Are you effing SERIOUS?!?!?!?! I HAD LIKE A THREE PAGE LONG ESSAY AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME POST IT????? I. AM. REALLY. MAD. AAAAHHHH!!!!! Well, it only took me a HALF AN HOUR!!!!!
I enjoy reading comments about ballet vs other sports/arts. It's kinda fun to watch everyone flip out at each other :D I am a ballet dancer, and I can tell you from my pointe (---- hahaha...) of view, ballet is REALLY freakin' hard!! But I can also tell you from a hip hop dancer's point (---- ...) of view, hip hop is REALLY freakin' hard, too!! In fact, EVERY form of dance is hard!! I take tap, jazz, and ballet. I am pouring with sweat (eewwiee) after every class. I have a good friend who has b
C'mon people! This is just not fair at all,you ballet people talk about how long it takes to master a move,well do you think that one day I said "hey, today,I want to spin on my head, and also I'll isolate each part of my body by the end of the day"No,it was not like that.. Plus, Does anybody knows this girls? I would rather compare I don't know about ballet actually, but by the hip hop side, I think I bet LES TWINS, HONG 10, and CICO, give me your best shoot ballet, that would be interesting.
@stronger715 I mentioned Cico cause people here says that Hip Hop dancing is easy, well, bboying is a part of hip hop, and powermoves are part of bboying, and I don't think that doing 14 spins in 1990 is such an easy thing to do..
@facuss09 yeah that s right but most of the people here are fucking stupid :) and all the ballet dancers here that say hip hop is easy because they have tried, only do choreography, the most easy thing in hip hop dance lol! and popping, hip hop new style, breakdance at the best level is extremely hard but they don t understand ! and of course ballet dancing is hard too ! sorry for english
@stronger715 lol I bet they would be able to do a fuckin kick out, so.. it's pretty funny to wacht such stupids comments haha don't worry I'm from Argentina, so my english isn't that good neither (:
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I love this. Whoever hates this should go learn ballet & you'll realize the pain of having blisters all the time & perfection is hard. Go learn hip hop let's see can you even break & pop. Dancing is art & it's never easy.
think about it this way... in the end, the ballet dancer ended up doing hiphop with the hiphop dancer. but i dont think that the hip hop dancer could start dancing ballet all of a sudden.
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I love how some of you are arguing about ballet and hip hop and others are trying to justify the greatness of both...
This video's main point is to show to different dancers coming together with their versions of dance with the same choreography and showing us the uniqueness of both. JUST ENJOY THE VIDEO. I doubt nike had all of this crap in mind when they made this.
I am literally shaking my head at all the crap I'm hearing about ballet is "clearly" better than Hip-Hop. They are both amazing in their own ways. Yes, in ballet there's technique and discipline and all that great stuff but do you guys REALLY think that hip hop isn't full of technique and discipline as well?! This is coming from a ballet dancer AND a hip hop dancer. Both types of dance require technique and discipline just of different kinds. It's all about RESPECT for both dances.
ballet is about discipline, flexibility, focus, mastering your own body and connecting it with your mind for a complexity and stability of movements to come, hip-hop is just relaxing and moving in a style of music, moves that can be thought in 1 month or even less and require no use of brain at all. Ballet wins in every aspect
lol i love the way people argue about which is better and totally miss the point of the video.
The tune is just crying out to be used in a deep rap song (for me anyway, yeah i know loads of people dont like rap etc. etc.) i love the beat from the hip hop with the classical sound from the ballet style.
Comparing the two is like comparing abstract to realist painting, one's more uncontrolled and spontaneous while the other is refined and sensitive. They're beautiful in different ways. :D
People honestly don't understand that ballet is so much more than throwing yourself around. For example, in hip hop you don't get told to stay on your leg, lift your sides, look up, concentrate!, don't sink in the hip, leg higher, stomach tight, etc.. You get the point? No, no one will ever understand the discipline of ballet unless you have done in for 20 years.
I would definitely say that ballet requires more discipline, if not more hard work. A ballerina has to be SO precise, and the lines have to be JUST so. But that doesn't mean hip hop has less merit. There's a lot more room for personal expression, and a certain kind of grace is required for it to even look decent.
Think of it like anime vs. realism; yes, a lot of people draw anime because they think it's easier, but you can tell when the really great ones have worked their butt off to be good.
hip hop and jazz aren't sloppy, they're just different types of dancing. hip hop is just as difficult as ballet, but in a different way because there are so many body isolations that you have to learn. both of the dancers are equally talented, and neither one is better than the other.
I'm a ballet dancer, and I understand how long it takes to even master one movement. Although ballet is so discipline and precise, and Hip-hop is loose, they both worked hard for what they do, and they both love what they do. That ballet dancer put no more effort into her dancing than the hip-hop dancer. Think about that. No matter what you do whether its sport, dance, art etc.. they all worked so hard to get where they are.
@hollyp275 Hehe, thanks for your understanding. I am a popper for about 7 months now and I still have trouble with alot of moves. It's true that hip hop dance styles have moves that take lesser time to learn but if you want to perfect them and give it your own style then its still gonna take a few years to master it.
@bboycontemporary thank you!! you're totally right. i was a ballerina for years, and i also "studied" hip hop. ballet takes years to really get a grasp of, much yet master. i appreciate both, but i would prefer to see someone really beat that shit up on the floor!
As someone whos done both, i'd have to agree that ballet takes a lot more work. In ballet my teachers always going around the class correcting peoples leg placement by millimetres, i rarely had anything like that in hip hop so i constantly felt like i was doing things wrong ahah. That said, i can totally understand why people prefer hip hop. You can just let loose and be yourself. It's very 'free', whereas in ballet you're concentrating on every move, even if it's just a step forward.
@fresiany It seems so many ballet dancers do hip hop, kind of unexpected. Half my friends from ballet also do hip hop, and i must save i did do a few classes before i started ballet
im a bboy myself and i have to say i really admire ballet and all the substyles. I tend to dislike hip-hop choreo because it can become very artificial and, in retrospective, very boring. Ballet shows the years of training and pain, not through choreo, but through a simple walking across the floor on toes.
I wanna see something like this again, only this time, instead of a plain hiphop dancer, show a bboy/popper/locker/etc. Someone with years of experience in the field.
@perrywinkle24 its "Prince Igor" by Endless Noise. There are about 5 other versions and remix's of this song! Its unbelievable! The original version is by the Russian mid-late 1800's composer, Alexander Borodin.
i like ballerinas but i love hiphop dancers. they can easily express themselves with a good beat. yes you're right it takes years and years of practice to do what a ballerina does but oohh baby hiphop dancers can just bust a move and show lots of emotion. turns me on nah mean? in this video though there both incredibly talented and hot.
@LaPerleDOr Oh honey, please don't ever say that, cuz it's never too late, I said the same thing almost a year ago (I was 16 then) because I wanted to dance, I thought I was too old but my dad convinced me to at least try dance classes, and it does take dedication and patience, but I am really progressing and I am so happy, if you really want to do something, do it. At least you'll know you tried. Some dancers may have years of training, but people like me have passion and that's what matters.
I'll never understand people. Just because one takes a higher intellectual discipline that does not mean that the expression, form is not unique, and beautiful. Respecting one art while slating another does not appreciate the divine human soul, expression, rather it taints its, and creates ugly ego, and complexes. I thought this video was brilliant, absolutely brilliant . Intellect is over rated, arts music, expression is beautiful and people should appreciate the beauty of expression.
@stronger715 - I know that, believe me. I live in Miami. But because I've done both I still consider ballet tops the list of being the most difficult. My opinion judging from experience and observation.
@ErinDances5678 just depend of your level, you can do harder moves on hip hop or doing harder moves on ballet. You can t say one dance is harder than an other, but ballet is maybe harder to learn for being at the best level
the bgirl is nothing like a raging monkey! she's good at wht she does! why do people hv to insult the hip hop dancer just cuz they're put next to a ballet dancer? i think each dance has it's level of difficulty...
@rufiredup90 i dance ballet, and i admire hip hop dancers...they move, like if they had electricity going trough their bodies, so careless, free, with such attitude, so strong...they are completely different to ballet dancers, with controlled movements, elegance, but i think both are strong in their own ways, like in "Carmen" for example a balleria needs to be strong and seductive, also in Kitri, same as hip hop dancers are "agressive", intense...dance is intense in every form and style
it took the ballerina 10-15 years to master those movements... it takes the average person about 10-15 weeks of classes to master hip hop choreography... thats why so many more people do hip hop and jazz... cuz it's the easy, sloppy version of ballet.
The jest of the commercial was to respect both art forms. As for hip-hop being simple, the professional dancers I know have all gone to dance or gymnastics school and not for fifteen weeks or classes, but for 5-10 years! The dancers on the street, who can't afford $25,000 a year for lessons, practice every day for 7-10 years before they even make a Pepsi commercial. They create the moves that ballet dancers perform! So please stop belittling the art form because hip-hop is work!
@fredrika27 - To be fair, a lot of what you mentioned is true about hip hop dancers. BUT... they do not by any means "create the moves that ballet dancers perform." Totally incorrect.
Hip-hop dancer in this commercial has nice moves, but I've seen women dancers who would embarrass the ballerina. At issue here is if the producer, director and casting director actually took the time to find qualified dancers. The young woman is good, but I know of dancers who can do Thomas flares and head spins. The powers that be only had to look on Youtube to find them: there are several good documentaries on female dancers and the world wide phenomena of the art form.
She's good, but I've seen better. As the old saying goes, there is always someone better. As for the power moves, the ballerina poured it on, but I thought they held the hip hop dancer back just to make the ballerina look good. Just my opinion. . .
@NinjaTree6 I agree! The reason there r not many ballet dancers is because it takes a lifetime 2 master. Sorry everyone, but almost anyone who wants 2 can learn 2 do hip-hop. I'm not saying u don't have 2 have skill 2 do hip-hop, But thats not enough for ballet, not only do u have to love it, but u have to have a natural talent. someone who cant pointe their feet when in the air, or can't move w/grace & take excrushiating pain will never b able to keep up with the demands of ballet.
@NinjaTree6 It's because Hip Hop uses the natural movements of the body and uses gravity as an assistant. Ballet is all about conforming to a predetermined "good" look, with lines and defiance of gravity. I mean, I have an enormous respect for good ballet dancers, but I feel like Hip Hop has its place. Also, don't call it a version of ballet. It's not. It takes elements, but it never claimed to be at all like ballet. So don't hate please
@NinjaTree6 you can't compare the two, the fact that you even try shows how little you know. Sure you can LEARN Hip hop pretty quickly, but if you had any clue you would know that it takes a lot of experience to get that little bit extra that makes you better. I'm not knocking down ballet, but you pretty quickly get sick of idiots trying to knock something they've prolly never tried. Being in the Marines only requires for you to have a gun, while a lawyer needs to go trough school < --Sarcasm-.-
@RapidK9 i CAN compare the two. i did both. ballet my whole life and hip hop for YEARS as well. i was extremely bored and under challenge with hip hop. there was nothing unique, or artful about it to me. i was even in an ensemble that performed in places like the orange bowl in Disney World before i quit. however, i'm STILL doing ballet, and i'm STILL learning, and it's till kicking my ass... thanks for insinuating though.
@NinjaTree6 if you really think hip hop is boring with nothing unique, and without difficulty, then you don t know anything about hip hop. and you have learned hip hop choreography ? lol this is NOTHING, there is a lot of style in hip hop extremely hard at the best level like popping and breakdance, and look what some hip hop dancers can do with their body now. Learn choreography is the most easy thing in dance
@NinjaTree6 Pff please everydance takes a time, of course ballet it's more discipline, both are art, both takes effort, years to master them and u have to do both whit passion. Jazz it's not easy, Jazz gives u tecnique, and it's very hard to master it. U can't compare them anyways, 2 diferent things. sorry whit bad grammar
@NinjaTree6 hate to tell you but thats a lie hun...i have been taking pointe for 3 years now and i can do all of those moves and if you learn jazz the correct way then it should take you just as long or longer but apparently you weren't taught corectly at your studio
@NinjaTree6 It's still non the less a great style if your looking at al the sub styles like popping etc. Hip Hop dancing is ment for your own enjoyment & expression. Seeying from your opinion I can clearly state that your not a dancer at al.
@NinjaTree6 i agree with that, i even liked your comment :), but haha I don't think you completely understand the hip-hop because breakdance usually comes along with hip-hop and it might take even more time to master breakdance than ballet... i love ballet and i love urban dancing, i love dancing noone should give less credit to one dance because its different.
@NinjaTree6 You know Im a balletdancer, and all the dancers I know would never say what you say. Ballet is extremely hard and probably the hardest dance cause it hurts the most from all the styles, but that doesn't mean it's more easy- maybe it is but I wouldn't know, neither would you. You shouldn't judge a style you definitely don't master yourself. People do hiphop and jazz cause they love it and because they think it's beautiful. Try hiphop and be as good as this lady and then speak again.
i took hip hop for several years, infact the artistic director of my studio threw me into the most advanced classes and the "ensemble" which performed in placed like DISNEY WORLD! and i eventually left because i was not being challenged, i found it boring, expensive and presumptuous.
@NinjaTree6 you learn hip hop in about 10-15 weeks. hahaha good one.... oh wait you are serious about that huh? just go and ask some of the worlds best hip hop dancers how long it took them. and you never master a dance. its a steady learning process even when you're at top level. reading your stuff makes me wonder if you even dance yourself...
@mercurydavid yes, with no prior experience in hip hop, i was able to learn and perform hip hop choreography with the other professionals after only a few months. not saying that there isn't a need for continuous practice in hip hop. i just feel that the standard for "advanced" in ballet is a whole different world in comparison to other forms of dance.
for example, i look at old ballet videos of myself and find 101 flaws. if i look at a video of dancing hip hop, i look just like everybody else.
@NinjaTree6 But dancing hiphop (or anything else, by the way) is different than that you're learning a choreo. To be maximally controlled on what you do in each dance style tooks a lot more time than a few weeks. Also I have to agree that if you have serious experience in basic technique, you can learn it faster. But you can't say that you learned it because it indicates that you know everything :)
@NinjaTree6 dont look at hip hop as just coreography dancing. there's so much more to it. you say you can learn anything from hiphop pretty fast unlike in ballet, but what do you think how much time would it take to learn breaking?? could you even master it? dont think so. im not saying ballet is not difficult though, but in breaking (which is part of hip hop) you need so much dedication to master it and you can easily hurt yourself seriously
For those asking, the remix of the Borodin opera was created by original music company Endless Noise. The composed the hip-hop track and mashed it up with the original opera to create this track.
I really think it's not the point whether the one dancer is better than another - And I seriosly can't even understand how can you compare them in the first place or say which one did better considering the fact these are two completely opposite forms of dance. I think both are beautiful and demanding in their own right, and both dancers are excellent and skilled at the dance THEY do, that's what matters.
@bellcandy33 Wait, so.. if you start as a hip hop dancer you can not learn ballet, but if you start with nothing at all, you can certainly become a ballerina?
@bellcandy33 You are a dumb ass. Anybody can be anything they want if they try hard enough. What you said is false. However, ballet dancers could transfer or also do hip-hop and be good, as some of the things in ballet do help with hip-hop and although hip-hop is different, they can transfer in ballet and work at it and be a good ballerina. I had the best of two worlds, did hip-hop and ballet. :3
What is the original name of this song?
DeboraMebarak 5 days ago
@DeboraMebarak It comes from the polovtsian dances...there's not a name
bwoodsfinest 23 hours ago
Are you effing SERIOUS?!?!?!?! I HAD LIKE A THREE PAGE LONG ESSAY AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME POST IT????? I. AM. REALLY. MAD. AAAAHHHH!!!!! Well, it only took me a HALF AN HOUR!!!!!
ballerinagurlie 2 weeks ago
I enjoy reading comments about ballet vs other sports/arts. It's kinda fun to watch everyone flip out at each other :D I am a ballet dancer, and I can tell you from my pointe (---- hahaha...) of view, ballet is REALLY freakin' hard!! But I can also tell you from a hip hop dancer's point (---- ...) of view, hip hop is REALLY freakin' hard, too!! In fact, EVERY form of dance is hard!! I take tap, jazz, and ballet. I am pouring with sweat (eewwiee) after every class. I have a good friend who has b
ballerinagurlie 2 weeks ago
C'mon people! This is just not fair at all,you ballet people talk about how long it takes to master a move,well do you think that one day I said "hey, today,I want to spin on my head, and also I'll isolate each part of my body by the end of the day"No,it was not like that.. Plus, Does anybody knows this girls? I would rather compare I don't know about ballet actually, but by the hip hop side, I think I bet LES TWINS, HONG 10, and CICO, give me your best shoot ballet, that would be interesting.
facuss09 3 weeks ago
@facuss09 les twins, hong 10 are tottaly amazing best of the best...but cico ? seriously ? some good powermoves but he s not even a dancer
stronger715 1 week ago
@stronger715 I mentioned Cico cause people here says that Hip Hop dancing is easy, well, bboying is a part of hip hop, and powermoves are part of bboying, and I don't think that doing 14 spins in 1990 is such an easy thing to do..
facuss09 1 week ago
@facuss09 yeah that s right but most of the people here are fucking stupid :) and all the ballet dancers here that say hip hop is easy because they have tried, only do choreography, the most easy thing in hip hop dance lol! and popping, hip hop new style, breakdance at the best level is extremely hard but they don t understand ! and of course ballet dancing is hard too ! sorry for english
stronger715 1 week ago
@stronger715 lol I bet they would be able to do a fuckin kick out, so.. it's pretty funny to wacht such stupids comments haha don't worry I'm from Argentina, so my english isn't that good neither (:
facuss09 1 week ago
so nike sells pointe shoes now?
123carambar 1 month ago 3
i love the music!
keksdose13 2 months ago
btw why are ballet dancers so stuck up and full of themselves in movies? :D
nosonbla2 2 months ago
@nosonbla2 ballet dancers aren't who movies make them be. get to know one before talking about one.
zmz97 2 months ago
@zmz97 here's another one :) 'get to know one before talking about one' blablabla u ever joke and smile?
nosonbla2 2 months ago
good
DmitriKap 3 months ago
her turnout it INSANE.
KellyTawni 3 months ago
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BestofYTChannel 3 months ago
I love this. Whoever hates this should go learn ballet & you'll realize the pain of having blisters all the time & perfection is hard. Go learn hip hop let's see can you even break & pop. Dancing is art & it's never easy.
carmensjm 3 months ago
FAKE!
Tsengraiden2805 3 months ago
Hip hop girl looks like Kirsten Dunst
stillmattwest 4 months ago
think about it this way... in the end, the ballet dancer ended up doing hiphop with the hiphop dancer. but i dont think that the hip hop dancer could start dancing ballet all of a sudden.
azuenko 4 months ago 38
@azuenko lol but she looks so awkward doing hip hop...
pinkmercy123456789 1 month ago
@azuenko on the level she danced hip hop, i could dance ballet (and this as a hip hop dancer)
nplanzen 2 weeks ago
как музыка называется?
zira71026 4 months ago
may not be the best ballerina, but she is really gorgeous O.O
cestothear 4 months ago 3
May I just add that I would turn lesbian for the ballerina girl :]
arancienne 4 months ago 2
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ashley247a 4 months ago
I love how some of you are arguing about ballet and hip hop and others are trying to justify the greatness of both...
This video's main point is to show to different dancers coming together with their versions of dance with the same choreography and showing us the uniqueness of both. JUST ENJOY THE VIDEO. I doubt nike had all of this crap in mind when they made this.
SheLikesYou1 4 months ago
@SheLikesYou1 Shut up you're no better than the people trying to justify it
arancienne 4 months ago
@arancienne How? I'm just saying enjoy the video.
SheLikesYou1 4 months ago
@SheLikesYou1 Well don't tell them to enjoy the video, if they did they wouldn't be arguing like a bunch of idiots. Enjoy it yourself.
arancienne 4 months ago
'now....how about you two kiss :P ....
patrick230 4 months ago
idk y this almost made me cry
i love watching this :D
5whocares69 4 months ago
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sparkleglamX 4 months ago
That's what this video was about. Dancers should be able to respect their other fellow dancers. Even if they are not in the same category.
Ladyice91 4 months ago 5
I am literally shaking my head at all the crap I'm hearing about ballet is "clearly" better than Hip-Hop. They are both amazing in their own ways. Yes, in ballet there's technique and discipline and all that great stuff but do you guys REALLY think that hip hop isn't full of technique and discipline as well?! This is coming from a ballet dancer AND a hip hop dancer. Both types of dance require technique and discipline just of different kinds. It's all about RESPECT for both dances.
Ladyice91 4 months ago
Anyone else just not impressed by dance?
Llynok 4 months ago
ballet is about discipline, flexibility, focus, mastering your own body and connecting it with your mind for a complexity and stability of movements to come, hip-hop is just relaxing and moving in a style of music, moves that can be thought in 1 month or even less and require no use of brain at all. Ballet wins in every aspect
lifemetall 4 months ago
lol i love the way people argue about which is better and totally miss the point of the video.
The tune is just crying out to be used in a deep rap song (for me anyway, yeah i know loads of people dont like rap etc. etc.) i love the beat from the hip hop with the classical sound from the ballet style.
Loftusboi 5 months ago 2
you can say all you want about ballet and hiphop... all I can say is the BALLERINA IS HOT!
topdawgj 5 months ago
what's the track?is there a name for it?
MsBonata 5 months ago
@MsBonata it sounds like a techno, instrumental version of "stranger in paradise' from the musical kismet
mypurpleconverse72 5 months ago
@mypurpleconverse72 actually it's a remix of "Prince Igor:Polovtsian Dances Part1" that Endless Noise made for this commercial...
MsBonata 5 months ago
comparing ballet to this shit is like led zeppelin to jusin bieber
strykerlll 5 months ago 3
Comparing the two is like comparing abstract to realist painting, one's more uncontrolled and spontaneous while the other is refined and sensitive. They're beautiful in different ways. :D
arcturian627 5 months ago 2
@arcturian627 NO i think the classic can be uncontrolled and spontaneous and the hip hop refined and sensitive. it work on both way
stronger715 1 week ago
hahaha i love it
0035andrea 6 months ago
Клюква)))
OriginalI1Video 6 months ago
Both styles require a lot of effort to master them, it looks easy, but you begin it.
Being a dancer is not done, is born.
Stop fighting over styles and are happy because you love to dance.
much love and long life to the dancers.
Rdalealplay 6 months ago 3
People honestly don't understand that ballet is so much more than throwing yourself around. For example, in hip hop you don't get told to stay on your leg, lift your sides, look up, concentrate!, don't sink in the hip, leg higher, stomach tight, etc.. You get the point? No, no one will ever understand the discipline of ballet unless you have done in for 20 years.
Hannackk 6 months ago
Sorry ballet wins. It is so graceful.
1985774 6 months ago
Ballet has so many precise requirements and is THE foundation of all other types of dancing. It comes back to your formal training in the end..
MissPurplePolarBear 6 months ago
I really like this
kdance417 6 months ago
Cool, but Black Swan really raised the bar with the whole lesbian vibe.
k1ngkoo0pa 6 months ago
I would definitely say that ballet requires more discipline, if not more hard work. A ballerina has to be SO precise, and the lines have to be JUST so. But that doesn't mean hip hop has less merit. There's a lot more room for personal expression, and a certain kind of grace is required for it to even look decent.
Think of it like anime vs. realism; yes, a lot of people draw anime because they think it's easier, but you can tell when the really great ones have worked their butt off to be good.
Dracontiar 6 months ago 4
A very inaccurate comparison.
Mixtecapan 6 months ago
hip hop and jazz aren't sloppy, they're just different types of dancing. hip hop is just as difficult as ballet, but in a different way because there are so many body isolations that you have to learn. both of the dancers are equally talented, and neither one is better than the other.
Bailemos19 6 months ago
i liked the ballerina better until she started breakdancing :/ the breakdancer is very good but just not as interesting to watch.
RMRKatie 6 months ago
ahah... this was so cute... =)
princessofnice 6 months ago
Ladies, settle down...Ill plow both of you.
Huntyodiggidy 6 months ago
i stummbled upon diz
RayDebonair 6 months ago
I'm a ballet dancer, and I understand how long it takes to even master one movement. Although ballet is so discipline and precise, and Hip-hop is loose, they both worked hard for what they do, and they both love what they do. That ballet dancer put no more effort into her dancing than the hip-hop dancer. Think about that. No matter what you do whether its sport, dance, art etc.. they all worked so hard to get where they are.
hollyp275 6 months ago 154
@hollyp275 Hehe, thanks for your understanding. I am a popper for about 7 months now and I still have trouble with alot of moves. It's true that hip hop dance styles have moves that take lesser time to learn but if you want to perfect them and give it your own style then its still gonna take a few years to master it.
BloodyCrAzYzzz 4 months ago
That was surprisingly cool.
stillmattwest 6 months ago
@bboycontemporary thank you!! you're totally right. i was a ballerina for years, and i also "studied" hip hop. ballet takes years to really get a grasp of, much yet master. i appreciate both, but i would prefer to see someone really beat that shit up on the floor!
reginafromrio 6 months ago
As someone whos done both, i'd have to agree that ballet takes a lot more work. In ballet my teachers always going around the class correcting peoples leg placement by millimetres, i rarely had anything like that in hip hop so i constantly felt like i was doing things wrong ahah. That said, i can totally understand why people prefer hip hop. You can just let loose and be yourself. It's very 'free', whereas in ballet you're concentrating on every move, even if it's just a step forward.
Vexlulz 6 months ago 2
They're both beautiful. Great advertisement.
mickayfinn 6 months ago
Does nike make anything for ballet even?
NothinGBetteRPJMaN 6 months ago
I dance both ballet and hip hop.. it's about the music and about dancing, no matter what style. just do it.
fresiany 6 months ago 3
@fresiany It seems so many ballet dancers do hip hop, kind of unexpected. Half my friends from ballet also do hip hop, and i must save i did do a few classes before i started ballet
Vexlulz 6 months ago
im a bboy myself and i have to say i really admire ballet and all the substyles. I tend to dislike hip-hop choreo because it can become very artificial and, in retrospective, very boring. Ballet shows the years of training and pain, not through choreo, but through a simple walking across the floor on toes.
I wanna see something like this again, only this time, instead of a plain hiphop dancer, show a bboy/popper/locker/etc. Someone with years of experience in the field.
Peace to Ballet Dance
bboycontemporary 6 months ago
what is the song playing on this called?
perrywinkle24 6 months ago
@perrywinkle24 its "Prince Igor" by Endless Noise. There are about 5 other versions and remix's of this song! Its unbelievable! The original version is by the Russian mid-late 1800's composer, Alexander Borodin.
shan4883 6 months ago
what is this song called?
perrywinkle24 6 months ago
you know, i think they should "just do it". those ladies, i mean.
imANassANDiDONTcare 6 months ago
i like ballerinas but i love hiphop dancers. they can easily express themselves with a good beat. yes you're right it takes years and years of practice to do what a ballerina does but oohh baby hiphop dancers can just bust a move and show lots of emotion. turns me on nah mean? in this video though there both incredibly talented and hot.
imANassANDiDONTcare 6 months ago
i dont know which one i am D:
alycat231 6 months ago
@LaPerleDOr Oh honey, please don't ever say that, cuz it's never too late, I said the same thing almost a year ago (I was 16 then) because I wanted to dance, I thought I was too old but my dad convinced me to at least try dance classes, and it does take dedication and patience, but I am really progressing and I am so happy, if you really want to do something, do it. At least you'll know you tried. Some dancers may have years of training, but people like me have passion and that's what matters.
SunshineHLB 6 months ago
I'll never understand people. Just because one takes a higher intellectual discipline that does not mean that the expression, form is not unique, and beautiful. Respecting one art while slating another does not appreciate the divine human soul, expression, rather it taints its, and creates ugly ego, and complexes. I thought this video was brilliant, absolutely brilliant . Intellect is over rated, arts music, expression is beautiful and people should appreciate the beauty of expression.
Peace.
yodagreennutsack 7 months ago
@yodagreennutsack deep words from a man whose name is Yoda Green Nutsack.
firespiter95 7 months ago
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XD, so many user names were already taken.
yodagreennutsack 7 months ago
O like the hip hop dancer better ive never really liked ballet the dancers seem fake but hey that's just my opinion
misssupadork 7 months ago
@misssupadork - I'm a dance teacher. Hip hop is the easy, sloppy, fake version of ballet. But hey that's just my opinion :p
ErinDances5678 7 months ago
@ErinDances5678 there is a lot of hip hop dancers with a lot of control and that do moves that are extremely hard to do
stronger715 1 week ago
@stronger715 - I know that, believe me. I live in Miami. But because I've done both I still consider ballet tops the list of being the most difficult. My opinion judging from experience and observation.
ErinDances5678 8 hours ago
@ErinDances5678 just depend of your level, you can do harder moves on hip hop or doing harder moves on ballet. You can t say one dance is harder than an other, but ballet is maybe harder to learn for being at the best level
stronger715 7 hours ago
Hahah i uv this ad
MissRandomizers 7 months ago
the bgirl is nothing like a raging monkey! she's good at wht she does! why do people hv to insult the hip hop dancer just cuz they're put next to a ballet dancer? i think each dance has it's level of difficulty...
rufiredup90 7 months ago
@rufiredup90 i dance ballet, and i admire hip hop dancers...they move, like if they had electricity going trough their bodies, so careless, free, with such attitude, so strong...they are completely different to ballet dancers, with controlled movements, elegance, but i think both are strong in their own ways, like in "Carmen" for example a balleria needs to be strong and seductive, also in Kitri, same as hip hop dancers are "agressive", intense...dance is intense in every form and style
SophieNeveudancer 7 months ago 5
@SophieNeveudancer agreed. :)
rufiredup90 7 months ago
Dancer vs Ballerina? They're both dancers!!!!!!!!!! :O
ButrScochMonks 7 months ago 4
this balerina isjust gorgeous!!
MellmothSebastian 7 months ago 3
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i'd tap them...
Malakodarmenos 7 months ago
i'd tap them...
Malakodarmenos 7 months ago
what is the name of this some?
mustyballs 8 months ago
If that is Sofia Boutella, then they really wasted her talent by not letting her dance to her potential!
fredrika27 8 months ago 2
it took the ballerina 10-15 years to master those movements... it takes the average person about 10-15 weeks of classes to master hip hop choreography... thats why so many more people do hip hop and jazz... cuz it's the easy, sloppy version of ballet.
NinjaTree6 8 months ago 51
@NinjaTree6
The jest of the commercial was to respect both art forms. As for hip-hop being simple, the professional dancers I know have all gone to dance or gymnastics school and not for fifteen weeks or classes, but for 5-10 years! The dancers on the street, who can't afford $25,000 a year for lessons, practice every day for 7-10 years before they even make a Pepsi commercial. They create the moves that ballet dancers perform! So please stop belittling the art form because hip-hop is work!
fredrika27 8 months ago 3
@fredrika27 - To be fair, a lot of what you mentioned is true about hip hop dancers. BUT... they do not by any means "create the moves that ballet dancers perform." Totally incorrect.
ErinDances5678 7 months ago
@NinjaTree6
Hip-hop dancer in this commercial has nice moves, but I've seen women dancers who would embarrass the ballerina. At issue here is if the producer, director and casting director actually took the time to find qualified dancers. The young woman is good, but I know of dancers who can do Thomas flares and head spins. The powers that be only had to look on Youtube to find them: there are several good documentaries on female dancers and the world wide phenomena of the art form.
fredrika27 8 months ago
@fredrika27 aint all bout the power moves friend. Her style is pretty sick. She's pretty darn qualified imo at least.
TripN3 8 months ago
@TripN3
She's good, but I've seen better. As the old saying goes, there is always someone better. As for the power moves, the ballerina poured it on, but I thought they held the hip hop dancer back just to make the ballerina look good. Just my opinion. . .
fredrika27 8 months ago
@fredrika27 Lol, i thought the same about the ballerina :D That certainly isn't the best ballet i've ever seen
Vexlulz 6 months ago
@NinjaTree6 I agree! The reason there r not many ballet dancers is because it takes a lifetime 2 master. Sorry everyone, but almost anyone who wants 2 can learn 2 do hip-hop. I'm not saying u don't have 2 have skill 2 do hip-hop, But thats not enough for ballet, not only do u have to love it, but u have to have a natural talent. someone who cant pointe their feet when in the air, or can't move w/grace & take excrushiating pain will never b able to keep up with the demands of ballet.
fujimorimomoyia 7 months ago
@NinjaTree6 - I agree completely
ErinDances5678 7 months ago
@NinjaTree6 It's because Hip Hop uses the natural movements of the body and uses gravity as an assistant. Ballet is all about conforming to a predetermined "good" look, with lines and defiance of gravity. I mean, I have an enormous respect for good ballet dancers, but I feel like Hip Hop has its place. Also, don't call it a version of ballet. It's not. It takes elements, but it never claimed to be at all like ballet. So don't hate please
pokefreak004 6 months ago 4
@NinjaTree6 you can't compare the two, the fact that you even try shows how little you know. Sure you can LEARN Hip hop pretty quickly, but if you had any clue you would know that it takes a lot of experience to get that little bit extra that makes you better. I'm not knocking down ballet, but you pretty quickly get sick of idiots trying to knock something they've prolly never tried. Being in the Marines only requires for you to have a gun, while a lawyer needs to go trough school < --Sarcasm-.-
RapidK9 6 months ago
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NinjaTree6 6 months ago
@RapidK9 i CAN compare the two. i did both. ballet my whole life and hip hop for YEARS as well. i was extremely bored and under challenge with hip hop. there was nothing unique, or artful about it to me. i was even in an ensemble that performed in places like the orange bowl in Disney World before i quit. however, i'm STILL doing ballet, and i'm STILL learning, and it's till kicking my ass... thanks for insinuating though.
NinjaTree6 6 months ago
@NinjaTree6 if you really think hip hop is boring with nothing unique, and without difficulty, then you don t know anything about hip hop. and you have learned hip hop choreography ? lol this is NOTHING, there is a lot of style in hip hop extremely hard at the best level like popping and breakdance, and look what some hip hop dancers can do with their body now. Learn choreography is the most easy thing in dance
stronger715 1 week ago
@NinjaTree6 Pff please everydance takes a time, of course ballet it's more discipline, both are art, both takes effort, years to master them and u have to do both whit passion. Jazz it's not easy, Jazz gives u tecnique, and it's very hard to master it. U can't compare them anyways, 2 diferent things. sorry whit bad grammar
chemix111 6 months ago
@NinjaTree6 hate to tell you but thats a lie hun...i have been taking pointe for 3 years now and i can do all of those moves and if you learn jazz the correct way then it should take you just as long or longer but apparently you weren't taught corectly at your studio
funcrazygirl12 6 months ago
@NinjaTree6 it took me a year to windmill and 6 months to halo
bboyaceakaadam 6 months ago
@NinjaTree6 It's still non the less a great style if your looking at al the sub styles like popping etc. Hip Hop dancing is ment for your own enjoyment & expression. Seeying from your opinion I can clearly state that your not a dancer at al.
BloodyCrAzYzzz 4 months ago
@NinjaTree6 i agree with that, i even liked your comment :), but haha I don't think you completely understand the hip-hop because breakdance usually comes along with hip-hop and it might take even more time to master breakdance than ballet... i love ballet and i love urban dancing, i love dancing noone should give less credit to one dance because its different.
cestothear 4 months ago
@NinjaTree6 You know Im a balletdancer, and all the dancers I know would never say what you say. Ballet is extremely hard and probably the hardest dance cause it hurts the most from all the styles, but that doesn't mean it's more easy- maybe it is but I wouldn't know, neither would you. You shouldn't judge a style you definitely don't master yourself. People do hiphop and jazz cause they love it and because they think it's beautiful. Try hiphop and be as good as this lady and then speak again.
groovestufs 4 months ago
@groovestufs
i took hip hop for several years, infact the artistic director of my studio threw me into the most advanced classes and the "ensemble" which performed in placed like DISNEY WORLD! and i eventually left because i was not being challenged, i found it boring, expensive and presumptuous.
NinjaTree6 3 months ago
@NinjaTree6 you learn hip hop in about 10-15 weeks. hahaha good one.... oh wait you are serious about that huh? just go and ask some of the worlds best hip hop dancers how long it took them. and you never master a dance. its a steady learning process even when you're at top level. reading your stuff makes me wonder if you even dance yourself...
mercurydavid 3 months ago
@mercurydavid yes, with no prior experience in hip hop, i was able to learn and perform hip hop choreography with the other professionals after only a few months. not saying that there isn't a need for continuous practice in hip hop. i just feel that the standard for "advanced" in ballet is a whole different world in comparison to other forms of dance.
for example, i look at old ballet videos of myself and find 101 flaws. if i look at a video of dancing hip hop, i look just like everybody else.
NinjaTree6 3 months ago 2
@NinjaTree6 But dancing hiphop (or anything else, by the way) is different than that you're learning a choreo. To be maximally controlled on what you do in each dance style tooks a lot more time than a few weeks. Also I have to agree that if you have serious experience in basic technique, you can learn it faster. But you can't say that you learned it because it indicates that you know everything :)
tmtke 2 months ago
@NinjaTree6 dont look at hip hop as just coreography dancing. there's so much more to it. you say you can learn anything from hiphop pretty fast unlike in ballet, but what do you think how much time would it take to learn breaking?? could you even master it? dont think so. im not saying ballet is not difficult though, but in breaking (which is part of hip hop) you need so much dedication to master it and you can easily hurt yourself seriously
nosonbla2 2 months ago
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Bunomous 8 months ago
Anastsiya Soboleva <3
Hackv7 8 months ago
in my opinion ballet is more beautiful
dogsrcool099 8 months ago
That is so awesome :)
Kates1621AVERAGE 9 months ago
Whats the name of the song ?
Wunderkind31 9 months ago
@Wunderkind31 harto y cansado- porta (instrumental)
PzYcHOdElyKArUbErUtZ 8 months ago
@Wunderkind31 prince igor
TheSnowWow 8 months ago
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBBB!
QW5ub255bW91cw 9 months ago
... They're BOTH dancers...
raab013 9 months ago 4
jst a wannabee
sandmistbreeze 9 months ago
that ballerina cant hiphop but she can ballet wooww i would that i so good are ( sorry for my bad english i'm dutch ) youknow
IxLOVExADIDASxVESTJE 9 months ago
how do i get the ballerina's outfit?
blahblahblah7185 9 months ago
brilliant synchronization !!
TolbaAuditore 9 months ago 6
i would say that if u mix ballet with hip hop u can have a very beautifull result..!!
age2445 9 months ago
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Desmond97179 9 months ago
wtf?^^
DYMaster1 9 months ago
"Porta - Harto y cansado" uses this instrumental
Mizuki312 9 months ago
ubisoft liked this randomly
dervishofwin 9 months ago 6
@dervishofwin Yeah. Make they are making a ballet game or something...
CanisMajor0511 9 months ago
Афигеть. Никогда не думал, что попаду на видео с русской рекламой NIKE, потому что пользователь ubisoft плюсанет этот видос.
D1MAN7 9 months ago 6
They're both pretty! Especially the ballerina she loks russian
arancienne 9 months ago
they shuda gt sofia boutella or babyson to do this the ballerina was dope tho
artisticklown 9 months ago
@artisticklown they shudve... but this is a russian commercial, and sofia boutella is not russian :P lol
MrFreerunner951 9 months ago
I like both, but I like the ballerina more. Though she looks a little scary when she looks in the camera at th eend
Lauriefishbone 9 months ago
Love it! The ballerina was stunning!
jordrewnay 9 months ago
wow, echt geil!
meli4802 10 months ago
It's sooo obvious that ballerina is much much better...And the song(Polovtsian dance) is beautiful!
SuhWangMo 10 months ago
beautifull i love ballet the battle is super
IxLOVExADIDASxVESTJE 10 months ago
what's the name of the song? LOL))))
Nastea3D 10 months ago
@Nastea3D Prince Igor
julietteh100 10 months ago
Every dance is unique and like a dancer you should respect all the dance forms=)
I love ballet but its fun to watch hip hop to=)
Wildwolfcat 10 months ago
The ballerina is a beautiful dancer, but at the hip-hop bit where they were both dancing, she was bit stiff, but still great!
arancienne 10 months ago
For those asking, the remix of the Borodin opera was created by original music company Endless Noise. The composed the hip-hop track and mashed it up with the original opera to create this track.
mcfinney 10 months ago
wow, can't decide theyre both amazing, the ballerina was GREAT I wish i was that good at ballet!
arancienne 10 months ago
ballet wins here
SqrtleVertis 10 months ago 3
aight cool cool... WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE BEAT AD?!!??!
nigsplzz 11 months ago
what a nonsense,a ballerina is a dancer!
ImmeWho 11 months ago 5
The ballerina wins.
Lauriefishbone 11 months ago 2
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I really think it's not the point whether the one dancer is better than another - And I seriosly can't even understand how can you compare them in the first place or say which one did better considering the fact these are two completely opposite forms of dance. I think both are beautiful and demanding in their own right, and both dancers are excellent and skilled at the dance THEY do, that's what matters.
Zhenevjev 11 months ago
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Zhenevjev 11 months ago
it's a russian ballet
nikoDZEN 11 months ago
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any ballet dancer could do hip hop well if they wanted to, but a hip hop dancer could never do ballet
bellcandy33 11 months ago
@bellcandy33 Wait, so.. if you start as a hip hop dancer you can not learn ballet, but if you start with nothing at all, you can certainly become a ballerina?
waterman1308 10 months ago
@bellcandy33 You are a dumb ass. Anybody can be anything they want if they try hard enough. What you said is false. However, ballet dancers could transfer or also do hip-hop and be good, as some of the things in ballet do help with hip-hop and although hip-hop is different, they can transfer in ballet and work at it and be a good ballerina. I had the best of two worlds, did hip-hop and ballet. :3
andagii 10 months ago
Isn't a ballerina a "dancer", too?!
pfannkuchenpferd 1 year ago 88
stupid
dirtydubstepb1tch 1 year ago
Ballerina wins.
Tazwegian 1 year ago
Who is the ballerina?
red4666 1 year ago
umm... I want that black shoes. I want to buy that exactly same shoes like her.
prettygabby 1 year ago
Wonderful CM
ekahorse 1 year ago
Sooooong please...;D
it was cool...!!;d
MegaMisiek1992 1 year ago
@MegaMisiek1992 Hi!
This song is from the opera of "Prince Igor" ( by Borodin). But Warren G. made it with rap.
norcika4 1 year ago
This was BATTLE!! =))
Ho4HouBouH 1 year ago