Your Moment of Dance Zen: Sophia Lucia's Insane Pirouettes
We’ve all had that amazing pirouette dream.
You know the one I’m talking about: The one where you go into a turn, realize you’re perfectly, absolutely, unshakably on-balance, and just. keep. spotting.
5 turns. 6 turns. 7. 8. 9. TEN.
But there are a select few superhumans who live that dream every day. And Sophia Lucia is one of them.
Yes, we already knew she could pull out dozens of turns in tap shoes. These days, however, her pirouettes on pointe are just as insanely impressive.
Instagram don’t lie:
A video posted by master ballet academy (@masterballetacademy)
onFeb 24, 2016 at 3:28pm PST
YUP.
Want this to be your reality? Click here for turning tips from Sophia and other experts in the field.
(Fun fact: In the clip above, Sophia is rehearsing one of the “Odalisque” variations from Le Corsaire. There’s gorgeous video out there of another dream pirouetter, American Ballet Theatre’s Gillian Murphy, doing the same solo as a baby ballerina. If you want to sustain your turning high, you should watch it immediately—main pirouette sequence starts 24 seconds in:)
