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I've been thinking about the swan hierarchy in Swan Lake. For some reason it's just really funny to me that there's a pecking order (pun, lol) in this sad, sad lake.

Clearly Odette is the leader. Okay, I'll accept it, even though I don't know why these swan maidens would pick her in particular. And it's evident she was chosen, judging by how the swans always put her in the center of all their formations. Why, though?

And what about the big swans and the four little swans? They're clearly more important than the normal swans. What makes them so special? What's their story? All we know about them are some are big and some are smol and for some reason that makes them important.

I think most of the swans are the "middle children" of the bunch while the eldest and youngest get special treatment.

#i also started laughing in the car about the idea of alpha and beta swans #as a little swan i am a beta swan and honestly that fits because i could never pull a handsome prince like odette #clearly i had too much time standing on the sidelines in rehearsal today #dance #ballet #swan lake

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when I was 4 my mother signed me up for ballet and I just stood in front of the big mirrors and stared at myself for the full hour. I did this every week for the entire year

😆

I can imagine your teacher just being like "???"

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Today I made a student have the worst day of her life by telling her she has to participate in dance class instead of hiding in the cabinets :(

#oh noooo so sad #i argued with her for a good ten minutes about it #dance problems #teaching

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Dance of the Little Swans is going to be the death of me

#currently sitting with an ice pack on my foot because i tripped over my feet #ballet #dance problems

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The more I teach little kids, the more happy I am that I'm not a parent. I couldn't do it. I taught four students this morning for an hour and had to decompress for like three hours afterwards.

#dance #teaching

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Pas de poisson ("step of the fish") is the most aptly-named ballet step. Everytime I do a pas de poisson, I feel like a little salmon leaping gleefully out of a stream.

#ballet #dance

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I'm in Swan Lake this semester, and I'm having the time of my life about it 😊

#I've never done swan lake before #I'm in little swans too which has been on my bucket list for like 10 years #ballet #dance

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I haven't taken a ballet class in two months, and MAN, did tonight's rehearsal video show it 😂

#dance #ballet #dance problems #in other news i had a student call me boring today #I'm mad bc it's true

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I demand a refund on my hamstrings

#dance problems #this is like the 600th time i've pulled a hamstring in the past year

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Thoughts during the modern dance concert I saw this weekend

Why is covering the mouth so common is modern dance choreo? Makes me uncomfortable.

Other than that, that was a good piece! I enjoyed it. 9/10.

This solo has been going on for five minutes and I'm no closer to figuring out what's going on

It's over!

Nope, never mind.

Seriously, ten minutes is too long for a solo piece. Or any piece. This show is only 50 minutes!

Stop falling on the floor! I'm genuinely concerned for your safety. As are any strangers who see all the bruises you probably have, I'm pretty sure.

K, but these dancers are pretty good, though.

STOP TOUCHING EACH OTHER'S FACES YOU'RE MAKING ME REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE RN!!

Why are modern dancers so obsessed with neutral colors? Where's all the color???!!?? I miss color!! I've forgotten what colors look like!!!

#dance #modern dance #ballerinas are weird too i know

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I made a 💖New Video!!🩰

Advanced Ballet Class for Turnout

Come for the free class, stay for the degage bloopers

#dance #ballet #ballet classes

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Teaching little kids is so dang hard. I tell them to go stand on a purple dot and for some reason the little gremlins think that means "go play with the bouncy balls."

#i really have no idea what i'm doing #and once one kid starts goofing off the others follow like baby lemmings #love em tho #dance

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There's a nature trail practically in my backyard

Me and my roommate are both dancers and nerds

So now I have overly-ambitious plans for a D&D-themed dance photoshoot and/or film

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Just got a teaching job offer completely out of the blue!!! 💖🥳💖🥳

#dance #hopefully no scheduling conflicts this time

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I've got perfect 360-degree extensions

#dance #dance jokes

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Teachers keep getting on my case for having bad turnout and it's annoying. like oh I'm sorry, I must have the wrong hip sockets equipped LET ME JUST SWAP THOSE OUT REAL QUICK

#dance #ballet #dance problems

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Wow, I was not expecting this to be such a mood for everyone 😆

Why are tendus derriere so freaking hard