Katia Almayeva (Age 11) - Esmeralda Variation

[luvinmusicrox]

she's incredible!but there's 115 ppl who need 2 go 2 specsavers cuz they accidentally clicked dislike!!! ;-)

[lovefunpeach]

i wish i could have very straight legs like her

[McSweetCake]

Wow...she is 11 and she has pointe shoes too? just amazing

[debbycelentanina]

that's incredible!!!

[NeverFadingMe]

SHE'S PERFECT.

[emsi1966]

That's gorgeous!!! stunning beautiful and amazing!!!!!!! her piroettes were gorgeous!!!!!!! Amazingly talented!!!!!!!!!!

[lexitsoi]

her extensions. woow.

[dipsey99]

OMG... She would have to be in the Australian ballet by now. I am a ballerina at age 11 I have been dancing for 8 years not nearly as good as her

[emsi1966]

She's amazing!!!!! she's like a perfect dancer and she's only 11!!!!!

[amazingeegee]

Wow!

[seguirbailando]

sos hermossaaa super admiradora tuya!!! :)

[LINDSEYAS1]

very nice... 

[gracebatista]

she is great! :D

[lorenza2345]

è bravissima!

[TiffanieeLe]

Does anyone know where I can get this music?

[bplinn]

Brava!!

[Amalthea1986]

natürlich ist man erstaunt solches tanzen bei einer 11 jährigen zu sehen, aber perfekt ist sie nicht. die Fußarbeit ist in manchen positionen unsauber und viele schwärmen wie hoch sie das bein kriegt aber das hier ist ballett und keine gymnastik. Ich bin sicher das sie jede menge talent hat, aber man sollte es nicht übertreiebn mit in den himmel loben

[featherstream13]

anyone know where I could get a copy of this music? I'm performing the variation thursday & can't find the music anywhere!

[jackyg33]

by far the most amazing thing i have seen... i mean i dont know how many girls i have seen dancing esmeralda but none of them are nearly as good this is perfect

[adversize]

stop at 00:44 amazing !

[maarimerolablt]

linda demais! parabéns (:

[cursive700]

omg your like my role model like katia

[AnimeVampire131]

Wonderful. Spectacular. It took me years 2 learn tht and I still can't quite do it right

[animallover2297]

wow!! she's only 11! shesh! i wish i was that flexible and had technique like that!

[jewelmarkess]

Wow! She is so talented.

[danceizmyworld]

Future Odette with the Bolshoi Ballet:)

[ellajaymass]

this is legitimately my favorite video on youtube

[EnaJazzborg]

i have to admit,i'm not impressed. (please dont blame me for my opinion) her technique is amazing,she is ALMOST perfect,but she is not mature enough (an 11 year old girl is not mature enough) to play a part so beautifully as natalia ospiova or svetlana zakharova would.

[fabiolarv]

Very good, would like to know if she still dances, Mt fav is Osipova´s version, its just special to me :)

[LoveBieberLove9]

PLEASE STOP AT 1:40 OMG!

[sasaxx801]

a unica boa q eu vi agora, dança perfeita, balairina nota 100%, mas queria saber a idade dela.

[TheBooballo]

she is amazing!! OMG

[slndance4eva]

She is AMAZING

[slndance4eva]

dang she is AMAZING

[dancer4660]

Beautiful (: x

[brunacarlini01]

nossa incrível

[anebubblie]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kirstietp]

Hmmm, one can assume that she's been dancing en pointe for at least a year or more here, and she's only 11. That's really too young.

[dropitlow27]

1:40 blew my pointe shoes off

[lilianhuguette]

Epoustouflant, mais à la fin elle n'arrive plus à se relever, à 11 ans le corps même avec entrainement n'est pas prêt.

[SingingDancerGirl]

Holy crap you are amazing !

[JuliaxoxElena]

Who are those 102 guys, who disliked the variation?

And why?!

[bozemandude]

her legs are SO flexible!!

[mow78]

BEST!!!

[biseriga]

ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО!!!!!!!!!

[mow78]

Beautiful and only 11 wow

[chinghxd]

wow that was beautiful =).

you all should check out christina ricucci's version of esmeralda. I'd have to say this girl, Katie and christina and my favourites!

[francofile714]

@chinghxd woah woah woah what about natalia osipova?

[xxxsmal]

ohh my gosh absolutely stunning!

[RedhairedBallerina]

She has wonderful technique, the variation is perfectly learned, but she's no esmeralda for me.

[TwilightFreaks00]

the most talented dancer i have ever seen OMG

[driko1052]

perfect girl

[dancinglauren99]

@abcd1474

Actually....she started competing at age 8...maybe even before, all of her videos aren't even on YouTube though...

[eNjoipandapoop77]

doaaaaaaaaaaah. seriously not fair. :9 xx

[manderson610]

11???? Wow.

[jngwatson]

OMG . . . she is so good.

[bugz2050]

omgosh i am 11 and i can do everything xcept 4 the double pirouettes en pointe. i respect her 4 that variation. bravo!!!

[dancingdreamer8]

This is the most beautiful dance I've ever seen performed by and eleven-year-old. Near perfect technique, graceful, yet powerful. Very mature performance with beautiful extensions!

[LaniFollowsYou]

11 year old girls en pointe always bothered me. I understand the European school and all, it's just damaging to a girl's health to be doing that so young..

[ChangelessAngelx]

how could someone not like this!!!!????

[Jaariina]

I love this more than all other videos from esmeralda variation.!!

[Ese27esl]

omg i love that so much. and she is such an amazing dancer. im gonna do that variation for the compitition im gonna enter

[BucketOBeans]

100 people are jealous.

[dancingangel95]

The only thing that bothers me is that when she does the acheppes in the beginning her right leg turns in but other then that she's wonderful -3

[LRBSballerinaz]

Quality NOT quantity !!!!!!

[89petit]

woow this is the beste esmeralda variation i have ever seen!!!

[thelifespark]

She is amazing!

[Tinkrulez]

look at all that encouragement she got! what a lovely dancer!

[PokemonTCG88]

is there one for when she was 12?

[yslalfae]

i cant stop watching this video its so beautiful!!!

[TheBallerinaForLife]

Is she 13 now? If so, she is only one year older than me, and she is way better than I am, and I started dancing at two!!

[natapoo621]

is she russian?

[iceballerina88]

a mere child, but ready to hit the stage.... she was clearly born to dance. good luck for this girl, hope she's happy and have a successful career. peace!

[LadyCrystalMarina]

...

What is this girl MADE OF? Rubber?

[mIsSaLeXaLeXi]

She's really good except her turns are whack. She needs to puts her arms in line with here belly button not at her shoulder and you can see that she is winding up to turn really fast. Turning fast will lead to falling or losing balance! Not being mean your amazing!

[mariaxoxo1000]

amazing!

[dancinmaniac96]

this is absolutely amazing! but i have a quick question for anyone watching. im doing this variation for grand prix but I keep putting my foot right through my tambourine. has anyone else ever had this problem? and where did you get the tambourine you performed with?

[asuncmel]

Did she win? If she didn't then the winner must be amazingly good not that she isn't already

[Twilight4ever1449]

she's the next natalia osipova!!

[ickiepoo]

I have no idea if she's Russian, but I bet her teachers are.  That bouree is just fantastic. How do the Russians keep producing better ballet dancers than Americans?

[littlebluepapillon]

amazing dancer! but to me looks like a dwarf dancing esmeralda

[josquine]

isn't it so hurtful?

[MsPalomalimaa]

vc é a melhor bailarina parabens deve ter ensaio todo dia !! né eu sei como e

[soraumi522]

Beautiful !

Wonderful !

I like her very much.

[saneedblozio]

i always think that the best dancers in Russia must be studying at Vaganova or Bolshoi. But KATIA really impresses me!

is marina ballet school a very gd ballet school in Russia??

[saneedblozio]

oh my god

she kills me

[beachhbum7890]

katia is amazing! she and i are really good friends at YAGP. she is really funny and a really nice person:) she is such a good dancer. her mom is russian. but they live in the U.S

[PlushieBunny781]

OMG  love 1:22

[BallerinaEzgi]

0:44 Omg :)

[balllerina1999]

shes ok

[Princesszeebunny]

shes probably bulgarian since her last name is with eva

[wickedsuperfan]

needs to work on turnout but other wise INCREDIBLE!

[nersesism]

Is Beautiful!!

[abcd1474]

omg!i cant do that,im ballerina but i never do that before, incredible and girl without bones , she started to dance at age 8 yrs old,and now she is 13 years old , wow! but i started to dance at age 4 years old!how gracefully she is!still this 2010 i still dance but my age today is 8 years old!i wish i will be a PRIMA BALLERINA!!!! LIKE HER!!!!!she is have a straight knee and a chin up positon!!BRAVO!!TO U!CONGRATS!!!!GOOD COSTUME/CUTE COSTUME XD!!!

[4096quagmire]

I - I ... I don't know what to say, quite honestly. This variation, well, I saw it for the first time today but it was beautiful, and to see it performed by somebody almost four years younger than me is ... astonishing!

[Mysweetstrawberryjam]

jesus. I'm gonna learn esmeralda and i can't nearly do that and she is FREAKING YOUNGER THAN ME!!!

[xXxileonsXx]

wow... 0:32...how many pique turns is that?

[xXxileonsXx]

@xXxileonsXx It's like triple turns....

[xXxileonsXx]

ahh~ im II and im learning esmeralda...im on pointe, too. but my teacher doesnt recommend pointe on this dance cause theres too many you know whats :l

[LADangerous86]

amazingggggggggggggggggggggggg­ggg

[cabito87]

I cant even dance! jajajajaja

[pointedancer2979]

WOW. Crazy kicks!

[jennyluvballet]

She's so wonderful! I love this. I'm 12, and I can't even do it like her on soft.

[LoveBieberLove9]

stop at 0:38 :OOO GOD!

[momiateamo]

AMAIZING... YOU ARE PERFECT.!:)

[beautychica12]

talk about a CHILD PRODIGY!!!

[vampirewaterfall]

1:11-1:12 beautiful and 1:25 -1:36 Amazing

[TwilightFreaks00]

perfect body and wow 11!!! thats amazing keep up the good work :)

[tootalented13]

this is very impressive!!! i've seen the esmeralda variation performed many times, and this is beyond incredible for an 11 year old!!! awesome job!!! =)

[hannaharnott]

she's amazing! I wish I was that good!

[mlballerina]

what 11 years old and probably THE best ballet dancer I have seen in my entire LIFE! She is so amazing!

[fannyghyll]

oh my god! only 11!!! perfect!!!!!

[loveeballet152]

perfect body, nearly perfect technique, great movement, and ELEVEN!!!!!! she's incredible and you can tell that she really loves it, which just makes it so much better!!

[Petrabi]

OH. MY. GOD. She's only 11 and she's so amazing. I bet she's Russian.

[AQUA732]

@Petrabi of course she's a Russian! :DD 

[GlenHelenGHOfeeder]

@Petrabi Haha I'm pretty sure your right

[7agplace7]

@Petrabi I see what you mean, russian dancers all dance well. She probably is russian.

[opi1234569876]

@Petrabi she is i think

[confuzzledexpression]

@Petrabi lol, the name Katia is Russian. But she is amazing.

[Rilouluver]

Mini-Esmeralda!!

[purpledancinyogo]

her back attitude makes me wanna cry T.T ill never get it that high. she makes it look so easy too...

[coolbeanscd]

where did she get that costume?

[AQUA732]

I'm 13 years old and the bones in my feet are settled so I'm OK for point, and I'll be doing this dance for an assembly at my school and it will be my first time ever performing on stage in point shoes. Has anyone got any tips or advice?

[LRBSballerinaz]

@AQUA732 To avoid slipping you can use rosin hope that helps xxx

[kyothu]

stop at 1 : 40... Shocked. Love this.

[jennyluvballet]

@kyothu

That is so amazing!!!

[PokemonTCG88]

@kyothu

Did you mean her grand jete??

She was sooooooooo good! My favourite child dancer but the grand jete wasnt a high light

[ballerina4377]

She is incredible!

[ballerina4377]

She is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LoveToAll22]

wow.... Outstanding. Truly amazing, especially for her age. But even compared to older dancers, she stands out. Such technique.

[MrWabblewobble]

She is good not perfect not even the best of the best are perfect perfection is what we work to for through our whole career not what you have when you are 11!

[TheBallerina1997]

She's good but she didn't win :/ i don't understand why allie parsons won she wasn't that good in yagp 2008!!

[Underwordx]

Wow, Wow she's flexible and has lots of talent

( Sorry for my bad English. I speak French )

[iceballerina88]

a star is born!!!!!

[Minna1999]

she is great but i thin kthat she stops too much in choreography,she stnads in first position,bu i still think she is the best

[AnimePonyDragon]

I'm 12 years old and the bones in my feet are settled so I'm OK for point, and I'll be doing this dance for an assembly at my school and it will be my first time ever performing on stage in point shoes. Has anyone got any tips or advice?

[AGirlWhoLovesBallet]

Did she win anything?

[AGirlWhoLovesBallet]

Did she win anything?

[littlemissdancer97]

She's only 11 and she already can do more than other people do in a lifetime!

[tutigoingcrazy]

what did she win?

[uralwanks]

luvluvluv

[TheStreghetta95]

io amo questa ragazzina

[polishmaiden]

Exquisite! This makes me wish I'd taken ballet!

[TheIcomeforyou]

A real prodigy! Just amazing!

[iceballerina88]

a star is born!!!!!!!

[beachgal58154]

My mouth was like this -----> O= through the whole thing!!!

CRAP SHE'S GOOD!!!!

ACTUALLY SHE'S NOT GOOD, SHE'S AMAZING!!!

She was born to do one thing and one thing only.....DANCE!!!!

[beachgal58154]

My Mouth was this --> O: through the whole thing.....

CRAP SHE'S GOOD!!!!

NO SHE'S NOT GOOD, SHE'S AMAZING.....

[cicinonobebogino]

pause at 0:44... WOOOOW her lines are amazing :D

[julie101rox]

not only she had perfect technique but she dances with all her heart and her soul too

[rosalierox247]

them some speed racer pirouettes.

[taryndancer29]

shes such a technition, amazing

[nsivkovic]

pause at 1:41 amazing!!

[rachel1161979]

Dude... Is she HITTING the TAMBOURINE that was on TOP of her HEAD with her FOOT using a Grand Battement?! She. Is. Unbelievable. Wow.

[wickedandwonderous]

Wow.....wow

[Baritondancer78]

YOU ARE AMAZING GIRL!!! CONGRATILATIONS!!! :D

[zstarzcf1]

Her turns look fake watch the backdrop

[CUTENESS33]

at the end when she does the developes up and hits the tambourine soo high if i could do that i would do that all the time i wouldnt even walk that is soooamazing.

[singstartiz]

pause it at 1:41..... AMAZING!!!

[tutigoingcrazy]

what did she wiin?????

[TaniaNL]

EXCELENTE, Dios la bendiga!!!!

[ngankc]

omg she's really flexible

[Kikiomme]

she is so small and better than i am! :(

[julie101rox]

i love all of her performances

[IssaKivilaakso]

I can't stop watching the video over and over again.

[kittycatcaity]

you are amazingg (:

[FILIPINADANCER09]

I`m 13..

And I`m not as good as her! D:

Make`s me feel so under estimated!

[ballerina4377]

WOW! Pause it on 1:28!

[melendeeeez]

whATS THE NAME OF THE SONG?

[dancersweets11]

at age 11, you are AMAZING!!!! wow you are very flexible and very strong. Just some constructive criticism, try to control your landings a little more, and ground yourself on the landings a little more it will help with being more stable. And try to pull up your knees a little more, their slightly bending, and that can give u a lot less balance on your pose turns. BUT YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! :)

[88Ballet]

She is beautiful

her dancing is so gracful and strong

this is truely amazing

someday she'll be a magnificent dancer for sure!

[SLYCoopaEatsChicken]

Being able to do this at such a young age what it there to look foreword to?

[GlenHelenGHOfeeder]

Gorgeous dancer! And so young! In every cider she looks better!

[SollingDown]

impressiv!

[rajkuli]

¿Qué tal un poco de sutileza tras este inesperado achuchón patriótico?

[jngwatson]

Superb

[Ma11Ai3]

I personnally think that the only good thing about her dancing is her flexibility.

[julie101rox]

not only she dances with good technique she even dances with her soul just look at her face

[S2Brendinhah]

Hello,

My name's Brenda,I have 13 years old and I'm Brazilian.

She's beautiful and she's an influence for me.

I love her.

Kisses...

[julie101rox]

out of all esemeralda performances that i seen here on youtube this is the best one. and she's only 11 wow

[darksorceress23]

Her extension is out of this world. I wish my extensions were like that. Bravo, prima ballerina!

[Beatdoown]

OMG She's amazing! That girl has a lot of potential. This variation is my favorite from her, i like it that much that I think she does it better than some adult professional ballerinas.

[bombygriz]

Beautiful arabesques and jete....

[KewlEm11]

omg!!! 1:26 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[akidogirl]

W O W ! She makes it look so easy!