Leap/Ballerina 2016: "Don't hesitate to give up your Dreams"
- Lia23
- Dec 15, 2017
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 12, 2018
Here's my 6th Blog in which I've learned so much about this movie. It's so fantastic even though its not that popular, I watch it and I felt relieved and contented to what the ending of this film was. You should watch it, if you are feeling hopeless about achieving your dreams, yet this will motivate you to strive harder.
Special Thanks to: Mickaela Menguito
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DISCLAIMER: All that I stated their is just my opinion and it also contains SPOILERS to the actual scenes of the movie. So BEWARE to those who don't want to be SPOIL in this movie, and to those who watched this movie, Be FREE to READ it.
Leap/Ballerina is an entertainment movie in which it talks about Félicie Milliner, an orphan girl who wants to be a ballet dancer. Along with her friend, Victor, who also grew with Félicie at the Orphan, and dreams to become an inventor. The beginning of the film opens with Félicie and Victor living in an orphanage at Britain, from there, we can see that these people, always do their everyday chores. Because of their dreams, they want to go to Paris, where they believed that there dreams will come true at that place.
Félicie, a simple girl who works with Odette, a woman who help her achieve her dreams in a simple way despite on her disability. She is a maid of Régine Le Haut, mother of Camille Le Haut who are considered the antagonists in the story.
"Leap/Ballerina Movie Poster"
Image came from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261287/
In Courtesy of: Quad Productions, Main Journey, Caramel Film, and Gaumont
After what Camille did to Félicie's only valuable possession of her mother, she did what she wanted to do and pretend to be "Camille" in order to be a dancer in the "Grand Opera" at Paris, the place where ballet dancers learn to achieve their dreams.
For starters, what I love in this movie is that Camille Le Haut's voice actor, Maddie Ziegler portrays the exact emotion to what really a true antagonist character should be like. Although this film is not that popular, it inspires people, even though it may seem impossible to reach one's dream; never give up hope and strive harder to reach success in life. This film shows me how important to work hard to achieve your goals and dreams in life. It makes me believe that even though there are things that prevents me from achieving my dreams, this will motivate me to work hard, strive for the best, and dream for the better future ahead.
Félicie here, even though she is only an orphan, she works hard, train hard with the help of people who never give up believing in her, that she will become a great dancer the world has never know, motivates her spirit so much to make this happen. Her dance battle with Camille only proves that she is a better dancer than her, not because on how well she dances but because of how she portrays her emotions through dancing. Felicie danced with emotions, sadness and anger that triggered her dancing skills to let the audience feel what she felt, while executing her dancing skills.
The question "Why do you dance?" give Felicie a correct answer because of what she's been through in her life. She said that she dance because it is a part of her life, it allows her to live, to be herself; which means that dance is not only an act of moving you body in harmony but it is a way to express one's emotion. You're not dancing for the sake of your grades, in Physical Education nor because it is required. You dance because you love what you're doing and if this ability somewhat remove from you or you're not be able to dance anymore, it is like there is a piece in your life that never completed because a certain piece of what you are is missing. Dancing is one way to communicate to other people, based on what you feel.
"Leap/Ballerina Trailer
Image came from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXiDCWxF30U
In Courtesy of: Quad Productions, Main Journey, Caramel Film, and Gaumont
One of my classmates answered "Why do you dance" said that:
"I danced because that is what my parents wanted me to be, a good dancer, but subsequently, I continue dancing because it is already a part of my lifetime. Along my various and countless performances, techniques were taught, dance challenges had began, and a new life has started to unfold me within the world of dancing(ballet) Eventually, I became a ballerina, a performer and an artist.
Unexpectedly, I love dancing. Dancing makes me forget the world for awhile, those never ending conflicts, tons of schoolworks and so much more. It also gives me the satisfaction of being free from everthing. Dancing is meant to be shared to everyone and I dance because I wanted the world to see our world -as a performer. Inspiration comes next when you believed in something that is possible.
In my case, my mentors and my instructors were my utmost inspiration.
With their unbreakable passion, and dedication, it seems like they've love dancing since their time immemorial. "Practice leads to perfection" "Dancing is not a Hobby, it is life" and "Only Artistic Excellence", were just some of the many lines I've learned being a dancer. Dancing has made a really big part in life, even if the time comes and I stopped dancing, Physically yeah, I literally stopped dancing but metaphorically, My soul and my heart will always have this joy of once being and entitled as a Dancer."
She answered the same as Felicie thus, making them embrace what dancing truly makes them more than a person they can be; which makes Felicice be able reach her dream as the best ballerina in the whole Paris
I rated this movie 9/10 because the way they animated every scene, always pertains to one specific goal, to be the best dancer the world has never known. I like the way voice actors act in order to give the exact kind of emotion that the character need in this movie. Felicie achieve her dreams and dance the "Nutcracker" with also a famous ballet dancer in all the people in Paris, to show that even if she grew at rough start she never gives up to achieve her dreams.
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