#Lessambitiousballets

Hot on the heels of recent Twitter memes like #lessambitiousfilms and #lessambitiousoperas, members of the online dance community revealed their inner ballet nerds earlier this month, joining in the meme fun.

Many of us spent hours not doing any work, thinking instead of #lessambitiousballets. A few of you asked us to collate these tweets for posterity, so here is our selection.

Can you come up with new ones? Feel free to post them on the comment form or let us know your favourites!

Variations on a theme:

Swan Lake

@hltn Lack des Cygnes #lessambitiousballets

@JessLMorales & @AhMoskva Pigeon Lake #lessambitiousballets

@sexbiscuit Ricki Lake #lessambitiousballets

@adultbeginner Tron Lake #lessambitiousballets

@LiaBuddle , @clouddancefest & @AliceLagnado Swan Puddle #lessambitiousballets

@RosalindR & @artspl Duck Lake #lessambitiousballets

@frindley But “Swan Pond” just doesn’t have the same ring to it #lessambitiousballets

@bangorballetboy #lessambitiousballets Swine Lake

@RoeDent, @lindauruchurtu, @robsteadman, @philallman1, @balletteachers, @idlerambler, @MrUJOldfield, @MissisHuman, @eatfoss, @ncguk, @pim2005, @piecebypiece & others: Duck Pond

@naomip86 Swamp Lake #lessambitiousballets

The Dying Swan

@LukeJennings1 #lessambitiousballets and The Slightly Off-Colour But Basically Healthy Swan

@manhattnik The Seriously Indisposed Swan. #lessambitiousballets

@webcowgirl The Swan Who Got Better #lessambitiousballets

@balletteachers The slighty injured swan #lessambitiousballets

Romeo and Juliet

@manx_maid Kevin and Juliet #lessambitiousoperas #lessambitiousballets

@artspl Paris & Juliet #lessambitiousballets

@LukeJennings1 #lessambitiousballets Romeo and Rosaline

DGV

@clouddancefest What about DSV? Danse Sans Vitesse? #lessambitiousballets

@studioincovent In the lower room, Danse a Petite Vitesse, Le Pecheur (instead of Le Corsaire) #lessambitiousballets

@clarethurman DVT #lessambitiousballets

Raymonda

@sawacloud #lessambitiousballets Raymond

@clouddancefest #lessambitiousballets Raymonda’s Hen Party & Raymonda’s Divorce

@kdubzz Everybody Loves Raymonda #lessambitiousballets

The Sleeping Beauty

@bangorballetboy #lessambitiousballets Snoozing Beauty

@adultbeginner She’s Not Sleeping, She’s Passed Out Beauty #lessambitiousballets

@artspl The Drowsy Beauty #lessambitiousballets

@JessLMorales Napping Average Looking Woman. #lessambitiousballets

@manhattnik Aurora’s Bridal Shower #lessambitiousballets

@Moonbootica The Fully Awake Princess #lessambitiousballets

@PippaRitchie Plain Jane has 40 winks #lessambitiousballets

@balletteachers Sleeping vaguely attractive female #lessambitiousballets

@MrUJOldfield & @babclyde Sleeping Ugly #lessambitiousballets

@lauramac95 Snooze-Alarm-Hittin’ Beauty #LessAmbitiousBallets

Alice in Wonderland

@BBB_Mrs Alice in Disneyland #lessambitiousballets

@naomip86 Alice Cooper in Wonderland #lessambitiousballets

@lindauruchurtu Or the upcoming Alice in Asda #lessambitiousballets

@PhillUpNorth #lessambitiousballets – Alice in Poundland

Jewels

@jessicaduchen #lessambitiousballets Swarovskys

@manhattnik Jewel. #lessambitiousballets

@JessLMorales Synthetic Minerals

@kdubzz Cubic Zirconia #lessambitiousballets

@sawacloud #lessambitiousballets Zirconias

Dances at a Gathering

@BBB_Mrs Dirty Dances at a Gathering #lessambitiousballets (*must stop now*)

@artspl Stillness at a Gathering #lessambitiousballets

@Sharlie_angel #lessambitiousballets Dances at an AA meeting

The Four Temperaments

@artspl The Four Tempertantrums #lessambitiousballets

@roncaldwell #lessambitiousballets Three Temperaments

@aabeaton & @youdancefunny The Two and a Half Temperaments

The Prodigal Son

@manhattnik The Nice Son Who Stays Home Because He Couldn’t Jump or Turn If His Life Depended On It. #lessambitiousballets

@krankyolman #lessambitiousballets The Prodigal Daughter-In-Law With Chronic Impetigo

@Ianwhalen1387 #lessambitiousballets The Prodigal Nephew

In the Upper Room

@JessLMorales @studioincovent, @gem5ie In the Lower Room #lessambitiousballets

@bexking Aw man! I had that one too! RT @JessLMorales: In the Lower Room #lessambitiousballets

@kdubzz In the (Smallish) Ground-Level Room #lessambitiousballets

@Robintheoffice In the other room #lessambitiousballets

In The Middle Somewhat Elevated

@jonno50 Malcolm in the Middle Somewhat Elevated #lessambitiousballets

@TightsAndTiaras In the middle, somewhat toxicated #lessambitiousballets

@LukeJennings1 #lessambitiousballets in the middle, just lying there

@AliceLagnado In the middle, lying on the sofa eating crisps RT @LukeJennings1: #lessambitiousballets in the middle, just lying there

@studioincovent On the Left, Somewhat Lowered #lessambitiousballets

@webcowgirl On the edge and rather flat-footed #lessambitiousballets

@lolcar In the middle, somewhat. #lessambitiousballets

Best of the Rest: Can you guess the ballets?

@BBB_Mrs The tiny humpbacked camel #lessambitiousballets

@GWDanceWriter @BBB_Mrs Loving your #lessambitiousballets – how about Taming of the Shrimp, Peter & the worm, Halfagin, Theme & the same, Asphodel verge…

@manhattnik Paquitabananna #lessambitiousballets

@lindauruchurtu #lessambitiousballets Paquititita

@CITLAAAAA Paquititita // la del barrio?? *;D

@ncguk The Cashew Prodder #lessambitiousballets

@asanderson197 ‘Carboys.’ #lessambitiousballets

@EVANMcKIE “The vertiginous hill of low-aptitude” #lessambitiousballets

@sarahp119 @theballetbag Your #lessambitiousballets collection shld def include The Ballet Boyz’ memorable ‘Diane from Acton’!!

@Playingfootsie @Bennet76 #lessambitiousballets How about Mr Ernie Wise? Hope not too old for you?

@sarahp119 The Flames of Penge #lessambitiousballets

@Monica205 Paris in Flames #lessambitiousballets

@sarahp119 The Rake’s Recession #lessambitiousballets

@Robintheoffice Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Someone with Insufficient Dance Tuition. #lessambitiousballets

@jonno50 Five Brahms Waltzes in the manner of Ian Duncan Smith #lessambitiousballets

@BalletBlack The Dead Pidgeons #lessambitiousballets

@lindauruchurtu Thalbergiana & Salieriana #lessambitiousballets

@artspl Beyonceniana #lessambitiousballets (ok maybe this one’s actually kind of ambitious)

@manhattnik Gurn Gets Lucky. #lessambitiousballets

@youdancefunny Petrashcan #lessambitiousballets

@youdancefunny A City Ballet quad bill: Chakakhanne, Donispaghetti Variations, Triangle Dance & Broken Glass Pieces #lessambitiousballets

@jonno50 Can we have a variations subtrend? The Fake Tan Idol #lessambitiousballets

@jonno50 Les Sulphides #lessambitiousballets

@manhattnik The Leaves Have Faded and Fallen Off the Goddamn Trees So Just Get Over It Already. #lessambitiousballets

@youdancefunny The Prince of the Pandas #lessambitiousballets

@PhillUpNorth #lessambitiousballets – Midsummer Night’s Sleep

@theballetbag And it keeps going: Monophonia & After the Shower #lessambitiousballets

@manhattnik The Pup Tent of Armide. #lessambitiousballets

@Bennet76 Genius. Love it. Don’t forget Two and a Half Carmen! RT @kdubzz: Everybody Loves Raymonda #lessambitiousballets

@krankyolman #lessambitiousballets Left of Spring

@manhattnik Involuntaries. #lessambitiousballets

@youdancefunny One gin #lessambitiousballets

@BBB_Mrs Pierrot Lunatic #lessambitiousballets

@bangorballetboy #lessambitiousballets Pineapple Chunks Poll

@TenduTV The Folding Table #lessambitiousballets

@manhattnik Le Jeune Homme et la Revanche de Montezuma. #lessambitiousballets

@bexking Theme and different stuff. #lessambitiousballets

@artspl Theme & Monotony #lessambitiousballets

@kdubzz Colonic Variations #lessambitiousballets

@buybk Nine Karaoke Songs #lessambitiousballets

@heavenlyfodder #lessambitiousballets Daphne and Khloe Kardashian

@manhattnik Chai Pas. #lessambitiousballets

@roncaldwell #lessambitiousballets Fancy. Free.

@aabeaton Concerto DSC. Theme and Variation. Company C. Hallelujah Intersection without a Stoplight. #lessambitiousballets.

@aabeaton During the Rain. Glass Shards. #lessambitiousballets.

@manhattnik Spectre de la Rose Bowl. #lessambitiousballets

@kdubzz Vienna Polkas #lessambitiousballets

@krankyolman #lessambitiousballets On The Bad Side Of The Dnieper

@sawacloud #lessambitiousballets On the Gowanus Canal

@krankyolman L’homme d’âge Moyen et la Légère Toux #lessambitiousballets

@DuncanLyle “The Firechicken”. #lessambitiousballets

@DuncanLyle “Le Frapper de la Fee”. #lessambitiousballets

@DuncanLyle “An almost-at-the-end-of-Winter Night’s Nap”. #lessambitiousballets

@manhattnik Walpurgis Matinee. #lessambitiousballets

@hltn Underwhelming the Czar #lessambitiousballets

@LukeJennings1 #lessambitiousballets The Modestly Priced Water-Feature of Bakhchisarai

@kdubzz Ivan The Okay Guy #lessambitiousballets

@Kit_Villan #lessambitiousballets. Average Syncopations…?

@trellism Mediocre Syncopations #lessambitiousballets

@babclyde The dark stream #lessambitiousballets

@Ianwhalen1387 #lessambitiousballets Le Corsaire II: Love on the High Seas and Coppélia

@tufftufftuffin The Rite of Passage #lessambitiousballets

@DaveTriesBallet Stars and Squiggles #lessambitiousballets

@LukeJennings1 #lessambitiousballets There’s Antony Tudor’s haunting Echoing of Crumpets

@AliceLagnado Song of the Allotment #lessambitiousballets

@Bennet76 #lessambitiousballets Agon(y). I’ve been in a few of them lol

@cinballerina The landscaper of the camellias #lessambitiousballets

@studioincovent Asphodel Car Park #lessambitiousballets

@clouddancefest #lessambitiousballets Afternoon of a Stray Dog

@naomip86 Afternoon of a fool #lessambitiousballets

@balletteachers Spectre de la Daisy #lessambitiousballets

@theballetbag #lessambitiousballets A Day in the Country

@studioincovent @theballetbag A month in a roadside rest area #lessambitiousballets

@nfmusic A short walk in the country #lessambitiousballets

@Bennet76 #lessambitiousballets ‘Still Life at Pret a Manger’

@_la_mysterieuse Still Life at the Greasy Spoon #lessambitiousballets

@studioincovent Le Pecheur (instead of Le Corsaire) #lessambitiousballets

@jessicaduchen #lessambitiousballets Naomi? Claudia? (As opposed to: Giselle)

@youdancefunny Gizelda: Twilli Princess #lessambitiousballets

@drtwitchett A little ditty in C #lessambitiousballets

@gem5ie The PVC Flower #lessambitiousballets

@BBB_Mrs Bohemian Rhapsody (sorry again Sir Fred) #lessambitiousballets

@theballetbag In a double bill w/ the Tweets of Beatrix Potter #lessambitiousballets RT @inter_mezzo: The Tweets of Hoffmann #lessambitiousoperas

@roncaldwell #lessambitiousballets anything by Peter Martins *did I say that out loud?*

@krankyolman #lessambitiousballets choreography by Christopher Wheeldon

@hltn Spar tacos #lessambitiousballets

@lindauruchurtu #lessambitiousballets Six sonatas & for @theballetbag E, Minkus pdd LOL!

@BBB_Mrs Mayerfling & Mayerbling #lessambitiousballets

@gem5ie La Fille assez bien gardee #lessambitiousballets

@BBB_Mrs Chromatic infrared limescale (a McGregor triptych) #lessambitiousballets

@RussHilliard Manoff #lessambitiousballets

@roncaldwell #lessambitiousballets Butterscotch Symphony

@Sharlie_angel Working Class Regular Beats #lessambitiousballets

@manx_maid Obvious, but The Nutfondler #lessambitiousballets