Vaganova ballet academy 5th grade 14
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creepy and scary videoing starts at 2:50
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@filmergeek i'm impressed ^^
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@avesraggiana same in China, my teacher was taken away from her family in the age of 11
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some girls aren't musical at all...
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they look absoloutly amazing but then the second group of fouttes came on and they were a bit out of time
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5th grade!!!!!!
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@danceshdow16 I heard this song in Nureyev's chreography of Swan Lake, in I act, but I could not find it in all the other versions of the same ballet. So, maybe it could be by Cajkovskij
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Read the comments of "Panyatna" below. They were selected to be "horribly skinny" and any attempt to fatten them up wouldn't be very successful anyway. Their bodies are genetically predisposed to remain very thin and the taxing and physically demanding nature of ballet training helps them stay that way.
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im surprised
Well, they have been meticulously chosen from hundreds, possibly thousands of girls at the entrance examination, with this particular physique in mind. Russia is a vast country and ballet is an honourable professional, culturally and historically, and so the selection of bodies is very broad. But still, so exacting is the demand in ballet that only around 60 students are taken into the first year. These girls are blessed with the correct ballet body - strong, slim, flexible and fit.
panyatna 3 years ago 12
Actually, by Russian standards they're very well fed. Ballet is taken very seriously in Russia and a lot of state sponsorship goes into funding the professional ballet programmes. Students are assured the best in training, schooling, facilities and nutrition. That said, ballet training is a lonely, hard life as these children are taken away from their parents at a very young age.
avesraggiana 2 years ago 9