World Ballet Day 2022 | ABT Studio Company Class 

so agree. they are all lovely and gifted....but she's in a different category. I hope she is happy and moves on if not. They promote sooooo slowly in the US (not just ABT).And I wish they were more equitable and showed more diversity in their video rather than only showing the same dancers in the same group repeatedly. Oh well. There are others.

@@GiselleKlara they promote slowly because they're not fully government funded like companies in Europe and some parts of the world. Promotions with company rankings also come with a raise in salary/wage and American companies rely on donars and sponsorships mainly because the government gives them little or nothing at all. So promotions are very slow when compared with European companies

@@mzwandileloyiti7986 I suppose this is why there's no live piano.

If she was from their school they would of promoted her sooner. But she’s from Ellison, their competition school on the city, which Ellison produces way better dancers!

when you could see her :(

It doesn't.

@@GiselleKlara what a shocker. purely shocking.

@@AllieHutchins ballet in the US. That's why the better dancers all go to Europe if they can and YAGP etc are so popular as gateways

That's why it's mostly upper middle class/rich kids succeeding in ballet in the U.S unfortunately.

C. Stephanie Berry 1 second ago No my friend not better than the Russians. If you look at a third year class of the Russians you will find their match. They look lovely but the Russian technique is sublime and produces the very highest levels. These dancers are lovely and if they had had that Russian training from the beginning I believe that they would be much better than what we see. The Russians remain at the pinnacle of the art of ballet. And no one does pas de deux. In the area of pas de deux( A man and a woman dancing together with lifts and aerial feats) the Russians are eclipsed by their own Soviet past when they performed with breathtaking synchronicity and technique. We will keep doing our best and see what ballet looks like. These young people look very promising.

@@c.stephanieberry8695 I was a ballerina for about ten years. I’ve always admired the Russians the most, so I hear your point. However, these dancers look Stunning. The men in this video were amazing. Usually the men look weaker than the women (Russian men included), but not at ABT. That’s a great accomplishment.

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You obviously did not bother to listen to the introduction or read the text above. You should inform yourself first and then post.

How odd. It says very clearly that this is ABT's STUDIO company and the host says very clearly that 3 of them will go on to become apprentices next month and that this is part f the school's pre-proffessional program. So yeah...pretty obvious that they are students. Weird comment....

It's their student company, and the appeared to be hiding their best dancer; but they do have some excellent dancers in the group

They are on tour performing, warming up for a performance. Symphonic and orchestral pieces (as beautiful as they can be) are not really appropriate for a ballet warm up. I'm positive they have a live pianist in their studios in NYC.

@@redlantern3371 Thankyou for your response. I'm surprised the union allows a live musician to be replaced by a computer; I also found the downloaded music choices dreary. One might as well just switch the radio on !

Until I saw the computer, I thought there was a live pianist, just didn't understand why s/he kept playing after some exercise were finished. The sound quality was fine, except that the teacher should have had a mic clipped to her collar. There was nothing amateurish about this class.

@@saltator1802 Professional dancers deserve a professional pianist. A gym workout doesn't need music crafted to the movement and inspiring emotion. From a major ballet company this was amateur in my view.

@@fido652 This is in no way a "major ballet company," it is a touring youth company associated with American Ballet Theatre; some of the dancers will eventually become apprentices of ABT. This class was full of interest pedagogically and well conceived and realized for aspiring young ballet dancers. The very fact that you imagined that they are professionals is proof enough they are doing an excellent job.