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hi!! Im obsessed with Leap/Ballerina. If you're obsessed too, let's be friends maybe! Feel free to message me!!

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Can we have a moment of silence for all those nameless little girls in Ballerina who trained for years and years to get into the top ballet school in Paris only to be outsted by some fucko who only started last week

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She's the only dancer in the whole movie with loose hair!!

Wᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ Wᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴘʟᴀɴs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ Aɴᴅ I ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ

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A quick commission, this movie looks pretty cool!–

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The Palais Garnier!

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psssst

ballerina/leap! is a good movie

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“There was a fire on stage…”

That’s it?

That’s all we get of Odette’s backstory?

Like everyone else, I’ve been wondering just how a little fire caused someone to become crippled. Anyone else craving a flashback?

On the plus side- theories galore!

“A fire on stage’ could mean different things…a prop is on fire and falls on her, or Her costume catches fire, or the stage lighting sets off a gas explosion and/or the opera house burns down.

… ok, let’s talk about that last one.

This here is the Salle de la Peletier, the previous home of the Paris Opéra (also known as Opéra Le Peletier). This is where Mérante (and likely Odette) would have danced and Mérante began his career as choreographer.

On the night of November 29th, 1873 it burned to the ground.

This was just one of hundreds of theaters that burned down during the 1800′s from the new gas lighting. Some interesting notes about this fire…

Burned for over 27 hours

Source of the fire- unknown

Injuries/deaths- none (???)

Other theater fires resulted in the deaths of hundreds, injured thousands. It’s possible I just haven’t found the right source, but so far nothing, and that’s unusual.

Also note the timing- this would have happened about 10 years before the movie. Remember who’s been working with Mérante for 10 years?

So, one theory for that ‘fire on stage’

                  … might have been an understatement.

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I started watching the movie Leap tonight not knowing what to expect but thinking I’d probably not care too much for it. But I actually really enjoyed it!??

Their ballet “dance off” was hilariously wonderful for me honestly haha