Sleeping Beauty

[jinpitakki33]

and people need to learn how to have a bit of respect. this was recorded like 20 years ago. technique has come a long way since then, but the majority of professional dancers today have a thing or 2 to learn about performance quality. i mean, somebody was putting down baryshnikov in some other video. it's ridiculous. these dancers paved the way for ballet. they helped develop it into what it is today. respect should be given where it's due.

[jinpitakki33]

and at least she has a personality. not like some flexi machine. she just lights up the stage. everybody's so caught up in technique, it's said. ballet is not a circus where the dancers are supposed to perform tricks. people are so caught up in whose technique is better. but basically every dancer nowadays has serious over-split but only a tiny of fraction of them can really perform and exude that aura that many dancers in the past have. christine walsh is gorgeous. she IS aurora

[jinpitakki33]

i love christine walsh! she's so bright and charming. Stunning stage presence and energy.

can i just point out, BALLET ISN'T A BLOODY FREAK SHOW. it is not about how high you can get your legs. if you're going to get your legs behind your head, there needs to be a reason why you do it, not just because you can. it needs to be part of your interpretation. nowadays, it seems that people can get away with a COMPLETE absence of artistry because there legs are at some freakish angle. it's not right.

[nileylove61551]

@ courtneysara what are you talking about ! Nearly every ballerina does that

[lkansell]

She's fantastic! and what makes her amazing is her acting!

[TheTwitchesOFFICIAL4]

well, her turnout isn't the great est and she turns her foot in before she does her pirouette turn thingies from 0:30 to 0:40 but her expression, arms, and posture are wonderful and generally she's a joy to watch

[likeafirstday]

which year is???

[mischa2185]

I think she's an incredible Aurora. Her expressions are perfect, and I think even if every move isn't perfect perfect - it suits the playful and youthful nature of Aurora

[courtneysara]

She may be great to some but to the trained eye a lot of this video is painful to watch. Particularly 0:30-0:41. I don't think that it would be so uncomfortable to sit through if she just had one major problem. She has several though. A complete lack of turn out, poor flexibility and extension, and a disappointing pointe. She just isn't that good.

[smaaaaaaaalll]

she's amazing!

[anzdf]

Maravillosa ejecucion, excelente bailarina a mi juicio.

[nicbanny]

Christine Walsh is the principal of my ballet school! :D shes really mean.. :(

[kfmcmahon]

@nicbanny she is mean? how so?

[mcrBallerina]

im 12 and my ballet teacher is YET TO PUT ME ON POINT. evn though i can stand on my toes and bourre in my converse and jazz shoes :( im hoping in december.

[TerrorLily]

@mcrBallerina Excuse me little missy! But you don't deserve to be put en pointe if you are messing around like that. The problem might not be strength it could probably be lack of technique, or the fact you are still growing. Dance teachers know best!!! Just remember that!

[xiheartzacefron94x]

@mcrBallerina maybe she won't put you on because you can't even spell 'en pointe'. Your teacher knows best, I didn't start pointe until age 15.

[proudmaria]

i started my ballet training when i was 3 and there's 1 more year to go until i get my points and im now only 9.

[jadiegotsoul]

i wish i sstayed in ballet becuza i started at 4 but quit at 6 i would have had my points now im 13 but now im singing acting and dancing but not ballet

[ficklefun]

I need to see this.

[Bellasbest]

Christine Walsh's perfomances in sleeping beauty and romeo and juliet are some of my favourites. Her perfomance here as aurora is one that I have watched many times. It is entrancing and adorable.

[BillSalem]

She is a very engaging Aurora! And she built her performance nicely. Starting with relatively low developpe turns. Later, very respectable penche arabesque. And then at the end, her extension was nice and high. Not as high as Balanchine would have liked--- where the ballerinas regularly displace their hips to kick their ears. Except in rare works of his, I always found that sort of thing vulgar. Stylistically, this young lady was very fine and of the highest order of good taste.

[pattersonjk]

i think it's unfortunate that a lot of ballet watchers quickly become disinterested if someone doesn't have amazing extensions, turnout, and feet. while i certainly appreciate these things, just like everyone else, i also appreciate dancers who can be very charming without them. and this lady is very charming indeed. i think her port de bras is stunning and tended to distract from the shortcomings of her lower body.

[tedsler]

Well said! I would rather watch dancers, fully extend and work with the facilities they have with lower legs and presenting and performing that throwing in tricks and turning ballet into a technical competition...technique and all, you can't tell a story through pirouettes alone ;)

[xdancergirlx01]

@pattersonjk just like Margot Fonteyn, she had enough grace and poise to distract from that

[LuvAngels79]

Beautiful!!!  Very controlled in her movement.

[mrparts]

very beautiful performance. In fact, i like all the Auroras, each one is unique.  I don't know why people bitch all the time when posting comments in RG/WAG/Ballet videos.

[balletrocksmyworld]

i disagree! ahe is amazingly controlled and is just beautiful! this is the kind of ballet i fell in love with and wow how its changed....i love it and find it a pure example of the true classical ballet.

[emmatheballerina]

same, modern and contemporary ballets fascinate me to watch and how they move but you cant beat the classic classic classical ones with gorgeous music like tchaikovsky and prokofiev its b-e-a-uuuutiful :D

[DruidRobur]

I personally like Romantic ballets the best

[lemonduh]

love the stage setting and their costumes!

she dances quite well!~

[pointemeout]

i found it very nice to watch an older/dif style of dance. lovely video!

[lawzzzzzie]

i have this on video, lovve it.

:)

[Premikaleo]

She has her imperfections, everybody has them. I think she has a wonderful stage prescence thus the audience can connect to her very easily.

[SonyaNatalia]

This is a very, very old performance. Like from the 1980s. The ballerina is Christine Walsh - the mother of rising Royal Ballet School star Benjamin Ella.

Christine Walsh is a lovely woman, but was never my favourite dancer. She came from the old-school style of teaching where you're taught to make your whole body tense. You can see it in the way she dances here.

[VaveAma92]

I think she makes an adorable Aurora.

[ShAzZrUlZ]

ye ye people

we all know she's not perfect and no one is perfect!

so you should stop dissing her or saying 'oh i ve seen that done way better'

or 'i can do that soo much better'

:) bring peace not war

[kaminov1]

ummmm... i've seen this done WAY better :(

[violinmuse14]

You try doing this variation!!!!!!!

[hahaha2531]

I think she is absolutely perfect. Not too skinny! she is also very beautiful. she makes an excellent aurora!

[setare89]

she is amusing

[ashleigh459]

omg wat r u all talkin bout she is amazin

n shes my teacher 2 get ova it bonnie lol

xox

[BackDoorKenny]

are you serious? its christine walsh

[xazngiirlx]

im not sure but when she does the leaps is her back leg meant to be crooked? :S

[hgjon2]

Gesley do you mean?

[BlueBallerina]

How old is she?

[KeepHoldingOn92]

she lacks fluidity and seems to hesitate before she turns and as a dancer she has to make it look effortless not like she is working hard at some points I see her not turned out and stiff as a board.She also does not go all the way to passe`

[fashionballetNYC]

I agree, she is extremely stiff in her arms and does don't make it look second nature.

[ballerina150]

omg.

whos cares if she was ur examiner.

LOL

shes my teacher..

and yes she is amazing.

Love.

The Australian Conservitorie of Ballet

[ballerina150]

lol.

who cares.

she was ur examiner

pfft.

shes my teacher.

haha

so yea..

love.

from the Australian Conservitore of ballet :)

[minkadapink]

OMG I WISH SHE WAS MY EXAMINER! she is absolutely great!

[SarahJareth]

I love this ballet! Sheo does a wonderful job, and she looks amazing as Aurora!

[davidballet]

unacceptable

[polandjesus]

what? What's unacceptable

[davidballet]

stiff as a board and turned in

[polandjesus]

whell I gues you have a wright to yuore own opinion

[afnan1028]

She is not!

[ECBarnes3]

Oh I agree with you david that was something else

[cherrymangocitrus]

No, it wouldn't be 2005. Christine Walsh now has her own ballet school- Australian Conservatire of Ballet, is married and has a son who is at the Royal School in London doing ballet who is in his teenage years. It truly is stunning. The school just put on Swanlake (december 2007) and it was just stunning.

[afnan1028]

She was my examiner just a while ago. I didn't even know it was her til just now! AAHH!!! I met one of my fave ballerinas in person and I didn't even know it! LOL

[aitsudesu]

It's quite impossible that you don't know the name of your examiner before she examines you. You're just saying that she's one of your faves coz you met her. If she's really your fave then you should've known that it was her (your fave) before the examination. Get my point? Just stressing a point here...

Been there...

[aitsudesu]

It's quite impossible that you don't know the name of your examiner before she examines you. You're just saying that she's one of your faves coz you met her. If she's really your fave then you should've known that it was her (your fave) before the examination. Get my point? Just stressing a point here...

Been there...

[littlelotty004]

when was this done? i have an Australian Ballet Coumpany magazine with her as sleeping beauty, it is dated 2005. is this right?

[blondebabeatheart555]

yeah our company used it too...i love this version. :]

[loveme1234567890]

This is the video our company used to reference to. It's amazing! :)

[Sariele]

I love it when she throws the flowers at her parents' feet. Christine Walsh was just beautiful in this role. This production of SB is probably my favourite that I've ever seen. Might not have the perfection of more recent stagings, but there's just something about it... I've nearly worn out my VHS copy of this one lol.

[boggabloke]

I completely agree, i wore my copy of it out ages ago!

[mooshoop0rk]

ew. she is one of the most boring dancers ever

[qbendanny1]

For proper placement in attitude derriere promenade, watch MARGOT FONTEYN.

[orangesarerandom]

christ- its like watching paint dry

[mipi33]

beautiful... christine walsh is gorgeous even now... this video must be really old

[josui777]

You could tell that was insanly difficult. Bravo!