thank you so much :) im really a beginner and i wish to learn ballet butthere is no dancing school near my area .. your videos really helped me ^^ thanks
guys, seriously? making fun of someones weight is the most disrespectful thing everr! get a life and leave this woman alone, this helped me, shes a good teacher, everyone has flaws and who cares about weight????????? you dont need to be skinny to dance, you need to have passion and love dance, which she does!
man, pepole need to stop with the whole weight thing. nobody needs to be thin just because their doing ballet. trust and believe, i was in ballet once.
@Yuffie3982 and that 'forcing' is NOT bad, in fact it is making my bones and joints stronger. only way to do perfect turnout is in demiplie THEN straighten and hold. the mass of body and bones themselves is holding the position NOT the muscles! ballet is training the nerves and not muscles. No such thing as "muscle memory" its nerve memory. I discovered this. Turnout is simpler and easier, then you can work on upper body but please go to lulu dot com search for AXIOMS of Classical Ballet.
usually athletes that worked really hard when they were young that stop for a period of time gain weight faster because they are not burning as many calories.
Time for a revolution in ballet... I found that it is simpler and faster to turnout by placing the feet positions first then that makes the thighs respond to the proper position. All positions of the legs are DEFINED by where the feet are, not the thighs.
@USABEAT Maybe this is simpler and faster as you put it, but the reasoning as to why this is incorrect in ballet is because it's not safe! That would "forcing" a turn-out and unnatural. If people do this on a regular basis, it creates knee strain/injury, and their hips will never learn to open up to their full extent. Sometimes things in life take hard work and dedication, there isn't an easy way to do it or a quick way to perfect it!
@trappedinside1 Everyone knows that forcing turnout is injurious. I thought that true but something else true, my body responded properly-trick is do carefully from bottom up & inside out give body time to relax to demand-in demiplie perfect feet position then straighten knees gently pause - experience THEN straighten pelvis. Joints r very strong & senior to muscles (meaning muscles obay them) go to "lulu(dot)com" and search my booklet about this and the other Axioms of ballet-I like yr name.
My Ballet teacher was in the NYC ballet and was trained at Julliard, She used to yell at me all the time about this, Turing out if done properly is done with a hip and butt, its both not one or the other. Its all about keeping your shoulders square and squaring off the hips! There is no way she could go in to this is a 2 minute clip, If you really want to learn ballet take a class.
Also there are different styles of ballet, Russians dance different then the french, so quit nitpicking.
@ybunnygurl Lets keep this simple, ballet is defined by the feet position and that is turnout, just put your feet in that perfect position (with bent knees, that is the only way a body and their feet can make that position) but if you bend your knees then EVERYONE can do a perfect 1st. THEN straighten up your knees, don't worry about trying to turn out from the hips or the butt, just put feet in position and carefully straighten, give body time to adjust, IT WILL and you will be amazed!
@ybunnygurl No one knows about ballet really (except me! Joke!) but the point is there is tons of false data out there and pretended knowledge about ballet. I have made the first breakthrough in advance of understanding this art form in over 200 years! The TRUE purpose of turnout and how to SAFELY perfectly turnout (by anyone); and more, go to lulu dot com and search for Axioms of Classical Ballet - this is NEW DATA never before known, just in time, ballet is a dying swan help me revive it!
@MuziekFan1995 dude, some people cant afford lessons, or they arent available to do them. this is a great way to do it for free, of course its not nearly as affective as lessons, but people who watch these are going to learn something.
@ellajaymass I'm on ballet, and this just doesn't look good. I mean,I know some people can't afford ballet lessons, me too, but I have a job, at the age of 15, to get some money for ballet lessons. Maybe an idea for the people who can't afford it? Lessons in real are WAY more better than on youtube.
hey im 13 year old girl 5 ft 7 and 120 lbs i cant point my toes i actually have a disability in my left foot i cannot point it very far because the top of my ankle is "locked" O_o I'm not really flexible, but I would like to do ballet. I'm not looking to be a professional, I just want to be good at at and get onto pointe shoes i guess......
Do yous think I would be able to do it? I would be very committed :)
@xXDenverXx1 Yes, you probably could. I got knee surgery, and really want to do ballet. (always wanted to but my knee prevented me). So currently i'm working on my strength to prepare for classes. I'm sure you can find a good teacher to pay special attention to your disability, and help you achieve your dreams. :)
@xXDenverXx1 No problem :) I know how it feels. Soon i'm going to stop by a studio and see how soon i can get in, and if my current disability will be an issue. And also if they teacher can help me a little more because of it. Good luck! :)
Her firts position of the arms is INCORRECT. Holding two balls? Where did ths woman learn ballet? Get those hands closer together, you should imagine holding one ball, not two.
And you are right catherine, a sickled foot is not what she describes.
But then this is Youtube so you should always take this sort of free advice with a pinch of salt. Bottom line: pay for a proper teacher.
Her firts position of the arms is INCORRECT. Holding two balls? Where did ths woman learn ballet? Get those hands closer together, you should imagine holding one ball, not two.
And you are right catherine, a sickled foot is not what she describes.
But then this is Youtube so you should always take this sort of free advice with a pinch of salt. Bottom line: pay for a proper teacher.
to all who studied BALLET... you know what,, you are very LUCKY.. because i dreamed to become a BALLERINA.. but we can't AFFORD it.. i still remember when i watch a ballerina when i was 5 or 6,, i told my self.. i will be ONE of them... Yet.. here i am.. 19 years old and still not know how to do ballet, see how graceful they move..ah!! it feels like heaven,, i know all the suffering all the body pains.. but hey..at the end of the day you can say to your self" I DID IT i dance with may heart"
@gitthy I started studying ballet at age 22, and auditioned for dance-academy at age 25...!! I got accepted and I'm still studying(I'm 28 now!). Dreams CAN come true..! And I can't afford it neither, I got a scholarship! Go for it! It is to late if you want to become a professional ballet dancer, but it's not to late to become a jazz/urban/modern dancer/teacher/choreographer....! xoxox
@gitthy I feel you. I've always wanted to do ballet, I even watched the other girls learn it through the glass window outside when I was still 6 or 7.
But I can't afford lessons, so I'm now 14 and every time I see or hear the word ballet, I'd always wonder what would've happen if I were able to learn it. Those who are given the opportunity to study ballet are really lucky.
@gitthy Taking classes isn't too expensive...Considering you have a computer and internet that means you at least can afford things such as that. Babysit, get a job, there are some studios that you could probably work with a payment plan. Or maybe just take a couple classes at a rec center. those are cheap. So stop bitching, and go out and do the things you want to do! You're 19! Yeah, my mom wouldn't pay for my classes either. But I find ways to make ends meet. Because I actually WANT to do it.
@gitthy Need I add you go to a university. Somehow you managed money for that. Perhaps because that's something you wanted, and found a way to achieve it? Good job. Now do that with ballet.
@gitthy I believe we want to dance as an advancement of our powers as humanbeings that make us want to sit up, crawl, walk, run, jump, its an evolutionary advancement. It is not frivolous at all, and being put into an art form is icing on the cake! It is right to want to dance! You can learn the head, heart, arms and hands on your own at home, the material does not yet exist to guide motivated person to learn task. I aim to fill need. Go to lulu dot com search for 'axioms of ballet' &sample it
An armful of roses to you for putting this up. Ballet, so endlessly demanding, consuming... such a lifelong sacrifice... any information distributed for the baby ballerinas, to prep the youngers for the life is always appreciated.
Ballerinas dream of donning toe shoes. It's a right of passage.
And to those who are just itching to go out and buy a pair of pointes...
Merde, Good luck, and see you in class, Dane Youssef
turnout doesnt come from the hip its the inside thigh muscles =_=
and when you turn out you hips turn to the side the hips must be in a straight line like your hips are a box and your not pushing your tail bone down and your not pulling up and your not squeaseing in your thighs! oye alot of you people are horrible thinking you can do ballet =.=
@XLive4christX ....I teach ballet - not for anyone with the videos - but- you can injure yourself if you do the moves incorrectly - that's what all the fuss it about
@XLive4christX ....I teach ballet - not for anyone with the videos - but- you can injure yourself if you do the moves incorrectly - that's what all the fuss is about
they need to stop posting ballet videos its not on people are paid to teach ballet and shes not showing people how to warm up its just basic someones going to do something bad to themselves eg: pull muscle if they dont warm up!!!
Anyone can dance & alot of dancers have alot of pressure with being thin & having the perfect body type as a dancer!!! If you have the heart, people can see right thru that!!!
Omg! you guys are just rude if you are any shape or size you can do ballet you know ur just internet bashers and if you ask me thats childish rude, and cowardish
Ummmmmmmmmmm, both legs NEED TO BE TURNOUT when explaining, and that is NOT a sickled foot. Thats called crunching the toes; sickling is when you fully point your foot and the toes and the ankle joint are facing inward.
I think she said that's a sickled foot because it looks like a sickle. I'm glad I didn't look at this video when my instructor told me about my foot problem.
her first is like up at her neck. her hip was like wide open when shetook a tendu to the back. and her sickle is not a sickle, what she did's called crunching your toes. a sickle is not having correct alignment in your foot. and she didnt go through her metatarsles at all. guys first position is meant to be the width of your head and in line with your belly button!
this video is the biggest incorrect i have seen!!!!!! you should not put anymore videos, cause your doing more damage then helping out. this is not teaching at all. this is very sad.
terrible! i trained at a classical ballet school in england and she is bad. her body, feet, everything about her could never be a ballet dancer so why did they use her out of all the talented dancers there are in the usa???
OPINION: I don't think she deserves such an array of insults. I mean, expert village is just one source; They just want to get some basic info out to people who are trying to learn ballet from YOUTUBE!!! what do you expect? it's like wikipedia, it's like the whole friggin' internet: it's not ALL true.
Also, all you "dancer/ballet" user name people come off as extremely pretentious and it turns me off to the whole idea of taking ballet. why would I want to spend time with pretentious a-holes?
@grandmastatus I dont think insulting is right but you should understand if there is any frustration it is because of the art that is being insulted and the art is a part of us... we feel insulted. And btw, ballet is pretentious. Lol. Cant get around that but those who know what they are talking about get respect BECAUSE they know what they are talking about. Ballet is a disclipline. Kind of like being a ninja. Its tough. So if you cant hang, go hard or go home. its not for sissy's ;)
@grandmastatus liked your comment because you're right, even if I'm a ballet dancer. I'm sorry that you have that idea of all ballet dancers or dancers.. They're not all like this. I can assure you!
Pshhhhhhhhhhhhhh! This Is Awfull!!!! If You Listen To This Novice Well GOOD LUCK! I Just cant Stand How Bad This Is I Dont Wanna tallk Bout it .... anddddd she needs to loose some wieght =]
This is not proper ballet instruction in the US or any other country I know of. This video needs to be deleted before someone who doesn't know any better hurts their body.
yeah, the turn out thing is so wrong, the hips must stay in their place. At tne begining 0:20 , she says: 'when we say turn out is starting from the hip, you need to turn out from the hip' she knows nothing about the tecnique.
Real American ballet studios don't do this. Professional American ballet dancers are equal in talent and ability to Russian professional dancers. Open your eyes and educate yourself.
This video makes me so upset. That is not first position for the arms, a sickled foot is most certainly not a scrunched toe, and her foot is bouncing around on all her tondus. Teachers like this is the reason ballet is becoming so horrible these days.
Okay, she can't even do a good turn out. When you turn out your legs, your hips HAVE TO stay square! Otherwise your simply NOT learning how to do it correctly!
trueee she cannt even dooo aaaa goood turn outtttttt ur hipss are supposee to beeee straight noott turning with your legg everyone knows that....dont listen to her ive been takin ballet for 3 years now she knows nothinnnng not even the basics.
haha, ur deluded if u think u no what right and wrong is, because all of ur examples were rong! ur never point ur foot, a sicle is not scrunching of the toes, there two different things dumbass! ur first position in ur arms were herrendous, they were too far apart, so in conclusion, this was a very crap video.
she'e not fat. she just has a little meat on her. & i don't believe she ever said she was the best or in any competitions herself, she was simply showing us the do's and don'ts.
There is a BIG difference between mainstream average and ballet average sizes. She is MASSIVE by ballet standards and she would never be accepted into a company of any size, unless it's a small/unpopular one dedicated to larger female dancers. Ballet requires a smaller body for a reason. This woman's jumps would be heavier, slower, more labored, her turns won't be as crisp, lifting her leg will always take more effort, no male dancer will be able to lift her with ease. That's just how it is.
I have to disagree with virtually everything you just said. It is true, men do have to life women so weight may be an issue at times, but the rest doesn't relate to size, it relates to technique.
Since when should you be able to you drive a bus between the gap between your hands in First position? And i agree ladies - what world has she come from where that is sickling?! Saying that, this is better than the last 'Expert Village' clip i saw - check out the 'How do do beginning ballet steps' series by them if you really want to laugh/cry! AWFUL!
Why are some of you people defending her. She has some things correct, but she should not be teaching ballet. Thats not what a sickled foot looks like.
what's your problem people? these are the basic ballet "rules", she may not be explaining it too good, but what she says is very true, for exapmle: you do need to turn out your leg from the hip, and your elbows should be sticking down in first position, maybe her hands are a little too high and apart, but this is the BASICS
Hang on...BASIC ballet rules if anything should be explained correct, no? Otherwise you won't have the correct arm positions to work from (in this case) she should NOT teach basics unless HER basics are 100% correct, and that 1st position of her arms is not correct. Elbows up is good, but the space in between the hands is too big.
Don't get me started on the "sickled" (????) foot, it is only her toes crunching, sickling is something totally different
What the... I don't think she knows what shes doing at ALL. I doubt shes even had any experience with classical ballet! D: her sickled foot looks like crud.
I am a dancer. A classical ballet dancer. I have trained under very respectable and notable teachers. You are giving an entirely wrong definition of a sickled foot. Your arms are ridiculously high and quite far apart. Also, your standing leg as you tendue to the back was very turned in. Are you a ballet dancer? I'm baffled what you are trying to teach people...?
her hands should be lower than her elbow in first position, her fingers are wrong, she needs to be square, and she turns out too much while going to the back. plus, a real dancer would keep their feet turned out while dancing.. not go straight again in between steps... i would find that feeling odd. she cant be a dancer, most definitely not a teacher.
that was not a sickle foot. i dont know why she called that a sickle foot. A sickle foot is when its opposite to 'fishing'' in stead of having your toes flaring out, your foot is turning inwards...
a very good teacher told me once: never say what it isn't correct, just tell your students what is right and explain whit apropriate terms, PLEASE DO NOT POST THIS KIND OF TRAP
absolutely my point honey! of course you gotta have the foot totally pointed out but beginners may lose all focus on their arm movements like i was insisting to a bunch of dropouts in my own salon! they now tune into more operatics we have called them the operatic filth and they deserve it even though i love opera totally! neoclassical devolution forever!
i feel so damn awful connie is wonderful and is only trying her best! but that is not the way to teach toe pointing to beginners they are just gonna lose all arm co ordination and end up becoming morbidly into those robot like new age losers there is no fluence in any recent gross stuff ive seen anywhere it is not connies fault though i feel so bad! because the pique and releve are awesome!
she should work on her technique before she trys to teach. hips unsquared is just as bad as not turning out. and that was not a sickled foot. it wasn;t a nice foot. but it wasn't a sickled foot either.
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thank you so much :) im really a beginner and i wish to learn ballet butthere is no dancing school near my area .. your videos really helped me ^^ thanks
imirates 3 months ago
shall we dance!!!
Peacegirl82323 4 months ago
Wow, by reading some of the comments here i can get an idea about why anorexia is more and more common on this days...
i think u are amazing and i love ur videos!!
theblacksideofhell 4 months ago
Everyone just shut up about her dangg weight.
osmosisjonesful 5 months ago
guys, seriously? making fun of someones weight is the most disrespectful thing everr! get a life and leave this woman alone, this helped me, shes a good teacher, everyone has flaws and who cares about weight????????? you dont need to be skinny to dance, you need to have passion and love dance, which she does!
Dance4LifeLoveFL 5 months ago
man, pepole need to stop with the whole weight thing. nobody needs to be thin just because their doing ballet. trust and believe, i was in ballet once.
MieKaylaful 5 months ago
Thanks this really helped!
SpicyChiliPepper3254 6 months ago
@Yuffie3982 and that 'forcing' is NOT bad, in fact it is making my bones and joints stronger. only way to do perfect turnout is in demiplie THEN straighten and hold. the mass of body and bones themselves is holding the position NOT the muscles! ballet is training the nerves and not muscles. No such thing as "muscle memory" its nerve memory. I discovered this. Turnout is simpler and easier, then you can work on upper body but please go to lulu dot com search for AXIOMS of Classical Ballet.
USABEAT 10 months ago
usually athletes that worked really hard when they were young that stop for a period of time gain weight faster because they are not burning as many calories.
And who cares. She's perfectly fine!
xic4loca 11 months ago
WTF dosent even matter what size u r if u love dancing then that is the only fucking thing that matters
SabinaMaria94 11 months ago 3
Time for a revolution in ballet... I found that it is simpler and faster to turnout by placing the feet positions first then that makes the thighs respond to the proper position. All positions of the legs are DEFINED by where the feet are, not the thighs.
USABEAT 1 year ago
@USABEAT Maybe this is simpler and faster as you put it, but the reasoning as to why this is incorrect in ballet is because it's not safe! That would "forcing" a turn-out and unnatural. If people do this on a regular basis, it creates knee strain/injury, and their hips will never learn to open up to their full extent. Sometimes things in life take hard work and dedication, there isn't an easy way to do it or a quick way to perfect it!
trappedinside1 11 months ago
@trappedinside1 Everyone knows that forcing turnout is injurious. I thought that true but something else true, my body responded properly-trick is do carefully from bottom up & inside out give body time to relax to demand-in demiplie perfect feet position then straighten knees gently pause - experience THEN straighten pelvis. Joints r very strong & senior to muscles (meaning muscles obay them) go to "lulu(dot)com" and search my booklet about this and the other Axioms of ballet-I like yr name.
USABEAT 11 months ago
I have a question.
What do I need to have a width of bands such as it is in ballet shoes?
Cynamon1984 1 year ago
She is wonderful! She tries really hard to explain basic of the ballet and it is going great to her!
I used to dance ballet in elementary school, so I know what I am talking about.
All supports, just keep going with your internet lessons! =)
CoralineLTB 1 year ago
well the styles are different but the basic technique is the same...technique has nothing to do with the style...
catluva463 1 year ago
My Ballet teacher was in the NYC ballet and was trained at Julliard, She used to yell at me all the time about this, Turing out if done properly is done with a hip and butt, its both not one or the other. Its all about keeping your shoulders square and squaring off the hips! There is no way she could go in to this is a 2 minute clip, If you really want to learn ballet take a class.
Also there are different styles of ballet, Russians dance different then the french, so quit nitpicking.
ybunnygurl 1 year ago
@ybunnygurl Lets keep this simple, ballet is defined by the feet position and that is turnout, just put your feet in that perfect position (with bent knees, that is the only way a body and their feet can make that position) but if you bend your knees then EVERYONE can do a perfect 1st. THEN straighten up your knees, don't worry about trying to turn out from the hips or the butt, just put feet in position and carefully straighten, give body time to adjust, IT WILL and you will be amazed!
USABEAT 10 months ago
@ybunnygurl No one knows about ballet really (except me! Joke!) but the point is there is tons of false data out there and pretended knowledge about ballet. I have made the first breakthrough in advance of understanding this art form in over 200 years! The TRUE purpose of turnout and how to SAFELY perfectly turnout (by anyone); and more, go to lulu dot com and search for Axioms of Classical Ballet - this is NEW DATA never before known, just in time, ballet is a dying swan help me revive it!
USABEAT 10 months ago
ok...turnout comes from the butt NOT the hip if you turn out from the hip you will eventually need the replaced...not kidding.
This is also not a sickled foot a sickled foot is when the outside of you rankle sticks out(she shows a crunched foot.
I am not saying this to be mean...she is simply not teaching correctly.
catluva463 1 year ago 2
@catluva463 my thoughts exactly
msguineapigsrus 1 year ago
So many things wrong with this video! Who is this woman?
iluvmypiggly 1 year ago
This is sick... I mean, why do you want to learn Ballet at YOUTUBE?!
MuziekFan1995 1 year ago
@MuziekFan1995 dude, some people cant afford lessons, or they arent available to do them. this is a great way to do it for free, of course its not nearly as affective as lessons, but people who watch these are going to learn something.
ellajaymass 1 year ago
@ellajaymass I'm on ballet, and this just doesn't look good. I mean,I know some people can't afford ballet lessons, me too, but I have a job, at the age of 15, to get some money for ballet lessons. Maybe an idea for the people who can't afford it? Lessons in real are WAY more better than on youtube.
MuziekFan1995 1 year ago
what is she wearing?
febreezefancy 1 year ago
sickled foot looks funny lol =p made me laugh
Dakita2010 1 year ago
hey im 13 year old girl 5 ft 7 and 120 lbs i cant point my toes i actually have a disability in my left foot i cannot point it very far because the top of my ankle is "locked" O_o I'm not really flexible, but I would like to do ballet. I'm not looking to be a professional, I just want to be good at at and get onto pointe shoes i guess......
Do yous think I would be able to do it? I would be very committed :)
xXDenverXx1 1 year ago
@xXDenverXx1 Yes, you probably could. I got knee surgery, and really want to do ballet. (always wanted to but my knee prevented me). So currently i'm working on my strength to prepare for classes. I'm sure you can find a good teacher to pay special attention to your disability, and help you achieve your dreams. :)
Elodee123 1 year ago
@Elodee123 :D thanks for tha encouragement :) its very much appreciated xx
xXDenverXx1 1 year ago
@xXDenverXx1 No problem :) I know how it feels. Soon i'm going to stop by a studio and see how soon i can get in, and if my current disability will be an issue. And also if they teacher can help me a little more because of it. Good luck! :)
Elodee123 1 year ago
@Elodee123 thanks haha and good luck to u too :)
xXDenverXx1 1 year ago
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Her firts position of the arms is INCORRECT. Holding two balls? Where did ths woman learn ballet? Get those hands closer together, you should imagine holding one ball, not two.
And you are right catherine, a sickled foot is not what she describes.
But then this is Youtube so you should always take this sort of free advice with a pinch of salt. Bottom line: pay for a proper teacher.
glaucodilieto 1 year ago
Her firts position of the arms is INCORRECT. Holding two balls? Where did ths woman learn ballet? Get those hands closer together, you should imagine holding one ball, not two.
And you are right catherine, a sickled foot is not what she describes.
But then this is Youtube so you should always take this sort of free advice with a pinch of salt. Bottom line: pay for a proper teacher.
glaucodilieto 1 year ago
WAIT a seconddd......that is not a sickled foot??
Sickled is when your heel is behind your toe.. like when your foot turns in...you need to put your heel forward.
Am I crazy?? That isn't a sickeld foot is it? That is more similar to like...wrapped?
ccatherinecsc 1 year ago 2
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TheSweetieflower 1 year ago
@TheSweetieflower Dancers have big legs because their muscles are quiet huge:P
articzonezz 1 year ago
how is the correct form to get the turning out of the leg? wich exercise can you do if you dont know anything about ballet??
katchermo 1 year ago
to all who studied BALLET... you know what,, you are very LUCKY.. because i dreamed to become a BALLERINA.. but we can't AFFORD it.. i still remember when i watch a ballerina when i was 5 or 6,, i told my self.. i will be ONE of them... Yet.. here i am.. 19 years old and still not know how to do ballet, see how graceful they move..ah!! it feels like heaven,, i know all the suffering all the body pains.. but hey..at the end of the day you can say to your self" I DID IT i dance with may heart"
gitthy 1 year ago
@gitthy I started studying ballet at age 22, and auditioned for dance-academy at age 25...!! I got accepted and I'm still studying(I'm 28 now!). Dreams CAN come true..! And I can't afford it neither, I got a scholarship! Go for it! It is to late if you want to become a professional ballet dancer, but it's not to late to become a jazz/urban/modern dancer/teacher/choreographer....! xoxox
natalinalaner 1 year ago 7
@gitthy I feel you. I've always wanted to do ballet, I even watched the other girls learn it through the glass window outside when I was still 6 or 7.
But I can't afford lessons, so I'm now 14 and every time I see or hear the word ballet, I'd always wonder what would've happen if I were able to learn it. Those who are given the opportunity to study ballet are really lucky.
Naynay622 1 year ago
@Naynay622 ..if you live near Phila Pa I have a studio and work with you on the fee
KatieBernie 1 year ago
@gitthy Taking classes isn't too expensive...Considering you have a computer and internet that means you at least can afford things such as that. Babysit, get a job, there are some studios that you could probably work with a payment plan. Or maybe just take a couple classes at a rec center. those are cheap. So stop bitching, and go out and do the things you want to do! You're 19! Yeah, my mom wouldn't pay for my classes either. But I find ways to make ends meet. Because I actually WANT to do it.
Elodee123 1 year ago
@gitthy Need I add you go to a university. Somehow you managed money for that. Perhaps because that's something you wanted, and found a way to achieve it? Good job. Now do that with ballet.
Elodee123 1 year ago
@gitthy I believe we want to dance as an advancement of our powers as humanbeings that make us want to sit up, crawl, walk, run, jump, its an evolutionary advancement. It is not frivolous at all, and being put into an art form is icing on the cake! It is right to want to dance! You can learn the head, heart, arms and hands on your own at home, the material does not yet exist to guide motivated person to learn task. I aim to fill need. Go to lulu dot com search for 'axioms of ballet' &sample it
USABEAT 11 months ago
To a Ballerina Mistress named Connie Hale--
An armful of roses to you for putting this up. Ballet, so endlessly demanding, consuming... such a lifelong sacrifice... any information distributed for the baby ballerinas, to prep the youngers for the life is always appreciated.
Ballerinas dream of donning toe shoes. It's a right of passage.
And to those who are just itching to go out and buy a pair of pointes...
Merde, Good luck, and see you in class, Dane Youssef
SURFUR 1 year ago 2
correct. incorrect. correct. incorrect. do us all a favor and shut the hell up.
dancingqueen1650 1 year ago
Wow you people are so annoying and mean just chill
drinamariee 1 year ago
for your infomation
turnout doesnt come from the hip its the inside thigh muscles =_=
and when you turn out you hips turn to the side the hips must be in a straight line like your hips are a box and your not pushing your tail bone down and your not pulling up and your not squeaseing in your thighs! oye alot of you people are horrible thinking you can do ballet =.=
kikkuab13 1 year ago
bravo, i agree
SLYCoopaEatsChicken 1 year ago
At least she is tryin!!! and it may help sum1 sumwhere and if u think u can do better than u upload a video! lets not slabber about people :) x
XLive4christX 1 year ago 2
what the fuck is slabber? hahaha.
nazzle69 1 year ago
@XLive4christX ....I teach ballet - not for anyone with the videos - but- you can injure yourself if you do the moves incorrectly - that's what all the fuss it about
KatieBernie 1 year ago
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@XLive4christX ....I teach ballet - not for anyone with the videos - but- you can injure yourself if you do the moves incorrectly - that's what all the fuss is about
KatieBernie 1 year ago
expert village = crap!
even the ice skatin one, is crap.
and the melbourne shuffle one, is crap to.
just crap. nuffin more, nuffin less.
:) thatsjsutmyopinion;p
pianosxheadphones 1 year ago
arms at the end are not good at all, so far from earch other.
alfy118 2 years ago
You do NOT want to look as if you are laying your arms on a table. That looks yucky.
TheFabulousAmanda 2 years ago 2
That's not a sickled foot . . .
TheFabulousAmanda 2 years ago
You are correct. That is not sickled foot...it's simply a crunched foot
BetsyBo55 2 years ago
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I agree those are just crunched toes
KatieBernie 1 year ago
no no no. Apparently Expert Village has NO standards, and anyone can call themselves an expert. This is wrong on so many levels.
balletteacher621 2 years ago 6
everyone always rags so hard on these videos and it's terribly funny ahaha.
She has really bad ballet hands, they look manly and not graceful whatsoever.
GiveEmHellNikki 2 years ago
they need to stop posting ballet videos its not on people are paid to teach ballet and shes not showing people how to warm up its just basic someones going to do something bad to themselves eg: pull muscle if they dont warm up!!!
97JKproductions 2 years ago
do u do flips in ballet
thestevenn15 2 years ago
no you dont
97JKproductions 2 years ago
No. Maybe in modern jazz or lyrical but not ballet.
TheFabulousAmanda 2 years ago
turn out i'm suprised she knows the meaning
97JKproductions 2 years ago
Are you a Ballerina? Humility and graciousness are qualities you may have missed along the way.
SuperVanth 2 years ago
im being honest if shes gonna do it shes gotta do it rite trust me i know what im talking about and dont say stuff about people you dont know!
97JKproductions 2 years ago
she has nice legs but the vido is ehh
Tobagoprincess 2 years ago
you shouldnt learn ballet from the internet...
cooperneely 2 years ago
Awsome!
mcataa 2 years ago
Anyone can dance & alot of dancers have alot of pressure with being thin & having the perfect body type as a dancer!!! If you have the heart, people can see right thru that!!!
QueenNeyNey 2 years ago 9
i cant turn out good
Ballerina0Girl 2 years ago
Omg! you guys are just rude if you are any shape or size you can do ballet you know ur just internet bashers and if you ask me thats childish rude, and cowardish
Brootana09 2 years ago
amen!
LaurenFelicia 2 years ago
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hapyeye 2 years ago
it may not be the best video but guys seriously....dont be rude cuz of some ones weight and passion. thats just low!
HappyDancerina 2 years ago 46
@HappyDancerina hi i think your right i do it and i am 11 and i am 6 stone and i am not fat but good
cupecake99999 7 months ago
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Bad feet, bad legs! WTH?!
tuckitty821 2 years ago
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her arms AND feet are terrible, what the hell
NinjaTree6 2 years ago
che grassa!!!!!
mauriziomartin100 2 years ago
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sorrry...fat ppl can not dance ballet.please go keep fit first!
luvideochantale 2 years ago
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i agree, fat ppl + ballett looks so stupid.
tracyDoo 2 years ago
loser. what can you do besides put people down?
anyone can dance, asshole.
sdogg78 2 years ago
good narrator, but she sucks guiding it. her food is barely pointed....
Lovebug12345ful 2 years ago
yeh! also shes not turning out her supporting leg.
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balet101 2 years ago
i couldn't rate it any lower in which it diserves. . .
4everlovedance 2 years ago 2
Ummmmmmmmmmm, both legs NEED TO BE TURNOUT when explaining, and that is NOT a sickled foot. Thats called crunching the toes; sickling is when you fully point your foot and the toes and the ankle joint are facing inward.
michaelrmccray 2 years ago
I think she said that's a sickled foot because it looks like a sickle. I'm glad I didn't look at this video when my instructor told me about my foot problem.
lavinder11 2 years ago
bahah shes crap
her first is like up at her neck. her hip was like wide open when shetook a tendu to the back. and her sickle is not a sickle, what she did's called crunching your toes. a sickle is not having correct alignment in your foot. and she didnt go through her metatarsles at all. guys first position is meant to be the width of your head and in line with your belly button!
baha this was SO funny
x
TheSillySoph 2 years ago
thought sickling was when your toes pointed inward towards your other foot when you point your toes?
sweetsugarpurple 2 years ago 2
Actually for the basic's of ballet,she's pretty good.
msGoldendanc3r08 2 years ago
this video is the biggest incorrect i have seen!!!!!! you should not put anymore videos, cause your doing more damage then helping out. this is not teaching at all. this is very sad.
oryanit 2 years ago
Can anyone please post a simple ballet waltz step with the demonstrator facing the back so I can learn it. Thanks in advance.
biggertutu 2 years ago
terrible! i trained at a classical ballet school in england and she is bad. her body, feet, everything about her could never be a ballet dancer so why did they use her out of all the talented dancers there are in the usa???
lauraweir2001 2 years ago 3
OPINION: I don't think she deserves such an array of insults. I mean, expert village is just one source; They just want to get some basic info out to people who are trying to learn ballet from YOUTUBE!!! what do you expect? it's like wikipedia, it's like the whole friggin' internet: it's not ALL true.
Also, all you "dancer/ballet" user name people come off as extremely pretentious and it turns me off to the whole idea of taking ballet. why would I want to spend time with pretentious a-holes?
grandmastatus 2 years ago 62
omg,u took the words right out my mouth!
ty-
msGoldendanc3r08 2 years ago
too right!
in fact I found it quite helpful (:
xGobbinsx 2 years ago
@grandmastatus I dont think insulting is right but you should understand if there is any frustration it is because of the art that is being insulted and the art is a part of us... we feel insulted. And btw, ballet is pretentious. Lol. Cant get around that but those who know what they are talking about get respect BECAUSE they know what they are talking about. Ballet is a disclipline. Kind of like being a ninja. Its tough. So if you cant hang, go hard or go home. its not for sissy's ;)
SolitudeMare 1 year ago
@grandmastatus liked your comment because you're right, even if I'm a ballet dancer. I'm sorry that you have that idea of all ballet dancers or dancers.. They're not all like this. I can assure you!
Keep in touch
JoaoDinisPinho 1 year ago
If you are going to post a video like this you should at least know what your talking about and have a decent dancer to demonstrate.
kbtdancer1222 2 years ago
She's clearly no expert. My teachers have told be the opposite.
loveyoulikeabutton 2 years ago 2
all of the information given in this clip is wrong.
balletmaster002 2 years ago
Terrible.
ReappointedRevenge 2 years ago
you start turning out from your butmuscles not from your hip .
and she has to keep her hips still
1MartheV 2 years ago
yeah not so good.
xojacksparrow3x 2 years ago
Pshhhhhhhhhhhhhh! This Is Awfull!!!! If You Listen To This Novice Well GOOD LUCK! I Just cant Stand How Bad This Is I Dont Wanna tallk Bout it .... anddddd she needs to loose some wieght =]
Lov3Danc34Ever 2 years ago
This is not proper ballet instruction in the US or any other country I know of. This video needs to be deleted before someone who doesn't know any better hurts their body.
flapjackballet 2 years ago 5
yeah, the turn out thing is so wrong, the hips must stay in their place. At tne begining 0:20 , she says: 'when we say turn out is starting from the hip, you need to turn out from the hip' she knows nothing about the tecnique.
belut13 2 years ago
LOL! That's why Russians are so much better at ballet)))
they wouldn't even let her inside a ballet academy!
Coginy 2 years ago
Real American ballet studios don't do this. Professional American ballet dancers are equal in talent and ability to Russian professional dancers. Open your eyes and educate yourself.
flapjackballet 2 years ago
This video makes me so upset. That is not first position for the arms, a sickled foot is most certainly not a scrunched toe, and her foot is bouncing around on all her tondus. Teachers like this is the reason ballet is becoming so horrible these days.
shallcrosstheroad 2 years ago
I agree, this is not how it's taught in England.
Also, this woman is too overweight to teach.
laracroftbb 2 years ago
very bad ...sorry
arubadiana 2 years ago 2
Okay, she can't even do a good turn out. When you turn out your legs, your hips HAVE TO stay square! Otherwise your simply NOT learning how to do it correctly!
drama917queen 2 years ago
like your holding two balls.... WHAT????? HAHA
Stellicious 2 years ago
it is annoying!!!
enedicelopez 2 years ago
oh thats annoying with this stupid "correct" "incorrect"
and learn to turn out without your hips.
danzzeshorty 2 years ago 5
trueee she cannt even dooo aaaa goood turn outtttttt ur hipss are supposee to beeee straight noott turning with your legg everyone knows that....dont listen to her ive been takin ballet for 3 years now she knows nothinnnng not even the basics.
lizhet12 2 years ago
lmao! her hip moves out when she "turns out"
alfre3000 2 years ago
haha, ur deluded if u think u no what right and wrong is, because all of ur examples were rong! ur never point ur foot, a sicle is not scrunching of the toes, there two different things dumbass! ur first position in ur arms were herrendous, they were too far apart, so in conclusion, this was a very crap video.
LWProductions1 2 years ago
She is NOT correct. Sickled foot, first position of the arms are completely wrong.
1234lane78 2 years ago
Did you notice that when she turns out her hip goes out too???
JuJubeDancer 2 years ago 3
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oh mx god...This is dancer?? she is so fat!!!!
aduisek 2 years ago
she'e not fat. she just has a little meat on her. & i don't believe she ever said she was the best or in any competitions herself, she was simply showing us the do's and don'ts.
uloovmeh 2 years ago 4
There is a BIG difference between mainstream average and ballet average sizes. She is MASSIVE by ballet standards and she would never be accepted into a company of any size, unless it's a small/unpopular one dedicated to larger female dancers. Ballet requires a smaller body for a reason. This woman's jumps would be heavier, slower, more labored, her turns won't be as crisp, lifting her leg will always take more effort, no male dancer will be able to lift her with ease. That's just how it is.
flapjackballet 2 years ago
I have to disagree with virtually everything you just said. It is true, men do have to life women so weight may be an issue at times, but the rest doesn't relate to size, it relates to technique.
panyatna 2 years ago
What would you know about TURN OUT??
236williee 2 years ago
what about ner supporting leg, it was practicly straight.
stop posting ballet videos!
GET A LIFE!
Luvballet212 2 years ago
Since when should you be able to you drive a bus between the gap between your hands in First position? And i agree ladies - what world has she come from where that is sickling?! Saying that, this is better than the last 'Expert Village' clip i saw - check out the 'How do do beginning ballet steps' series by them if you really want to laugh/cry! AWFUL!
thelittlev 2 years ago 2
LMAO!!!
236williee 2 years ago
Why are some of you people defending her. She has some things correct, but she should not be teaching ballet. Thats not what a sickled foot looks like.
deedz25 2 years ago
what's your problem people? these are the basic ballet "rules", she may not be explaining it too good, but what she says is very true, for exapmle: you do need to turn out your leg from the hip, and your elbows should be sticking down in first position, maybe her hands are a little too high and apart, but this is the BASICS
LerkaRulesXD 2 years ago 3
She IS right but you know, it looks like she doesn't know HOW to do it! Ballet dancers have to be fit!
PixieGirl778 2 years ago
Hang on...BASIC ballet rules if anything should be explained correct, no? Otherwise you won't have the correct arm positions to work from (in this case) she should NOT teach basics unless HER basics are 100% correct, and that 1st position of her arms is not correct. Elbows up is good, but the space in between the hands is too big.
Don't get me started on the "sickled" (????) foot, it is only her toes crunching, sickling is something totally different
phew, enough of ballet today for me
tedsler 2 years ago
What the... I don't think she knows what shes doing at ALL. I doubt shes even had any experience with classical ballet! D: her sickled foot looks like crud.
bobgirlxx96 2 years ago
uhhh.... well I think we all agree that what she is doing is completely wrong. Want more proof? I think her "dancer" physique says it all.
1xmama08 2 years ago
That is soooo not a sickled foot!
And looking at her arms in 1st position was painful, evvrything she just did incorrect!
kaitlynthedancer11 2 years ago
i know i don't even think she does ballet, because everything she did was incorrect!!!
pennutbutter901656 2 years ago
This video is annoying the hell out of me... first position is at your belly button not your chest!!!! And that's not called a sickled foot!!
mallorygirl123 2 years ago 2
WHAT?? This is so wrong. All of it. And that's not what a sickled foot looks like at all! Her port de bras sucks too.
gwennnn 2 years ago 3
I am a dancer. A classical ballet dancer. I have trained under very respectable and notable teachers. You are giving an entirely wrong definition of a sickled foot. Your arms are ridiculously high and quite far apart. Also, your standing leg as you tendue to the back was very turned in. Are you a ballet dancer? I'm baffled what you are trying to teach people...?
hasitbroke01 2 years ago 2
uhmmm what's with the correct incorrect???
1997tommy 2 years ago
ew fkin ew
XXscreamosceneXX 2 years ago
ugh wtf? this is so wrong wrong wrong wrong! Why does this channel post such incorrect videos?
emilylengriffin 2 years ago
AAAAAAAA
WTF is she doing????
Brunoo26 2 years ago
christ that was painful!
incorrect, correct! IT WAS STILL INCORRECT!!!!!!!!!!
sickle my ass.
faggot.
yehyehfunkyyeh 2 years ago
ew what the hell?
WRONG!!!!!!!! Shit son, take some lessons
dadadancer93 2 years ago
omg that is not a sickle!
and the arms are way too high
xmol14x 2 years ago 2
omg r u serious get some lessons
i think that u should try doing ballet for 10 year sthen make a vid jus like i have :)
Alison2210 2 years ago
sooo rong
i dont even think she does ballet!!!
very rong
katie34phitt 2 years ago
im a beginner and even i kno wot she is sayin is wrong!!
stacylvsmikey 2 years ago
everything is wrong!
her hands should be lower than her elbow in first position, her fingers are wrong, she needs to be square, and she turns out too much while going to the back. plus, a real dancer would keep their feet turned out while dancing.. not go straight again in between steps... i would find that feeling odd. she cant be a dancer, most definitely not a teacher.
nicolexbrooke 2 years ago 2
thank you
vreytinydancer 2 years ago
that was not a sickle foot. i dont know why she called that a sickle foot. A sickle foot is when its opposite to 'fishing'' in stead of having your toes flaring out, your foot is turning inwards...
balletgirl11 2 years ago 3
eurgh she is vile! she twists her hip, gives up the supporting leg and her hands were just all over the place
hatipoop 2 years ago 3
esta super guauuuuuuu
chido
oteb2104 2 years ago
is it me or her hands just horrible when she's showing the 'correct' arm positions? and she's twisted too much when she's pointing to the back!
MieT310 2 years ago
yeah! tottaly agree w. u!
viviidepp 2 years ago
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dajovi7 2 years ago
Suggest this is NOT a video to use if you are trying to learn ballet on your own! She has totally neglected her supporting leg. Not good.
michaelangelfire 2 years ago 3
absolutely my point honey! of course you gotta have the foot totally pointed out but beginners may lose all focus on their arm movements like i was insisting to a bunch of dropouts in my own salon! they now tune into more operatics we have called them the operatic filth and they deserve it even though i love opera totally! neoclassical devolution forever!
transexualsensual99 2 years ago
i feel so damn awful connie is wonderful and is only trying her best! but that is not the way to teach toe pointing to beginners they are just gonna lose all arm co ordination and end up becoming morbidly into those robot like new age losers there is no fluence in any recent gross stuff ive seen anywhere it is not connies fault though i feel so bad! because the pique and releve are awesome!
transexualsensual99 2 years ago
youre twisting youre hip too much when you point your foot to the back
Ljdylanmoranstuff 2 years ago 3
also u should have ur hand lower than ur elbow
danceluver16 2 years ago
terrible... how can she teach something she dosn't know?
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diamondstone220 2 years ago
Great video, i like it so much!!!
Garfimonchi 2 years ago
what is not turn-out !?!?
^^ 8-:
KoQgirl 2 years ago
she should work on her technique before she trys to teach. hips unsquared is just as bad as not turning out. and that was not a sickled foot. it wasn;t a nice foot. but it wasn't a sickled foot either.
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kakibest 2 years ago
this is poor...
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