Marla Albiston Dance Lifts

[Michella1021]

I can only say Wow o_o

That was so amazing *-*

My sister and I we do this, too

but only as a hobby. You are

muuuch better !!

[Jigaboo123456]

Can anyone help me on girl technique here? And the man's ? I've been doing social ballroom and Latin for about 7 years, and at 5ft ( and very strong (I can bench about 250llbs) strength is no problem, but it is obvious to me that the girl is ultra- important-- As I thought, from this video, the man here appears to be using his legs for initial propulsion,she assists by jumping and he is and locking on the joint when holding aloft, thus minimising arm strength requirements and fatigue.

[Jigaboo123456]

The girl seems to be using very smart positioning to attain perfect balance, again to minimise arm fatigue.

Any insights appreciated. I had a Chinese girl for a partner who was a beautiful dancer 5ft 2 and only about 7 stone ( 91lb) but she had a condition that did not allow her to try lifts. My present partner is about 120lbs., about 5ft 7.

These lifts are great!

[KittitianGem]

can you show how you got into the last lift?

[Ashii420]

@edgar99664658 yeah, but it makes it a lot easier if you have the right timing. i do lifts like this so i know how much each person has to do.

[Dado140890]

como se llaman esas posiciones del camasutra???

[mika2864]

awesome like sauce .

[margarinefly55]

I think a lot of these wouldn't work with a male partner less strong than this guy.

[jetsdogs]

@margarinefly55 its all possible you mainly just need good technique and some practise

[Ashii420]

i'm trying to get the a different version of the 2nd lift down, any tips??

[Ashii420]

@edgar99664658 It's all based on timing and balance.

[TheTonilisa]

beautiful

[emo2theheart]

Beautiful :]

[superduper6965]

that last one was amazing,why dont you show the getting up ? xx

you guys are really good! :)

whats that song ??

[RayvneValentine]

@superduper6965 the song is 'something in the way' by The Beatles :)

[nikurox1234]

@RayvneValentine but which version ....its a cover by someone else..?

[RayvneValentine]

@RayvneValentine its the beatles version......

[superduper6965]

that last one was amazing,why dont you show the getting up ? xx

you guys are really good! :)

[caciavolare]

maravilhoso

[leighNrich]

amazing!!!!

How the hell do u do it!?!?!

[thecurledfreckle]

Hi, just wondering: are overhead lifts extremely advanced? Writing a ballet story and would very much like to know. They were really cool!

[MissRandomKatie]

OMG AT 1:02seconds

[ladygagawb]

the third one was best

[thecurledfreckle]

Hey, do these moves have names, or are they original? They're so beautiful and fluid!

[Sandfirestar]

I love your choice in music:)

[fintansalsa]

brillant!!!!!

[brrjs]

very gooooooooooooooood

[redapples315]

that split lift at the end is ridiculous. awesome.

[Apink420]

thats so cool =)

[1512Momobooboo]

How did you get into the last lift??? i would love to see how it works!!! awesome lifts by the way!

[boykennyfreddie]

If u could maybe like have some "how to" stps coz that'd be waaaaaaaaaaaaaa...y easier.

umm yea other than that awesome lifts:) I cant ave do the splits :)

[Dtiger44]

Those lifts were beautiful and can't wait to try them out:)

[ndcfirecracker1]

i loved watching that put some more lifts on!

[dancerers12]

This is really good..btw, LOVE this song. the third lift is so pretty :)

[punk168]

ouch to the last one!!! lol

but VERY very nice =]]

[MEXICANHOT39]

great  technic guys

[596082]

wow! What flexibility and muscle tone!

[GlassdancerWCS]

really cool lifts...anyway you can show how you got into the last one...?

[ptownjcounty]

how do you get into that last one?

[chelsearayl]

great choice of music:) great job... :)

[Elizabet717]

Растяжка у неё канешно будь здоров!!!)

[littlefreco9]

Hey your lifts are amazing. Can you please show how to do the lifts? - maybe put up a few videos on the prep, and positions and important factors of doing lifts? Please and thank you! It is really hard to find and "how to" lifts on youtube here. Please take into consideration my request.

[kimmdale]

crazy!!!

[YoUwIsH198]

How do u do the lift @ .36

[LiveLoveDance014]

how do you get into the lift at 0:50?

[dancingkort]

the girl pulls up into a standing extension then the boy lifts her like that.

[YoUwIsH198]

I am afraid of being dropped!!!

[dancingkort]

get a strong boy (;

[YoUwIsH198]

@dancingkort k thanks :)

[flipn4gymnastics]

holy crap!!!that was awesome you guys are really good, wish i could do that

[megalicious2424]

That was amazing. Me and a few of my dancing friends are performing in the school talent show this may. and we're trying to do some leaps like you just did. and I really wanna improve my splits. I just cant seem to figure out how. Your splits are just great, could you please give me some advice? please lol

[carlyheartsdance]

@megalicious2424 just make sure you stretch your legs, a LOT. Everyday! Eventually you'll get it (:

[megalicious2424]

@carlyheartsdance is there any specific stretches you do?

[carlyheartsdance]

@megalicious2424 there are a few actually. haha. basically anything that stretches out your hamstrings and/or your quads.. sit on the floor with your legs out in front of you, and try to touch your face off your knees. pretty basic, but, it works. haha. there are other ones I do, but I can't really explain, I could do a video, if you want.

[comedgurl16]

Beautiful!

[bethybethy88]

thats so awesome, how long did it take you to learn that?

[xXSmoothxCriminalXx]

WOW you two are amazing :)

[babybernie07]

lol lol thts just simply awesome n beautiful!! lol

could u teach me how to do that?? lol

[fac908]

wow!

[sk8ergirl2014]

O.O oh. my. goodness. awesome! i'm curious how you get into the lift at 1:00

[MissyLish]

Fab! ;0)

[ch1m0]

the lift at 0:50 is sick!

[amarfi09]

Thank you so much,this would me w/ our dance number..^^

[dancer5209]

these are great

[ThePhileo3359]

how did you get in to that last lift? i would like to use that in one of my modern duets this year.

[shezAddictive08]

great control on the lifts!

[PeterPanDancer]

Please do a how-to video! ^.^

[mrsbloomrox]

you're gay errin.

hahahaha.

[mrsbloomrox]

wow; these are so good!

[strikEit11]

hehehehehehheheheheheheheheh

[LaurenBlackmur]

these are really great:)

xx

[xxEmmilyyxxJeesssxx]

Wow he is realllllllyyyyyyyy STRONG....and she is really flexable

these look beautiful

[xxnaomirocksxx]

WOW. I Hope One Day I'll Be Able 2 Do That.

[funkydancer1]

ow, the last one looks really painful.

[jennsosa3]

I thought the same thing, Ouch

[Zany3Lainie]

holy shit! very cool.

[laxballer13]

can u please post a vid of how u get into and dismount the lift at 1:00

[baletoman]

All these lifts look very easy, but is dificult to make it. Great job!!!

[mcavideos09]

those are really cool

[xoxrosiemayxox]

wow awsome lifs dude x

[buggycutie]

the lift at 57 seconds is really ULGY

[JohnnyInfamous]

You must mean " Undeniably Great Lifts Yo!"

[comeontheremustbeone]

but damn impressive

[DanielleL090]

Hi These Are Really Good I Was Wondering How You Got Into The Last Lift Cause Me And My Partner Want To Try It But We're Not Sure How To Get Into It

Thanks x

[dancingfool574]

yea try the first lift but do a handstand.

im so proud that i can

[HEYxITSxMExAGAIN]

you two are really really really good!!!!!!!!!!

[bsofresh83]

she has a beautiful 5th position

[jessejustin]

the first lift is easier if she ontre lasse into it, (7 years at the royal ballet school and i still cant spell lol) that way she is in the right place so you can get her left hand of your shoulder!!

[10orange28]

that song is called Something by the Beatles

you should show how you got into the last lift!! im tempted to learn!

[gracie30000]

what is the song called plz? and omg you guys did such a good job!!!

[tormal312]

amazing!

[Murphator]

That was FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!

[danceron1]

fantastic!!

[bluspark658]

you guys should actually become pairs figure skaters :) that was really lovely to watch. thank you.

[gabby10198]

did u guys dance on danceing with the stars cause u should if u didnt

[maryellislove]

wow your partnet must be very strong to lift you with one hand

[comeontheremustbeone]

omg that last lift!!!!

[jeffandrebeccat]

dude dats crazy im flexable bt nt that flexable!!!!!

[aej8394]

those r really awesome!!! my fav part is at 0:38!

[blar94]

u have a great turn out!!! and u fall less then me xD and my partner is week.....=(

[isabellacinderella]

0.57 OUCH!

[chrisbgoose]

it looks so easy :( lol

nice job

[cizzzam]

Nice job. How do you and evan know each other? Me and him used to dance together.

[MarlaAlbiston]

Oh cool! Evan, and I used to dance together at Shelley's Dance Company in Edmonton--small world!

[CoutureDolls]

@MarlaAlbiston YAY FOR CANADA!!! :)

[No1EmilyOsmentFan]

whats that 3rd lift called??

[bellamonkey2002]

Yeah I really need to know too!

[tahdaproductions]

omg im a dancer but i cant do that last lift!!!

[dancergirl34512]

Damn...he's strong..

[blondiebabex341]

you make it look so effortless

[minipimp2006]

i'd be you partner :) only problem is, i don't take my first ballet class until end of august '08. i have done lifts before...just not those /\ :(

[weeeirishgal]

id love to do partner work...but there's no lads in my ballet school :-(

[Dancingmartian]

Oh btw, I think the liftwork is called Adagio style. But in Ballroom Competitions, you can do lifts like those in Cabaret, Theatre Arts, as well as Show Dance.

[Dancingmartian]

How did you get into the last one?

[crissydancer05]

Wow! that's all I can say.

[bluebunny1000]

WOW!

[TeeJay1625]

wow you two are awesome!

are you two in any dance companies?

where you guys train?

[strawberrykissesxo]

what a tank

[Olivebabygirl]

awesome!!!!

im trying to learn some new lifts...im in swing!

[mickanese]

excuse my french but that was fuckin' awesome!!!!!!!

[lostandgained]

AWESOME

[Ellisbubbzie]

Wow You Too Are Awsome

[i2sharr]

@FlowerYaya, there is no name for this hybrid dancing, it is actually not even a hybrid dance, it are just different styles after each other. You can't dance hiphop and ballet in the same time, it contradicts, the styles havent been merged so no need to call it by a new name, it's only a mix between hiphop and ballet ^^

[FlowerYaya]

what is this type of dancing called?

im dying to learn dancing.

i like modern ballet with hip hop and many lifts.

is there a specific name for the combination of the 3?

[MarlaAlbiston]

This video is made up of clips of various partner lifts spliced together. The lifts on their own are not necessarily a style of dance per se, but could be easily intergrated into a lyrical, ballet, contemporary... piece.

[FlowerYaya]

hmm great. thx a lot :)

and keep it up.

just wonderful!

[MarlaAlbiston]

Umm...really? Personally, I consider the ability to lift another human being over one's head with a single arm, to indicate an extremely high level of physical fitness (a.k.a. "dancer shape").

[adonis0887]

very nice, now how about a 'how to' for that last one? i'd love to bust that out in my next piece.

[bichkin]

omg wow ur awsumly gr8!!! wen taht guy gaev teh thums up it maed me roflmao!! ttyl gf!!!!

[Jazzytap94]

WOAH!

[dkb644]

yeah, how did you get into the last one? like the previous one?

[robmac87]

nice!!!!!

[kylathasmila]

beautiful!

[liamlynchfan]

that last lift is insane! nice

[RachieBurkitt1234]

pure talent

[prn4ustat]

oh wow!! that was awesome!

[Livvia11]

Amazing

[T0rah]

Is the third one difficult? I love the lines :)

[courtpa]

i really wish i knew how to get into the last lift i really like that one, if anyone could let me know that would be great! :)

[charlie123T]

Oh My...Is this you guys performing??

[lilithebumblebee]

nice!!

[sparklingstar1994]

wow u make it look so effotless!!!! u guys are truly awsome!!

[PCDOTH]

Awsome! She's grate. :D

[Isakree]

Stakkars Victotia :) Skal være oppå der og sånn ;D

[Gbone1994]

tht was great!!!

[CurlQueen07]

wow u guys are mental! little miss flexy! i wish i could move like that...

[BarenakedCanadian]

Holy cripe, that was crazy. I'm looking up lifts to use in a wedding dance, I'm pretty sure I can forget using any of these, but I just wanted to say you guys are great :)

[pslptgirl]

WOW!

[dancertayx]

Your Amazing...x Love it.

[lemonscale9]

I just started lift (I'm a girl) and even the simple lifts are SO much harder than they look. You poeple are my new idols, that's AMAZING

[soulmuzixercher]

that was nice... are you guys ballet dancers? I love her extensions and pointed toe.

[circkus]

awesome! I love how he does a thumbs up. LOL. Great lifts.

[ballerinabb1]

hey i saw that u said u danced on a cruise ship...what styles do u do? and how can u get into doing that kind of stuff?

[eletrkdrgn]

what kind of dance uses these lifts? If you wanted to learn how to do this where should you start?

[watchthisfacefame]

Awesome!! me and my partner are now working on these lifts ! =]

[dancindie]

well done and executed

[catwomanjellicle]

my cousin and I do things like that.

[coetz]

Spin out!! Although the music could change...

[llamalover29]

well done

[linzxbailey]

Wow. He makes it look effortless. This year on my high school dance team we're doing lifts but not like these and it's hard for me because I'm a girl. >.<

[frank26]

WOW!!! i LOVE doing lifts... but its REALLY hard.. u guy make it look so easy.. good job

[wednesdaybabies]

Well done, i typed in lifts, and i looked throught them and yours is the best, and most profesional!

[missrittrupp]

good job! this past year i learned alot of new lifts, but mostly basic stuff nothing like that. we did do the angel lift from dirty dancing and that took us about 5 months to get down perfectly, its hard! haha but nice work you are both very good

[DANCER405]

gd how do u make it look so easy im doin lifts now with my partener and god its hard lol u got any tips on how we can improve plz e-mail me and let me no thanks

[ljthedj]

wow tht was gr8 u r well good at lifts

[BearsFanJess]

I'm dancing and we needed alot of lifts because we are supposed to be spirits of the Holocaust. We got a bunch of guy friends and boyfriends to come and lift us. Some of them are alot bigger than this guy and they still can't see to get us up high enough. LOL

Great Video

[Lala2U2]

omg. WOW.

[ColourguardBabe]

wow u btoh amzing keep it up !!!

[bellaaax3]

thats amazing, im working on lifts too!