Top 10 Hardest Ballet Moves to Pull Off

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  • The hardest ballet moves will keep you on your toes. For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the most difficult moves in one of the most difficult dance styles ever invented. Our countdown includes Pirouette, Grand Adage, Tour de Reins, and more! What do YOU think is the hardest ballet move? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @minissa2009
    @minissa2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    I feel like whoever wrote the text for this video just went to a few ballet classes and a performance or two and wrote down some random steps that sounded cool in French. Arabesque and pirouette are things a first year student learns, and pique turns are probably the easiest to do multiple times. I agree with what a lot of others have said---tours in second are very hard because angular momentum is fighting you when you pull your arms in to go onto half-pointe or pointe. Brisee vole would top my list. And grand adage is not a step but a sequence and quality of movement, plus it's in just about every ballet and not rare at all. (Also, barrel turns can be done with the front leg bent or not.) And let's not forget the "540"! Great footage, though!

    • @eduardoramosmachado3041
      @eduardoramosmachado3041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Pique turns shoube replaced by chaines, these are much more harder

    • @rosestwelve3289
      @rosestwelve3289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was thinking the same thing the entire time, more then half of these do require basic training but are still quite simple to pull off

    • @yolandawu6000
      @yolandawu6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      i agree, I was really surprised something like hops en pointe or like gargouillade wasn't on there with one of those requiring much more training and strength and gargouillade is just coordination but I still can't do them nicely so

    • @lupeb1880
      @lupeb1880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Easiest moves ever on this list

    • @ashimochi
      @ashimochi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Legit, I'm a ballet pro according to this video

  • @Mia-wz1ph
    @Mia-wz1ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    here would be my top 10 as a ballet student: promenade en pointe, hops en pointe on one foot, double lame duck, a la seconde turns, italian (and russian) fouettés, cabriole, renverse, cambre in develope devant, petit allegro in general, and grand sissone. some of the ones in the video are actually quite easy for me haha.

    • @Mia-wz1ph
      @Mia-wz1ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      oh and also those turns from the variation grand pas classique

    • @masonevans527
      @masonevans527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      u ate w the “petite allegro in general part”.

    • @sofiebonaparte7831
      @sofiebonaparte7831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So true, a la seconde turns terrify me lmao

    • @temperanceperez6518
      @temperanceperez6518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LAME DUCKS ARE SO COMPLICATED LIKE OMG

    • @Mia-wz1ph
      @Mia-wz1ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@temperanceperez6518 Lame ducks en pointe are going to be my downfall

  • @tara7261
    @tara7261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    A pique is one of the first moves you learn in kiddie ballet classes at 5 years old bro

    • @m.x.b.9949
      @m.x.b.9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      it was the first step I did en pointe not at bar!

    • @bethwareing604
      @bethwareing604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      this is not quite true! it is too easy a step for this list but I'm definitely not teaching my 5 year olds to pique turn! not even 10 year olds are ready in terms of local dance classes (vocationals would be just about learning it then) at 5yrs they're learning about turnout and how to maintain it during plies and tendus. We're justing trying to get them to pointe their feet really! they're not developed enough for anything more complicated than that

    • @bethwareing604
      @bethwareing604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      also skips! skips and pony gallops!

    • @nicolina1026
      @nicolina1026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bethwareing604 Really? Why do you wait so long? I learned piques around 5 or 6 and was starting fouettes by 10-11.

    • @bethwareing604
      @bethwareing604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicolina1026 To get the technique secure before doing them, I know a few schools of training think you should turn first but most get the turnout and posture more under control before doing piques

  • @Caroline-jt6ez
    @Caroline-jt6ez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Arabesque, pirouette and piqué turns are easier, they get taught to you earlier. I did ballet for 9 years and what was hard for me was fouettés, cabriole, and entrechat. Frappes are easy if you have good foot control/strength.

  • @hollylee1108
    @hollylee1108 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    i guess that you could say pirouettes are more annoying than tricky. doing multiple, especially on pointe, can be a challenge, but i would say that there are many other challenging steps that beat it in its hardness scale

    • @sbudke8607
      @sbudke8607 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree as someone en pointe lol

  • @Khous-yg1ur
    @Khous-yg1ur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    An arabesque is not that difficult at all, it pretty much just requires some flexibility and balance. Y'all even said in the video "most amateur dancers could do an arabesque" so if most amateurs can do it then how is it considered one of the hards moves??

    • @sorcerer455
      @sorcerer455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      agreed, I feel like there are loads of more difficult moves than what was listed in the video.

    • @bench_the_III
      @bench_the_III 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Feel like ala second could easily replace it tho

    • @m.x.b.9949
      @m.x.b.9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Getting a 90-degree arabesque is super hard for me personally. It's getting better but I don't consistently have one.

    • @dancer_rina
      @dancer_rina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@m.x.b.9949 THIS IS SOOOOO EASY

    • @Khous-yg1ur
      @Khous-yg1ur ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dancer_rina it might not be easy fir them, they may not be there yet flexibility wise, and that's okay

  • @m.x.b.9949
    @m.x.b.9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Every ballet dancer is different. What one dancer loves and finds easy another might avoid at all costs. For example, I can't do fouettes for my life but doesn't matter the day I can basically pull out double piques turns any day, on flat or en pointe. My friend can penché all day, but doesn't like to feel she struggles a lot more with Italian fouettes. It also depends upon training. If you are a female dance trained en pointe and for 'female' roles a tour is going to be much harder.

    • @darkangel7589
      @darkangel7589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fouettés were easy for me to learn, but it’s hard for me to do more than 3 or 4.

    • @jillgooner
      @jillgooner ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly 👍

  • @isabelaandzico
    @isabelaandzico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +838

    Piqué turns are soooooooo easy. Who made this list? Definitely NOT a professional ballerina 🩰

    • @Khous-yg1ur
      @Khous-yg1ur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Yeah we used to do them in jazz class and I did them in color guard, they're not hard at all. Of course we weren't en pointe but they weren't difficult

    • @bethwareing604
      @bethwareing604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I definitely think they based this off of what appears difficult instead of what is! otherwise batterie and brise would be there instead of pose/pique turns or grand jete!

    • @user-hq4ez1hc5f
      @user-hq4ez1hc5f 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Totally agree

    • @sarahbumps1153
      @sarahbumps1153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ikr

    • @dancer_rina
      @dancer_rina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So true

  • @user-pw9di6wm8x
    @user-pw9di6wm8x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    as a ballet dancer seeing grand jetés and frappés on this list cracked me up

  • @jbboyd3
    @jbboyd3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    It’s hilarious to listen to non dancers talk about ballet 😂

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Layperson sees it is gruelling and martial artist sees a very dangerous opponent.

    • @jillgooner
      @jillgooner ปีที่แล้ว

      Every one thinks all these steps are easy eh? Come on to make them look easy and do them to perfection i would imagine is far from simple. How many would be Nunez and osipovas are bragging here?

    • @madeleine5561
      @madeleine5561 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @JILl Gooner not all but most that they listed are fairly basic parts of the ballet package. So shouldn't have been on the list arabesque, pirouette, pique turn, etc are FAR from the hardest and on the ballet scale do fall on the easy end

    • @jillgooner
      @jillgooner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@madeleine5561 maybe some are basics but to do them to perfection and let's face it many can do that but it needs someone special to make them.look so good which is part of being a special dancer.

    • @madeleine5561
      @madeleine5561 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @JILl Gooner true enough but there is a difference between a basic move like arabesque and an exceptionally advanced one like grande adage. On a list of "hardest moves" basics don't belong

  • @EllaDanz-mb8se
    @EllaDanz-mb8se 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I learned a pique wayyyy before a pirouette it’s so much easier. Also I find arabesques easy since at my studio we teach them at a young age so you’re always learning more

    • @desertrose3511
      @desertrose3511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most of these aren’t hard lmao this list is so dumb 😂😂

    • @beahns
      @beahns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@desertrose3511 i know right like most of these things i learned in my first-second RAD ballet-

    • @beahns
      @beahns 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ClaraPlayz ! i know and not on pointe it can be on flat foot and it looks totally normal-

  • @Jelly.Fish1212
    @Jelly.Fish1212 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Personally, I can do most of these and I am def not a professional. The frappes, arabesques and pirouettes are what you learn when you first start dance. I would add switch leaps because those are pretty hard. Grand Jetes are also kinda easy too. There are many other dance moves that are way harder.

    • @chesiregirl
      @chesiregirl ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed. I've never even taken a formal ballet class - I simply was in color guard for two years and learned some ballet basics as a result, and even I can do an arabesque and a pirouette. Granted, I can't do particularly good ones (this was only for two years in high school, and I had no dance experience of any kind before or since), but I can do some halfway decent imitation of what they should be. It just goes to show that by ballet standards, they're pretty easy moves, if even as a 15-year-old with only a small bit of informal dance training can do it.

    • @smooeyyyyyy
      @smooeyyyyyy ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m weird and enjoy frappes at the barre 😅

  • @emmushu4769
    @emmushu4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I danced pre-professionally and the only one I truly agreed with was Italian fouettes. especially in Pointe shoes. in my opinion if you have a good teacher and a safe place, most of these are easy to learn.

  • @rebecacubero9719
    @rebecacubero9719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    As a dancer, a lot of these steps are really not that difficult. I find Italian fouettés way harder (and scarier) than other fouettés.

  • @m.x.b.9949
    @m.x.b.9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    ALSO, a grand jete and saut de chat are two DIFFERENT steps. When talking about grand jetes you show several moments when a dancer is doing a saut de chat. A grand jete is a jump, much like the saut de chat where the dancer seeks to make a split in the air, but the dancer must brush through the front leg straight vs. saut de chat where the dance comes off of one bent knee while the other comes through a developer and kicks up. At 7:56 in the video you can see an actual grand jete, at 8:01 the dancer then switches to the saut de chat.

    • @ballerinaem3024
      @ballerinaem3024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was wondering if someone would mention that, thank you! 😂 I mean, we can’t always take Ms Mojo as an expert in all their videos but it’s nice to see the ballet world being represented. They showed wonderful excerpts of the different moves though.

    • @meadowballroom506
      @meadowballroom506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes thank you!! I came here to say exactly this.

    • @renaegigon1286
      @renaegigon1286 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this is their second video with this mistake :/

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For how much this channel makes, you’d think they’d contract with a consultant for an episode.

    • @manifestingC
      @manifestingC ปีที่แล้ว

      omg i was like "thats not a grande jete....thats a saut de chat...be for real.." and as a ballerina my teacher made sure we KNEW the difference.

  • @joeybean9132
    @joeybean9132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    as a 15 year old ballet dancer, the hardest moves for me are 100% fouettes (en pointe) and BRISÉS they are so hard they make me cry!!!

  • @technicolordreamer
    @technicolordreamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Centerstage was one of my favorite movies to watch growing up. I always wanted to be able to do some of those moves so badly!

  • @lizsbohodreamvlog2905
    @lizsbohodreamvlog2905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Just a heads up, there are way more than just two kinds of fouettés. (And I’ve never heard anyone use the term Russian fouetté for fouetté en tourant but I suppose it could be popular elsewhere).
    Also most dancers will call the jump with a “bent to straight” front leg a saut de chat or grand pas de chat (cat jump or big cat step). A traditional grand jeté begins with a grand battement, i.e. a straight leg that doesn’t bend and is brushed/thrown up in the air. It is common in some North American places to use grand jeté for both jumps but they are fundamentally different, just because the legs both split in the air doesn’t mean they are related.

  • @juliecassidy7353
    @juliecassidy7353 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You’ve totally forgotten pas de chats with arms entertwined with three other ladies. Hands down the entire Little Swans dance is the most difficult that exists.

    • @jillgooner
      @jillgooner ปีที่แล้ว

      I always look at that and think mu hod what if someone is slightly out. Would look obvious and could be a disaster. Very difficult indeed.

  • @lexieg72
    @lexieg72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    the "grand jetes" they had in the video were mostly pas de chats. the difference is just in the front leg. with a grand jete, the front leg just sweeps up, with a pas de chat the front leg devloppes before fully being in the air. Us ballet dancers have our own easiest and "hardest" movements/steps. everything gets harder when you start going on pointe. and im also loving going through these comments

  • @Friendlyfire97
    @Friendlyfire97 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ballet is so hard not just because its has complicated moves, but because it HAS to look effortless and elegant at every single second , its perfection

  • @bench_the_III
    @bench_the_III 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The list is super inaccurate but I do love all the marianella Nunez clips (she's my favorite ballet dancer)

    • @minissa2009
      @minissa2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me, too! Got to see her live a few years ago, so now I can die happily!

    • @jillgooner
      @jillgooner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shes the best dancer weve had in 40 years. Can do everything with ease and style. A real class act. Should be made ballerina ASSOLUTA

  • @catmom1322
    @catmom1322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Ballet dancers are marvelous athletes. Kudos! Too bad there's no gold medal for these incredible athletes.

    • @minissa2009
      @minissa2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, there are the "ballet olympics" type competitions like Moscow and Varna and the newer student-oriented Youth America Grand Prix...

    • @desertrose3511
      @desertrose3511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This list is absolute garbage 😂 most of these are SO EASY. Idk who made this list but they definitely don’t know ballet

  • @margaretlavender9647
    @margaretlavender9647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Olga!! Teaching the ballet class, ROH, in the grande adage bit near the end. An absolutely amazing teacher! With the grey bobbed hair.

  • @chloestraw
    @chloestraw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    As a ballet dancer, my top hardest ballet steps are: All Fouettés, entrechats, leaps, grand adage, and alicicone turns😅

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I used to do ballet when I was a kid but I wasn’t the best

    • @darkangel7589
      @darkangel7589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mainly use a la secondes in jazz, contemporary and lyrical.

    • @mangomaniaaldc
      @mangomaniaaldc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      personally I've never used a le seconde turns in ballet dances, I've always done regular fouttes or italian fouttes.

    • @desertrose3511
      @desertrose3511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro it’s
      A la seconde. Not whatever aliciconee 😂😂

    • @shinjaokinawa5122
      @shinjaokinawa5122 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a cousin who started Ballet at age five.
      She is now a Professional Ballerina in Tokyo with a troupe
      that specializes in Swan Lake. I once asked her what is the hardest dance step in Ballet and she asked HARD? What's that?

  • @ginanewton6473
    @ginanewton6473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    A gargouillade is also very challenging

    • @DesiraeGraham
      @DesiraeGraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Also Entrechat Six.

    • @sorcerer455
      @sorcerer455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Gargouillades were literally created by the devil. Easily the worst move in ballet and it doesn't even look that pretty.

    • @DesiraeGraham
      @DesiraeGraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sorcerer455 I preferred Gargouillades to entrechat six but I agree they are pretty.

    • @tianahirber9755
      @tianahirber9755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A gargouillade was one of my favourite ballet moves to do!❤️

    • @peterquintana6754
      @peterquintana6754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes them be gross lol literally ‘to gurgle’ 🤢 much more palatable and a variation of the pas de chat as well is the elancee pas de chat elancee

  • @princessleia9735
    @princessleia9735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This makes my ballerina heart so happy 🩰

    • @vanessastegall
      @vanessastegall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m so happy for you. 😀

  • @madeleine5561
    @madeleine5561 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anyone else here enjoying the actual dancers mocking the list more than the video?

  • @kouryinthehouse
    @kouryinthehouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    people don't realize how difficult ballet truly is, I applaud all dancers out there.

    • @EllaDanz-mb8se
      @EllaDanz-mb8se 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I promise as a dancer most of these are easy. Also some of these you start learning when you’re young and build upon it as you go into higher levels.

    • @desertrose3511
      @desertrose3511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Almost all of these are so easy

    • @Jelly.Fish1212
      @Jelly.Fish1212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It his hard( trust me) but I learned most of these in my first year dancing, second grade.

  • @mathildewesendonck7225
    @mathildewesendonck7225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    „Only professional can pull off the full vertical penché“
    I am an absolut mediocre adult amateur, but I find penchés easy. All you need is flexibility and a tiny bit of balance

  • @Sally10268
    @Sally10268 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so very much!!
    As a novice to viewing ballet this gives me a deeper understanding of the art.
    Gratitude!

  • @jennyk9748
    @jennyk9748 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's not just the move itself but that it has to appear absolute effortless!

  • @tekoaaldridge7060
    @tekoaaldridge7060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    being a ballerina all of these moves are so, diffucult and are hard to make look easy

  • @daniellabassano6718
    @daniellabassano6718 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ballet is amazing...The athleticism necessary is mind blowing 🤯 Athleticism, grace, timing, strength, and endurance are just a few of the skills that are mandatory...Especially balance!!!! Thats why some boxers and football players take ballet classes...True badasses ❤️❤️❤️

  • @laurajohnson833
    @laurajohnson833 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For the arabesque - you're using several Royal Ballet clips, including last year's World Ballet Day rehearsal of Giselle but how, HOW do you not use Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadère?! It starts with 39 arabesques in a row! THIRTY-NINE!

  • @liz.the.libra8
    @liz.the.libra8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo to all these beautiful dancers!!! *clapping*

  • @irisflower1925
    @irisflower1925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The sad thing is that most relatively young ballet dancers can perform pretty much all the things in the top ten, but not the honorable mentions.

  • @ladyjustice1474
    @ladyjustice1474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Took lessons realized after about 2yrs it wasn't for me. Ballet is very nuanced technically. Every line must be clean, every move clear.

  • @CareBear2480
    @CareBear2480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a dancer of 15 years so far and has done ballet for 7 years as a child. I somehow know how to do a BACK cabriole. I wasn’t taught either. I have yet to teach myself the front version. In my modern dance I have this year, my teacher never said to do one. I jokingly did it when listening to the words of my song while in the studio. She said she liked that idea, and now it’s kept in my dance.

  • @Rain_the_Marvel_fan_
    @Rain_the_Marvel_fan_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg this will help me with a school dance project. I can add hard ballet moves! Ty!

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    To all the ballerinas, keep up the good work.

  • @kimberlypatton9634
    @kimberlypatton9634 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Must respect to every ballet dancer!

  • @lips555so
    @lips555so ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:01 6:01 are from La Scala Theater MiIlan in 2005. The first dancers were Zakharova and Bolle. I recognized the stage costumes and scenery, they are unique from theater to theater.

  • @LS-or2eh
    @LS-or2eh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm just a fan, a ticket buying ballet watcher. I watch the video and think, 'Wow, that looks really hard', then I read comments and it's "Come on, those are easy, a five-year-old could do that."
    Still looks hard to me. I deeply appreciate the work dancers put in to achieve these results and make it look so perfect and beautiful. To me, dance, particularly ballet, is the highest artistic expression of human motion.

  • @olvialee7221
    @olvialee7221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Feels like I’m watching the animated movie Leap

  • @gabby71451
    @gabby71451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    as a ballet dancer the hardest things for me are penché, releves en pointe in arabesque, and italian fouetté

  • @anastasialenkova-molchalin5874
    @anastasialenkova-molchalin5874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some of these are so easy 😂. Piqué turns! And penché doesn't have to be a spilt, only 6 clock, which MOST can't to, and it's ugly and unnecessary. Grand jetés also don't have to be spilt. That's as modern trend for extreme extension. Have to agree about Italian fouettés, they are EVIL. And those Italian fouettés you showed some by Krysanova in Bayadère in purple costume wasn't Mariinsky, it was Bolshoi.

  • @violet04nunya98
    @violet04nunya98 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank goodness I wasn’t the only one who was literally shaking my head and wondering who made up this list. I studied ballet for years and I agree with the fouetté being the most difficult though. For myself anyway. Keeping everything exactly where it should be, while maintaining your balance is not as easy as ballerinas make it look.

  • @theresa42213
    @theresa42213 ปีที่แล้ว

    l've seen Gillian do thirty EIGHT of them in a row! She IS THEE fouette QUEEN!

  • @lavinia2201
    @lavinia2201 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, always fun to watch! Even though this time, we can definitely say that you don not really master the subject 😅 still enjoyable of course 🙂

  • @msbgk1813
    @msbgk1813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hmm… ex-dancer, think some basics- a high extension, spotting, turnout, a beautiful port-de-bra, balance
    ( if I see one more wobbly landing or end of a movement…) Adagio was always part of all mytraining - if you can’t do it
    Slowly & correctly, speed doesn’t help. Love seeing core shills like frappe. I always thought that Italian tourer attitude was
    Done on BENT Supporting leg… I had the privilege of one of the great Russian emigre teachers, very exacting - the kind that produce a Barishnikov.

  • @isabelaandzico
    @isabelaandzico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Those are sauts de chats. They’re different than grand jetés.

  • @duckysguidetoshipping8930
    @duckysguidetoshipping8930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Me oh this isnt that hard
    Also me tries them all and fails

  • @Hey_Lauren
    @Hey_Lauren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is so wrong it's funny! 😂😂

  • @victoriacat3017
    @victoriacat3017 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful ♥️♥️♥️

  • @debbiefleming5187
    @debbiefleming5187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And also tour(pirouette) à la seconde - most men do it but also ladies and in jazz etc technique.

  • @windywhistlesmlp2230
    @windywhistlesmlp2230 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s amazing what people can do

  • @julesgatapia
    @julesgatapia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    as a ballet dancer myself, I’d have to completely disagree with the fact that cabrioles is last in this list lol

  • @KtEnns1
    @KtEnns1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely LOVE Ballet!!

  • @olvialee7221
    @olvialee7221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    59: When it comes to ballet,
    I watched my first ballet movie Barbie in The Nutcracker, when I got older I did ballet dancing but not for long. I decided to leave it to the professionals and enjoy the show
    Such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Red Shoes, Billy Elliot, Snow White and Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland

  • @charlieedwards4331
    @charlieedwards4331 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Arabesque being above cabriole is wild lmao

  • @m.x.b.9949
    @m.x.b.9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    For my dancers out there, what are steps often hard for others you love or can do well? For me, hops en pointe, Italian fouettes, and multiple piques turns.

    • @bethwareing604
      @bethwareing604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      menage, frappe and in recent years batterie! my students always complain about these (more so the jumps) but when I was their age brises were the bane of my existence!

    • @allisonallen213
      @allisonallen213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I liked beats. I could do a entrachat six.

    • @EllaDanz-mb8se
      @EllaDanz-mb8se 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any jumps! I have more height in my jumps compared to my friends

    • @Its_Elise_C
      @Its_Elise_C 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ITALIAN FOUETTÉS Everyone thinks they are so hard but they were the easiest fouettés for me to learn and I loved them lol

    • @dancingddh8063
      @dancingddh8063 ปีที่แล้ว

      everything that involves pirouettes bc i’m a turner

  • @jonnarobinson7541
    @jonnarobinson7541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Overall you did a wonderful job. Some people are complaining that you put in arabesques. Arabesques are extremely difficult to do correctly. That is what the back leg turned out and the pressure in the back to keep the hip open. Grand adagio is not a step, it is a sequence. You did not mention beats which are the crisscrossing a feat during a jump. Very difficult to do multiples. But I truly enjoyed it🤩 keep up the good work!

    • @desertrose3511
      @desertrose3511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This list is just garbage 😂

  • @marcusnathandee5768
    @marcusnathandee5768 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Cabriole 0:53
    Arabesque 1:49
    Pirouette 3:12
    Pique turn 4:10
    Penché 5:16
    Tour de Reims 6:08
    Grand jeté 7:04
    Italian fouetté 8:19
    Grand adage 9:26
    Fouetté 11:40

    • @Zeon_Antares
      @Zeon_Antares 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for this:)

  • @dancer147
    @dancer147 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been dancing for 13 years and most of the steps you showed are fairly easy. I actually kinda laughed when they said spotting is key thing in dance, most of the people at my studio don’t spot, even one of the teachers sometimes doesn’t spot. I will say, yes depending on the type of turn it can be tricky and very annoying especially en pointe. I don’t know who agrees with me but this I just my view of ballet from a small studio. Have a good day.

  • @aster_11
    @aster_11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This person seriously just watched 2 ballet movies and made this video. First of all, these aren't the hardest moves. Second of all the technique is MUCH more complicated then just "3 things that this move consists of". Also something I just want to say is many ballet dancers find the arabesque harder than the penche, as we spend years fixing the technique and then when it comes to the penche it's not as much work.

  • @joeybean9132
    @joeybean9132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FINALLY SOME RECOGNITION

  • @kylie.eeeeee
    @kylie.eeeeee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    lmao how is an arabesque difficult its literally one of the first things i learnt when i started learning ballet properly

  • @kellyfalletta1949
    @kellyfalletta1949 ปีที่แล้ว

    😮wow…just, wow.

  • @allisonkite3542
    @allisonkite3542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how they put so much work researching all the moves and explaining what they are

    • @desertrose3511
      @desertrose3511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Except these are so easy. Maybe 2 of these are really challenging. I’m a ballet dancer and these are so many things WRONG with this list.

  • @becorder185
    @becorder185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As if there are any easy ballet moves

  • @Gigi-ti2pk
    @Gigi-ti2pk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Arabesque is so easy plus we where taught at a young age how too….

  • @delaneyewert5399
    @delaneyewert5399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s like y’all didn’t research ballet whatsoever before making this video

  • @mariahkelso3665
    @mariahkelso3665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Took ten years of Ballet, and I have yet to earn my toe shoes. But I have mastered half of these movements, in class and by practicing at home.

    • @milliejay1451
      @milliejay1451 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just because you know how to do them on flats doesn’t mean you’ll be able to do it en pointe. Pointe shoes take extreme strength and you must have good technique. If you want to speed up the process, work on your turnout, ankle/ foot strength and flexible

    • @mariahkelso3665
      @mariahkelso3665 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@milliejay1451 I'm well aware of that fact. Which is why I have high respect for the dancers in Point Shoes.
      I may not take ballet anymore, but I still practice. And I thank you for the tip advice.

  • @willams_uncrustables
    @willams_uncrustables ปีที่แล้ว

    I need a Dramamine from watching those spins!

  • @agnesros739
    @agnesros739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    not y'all showing saut de chats when talking about grand jetés 😭

  • @ricopoisson
    @ricopoisson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wouldn't consider 'grand adage' a move per se but a way to dance a string of moves (in this case very slowly)

  • @emmaenpointe2547
    @emmaenpointe2547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did they seriously put the Grande Jete as 4

  • @philzmusic8098
    @philzmusic8098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The absolutely hardest ballet move: Taking a bow while smiling when you want to fall to your knees and puke.

  • @norahbdancingqueen
    @norahbdancingqueen ปีที่แล้ว

    “Tricky jump with two turns” 😂 what is this! I learned most of these when I was 5

  • @liahadams7796
    @liahadams7796 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only good thing about this video is the videos of the dancers they used, Maria Khoreva and Marianela Núñez (just to name two of my faves but many of the greats are in this video)

  • @nxraah3860
    @nxraah3860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can do the cabriole. It’s not amazing but I think it’s pretty good and i’ve been working on it since I was 7.

  • @ileanamuntean7338
    @ileanamuntean7338 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about those movements moving forward on one pointe and the other leg swinging and pulling you forward, like in Grand Pas Classique and in the Giselle variation. That seems to me the hardest.

  • @margaretlavender9647
    @margaretlavender9647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very few ballerinas nowadays do the full 32 Fouettés WITHOUT the double turn which makes it under 32 proper ones.

  • @daniellesalman890
    @daniellesalman890 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ex dancer : Italian fouettes Batterie and Ranversé Promenade in a la seconde Single pirouette from fifth to fifth any pirrouettes from two legs to one ❣️

  • @frostqueen2024
    @frostqueen2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think ballet is beautiful. But just watching this video is hurting my knees and hips🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @grandthanatos
    @grandthanatos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tours en l'air, especially a double or triple turn, gets my vote.

  • @merry_whatever
    @merry_whatever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Italian fouettes are easier than regular fouettes imo

  • @freddiemolinajr.8397
    @freddiemolinajr.8397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good ms is a good channel

  • @freddiemolinajr.8397
    @freddiemolinajr.8397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good video

  • @xrazxrazbeh367
    @xrazxrazbeh367 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am a ballerina a young one and im so jealous of them tbh every move these ballerinas do are just perfect I've been trying to do the splits for years now and I just can't do it idk why maybe bc of my long legs or bc I just can't take the pain I wish I could be like them

  • @darkangel7589
    @darkangel7589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did Ballet for 10 years and 5 of those years were Pointe work. Hardest ones for me to learn were definitely…huh…I guess Italian fouettés and normal fouettés? Arabesques are actually kinda easy if you have the strength and balance. AND FRAPPES ARE SO EASY WTF MISSMOJO?!!

  • @lupeb1880
    @lupeb1880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I clicked on this video thinking I could see some stuff to impress my friends a panche is so easy

  • @rathertiredofthemess2841
    @rathertiredofthemess2841 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pirouette has different names depending on whether you are moving into the turn or back away from
    The turn.

  • @joeybean9132
    @joeybean9132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LIKE THIS MS MOJO. MORE STUFF RELATED TO EVERYDAY LIFE

  • @franklinblunt69
    @franklinblunt69 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mentions Arabesque could be a technique then shows about half dozen variations in that brief description😁punctuated through extended versions, beside the penche which must be SZ 5:50 performing Giselle at Bolshoi ballet, creating a beautiful extended arc🤩

  • @raeleigh8750
    @raeleigh8750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    pique turns, pirouettes, and arabesque are all taught in like the first year of ballet. why are they on this list?

  • @donut5922
    @donut5922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I dance and I feel like this video should be called the easiest ballet moves except for planche

  • @ghostwolfcosmetics6553
    @ghostwolfcosmetics6553 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:40 made me feel like I was losing it

  • @bethwareing604
    @bethwareing604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    where was the batterie? my students will be having words haha.. that being said, ballet is incredibly complex to understand from an outside perspective so I commend the research that was done for this!