Things like this make me physically uncomfortable. Her teacher is seriously setting her up for an injury. Even the walk out at the beginning is completely wrong. No one walks out en pointe like that. She should have been on demi pointe. And then her feet are pointed all wrong, and her body probably isn't even mature enough for her to be wearing pointe shoes at all.

Oh, that poor baby! Why is she in pointe shoes first, and then in a giant tutu, staring at the ceiling and trying this variation?! Her teacher should be forcibly retired. She is very expressive and brave, and if her parents immediately (if not sooner) take her far from whatever school she is in and get her some real training, she could be a lovely dancer. Shame on whoever did this.

for anyone who's wondering (not sure how many people are still viewing this video), this girl's teacher is *Marina O'Neill* of *Young Ballet of London*. I was a student of hers ... unfortunately (I'm not the person in the video though, although I do know her). Very bad teacher is all I'll say ... not just incompetent and unqualified, but also downright nasty, to put it lightly.

*hears dancer walk on stage*

Read until the end: Though she was extremely messy, I completely blame this on her teacher and her parents for allowing her to do this. She definitely has some talent but this variation is far too challenging for a little girl, many professionals would even struggle with it. She should not be en pointe this young, it will possibly ruin her career if she keeps going on like this. Her attitude needs some toning down, but the effort was fantastic I only hope that she finds a good ballet teacher who will take her best qualities and let them shine by fixing all of her technical errors and going back to the basics. I feel so bad for this little girl, she was exploited terribly, hopefully she will keep dancing after some of the rather harsh comments made by a few.

I'm surprised she went through without breaking anything

This girl should obviously not have been choose to do this variation. I can't believe her teacher would allow that. I hope she keeps dancing - maybe with a different teacher.

Even before she starts to dance when she walks out you are already like "oh god"

this is a disaster. not hating on the girl, she looks so passionate and dedicated, she expresses herself nicely on stage. but technically, she shouldn't be on pointe shoes, if so, shouldn't be doing esmeralda. i can't even fully do esmeralda because of how technical it is. poor girl is going to get injured badly if she continues like this.

I admire the sarcasm in the title. The end was breathtaking 😂

Her parents paid a lot of money for that tutu...

Oh good god as soon as she walked on like that I already knew

It's like watching a car accident. Her teacher should be ashamed. & never allowed to teach anyone again.

Well at least she remembered the variation🤷‍♀️

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the poor girl! shame on her teacher and parents for making her do this! she is way to young to be en point nor does she have the physical strength for this!

What is happening

I watched it twice. Surely some moves sucked, but I really liked her passion and the fact that she didn't give up and finished the performance. I think it's a good stage practice and she will learn from her mistakes and improve her technic.

The sad thing is that she clearly has some talent. Those are some nice expression and enthusiasm, and you can't ignore her arches. If she was able to find a good, responsible teacher, she could actually become great. But instead she's getting horrible training and being put in a dangerous situation.

2:22 is my favorite. Stretch and...

Why is she even on pointe?

she really loves to bring (or maybe crack) her head backward😂

Admittedly, this child is no Natalia Osipova or Miko Fogarty. BUT you cannot tell me that you didn't smile a little while you cringed. She exudes fabulosity, and you have to give her that

Poor girl. She could barely do the variation. I think one day she will be a amazing ballerina but she wasn't ready for this variation. The Esmeralda is very hard to dance

I do not blame this poor girl, but her teacher(s). Whoever allowed her to do this should be horsewhipped. Pointe is not something you do because you want to or think you have nice feet... it requires a foundation of technique and strength building. Whatever begging or pleading or forcing occurred to result in this should have been stopped and prevented by her teacher(s). Someone needs to intervene or she has a life of injury and heartbreak in front of her.

Some dancers go on pointe at nine if they have all the technique on flat perfect, i feel bad that she was rushed on pointe and had to do such a hard variation

Lol her leap at the end

Watching this was hard....I kept on thinking she was going to break something

Her turns are killing me inside omg

the confidence is through the roof though

this makes me feel better about myself

oh my goodness. that swivel-turn lame duck sequence.

The original biscuit ballerina🙌✨

It’s the leap at the end for me. 😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂

A beautiful dancer with so much potential! I'd love to see her have a teacher that really understands her needs and artistry when she does such a challenging dance, though. I really think she could pull this dance off if she were given more room to learn and grow the right way. You go girl!

(Pt.II) The teacher should seriously consider the damage and risk she is doing to/putting the child at, not only physically but mentally as well. I really do hope that this little girl has since come down of the pointe shoes, gotten back to basics, laid her foundation to progress upon and is still dancing today, as well as for the rest of her life.

This gives me self confidence xD

She is wayyyy too young and unexpierenced to be dancing this variation. I mean, personally I think she is to young to be doing pointe work, but jesus, if your gonna have her do a variation at least make it one thats more her level.. -.-

Omg ;o; shes gonna get hurt

that last grand jete was the end of me lmao

Aaawww bless her heart. You've got to love a trier.

That was soooo bad! But I couldn't stop laughing!

She looks very young. A nice little Cupid variation without pointe shoes would have been lovely.

I watched this video and had a good giggle, but then i scrolled down and saw the comments... Come on! Seriously, what's with people insisting on putting down a CHILD? Granted, this young lady probably shouldn't have started out with such a difficult variation on pointe... My only concern is that she could hurt herself. But she's showing a lot of courage, and panache. She's got a HELL of a lot of stage presence, and I really want to know what she's doing now. Who cares if an 8 year old is pointing her feet (if it really hurts your eyes then stop watching).

Hope she found a competent teacher.

This child is far too young and technically inadequate to perform this so difficult demanding role. Very brave try.

Oh, dear. The adults who did this to her need a good talking to.

At least she has good expression

Who was expecting this to be good because of the title?

POINT YOUR DAMN FOOT

She has to practise this variation.. It isn't pretty.. It looks so dangerous .. Why does her teacher let her do things like that ..

she has potential to be very good if she had a good teacher. she needs to do releves on pointe at barre only and get a good teacher to fix her technique. She has so much potential I would hate to see a bad teacher ruin her dance career.

Poor baby!! Her teacher should be cited by the dance police.

poor girl.. what kind of teacher taught her to look up the ceiling like that

It has been 7 years since they posted this and I hope that this girl has gotten a better teacher because if not she must have stoped dancing either because of an accident, the constant pain or just lost passion because of the bad teaching. She has talent but is not ready for this kind of dance. I have been dancing to almost 17 years and I still find this dance very hard to do. (Although that might just be because I don’t have a talent and I just worked really hard to be decent 😂)

I quite liked her relationship with the music, she's a very clever little girl.

And suddenly I feel a craving to watch Little Miss Sunshine again

A FOR EFFORT!

Nice to see the majority of the comments here are empathetic/sympathetic. (So much for that unnecessarily unkind video title.) As nearly everyone else has said, she's obviously out of her depth here and that's not her fault. Hope she is still dancing if she still enjoys it, and her parents have found her another school.

Oh my God! Poor girl.

2:16 Don’t get me started on he exit lol 😂

That was painful, poor child.....

I cringed the whole time. That last leap tho....😭

love how everynoe in the comment section just agrees that its the teacher and not the girl dancing

OMG ITS THE GIRL FROM THE FREE PEOPLE COMMERCIAL!

2:21 Me when I try any ballet step

Her teacher shouldn't have made her start pointes that young . Well most of dancers do start that young but their ankles are ready . But even if she doesn't do it on pointes , I personally think that she doesn't dance very well even if she's nine. But she is very brave to do a competition .

One day I'll be as good as her. .😭😭😭

😱 it hurts to watch this...

I was ten when I started Pointe, but this just makes my eyes hurt.

She is nine!!! It might be painful for me to watch but she was extremely brave to do something like this... And a bit mad

Pfffff, why is she dancing this variation?

Who is her teacher? She has a LOT of explaining to do for this.I sincerely hope this girl doesn't end up with a broken ankle for starting pointe too early

is this a joke

I just dont know how her teacher can bring her in the competition, I think it was kind of cxxt, and i wish this girl becomes the most amazing dancer

This is terrifying! She shouldn’t be en pointe. She is far too young and weak in her ankles.

Miko Fogarty's variation is the best I've ever seen

this was TORTURE to watch. please don't torture yourself

someone pls give me this girls name, i need to know what she’s up to

I've been doing pointe since I was 9, but it was simple stuff like releves and peake turns. I'm now fourteen and I think I'm going to learn this dance soon.

It’s very hard and challenging for me to explain the mental pain and physiological abuse I faced in 2 minutes. It’s as if committing scooter ankle, but worse.

So much sass in such a small body! Hopefully she's at a better school now and can look back on this and giggle!

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1:07 WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?! She has gone too far...

her teacher is wrong for that

Best Esmeralda

she shouldn't even be on pointé! Her ankles are way to weak.

This made my life. Best dance I have ever seen.

Who gave her pointe shoes ??? Oh gosh Tragic

I braced for impact as she approached the final diagonal. I was right.

no. she's so young my God. who taught her??? her ankles are rolling and she was in pain.

What's her name?

Omg, where and what is her dance school?

Thank you for posting this... I thought it was gone...

Ты моя птичка золотая ! )))))))) Какая умничка! Она очень талантлива, жаль, что родители упустили время, не отдали вовремя в настоящую балетную школу. Но, она все равно, прекрасна !

Can i just talk about her confidence though?? And how she curtseyed at the end??

What does her "teacher" say?

Young Ballet of London...WTF were you thinking? :S

her foot flailed around like a dead fish...But props to her for performing it. It was scary to watch being that it looked like she was gonna roll her ankle 😬

Girl walked on like she was wearing high heels. Honestly I feel so bad for her. They should’ve picked a variation that could show what she has, not one that shows all her technical faults. And my good lord her poor feet. It’s basically asking for an injury. WHO LET HER???