Charlotte Dawson - Aerial Straps

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  • Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
  • Charlotte Dawson - 'Straight to the point'
    Performed as part of the National Centre for Circus Arts BA Hons devised pieces 2014, 'Everyday Everyday'.
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Комментарии • 378

  • @Jay-cg6yn
    @Jay-cg6yn 5 лет назад +2429

    There's something so melancholy about this, the way she smiles almost sadly as she begins, like she loves to dance but wishes she wasn't confined to the box and the length of the straps that let her fly. The way she conveys that emotion makes all of this even more beautiful.

    • @AudreeAdam
      @AudreeAdam 4 года назад +17

      Super melancholic. Have you watched 6 feet under? It's the song from the final moments in the finale, while Claire drives.

    • @lukaorihime5638
      @lukaorihime5638 4 года назад +16

      The main melody is a really sad song from sia it’s called Breathe me I think

    • @belleporter656
      @belleporter656 4 года назад +8

      that's a gorgeous observation

    • @swishy1789
      @swishy1789 3 года назад +1

      What beautiful words you have used and I completely agree!!

  • @leila9194
    @leila9194 5 лет назад +2445

    She did aerial in pointe shoes... That alone is fascinating to me

    • @AudreeAdam
      @AudreeAdam 4 года назад +65

      It's actually a lot easier than dancing without the ropes.. (probably the wrong word as aerial is not at all my domain, I'm all ballet) as there's a lot less weight put on your feet. But it's very beautiful, yes.

    • @itsnoterin
      @itsnoterin 4 года назад +14

      @@AudreeAdam and painful

    • @raptorjesus7436
      @raptorjesus7436 4 года назад +4

      leila9194 AND she was on point at some point

    • @celeste3327
      @celeste3327 4 года назад +9

      I did a show and my friend was a ballerina doll and she did aerial silks in point shoes!!

    • @glamgirltv5650
      @glamgirltv5650 3 года назад +1

      @Jai Williams I’m 11 I started pointe last year, yeah lol it hurts XD

  • @xyfuras
    @xyfuras 5 лет назад +1692

    If she has ANY martial arts training she would be a living weapon.

    • @ashlynhatch3989
      @ashlynhatch3989 5 лет назад +112

      She could knock people out with her pointe shoes 😂

    • @erod97
      @erod97 5 лет назад +25

      Ashlyn Hatch 😂😭

    • @FreakyFreakyBaby
      @FreakyFreakyBaby 5 лет назад +19

      if she had any ballet training she could be a great ballet dancer too

    • @mon-jp8jt
      @mon-jp8jt 4 года назад +38

      itty bitty titty committee founding president Almost every gymnast/figure skater/aerial dancer has had some ballet training. Ballet is kind of like a base training method.

    • @gachastar9004
      @gachastar9004 4 года назад +9

      MeowMeowSaysACow Not necessarily. I’ve known plenty of gymnasts who’ve never had ballet training.

  • @candicefrost4561
    @candicefrost4561 4 года назад +1417

    I remember going through my “chubby” phase of adolescence hating my arms and thighs for being thicker than the other girls’, hating everything about myself. I had these unruly, greasy bangs, raw knuckles and calluses, and I was a tomboy trying to be pretty. I didn’t realize that my legs were strong from practicing my moves over and over. I didn’t realize my arms were big because I could do more pushups than any other girl in my class. Even as I went on pointe, I was always restricting myself, driving myself crazy trying to be the ballerina in the box when what I wanted was to swing through the air like a madwoman and show the world how strong I was. I wish I had seen this video back then. I wish I could have seen the power in her arms, the flexibility in her legs and brought that to my dancing. I hope there’s a powerhouse pointe princess that sees it today.

    • @jadewu111
      @jadewu111 4 года назад +26

      Candice Frost Has Well whoever you are I believe your very beautiful inside and out am interested in dancing and I booked a dancing elective for my next year freshman wish me luck 🙂

    • @maceisnthere9
      @maceisnthere9 4 года назад +17

      i started to feel hopeful and thinking “relatable” but then i got to the part where turns out you were just crazy amazing and strong and then my hope flattened like a whoopee cushion that no longer works

    • @tumblrtrashhalsey7910
      @tumblrtrashhalsey7910 4 года назад +2

      girl shut up

    • @nunrhufeg1066
      @nunrhufeg1066 4 года назад +2

      I feel like that sometimes when I do rugby from training

    • @beatricethetheatregeek8604
      @beatricethetheatregeek8604 4 года назад +8

      Wow, preach. We have our bodies to do great things, not just to show off their beauty.

  • @martinsarah5890
    @martinsarah5890 4 года назад +418

    I can't help but see a pretty actual theme in there. women emancipation. she break free from the initial status as a pretty thing in her box, convicted to do the same movement we waiting from her and then she take flight, blossom and become an angel out of her chain... it really is magnificent.

  • @katrinamareen
    @katrinamareen 5 лет назад +395

    Ooooh I got chills. She looks so graceful, yet I know how much work she has put in, and the pain the straps can put on you. Im in awe.

    • @itsnoterin
      @itsnoterin 4 года назад +14

      not only the straps but the ballet shoes to! OUCH!

  • @angieelizabth
    @angieelizabth 6 лет назад +969

    Beautiful I am13 and taking trapeze and aerial I hope to be as good as you . I also used to take ballet people said it was impossible to combine aerial and ballet but you proved them gracefully wrong

    • @StrangeHooves
      @StrangeHooves 5 лет назад +8

      Ahhhhh you're lucky. My studio/gym doesnt have trapeze and I wanted to try it so bad.

    • @stentheprofessional7272
      @stentheprofessional7272 5 лет назад +9

      Cyber Ghosty you need to come to Chicago we got everything down here. We got everything art wise not even joking New York gets their best artist from Chicago because its truly a training ground seriously you gotta come and visit down her art is created down here

    • @martielupin1981
      @martielupin1981 4 года назад +3

      Sten The professional Sounds great, but I live in the UK 😂😂

    • @rachelrickard7675
      @rachelrickard7675 4 года назад +1

      葵花雷米 you should look for circus places

    • @performystic8325
      @performystic8325 4 года назад +3

      I do aerial and play music. I saw aerialists in France last year playing music as they were in the air. I’d love to combine both 💕 🎪 🎷

  • @alexish7180
    @alexish7180 4 года назад +262

    Okay but can we just have a second to appreciate how tone those arms are 🙌

  • @lydiatewks2225
    @lydiatewks2225 7 лет назад +311

    I am in shock from her amazing strength

    • @Lisa_nia2
      @Lisa_nia2 4 года назад +5

      I have been doing aerial straps for 6 years and I have noticed that after a while you bearly notice you are even carrying your body wait

  • @willbode8299
    @willbode8299 6 лет назад +629

    Like a flying ballerina out of a music box.

  • @romyavidan7252
    @romyavidan7252 4 года назад +58

    This kind of freedom that only fairies can dream of... that started from being locked...it really touched a spot in my heart...

  • @dugoncalves
    @dugoncalves 9 лет назад +160

    such strength yet you move so gracefully. beautiful!!

  • @belenescobar8328
    @belenescobar8328 5 лет назад +105

    It seems that she really is a doll of the ones that come in boxes with music
    Loved it

  • @m.a.d.m.5425
    @m.a.d.m.5425 4 года назад +26

    Absolutely my favorite straps performance ever. The emotion is unforgettable. It resonates in my heart so deeply. That shared feeling. She’s an amazing performer and truly talented! I hope to see more of her in the future.

  • @alittlebitofjoy42
    @alittlebitofjoy42 4 года назад +75

    For anyone who doesnt know, aerial straps feel like agony and torture when you're suspended from them in the air

    • @neno3123
      @neno3123 2 года назад

      Oh.

    • @annecohen8927
      @annecohen8927 2 года назад +1

      She took Tchaikovsky’s 🦢 lake and made it take flight. Literally. Never seen anything like it . Maybe figure skating should be reinvented as a new form of sports while through with water ballet, aerial ballet should become more popular than a typical ballet. There is so much beauty behind this very unique form of art.

    • @daisysage4688
      @daisysage4688 2 года назад

      True but you get used to the pain over time

  • @Zzzk23
    @Zzzk23 5 лет назад +100

    She reminds me of Wendy Darling. The hair, the dress, how she’s flying.

  • @-pp-1832
    @-pp-1832 4 года назад +9

    Zendaya's tricks in the greatest showman were amazing and all but this is showstopping. Keep it up

  • @user-mk9og2eb8q
    @user-mk9og2eb8q 3 года назад +3

    straps are literally the definition of pain AND IN POINTE SHOES GODDESS

  • @maknaeelove2376
    @maknaeelove2376 2 года назад +4

    First time seeing aerial with ballet! The dance is so sad yet so powerful as she moves from each pose to the next so swiftly and gracefully

  • @briebrie2538
    @briebrie2538 6 лет назад +78

    Song: Breathe me by asia (or by sia for singing version)

  • @dawnmichele6847
    @dawnmichele6847 2 года назад +3

    No matter how many times I watch this. It's mesmerizing and such a trust in yourself confidence and ability. But always breathtaking and beautiful 🙏❤️

    • @NationalCentreforCircusArts
      @NationalCentreforCircusArts  2 года назад

      So glad you're left feeling inspired by Charlotte's performance! Don't forget to check out 'Com-passū' - our 2021 BA Hons Devised Pieces, too. The playlist is being updated weekly.

  • @jaccobouwman6499
    @jaccobouwman6499 Год назад +1

    This made me cry so hard it's beautiful I can't explain why I find these so beautiful it's the same with ballet I always cry it's the music everything thank you and keep going

  • @silentm0th
    @silentm0th 4 года назад +7

    She is so brave I would be crying a storm up there. Great job

  • @leahhall523
    @leahhall523 4 года назад +40

    I interpret this by like in the begging she had these restraints holding her back and near the end she started to use it to her advantage

  • @angelscrying
    @angelscrying 4 года назад +3

    I am speechless, this is beautiful in every sense.

  • @maricelaybarra2596
    @maricelaybarra2596 4 года назад +7

    Wow what an amazing dancer. And I can’t believe how beautiful she is she has the perfect body . Like her arms are strong but delicate and her legs are graceful and strong they both look thick but help her up in the air. She doesn’t have a flat chest but doesn’t have two exaggerated balls. Her hair looks so amazing and just all of her I can’t explain she is just perfect perfect her skin color her structure and poise her face she is beauty all around

  • @dakotacox7505
    @dakotacox7505 4 года назад +7

    To date one of my favorite performances ever. (Ans I'm a loser that spends HOURS watching other people on straps/silks/hoops and chains)
    Just utterly stunning

  • @charliebatchelor6098
    @charliebatchelor6098 5 лет назад +23

    She’s so strong! This is incredible

  • @CandyCane-hb4sr
    @CandyCane-hb4sr 3 года назад +10

    Her outside : smiling
    Her inside : I’m going to die from pain

  • @siennacacador6948
    @siennacacador6948 4 года назад +1

    her body is so strong, wow. and the fact that she did aerial straps with pointe shoes on is incredible!

  • @eller3794
    @eller3794 4 года назад +3

    This is my favorite thing I’ve ever seen

  • @bramos1196
    @bramos1196 4 года назад +5

    Absolutely stunning.

  • @aspensummers334
    @aspensummers334 5 лет назад +9

    This is so beautiful. The message, the elegance, the melancholy smile alone. Fantastic

  • @serotonin4323
    @serotonin4323 4 года назад +6

    I love,I got chills,it was beautiful but the whole time I was waiting for the "Help,I have done it again."

  • @darlingdarylann3453
    @darlingdarylann3453 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for showing me how power can be beautiful this has inspired me to believe in myself and learn the silks!!

  • @fireplace-gr6nu
    @fireplace-gr6nu 3 года назад +2

    That music box music in the beginning was the song my music box played when I was a kid

  • @OwenALeonard
    @OwenALeonard 10 лет назад +20

    One of the best Aerial Straps Acts out there! Great Act!!!!

  • @carolynnwright147
    @carolynnwright147 4 года назад +2

    She is amazing the QUEEN OF ALL QUEENS. YASS GODDESS YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL GIFT TO THE WORLD. THANKS FOR SHARING.

  • @postyourdance600
    @postyourdance600 10 лет назад +41

    That was a great performance, Bravo!

  • @biarodrigues2833
    @biarodrigues2833 4 года назад +5

    that's literally the most beautiful thing i ever seen in all my life

  • @annecohen8927
    @annecohen8927 2 года назад

    Watching the movie 222 brought me in here. Wow this aerial ballet is breathtaking and soaringly graceful!

  • @drewcama2488
    @drewcama2488 Месяц назад

    Amazing speed and flow and one arm flips! so powerfull and strong and beautiful.

  • @alyssaherrera4442
    @alyssaherrera4442 6 лет назад +93

    Ya every see someone who just defies physics? Now you have

  • @kyleesaintignon9693
    @kyleesaintignon9693 4 года назад +23

    This makes me sad in a way because it makes me think of how I want to do ballet so badly but it’s way to late to start and I dont have the body for it 😕

    • @anne-clairea862
      @anne-clairea862 4 года назад +16

      Unless you want to win a prize, age and body don’t matter to ENJOY any sport ! If you feel like it just do it. I am 30 and started pole dancing and aerial hoop 2 years ago. Go for it !

    • @azarune.6
      @azarune.6 3 года назад +9

      Listen is better to start now then regret it 10 years after

    • @kyleesaintignon9693
      @kyleesaintignon9693 3 года назад +2

      @@azarune.6 thank u 🙏

  • @truesaint5566
    @truesaint5566 2 года назад +2

    Absolutely stunning performance & Beautiful to say the least :) That was bang on point :) I’m amazed at her skill & the beauty she emits x

  • @SarahNova
    @SarahNova 2 месяца назад

    I just woke up from a dream where I was doing this! It felt amazing to be leaping through the air!

  • @samanthamadison6031
    @samanthamadison6031 4 года назад +2

    this is beautiful, so breathtaking

  • @kaiowo7398
    @kaiowo7398 4 года назад +1

    THE ANXIETY THIS GAVE ME.......

  • @charlotterobinson2355
    @charlotterobinson2355 2 года назад +1

    this is my comfort video

  • @serenalizinnqui8474
    @serenalizinnqui8474 4 года назад +5

    Admit it: this is something you've always wanted to be able to do.

  • @arielburrow9433
    @arielburrow9433 5 лет назад +20

    Her pointework is stunning. Especially in combination with the straps.

  • @MrCandyHouze
    @MrCandyHouze Год назад

    I've been in fuckin awe for years over this 😭

  • @geniousatwork6658
    @geniousatwork6658 4 года назад

    I was honestly impressed with the muscles and the flexibilty of hers. That was amazing to watch!

  • @kaitlynn8646
    @kaitlynn8646 3 года назад +1

    if I could be anything in the whole world- I’d be a dancer. sadly, my parents never allowed me to take dance and I have a more curvy physique so it’s not ideal. but I’d love to feel my limbs carrying me into such beautiful things humans shouldn’t be capable of, to feel the music carving my movements and the earth ages below me when I jump. to feel the strength in my body and know i have given everything for this and I made it.

    • @riyaketelsen5513
      @riyaketelsen5513 3 года назад

      Even if you cant take dance classes in a studio there are multiple videos that can you teach you routines or ballet barres or whatever you want to do. If you want to do it GO FOR IT. Your parents may be holding back in the traditional path to dance, but you dont have to follow that path. If it is your dream, do everything you can.
      Ps. Miss Auti’s and Kathryn Morgans’ (depending on the type of dance you want to do) youtube videos are amazing and got me through quarantine lol
      GOOD LUCK!

  • @katiewilliams6266
    @katiewilliams6266 3 года назад

    watching this for 1000x

  • @joshuaguillen8333
    @joshuaguillen8333 5 лет назад +6

    This performance was so beautiful.

  • @samaraainey2060
    @samaraainey2060 4 года назад +1

    I don’t know why but my hart is beating really fast watching this

  • @lemmesleep9953
    @lemmesleep9953 3 года назад

    THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I WANNA CRY

  • @kiwisoup1863
    @kiwisoup1863 4 года назад +2

    sometimes i hate being a classically trained dancer, because i couldn't help but focus on the way her feet biscuited around en pointe rather than appreciating the beauty of this piece.

  • @robertojr4396
    @robertojr4396 4 года назад +4

    The performance speaks to me maybe will say there’s nothing great about it but I see the talent and the level of performance and time it took to practice and perfect the dance itself etc is amazing I love it. It’s a 10 for me

  • @lizzylambardo4045
    @lizzylambardo4045 5 лет назад +5

    I'm not trying to be a hater! she was beautiful and strong and amazing and i'm not trying to take away from that. She should be so proud of what she did. I just got a little worried at some parts with the pointe work. It didn't always look... maybe safe is the right word? Not hating, just concerned. I did pointe for years, i know what to do and what not to do, and there were just a few things that worried me. But who knows. Maybe they were done on purpose. If so, i'm sure she figured out how to make it look that way while still being safe. She was beautiful and amazing regardless.

    • @baby16princezz2011
      @baby16princezz2011 5 лет назад

      I don't think she's a Pointe dancer. She might just be an aerialist with a small amount of floor dance experience. Rather than the other way around

    • @FreakyFreakyBaby
      @FreakyFreakyBaby 5 лет назад

      I agree she was beautiful and amazing, but she is NOT trained for pointe and shouldn't be en pointe at all.

  • @Natalia-xr7zp
    @Natalia-xr7zp 4 года назад +1

    Beautifully done. A true inspiration.

  • @Rose-ry6gm
    @Rose-ry6gm 4 года назад +6

    As a former ballet dancer, the lack of turn out in some of the moves made me cringe a bit because I know how easy it is to hurt yourself in pointe shoes, but this is breathtakingly beautiful

  • @urdadscooking
    @urdadscooking 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful

  • @miamoira7067
    @miamoira7067 5 лет назад +34

    I really really want to try straps (I already do fabrics, Lyra, trapeze etc.) but I don’t know where to go to do them. What places in New Jersey do aerial straps?

    • @miamoira7067
      @miamoira7067 4 года назад +4

      milk and cookies straps are what the aerialist is this video was using. Silks, (Aerial Silks/Fabrics same thing) are two long pieces of fabric hanging from the ceiling that you climb and do tricks and drops and stuff on.

  • @giuliorenzobighin8165
    @giuliorenzobighin8165 Год назад +1

    Come una danza aerea che complica mirabilmente le pose figurali e reifica nel finale il volo con un che di sogno praesens ed astante. MIRABILE , Sorprendente ed altamente spettacolare.Bighin GIULIO RENZO

  • @blujay3075
    @blujay3075 4 года назад +16

    She has a lot more faith in those straps than I would xd

  • @Mrunknowngg
    @Mrunknowngg 4 года назад +1

    Amo como hasta el rostro acompaña el movimiento, como no sólo se resume en técnica sino en actuación. Al principio la sonrisa era tan diminuta, y a pesar de eso, se veía infeliz, y mientras que poco a poco intenta salir de la caja va demostrando más fluidez y alegría, y oh Dios Mío, cuando logra salir de ella se mueve con tanto vigor que me hizo detener el video para darle like, cosa que nunca hago porque se me olvida que ese botón está ahí. Pero aún así, cuando la canción termina y vuelve la tonadita de la caja musical, no vuelve a su expresión melancólica, sino que está feliz de haber salido y haber bailado. Mi flexibilidad se deprime de tan sólo verla. Hermosísimo, y no lo traduzco por qué me dé flojera, sino porque quiero demostrarle hasta donde está llegando a apreciarse su talento.

  • @thecrispyarmy4162
    @thecrispyarmy4162 3 года назад +1

    All I can say is WOW!!!

  • @bellawest9105
    @bellawest9105 3 года назад

    I think I’ve found a new dream thing I want to do, dancing and flying all in one? Count me in!

  • @Isabelbbz
    @Isabelbbz 4 года назад +3

    I've watched this video COUNTLESS times and it is still just as amazing every single time!! Love this so much

  • @alicealmeida8354
    @alicealmeida8354 4 года назад +1

    very good!!!! yes!

  • @busybeebelle1185
    @busybeebelle1185 4 года назад +3

    omg im speechless this was amazing i love keep it up

  • @marissa5266
    @marissa5266 5 лет назад +1

    She makes it look so easy

  • @belleporter656
    @belleporter656 4 года назад +2

    the first two minutes are better than my love life

  • @sofiah1761
    @sofiah1761 5 лет назад +8

    Wow, you are amazing. I did a similar routine but no where near as good as yours. I only did aerial straps for a month before the performance. xxx

  • @dawnmichele6847
    @dawnmichele6847 2 года назад +3

    Has to be the closest thing to flying without a parachute,or a, hand glider, ever.

  • @JoyceeV.
    @JoyceeV. 4 года назад +5

    I wanna fly too 😭

  • @Music-ek5zz
    @Music-ek5zz 4 года назад +1

    SHE'S AMAZING! I really love this performance

  • @davidsandoval844
    @davidsandoval844 5 лет назад +7

    Look at those arms! She is incredible, so gorgeous.

  • @helo4308
    @helo4308 4 года назад +1

    O. M. G !!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 This routine is a masterpiece! The strengh, the elegance, the power, the way you feel the music, the message of this, the EMOTIONS of this routine are amazing ane I can't find words to express how perfect this routine and the way you dance it was. I never saw ballet and aerial mixed together like this and it was a pure masterpiece. I didn't even know that you could do aerial with pointed shoes like whaaaaaat?!?! That was wow. Just wow. The emotions that this video makes me feel are unspeakable and I want to thank you for that and mostly tell you that you are as elegant and strong as anyone (* any ballerina/aerialist) can dream of. The word Congratulations isn't enough but I can't find a stronger word. I'm going to watch this video again, you did such a beautiful job 😍❤️

  • @bzkvlogs3739
    @bzkvlogs3739 3 года назад +1

    Marvelous

  • @zw0.mb1e
    @zw0.mb1e 4 года назад +3

    What was the music in the beginning??Like when she was in the box...??

    • @Yollabue
      @Yollabue 4 года назад

      No it is the swan lake finale by Tchaikovsky

  • @Ness-qr8mp
    @Ness-qr8mp 3 года назад

    is nobody gonna talk about that flip where she literally DISLOCATED HER SHOULDERS??!!

  • @Peachys.presents
    @Peachys.presents 4 года назад

    My god that looks like so much fun!

  • @InsaneLaughter01
    @InsaneLaughter01 4 года назад

    This is beautiful and gives ballet new life for me.

  • @chaiburashka
    @chaiburashka 4 года назад +33

    her MEATHOOKS . if i could do that i swear i wouldnt know how to act

  • @concha1775
    @concha1775 4 года назад

    I dont know why but I wanna cry.. this is so beautiful and sad.. idk

  • @aubreycooper5374
    @aubreycooper5374 8 лет назад +18

    the song is in the movie syber bully

  • @CosmoDudley
    @CosmoDudley 5 лет назад +2

    Beautiful act and a great concept

  • @hyunmin4111
    @hyunmin4111 5 лет назад +3

    Stunning

  • @ginpye2002
    @ginpye2002 5 лет назад +2

    Amazing! Truly amazing. So beautiful, creative, and most of all, strong!!

  • @sylviedalcourt1675
    @sylviedalcourt1675 4 года назад +1

    Magnifique 💕

  • @amandashare1281
    @amandashare1281 4 года назад

    Graceful and beautiful!

  • @Haniarar1
    @Haniarar1 4 года назад +1

    I love it

  • @kingllama1263
    @kingllama1263 2 месяца назад

    Do you know where I can get this winch she is using? Also great job!

  • @namasivayamm9234
    @namasivayamm9234 2 года назад +1

    Wonderful performance congratulations, really appreciated 🙏

  • @DavidDownieacrobat
    @DavidDownieacrobat 10 лет назад +19

    Talented... very nice act and very strong.

  • @faithjohnson8719
    @faithjohnson8719 3 года назад

    Woah gorgeous

  • @jeanlucramette67
    @jeanlucramette67 Год назад +1

    Esthétique et sensuelle...splendide