In the YouTube video below, that variation starts at 43:25. Dancing in the video is my Little Father (petit pere) and idol, Mathieu Ganio, now a much admired and respected Etoile of POB. I am happy about this variation. It is not too long nor too difficult, I think I can manage it.
The third (the one on the right) is saying pretty much the same things. The Paris Opera really knows how to make this notice look so formal, stressful and rigid, or classy depending of the point of view....... talking about "article 9 du titre IV de l'annexe........" and about "Convention Collective".......
How about my second variaiton? (which I would choose among the male variations of the whole POB repertoire) I have been practicing the sleeping beauty variation, which is now the compulsory variation of the Coryphees Hommes....... hmm..... I will have to brainstorm before making a decision.
So here we go! I am now in the Concours Period. Right after my saturday's morning class, everyone stayed in the studio (which is....... very unusual) and started practicing their variations on their own. At that moment, me too I started practicing. During 15 - 20 mins, there were no talking, no music (class was over and the pianist left) in the studio, only breathing or noises of dancers' landing/ friction with the dance floor. The air was filled with stress, hesitation, worries, or excitement, confidence...........
I wouldn't care much about the results because of the small number of vacancies. I think there are too many dancers (Quadrilles Hommes) who deserve to be promoted. So let's enjoy my first Concours Period and feel honored to have the opportunity to live through it, seeing it more as an interesting adventure than a proper Competition.