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"If" by Rudyard Kipling or "How to become a Ballerina":

"If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, bein...

I pity Obraztsova. She was a star pupil not just in her class but of the Vaganova as a whole. Prizes and opportunities were bestowed upon her at a very early age. She featured in several films, both documentary and motion. Time went by and other dancers, some even younger took her plac...

Never been a fan of either of the two, especially Natalia, considering them too show manlike. But here, Osipova is not bad. I give her credit for trying to make the best out of her limited esthetic faculties: arms that are perhaps too short, legs that are not quite what we are used to se...

I often tried to imagine what Alina was like at the Vaganova. Absolutely , she had that star potential! Thank you, russianballetvideo for sharing this treasure with us!

@TheBalletFan Natalia Nabatova is becoming C.Anthony of a sort. Perhaps someone can send her money ;-)

"Somova" variation is BACK!!! Sea of charm and joy. Kisses!

Sensational Alina Somova will dance Giselle at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC on Feb. 9 (Wed) and Feb. 11 (Fri night).

Svetlana is simply breathtaking. Pure and rare as a blue diamond.

Basic class adagio steps, but when performed by Svetlana they turn into something so perfect, so lovely, so pure that it makes you cry.