Read the comments of "Panyatna" below. They were selected to be "horribly skinny" and any attempt to fatten them up wouldn't be very successful anyway. Their bodies are genetically predisposed to remain very thin and the taxing and physically demanding nature of ballet training helps them stay that way.
@danceshdow16 I heard this song in Nureyev's chreography of Swan Lake, in I act, but I could not find it in all the other versions of the same ballet. So, maybe it could be by Cajkovskij
thats what i want to know too lol? except for i want to know also how they get so skinny and with nice long lean muscles - but they arent anorexic skinny they are just tall and very well porportioned and normal skinny
its all lens distortion - like the mirrors they have in clothing stores. Look at their arms to see how impossibly disproportioned they'd be otheriwse. Ballet dancers can't be tall anyway - 5'6" is usually the max tho there are a very few 5 7 around).
Actually, by Russian standards they're very well fed. Ballet is taken very seriously in Russia and a lot of state sponsorship goes into funding the professional ballet programmes. Students are assured the best in training, schooling, facilities and nutrition. That said, ballet training is a lonely, hard life as these children are taken away from their parents at a very young age.
Well, they have been meticulously chosen from hundreds, possibly thousands of girls at the entrance examination, with this particular physique in mind. Russia is a vast country and ballet is an honourable professional, culturally and historically, and so the selection of bodies is very broad. But still, so exacting is the demand in ballet that only around 60 students are taken into the first year. These girls are blessed with the correct ballet body - strong, slim, flexible and fit.
Yeah, they are really really good. They do fouettes way differently that the way I was taught though. How do they get any power without opening in the front? Maybe my teacher just learned it differently.
To BalletNinja6, they are so skinny because they excersize a lot. The are not anorexic, some of them MAY be, but nobody knows. If they were anorexic, they wouldn't be able to do what they are doing. It takes a lot of muscle and energy to do that. And they "crash" off of pointe because I heard that they weren't taught the elasticity of the foot before. I heard that they didn't concentrate on the rolling of the foot and everything, but I don't know.
Their legs are very clean and their pointe work is alot better than mine :) They need to support their elbows more and not be so stiff in theh arms and the upper body, besides that it's great (I'm glad I'm not that skinny)
walaw. the last bit was like so motion effect can. or my com is spoilt. HAHA. anyway, maybe these are international students on the 10 mth programme there? who knows. i dun think the russians would wanna show their TRUE dancers on aire just like that. maybe may not be.i dunno.
creepy and scary videoing starts at 2:50
theAnnafilms 2 months ago
some girls aren't musical at all...
danzemuzik 1 year ago
they look absoloutly amazing but then the second group of fouttes came on and they were a bit out of time
LKMrox457 1 year ago
5th grade!!!!!!
goviedancer 1 year ago
im surprised
filmergeek 2 years ago
@filmergeek i'm impressed ^^
G216A911 1 year ago
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They're horribly skinny!!
sweetcherrylipstick 2 years ago
Read the comments of "Panyatna" below. They were selected to be "horribly skinny" and any attempt to fatten them up wouldn't be very successful anyway. Their bodies are genetically predisposed to remain very thin and the taxing and physically demanding nature of ballet training helps them stay that way.
avesraggiana 2 years ago
Does anone know the name of the song on 1:57? Is that from a specific ballet?
danceshdow16 2 years ago
I think it's a female variation from Tchaikovsky Pas de deux, but I'm not sure.
Zalienka 2 years ago
@danceshdow16 I heard this song in Nureyev's chreography of Swan Lake, in I act, but I could not find it in all the other versions of the same ballet. So, maybe it could be by Cajkovskij
rivombreuse 2 years ago
Ninguna tambalea, eso es padrísimo
yanosabeapecado 2 years ago
Can anyone tell me who the two girls are who are always in the middle of the groups? I think they are very special.
anim8ion 2 years ago
that middle girl in the second group does not know how to stay with the music
wigglebells 3 years ago
no musicality what so ever
laurenccb 3 years ago
how can they be sooo good and muscular when they are anorexic skinny???
writer13426 3 years ago
thats what i want to know too lol? except for i want to know also how they get so skinny and with nice long lean muscles - but they arent anorexic skinny they are just tall and very well porportioned and normal skinny
balletdancer08 3 years ago
its all lens distortion - like the mirrors they have in clothing stores. Look at their arms to see how impossibly disproportioned they'd be otheriwse. Ballet dancers can't be tall anyway - 5'6" is usually the max tho there are a very few 5 7 around).
krakenwave 3 years ago
they work for many many hours a day and live off minimal nourishment.
fashionballetNYC 3 years ago
Actually, by Russian standards they're very well fed. Ballet is taken very seriously in Russia and a lot of state sponsorship goes into funding the professional ballet programmes. Students are assured the best in training, schooling, facilities and nutrition. That said, ballet training is a lonely, hard life as these children are taken away from their parents at a very young age.
avesraggiana 2 years ago 9
@avesraggiana same in China, my teacher was taken away from her family in the age of 11
G216A911 1 year ago
Well, they have been meticulously chosen from hundreds, possibly thousands of girls at the entrance examination, with this particular physique in mind. Russia is a vast country and ballet is an honourable professional, culturally and historically, and so the selection of bodies is very broad. But still, so exacting is the demand in ballet that only around 60 students are taken into the first year. These girls are blessed with the correct ballet body - strong, slim, flexible and fit.
panyatna 3 years ago 12
Yeah, they are really really good. They do fouettes way differently that the way I was taught though. How do they get any power without opening in the front? Maybe my teacher just learned it differently.
dancerandromeda 3 years ago
I suppose the power comes from the arms and since they're so out of their hips that that alone carries them.
MouthingWords 3 years ago
To BalletNinja6, they are so skinny because they excersize a lot. The are not anorexic, some of them MAY be, but nobody knows. If they were anorexic, they wouldn't be able to do what they are doing. It takes a lot of muscle and energy to do that. And they "crash" off of pointe because I heard that they weren't taught the elasticity of the foot before. I heard that they didn't concentrate on the rolling of the foot and everything, but I don't know.
They are so amazing!!
muckwi002 3 years ago 3
Does anybody know what the title of the music starting in minute 1:57 is? Thanks a lot!
19amy86 3 years ago
That's Tchaikovsky's Pas de deux.
sylviajp 3 years ago 2
Thanks! Do you know where can i download it?
danceshdow16 2 years ago
Why do they all crash down off pointe in between each fouette? I wonder if that's how they were taught, I personally think it looks horrible...?
minisaz101 3 years ago
i think some of them have anorexia Oo
schneggilein89 3 years ago
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU
balletkido 3 years ago
Their legs are very clean and their pointe work is alot better than mine :) They need to support their elbows more and not be so stiff in theh arms and the upper body, besides that it's great (I'm glad I'm not that skinny)
No offense
sunnyballetlover 3 years ago 3
walaw. the last bit was like so motion effect can. or my com is spoilt. HAHA. anyway, maybe these are international students on the 10 mth programme there? who knows. i dun think the russians would wanna show their TRUE dancers on aire just like that. maybe may not be.i dunno.
solitudeliesinme 3 years ago 2
dont like their arms but they are great!
yeah they dont seem to be enjoying that class! why they are so serius? they are wonderful
balletballet9 4 years ago
OMG why are they so skinny??
its like someone stretched them or something!
BalletNinja6 4 years ago
haah.. they only have skin and bones! lol!cannot stretch already. haha! stretched skin;'s wrinkled skin! kidding
solitudeliesinme 3 years ago
they don't look very happy :(
pointequeen94 4 years ago
omg. how old are they?
crystalized899 4 years ago
14 or 15 years old
marinelemar 4 years ago
They need to lift their leg up higher. Their left is REALLY good compared to mine!! Haha
natasha2002a 4 years ago
needs to be a bit cleaner. but they are good
ilovetodoballet 4 years ago
the first group of fouettes was impecable :)
funkyballerina14 4 years ago 3