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marauderserasimp747 · 2 years

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HI HELLO FIRST REQUEST!!!! have you ever seen the try guys/ would you write something about the lions doing their ballet video? I really want to know who's the most flexible lol

A/N: Hello Anon! I had the same idea! I am a trained dancer and my dance season just finished up! Thank you for requesting this! I had a lot of fun writing this! Enjoy! All characters belong to @lumosinlove and except for the dancers, social media fic inspiration goes to @fruitcoops

Link to the Try Guys video here

Link to the dance the lions do here

“Hello, Lions Fans! I’m Dorcas Meadows and today your favorite hockey team will be doing ballet! They will be taking classes for two weeks and learn a dance.” Dorcas says after Marlene gives her the ago. They are standing in front of a local dance studio called Gryffindor Dance Academy. The camera cuts to the team in white tee shirts, black tights that outline their muscular thighs, and black ballet shoes. Kasey has his hair tied back into a man bun. They are standing in a studio with a black floor, mirrors on one wall, a wall painted sky blue with a bunch of fairy lights, and another wall that’s yellow with pointe shoes dyed various colors hanging up along it. There’s one more wall that’s green by the door with a large rectangle of chalkboard paint. The chalkboard read WELCOME LIONS! In yellow and red writing with a doodle of a lion below the writing.

“Remind me why we’re doing this?” Finn asks rubbing the back of his neck nervously. “I literally have no rhythm whatsoever.”

“I am fully not prepared for this.” Remus says, shaking his head.

“We figured it would be fun, and there’s been a lot of requests from the fans.” Marlene replies from behind the camera. The camera cuts again this time to a girl in her late 20s. With curly blonde hair wearing basic athletic clothes.

“Hey! I’m Emily and I’m a teacher here at GDA or Gryffindor Dance Academy. I teach ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. I majored in dance and I’m currently part of a contemporary dance company.” Emily introduces herself the camera cuts to a compilation of her dancing and teaching then cuts back to the team.

“You will be dancing with level 9-10 which is our intermediate to advanced class. Then learning a combo to perform!” Emily explains. The camera pans around the team's faces with expressions of horror, genuine fear, or utter confusion.

“How old are the dancers in this level?” James asks.

“14 to 16. They are all on our competitive dance team too. The Gryffindor Stars.” Emily states. A group of nine girls enters the studio. with multi-colored leotards, black tights, pointe shoes, pink ballet flats, and water bottles.

“Am I allowed to curse?” Thomas wonders out loud.

“Technically no but these dancers are freshman and sophomores in high school so it shouldn’t be too bad, just be aware of the younger dancers that will be coming in and out later.” Emily responds with a smile. “Girls, when you are done putting your pointe shoes on, introduce yourself to the Lions then take out the bars.” The camera pans to the girls putting their point shoes on.

“When you introduce yourself, We would like first name, last name, age, and how long you have been dancing okay?” Dorcas says with a smile. One girl finishes and gets up. She has an Asian complexion dark hair slicked back into a low messy bun. She has a black leotard with crisscrosses in the back and a burgundy scrunchy in her bun.

“Hi, I’m Ryn Carney. I’m 15 and I have been dancing for 12 years. Also huge hockey head.” Ryn introduces herself. The others follow suit and help get the bars out.

“I’m Nina Locke. I’m 16 and I’ve been dancing for 13 years.” A girl with blonde hair blue eyes a fair complexion introduces herself.

“Alright let’s start with pliés. Demi, stretch, demi, stretch, grandé. Cambré forwards, cambré back. Tendu to second stretch into to the bar and away from the barre. Port de bra is first, second, and high fifth. Then balance in Sus-sous.¨ Emily says then runs to start the music. “Prepare and first position plié...”

“Merde! Okay, um demi stretch and big one, forward backwards, next position.” Logan pliés with panic. Emily walks by and tells him to turn out his feet. He gives her a quizzical look, she bends down and gently pushes his feet into the correct position. She walks by the stereo and grabs a tambourine.

“Keep your hips tucked in while doing a plié.”

Kasey is doing pliés feet turned out, his butt awkwardly sticking out behind him. Emily walks by and smacks it with the tambourine he fixes it and continues. James looks over and starts laughing.

“I’m never going to live this down ever am I?” Kasey asks shaking his head.

“GET SOME BLIZ!” Finn whoops.

“BET ALEX AND NAT LIKE THAT!” Talker calls out. Various other chirps from the team. Soon they finish pliés and work their way to tendues.

“There’s so much French literally everywhere I go.” Finn says. The camera cuts to Sirius who is doing the best out of all of them so far. After a couple of exercises at the barre Emily leads a guided stretch. “And now slide into your splits.” The camera pans around the room showing off the girls in their full splits alongside Leo and Kasey. Remus is not even close to the floor, Thomas is fairing slightly better than Remus, Logan is very close, and Finn is doing worse than Remus.

“Loops if I pull a muscle do you wanna do your PT thing?” Thomas asks. “No. I’m not your PT anymore plus I would be dealing with my own muscles anyways. Knutty! How?”

“I’m a goalie, Loops.” Leo responds flatly before sending him a smile. The camera cuts to a clip of the Lions doing petite allegro then grande allegro and failing miserably. Then to the team set up in interview style in front of the fairy light wall.

“How do you feel about dancing?” Marlene asks from behind the camera.

“New found respect for dancers and um I’m just going to continue to work hard at this.” Sirius replies. The camera cuts back to the team lined up in front of Emily and Ryn. A banner comes across the screen reading Pointe shoe demo.

Ryn does a couple of leaps and turns and an arabesque.

“Does anyone want to try on pointe shoes?” Emily asks a couple of uneasy looks pass through the group of hockey players before Logan speaks up.

“I’ll do it! I might regret it but I’ll do it.”

“Great! Here are the pointe shoes.” Emily hands the to him and helps lace the up. His foot barely fit into them.

“Grab on to the barre and then push your onto your toes, keep your knee straight.”

“Merde! MON DIEUX! That hurts like a fucking bitch! NOPE! NOPE, I’M DONE!” Logan exclaims as he wobbles around en pointe gripping to the barre for dear life.

“If you break your ankle I’m not doing your PT. Plus, you’d have to explain to Layla and Moody. I don’t think you want to do that.” Loops chirps over Logan. The rest of the team laughing except Finn and Leo watching cringing at their boyfriend’s antics. Logan continues to wobble for another five seconds before lowering off of his toes.

“In what world is this not painful?” Logan questions while taking off the shoes.

“You get used to it after a while.” Ryn replies. The camera cuts to an empty studio except for the Lions and Emily.

“So, you will be learning the Russian dance from The Nutcracker. But before that we have to work on you leaps and turns.” Emily says. The camera cuts to a montage of the lions doing Grande Allegro and failing miserably. Then to a montage of them attempting to turn.

“I am so dizzy I feel drunk.” Thomas while swaying slightly.

“Me too.” Kasey says.

“I second that.” Loops replies rubbing his head. The camera cuts to Emily walking them through the choreography. The camera cuts back to the interview set up.

“How do you feel about doing a dance from the nutcracker?” Dorcas asks from behind the camera.

“I have already have butchered this horribly. I’m not even going to sugar coat it.” Finn says.

“Agreed.” Kasey chimes in. The team nods in agreement. The camera cuts to a fast forward of the team dancing in class and practicing their choreography. A banner slides across the screen reading ‘The Performance’. There’s the group of dancers that they took class with sitting against the mirrors cheering the team on. Emily had the Lions split into groups of three and gave the entire team tutus. Leo, Kasey, and Logan went first. They missed beginning and forgot the end. Logan fell after some turns and jumps, Kasey tripped over Logan nearly face planting into Leo. And Leo managed not trip but he did accidently hit Kasey with his long arms.

Sirius, James, and Remus were next. Sirius got the beginning then tripped over his own feet, James just stumbled his way through the dance watching Remus or Sirius. Remus was doing his best not laugh at how bad it was.

After all the groups performed the camera cut to the Gryffindor Stars dancing a modern dance to Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. The dance ends and Marlene steps into frame.

“Thank you Gryffindor Dance Academy and the amazing dancers here! Thanks for watching Lion Pride we’ll see you on the ice! Like and subscribe for more videos like this!” Marlene closes.

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veronicasanders · 2 years

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Tell me about something that left a lasting impression on you, a concert, music festival, theater play, art exhibit, drag show, movies in theater, anything at all💖

Oooooh great question!! Okay, so the last show I saw live was Sasha Velour's "Smoke and Mirrors" tour, and it was fucking amazing. If you ever get the chance to see her perform live, GRAB IT. She's unbelievable.

It probably goes without saying, but seeing Courtney live is one of my favorite things. I've loved all of her one woman shows, as well as the AAA and ABCD tours, but my favorite might be the Christmas show she did the year Trump won the election (understandably titled "Lump of Coal" because that's all America deserved), which I got to see in LA (first performance) and SF (last performance) and it was just wonderful both times for very different reasons.

(On another drag note, I always absolutely get a kick out the the Peaches Christ shows, and highly recommend those--they're always in SF but also travel to other cities sometimes so follow her!)

Also not shocking for anyone who knows me...Madonna's live concerts are always life-changing. It's a tough call, but I think my favorites are between the Confessions tour and MDNA, because the way they start is just EPIC.

I'm a musical theatre nerd, and I fucking looooved Six. It's an absolutely brilliant show, and I'm sure it's only gotten better since I saw it years ago, before the West End debut. (I used to check iTunes for the soundtrack weekly and SCREAMED when they finally released the score.) I think one of my all-time favorite performances was the Broadway revival of Pippin with Patina Miller--just chills the entire time.

Also, I've been lucky enough to see the Alvin Ailey Dance company at least every couple of years since I was a kid and they're just phenomenal. Fortunately, the dance world is a lot more diverse now than when they started, but I think they still bring a totally needed perspective to contemporary ballet. Some of the alumni also created another company called Complexions (who I just looked up and they're gonna be in Germany this summer so I may need to get my ass on a train!) and it's stunning.

This might be random but there was a sculpture exhibition I saw years ago in the Berkshires, and I still think about that frequently because they were just so incredibly beautiful.

I feel like I should just stop talking because I could honestly go on forever with this question...

#walking down the glittertrail

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btscelebs · 11 days

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#music #theatre #theater #dance

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kimhyunjoongfan · 11 days

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#theater #theatre #dance #music

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dance-world · 2 months

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Maxfield Haynes - Complexions Contemporary Ballet - photo by Steven Vandervelden, Vandy Photography

#Maxfield Haynes #Complexions Contemporary Ballet #Steven Vandervelden #Vandy Photography #tänzer #bailarín #dancer #danseur #ballerino #ballet men #boys of ballet #dance #ballet

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lovelyballetandmore · 1 month

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Мanuel Vaccaro | Complexions Contemporary Ballet | Photo by Rachel Neville | NYC Dance Photography

#manuel vaccaro #balletphotography #complexions contemporary ballet #ballet slippers #balletmodel

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mariechanelmarie · 3 months

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Jordan Peele's contributions to Black Horror: Get Out, US and Beyond.

Jordan Peele, okay yeah. There's a lot to unpack here. And I'll try to do an in depth overview without ruining any of these stories. Get Out, Us, and Nope are some of these fantastical movies that Peele has made, even Wendell and Wild, a favorite of mine because it's the first stop claymation (at least that I have seen) with a Black character leading and starring in it.

Get Out is a seemingly realistic science fiction horror movie. Completely isolated in a world filled with white people but not quite, because he has a BEST friend named Rod, who does rescue him and Chris has allies who appear to be Black which he comes to realize isn't entirely true but in the end also are able to help Chris' escape. The parallels between Get Out and US are not as apparent as one may think. Both stories have isolated Black characters. Both are pushing ideas of environment (white spaces and Black spaces) and differences (The Idea of the Black person who is maybe not quite black enough pops up).

Chris focuses on the art form of photography while Adeline focuses on the art form of ballet. Both are forms that Black people may not necessarily lean towards in the arts. And I think the question of what is the Black aesthetic could be a concept throughout his films, and questions what is considered Black in this contemporary world. In US, the family is not a Stereotypical Black Family in film. They are all of darker complexion but these barriers are being broken, along with the Middle class Black Family, Peele is changing the ideal Black Family. So these concepts of race and performance and class are definitely blurred for the viewer.

In addition to these movies we have an edited anthology edited by Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming. Although I am a huge horror buff I cannot say that I prefer to read horror than see it (at least not yet, because for most of my life I have experienced horror through screens and not books).

A platform for new Black horror with short stories from 19 different literary artists. And as of last quarter, I guess I could call myself a horror writer. But let's forget about that for a second and talk about 2 of these short stories from the anthology. The Rider and Dark Home are completely different from each other. These are two separate perspectives of Black horror. Once again I am sure this is because Peele wants to incorporate the Black Diaspora and show the multidimensional and multilayered experiences and horrors from Black people.

In both short stories there's a monster. In The Rider, by Tananarive Due, the story is based in the 1960s, during the civil rights era, and the height of the story takes place on the bus. The horror shows itself as a monster, but the monster is not what it appears to be, while another one rears its ugly head. And the Sisters are able to plow through an unforeseen yet revealed trauma. And in Dark Home, by Nnedi Okorafor, grief is the cause of all the trauma and disruption. As the griever is unable to let go of a father who has passed and is confronted by a "monster" who haunts her until she finally is ready to depart from the secret society ring she took from her fathers cold dead hand.

Overall I am very appreciative of Jordan Peele opening up this genre to redirect and reshape the narrative for Black characters in film and Black creators writing in the genre of horror.

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