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The Washington Ballet’s hardest dance moves

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Watch as six Washington Ballet dancers demonstrate the most challenging dance moves in their repertoire. Andile Ndlovu, Chong Sun, Maki Onuki, Corey Landolt, Francesca Dugarte, and Luis R. Torres are featured.


As an example, below, Washington Ballet dancer Andile Ndlovu demonstrates The Butterfly. Slow motion helps visualize his position in the air:

“This is my heart move because it’s the coordination of getting off the floor and reaching the height in one count and reaching the floor in the second.”

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In the archives: more jaw-dropping ballet moves, including this clip of Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1969.

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