#WorldBalletDay 

Yeah it makes so special and so different from other companies. Loved this atmosphere too ❤

Oui TRÈS americain en effet !

You forgot to mention the tights over leotards. Just can't be classy for ballet.

Is this good or bad? 🤔

thats what happenes when youre in america....

Suck up much?

Not a very useful class, really.

well behaved little ballet doggy !

And James!

But my question, where is Gillian Murphy. she’s still a principal

And Cassandra trenery. But where’s Misty? Did she retire?

​@doctortcbkk2027 no, Misty hasn't retired. She had a baby and then an injury

I agree! She was my idol too and similar generation :)

When you say it was a hard class it is because the dancers have honed their technique from rigorous training they have most of their skill but she is turning the average car into a Ferrari. She expects that everyone has done this due diligence and she puts them through their paces. A challenging class ,I would be truly knackered after that but it would have been so much fun. Note the kind and helpful corrections she gives .dancers suffer a lot of abuse from some and it really takes the joy out of the thing we love. I can hardly believe I did ballet as a job and even got paid for it!

@@user-st7nu3ij3v yes I am aware. I too was blessed to have had a professional ballet career.

I'm also from the UK and in comparison with the Royal Ballet these ABT dancers are far more advanced technically.

what would you say is the biggest difference? I can't quite pinpoint it but I also watch and love the royal ballet class all the time

I think it's the positioning, especially the 5th position from which every exercise/movement starts and finishes. The ABT also seems more polished. The emphasis with the Royal Ballet seems to be a lot more on the 'acting' side rather than the pure ballet which I so love. And as long as they perform choreographies by MacMillan and Ashton (which I loathe, and are so out of date) this will not change. In this video, the girl in the red leotard is absolutely amazing, she does 4 attitude derriere turns, very difficult, and also 6 almost 7 pirouettes, very very nice! And I love Susan Jaffe, her classes are brilliant, and with a sense of humour!

But slopplier

Hi, what’s name this song they sang together?❤❤❤

is Chloe the one in pink and lavender near the piano?

Yesss I thought I was the only oneee

her names chloe misseldine shes a soloist. her mom was a pro ballet dancer as well!!

I also saw a young Ms. Jaffe dance the parts of Odette and Odile at the Auditorium in Chicago. Barishnikov was the artistic director at the time and trying to bring up and develop his younger dancers such as Jaffe. She was paired with the great Alexander Godunov in Swan Lake and it was an evening I will never forget. Jaffe held her own all night with Godunov and was immaculate except for one occasion when doing a partner pirouette with him when she accidentally extended her right hand too far and cracked him right across his face. The veteran Godunov shook off the contact and carried on. But a star was born that night and her name was Susan Jaffe. Good luck to her as the ABT's latest artistic director.

@@brucerehberger9080 What a small world!! We saw the McKenzie Swan Lake in ‘94. Right after he took over as director. I wish I could have seen the Baryshnikov version of swan lake. I don’t think I’ve seen his version before. I can still remember asking my mom why the dancers were so squeaky. I never saw a company on stage before. And I definitely didn’t know what rosin was, I was only 9. I studied at Ballet Chicago and The Joffrey and now I’m a teacher. ABT is in great hands!! Ballet companies are 80% female so it’s really awesome to see my heroes as the current company directors!! Happy Holidays 🎄🎄🎄

photos please

@moonhunter9993 At approx 52:27, Jake Roxander is the one towards the back wearing a plaid shirt over a maroon unitard, doing a zillion pirouettes. Mikey is the taller one in the front all the way on the left side of the screen in black loose t-shirt and tights in the same clip.

@@moonhunter9993at 41:15, Chloe Misseldine is the tall elegant half-Asian dancer to the left side of the screen in the front row, wearing light blue leotard with a light pink warmup shorts/romper over it, with pink tights and pointe shoes on.

She is so beautiful

I noticed him, too. His energy and style are bigger than his stature, right?

@@dottiedavis355 Yes, but then I also realized the girl dancing near him at the end is phenomenal as well. Guess that purple unitard caught my attention first haha.

OMG, yes! Her lines are absolute perfection. Does anyone know her name?

I was drawn to her, too! I also liked the petite blond in the red leotard. Anyone know her name?

@@chalkedlines8960sierra armstrong

After a bit of searching, Sierra Armstrong is in the mustard leotard and Elizabeth Beyer is in the red.

I saw her rendition of Swan Lake with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, it was absolutely beautiful. She truly has an amazing gift.

Me too. ❤

Loved that❤

“Tomorrow” from Annie

Sierra Armstrong.

And it's very hard to keep up with some of the ballots from other countries... But you Madame... have been very successful ❤ I am a new follower

I was looking for Misty too😢

I think she might still be on maternity leave.

Never mind! It's Sierra Armstrong!

Misty went on maternity leave quite a while ago and hasn't come back. I'm not sure whether she's planning to.

@@jessaglenny She's been gone nearly 2 years, no? I think she had an injury before or after her pregnancy leave. I could be wrong but I've noticed she hasn't been there in a *long* time.

@@roxiehart1 She's 41 now, so there has to be a question about whether she's coming back. I haven't seen anything about returning in her social media.

I think its from Bodile

@@dmitrypolischuk5091 thanks so much for the reply! From the person himself no less! Oh my… magnificent accompaniment! Maybe just abit of.. ‘getting my point across’ with the ‘extra’ accent on the beat 😊

@@dmitrypolischuk5091 I loved when you started playing 'Tomorrow'. I started singing and next thing I knew, the company was singing. Such fun 💙 I wondered, do you ever get tired playing during a class? And or, have you ever developed an injury/strain as a result?

Chloe misseldine

Olga! And excellent camera work. And better dancers. and more coordinated with each other.

I agree

I agree Olga ….awesome rhythm to her class and still so beautiful