When you coach a variation like Nikiya’s Death, you can’t expect to get it right on the first try. Every correction matters— arm, line, arabesque, even the last moment before stillness. Thank you to Miss Anastasia for pushing Vivien to refine each detail again and again, not just for the technique, but to stay in character through it all. | Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching

VAGANOVA ADAGE : One of the hardest things ✨ Not going to lie perfecting these VAGANOVA exercises was one of the hardest things I had to do when I was in the school. I was there for four years and the first two years I was thinking to myself how an earth am I ever going to be able to do this. Surprisingly, you do get good at it, you do it every single day you get a lot stronger. Your alignment becomes better and you become so aware of what muscles you need to use in order to get beautiful extens