I totally can relate. I was dancing ballet and Competing in Figure Skating. My coaches said I needed to choose between skating and ballet. I picked skating, and then was forced to retire before ready at 24. I was severely depressed for years. Now I'm a Competitive Ballroom and Latin Dancer. When any Olympics are on it pangs my heart and soul. Sending Love and Hugs.😪❤️❤️❤️
Dear Hannah, I have been following you for years and I really admire your career, your person, what you say and what you write. I am old now (71 years old) and my life has been a succession of transitions and the opportunity to experience many "new lives". I worked as a stagehand, lighting technician and theatre set builder from the early 1970s, then as an actor, musician and composer from 1979 to 1987. In 1988-1989, I managed the press services of France Inter, the Opéra Bastille and the Aix-en-Provence Festival; then, I devoted myself to decoration, before starting studies in Literature at the Sorbonne in 2007 (at the age of 53...). A few years later, I defended a thesis in French Literature at the Sorbonne, "Les Décors de Molière" (published in 2015). Then, I did a Master's degree in Art History in 2016. On December 10, 2022, I defended another thesis in art history ("François Chauveau (1613-1676), designer and engraver"). The catalog of this artist (more than 3,000 issues) is to be published by Hollstein in partnership with the National Library of France. I am also the father of a lovely adopted daughter, Eszter, born in 1994. Despite appearances, I do not believe that all these slices of life are due to simple chance. Love. Philippe.
@Phillipecornuaille Hi,Same, same I'm an actor/writer/theatermaker just turned 70. On the precipice of a new beginning, reclaiming my dance-trained body after arriving at the other end of breast cancer. I've followed the lovely Hannah to attempt to regain some of the strength and flexibility that chemo destroyed. Working on writing a one woman show. And it it takes 3-4 years, so be it. Cheers!
I am still so proud of you! You are amazing! :) For myself, I transitioned from being a ballet dancer to going to college in Social Sciences. It was very difficult to identify only as a student and not exercising as much. The fitness level that I obtained in ballet is on another level! I had to put behind my professional ballet career at 15 due to injury. It was super difficult! Hoping everyone has an easier transition than myself.
@@daryador3847 I’m so sorry to hear that you had to part with your ballet career due to injury. That is so tough, especially when things are not wholly in your control. You should be so proud of yourself for refining yourself and transitioning. It should not be underestimated how hard that is 🙌🏻
I'm a male ballet dancer I have been watching your videos for some time. I admire you quite a lot honestly. you are so open and honest. Thank you for sharing this. I'm glad that you made it in professional ballet after starting late, you are so diciplined and perseverant.
Thank you so so much Hannah. This winter I had to leave the dance conservatoire I was training at due to a sudden onset of chronic illness. My whole perception of my future and career has had to shift, but your reminder that brighter days do come, and that our identity is ultimately fully in our saviour was so timely and beautiful. Thank you so, so much!
This made me so emotional for some reason, thank you for being such an amazing and hardworking person. You have been a huge inspiration to me for the past 4 years. No matter what you do, you have a radiantly kind soul and that's something no one can take from you.❤❤❤
I loved everything you said, and can relate. I appreciate that you want to hear our stories. I too had Olympic aspirations, as a runner. I worked really hard at it but came up short. Later, against the odds, I tried to be a professional tennis player. I gave it my best, but unfortunately, to succeed in tennis you have to start very young. Trying so hard, making sacrifices and then failing, hurts. But an even greater hurt would have been the regret of thinking what might have been possible but I didn't try. In my journey afterwards I did a lot of wandering, literally. I went all over, spent a lot of alone time with God. A light came on and I knew I was meant to take an artistic direction, as a painter and sculptor. It's a challenging career, but I find satisfaction in knowing it's what God intended for me to do. There's a purpose to it all. Thank you for sharing your journey, insights and faith. You're an inspiration. Knowing that you're where God wants you to be, doing what He made you to do...that is the true definition of success.
ever since your rhythmic journey, which is when I first started following you, I felt such a deep connection to you and understood you almost in every way. With your passion and dreams in rhythmic and now as a ballerina, it makes so much more sense now knowing you are a Christian. Your identity with Christ translates to the energy you bring into your performances and even training. It is from above Hannah. Those dreams and passions are all telling within your eyes, and it is from Above. I felt it too and I feel it still from you. That same feeling and the same "after taste' and the same involvement and energy you put out into the world for it. God bless you I always wanted to make it a bigger part of my life but never did. I let the outside noise and what other people thought get to me, even though they knew I could become someone from it. I am very proud of you regardless. Your beauty shines from within and your identity in Christ is the most precious thing. Keep going!!!
@@elio257 thank you so much for this beautiful comment. It really means a lot. It is so important to keep Him at the centre of it all, especially when all that noise does come that you are referring to. Because it does, and it’s often so difficult to deal with. I can say from personal experience that the noise has pushed me close to giving up on my dreams.
I did rhythmic for 11 years, everyone said I should go to the national team, I had great flexibility, passion and big dreams. I passed all the tests for the national team, everyone said I should have been in the national team, but the coaches cut me in the last test because of scoliosis... I went to many doctors, got a scoliosis brace and brought a packet of papers from doctors that said that I can play in the national team but the coaches didn't accept it... I got depressed, my dreams ended, I continued for another year and then I stopped once and for all my life changed for the worse (bad friends, smoking, late night , depression, mental meds, etc.) Now I'm trying to get back on my feet having left rhythm behind and want to study at university!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on your journey from one career to another. Of course, very few people your age have had any career at all so you are definitely overachieving! I had not realized it was so difficult to qualify to be an individual rhythmic gymnast at the Olympics. I found your channel because I saw your routines on the FIG channel for 2018 worlds. Hearing Christine Still (BBC gymnastics commentator) do the commentary for your Commonwealth Games routines reminds me again of what a star you are! You seem so down to earth and approachable that I forget sometimes what an amazing two careers you have had/are continuing to have in the public eye. I'm very glad you were able to work through the difficult times of leaving gymnastics and starting ballet and you must be so proud of yourself for sticking with it! You have really created your own path, and that is very rare! Wishing you and yours all the best! 🙏😍💚💐✨
@@dronesclubhighjinks thank you so much always for your comments and support. I can say that your comments have provided such light and encouragement in some very difficult moments throughout this transition 🙏🙏 I had no idea that worlds was the first time you encountered my content. Unfortunately Worlds was one of the worst competitions I ever performed. 🙈🙈
@@HannahMartinRG thank you very very much for your sweet reply! I’m very glad that I can provide any help! I’m sorry that those world championships are not your best memory. I watched your amazing, emotional hoop routine to “Tears of an Angel”, and wanted to see more of your routines. When I searched for your name on TH-cam, your channel popped up! As a gymnast, you were so versatile with conveying emotions with very different types of music, and your style was always so enjoyable to watch! I also very much appreciate your gratitude, and would like to return the favor! (See the reply to this reply!) Your open mindedness, humility, and ongoing desire to improve in all aspects in your life are character traits that you seem to have been raised with, and have chosen to continue. These traits have served you so well, and will continue to do so! Remember to give yourself credit for at least trying to improve even if things don’t seem to be working out right away. Usually, the more difficult the road travelled, the stronger we become. However, it can be challenging to stay on that road and it’s perfectly normal to wonder if this is the right direction. All of our life experiences are valuable even if/when we want to forget them. I have even found myself grateful for negative experiences (years later!) when they have helped me to provide comfort to somebody else going through something similar. For example, you can be a valuable emotional support for another dancer who has to go through surgery. Judging from the comments in all of your videos, you are a wonderful role model to aspiring dancers, young people and Christians/people of faith in general. Your youthful energy and enthusiasm are also great motivators for us older folks. Making a career change requires a great deal of courage. Publicly documenting your life seems like it is almost an extra career in itself. It also takes courage to leave oneself open to potential criticism and worse from the whole world. Hopefully you have not had much of that! I’m not making this up: a major reason why the best basketball players in the world don’t want to participate in a slam dunk contest, which used to be a regular and very popular feature of the annual NBA All-Star game, is because they don’t want to be ridiculed on social media if they miss. They are multi millionnaire superstars, but do not want to leave themselves open to criticism/ridicule outside of their usual gameplay, which is already going to be criticized, whether it’s warranted or not. See how brave you are? Thank you again for telling your story! I’m sorry your Olympics dream did not work out. Maybe one day you will go as a coach! Sam Mikulak was an American artistic gymnast who competed at three Olympics, was the national all-around champion many times, had the difficulty to be among the best in the world, but had problems with his nerves. He retired after Tokyo, had a big setback in his personal life, started coaching and was on the coaching staff with the US men’s artistic team, who won the bronze medal in 2024! Although coaches are not awarded medals, he must’ve been one of the happiest people in the world, judging from his social media! There’s a similar story about Brian Orser, a Canadian men’s figure skater, who won the silver medal in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, and felt like a total failure because it was second place. He went on to become a coach and has coached a number of Olympic and world gold medalists including Kim Yuna! Dreams can work out in unexpected ways! Hope you are thoroughly enjoying your holidays! Best wishes! 🙏😄🧡🌊☀🐬
What a beautiful video Hannah 🙏🏻❤️ thank you for sharing. As someone who has had to give up on RG dreams due to family finances (even though i did not get nearly as far as you did- so can imagine how hard it was for you) I can relate to what you have shared to a certain extent 🙏🏻 you have risen above the challenge and are a beautiful person and artist. Thank you for being honest and open with us and reminding us that we are not what we do, but what we do can always be part of us in some way, shape or form ❤️ enjoy whats left of your break 🙏🏻
Thanks Hannah...this answered many questions I've had for ages...very interesting indeed.Glad you are so passionate about your ballet...it's beautiful.
Thanks for sharing Hannah. I remember when I decided to walk away from trampolining. I loved bouncing and flying. Then I went into stuff and study and study. And now…. My health and genetic conditions are such that working or sport are unlikely in general…. But I can feel those aspects of who I am existing in life. So then it’s about how to decide how to use the skills and focus and joy for other things. In general, I’ve always been a better coach than direct competitor…. So one thing I want to do is get stable and healthy enough to use my skill sets to work on a business and also to start to coach again. Maybe it’ll take a decade, maybe it won’t happen at all…. But I can try with the same tenacity I have had in other aspects of my life. One of the things that struck me with what you said particularly was that we’re daughters of the King. THAT is where our identity. Whatever we do, we do to honour HIM… so 1Corinthian 10:31. May God continue to bless you in every area of your life. Thanks for sharing part of you with us!!
I really commend you for your bravery in making the best choices for you ❤ I’ve been going through a big transition and have been dealing with it horribly haha I truly commend you in how healthy you seem to be in your reflection about the changes in your life - it’s really easy to sink into self hatred and it takes great strength to handle it with such grace
@@chiara4243 give yourself grace in this time. I’m talking after 6 years of reflection and healing. You are in the middle of it, so try and not be harsh on yourself. You will get through it and come out stronger on the other side 🙏
Thank you for sharing. What an amazing life you’ve had already. Remember to enjoy the small moments and thrills each day can bring. Like waking on an uneven paving slab or crunching a acorn under foot 😇 I came to a crossroads where I had to make the decision to choose between passion and money. Unfortunately for me I wasn’t good enough to take Dance professional but I’m so glad to have done as much of it as I could. I just started a Ballet class this term as an adult . It’s like coming home and I’m really enjoying feeling beautiful and in control. Have a fun summer break! 😎🤩 Can’t wait to watch RG next week!
@@lucyrakauskas thank you Lucy! Life has a funny way of coming full circle! Who knows? Maybe one day I may coach RG? But learning how to enjoy sport from a distance is a new experience. I can say that at this Games I’ve been really enjoying it. It sounds like in a similar way Ballet is like that for you! I hope you continue to enjoy and find a place of peace in it!
Though I've been following your journey for a couple years now, I never knew you started with RG. I've loved both dance and RG for many, many years. At first I was surprised just how related they are. It would seem that all my favorite dancers have some RG in their history. After knowing a few ballet students locally, I've always told them one of the best "tools" they can use to improved their ballet dancing is to practice at least some RG. As it not only helps with flexibility, but also balance, coordination and strength. The two just go together so well.
@@phantumdrummer yes! It certainly helps with strength and flexibility. For me it was difficult to change some of the techniques and lines. In rhythmic we often reach for overextended positions but in ballet it is about controlling the lines into something that often shows a mix of restraint within your ranges. That is something I’ve been working (and am still working so hard on)
Thank you for this, Hannah! Our identity in Christ as daughters of the King is our true identity that never changes!! He loves us so much and deems us worthy.
Love what you say about identity in Christ that cannot be taken away and your vulnerability in sharing your heart and courage and hard work in transitioning 🙏❤️
I think it's incredible that you've done both! And I don't think people say you were a gymnast like a derogatory thing more like that's what u'r known for and obviously you bring a unique skill set from gymnastics to dance! I hope you're still picking up your apparatus sometimes just for fun because it'd be great if you could keep those amazing moves!
@@Minimeowzilla thank you! I definitely think it was not a bad thing they were saying. It was just the way I was battling with my identity at the time. It’s amazing how upon reflection I see things so differently!
Hi Hannah. Am very appreciative of what you are contributing to society on a global scale, you're making the world a more Christ like place....am amazed how you fit in daily bible reading with your schedule. I'm curios about your method of making oats for breakfast.......and other meals in general.....do you think you could post an episode just on your healthy meals?
I've been watching this channel for a couple of years. Your transition has been amazing, I can't imagine how hard it must have been to play catch up on ballet technique when every other dancer has been going since they were knee high. It's been a pleasure to watch your artistic growth. What are your plans, if any, for your career after dance, whenever that happens? I assume your post-secondary work supports your future work somehow?
@@InternetNomads I’ve been trying to consider what comes next despite being very focussed on furthering my skill and technique for what I’m doing now. I’m certainly not where I aspire to be yet within the art form, but I know I just need to keep working and see what opportunities God brings within that. I have some ideas for what may come after, and getting my degree has been part of that. It’s still a little fuzzy but hoping to put things in place in order to make that post performing life a little clearer for myself
@@kimberlycronen3998 there is a group event where gymnasts compete together, but in Artistic there is a chance to work as individual and contribute to an overall team score for your country. This means that countries qualify their team place at the games and then each country can select a certain amount of individuals to compete on the Olympic team. Every country that qualifies can bring 4-5 gymnast, whereas in rhythmic as an individual you don’t qualify as a team and each country can only have a maximum of 2 gymnasts. They can only bring two gymnasts if they have earnt places in the top 20 in the world championships and world cups. So as an individual it is much harder to have the chance to represent your country at an Olympics.
Hannah, very curious about how easy or difficult pointe work was for you. Obviously rhythmic gymnasts don’t do it. Did you start later than usual, or did you also do pointe while training to be rhythmic gymnast? Loved your performing clips💓
It's the detours that make a person a better one. If you had done dance in a straight line, would you have learned the same lessons that you learned from your transition from RD? I went from an art major to a speech pathology major, finally choosing education. All things I learned made be a better teacher and a mother. Broadening your world is always good. Finding peace through your religion must have broadened your horizons as well. Keep open to all experiences.
It seems to me that you found your true niche, being a professional ballerina for a company that allows you to work in your art on a regular basis. i just hope the RBB can make a North American tour, so that we on this side of "the pond" can experience some of your work.
@@ericvansickle4305 we are coming to Washington DC and Virginia next year hopefully. But I realise that is still pretty far 🙈 being from the U.K. you can forget just how big other countries are 🙌🏻
Having to let go of any lifelong dream can eviscerate your self-worth and destroy hope. It doesn't matter what the dream is. And our cukture of "never give up" doesn't help. Adaptibility to adversity is the key to life, NOT tenacity.
There are two videos about this very subject that were posted in this last Olympics week! Channels: “Ballet Reign” and “Ballet with Isabella”. Highly recommend! 🙏😍🫶
Who did you look up other than Christ as a rhythmic gymnast? When I was little I loved watching old videos of Alina Kabayeva. I was put in pre ballet/gymnastics as a little girl. It was soon clear that I’d be too tall to artistic gymnastics and I just had already fallen in love with ballet, so off to Moscow I went… but I watch every Olympics and I often wonder what if I’d pursued RG? But I know that His plan is perfect and ballet is my calling 🇵🇹🇧🇷🇷🇴🇷🇺🇺🇦🩰🙏🏻 14:01
@@isabelaandzico I loved Yana, her mix of artistry and skill was so mesmerising for me! And amen to His plan! It is always greater then anything we can imagine 👌🙌🏻
Have you ever made a big transition in your life? Let me know 🙌🏻
I had to make a big transition from swimming to dancing, so I understand the difficulties of going athlete->artist 😂
I've had to make a transition from journalism to postal delivery.
accounting to healthcare lol
American football to gymnastics - both rhythmic AND women's artistic at the same time. With aerial silk to top it off alongside the two gymnastics.
I totally can relate. I was dancing ballet and Competing in Figure Skating. My coaches said I needed to choose between skating and ballet. I picked skating, and then was forced to retire before ready at 24. I was severely depressed for years. Now I'm a Competitive Ballroom and Latin Dancer. When any Olympics are on it pangs my heart and soul. Sending Love and Hugs.😪❤️❤️❤️
Dear Hannah, I have been following you for years and I really admire your career, your person, what you say and what you write. I am old now (71 years old) and my life has been a succession of transitions and the opportunity to experience many "new lives". I worked as a stagehand, lighting technician and theatre set builder from the early 1970s, then as an actor, musician and composer from 1979 to 1987. In 1988-1989, I managed the press services of France Inter, the Opéra Bastille and the Aix-en-Provence Festival; then, I devoted myself to decoration, before starting studies in Literature at the Sorbonne in 2007 (at the age of 53...). A few years later, I defended a thesis in French Literature at the Sorbonne, "Les Décors de Molière" (published in 2015). Then, I did a Master's degree in Art History in 2016. On December 10, 2022, I defended another thesis in art history ("François Chauveau (1613-1676), designer and engraver"). The catalog of this artist (more than 3,000 issues) is to be published by Hollstein in partnership with the National Library of France. I am also the father of a lovely adopted daughter, Eszter, born in 1994. Despite appearances, I do not believe that all these slices of life are due to simple chance. Love. Philippe.
@Phillipecornuaille Hi,Same, same I'm an actor/writer/theatermaker just turned 70. On the precipice of a new beginning, reclaiming my dance-trained body after arriving at the other end of breast cancer. I've followed the lovely Hannah to attempt to regain some of the strength and flexibility that chemo destroyed. Working on writing a one woman show. And it it takes 3-4 years, so be it. Cheers!
I am still so proud of you! You are amazing! :) For myself, I transitioned from being a ballet dancer to going to college in Social Sciences. It was very difficult to identify only as a student and not exercising as much. The fitness level that I obtained in ballet is on another level! I had to put behind my professional ballet career at 15 due to injury. It was super difficult! Hoping everyone has an easier transition than myself.
@@daryador3847 I’m so sorry to hear that you had to part with your ballet career due to injury. That is so tough, especially when things are not wholly in your control.
You should be so proud of yourself for refining yourself and transitioning. It should not be underestimated how hard that is 🙌🏻
I'm a male ballet dancer I have been watching your videos for some time. I admire you quite a lot honestly. you are so open and honest. Thank you for sharing this. I'm glad that you made it in professional ballet after starting late, you are so diciplined and perseverant.
Is your boyfriend supportive of your career?
@@mauris6052 thank you so much 🙏🙏
Thank you so so much Hannah. This winter I had to leave the dance conservatoire I was training at due to a sudden onset of chronic illness. My whole perception of my future and career has had to shift, but your reminder that brighter days do come, and that our identity is ultimately fully in our saviour was so timely and beautiful. Thank you so, so much!
A beautiful and honest take on transitions in life, thank you for sharing.
This made me so emotional for some reason, thank you for being such an amazing and hardworking person. You have been a huge inspiration to me for the past 4 years. No matter what you do, you have a radiantly kind soul and that's something no one can take from you.❤❤❤
Your dad is so precious 🥹
@@fleurpomponne8449 he really is 🥹❤️
I loved everything you said, and can relate. I appreciate that you want to hear our stories. I too had Olympic aspirations, as a runner. I worked really hard at it but came up short. Later, against the odds, I tried to be a professional tennis player. I gave it my best, but unfortunately, to succeed in tennis you have to start very young. Trying so hard, making sacrifices and then failing, hurts. But an even greater hurt would have been the regret of thinking what might have been possible but I didn't try.
In my journey afterwards I did a lot of wandering, literally. I went all over, spent a lot of alone time with God. A light came on and I knew I was meant to take an artistic direction, as a painter and sculptor. It's a challenging career, but I find satisfaction in knowing it's what God intended for me to do.
There's a purpose to it all. Thank you for sharing your journey, insights and faith. You're an inspiration. Knowing that you're where God wants you to be, doing what He made you to do...that is the true definition of success.
ever since your rhythmic journey, which is when I first started following you, I felt such a deep connection to you and understood you almost in every way. With your passion and dreams in rhythmic and now as a ballerina, it makes so much more sense now knowing you are a Christian. Your identity with Christ translates to the energy you bring into your performances and even training. It is from above Hannah. Those dreams and passions are all telling within your eyes, and it is from Above. I felt it too and I feel it still from you. That same feeling and the same "after taste' and the same involvement and energy you put out into the world for it. God bless you
I always wanted to make it a bigger part of my life but never did. I let the outside noise and what other people thought get to me, even though they knew I could become someone from it. I am very proud of you regardless. Your beauty shines from within and your identity in Christ is the most precious thing. Keep going!!!
@@elio257 thank you so much for this beautiful comment. It really means a lot. It is so important to keep Him at the centre of it all, especially when all that noise does come that you are referring to. Because it does, and it’s often so difficult to deal with. I can say from personal experience that the noise has pushed me close to giving up on my dreams.
I did rhythmic for 11 years, everyone said I should go to the national team, I had great flexibility, passion and big dreams. I passed all the tests for the national team, everyone said I should have been in the national team, but the coaches cut me in the last test because of scoliosis... I went to many doctors, got a scoliosis brace and brought a packet of papers from doctors that said that I can play in the national team but the coaches didn't accept it... I got depressed, my dreams ended, I continued for another year and then I stopped once and for all my life changed for the worse (bad friends, smoking, late night , depression, mental meds, etc.) Now I'm trying to get back on my feet having left rhythm behind and want to study at university!
You got this ❤
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on your journey from one career to another. Of course, very few people your age have had any career at all so you are definitely overachieving!
I had not realized it was so difficult to qualify to be an individual rhythmic gymnast at the Olympics. I found your channel because I saw your routines on the FIG channel for 2018 worlds.
Hearing Christine Still (BBC gymnastics commentator) do the commentary for your Commonwealth Games routines reminds me again of what a star you are!
You seem so down to earth and approachable that I forget sometimes what an amazing two careers you have had/are continuing to have in the public eye.
I'm very glad you were able to work through the difficult times of leaving gymnastics and starting ballet and you must be so proud of yourself for sticking with it!
You have really created your own path, and that is very rare!
Wishing you and yours all the best! 🙏😍💚💐✨
@@dronesclubhighjinks thank you so much always for your comments and support. I can say that your comments have provided such light and encouragement in some very difficult moments throughout this transition 🙏🙏 I had no idea that worlds was the first time you encountered my content. Unfortunately Worlds was one of the worst competitions I ever performed. 🙈🙈
@@HannahMartinRG thank you very very much for your sweet reply! I’m very glad that I can provide any help!
I’m sorry that those world championships are not your best memory. I watched your amazing, emotional hoop routine to “Tears of an Angel”, and wanted to see more of your routines. When I searched for your name on TH-cam, your channel popped up! As a gymnast, you were so versatile with conveying emotions with very different types of music, and your style was always so enjoyable to watch!
I also very much appreciate your gratitude, and would like to return the favor! (See the reply to this reply!)
Your open mindedness, humility, and ongoing desire to improve in all aspects in your life are character traits that you seem to have been raised with, and have chosen to continue. These traits have served you so well, and will continue to do so!
Remember to give yourself credit for at least trying to improve even if things don’t seem to be working out right away. Usually, the more difficult the road travelled, the stronger we become. However, it can be challenging to stay on that road and it’s perfectly normal to wonder if this is the right direction.
All of our life experiences are valuable even if/when we want to forget them.
I have even found myself grateful for negative experiences (years later!) when they have helped me to provide comfort to somebody else going through something similar. For example, you can be a valuable emotional support for another dancer who has to go through surgery.
Judging from the comments in all of your videos, you are a wonderful role model to aspiring dancers, young people and Christians/people of faith in general. Your youthful energy and enthusiasm are also great motivators for us older folks.
Making a career change requires a great deal of courage. Publicly documenting your life seems like it is almost an extra career in itself. It also takes courage to leave oneself open to potential criticism and worse from the whole world. Hopefully you have not had much of that!
I’m not making this up: a major reason why the best basketball players in the world don’t want to participate in a slam dunk contest, which used to be a regular and very popular feature of the annual NBA All-Star game, is because they don’t want to be ridiculed on social media if they miss. They are multi millionnaire superstars, but do not want to leave themselves open to criticism/ridicule outside of their usual gameplay, which is already going to be criticized, whether it’s warranted or not.
See how brave you are?
Thank you again for telling your story! I’m sorry your Olympics dream did not work out. Maybe one day you will go as a coach! Sam Mikulak was an American artistic gymnast who competed at three Olympics, was the national all-around champion many times, had the difficulty to be among the best in the world, but had problems with his nerves. He retired after Tokyo, had a big setback in his personal life, started coaching and was on the coaching staff with the US men’s artistic team, who won the bronze medal in 2024! Although coaches are not awarded medals, he must’ve been one of the happiest people in the world, judging from his social media!
There’s a similar story about Brian Orser, a Canadian men’s figure skater, who won the silver medal in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, and felt like a total failure because it was second place. He went on to become a coach and has coached a number of Olympic and world gold medalists including Kim Yuna!
Dreams can work out in unexpected ways!
Hope you are thoroughly enjoying your holidays! Best wishes! 🙏😄🧡🌊☀🐬
What a beautiful video Hannah 🙏🏻❤️ thank you for sharing. As someone who has had to give up on RG dreams due to family finances (even though i did not get nearly as far as you did- so can imagine how hard it was for you) I can relate to what you have shared to a certain extent 🙏🏻 you have risen above the challenge and are a beautiful person and artist. Thank you for being honest and open with us and reminding us that we are not what we do, but what we do can always be part of us in some way, shape or form ❤️ enjoy whats left of your break 🙏🏻
Thanks Hannah...this answered many questions I've had for ages...very interesting indeed.Glad you are so passionate about your ballet...it's beautiful.
@@celesterakhale7496 thank you 🙏
Thanks for sharing Hannah. I remember when I decided to walk away from trampolining. I loved bouncing and flying. Then I went into stuff and study and study. And now…. My health and genetic conditions are such that working or sport are unlikely in general…. But I can feel those aspects of who I am existing in life. So then it’s about how to decide how to use the skills and focus and joy for other things. In general, I’ve always been a better coach than direct competitor…. So one thing I want to do is get stable and healthy enough to use my skill sets to work on a business and also to start to coach again. Maybe it’ll take a decade, maybe it won’t happen at all…. But I can try with the same tenacity I have had in other aspects of my life. One of the things that struck me with what you said particularly was that we’re daughters of the King. THAT is where our identity. Whatever we do, we do to honour HIM… so 1Corinthian 10:31. May God continue to bless you in every area of your life. Thanks for sharing part of you with us!!
@@Telle875 amen sister! He is our constant, our defender, and our healer! Keep believing, you still have your best days ahead of you!!
I really commend you for your bravery in making the best choices for you ❤ I’ve been going through a big transition and have been dealing with it horribly haha
I truly commend you in how healthy you seem to be in your reflection about the changes in your life - it’s really easy to sink into self hatred and it takes great strength to handle it with such grace
@@chiara4243 give yourself grace in this time. I’m talking after 6 years of reflection and healing. You are in the middle of it, so try and not be harsh on yourself. You will get through it and come out stronger on the other side 🙏
@@HannahMartinRG thank you so much for your kind words 🩷 rooting for you and your dance journey
Lovely video! Thank you for being candid and sharing that piece of your life.
@@trsintexas thank you for listening 🙏
Thank you for sharing. What an amazing life you’ve had already. Remember to enjoy the small moments and thrills each day can bring. Like waking on an uneven paving slab or crunching a acorn under foot 😇
I came to a crossroads where I had to make the decision to choose between passion and money. Unfortunately for me I wasn’t good enough to take Dance professional but I’m so glad to have done as much of it as I could.
I just started a Ballet class this term as an adult .
It’s like coming home and I’m really enjoying feeling beautiful and in control. Have a fun summer break! 😎🤩
Can’t wait to watch RG next week!
@@lucyrakauskas thank you Lucy! Life has a funny way of coming full circle! Who knows? Maybe one day I may coach RG? But learning how to enjoy sport from a distance is a new experience. I can say that at this Games I’ve been really enjoying it.
It sounds like in a similar way Ballet is like that for you! I hope you continue to enjoy and find a place of peace in it!
Though I've been following your journey for a couple years now, I never knew you started with RG. I've loved both dance and RG for many, many years. At first I was surprised just how related they are. It would seem that all my favorite dancers have some RG in their history. After knowing a few ballet students locally, I've always told them one of the best "tools" they can use to improved their ballet dancing is to practice at least some RG. As it not only helps with flexibility, but also balance, coordination and strength. The two just go together so well.
@@phantumdrummer yes! It certainly helps with strength and flexibility. For me it was difficult to change some of the techniques and lines. In rhythmic we often reach for overextended positions but in ballet it is about controlling the lines into something that often shows a mix of restraint within your ranges. That is something I’ve been working (and am still working so hard on)
Thank you for this, Hannah! Our identity in Christ as daughters of the King is our true identity that never changes!! He loves us so much and deems us worthy.
@@Contessa27 amen 🙏🙌🏻
Love what you say about identity in Christ that cannot be taken away and your vulnerability in sharing your heart and courage and hard work in transitioning 🙏❤️
@@fionaupton thank you so much 🙏
I think it's incredible that you've done both! And I don't think people say you were a gymnast like a derogatory thing more like that's what u'r known for and obviously you bring a unique skill set from gymnastics to dance! I hope you're still picking up your apparatus sometimes just for fun because it'd be great if you could keep those amazing moves!
@@Minimeowzilla thank you! I definitely think it was not a bad thing they were saying. It was just the way I was battling with my identity at the time. It’s amazing how upon reflection I see things so differently!
Hi Hannah. Am very appreciative of what you are contributing to society on a global scale, you're making the world a more Christ like place....am amazed how you fit in daily bible reading with your schedule. I'm curios about your method of making oats for breakfast.......and other meals in general.....do you think you could post an episode just on your healthy meals?
I've been watching this channel for a couple of years. Your transition has been amazing, I can't imagine how hard it must have been to play catch up on ballet technique when every other dancer has been going since they were knee high. It's been a pleasure to watch your artistic growth.
What are your plans, if any, for your career after dance, whenever that happens? I assume your post-secondary work supports your future work somehow?
@@InternetNomads I’ve been trying to consider what comes next despite being very focussed on furthering my skill and technique for what I’m doing now. I’m certainly not where I aspire to be yet within the art form, but I know I just need to keep working and see what opportunities God brings within that.
I have some ideas for what may come after, and getting my degree has been part of that. It’s still a little fuzzy but hoping to put things in place in order to make that post performing life a little clearer for myself
Very interesting to hear your story, thanks ☺
@@tagbon thank you 🙏
Thank you for explaining this! Is there not a team rhythmic event in the Olympics? Watching the team rhythmic performances is my favorite thing. 🤩
This is the Rhythmic group, but Hannah was an individual rg gymnast
@@mathildewesendonck7225 no the team event is when the scores of the group and the individuals are counted together.
@@kimberlycronen3998 there is a group event where gymnasts compete together, but in Artistic there is a chance to work as individual and contribute to an overall team score for your country. This means that countries qualify their team place at the games and then each country can select a certain amount of individuals to compete on the Olympic team. Every country that qualifies can bring 4-5 gymnast, whereas in rhythmic as an individual you don’t qualify as a team and each country can only have a maximum of 2 gymnasts. They can only bring two gymnasts if they have earnt places in the top 20 in the world championships and world cups. So as an individual it is much harder to have the chance to represent your country at an Olympics.
You are so beautiful and inspirational in both Rhythmic and Dance. Thank you for sharing your story ❤
I started following your career following your appearance on "The Greatest Dancer" you're doing great.
@@richardgreen3160 thank you so much 🙏
You are an amazing role model Hannah x
@@anis6466 thank you 🙈🥹
Artistic is probably harder on the body, but at least several countries are represented, rythmic is still the domain of Eastern Europe.
That’s because it is more popular, just like how Americans dominate basketball or Caribbeans and East Africans dominate running
@@bdh711 Exactly, they prefer the dance elements, whereas Americans like the more athletic version.
@@michaelleary9233 i agree
Hannah, very curious about how easy or difficult pointe work was for you. Obviously rhythmic gymnasts don’t do it. Did you start later than usual, or did you also do pointe while training to be rhythmic gymnast? Loved your performing clips💓
It's the detours that make a person a better one. If you had done dance in a straight line, would you have learned the same lessons that you learned from your transition from RD? I went from an art major to a speech pathology major, finally choosing education. All things I learned made be a better teacher and a mother. Broadening your world is always good. Finding peace through your religion must have broadened your horizons as well. Keep open to all experiences.
Sport is good at teaching discipline and drive/dedication. It helps you all through life!
@@buttercupgeorge I totally agree with this! Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏
why are u so underrated
It seems to me that you found your true niche, being a professional ballerina for a company that allows you to work in your art on a regular basis. i just hope the RBB can make a North American tour, so that we on this side of "the pond" can experience some of your work.
@@ericvansickle4305 we are coming to Washington DC and Virginia next year hopefully. But I realise that is still pretty far 🙈 being from the U.K. you can forget just how big other countries are 🙌🏻
What time is "half nine"? I've only ever heard of "half past nine".
8:30 I think. When and where I was growing up, the old-timers said "half-nine" when talking about 8:30. 😊
Having to let go of any lifelong dream can eviscerate your self-worth and destroy hope. It doesn't matter what the dream is. And our cukture of "never give up" doesn't help. Adaptibility to adversity is the key to life, NOT tenacity.
The Kayak/Canoe Salem is pronounced Say-lem 😊
Why did you quitt rythmic gymnastics?
Arigatou😌🌈💐💎💝
Why did you have to quit gymnastics?
beautiful
Thank you! 😊
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Dancers are athletes!!!!!!!
There are two videos about this very subject that were posted in this last Olympics week! Channels: “Ballet Reign” and “Ballet with Isabella”. Highly recommend! 🙏😍🫶
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@@POLYMERCRAFT love ya dude
Have you ever been in Competitive cheer ?
@@zimmergameszimmerc6077 I’ve never tried it! Don’t think I would be very good 🙈
Who did you look up other than Christ as a rhythmic gymnast? When I was little I loved watching old videos of Alina Kabayeva. I was put in pre ballet/gymnastics as a little girl. It was soon clear that I’d be too tall to artistic gymnastics and I just had already fallen in love with ballet, so off to Moscow I went… but I watch every Olympics and I often wonder what if I’d pursued RG? But I know that His plan is perfect and ballet is my calling 🇵🇹🇧🇷🇷🇴🇷🇺🇺🇦🩰🙏🏻 14:01
@@isabelaandzico I loved Yana, her mix of artistry and skill was so mesmerising for me!
And amen to His plan! It is always greater then anything we can imagine 👌🙌🏻
@@HannahMartinRG thank you 🙏🏻 for always sharing our faith! Deus te abençoe!🇵🇹🇧🇷🇷🇴🇷🇺🇺🇦🩰✝️