Sleeping Beauty Aurora Variation

[TheGabster28]

There are definitely many dancers that have better feet and some better technique, but she has great energy and stage presence that's rare to see.

[loulie1997]

her pique's really stink...

[Rinnironn]

americans are sooo much better

[555Fiver555]

@Rinnironn american ballet is a little to much like gymnastics for my taste.

[reginaholic]

@555Fiver555 I believe you meant that russian ballet is a little too much like gymnastics.

[coxkatherine]

I like how the tempo of the music is just a touch faster, compared to some versions I've seen, and how, especially in the beginning, her footwork and port de bras are really accented by the strings.

[BootyBallerina]

PERFECT musicalityyyy

[HorsesandPointeShoes]

i love this dancer but personally i like vivianna durante's version better

[MissPerfect665]

how could anybody dislike this??!! truly amazing!

[Biloutebelge1969]

GREAT !!!!!!

[chii1808]

She's so Graceful!

Splendid!

[cranberryjamqu]

sissones are just awkward

[madeylia512]

tht is stunning and beautiful and gorgeous :) i have to do tht. i hope i can do tht. im 12. i just started pointe. wish me luck :)

[animexluverxnhu]

@madeylia512: Good luck, deary! > w <

[boiper]

oh my.... It is so wonderful how she holds that smile yet staying on pointe for so long.

[rebecastroo]

she is wonderful,light and sweet,i think that is very important smile in the stages,is amazing,i am a dancer from brazil,and i saw another videos of ballet, but this dancer is really good,she is one of my favorites ,what do you think guys?

[IndiaHicks1]

Yeah her arms are how ones arms are supposed to be when dancing and flowing on stage.Great control on pointe.

[DomTheGroovyPotato]

I really like her variation.

It's clean and sharp, but still manages to look elegant.

[BattlePainter]

...also ich find zwar das sie echt gut tanzen kann, aber ich würd mir das jez net 1 1/2 stunden anschaun...is ja sauzach.. :/

[MrTrance5000]

she has the smallest legs how do they hold her weight?!

i idolise her!

[aliababwabuddy]

i LOVE HER! but its weird how she stops her arms

[TeftG]

i hate her costume! it really covers her beautiful dancing

[AGirlWhoLovesBallet]

God !!

That headpeice and necklace is just too much!!

the first 1o seconds I was just staring at it~

forgot to wach her amazingness

[balletgirl11]

What colour leotards do Australian Ballet School pupils wear in Level 3?

[sweetsugarpurple]

@balletgirl11 Dark Purple I think.

[balletgirl11]

oh i know dark purple is level 6.. hmmm just out of interest!

[hahasiu1]

her left foot is not fully pointed...or it's the problem of her shoes ? it looks terrible!

[laylanciias2]

:/ good.

[Hausisse]

Hm... definitely not the best Aurora I've seen... :|

[VCTorie]

I think the tutu, but no matter how beautiful it is, made her movements heavier because it's so big for her size. I do think that she has the charm to be Aurora sans the over-extensions.

[danbytheriver]

@VCTorie what extensions?

[marikoTokyo]

Her dancing  makes her body looks heavy.

[sweetsugarpurple]

I disagree.

[ale00smile]

i love the tou-tou....

[OJTS007]

HAHAHA her Tutu is huge! she looks like a cupcake top!

[ballerinainatutu]

hmmmm, I'm learning the exact version of this variation in my summer intensive and i really disliked how she danced it. There's just something missing.

[xxxcarinamxxx]

she was sorta hunched

[saneedblozio]

ive watch this whole sleeping beauty of the australian ballet by this ballerinaon tv before. she is one of my favourite aurora,,,,but, whats her name? i really wanna know!

[bellesie16]

thats christine walsh, principle of the aussie ballet many years ago

[lemonduh]

r u sure she's gr 8?!~

she looks about 25 or older!~

[princesskaraaa]

I think the person using a short way to write great - gr8 (gr-eight)..

[Hausisse]

Gorgeous! But her feet don't have as defined of arches as I usually prefer... but amazing, still!

[saneedblozio]

the music of the violin is great

[lamitikafrancy]

she is fantastic!

[wigglebells]

her arms seem really stiff, and her smile is kind of cheesy. but she is pretty good.

[bellesie16]

her arms are one of her best assets...they are fluid yet controlled

[wigglebells]

they are controlled, but a bit pushed, like very deliberate, not soft and graceful.

[dancingmansam]

well said emilybrah

[xx0nikkiiii0x]

it looks like her left shoe isnt broken in enough for her to go on pointe. her right foot looks fine to me

[omgilovejohnmayer]

no, it's not that. a lot of foreign ballet companies, like the royal ballet in denmark, train their dancers to point their arches but not their toes. that's why her feet look weird.

[moosterjj21]

are her shoes dead?

[minkadapink]

i have this on dvd. she is gr8

[TechnoKittin]

it looks like her pointes aren't broken in enough, but i highly doubt that as she's a professional..

are her arches just less defined or lower than most primas?

[orijim12]

i don't like her feet

[BackDoorKenny]

compared to some of the other aurora variations i've seen, christine does it with such joy, i can't help but smile when she does!

[carls8maree]

Her feet are pointed, this is Christine Walsh, an amazing dancer, some people have really high arches naturally which gives the apearance of 'good feet'. She would not be one of the Australian Ballets most successful principals if she had bad feet. She is so light and delicate!

[emilybrah]

ballet isnt tricks people.

[seigrandeale]

good mazing but bad feet

[xG3ORGii3xPii3x]

lol jebus u guys r complainin bwt this tutu. i have to wear some ugly yellow thing my teacher calls a dress for this variation its sooo gross!

[minkadapink]

her tutus are always puffy lol. but i really like her she is very tallented

[pepercat17]

i'm pretty sure that she is a good dancer no doubt, (thats why she has the lead) but her feet do seem to be pointed. mabey it's the shoes. when shes up close then you can tell that they are. this goes to show that the shoes do matter.

[barcelonabailarina]

This is so harmonious and it seems so effortless...

[ashballet]

thats the problem with ballet today you guys guys spend far to much time bitches on great dancing then enjoying true talent for wat it is!

[wannabeballet82]

she hardly goes on her box very well, shes alright i guess.

[1bunhead2]

alright!?!?! wtf she is christine walsh! she is brilliant! google her!!! (she is old now!)

[TinkyWinky209]

That's not very hard pointe moves. She is very good at them tho!!!!! Her poise is magnificant!!! And her legs, there gentle and firm!!!

[allthatjazz343]

she's sorrta turned in on the pique turns in the end

[wheeskers]

The tutu is very distracting. She has amazing talent. So graceful and elegant. I would love to start taking from her. I'd be on pointe in no time. She'd be a great pointe teacher.

[BlueBallerina]

beautiful footwork, so sharp. But tutu takes too much attention, the dancer is like behind it.

[Beam261]

i hate her tutu-it's way over the top and draws the attention away from the actual dancing

ballet is best kept simple<3

[boggabloke]

I just watched this video to bits when i was a kid! but my favourite was always the witch, i thought she had better music to dance to.

I think its a nice tutu, amamaterialgirl!

[annuli88]

She looks a bit too old to be Aurora...But I like her dancing and I didn't see anything wrong with her technique nor her pointe work. >:l

[amamaterialgirl]

what an ugly tutu!!!

seems like old for me!

[afnan1028]

She did better here than the last one I watched although I just find her shoulders too stiff sometimes or something like that.

Where does she teach now? :)

[rodeogirlap]

i have this on dvd

[petigrace]

She is good, but as many others dancers

[egomi24]

Her ecarte line hurts my eyes outch!

[cucciolo2007]

She's not good at all. She doesn't even stand on pointe properly. Terrible, in my opinion!! She's also quite 'stuck' in her upper body.

[sirtaken]

you go to the ACB graziana22?

[graziana22]

she's good but I agree with Batavia007, viviana durante is much better !!

[ellesibellesi]

i think she's amazing. i have the privalige to be taught by her now

[ellesibellesi]

She is my ballet teacher now. :D

[Batavia007]

I think viviane Durante is better tahan her in this session...

[utuubee89]

do you know who the dancer is?

shes really good ^_^

[Jairdan]

Christine Walsh...

[utuubee89]

Thank You ^_^

[boggabloke]

Its great that you put these videos up. You should put some of carabosse up as well - apart from anything else her costume is awesome!!!