I love how she was so ready to defend all the Asian countries and their dance and then was immediately so happy when she realized they were being representative of multiple Asian cultures.
I saw the person who made those videos and they also interviewed people from many other countries over the world and learnt how to do their own dances. Love the diversity of all cultures❤
I remember when we sew ribbons and painted our shoes red to give this effect for dancing the Russian candy's from the nutracker when I was little, it was so cute
The first video is of a performer with the Georgian National Ballet (which does traditional folkdance). It's not sped up; you can find loads of wonderful videos of them here on RU-vid. I never get tired of it.
It's the coolest dance form ever! I got to see the Georgian State Dancers perform in San Diego back in the 80s. Mesmerizing. They did a sword dance, and one of the swords broke and flew into the audience, landing about three rows in front of me. A bit of extra excitement!
In Romania we have the traditional dance called horă, everyone holds hands and dances in a circle, criss crossing their legs. Of course, there's more complicated versions of the dance, but you'll see the simple one a lot at weddings. Love your enthusiasm for traditional dances, Josephine!💖💖💖
@@SpringStarFangirl I think the Hora originally came to Israel with Romanian Jews, so of course it's a traditional dance in Israel, and for Jews everywhere! (Speaking as a yiddishe maidel, myself)
I did Scottish Country Dancing for ten years!! People tend to think it's like Irish Step Dancing, but it's more of a community-oriented activity. I always compare it to the dancing in "Pride and Prejudice" when I'm describing it to people. It was so much fun going to balls as I was growing up, and getting to dance with people of all ages.
Is that like Scottish reels?? American line dancing/country dancing is derived from Scottish reels. I think reeling is so lovely and like that it doesn’t have strange calling like line dancing.
@@Chaotic_Pixie There's reels involved, yes! The three types of dances we did were reels, jigs, and Strathspeys. It definitely takes a lot of brain power to remember the steps for each individual dance and be able to dance them when you get the dance list for a ball! Usually we'd have dance cards with brief summaries of the dances as well.
A feature with traditional dance from all around the world would be so fun! Do a basic frame work of requirements & let your viewers submit. You review or just have as a standalone feature.
My 4 year old niece is really shy so, she used to just sit and try to hide in the ballet class my brother and sister in law signed her up for. She’d then come home and show her parents what they learned and talk about how much she loved dance class. I love that little weirdo, she’s so cute! The little girl in this video reminded me of her.
In Hungary our traditional dance is called "Csárdás". There are some variations to it depending on the region, but it's really upbeat. We danced it on our high school prom and it was such a success that many classes did it after us, whereas before you could mainly see latin dances and waltzes
Theres a violin tune meant for that dance that was composed by Czardis Monti who was from Hungary! I play violin and do ballet and that is one of my favorite tunes to play!
Josephine: "You do you, boo* **" *unless it involves wearing cups on your feet or dancing in pointe shoes from Wish. That's just NOT okay. ** dangling from a wire is a nonstarter
When most people think of Greek dance it's usually the Zorba but growing up in the Greek-Australian community we did this dance we called the 'Twelve step' for literally everything. I'm sure it has a proper name in Greece haha, but that is the dance I associate with my heritage.
In Poland we have a lot of folk dances. I'm actually folk dancer myself. We have kujawia,Mazur,oberek,krakowiak and many more! It's really pretty and I love our polish folk costumes
In Mexico we have a dance called Folklorico. Been dancing for about 17 years and every year they discover a new dance from a certain state. Each state in Mexico has their own style of Folklorico:)
I was LOOKING for this comment! I grew up doing folklórico too! My troupe has disbanded due to our lives changing and the kids (including me) growing up. I started when I was about 3 years old. I'm currently 22. My mom was also a member of our group, and we still have our different regional costumes. We mostly did Jalisco style, but we also have Chiapas, Vera Cruz, and even a China Poblana! Jalisco is my favorite one to dance, but the China Poblana Is my favorite costume bc it's sparkly 😂 As a little girl I loved the white lacy Vera Cruz dress because it made me feel like a bride. It also wasn't as hot to dance in as the Jalisco skirt. I still think Jalisco is my favorite style, though! La Negra is the best! Viva Mexico!🇲🇽😆
My sister did baile folklorico for years and I played violin for folkloric music as well. My faves have always been "sones huastecos" and of course, the classic "sones jarochos"
The baby soft shoes when Josephine was like “oh my gooodness sso cuteeeeeeee” is how i react when i see baby figure skates they are so smol and cuteeeeeee
In Spain we have flamenco, of course, and in my home city Seville we also have a specific dance called "sevillanas". It's always the same choreography and we usually dance it during the Feria de Abril with beautiful dresses, all of them different from one another
i know nothing about ballet, not particularly interested in ballet, but these videos are a joy. Definitely your personality makes the videos, well done! It is nice to hear that y'all go to PTs and docs for to help take care of your feet, too. I have always wondered! I can only imagine how much specialized training goes in with how unique everyone's anatomy is there. much respect
In Serbia we have Kolo, which stands for hundreds of different dances in varied formations, depending on the region, the rhythm, boys dancing, girls dancing, different occasions, etc. Most will have a part where the various lines of dancers form a circle and dance centerstage to then unfurl back into different shapes. The importance of Kolo is reflected by its status on the UNESCO's Intangible Heritage list. Most staple styles go back to the medieval times. And they are really fun. Also, I love a happy Josephine reacting. :) Love from Belgrade, Serbia.
Oh and depending on the region and occasion, costumes will vary. They are all hand made, hand embroidered with parts embroidered in silver and gold thread to show beautiful designs of florals, geometry, even ancient mythology.
In Australia, there aren’t really any cultural dances, but the one dance that everyone knows and is unique to Australia is the Nutbush. It is often seen at camps, schools, discos and more. Once we hear that music playing, we all know what to do lol
Finland has multiple folk dances, many of which come from other European countries due to the fact that we were ruled by Sweden and Russia at points and forced to conform but I think the ones that are super Finnish are jenkka, a partner dance with fast turns and bouncy steps similar to polka dancing. We also have our own version of tango and Finnish tango music is super popular with the older generations! I'm not sure about super old folk dances though, we didn't have a shared, standardised language for the longest time so I think a lot of it has been lost die to it not being documented.
in australia we don't have a folk dance (outside of indigenous dances, which I think probably fall into a different category?) because it's a cultural melting pot, but we do do the nutbush which apparently nowhere else does 😆
Ms. Josephine…you’re not alone in “only looking at their feet”. It drives my husband goofy…ballet (well, any dance really), and ice skating…I’m zoned in on those feet! Lol!
I loved this! You need to do more reactions to the little ones to ballet. That was too cute! And I love it when ballet companies incorporate folk dances into their ballets/ season. I’m Romani depending on which tribe or country you are from it differs a little bit. I do roman havasi which is from the Balkan/ Turkish region and tabor which is Russian roma folk dance. Also fun fact: flamenco is actually originally a Spanish Roma(calè) folk dance. Ohh and the lady in the red dress doing the height thing is Stephanie Meier (last name might not be correct) but she is insanely strong she does a lot of different strength challenges and posts them social media and I want to say she did like a muscle man or iron man competition or something. If I remember correctly I think she’s from Switzerland. I recognized her tattoo.
Irish dance is my country's folk dance. I'm an irish dancer. My favourite trick is a "sit jump" it's basically when you tuck your back leg up and point your front foot out straight infront of you all done in the air. Love ur vids Josephine❤
In Poland we have Polonez it's a folk dance it is very elegant and at the things like bal maturalny (high school prom) or bal ósmoklasisty(8th grader prom) you dance this (not to be confused with the car)
Oh, my goodness, that reminds me of the time probably 13 years ago now when I was trying to find videos of people dancing the Polonez and I kept finding videos of car commercials and people doing driving stunts in the snow.
The dancer hanging from the bridge/ladder is on the Sky Ladder/Ladder to Heaven in Austria. It's 700 meters/2297 feet above the ground! Climbers normally cross it wearing a harness with two constant connection points to the ladder's cables, which is substantially safer, if not entirely safe. What she's doing is not safe.
in australia we have atraditional dance called "the drunk and dying kangaroo which consists of us kicking our feet and hoping that we look cool whilst knowing we probably wont remember this tomorow" you are a living icon josephine
Josephine- “did you save all the cups for last!?!?” I love the cup videos so much 😂 I’m the one who drew those cup pictures, and tagged you on instagram. I never want this trend to end
I remember the first few years that my daughters and youngest son danced in The Nutcracker… they started out as Baby Angels and graduated to Mice, my oldest got to be Scratchy the Mouse… and the last year that my youngest daughter was a mouse, she got sick on stage and the entire company ended up getting sick. They still managed to do a beautiful show and the understudies were able to dance for a change.
In the Cook Islands we have 2 types of dance, which is a slow action dance and the other is a drum dance. It's different for the girls and the boys. You should watch a video on it. Love your reactions girl xox!
That Georgian dancer at the beginning is Crazy Good! And no, it's not sped up -- you can tell by looking at the people in the background. He's just that darned good! Amazing!
OH the rubber pointeshoes are for the musical Wicked. there is an ensemble member dancing in "One short day" which is the emerald city scene. Obviously dyed in Emerald Green. I believe the broadway production is also on a slanted stage... Also, You can actually see Elphaba's act II dress in the background. Xoxo From a former Wicked dresser who used to dye those pointeshoes green ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NYZPwcZlZqw.html
In Austria we have Schuhplattler which is a kinda showy offy dance. We also have traditional social dances like Ländler. But those two are the only ones I can think of.
@@syncronium3524 and when you releve definitely do not sickle, when you're on pointe you need to be up correctly on there, or you'll end up injuring yourself. and relieves everyday will help so much, my feet are so much stronger now loll, enjoy pre-pointe c:
Make sure to be consistent and do your exercises correctly even if it takes longer On of my favorite exercises is to "draw" you abcs with your feet by just moving your ankle
I took dance for a few years as a kid and a few years in college for fun, and I was SO SUPRISED when I understood most of those "dancer brain" directions for the choreography of Rent. Like... woah... I don't think I ever realized I could do that... 😯
If you want to react to other cultural folk dances, I grew up going to weekly folk dance lessons with my grandparents' cultural group (Sons of Norway) and although I adore all the group dances we did, I loved being sent off to the side to watch the guys do their Hallingdans. Please look up and react to a good Hallingdans performance! Hallgrim Hansegård of Frikar's So You Think You Can Dance audition is a pretty impression bite-sized performance but it's more trick than tradition. "Norwegian folk dans hallingdans 2" on the Avertia channel is a great example of a couples version without the hat-kicking trick. The step they're doing is SO fun to do! When you get going you feel like you could keep going forever. "Norwegian hallingdans" on the Vikingskog channel is a prime example of what the men normally do solo in a hallingdans, complete with the hat-kicking.
I was in 1st grade when I took ballet back in the 1970's. However I only took it for a couple years. My grandmother was obsessed with us taking dancing and music. So I learned to read music before my own language. I took tap, ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, ball room and other dancing. Then there was singing lessons, art school, baton twirling and who knows what else. I ended up being a drummer and have played in front of thousands. Sad thing is when it was time for college all my siblings and cousins went and guess what I wanted to do? Be a musician. yeah that went well - kicked out of house never talked to family again. They 100% disowned me for doing what I was trained to do. Oh well, live goes on, I am now 58 and still rockin' and happy as can be :D
Here in Mexico, we have so many folk dances, almost I could say that they’re one for each state. For example, there is the Jarabe tapatío, the Huapango, the Jarana Yucateca, the Polka norteña (I put the names in Spanish so you can found it), the Danza de los viejitos, Son Jarocho, La bamba, Flor de piña, Danza del venado, and there a lot more!
In India we have a huge selection of dances from all the states of India like Kathak from Uttar Pradesh, Bharatnatyam from Tamil Nadu, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam from Kerala, Lavani from Maharashtra, Garba from Gujarat, Yakshagana of Karnataka and so on! I'm a kathak dancer for 9 years and in Kathak the most iconic part is the foot work and spinning movements called as "Chakkars" and it's sort of similar to pirouettes ballet except in kathak we use our left heel to turn our complete body also kathak does vary from a few regions. And the one which you saw from India is like a free style and usually call it tappangucchi (in South India) mainly has free movements which match to the rhythm of the song
we have a couple folkdances in brasil, some original and others adapted (read: brazilianfied) from cultural exchange but i think my favorite HAS to be forró. theres something about how i learned it, late at night on family parties, being more dragged than danced with by a-lot-more-than-tipsy aunts and laughing until the music stopped, that makes it feel special. its a dance that is best experienced when youre still learning, all giggly and clumsy :]
ok so what we do in sweden is dancing around a huge flower pole and this is on a specific day too and listen to alot songs but most of them are about someone hurting themselves and this specific day is called midsiommar
I pulled my daughter from a dance studio at the end of her first year because I couldn't enjoy the spring production due to most of the students en pointe not being ready. I watched the entire performance as close as I could to the stage, on the edge of my seat, so I could jump up and stabilize a broken or twisted ankle, or whatever injure happened, for when (no if) a dancer fell. My daughter was years away from en pointe, but I wasn't going to support a Studio that did not have the health of their students in mind.
I'm from Spain, but the country has a lot of cultures, also the country is divided into some autonomies; I'm from the autonomy of basque country and here there is a dance called "Aurresku" and it's danced at ceremonies. I think you would like it.
So idk if I'm the only one having this issue, but for me around 8:00 there's a video that looks like it was accidentally added in with no audio, and the audio that is there is for all the videos that come after that clip. I tried to refresh but it didn't fix it, so is it just the video or me?
The first guy is from Georgia (in Asia, not USA). Look for them on RU-vid - they're AMAZING. Also look at Igor Moysiev Ballet, which is another totally different style
In England we have three main forms of national dance, Morris dance (traditionally danced by troupes of men with bells on their shins/arms at specific dates innuding Mayday), country dance (formal and informal village dances that included all genders, sometimes with a maypole, usually in circles or sets), and your courtly posh folk dances (think pride & prejudice/bringerton vibes) which were usually adapted from trad country dances but made less fun and sexy. Wales, Scotland and Ireland obviously have their own rich dance traditions, as do some of England's regions but I know less about these as I never studied them. As a kid I was super lucky to attend a dance school which taught ISTD (an exam board) National, where we would study other cultures and their traditional dance forms. It was always my fav, though quite Eurocentric, as the dances were social and rooted in history. My favourites were always the Tarantella (Italy), Czardas from Hungary and Irish reeling (soft shoes). Miss that time though it makes for some fun encounters when I travel 🥰
