 2003.(by the way this music actually from the male variation in the Tchaikovsky pas de deux)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lq-SBibDns

Male variation from Copellia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uClWoItv_6g

I'll put up more videos later but I'm to tired.