Powerlifters Try to Keep Up With Ballet Dancers | SELF 

She could have been both, they are not mutually exclusive. Imagine women being able to do lifts like the men :)

I agree, that woman in the dark shorts did very well for a beginner. I wonder if being that physically strong made it easier for her. I enjoyed watching this as a student of ballet. It would take a powerlifter like that guy to lift me to the fish pose.

I feel like the girl in black shorts did gymnastics or some other dance when she was young.

@@candycottrell6469 im a ballet dancer and weightlifting helps. just having strong muscles allows you to hold your body better (they also help with power moves and turns)

@@tonguepop9453 you have given me something to look into for improving!

Practice, practice, practice

That's art of the beauty of ballet. They make it look easy. Good for you for varying your fitness training.

@1...2 CHACHACHA!!! Definitely not easy even when you get to a professional level, there's always more within your technique that you can improve on.

This video actually reminded me of high school, I was a football player, and I actually had a dance class as a part of school, I was this big and macho but clumsy and uncoordinated teenager basically forced to learn ballet, and we even had to perform too, it was so embarrassing, especially at that age lol.

Honestly, no idea. I've been doing ballet for 10 years and I ask the same question.

I think she might be a former gymnast, her hand and arm movements are very gymnast-like and usually in gymnastics they do ballet training once in a while. Also her body type looks like the typical gymnast body.

i believe she used to be a figure skater! :)

@@angelagonz oh, that makes sense too!

@@Taiga300 i was thinking the exact same thing

I thought she did great too

I think she'd probably make a great pole dancer. That strength would translate to pole really well.

@@Heatherzilla true!!!!!!!

Tbf.. A tutu is pretty funny. Even the word tutu is hillarious

@@akshayde Im not offended or anything but how is a tulle dance costume funny lol

@@dasren probably because the form of a tutu is so bulky and unnatural compared to most clothing, and they bob around in a comical way whenever untrained people wear them. I'm not into physical humor but I understand why someone would think it's funny. that being said, when people think tutus on men are funny it's obviously because they're used to rigid gender roles. The first part of my comment was more about people who say they find tutus funny in general.

She's very graceful especially her arms.

She’s a dancer as well, she has some videos of it on her insta!

She has wonderful posture and strong core. Which really helped her form.

She started turned out even though the teacher was in parallel. Definitely danced before

YES IVE BEEN THINKING THE SAMEEE

I did ballet for years and now do kickboxing and jiu jitsu. I have a passion for all of it. The dance background has definitely helped with the martial arts!

YES! both martial arts and dance utilize strength and flexibility!!

True true

i don't think it'll end well for the dancers 😬

Male ballet dancers are super strong! Doing what they do and making it look effortless takes A LOT of strength

YES! The female power lifters are small in stature, but very muscular, so they probably weigh more than you might think because muscle is dense. And even without them being experts who know how to keep perfect form, he didn't seem to struggle at all with lifting them.

I wonder in what way the training differs with a male ballet dancer (in professional schools).Do they also weight lift often?

Depends on the school. Most of the time there are conditioning classes. Some have weight lifting some don’t. Most, if not all, male ballet dancers I know weight lift though.

It really was!

The girl in the black, her giggle was so sweet. She was having fun.

Yesss so cute!

I love u to

@@ashleyleonard8148 love u

Yes, the girl in the black giggling was so cute.

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Thats amazing but you should NEVER push through pain , listen to your body or pay more for more damage later. See twin talks ballet channel about this

@@tessacyclone6329 That was many years ago. I agree in theory, but I remember those rehearsals when you get tired and your body aches, but the show must go on.

Same! I started ballet when I was 7 and stopped at 15. And now I’m actually training as a power lifter so this video is really just the 2 phases of my life smushed into one haha

Ngl kinda wanted to the power lifter girls lift the ballet dancers. Just for funs

Wait, do you know Thel Moore as well?

@1...2 CHACHACHA!!! exactly when we know that Ballet is so amazing, we don’t need to listen to anyone who underestimates it.

@1...2 CHACHACHA!!! Dancing is an art AND a sport.

@1...2 CHACHACHA!!! you literally said “not counted as a sport”

@@star12341998 as someone who does ballet and plans on continuing to do so in college, I don't really think of it as a _sport_ per se, more of just an athletic art. I guess this is just arguing semantics tho :)

@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 Yes lol that sounds like you’re arguing semantics indeed. There are many ways dancers can compete against one another for entertainment- that makes it a sport...

Same!

probably bc their arms & legs are strong so it's easier to keep it in the right place. I have a problem with keeping my arms in place because I get tired very fast 💀

@@moongi325 Lack of resistance, can relate

they probably have excellent core strength which also helps

I've been doing ballet for 10 months now and I'm still so bad at turns 😂

I agree, I would love to see that!

Your have to find singers/musicians who have no experience on other instruments or styles but I think that’d be difficult. My whole family is consisted of singers and musicians and we all do and play multiple styles and instruments. For instance my dad is a bluegrass musician and my brother a heavy metal musician… but my brother can play bluegrass no problem. My dad plays banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, bass, piano, and more. My brother plays guitar, bass, piano, mandolin, etc. In my experience most accomplished musicians or singers are very well versed in other singing styles and instruments so as good an idea as I think it is you’d have to find relatively inexperienced musicians and that would kind of defeat the purpose of these type videos

@@MysticHeather as a classical musician trust me when I regretfully say it would not be difficult to find classical musicians who have never worked or trained outside of classical music. (Esp if you go to Europe...)

Ikr? I can't stop looking at her.

Yeah why no plie and basic stuff

@@ltsf I guess it makes it more entertaining 🤷 but I feel like it gives people the wrong idea about ballet especially how a class is run. plus idk I think watching people find out how difficult it is to proper pile or tendu is much more entertaining then watching them try and do grande allegro.

i agree

@@ltsf maybe as its a short video and they are already with powerlifters legs feet and ankles ?

I was confused why they started with pirouette without teaching them demi plié & grand plié first

Absolutely!

Yup, I can tell by looking at the blonde ballerina's legs. Every little muscle engated.

They may have done that before rolling the film. Warm-ups/limbering the muscles are important before any physical activity, I agree absolutely.

😁yeah it is! 👏👏👏

PERIODT SAY IT LOUDER 👏👏👏👏

It’s an art form that is as physically demanding as a sport

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Looked more like "Having a strange woman's butt in my face is NOT what I signed up for" to me.

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Me too!

Good point! They should have been instructed to have the ballet slippers! What gross oversight!

I agree with the slippers comment, but not the spotting (personal experience). Learning to pick my spot really, really help with reducing dizziness.

@@CrowMeris until you can turn several times, you won't need spotting. turn first/spot later

I personally live speedwalking, stair climbing briskly and lying on the couch.

It’s easy to be light on your feet if your strong

Totally agree’

Do you think your time in ballet helped with your balance as a boxer?