Stanford Viennese Ball 2024 - Opening Waltz (Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty: Rose Adagio)

[@moondreamer1677]

if only stanford would let me in so i could be a part of this 😗

[@AuroraBoarder1]

It's open to the public. I took ballroom dance lessons there, as a member of the community.

[@nati9070]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[@JimGriesemer]

An excellent choreography done to one of my favorite Tchaikovsky movements! It was graceful, athletic, and wonderfully romantic -- perfect for the Rose Adagio. And the Stanford dancers performed it beautifully! Well done!

[@CardinalSwing]

Beautiful!! 🤩

[@annpoopoo]

This is so incredibly gorgeous

[@yvonnegonzalez2885]

Awesome performance so captivating

[@helenle1110]

so slayy

[@zolzannemihalovics5307]

Csodálatos előadás volt köszönöm szépen.

[@susantescione8007]

Well done!

[@MaríadelCarmenVázquez-w3i]

gracias es muy bonito poder ver todos estos bailes me gustan mucho gracias

[@maryjennings8065]

Absolutely love these dancers and what they accomplished

[@Laura-xy7td]

Wow !!!

[@sheilashelton9336]

Amazing 🎉❤.

[@adeliacosta5372]

Belo bailado echeio de arte maravilhoso

[@OK-Take5]

Elegant and modest.

[@油管看客-o4d]

it's simply sensational!

[@louisepilon786]

Very very good chorégraphe

[@araceliballesteros9871]

Beautiful, lovely 🤩🤩🤩

[@roolester9443]

spectacular! Cheers!

[@AparecidaFernandez-dp4vs]

Lindo amei

[@chaohuang816]

It is Amazing!👏👏👏

[@Sindarielle]

Yea I went to Stanford and majored in Microbiology, but minored in Ballroom.

[@aese1]

Fascinating!💖

[@pedinurse1]

This the sleeping beauty adagio where she dances with the cavaliers and each one gives her a rose

[@bethanngoldberg7163]

Breathtaking 🙌🏽 Spectacular ✨

[@CarissaWho2]

Oh how i wish i could dance this✨

[@rk8403]

😍

[@gerardbourbonnais6872]

J'aime La musique Classique

[@gemmaparas6014]

This is just awesome!

[@AlicePalmiter]

Beautiful

[@vidrovszki]

YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!

[@YuRiSunga]

I came here for the Christmas party

[@ValentinaVeltson]

Какая ПРЕЛЕСТЬ ВАЛЬС

[@tashamorriss8997]

I've always wanted to go to a proper ball - *sigh*

[@user-bms4y2jeio5wli]

I’d have liked to see more one to one pair dancing waltz

[@williamstringer6519]

Here was a performance when dancing left the ballroom for the ballet. Although it was brilliantly done, and I admired it greatly, nevertheless I preferred earlier Stanford years when I could enjoy imagining myself dancing with them in a more realistic ballroom setting.

[@encarnamedina943]

❤❤❤❤

[@trudyscremin2186]

Awesome 😂

[@ZalfaaNabiila]

How can someone be part of this? Cuz I really want to join with them!!!😂

[@pondeko3]

男役に女性いる？

[@lisabrown7787]

It's beautiful but it's not waltzing.

[@tobybell7980]

So true bestie

[@alexisivec5831]

You know, I might be wrong, but I think they are actually Bellluoing @@tobybell7980

[@daidsingszutu5728]

😊😊😊😊🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@constancecloud9014]

Is it my imagination, of are a couple of the "male" dancers females, dressed as males? Perhaps they couldn't convince enough men to participate? Beautiful dancing, nonetheless.

[@jbbee561]

Pretty but Not a waltz

[@tobybell7980]

So true bestie

[@jj_mc12]

@@tobybell7980 can you tell me why? genuinely asking XD

[@gbs5736]

I thought a ball was for dancing. Please pick up the ladies by the waist and not under their rear ends if you have to do this kind of whatever you call it. Definitely not a ball.

[@anthearoy7814]

This is a stage show not a ballroom waltz. So overdone.

[@geraldinemiller8384]

All rich and white

[@nylanelson8660]

Rich kids with nothing better to do

[@DonnaMcMasterRiver]

Actually, when Stanford was created, Jane Stanford insisted that admissions be blind to finances, and that assistance be made available to any student who needed it. They have a huge endowment. I had a full tuition scholarship based on need, along with a modest loan and part-time work in the library. It cost my family less than one of our state universities.

[@alexisivec5831]

So true, bestie. But really, as someone for whom Stanford nearly covered my cost of attendance with need-based aid, as @DonnaMcMasterRiver had laid out eloquently, I can attest to the good the University is doing in ensuring equitable access to higher education and an honest chance at upward mobility to those willing to work as hard as our parents have taught us to. I can't speak on behalf of the rest of the dancers on the team, but as someone who used to be in this group, I will say that poor kids are also among these dancers and work damn hard. Please don't look at fancy costumes and classical music, make assumptions, and troll on the internet-it's just not nice and also an objectively false statement.

[@nylanelson8660]

@ , This is an extracurricular activity that cost A Lot of money for dance lessons, outfits, shoes, entrances fees, etc. that a person from a poor or medium income family just Can’t afford so it’s Not assuming on my part but a fact. Only a person who has been granted a scholarship of some kind that is not from a wealthy family would be able to participate in this but Only if they already have a dance background & that cost money!

[@alexisivec5831]

​@@nylanelson8660 I don't disagree that dance usually costs a lot of money, which can be prohibitive in allowing folks to participate, which is a shame. However, you still are assuming the situation of our group. The classes we took were free and mostly taught by students. I and a majority of folks on the team had never danced before coming to Stanford. Over 1/2 of the costuming of this group is passed down from generation to generation to defray costs. I hope, though, that even if you still believe that these "rich kids" have "nothing better to do," you still were able to appreciate the beauty of all of the hard work that they put in to give you one heck of a 6-minute waltz. I, for one, was wowed by their ability to suspend disbelief such that I couldn't even tell at the moment that they were just normal college students I could pass in a Walmart and think nothing of. Cheers, my friend

[@nylanelson8660]

@ , That is a Very unusual situation that the dance classes are provided for free as that is generally Not the case. I know personally someone that told me about 16 yrs ago she pays aprox $10K for professional dance classes & that is Not counting the money she spends on outfits, shoes, entrance fees, her hair & nails done, etc. I’m glad the school is providing this for free as it keeps people busy & active.