showy, bravura roles princess, patron saint of ballet chutzpah

http://youtu.be/iUv7U8nuIPQ

i love how you don't need to know russian to tell that the bolshoi teacher usually has to tell most ballerinas to find their inner HBIC for don quixote/kitri, but in osipova's case, they had to tell her to tone it down with the fierce.



even her hair has stage presence.

NOW FOR A COMPLETE DIGRESSION -



hoping sassy dragon becomes JiM's new shady mascot, tbh.