Below is the Benesh Movement Notation score and a DanceForms animation of the male Blue Bird solo. The animation is viewed from the back to avoid the right-left reversal process.

The Male Bluebird Variation is an excerpt from Act III of Sleeping Beauty. Considered the pinnacle of the Classical Era of ballet, this work was choreographed by Marius Petipa in 1890, to music by Peter Tchaikovsky, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. The Bluebird Pas de Deux, a divertissement from the Wedding of Princess Aurora and Prince Desiré, depicts the soaring flight of an enchanted bird that lures Princess Florine from her castle turret. The Male Variation, first danced by the virtuoso Enrico Cecchetti, is a gala tour de force for the danseur, with its series of temps de poisson, brisés volés and multiple beats.

Please note: in order to make the animation fit with the available music clip, the DanceForms dancer performs 13 entrechat six near the end of the variation. It is usual for the performer to do as many as physically possible, but our DanceForms dancer has no cardiovascular constraints!

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