YAGP 2009 Tori Hall Lilac Fairy Variation from Sleeping Beauty #325

[619starstruck]

she is terrible!!!

[Balletalltheway5]

@619starstruck Hey for thirteen, this is amazing. Give her some credit.

[Juliannaballerina112]

@619starstruck This is a very difficult variation and i dont think that it is fair to say that she is terrible because she is 13 and has a lot of potential. i personally think she is amazing.

[TwinkleToes841]

Great job! but work on keeping your fingers together

[kmaelan112]

THIRTEEN?!??!? she looks like... 19! but very pale, im jealous.

[FILIPINADANCER09]

If you don't look at her arms..SHES AMAZING

[isaah1307]

I wud liek to kno the name of this music. And if sm1 knows where i can download it.

[bonnieb118]

This is beautiful. :)

[lorijane1973]

She is only 13! Tori, you have such great potential! Please find a studio/ school where you can work on your turnout and overall strength. Beautiful lines, wow. Keep up the hard work :)

[pangaea611]

I thought she was 18!!

[tinkerbellerina134]

for 13 that was amazing. Some of it better than I can do now, but there were a couple times it wasn't perfect.. she sort of fell on a pirouette. Not saying I could do it better though! It was beuatiful

[broadwaynballet]

I actually thought this was beautiful, especially considering her age! She has wonderful control over her extension for 13! The tutu was also beautiful! As for the transitions and stage precense- thatll come!!

[ChildofGod318]

not too bad, especially for a 13 year old. you should work on your transitions a little it makes the steps more then just steps....flow and relax. don't be afraid to work with the timing, music is everything!

[jngwatson]

Excellent

[ngkballet]

I am not trying to be mean or anything but she needs to keep her shoulders down

[dancinfool25]

She doesn't love dance I think. Or maybe she does...but I didn't get that through this performance. She's old enough to be performing at a higher level. (And I don't mean technically).

[dance335101]

She dances weird. Not that I'm any better, but something with her head and arms just seems weird. But anyways, she's good for a 13 year old.

[dancerluv72]

@dance335101 oh yeah i know. i mean she's flexible with pretty high extention and whatnot, but there's something about her dancing that bothers me....idk almost like she's not in control of her arms and torso?...

[m3gan2]

you attitudes and arabesques need to be behind your body. lift the foot higher in pirouettes. lovely sissones and elevation

[bound4stars16]

This is a hard piece-fabulous job with it. Your lines and turns are very pretty.  Just smile!

[pianogirl247]

and she's only 13? wow... she has alot of flexibility! very flowing and elegant

[PrinceAlon]

Work on your arms because they bend or when you are going through a transition they sharply bend. xD I hope I made sense, anyways tother than that I loved it.

[Tap2323]

You have a beautiful presence on stage. I thought it was just lovely.

[ballerina4life152]

you need to work on your arms. relax and smile. you have to make it look effortless you also when you have your arms in fifth position make sure your palms and facing the floor

[ballettina]

wonderful potential,go on:)

[abby8080]

she is ok

[twobeeornottwobee]

Just beautiful, poise, grace, confidence,very nice technique, for such a young age . So talented will go far. Bravo!

[dancer5616]

omg her extensions are WOOOW! BUT she wasnt very controlled if u noticed she wasnt too stable at times

[elizabethrice3]

Beautiful body and flexibility, but a dancer at this level should be able to complete single and double pirouettes; they are compulsory elements for a dancer. I understand this piece is supposed to be soft and elegant, but the movement was too light; she needed to hit her poses with just a bit of power.

[vanillabean001]

Wow she's very tall for 13! That must be hard.

[imbeinganinja]

i love timour bourtasenkov (her coach). he dances with us here in hawaii a lot!

[vess1028]

WOW!!

[justanotherboyo]

knees out on your turns a bit more and you need to use more body, don't be so stiff.

other than that nice. :)

[balletrixlestrange]

that was beautiful! one of the hardest things in dance in my opinion is making things look easy, and you did just that.

[dearestcaroline]

her arms are bad and i don't think the tutu complemented her dance.

[peace13ily]

i was there! i competed in this competition! i watched her. shes soo graceful!!!

[27Jules72]

AMAZING ARE YOU REALLY 13?

[JRhuewing]

a young Suzanne Farrell

[eloisefig]

nice. much potential, too. reminds me of me with the facials. But heck, I'd be nervsous too.

[BoogieGirl3]

great

[TwoFaceTrio]

Just remember to smile a little more

[TwoFaceTrio]

very well done :) you have great arabesques and your arms are very graceful

[PrettypiratEyz13]

YES! She did the hard version of pirouettes from fifth. They look easy but are really difficult. That was so beautiful! Good job.

[saunabelt]

she doesn't look like she's 13. she good though. :)

[CroisseDevant]

She really was 13 when this video was done (January '09). Turned 14 on 6/8/09. (I should know ... I'm her mom!) :-)

[pkzdancer]

This was just beutiful! So gracful and light

[kbtdancer1222]

nice line in arabeque!!