Gillian Murphy's Pirouettes Are UNREAL

March 22, 2017

So, I haven’t been pirouetting much for a few years now. But when I was dancing, I used to have this amazing recurring dream, which still haunts me:

I go to do a pirouette. It becomes clear that I am exactly, perfectly on balance. I have a realization that as long as I keep spotting, I’ll be able to turn…forever. Spot. Spot. Spot. Spot. Spot…

Today, I discovered that American Ballet Theatre principal Gillian Murphy is living my dream IRL. Her REALITY is a beautiful fantasy world in which pirouettes just go on for, you know, however long she feels like it.

Here’s the proof, as documented by fellow ABT principal Daniil Simkin: