Her transitions from classical ballet steps to popular dance moves were seamless and looked perfectly natural - just what Wheeldon imaged IMO. This was a joy to watch over and over. Congratulations!
A delight. Natural, precise, clean, clear, aerial, a stage acrobat. Agility, liveliness, charisma, precision. Wow! Breathtaking. And all this so naturally. How I love your feat or performance on this song: you delight me. Sincere compliments and under the total charm of an immense dancer
It's incredible how calm and relaxed she looked before starting: she knew exactly what she was going to do and she wasn't worried about results and judgement, just the pure joy of dancing
paloma livellera vidart won one of the contemporary awards for this exact choreo. Melanie is a wonderful dancer but it is clear as day why paloma won doing the same thing and it is because paloma had charisma and amusing and exciting facial expressions. Mel, while i do appreciate her needs to train somewhere where they can work on her acting in particular. I wish both of them the best.
Wow I don't normally enjoy watching contemporary ballet but this was such a joy to watch Melanie! I loved your playful smile through out. You seemed so light and happy! Incredible performance.
That was as fresh and light and joyful as the song. Mel makes it look so natural, but she’s so graceful the simplest moves are elevated to elegant communication.
Wow, I’m so impressed. She knows all she has to do is one of her 18, 19, 20 pirouettes and she’d easily win people over. But no. She danced instead - and it was gorgeous. So 70s. V brave. There were some beautiful dynamics on show there. Magic!
It’s a beautiful execution of the steps but I wish it felt like there was life in the performance as opposed to it feeling simply a linear set of movements that have to be done in a certain order. It may be on the back of seeing Paloma’s beautiful performance which felt more lively and engaging to watch, still a great demonstration of technique and grace.
I watched Melanie on Master Academy RU-vid. I believe their posts are a great thing…being able to see inside a professional school!! Please continue…wish other schools would do this. Especially good is the sense of fun and joy at this school with dancers cheering each other on!!
Waw, sublime ! Léger, raffiné, subtil, plaisant, et une technique parfaite. Bravo Mélanie, c'est un bonheur de te voir danser ! Du grand art ! Je te souhaite une longue et merveilleuse carrière ❤
OMG ... This is STUNNING! Adult, elegant, silky, real ... love love love en pointe. Love that flat back crossed-foot pose. Love your interpretation - you're softer, smoother, more playful, absolutely approachable .. you "didn't try" - you just danced. (What a change from getting un-rolled out of a rug!) You just gave Steven McRae's 007 tap a run for his first place money. (Has Wheeldon seen you dance this?)
Gorgeous as usual. She always looks like she hasn't a car in the world while doing turn after turn. She gives the ability of simplicity but does some intricate moves. Loved it! Great song choice.
Really enjoyed the playfulness shown here... I like how Mel looks at the audience, acknowledging that we are watching... Reminded me of the old black and white movies with the cheeky characters like Charlie Chaplin and old musical movies like Oklahoma, seven brides.... Really entertaining. Blessings, Dot
Beautiful! So different, I really love seeing Melanie express herself this way :) Sort of reminds me of catching someone dancing when they don’t know they’re being seen 🙏🏻 I love this more than her ballet ❤️
I see many good aspects in this young dancer, but she lacks on artistic, touching elements of a personality, she hopefully develops with reading good books or so.
