Paquita Variation Rehearsal Bolshoi Ballet Academy Joy Womack

[timscholl1]

No musicality to speak of. 

[timscholl1]

No musicality whatever.

[AriaInTheSky]

People, remember to check the date of the video. Joy has improved greatly since then, and yesterday she had her debut on the Bolshoi stage by dancing in La Fille Mal Gardee as Lise. She did BRILLIANTLY.

[sincodificarse]

loveeee

[julie101rox]

where do u buy a tutu like that? _)

[Lucyballet1994]

To anyone putting her down, notice she's the one in the highly prestigious bolshoi ballet academy and you're not, leave it to the bolshoi teachers to give her her corrections.

[jinpitakki33]

gorgeous dancer. but yeah, i agree with people about the arms and subtlety of movement. during the pirouettes on the diagonal, when she brought her arms up into fourth, she needed to lengthen the one above her head - looked really... mushroom-ey. and she flung them around a bit during the jete en tournant.

OMG the person on the microphone, so damn annoying. can't they just let her dance, get a feel for the stage etc. THEN go through it with her in person afterwards??

[Buondelmonte123]

@jinpitakki33 I agree with you about the coach on the microphone, there's a time and a place, and no-one can dance and listen to the music and pay attention to the comments at the same time.

[angelbaby233]

agree with the comment that you need more delicacy in your arms, you are a fantastic dancer and really good at turning (your attitude/arabesque turns were beautiful!) but at times your arms show that your working hard, and so they look stiff and aren't smooth.

move your arms with your back more and not by the hands and let the hands be soft and your arms will look graceful

[ekaterinakullengren]

she does not look very elegant...

[scgalhjl]

Is this the 4th Paquita variation??

[Krisse261]

amazing grand jetes!

[polkadotpolka123]

don't really like her hands, but other than that, she's amazing!

[Buondelmonte123]

What really bothers me about the coaching that's going on in this video, is that there is a time and a place, and when someone is onstage at a rehearsal, trying to pace themselves and function in time to the music, then the time and the place is gone. Great admirer of the Russian system that I am, a really good coach should be able to watch the variation, make mental notes and then give those notes afterwards.

[thefourandonly1]

amazing!!!! Everything was close to perfect!!! Her arms seemed a bit "flappy" in the beginning and before the tour jetes.

[MaleTube2011]

me encantoo

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

what isthe name of the "step" that starts at 0:44 ? the tiny little developpee she does up to her ankle. If it isn't a step then what could it be?

[sarahiswhat]

@EvanescenceROCKSS I think that's a pas de chevalle.

[Buondelmonte123]

@sarahiswhat No way. 

[Buondelmonte123]

@EvanescenceROCKSS It's a 'grace note' of the Russian schooling. It's as you say, a tiny develope, and you notice it more when dancers don't do it.

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

@Buondelmonte123 oh right. thanks for letting me know. :)

(i guess it wouldn't be that appropriate in my cecchetti school, right? lol)

[Buondelmonte123]

@EvanescenceROCKSS I don't know why not, but then I don't really know the Cecchetti style.

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

I wonder how shes doing now?

[cuteannabanana]

Great! But her arms are lousy

[carlyheartsdance]

she's so beautiful! I looove her feet.



[uefheuutg]

shes gorgeus but she doesn't have lot of technique

[AriaInTheSky]

She may not be delicate like some other dancers, but she has the fierceness that would do very well for Odette/Odile. <3

[XxBallerina4ChristxX]

I thought she was a russian dancer before I knew she was from texas!! That is pure awesomeness!! :D

[bigposercroise]

She is very good at turns, but needs more delicacy of her arms, and subtlety of movement.  This will come with time, but she has to work hard on it.

[TheMariannarm]

how old is she? She's really good :)

[fashionballetNYC5]

@TheMariannarm She is sixteen.

[bolshoiboy8]

she gets better and better with time, destined to be one of the greatest dancers of our generation if she plays her cards right. she's talented to say the least, an artistic spark rarely spotted in a girl of her age.

[nitzipitzi]

Oh my god I know her!!! She came to my academy this summer and took a few clases with us she used to study in westside skool of ballet when she was little

she's amazing of course! And super flexible

[CrazyAboutBallet]

amazing!! you look like you could be a russian dancer!

[SlovakBallerina]

I ♥ her jumps , she looks like she´s flying!! :)

[CrazyDancerGirl]

Wowim kinda jealous :P haha thats was really good :)

[blahblahballerina200]

beautiful :)

[BoBence911]

kinda off the music

[blueberryskirts]

For the graduation performance, did you have live music?

[palubob]

@blueberryskirts. Yes, graduation performances will have a full Bolshoi orchestra.

[BlueSkies910]

what variatiion is this?

[pointeoflife]

@BlueSkies910 Jumping girl variation from Paquita ;)