A lot of classically trained dancers end up looking beautifully effortless while starting pole and aerials. The years of dance training comes in handy!
She is a natural because she has a dance background. I think she said that she danced for 20 years in the aerialists learn breakdancing video. If you notice her form is even better than the actual aerialist.
even among non dancers for some reason in most cases women tend to point their feet and men just don't when they first learn aerial or pole... I don't know why, but it's always hilarious to see a guy, who has never done this in his life do super difficult stuff because of bare core strength, but then have flexed feet the entire time :D
@@97LauraLee The feet are definetily true, I've been doing pole and hoop for half a year now and still have to be reminded about pointing my feet. I could already do an aerial invert before I did my first actually somewhat gracefull polestep XD
Those hammock moves are no joke-- that pull-over entry usually takes beginners at least a month to get into. Super amazed by the strength of the breakers!
Your athletic background makes a big difference. I was a boxer and in the Army before I started silks and the beginning moves were pretty easy. My friend who never did any exercise before couldn't even get up half-way. It's a good thing to get your kids active and in a lot of sports early.. so many skills carry over into other exercises.
Kristin is so natural in this like she is doing aerial for years. she has amazing flexibility and you can see she is a dancer. Her toes were pointed on every trick and beginners struggle with that a lot
I get the feeling the girl was maybe a classically trained dancer such as with ballet based on her body type, natural grace, and how long she said she had been dancing in general with only breaking the last 5 years. Whatever the case, she could totally pursue aerial if she wanted.
Yes-I did ballet for 14 years & immediately noticed she had similar training because she kept her toes pointed (cue me internally screaming at the boys’ feet, lol) and her body’s lines deliberate, strong, straight, & smooth… Also noticed the one instructor told her to “arabesque” back & she automatically knew what to do. …But the automatic pointed toes that are kept perfect regardless of how difficult the movement are always a dead giveaway!
@@Ephyne oh my gosh, the guys feet were KILLING me. I wasn't a dancer but I cheered competitively and having coaches scream no one wants to see flexed feet for years makes me automatically point them when doing the most random crap😂 also I had a friend that trained heavily in ballet growing up and I would tag along to occasional competitions or go see a production she was in, after years of that I clocked that girl as being ballet trained pretty quickly
What they aren't telling you is how much those silks can hurt when you are in moves like Salto.. I do miss doing silks though. The girl is beautiful on silks. She should do this more, I can imagine she would be awesome at it.
This was so much fun to watch. I'm in awe of all of their core strength. I think Kristin must have a background in ballet or something similar because her flexibility is no joke and her toes were always pointed instinctively.
The breakers did really well--it's challenging to negotiate an unfamiliar apparatus and recruit pull-grip strength when breaking is mostly open-palm push strength. The aerialists were great instructors, they cued and spotted their students clearly--I'm going to apply their instructions and choreo to my hammock practice.
Also the fact that they learned clock-split immediately was crazy. I’ve done lyra for a year and clock-split it one of the moves you only get taught if the teacher thinks you can do it.
The girl who breaks was breathtaking. She does have a dance background, so I am not surprised. That's why her lines are so clean. In dance, it's about form, flexibility, and strength 🔥 A gymnast would have also done really well. Kudos to everyone💪🏿
This video really makes you understand how incredibly strong the aerialists are. They have so much core strenght and if you look at how wide Shannons back is for a woman, its really insane how strong these women are. In my opinion its even more impressive that the breakdancers were able to keep up that well, because it seems to me at least that the muscles are "taxed" very differently. For powermoves they need very explosive strenght and a lot of power, but for the movements the aerialists showed its much slower (in comparison at least) so they have to hold their positions for longer.
This was great! I'm surprised they let her keep her earrings in on the silks. 😬 We were told jewelry horror stories at the beginning of my semester-long course and had jewelry checks before each class. I sure wasn't gonna take any chances. Haha
"you have to let go with both hands or else the fabric will ride up your crotch" the dude with pink hair: "so it won't hurt my balls, aight let's do it again" *does it perfectly*
I loved this! I always love it when they try something completely out of their comfort zone, and a lot of the more 'elegant' sports are uncomfy for the men, but even though they weren't as flexible they did their best and I think they had fun! But I hope they are all really good friends so that they can annoy each other a bit afterwards since the breaker girl was absolutely rocking it! Wouldn't be surprised if she got back there to do a few classes in aerials and you could really see how happy she was about nailing it so fast
i loved everything about this, but i think my favorite is that the two groups have clearly established a rapport with each other that they're able to cheer and tease each other. that really helps up the comfort and lower the fear level.
Kristin crushed this one! If I didn't know that she isn't an aerialist I would think that she is one! Imo her body shape is perfect for aerial too! I think female on average do tend to have more flexibility, while male have strength. Well done to them!
I don’t think it was the best idea to start with a split for the guys on Lyra. The girl was a total natural but they guys probably would’ve enjoyed some more strength driven moves
Love this series soooo much! It's literally got it all, knowledge peppered with such a diverse group of participants... And so many cute/funny moments of the participants personality coming through. like the way they did their breaking hand poses while on the hammock
While watching this I thought about how graceful Zendaya did this in The Greatest Showman. She really is extraordinary because she made it looked to effortless
Kristin... you sure this is your first time?! She's a natural!! I was looking forward to her trying the moves all the time! She is so perfect for this!!
All of these women are RIPPED, but you have to be to hang on up there and do the routines. The BreakDancer girl is very talented! I like how the teachers are very supportive of everyone as well
Thanks to this video, I ended up joining an areal hoop class that opened nearby my house about half a year ago. My aches had aches, my sores had sores; but now, after many classes, I've gotten stronger and a little bit flexible! Thank you SELF for inspiring me to be a little bit healthier and graceful.
I’m 9 years old almost 10 and I’ve been doing Ariel for 1 year and it’s amazing I can do all the tricks that they showed and I really enjoy doing Ariel but the only difference is that I use silks that are separated
I love that they did hammock/teardrop first! I feel like it's so underrated compared to other apparatuses. It's my favourite to train on, so it made me so happy to see them try it!
As an aerialist, they learned those moves so quickly and well! Those moves took me a while to do especially salto, also those moves are so painful without practicing them a lot, so props to them for not giving up despite the pain.
So fun. Fascial distribution when one gets to core on men vs women is not the same. I love this. It really shows occipital to pelvic strength for male forms vs shoulders to waist strength, allowing twistability, for the female forms. 👏
Ahh so cool this is my old aerial studio where I used to train aerial hoop and hammock at before I moved. I even took some classes with Lydia! Love to see it, I miss it so much!
Haha, you can see how flexibility is really key in being arielists! When they all got up into the silks just by their feet may involve a lot of core, but flexibility is quite vital to even get your foot in the silk in the first place HAHA Edit: it is quite obviouse the girl breakdancer has ballet experience. It's most notable when she points her toes in 19:52 while the boys instinctively push back against the mentors' hands instead like in 20:09
I only started watching this series and everyone is so supportive of eachother it is great. Thank you, hope people everywhere will teach one another cool stuff like this
i havent been doing silks for long and i dont have an athletic background but surprisingly most of these tricks were fairly easy like the hammock entry and a 360 frontfall and backfa;ll AKA front salto
The algorythm of youtube really surprises me....Started this night watching random climbing videos, that i never watched before, and now...breakdancers flying in fabric....My ADHD screams right now, and i love it! Can't wait for soap videos
Great episode. It made me understand aerialists stuff much better. Seeing it in fast pace in circus makes you miss a lot because you don't understand the details that's happening.
This was really cool to watch and I think breaker girl might start taking classes…lol. They all did really well and that time of fitness does not look easy at all…neither does breaking!!!
I love watching these and simultaneously thinking I know better because they are fish out of water and also being certain that I would take months to even get to the first step.
0:08 this attitude is what you should've used when you were break dancing, its perfect for it. but like he said, your dancing is your wordplay, be cheeky, be funny, be staunch. whatever the attitude youre feeling at the time, convey it to your opponent through dance.
I was so excited to see them on the Lyra! I’m currently learning how to do tricks and I think I can incorporate the clock split into my routine…hopefully having a double point Lyra doesn’t make it harder
