A ballet dance performance shows the exceptional beauty and elegance of a ballerina which is usually accompanied by a piece of classical music. It is nothing but a calm yet powerful sequence of movements that oftentimes tells a story to the audience.
Ballet is more than just a dance style, it has also a global influence on other dance styles. According to Wikipedia:
“It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres and cultures. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures and as a result, the art has evolved in a number of distinct ways.”
An entire routine of it is a magical work of performing art that always looks forward to showing the audience the real beauty of ballet dancing.
There’s no way we can associate this kind of dance with something, I mean, a creature…
We are talking about spiders!
Yes, that is absolutely right, we are referring to those eight-legged tiny creepy crawlers. Though, when ballerinas dance, they don’t make that much noise, just like spiders when they crawl, they create little to zero noise. It’s complete silence especially when they go hunting for their prey.
If you think it can’t be done, this lady will prove you wrong.
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Her name is Milena Sidorova and she is an award-winning Dutch choreographer.
According to her website:
“Sidorova has created 25+ unique choreographies and currently serves a double role as dancer and choreographer at the renowned Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. “
Believe it or not, she found her luck with spiders.
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This famous video showing her dancing to a routine which she called “The Spider” was her most famous choreography. It has amassed over 14 million views on YouTube alone and that’s with over a hundred thousand likes and more than six thousand comments.
“The world-famous “The Spider” ballet dance choreography has been performed all over the globe and received more than 15 million views on YouTube alone. It was created by Milena Sidorova when she was 13 years old.”
She also shared that she really loved spiders when she was a kid and that she observed them a lot.
In fact, it’s where she got the inspiration for the choreography of “The Spider”
Is she a “spiderwoman” in real life?
This video will show us why she deserves the title.
Before the music even starts to play, Sidorova drops her entire body down, stretching both pairs of her arms and legs.
It’s an incredible display of flexibility and if you’ll try to stare at her, she really looks like a spider from afar.
Then she does those instantaneous moving, stomping, and crouching movements. It’s really a bit creepy watching her execute the steps. But hey, the accuracy of her movements really pictures how a spider actually moves.
A graceful spider.
Sidorova then stands and this time, it looks like she’s a spider on a wall. She crawls from side to side all the while keeping the elegance of her movements and the timing to the suspenseful music.
At one point in her routine, she does a double cartwheel before going on a rampage.
When you think about the entirety of her spider-inspired routine, it all boils down to being amazing, wouldn’t you agree?
She then ends it with a ballerina/spider pose which was then followed by loud cheers and applause from the crowd.
Watch Milena Sidorova’s famous “The Spider” choreography in the video below.
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