Royal Ballet in rehearsal: The Nutcracker

Comments · 444

• BO

  @bohgirl11 · 10 years ago

  I love the calm way the instructors talk to the dancers.

  781

• ES

  @esmeraldaordonez7293 · 10 years ago

  They literally were telling her to not be so perfect. Amazing.

  1.3K

• KA

  @kathyl3290 · 11 years ago

  Wow, the pianist definitely deserve huge props as well.

  1.4K

• SA

  @sammisational · 9 years ago

  I love how the teacher actually play out their corrections for the dancers to see instead of just speaking at them.

  704

• ST

  @stasiachan638 · 10 years ago

  I just love watching Fumi dance. I think she's just so graceful and her movements look so effortless. And she's so smiley. I just love it.

  630

• LI

  @LinHiril · 12 years ago

  I have a very sweet story about Leslie Collier.  When she was very young, I saw her dance "fille mal guardee" in NYC with the great Rudolf Nureyev.  At the end of the grand pas de deux in that ballet, there is a "bum lift" where the guy lifts the girl up above his head so she sits on his hand.  Well, when she went up, something happened and she overbalanced and fell.  He caught her so that she didn't get hurt, but you could tell from his expression and body language that he considered himself responsible.  At the end of the ballet, they were taking curtain calls.  He still looked somewhat chagrined, so sweet Miss Collier went downstage and fetched a little bouquet someone had thrown for her, returned to him, and presented it to him with a little curtesy.  Then ever so gently and chastely, he took her sweet face in his hands and kissed her very lightly.  It was one of the most thoughtful exchanges I ever saw on stage and everyone in the theater knew what it meant.  

  761

• MA

  @Maritza.I.Rivera · 7 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVd5lsbonE&amp;t=732">12:12</a> &quot;she&apos;s really got it&quot; followed by &quot;she&apos;s stunning&quot; .<br><br><br>She is. She&apos;s wonderful.

  93

• DA

  @daisytwotoes · 9 years ago

  Second rehearsal? Really? That was gorgeous! Fumi&apos;s lines, lyricism and musicality are breathtaking. And so lucky to have such a sensitive partner. What a treat that was. Thank you.

  475

• MY

  @myaax7798 · 9 years ago

  I love the constructive criticism and how they both take all the corrections in. Balanced and graceful

  353

• HM

  @HMillsy02 · 10 years ago

  If I had corrections told to me calmly like this i think i would better with my technique and a lot more confident with how i&apos;m dancing.... At my dance studio we get pretty much get shouted at. <br>Fumi looks so graceful and gorgeous as she performs this dance. Beautiful.

  306

• LI

  @LinZ02 · 8 years ago

  This is amazing! But it’s currently 3am and I’ve never had ANY connection to ballet 😂😂

  662

• LA

  @last_theorem_25 · 11 years ago

  Fumi is absolutely beautiful. She is perfect in this, I cannot watch enough of her as the Sugar Plum Fairy.

  312