People, this video is a history!!! She is now a teacher at Marina Almayeva school of Classical Ballet!!!

She's actually incredible.. have to say out of all the amatuer and professional variations I have seen, this is by far my favorite and she's only 11! Can't stop watching this!

This was fantastic, this is a hard variation because of the tambourine and she nailed it! She is going to be a great prima ballerina someday !

shes incredible for being so young. the only thing that she lacks which you see from a lot of dancers this young is the emotion and the feeling behind the piece but other than that its incredible

She is so absolutely gorgeous.

Very well! I would like to see her doing the same variation now. I think she is amazing now that she's older!

O-M-G... Her pointe (at that age O-O)... her whole tecnique is just unbelievable... at that age... she's ridiculously great! O-O God Bless you Katia! She's gonna be one of the greatest dancers of our time! :D

Id love to see her at 17, the same age as Osipova was when she recorded this . Her control of the tambourine is better than Osipova's!

she has tremendous potentials! I don't know how old she may be now, but footage here is a young girl excited to show off all the difficult moves she can do. I am sure as she continues in the path of dancer, she is sure to add more to her amazing skills.

She is incredibly talented for any age. I would be just as impressed to see a 20 year old dance this well

i know she came in the top 12 at the ny finals, but she is sooo good - i think she should have placed even higher!!! what a joy to watch.

this is very impressive!!! i've seen the esmeralda variation performed many times, and this is beyond incredible for an 11 year old!!! awesome job!!! =)

wow.... Outstanding. Truly amazing, especially for her age. But even compared to older dancers, she stands out. Such technique.

i've watched this dozens of times, i can't get enough!

Never in all my life have i seen such a talented 11 year old, excellent job!

Прекрасно, восхитительно! Большой дар у ребёнка!!!!

Katia is studying at Marina Almayeva School of Classical Ballet (Colleyville, TX - Dallas/Ft. Worth area). She attends summer intensives at the same school.

Wow, this really makes me regret not keeping up with my ballet classes. Amazing dancing.

Her lines are astounding!! Beautiful child.

What a great little dancer! Keep at it, the world is watching :)

beautiful lines, gorgeous costume. she's phenomenal for being 11.

Very good for being so young

Wow. Wow. BEAUTIFUL! This is amazing. I'm speechless! She's so young! Wow. She's very talented!!!! She's going to be a star someday!!!

Wow!! She's so gifted! She takes my breath away!

That was amazing. She's going to be even more amazing as she grows up - she has the package: the flexibility, turns, and how to express the variation. Wow!

Astounding, remains to be my favourite la Esmerelda that I've seen!

she is going to be phenomenal when she's older because she's already amazing!

I think it's good for kids to learn pieces they're not QUITE ready for. I'm sure she'll perform this again someday down the road, and at that point the fundamentals will be well into place, so she CAN focus on the emotional expression.

1:25 til the end= ahhhmazing. the whole piece was beautiful. great job.

She's amazing

SHE'S ELEVEN!!!!

She's very flexible

I´m more than impressed, she´s amazing. I wish I had started at her age..

Seriously, she's 11?! She has pure talent :)

wow she is very very good, especially the part at the end . i would love to see a lil more of the character come out in her performance. but she is 11 and this is such a very high standard. well done was beautiful. I first started to like this variation when i saw tamara rojo dance it, i loved it ever since.

Happy New Year! She is simply amazing!!!

She is hardly any younger than I am! I wish I was this talented. If she keeps this, we will def. be seeing her on stage as the star of the production.

wow... she's amazing!! she has alot of talent!

she's amazing!!

wow!! she's amazing!!

She's fabulous. Once she gains the experience, technique and maturity...she'll be unstoppable.

Wow!! that was amazing!! I loved her costume too :D

A real prodigy! Just amazing!

OMG ! Juste superbe! Je donnerais tout pour danser comme ça! GOOD JOB ♥♥ Just beautiful

Amazing!! She is so very talented. Absolutely stunning!!

Cant wait to see her clip for this years YAGP competition ! shes just too excellent ! :DD

Woaw, she has the perfect body for a ballerina... great insteps, long neck, short torso, tall... PERFECTION!

Watch for her name in 8 years. Se will be at the best ballet company in the world.

OH THE JEALOUSY! She is SOOO amazing!!!

All the costumes you see in Katia's videos were designed and made exclusively for Katia by our costume designer at Marina Almayeva School of Classical Ballet.

beautiful!!!!

Katia that was amazing. I can't even do ballet like that yet so thumbs up to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe out of all the variations I have seen of Esmeralda I keep coming back to this! She is out of this world! Her extensions are better than a professionals! Such a beautiful girl! She even manages to make the tambourine sound nice as well which is what a lot of the professionals failed to do! Soo jealous! Think I have watched this over a hundred times now lol!

omg luvv it cant stop watching this!! must hav watched it about 500 timesss :) u rock keep it up.. ur gonna be famous some dayy :) :) best of luck!!

she's really amazing!

AMAZING! so gracefull! i love it!

she was spectacular O.o ...there isn't word for this very good girl... she was a promise in dance... i hope the best for her !!!

OMG she is amazing i cant stop watching her her pointe work is really good and she has great flexability i love the ending amazing way to finish.

Bravo Katia!!! We are waiting for your new video, best wishes to you and your parents

wow...she's really good and amazing!

omg her legs

what 11 years old and probably THE best ballet dancer I have seen in my entire LIFE! She is so amazing!

Katia is now 12. Thank you for viewing!

She is a very beautiful dancer and her progress each year is better.. really amazing! great future! (sorry for my english)

this is legitimately my favorite video on youtube

Oh your right!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

omg i love that so much. and she is such an amazing dancer. im gonna do that variation for the compitition im gonna enter

youuu are amazing! omg your onlyy 11 and i cant believe u can dance like that!

wow..she's wonderful!

wow, I have never thought such a variation could be performed by such a young girl. Congratulations, just watch out your shoulders when you are turning. Amazing extensions...You have a great future

oh my god.... she's amazing!

Wow, I saw all of your other variations, and I must say that this one is the best. I can't wait to see you when your're 18, if you do THAT now!! Girl, you are insane!! And you were made to dance. Keep it up, and never stop dancing! The only thing i can say to improve on, if anything, is your arms in your turns. Try to extend and soften them more, it might give you a more lengthened look in your upper body. But other than that, you were fantastic!!!

i've seen the other videos of her and it seems that this talented young dancer is being very well taught, there is a great pattern in her progress. how old is she now? she could be extraordinary! bravo!

Oh my God! She is so cute! And she dances so well! I loved her performace!

increibleeeeeeeeeee tiene mucho futuroooooo

thx for the vid so much!! im doing a esmeralda solo this year, and watching her, i learned it easily. THX!!

Wow, she's amazing!

she is truly AMAZING!

39 seconds in is amazing. So, young and so talented. Definently going places.

woooow, Amazing!!

Congratz !!! Your super good ! OMG Crazy ! Well done !

I'm 16. Have been doing ballet twice a week since the age of three. I've not even started pointe yet! :D Jelous, this kid is amazing !

holy cornballs! she's amazing!!! and she's only age 11!! wooow YOU GO GIRL :D

It's AMAZING with only 11 years!!! Waw!!!

hihetetlenül tehetséges... csak így tovább:) she's the greatest little dancer^^

she is great!!!!

superb as always

BRAVO!!!

wow she is so amazing and she's only 11 great job you are amazing

Absolutely amazing!!!

@dancecrazy3456 I think it is. It's just the style of the variation.

loooved the ending

She is extraordinary! compliments!

amazing

If she keeps up at this rate, she may well be able to top the mastery of someone like Zakharova when she's older. It would be so nice to see someone of the caliber of Plisetskaya or Maximova. I wish Katia the best! Brava!

Katia is studying at Marina Almayeva School of Classical Ballet at Colleyville, TX.

Amazing!

Beautiful!

That's amazing, the control she has is just....wow

she's amazing