The following is about current levels of ballet techniques and the extrodinary moves people can do. Ballet has always had amazing dancers who could turn, leap, and twirl with ease: however in order to stand out in the crowd, dancers have pushed their limits to hit more turns, jump higher, and overall be even more impressive.
The first video shows Maria Alexandrova performing a couple of amazing sequences. She is a fearless dancer who can leap multiple feet and trust that her partner will be there and also makes fouettes on point look like anyone could do them (which they can't).
Maria Kochetkova I believe has the best outlook on current dance and is shown in this video. She talks about the stigma of what a dancer should be and how youshould excel at what you can to become your best. Highlights of Maria as Principal of the San Fransisco Ballet.
The next video is actually a trailer of an upcoming movie but I believe it is a great example of the feelings of young dancers to pushing themselves to be even better First Position. The Youth American Grand Prix features top dancers from around the world who are aspiring to be professionals. They are absolutely amazing! Dancers here are able to do multiple turns in the air with one jump, and over 4 beats when doing a changement and extremly flexible. Top YAGP dancers are shown in this video but there are some other young dancers I find amazing and cannot stop watching.
Another One Bites the Dust is performed by Hannah Bettes, in this video she is a bit younger but still amazing! She has great control, flexiblilty, strength. She is older now and has been featured magazines and is hoping to get a scholarship from the Royal Ballet (article on Bettes). Daniil Simkin is an amazing young dancer who pushes ballet to his furthest abilities. Here he is performing Don Quixote and you can see just a few of his amazing "tricks".
What does all this mean? All these amazing young dancers are pushing the ballet comunity to new limits. Triple pirouettes are the norm, double beats are a thing of the past, and you better be flexible to even fit into a crowd. As these young dancers grow up, they will become even better and will set new standards for ballet. I believe that even though ballet is an older form of dance it is evolving and remaining to amaze audiences just as it has done for the past centuries. Always remember, you can't jump if you don't plie.
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