why is ballet so freaking dramatic 

Yes please! One of my favorite videos so far, the reactions are so good I cackled. 😂 And I agree about Gisellle, such BS. Please do La Sylphide.

The fairy variations from Sleeping Beauty! And anything involving Steve McRae.

Out of curiosity, would you be up for commentating on ballets in fiction? The opening ballet in Abigail, for example; spoilery reason below. Alternatively, how do you feel about animated ballet - hear me out! There's a ballet called Princess Tutu, and while some short cuts had to be made for the sake of animation, I've heard generally good things. Off the top of my head, the Giselle ballet sequence is lovely, as is the episode 13 pas de deux. (Though that one is a bit complicated given the context.) It's an older anime, but it's a good one and I want to rep it all the time lmao. Abigail spoilers: I've read that the fact that Abigail goes on point at such a young age is a hint to her true nature, and I'd be interested in a professional's commentary on that.

YEEESSSS

Yes please

Noted!

@@ThePointeShop When she said "royal dude", I thought "'royal d-(something else)."

I wanna see this please and where instead of saving him she tortures him. Make it a horror ballet please 🙏

@@kballet2001 that would be very cool. I think that would be an excellent idea.

No, I suspect she'd prefer he be kicked silly, you know much she likes watching feet 😂

oh i thoughts she stabbed herself with that spade tho didn't she? It looked like she stabbed herself at 4:22 at least that's what i always assumed happened

@@ZuzusHouseit depends on the production. In this one by the Royal Ballet she stabs herself, but in some versions she dies of a “broken heart”

Actually art director of this ballet play Peter Wright, said that she’s not crazy, she’s not killing herself, she’s in terrible stroke. Yeah, and of course her heart problems could cause a death like this

There are also some medical conditions, such as long QT syndrome, that can make you heart prone to freaking out after a sudden shock, and can cause fainting or (in severe cases) cardiac arrest.

I do feel I have to say... as a MD (pathologist), that's not quite what happens. What CAN happen is you can get vasospasms that, if severe enough, can completely obstruct the bloodflow in the small arteries that actually provide oxygen to your heart muscle. This can cause the exact same effect as a "normal" heart attack (when one of those arteries gets cloggged), and if it goes on for long enough and the oxygen deprived area is exactly where the chordae (the strings) attach to the heart muscle they can get weakened and tear loose, which means your heart valves can't function any more and the heart doesn't collapse so much as it can't push the blood in the right direction any more (the valves make sure your heart is a one-way stream, no valves -> no blood flow). That all said, while I will never say something can never-ever happen I have never (either in person or in literature) found any evidence that those spasms can be caused by intense emotional dysregulation. Prolonged (emotional) stress CAN cause hormonal imbalances that in turn might cause hypertension and eventually a problem with your hearth's rythm. That is not an acute event, though. In terms of Giselle, specifically: Through my "medical goggles" I've always seen the first act as storybuilding that Giselle is "frail", and shouldn't exert herself (her mother even protests her dancing in an earlier scene). I've always interpreted this as her having an underlying (probably from birth) heart condition. The madness scene than translates as her going, well, mad, and dancing herself to exertion while also being under extreme emotional stress (which will also cause the heart rate to increase), at which point her (already unhealthy) heart cannot cope, the hearth rythm trips up, and she collapses/dies. This is similar to how there's been several cases (sometimes televised, even) over time of athletes collapsing during competitions, and it turns out they unknowingly had a pre-existing heart condition.

Takotsubo syndrome is a form of Cardiomyopathy referred to as "broken heart syndrome" - but it is an extremely manageable condition these days!

Source: I work for a Cardiomyopathy charity

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Yaassss Mrs Irena

The giselle second act slander from Mrs Irena

Tell me you watch Eva Nys without telling me you watch Eva Nys 😂

Another MBA fan!

We should have Mrs Irena's words on a T-shirt.

@@SimpleDesertRose Osipova always dances with dead shoes, not sure how she does it

@@gabsy6443 it was something Josephine said lol

I miss the Battle of the Nutcrackers, Bravo used to air in December! I loved them too and they need to come back!

I can remember when Arts & Entertainment used to have art in the entertainment. I'm old enough to remember when nickel candy bars only cost a dime.

@@JustClaude13 The year I started driving, you could fill a Honda Passport for less than $20 in San Diego. And yeah, A&E made me feel better for watching it, unlike the WB.

I do love below deck but I loved the old bravo.

That always breaks my heart when older couples can’t live without each other 🥺😭

Thank you for the explanation!

My thoughts exactly. You can't have Juliet without Romeo, in this case, Principal, Matthew Ball who is a faultless partner to Yasmin Naghdi. (And even if we don't like Albrecht in Giselle, we can certainly appreciate Carlos Acosta's dancing and acting).

Other productions I've seen, the Duke escorts his daughter away at the start of the mad scene - which seems more feasible than them hanging around gawping (and her watching her betrothed with Giselle too). I love Acosta in this role, he comes across perfectly!

Yasmin Naghdi is actually in the front row of the peasant girls in this scene. Did you notice?

@@jessaglenny no I didn't, she's dancing Juliet in the second video. The Osipova video is quite old, Carlos Acosta is no longer dancing as far as I know. But Jasmine joined not too long ago, maybe she was still at school