I just LOOOOOOVE this teacher!!! He's got it all: he's musical, kind to the pianist and the dancers, his exercises are clear, logical and musical. Oh, and did I mention that he's also really handsome?! :-D Well, he's just GREAT. Congratulations to him, Tim and the dancers! Looking forward to watching you on the 4th of October!
My teacher does the same thing! And when we make mistakes she always exclaims “santa banana!” And pretends she has a bug spray and proceeds on “spraying” us 😂😂😂
'Don't worry if you've never done ballet before' LOL these are quite advanced exercises, and I would think anyone who hasn't done ballet has no idea what all the French terms mean! If you've never done ballet and you're going to have a go, please don't try to turn out like the professional dancers, do get really warmed up and don't strain to get any of the movements!
Yeah, and also the exercises don't do anything for you if you don't know the correct posture for them. For every little movement there is a lot to think about and he didn't explain anything.
I’m not a dancer in ANYway....I’m 61 and into academic learning , mind oriented; I have NO physical or or sports ability...and I’m watching this because these wonderful dancers might as well be a different species to me. I love to see them use their bodies in ways I can only imagine and dream of. But what also strikes me...apart from the beauty of movement and expression; the muscular strength and flexibility is their phenomenal memory skills. I’m stunned watching these class vids at how the teachers rattle off a lengthy series of instructions/movements and the dancers can obviously internalise, visualise and perform them whilst making it look effortless. These are truly gifted remarkable people and we don’t value them anywhere near enough. Yet we pay millions to people for TV/radio presenting, playing sport, especially football, being ‘celebrities‘./reality tv wannabes ....I think our society has its values screwed.
You are so right ... here in the US its true, but everywhere else in the world the arts come before sports and celebrity wanna be's! ( mind you this generation of selfie takers have taken over everywhere, I'm a classically trained pianist aged 47, i cant imagine too many millenials having the discipline to practise the hours it takes.)
Warrendoe The injustice also shows when it comes to income. They work so very hard and don’t earn anything in comparison to sports stars or even models! Sometimes you hear that Russian dancers couldn’t afford tickets to the performances in which they dance a leading role! ( I am not a ballerina, just did ballet as a little girl and still enjoy watching it)
LOL at how he was like 'don't worry if you've never done ballet before'. As someone who has never done ballet before, I was plenty worried when he started singing out the sequence and they hadn't even started yet!
I do remember well the Royal Matinées on Saturdays, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, Dame Ninette de Valois, Sir Frederick Ashton. Great! Thanks, Royal Ballet.
To dance like this does not come easy. There is history in each dancer Discipline Tears Sacrifice Persistence Passion And above all LOVE there is no age to dance As long as you can move Beginning is all it takes to get you going, give it to yourself Give it to the world If the music siubd8 Just move! Move! Move! From the bottom of your 💓!💃💃💃💃🕺🕺🕺
lol i am 61 and just took your advise. You are so correct about so much. Ballet is so freakin challenging, so energizing, so fun, etc. It also makes my whole body "feel" alive and awesome, even if right now my legs STILL feel like falling off from the grand plies i did at last Wednesday's class!
Caroline Rand x.x at the beginner class I take, the teachers explain everything in detail, so even during the explanation I have to.remember the previous step after 2 minutos explaining why doing it.a different way can hurt the body x.x not good.if.you have adult ADD
They've been doing them since they were youngsters, and as they advanced in years, they took more and more classes so that by the time they are young adults, they have done the same exercises, steps, and routines many times each day. They have muscle memory going for them, and although the French seems daunting, they learn the names for each step and movement through repetition (it takes less time than you think when you do the same steps and movements every day in class). By the time these two are where they are, there aren't that many surprises during a class. They just keep working on physical strength, musicality, attention to detail, focus, etc. to perfect their performances.
Did y'all get all that at 9:40? It's a bunch of grand battement (big kicks) in all directions, first with plie (bent knee) then with no plie, sometimes passing pointed toe through at the knee, then big streeeetch circle with port de bras (arm swing .) Ohohkaaay. Thank you Tim. Click here if you hung on to the back of your chair and did the whole thing.
UN-pro tip! Put it on .75 speed! As an intermediate community adult dancer, I could totally do these once I slowed it down a bit. The speed + balance + combo memorization just isn't quiiiiiiite there for me to do with good technique the first couple of times through.
Can someone please tell me where these freestanding, portable and height adjustable barres are from? I like the idea of having two barres, so everyone has the freedom to move without checking for other peoples hands etc. 😅
The teacher said at the beginning that this is just a preview of the class that we'll see on the 4th of October. Therefor, it doesn't have to be starting with 2 hands on the bar...
Hi Aves, We are really pleased to be able to show the entire Royal Ballet Class this year. It will be live on our Facebook page at 11am BST and then available afterwards on our RU-vid channel.
Hi, can you open your closed captions for editing? They are alright for the first few minutes then the ballet terms get translated wrong by auto-generated captions.
This is a technique variation, I can't remember which techniques uses coup de pied (or even if it's just a position similar to that), but I have done both in open classes.
I'm 14 and have always done ballet but never actually done a lot of pointe since I mostly do hip hop and jazz etc, am I too old to start? I am ballet trained I just need to become more flexible and work on my skills for pointe and pirouettes and turns etc
Jenna Moss to be honest, you shouldn't be dancing on point much before 12 anyway, as it can cause pretty serious damage to developing feet. If you train properly, there is no reason why you can't give pointe a go 😊💜
After puberty is the best time as the bones are still developing before that and you will damage them if you start before that. In big cities there are foot doctors that can review your feet if you want to be sure. Look for Drs. that work with ballet dancers. It's definitely not to late! I started ballet in college and became a professional by 23. Then a professor of dance later on! Keep on dancing!
For the next 30 days you can watch the full four hours of The Royal Ballet's World Ballet Day live stream here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vUsckfuzF84.html&lc
What happened to World Ballet Day 2016 - [Royal Ballet] as a RU-vid "live stream"? Are we only going to get it on that jerky, scratchy, cranky, crappy Facebook live stream? Whose brilliant idea was that?
You can watch the full four hours of The Royal Ballet's World Ballet Day stream here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vUsckfuzF84.html&lc
