Celebrate #FouetteFriday with Maria Kochetkova

February 5, 2015

Happy Friday, ladies and gents! Does it feel like this has been an especially long week? It does, right? I have this theory that the colder it is, the slower time passes.

Anyway, here’s a little something to reward you for making it through: a #FouetteFriday video!

Our friends over at TenduTV recently posted this INSANE clip of San Francisco Ballet principal Maria Kochetkova flying through the 32 fouettés at the end of the Don Quixote Act III pas de deux. (It’s from the Youth America Grand Prix film Ballet’s Greatest Hits, which is fantastic—go get it.)

Here’s the thing about Masha: She’s not just tossing these guys off. Her form is pristine. Look at that placement! It’s perfect, turn after turn. Naturally, she sprinkles the series with doubles—complete with fan action—and caps the whole thing off by repeatedly changing her spot, like the total boss she is. Basically, our fouetté dreams are her fouetté reality:

*bows down*

Have a happy, dance-y weekend!