As a theatre major, raked stages are a rarity in America because they were (understandably) a little hard to adjust for performers, esp because although a 45-degree angle is the most common, it's not something that is standardized. It can also look weird because it uses forced perspective to give everyone in the theater the same/similar view, so a lot of actors appeared to be limping when crossing the stage. Basically, as humans going to see performances, we went from raked seating and flat stage (think: greek amphitheaters like Epidaurus) to flat seating and raked stage (like in the tiktok) back to raked seating and flat stage (like a movie theater). Fun fact: raked stages are where we get the terms "upstage" and "downstage" from!
Yeah and the reason why the rakes still exist is mainly because the old theatres want to keep it the same as it historically was, which I really adore, keeping the history. But yeah they were mainly from Middle Ages so thus mainly in historic European theatres.
The original Met Opera House had a raked stage. Fun story, my mom was pregnant with me, singing Boris Goudonof at the old Met with Martti Talvela singing the title role. He was a method actor, and when my mother came to beg for food for the starving serfs at his feet, he flung her away from himself, as opposed to recoiling and letting the guards (already crossing to come get her) take her away. Mom, 8 months pregnant, goes rolling down the raked stage, and is grabbed, by her costume, mere inches from the drop into the orchestra pit. Management was waiting for her in the wings when she got offstage to tell her that her maternity leave started NOW!
@@wuzadivaOh, my gosh! This just added a new fear! I love singing and have trained so hard. It would be my DREAM to perform at the Met. However, I also want babies. How do people not think!? She was pregnant! Even if it's not a raked stage anymore, that image is now stuck in my head!
At 2:40 that's Georgian national dance 🇬🇪 I've seen them in your other vids, always blowing everyone's mind! I recommend checking out Sukhishvili, one of Georgia's more famous ensembles.
Josephine, this time I brought my 7 year old son over and had him watch your reaction to the "dancer with strong feet" when she had her toes bent over and was walking on the knuckles. He saw your reaction of "No! Why would you do that! Don't do that!" Then he grinned at me and said "I'm better at it than she is" and proceeded to RUN across the floor on his toe knuckles and giggle... I'm doomed with this forever!
Oh man it is like when my six year old was working on a queen of the night recording project. So that is a crazy high soprano part. I told her not to put the little arrow in the red zone and cause ear pain to mommy🤣
Literally made a tiktok to watch the cow dancer at 6:08 on repeat. I don't even dance at all. But he is MESMERIZING. I love the late plie when he switched arm positions and so cockily looked up at his hand to transition.
I actually started doing my barre warmups as low impact exercise to bring back agility and strengthen my knees. Thanks for the inspiration with your videos! (I would also definitely join you at the gym to show off that we're performers)
@@_SpreadingLove_ I have chronic knee issues after an injury when I was 11, so doing barre warmups has really helped a lot outside of physical therapy.
Yay! Thank you so much! Hearing you say I was gorgeous made me so happy! (2:22) I actually do this for a job though so I wear new shoes on the street! I try not to wear new shoes when it’s raining though 😅
Yeah same! Josephine's videos were recommended to me, no idea why...but I proceeded to watch all her "react" videos and then started watching her pointe shoe fittings and everything else. As a non-ballerina, non-dancer I have so much pointe knowledge with nothing to do with it except bug my husband and tell him interesting things I learned!
Rake stages are why the terms are upstage and downstage. Because you are physically going down the stage when coming to the front and going up the stage when going to the back.
I binged all your tick-tock videos (and then some...😅). How are you so wholesome??? 😭❤️ Also, I never did any ballet but now all of the ads I see are for pointe shoes. 🤣 You're the best, can't wait for the next one. 🤩
8:40 one of my friends in my drama class used to ballet and when she was bored she would walk around like this and i would nearly crying every single time 😭 😭
Have you ever had a dancer come in for a fitting and break the shoe just from trying it on? Because all these stories of people breaking their shoes in 30 mins and being so soft just after buying them, I'd love to know does it ever happen in a fitting? 😂
Usually in fittings they have you step up onto pointe instead of rolling through so you don’t break the shoes. It’s the action of rolling through and articulating through your feet that molds/breaks the shoe.
Also, dancers pretty much take all their aggression out on their shoes before they even wear them the first time so they CAN wear them and that's another big reason they won't last as long. 😅
I literally had just finished explaining to my husband how you got popular because of the cup videos and then the cups arrived! (≧∇≦) Could not have timed that better if I TRIED.
I’ve been watching your channel for months, and I finally got a pointe shoe sponsored ad on my social media. So shoutout to Bloch shoes for knowing their audience.
At a dance studio I used to work at, every year one of the other instructors, who is also a photographer, took photos of the older students outside. The photos were always gorgeous! One year, I was out for several months because of a surgery and my boss sent me one of the photos, taken while I was out, signed by my advanced pointe students as a get well card. It was very sweet! Except...the dancer in the center was in shoes SO DEAD the poor girl's feet were practically folded in half. XD I'm not exactly sure who let that poor girl wear those things, (or why she herself thought it was okay? We talked all the time about shoe safety). I still have the photo becasue I love my students and it really was a sweet sentiment. But it makes me wince every time I look at it!
I remember one of the 1st instructions my ballet teacher gave the class, "tuck your butt in." For life of me I seriously thought she lost her marbles. I only took classes for about 2yrs. The world of dance isn't for me. But walked away with a deep appreciation for it.
I directed an operetta once where the first weekend was on a flat stage and the second weekend was on a raked stage. I knew the set would have to be adjusted, but nothing really prepares you until you get in the house.
the granny's in 5:50 reminded me when I went to my sisters rescietel (I have no clue how to type that word) there this granny's dancing Flamenco and they were adorable! but they also did so good and smoothly >w
I love how Josephine reacted to the Harry Potter one saying "I'm team slytherin" and then like 5 seconds later she said "We hat you" to the girl with the strong ankles and feet 🤣 Also, DON'T COME FOR ME, I KNOW THAT BEING MEAN IS NOT THE ONLY ASPECT FOR SLITHERINS, I just thought it was funny when I made that connection
That girl dancing outside, does that regularly in Melbourne (opposite the Town Hall in this one). Her shoes always freaks me out, because they are totally trashed.
here in argentina ALL stages are raked! it's supposed to be better for the audience but is horrible for us (and i'm a dancer but not a ballet dancer, i assume it's even worse for ballet dancers) it destroys your feet, your joints and your back, and turns are a freaking nightmare
I know that this is hella random, but I'd love Josephine to review Manon, the new Street Fighter 6 character who incorporates ballet into her moveset. Just saw a video of her fighting against Cammy and SHE CAN PIROUETTE PARRY! It's freaking cool!
Omg! I did an Alice in Wonderland ballet performance two years ago (Played the March Hare) and I danced to "dancing with the bear" from "finding neverland" ! I started to do coro to it😂 (the song the older ladies where dancing to)
That last one... I was in a show with a guy who was a dancer (the show was Lucky Stiff, he played the dead body who was the only person who danced since it was a low budget theater and we didn't have a choreographer) he was showing off just like that back stage AND THEN HE STARTED JUMPING
The video with the guy and the cows is what the New Zealand ballerinas be doing. I have yet to meet one in the wild, but I know that they'll be doing this when I do.
I was told that I had a similar reaction to ballet when i was a baby too, though slightly more mesmerized lol. I wanna pick up ballet so bad but there are no studios nearby that teach adults :') I'd have to go out of town.
If you’re ever in London you should definitely try to get a tour of ENB’s HQ which has an amazing fitness area with weights and Pilates kit, and a rehab/physio suite (and a hydrotherapy pool!)
tbh you get used to dance in raked stages, I've danced all my life on them (European here) and while some can be a little more challenging than others I've never noticed anything wrong with my body yet (🤘🤘🤘), and I've ben doing ballet for more than 20 years at this point :)
3:44 I’m an ex competitive cheerleader and I did some dance as a kid but decided to just stick with cheer. The hair I so relate to, there have been so many times where I was about to meet with my team but there was one spot that was just in so much pain I was almost in tears and every single time it was because a bobby pin was digging in a bit too much and I’d have to get my mom to find it to take it out. And the feeling of taking off the makeup and the hair and the super tight uniform (you could see every single seem on our arms when we took them off), I always felt like I could properly breath again and my skin could relax again
Whatching your videos makes me wanting to learn ballet. Sadly I am overweight and not flexible at all so I don't have the balls to start to go to ballet class :(
Ballet is for everyone, I promise ♡ if you can find a studio that feels safe and welcoming, I highly recommend you at least try a class or a few. I've danced with people of all sizes and abilities for many years, and we would all be happy to have you join us in class.
Not sure if you wanted to know this, but the way dancers compensate for the slanted stages is with a bit of an extra arch in the back, it's part of the reason why most Russian and Western-European ballet dancers look so different from American ones
Oh that clip of the really fast spinning with the drums in the back is Georgian Sword Dancing or traditional dancing I think! It's almost like ballet but it seems really intense.
Dancing with bunions and toe issues was rough. I saw a podiatrist once and he was horrified that I was dancing. Its part of the reason I didn't go on pointe when my teacher asked. Tap shoes were tough too, because they don't stretch as much as other types. I would've loved to be able to buy 2 different size shoes.
i cross train with strength training! it’s helped immensely in the studio, but my trainer loves to use “‘cuz you’re a dancer” as an excuse for things 😂
I walk on my feet like the last one literally all the time 😂 sometimes I don’t realize how weird it is especially to people that don’t dance and they’ll just stare at me in disbelief 😂😂
The clip of the dancer in the rain. I want to say that was the Buskier Ballerina. She got out of dance school right when COVID lockdowns started and she couldn’t get a contract and dancing in the open air gave her a chance to keep dancing. so she started busking. She’s really beautiful dancer. But now she travels all over the world to perform on the streets. And I guess she fell in love with it even though at this point she could get a contract with a company now.
I was a professional synchronised swimmer and the thing about the bun?? Gods. We had super strict rules for our buns, we had to put spray, gel as well as food-grade gelatin to make it stay, on top of layers upon layers of pins, glitter and our coiffes. I was so tired after competitions that when I got home, i'd go to sleep with my bun untouched, just the coiffe removed and in the morning the bun would NOT have budged an INCH.
Josephine : Why would you use your talent for evil?
Me: 🤣
I loved that part!😆
Same and it was so much funnier because I can do that and when I’m standing on the side even in classes other than ballet I’ll just stand like that
As a theatre major, raked stages are a rarity in America because they were (understandably) a little hard to adjust for performers, esp because although a 45-degree angle is the most common, it's not something that is standardized. It can also look weird because it uses forced perspective to give everyone in the theater the same/similar view, so a lot of actors appeared to be limping when crossing the stage. Basically, as humans going to see performances, we went from raked seating and flat stage (think: greek amphitheaters like Epidaurus) to flat seating and raked stage (like in the tiktok) back to raked seating and flat stage (like a movie theater). Fun fact: raked stages are where we get the terms "upstage" and "downstage" from!
Yeah and the reason why the rakes still exist is mainly because the old theatres want to keep it the same as it historically was, which I really adore, keeping the history. But yeah they were mainly from Middle Ages so thus mainly in historic European theatres.
The original Met Opera House had a raked stage. Fun story, my mom was pregnant with me, singing Boris Goudonof at the old Met with Martti Talvela singing the title role. He was a method actor, and when my mother came to beg for food for the starving serfs at his feet, he flung her away from himself, as opposed to recoiling and letting the guards (already crossing to come get her) take her away. Mom, 8 months pregnant, goes rolling down the raked stage, and is grabbed, by her costume, mere inches from the drop into the orchestra pit. Management was waiting for her in the wings when she got offstage to tell her that her maternity leave started NOW!
@@wuzadivaOh, my gosh! This just added a new fear! I love singing and have trained so hard. It would be my DREAM to perform at the Met. However, I also want babies. How do people not think!? She was pregnant!
Even if it's not a raked stage anymore, that image is now stuck in my head!
When you’re watching a pointe shoe fitter react to ballet tiktoks, and then randomly hear Markiplier as a sound 😂😂😂
I feel like that was him at 6:37 XD
@@Zaftique it was the smash or pass sound, so if that’s the timestamp, you right
@@AbstractlyDelen no, I mean the part with their feet facing backwards 🤣
@@Zaftique no, that’s Wildcat (tyler)
@@AbstractlyDelen you find the time stamp
5:26 that’s the energy I want to see when people listen to classical music cuz that’s the energy I get when I listen
"Training for the Ballet, Pottah"
😂😂😂😂
At 2:40 that's Georgian national dance 🇬🇪 I've seen them in your other vids, always blowing everyone's mind! I recommend checking out Sukhishvili, one of Georgia's more famous ensembles.
Oh cool rec tysm!
Omg I knew it!!! Those crazy turns and floor work will always give it away
I came to comment this.
Erisioni is also good.
2:40 is the Georgian National Dance. They have their own crazy ass form of ballet and it’s super cool.
Josephine, this time I brought my 7 year old son over and had him watch your reaction to the "dancer with strong feet" when she had her toes bent over and was walking on the knuckles. He saw your reaction of "No! Why would you do that! Don't do that!" Then he grinned at me and said "I'm better at it than she is" and proceeded to RUN across the floor on his toe knuckles and giggle... I'm doomed with this forever!
Oh man it is like when my six year old was working on a queen of the night recording project. So that is a crazy high soprano part. I told her not to put the little arrow in the red zone and cause ear pain to mommy🤣
My cousin could do that.
wait I can walk like that isn't that normal😭
Literally made a tiktok to watch the cow dancer at 6:08 on repeat. I don't even dance at all. But he is MESMERIZING. I love the late plie when he switched arm positions and so cockily looked up at his hand to transition.
what's his handle?
I actually started doing my barre warmups as low impact exercise to bring back agility and strengthen my knees. Thanks for the inspiration with your videos! (I would also definitely join you at the gym to show off that we're performers)
I didn't know it was a possibility, but it makes sense!
I wish there was some kind of ballet classes aimed at people who are doing physical therapy.
@@_SpreadingLove_ I have chronic knee issues after an injury when I was 11, so doing barre warmups has really helped a lot outside of physical therapy.
@@_SpreadingLove_ seriously, i have been searching for something like this!!
@@dasiavou Me too!
I love seeing Silver Swans dance, ballet is for all ages, even us oldies x
Yes indeed, I'm a silver swan....or a silver-plated duck!
@@ritawing1064 Me too. The creaky knees are louder than my music lol
@@kitsidale cheers! 💖
@@kitsidale I dance with silver swans quite often and when I move it sounds like rice crispies
@@Ali-mv3jc We are very musical in our own way 😆 x
Yay! Thank you so much! Hearing you say I was gorgeous made me so happy! (2:22) I actually do this for a job though so I wear new shoes on the street! I try not to wear new shoes when it’s raining though 😅
I try not to dance in the rain in general 😂
You are such a beautiful and amazing dancer
@@tori_dances8612 thank you!
You really are lovely!
If all farm guys could dance like that guy, I would’ve stayed in my little rural town!
He's a ballet dancer and a very good one, not just a farm guy😀.
Me when I dance
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6:06 Don't worry, Josephine, I was blushing too, haha!
❤ending was glorious :) - thank you Australia!
lovely mix of videos this time - almost had a theme - ballet for all ages❣
Allow me to state for the record that I am NOT a ballerina. I have ZERO dance training. But I CANNOT STOP WATCHING HER VIDEOS. SEND HELP.
Yeah same! Josephine's videos were recommended to me, no idea why...but I proceeded to watch all her "react" videos and then started watching her pointe shoe fittings and everything else.
As a non-ballerina, non-dancer I have so much pointe knowledge with nothing to do with it except bug my husband and tell him interesting things I learned!
Lol I knew something was up when there wasn’t a cup TikTok lol I’m dying. 💖💖💖
That baby at the ballet was how my daughter reacted to Highland dancing - she's going to be 3 when she starts in the fall 😁
I love the "ya'll dont listenvto clasical music" one😂 i need more
5:31: POV every ballerina right before they go on stage to perform, jamming out to the hip hop song playing before them.
Rake stages are why the terms are upstage and downstage. Because you are physically going down the stage when coming to the front and going up the stage when going to the back.
I binged all your tick-tock videos (and then some...😅). How are you so wholesome??? 😭❤️
Also, I never did any ballet but now all of the ads I see are for pointe shoes. 🤣
You're the best, can't wait for the next one. 🤩
8:40
one of my friends in my drama class used to ballet and when she was bored she would walk around like this and i would nearly crying every single time 😭 😭
Have you ever had a dancer come in for a fitting and break the shoe just from trying it on? Because all these stories of people breaking their shoes in 30 mins and being so soft just after buying them, I'd love to know does it ever happen in a fitting? 😂
Usually in fittings they have you step up onto pointe instead of rolling through so you don’t break the shoes. It’s the action of rolling through and articulating through your feet that molds/breaks the shoe.
@@bg9860 Fascinating! Thank you for telling me! I just find how differently breaking shoes happens so interesting :D
Also, dancers pretty much take all their aggression out on their shoes before they even wear them the first time so they CAN wear them and that's another big reason they won't last as long. 😅
i also have a broken arm so with the dancing grandmas i cried 😭❤
I literally had just finished explaining to my husband how you got popular because of the cup videos and then the cups arrived! (≧∇≦) Could not have timed that better if I TRIED.
Nah she was popular before that. The cup vids just traumatized her.
I’ve been watching your channel for months, and I finally got a pointe shoe sponsored ad on my social media. So shoutout to Bloch shoes for knowing their audience.
We need more, i love these videos xx
At a dance studio I used to work at, every year one of the other instructors, who is also a photographer, took photos of the older students outside. The photos were always gorgeous! One year, I was out for several months because of a surgery and my boss sent me one of the photos, taken while I was out, signed by my advanced pointe students as a get well card. It was very sweet! Except...the dancer in the center was in shoes SO DEAD the poor girl's feet were practically folded in half. XD I'm not exactly sure who let that poor girl wear those things, (or why she herself thought it was okay? We talked all the time about shoe safety). I still have the photo becasue I love my students and it really was a sweet sentiment. But it makes me wince every time I look at it!
I remember one of the 1st instructions my ballet teacher gave the class, "tuck your butt in." For life of me I seriously thought she lost her marbles. I only took classes for about 2yrs. The world of dance isn't for me. But walked away with a deep appreciation for it.
the dude in 6:35 in the muks... dang broo.... he really had those broken in because I can't bend my ankle in mine lmao
I directed an operetta once where the first weekend was on a flat stage and the second weekend was on a raked stage. I knew the set would have to be adjusted, but nothing really prepares you until you get in the house.
Josephine, your commentary is so relatable! 💗 And your laughter is contagious. Thank you for being you. 🫶🏼 Yes queen! 💅🏼✨
please continue these!!
Yesss!
Love your laugh🤩. It gives me good mood to hear this😊. It's actually rare to see someone laughing so sincerely and whole heartedly nowadays.❤
the granny's in 5:50 reminded me when I went to my sisters rescietel (I have no clue how to type that word) there this granny's dancing Flamenco and they were adorable! but they also did so good and smoothly >w
I love how Josephine reacted to the Harry Potter one saying "I'm team slytherin" and then like 5 seconds later she said "We hat you" to the girl with the strong ankles and feet 🤣
Also, DON'T COME FOR ME, I KNOW THAT BEING MEAN IS NOT THE ONLY ASPECT FOR SLITHERINS, I just thought it was funny when I made that connection
The stretching one leg vs the other hit way too close to home
frrrr
The Gershwin stage on Broadway (where Wicked has been for 20 years) is raked :), but I think only a few of the dancer tracks include pointework.
The dancing to classical music is literally me like nutcracker season 👀 I be jamming to party music 24/7
omg i love the person who does the draco malfoy ballet. Like i watch her now and then on instagram and she's so iconic fr fr
I love Harry Potter and I love how the "training for the ballet POTTAH". Bro she does the best Harry Potter vids
For Halloween she needs one straight cups. 😂😂
I like when they turned you into an ambulance lol
That girl dancing outside, does that regularly in Melbourne (opposite the Town Hall in this one). Her shoes always freaks me out, because they are totally trashed.
3:39 this scalp massage is the best part of your day
The man spinning around like a madman, that’s Georgian national ballet, I’d love if you react to some of our dances
The dancing en pointe in boots just kills me.
5:57 so real, there was a girl in my class with a fractured arm and when we went to bar she was at the back still doing it like a boss ❤
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me in the background of any rehearsal
Best reaction video yet! Those cups at the end though - ROFL!
As soon as I seen *screams in Josephine* on the title I clicked as fast as you could say ballet 😂😂
here in argentina ALL stages are raked! it's supposed to be better for the audience but is horrible for us (and i'm a dancer but not a ballet dancer, i assume it's even worse for ballet dancers) it destroys your feet, your joints and your back, and turns are a freaking nightmare
I know that this is hella random, but I'd love Josephine to review Manon, the new Street Fighter 6 character who incorporates ballet into her moveset. Just saw a video of her fighting against Cammy and SHE CAN PIROUETTE PARRY! It's freaking cool!
Omg! I did an Alice in Wonderland ballet performance two years ago (Played the March Hare) and I danced to "dancing with the bear" from "finding neverland" ! I started to do coro to it😂 (the song the older ladies where dancing to)
Josephine has succumbed to the cups now
So thankful for this channel! Wholesome and funny 🤍✨
That last one... I was in a show with a guy who was a dancer (the show was Lucky Stiff, he played the dead body who was the only person who danced since it was a low budget theater and we didn't have a choreographer) he was showing off just like that back stage AND THEN HE STARTED JUMPING
fun fact hailey Bieber did the nutcracker in my studio, because I recognize the costumes, Coupe Theatre Studio…!
it’s always so funny to me when we go from cute baby to beautiful adult to cute grandparent
Omg thank you so much for the tip Josephine!!! 😊😊😊
The video with the guy and the cows is what the New Zealand ballerinas be doing. I have yet to meet one in the wild, but I know that they'll be doing this when I do.
Your laugh is so cute it sounds so perfect
I was told that I had a similar reaction to ballet when i was a baby too, though slightly more mesmerized lol.
I wanna pick up ballet so bad but there are no studios nearby that teach adults :') I'd have to go out of town.
it took 18 videos but joesephine was finally confronted by the cups!
OMG AT 2:19 PRETTY SURE THAT WAS FILMED IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA MY HOME TOWN AND i AM GEEKING OUT!!!!
Ikr I was gonna say the same thing! (The ‘only city’ flag gave it away)
If you’re ever in London you should definitely try to get a tour of ENB’s HQ which has an amazing fitness area with weights and Pilates kit, and a rehab/physio suite (and a hydrotherapy pool!)
8:46 my mom walking around the house when she was younger
tbh you get used to dance in raked stages, I've danced all my life on them (European here) and while some can be a little more challenging than others I've never noticed anything wrong with my body yet (🤘🤘🤘), and I've ben doing ballet for more than 20 years at this point :)
Josephine is going to end up with a warehouse full of cups! LOL
5:21 That is me when i hear classcial music aka all the time
Almost started crying when I saw the silver swans 😍
I am such an incorrigible fandom nerd, the cute old ladies made my brain go: "Jocasta Nu doing ballet!" And now I can't get the idea out of my head.
“Grandma, can we make cookies today?” “NO, Lindsay I have ballet, and that means you need to go home”
The cups!!!!! Omgosh what a great gift. 😅😂😊
Harry holding dobby got me he stared into my soul
on 2:50 it was georgian traditional dance
The cups at the end - I am dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The grishcups are killing me. Over here in my 5 xxx Grishes just chilling on the literal last pair in the city ooope. 😂
If you don't do a cup fitting video for April fools, I'm gonna... I'm gonna... I dunno... get some badly fitted cups! And it's gonna be your fault!
3:44 I’m an ex competitive cheerleader and I did some dance as a kid but decided to just stick with cheer. The hair I so relate to, there have been so many times where I was about to meet with my team but there was one spot that was just in so much pain I was almost in tears and every single time it was because a bobby pin was digging in a bit too much and I’d have to get my mom to find it to take it out. And the feeling of taking off the makeup and the hair and the super tight uniform (you could see every single seem on our arms when we took them off), I always felt like I could properly breath again and my skin could relax again
5:41 POV: my grandma after she watched swan lake and found out i also go to dance lessons
Whatching your videos makes me wanting to learn ballet. Sadly I am overweight and not flexible at all so I don't have the balls to start to go to ballet class :(
Ballet is for everyone, I promise ♡ if you can find a studio that feels safe and welcoming, I highly recommend you at least try a class or a few. I've danced with people of all sizes and abilities for many years, and we would all be happy to have you join us in class.
Ballet is for everyone.
I'm overweight too and a complete beginner at 38. You just need to find a good studio for adult beginners x
Not sure if you wanted to know this, but the way dancers compensate for the slanted stages is with a bit of an extra arch in the back, it's part of the reason why most Russian and Western-European ballet dancers look so different from American ones
I love these videos!
4:45 me when I’m home alone 😂😂😂
Oh that clip of the really fast spinning with the drums in the back is Georgian Sword Dancing or traditional dancing I think! It's almost like ballet but it seems really intense.
well they’re less common in the US because stages used to be tilted so u could see more. that’s why it’s called STAGE UP and STAGE DOWN
Missed opportunity to say cow-llet dancer 6:25
My aerial dancing teacher does actions on the floor and makes the strangest noises. It’s so funny 😂😂
Me watching Josephine put on the cups: YOU BECAME THE VERY THING YOU SWORE TO DESTROY
Yayyyy you got the beautiful Grishcups!! May be a little difficult to roll through in but they’re a lovely colour haha
Apparently raked stages are super common on broadway, as far as raked stages in the states lol
Dancing with bunions and toe issues was rough. I saw a podiatrist once and he was horrified that I was dancing. Its part of the reason I didn't go on pointe when my teacher asked. Tap shoes were tough too, because they don't stretch as much as other types. I would've loved to be able to buy 2 different size shoes.
i cross train with strength training! it’s helped immensely in the studio, but my trainer loves to use “‘cuz you’re a dancer” as an excuse for things 😂
@7:53 Josephine should react to SELF’s video where they have ballet dancer try to keep up with powerlifters and vis versa!
Josephine in cups after cringing watching others in cups. 😅
I walk on my feet like the last one literally all the time 😂 sometimes I don’t realize how weird it is especially to people that don’t dance and they’ll just stare at me in disbelief 😂😂
The clip of the dancer in the rain. I want to say that was the Buskier Ballerina. She got out of dance school right when COVID lockdowns started and she couldn’t get a contract and dancing in the open air gave her a chance to keep dancing. so she started busking. She’s really beautiful dancer. But now she travels all over the world to perform on the streets. And I guess she fell in love with it even though at this point she could get a contract with a company now.
I was a professional synchronised swimmer and the thing about the bun?? Gods. We had super strict rules for our buns, we had to put spray, gel as well as food-grade gelatin to make it stay, on top of layers upon layers of pins, glitter and our coiffes. I was so tired after competitions that when I got home, i'd go to sleep with my bun untouched, just the coiffe removed and in the morning the bun would NOT have budged an INCH.
Omgosh that bobbypin one tho I can so relate😢