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VARIATIONS WITH BELLA--Nikiya at Home--Dance with Me! — Transcript

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0:02[Music]
0:09[Music]
0:18hey guys welcome to variations of Bella
0:22today we're gonna be learning Nikki's
0:24variation from act one of La Bayadere
0:26this is her first entrance into the
0:30ballet and it's a beautiful solo it's
0:34all about the emotional part of bra
0:36there isn't a whole lot going on with
0:38your legs other than like beautiful
0:40borays so it really is all about your
0:42Porter bra your head
0:44finding your angles in this variation
0:47basically Nikia is a temple dancer you
0:50live in the temple you've devoted your
0:52whole life to your religion and you're
0:55also not supposed to have lovers you're
0:59supposed to wholly preserve yourself for
1:01your spirituality so this variation is a
1:04ritual I think it's something that you
1:06do regularly to communicate with God if
1:10you don't want to think about God think
1:11about the universe or whatever you feel
1:14like exists as a higher power and try to
1:17connect with a feeling of spirituality
1:19whatever that means for you if it's
1:21going to church if it's listening to a
1:23beautiful symphony if it's looking out a
1:26beautiful mountain landscape whatever
1:29that means to you just tap into that
1:32feeling of wonder and connecting with
1:34something bigger than yourself so the
1:37beginning of the sulle
1:39you enter the stage and you have these
1:43beautiful slow walks very long walks
1:47walking with your head very level you
1:50have a veil covering your face you're
1:53articulating your feet
1:54beautifully it's a really nice grand
1:56entrance actually and you get to Center
2:00and you're like I don't know what's his
2:06name because you're like spiritual
2:10associate I guess he this is centered
2:13that's the veil falls off and it keeps
2:15us to you like please begin the ritual
2:18and you step to him and you bow keep
2:23your elbows lifted and one finger goes
2:26to your forehead and the other goes
2:28towards your heart so you go and then
2:30there is introductory music and you do
2:33like a long time do keeping the front
2:36legs stretched and you do a ton Li a and
2:39you reach reach reach reach reach reach
2:41up to heaven make sure you don't like
2:44lead with your shoulder you're still
2:46this is relaxed always keeping that
2:49feeling of like life and your spirit
2:51coming from the center of your chest
2:53pulling you and reaching out and then
2:57you have the first note and you do a
3:00plie and you reach with your arms Bend
3:04and reach
3:06bend and reach three times and with each
3:09one you get lower and lower on your
3:13supporting leg so and then you you bend
3:26forwards
3:27you almost sweep the floor and then you
3:29like swirl up with your hands into a
3:33like a beautiful s-shaped curve this
3:36variation is all about creating curved
3:39shapes in your body those threads
3:41actually the hardest part to me in the
3:43whole solo it's really challenging to
3:45like find the correct feeling and line
3:48in these first steps
3:51you sweep down and swirl and then you
3:53turn around keeping your weight on your
3:56supporting leg
3:57don't try not to fall in between two
4:00legs and then you do a PK it's like hi
4:05coud okay not quite pase not quite a low
4:09coud okay and finish in a tight Susu and
4:13we're doing a position that's it's based
4:16off of these arms but you're shortening
4:19this one a little bit relaxing this one
4:22there's still life in it but it's not in
4:24the second decision and there should be
4:28like a beautiful s-curve like you're
4:30using your hips and just finding
4:33different angles to play with soup soup
4:37and then you go roll down on the left
4:39side and drop your elbows and extend
4:44your elbows and then you do one more
4:49little coupe a fifth and then
4:55and try to stay up as long as you can
4:59facing the back show your back off
5:03tombé your arms are crossed at the risks
5:06facing upstage and then board a and a
5:09little semicircle back to where you
5:11started open the right arm and tendu and
5:16again Tanvi a onto a stretch leg and
5:19lift reach up and slightly turn your
5:24hand and then it's dancing on the other
5:27side but behind the music so the timing
5:31is different on this side and you only
5:32do two pushes so you go and push one
5:37more time
5:40and swirl applicant and attitude little
5:51passe or Kubek and stupid new and on the
5:56suit new believe your head trailing
5:59behind and then your arms whirl and you
6:04lift up as if you're lifting something
6:06very heavy and then you go step right
6:11together hands and feet are together and
6:16you pray and exhale relax everything let
6:21me show you guys this first section with
6:24the music alright get ready to bow
6:26everyone
6:27[Music]
6:48and perv
6:53[Music]
7:04why not follow alright so that's the
7:43beginning how'd you guys do with that
7:44the most important thing is to fill out
7:47the music see how like it sounds like
7:50there's a note and then there's like a
7:51reverberation almost so you're doing the
7:54same thing with your body so note and
7:57then like keep growing into whatever
8:00position is accent and extend and extend
8:06so just meets the music visible on the
8:10first side you're going what right on
8:12the note and the second side you only do
8:15two pushes and you're a little bit
8:17behind the music like no and no and one
8:23thing I think about is like so I do the
8:25first side and then I think that
8:27connection is not really being made to
8:29God or whatever and so then I'm like
8:32okay let's try this again on this
8:34aside like I know you're there if you're
8:37there give me a sign there's so many
8:39different internal dialogues you can
8:41have throughout all of this but it just
8:44makes it more fun how do I do it but now
8:45I can't really remember what it was okay
8:48the next thing we're gonna do is your
8:51arms they roll and go like this so I
8:58think I'll show you a video of my coach
9:02arena I'm showing this because it's so
9:04beautiful
9:05[Music]
9:16it's like you're giving and offering of
9:20yourself sorry I'm putting my shoulders
9:23up which I shouldn't be doing that I'm
9:24stealing it
9:25so from here you're giving an offering
9:29and then we're gonna bore a around in a
9:32circle this is when the fire pit comes
9:35in handy because we're gonna worry
9:36around the fire pit your arms go like
9:39this and you do the tiniest little like
9:42pas de cheval into this very delicate
9:45and give your offering all right we're
9:51gonna write all the way around the fire
9:53pit gradually raising the arms as you go
9:57around and then when you get directly
10:00binding the fire pit you have another
10:02one of these again you're lifting
10:05something very very heavy and use your
10:08eyes and then we lunge and you go over
10:13the fire cross your arms like this and
10:15then sweep right left just use your back
10:20and let your arms follow right left and
10:23one more time push up and then we're
10:27gonna walk around the fire pit watching
10:30it very closely for a sign two three
10:35steps around I'm gonna show part two
10:37with the music now
10:39[Music]
11:06big circle when you have space
11:09[Music]
11:26all right you guys got the fire pit
11:29section and after you do the right left
11:33and push up again then we're gonna think
11:37of very very gradually and gently
11:39dropping your arms back down to this
11:42position I think this position is just
11:44it means you're like a servant of God
11:47oh my god ballet sounds so crazy now
11:50we're moving on to the fast section and
11:52I'm going to move my fire pit because I
11:54need to use the Marley maybe Patrick
11:58Marley from Harlequin floors Thank You
12:01Harlequin for sending it to me okay so
12:03then you go walk to three little
12:07Brundage on with the left leg
12:09and then we go attitude step step
12:13attitude crossing over so walk to around
12:22to down on the attitudes you can either
12:25do these arms or you can do these arms
12:28whatever you prefer I'm just gonna go
12:31with simple classical when you're gonna
12:34go and Quique
12:36so step pique to tendu front uh keep
12:42your arms like this or you can also do
12:44arms crossed but if you do arms across
12:47just make sure you don't involve your
12:48shoulder sure you keep your back up here
12:53and then for a slight side boria to the
12:56right same thing heading to the left and
13:01step same thing again one step it's s PK
13:07and floor.a for a a little circle around
13:12yourself we're almost at the end of the
13:13variation then when you get to like
13:15around the quasi you're gonna start
13:18doing these little it's like that one
13:25say almost around yourself so you start
13:28to go balance a two and think of leading
13:32with this I'm almost like a dog chasing
13:34your tail three four I don't know I'll
13:47have to hear the music several of those
13:49and then you start to change your arms
13:52and you start to lift your leg and you
13:55hop in a small attitude like that just a
13:59few HUS and then you roll out of it once
14:03it out and just like two or three
14:05Sundays
14:06Shinae and finish with with the note
14:13with a lot of emphasis and like fervor
14:15okay so that's it it's as you can see
14:19very simple steps and it's literally all
14:22about the style and what you have to say
14:25with the steps and I feel like because
14:28the steps are so simple you really want
14:31to emphasize and make clear whatever it
14:35is that you're saying and also the
14:37dynamics so it's not just flat
14:39throughout the whole thing
14:41dynamic damn thing is what we're looking
14:44for just gonna mark it
14:45[Music]
15:08[Applause]
15:09[Music]
15:16[Applause]
15:18it's just for one two three four and
15:23lift it up into this is like a pretty we
15:28want to have one long line so like not
15:31too high not turned in just one
15:35harmonious curve again everything in
15:38this variation is a curve so I usually
15:41do for balanced A's for slow hocks and
15:45then I do like three or four fast hops
15:47and then shiny shiny shiny and finish
15:51and I think also like as the variation
15:54goes on I think you become more and more
15:56like filled with this religious fervor
15:59so you're almost getting like a little
16:02work done
16:03like when things get faster like you
16:06have you're doing everything with
16:08emphasis same thing I need to talk about
16:10every class which is a big arena ko ko
16:13ko' best thing is to like always have
16:16your arms preparing before you go into
16:20anything so it looks like you're holding
16:23the position longer so just think of
16:25that on that attitudes and attitude
16:28you're getting ready ahead of the note
16:31are you guys getting the combo you feel
16:33good about the steps ish
16:35um yeah once again like this is just to
16:38learn this step not to go crazy and do
16:40everything to full-out just like take it
16:42easy till you know what you're doing you
16:44have a good floor and then you can go
16:46full immersion Nikia let's do it all
16:49together from the beginning guys
16:51everyone you have entered the temple
16:53your veil has been ripped off oh my god
16:57the whole audience is like oh my god
17:00she's so stunning and everyone get ready
17:05to bow and we're you're gonna go from
17:07the top of the variation ready
17:10[Music]
17:11yes
17:15[Music]
17:25[Music]
18:48slowly dropping yours
18:52[Music]
19:10[Applause]
19:11[Music]
19:18[Applause]
19:21sleep all right isn't that like such a
19:24fun variation I love it so cool and it's
19:29you just get to feel like so beautiful
19:32and like powerful oh alright guys well
19:35that's the whole variation oh yeah
19:38on these blurry side to side think about
19:42almost like you're like a tree in the
19:45wind and being like blown just from side
19:50to side almost like my forces out of
19:53your control on these like don't bounce
19:58up and down I think I'm doing a little
20:01bit I always tend to want to balance
20:04instead of just stay low I think have
20:08you been like weaning your wrists a tiny
20:11bit to lead you around I don't know for
20:13me I always find the pushes are actually
20:16the hardest stuff for me and even just a
20:19simple position which is the motif in
20:21mafia dare the temptation is always to
20:25like you want to reach so far that your
20:27shoulder goes out but just try not to do
20:29that it's just like very relaxed and
20:33natural everything in this variation
20:35should feel very natural just like and
20:38then on top of that natural organic
20:41placement you're just adding hers okay I
20:45should also add this is on Natalia
20:47Makarova production of La Vie dare and
20:49I've done like every part in this
20:52production from a temple girl to a
20:55Shades although I've done bombs on I've
20:59done Nikia and they're all really
21:02wonderful roles and I think the depth
21:05that all of the characters has really
21:08depends on the interpreter and it's
21:10always been like fun for me too
21:12try to make them my own and also make
21:15the characters have depth because with
21:17any ballet it's easy to just become a
21:20cartoon because the stories are so out
21:23there half the time but I think the more
21:25you can like bring your own life
21:26experience to sort of feel your way into
21:29a character that feels authentic and
21:31that the audience can actually genuinely
21:34care about is always my goal that's
21:37something else I love about abt there's
21:39so many great actors and a beauty like
21:41you can go to the ballet a different
21:43night of the same show and see like
21:45completely different interpretations and
21:47I love that so yeah there's never really
21:50just one way to do anything sorry for
21:52the rant thanks guys that was so fun
21:54it's such a beautiful variation okay bye
21:57you guys thanks so much for watching I
22:02hope you guys enjoyed it don't forget to
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22:07feedback I would love to hear it thank
22:09you
22:09[Music]

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