MSMOJO SAID *THESE* ARE THE "TOP 10 HARDEST BALLET MOVES". (DANCERS REACT)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- When the RUclips channel, MsMojo, created this video on "The Top 10 Hardest Ballet Moves To Pull Off", it was an opportunity too hard for us to pass up on. Today we are going to review this video in real time and let you in on these ballet steps from our perspective as professional ballet dancers.
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Could we maybe get a Part II video where you two compile what YOU think are the most challenging steps?🤗
Thanks for watching! Yes, we will definitely consider a Part II to this video Stay tuned! 😊
@@balletreign I 2nd the comment above! Would be interesting to see your take
HAHA I found it. Sorry just discovering your channel now and going through all the vids.
Welcome to the channel! Glad you found it and catching up on the ballet nerd content :) 💗
The sigh in unison at arabesque really got me...as an uncoordinated non-dancer, your explanations of your craft are so great! I'm among the people who'd love to see your top 10 hardest list, and I've subscribed so I don't miss it if you do it. Thanks for the video! 🩰
Edit: Maybe the MsMojo video was meant to be 'top 10 ballet moves we've heard of'...come on, tell us about the ones whose names we don't know because ballet dancers whisper them in horror, hoping the step won't hear them and show up in their next performance...
Thank you so much 😊 You’re so welcome, thanks for subscribing! We will definitely consider a follow up video for our Top 10 hardest list :)
Hahaha 🤣 “the ones dancers whisper in horror…”
Agree, I want to see the dancers list!!!
Yes, do your own list!
gargouillade....
@@uduckshhh dont let it hear you
As a non-dancer, I can’t imagine being able to go like, “Hey leg - I need you to boop up next to my head while I stand here” and then it just happens. Defo magic.
Hahaha yes, ballet really is magical when you step back and see how effortless and beautiful the dancers make everything look! Makes us appreciate the art so much more when you see it with understanding 😊
As an adult beginner, all the ballet steps are HARD! 🤣 But I'm still working on them. 🙂
You’re absolutely right on that 😂. Keep up the hard work! It will always pay off
Yeah, I think for beginners, they’d be the hardest steps. If that’s the angle ms mojo wanted to go, they needed to specify that. I hope you’re improving. They do sound hard.
Listen and move to the music, Love what you're doing, and Don't be so hard on yourself...just Dance!!!🩰💖🩰
Also, just be aware that if you are doing doing the move correctly, ALL of the ballet steps ever are super difficult.
I’ve watched this (Ms Mojo video) a long time ago. The moment arabesque was included here over a huge number of more difficult ballet steps I knew that it wouldn’t be long before a reaction video is going to be made by advanced to professional ballet dancers.
There we have it. Thank you girls for proving that I wasn’t being a non-ballet dancer know it all.
You’re welcome! Hope it was informative. Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed the video!
You ladies banging your heads to Swan Lake made me giggle, because I've done that before. Dancers really are a different breed. Also, I 100% agree about arabesque. There are different levels, and it can range from very basic, to challenging, but I would never put it on a list of "the hardest ballet moves".
Love this comment, yes, always welcome here! Glad to know others do this too and feel the same way about classical music and ballet 😂
I feel like the name of this list should have been "most impressive" instead of most difficult, because that's clearly what they based it on, their opinion of what looks hard instead of what actually is hard. Grande Jete looks harder than jete battu but the latter would be harder for most dancers to master. Loved your video!
Thank you so much for watching, glad you enjoyed the video! We agree, that’s a fair way to look at it. All of ballet is hard, just a matter of perspective :)
The things you ladies were saying was just like the stuff I was muttering to myself when I first watched their video a month or so ago! Ballet dancers/teachers get it 😂
I have TwoSet Violin for my music criticism, you guys are a strong contender with just this video for ballet. Can't wait to watch more
Wow thank you so much 🙏 Thanks for watching and sharing. Glad ur here!
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@@awanna-bechristine9324 Yess. Not a musician, but definitely a fan of TwoSet here.
Another TwoSet Violin fan here too❣️
Glad to have you here! ❤️ You TwoSetters are everywhere 😅
Adagio is the hardest to master. It is pure strenth of very specific muscles, you can’t be good at this without really giving all yourself into practicing. nice video!❤
Very well said, we couldn’t agree more... Giving yourself to your craft and being diligent to practicing 💯 Thank you so much for watching ❤️
1 adagio
2 fouetté
3 switch leaps of any kind
4 the memorization of frappe
5 gargouillade
and the rest that i find difficult are due to the fact that i’m a first year ballet dancer with little experience previously, just a fast learner, and also due to my technique work i have to make up for lol
This is a great list! Thanks for sharing Working hard and picking up things quick gives you such an advantage :) Keep it up, and remember that your brain plays a huge role when it comes to technique 👍🏻
Don't forget to add the brisé to that list 😅 they're sooo hard to do properly
Anything on my left side ✋🏻
Hahaha yes definitely! 😂
What's a gargoyle 😨
I actually appreciate that Ms Mojo put things that aren’t “hard” in the eyes of actual dancers. It may not be correct, but as a non dancer, I am super impressed by steps that you guys would consider easy or fundamental! Such talent
Thanks for sharing ur pov! Non-dancers are always welcome here ☺️ 🙌🏻✨
I'm not even sure why this wound up on my recommended, but I watched the whole vid and couldn't leave without dropping praise for your excellent pacing, commentary, and the great way you two play off of each other. I subscribed and wish you luck, along with the success you deserve! Thanks for making ballet accessible to all in such a fun way!
Love this, glad you found us! 😊 Thank you for the kind words. We are happy to make ballet accessible to everyone in a fun way. Welcome to the channel! ❤️
I love the kindness each of you dancers and non-dancers are showing to each other. I also love the free exchange of ideas for improving your craft.
Thanks for watching and glad to have you! It’s wonderful to see the kindness and ideas shared as here. Appreciate your comment and feedback ❤️
Literally reacted and said the exact same thing as they were being listed! Adage is just death to me! Grand allegro and pirouettes are always my favourites
Haha 😂 Yes! Thank you for watching and sharing
I would love to see a professional dancer's hardest moves list!. I agree that adagio is really hard - the bain of my ballet existence when I was young and trained. Unfortunately, some Russian instructor I had in my NYC school shot me down by telling me my "chest was too large to be a dancer. it throws off my proportion and balance and that I would Never be a professional dancer"! This was after 13 years of training! This was in the era of George Balanchine and his muse Suzanne Farrell of the flat and bony chest! Then came Gelsey Kirkland! I stopped dancing ballet, but realized later I should have taken up some jazz and modern and tap to try to be a dancer on Broadway (I sing and play instruments as well). I did continue classes a few years later for my own pleasure, until I became pregnant. In those days dancing while pregnant was not looked well upon. Now, many many years later, I watch a lot of ballet on RUclips. I'm so happy to have discovered your channel! (subscribed!!!) Thank you for this video. The dancers in it are just beautiful!
Welcome! Glad to have you here! Definitely stay tuned, we hope to have a dancers hardest moves list! Also, there are unfortunately many strict body requirements that parts of the ballet world still religiously holds to, which have stopped many from pursuing this art-form. We hope this channel helps to make ballet more accessible to everyone 😊
Glad to hear ballet is still a big part of you ♥️ I hope you will continue dancing!
Watch the ABT Swan Lake videos they show here of Gillian Murphy. She has a very busty silhouette and has a gorgeous hourglass figure. They must really strap her chest underneath those costumes because nothing moves. But she does those 32 fouttes perfectly. I'm sorry you had such a jerk derail your career.
I feel like they're definitely just listing the most common dance moves, like they came to watch my little's ballet class and these are some things we did
Yes, definitely some very basic ballet steps 🩰. Glad you get to share ballet with your little one!
Me still trying to master single pirouettes and there’s people out there doing fouettés like that…
Also how are grand jetes listed as the top 10? That is one of like the first things five year olds taking ballet learn
Haha, yes 💯 agree with you there on grand jeté being first things we teach to the young dancers 🤣.
Once you master the pirouette, the fouettés will come much easier. Keep working at it and don’t give up :)
when i was still dancing, i always found pique easier than pirouette. even doubles. "once lost it's hard to get back"... pique is quite possibly the easiest step to get back up on like ???
Hahah yes, there are harder steps 😊 Thank you for watching!
I had watched the original video a while ago and was shaking my head the entire time! When I saw that there was a reaction video by dancers, automatically had to watch it 😄 I agree with everything you 2 said!
Personally, I struggle with Russian(switch) leaps, limbering up in general, and I’ve always hated Adagio. But I LOVE Allegro (grande or petite) 😄
Haha, thanks so much, we knew we weren’t the only ones! Switch leaps are HARD and so is adagio, but you have a friend in us when it comes to allegro 🐇😆
Arabesque. When I learnt it in under 8's jazz Esteidfodds. 🙃
Aww! That's always been one of my favorite parts of Swan Lake too. :D Love your genuine (and spot-on) reactions to MSMOJO's list, but also the emphasis on kind commenting. As someone who trained in ballet (and various other dance forms) from early childhood to my mid-twenties, I'm mostly in agreement with what's already been mentioned, including the fact that ALL the steps are hard! I mean when you think about it, ballet basically requires the active engagement of like, all your muscles just to stand still correctly. (The main exception on the list for me for some reason - well, I guess probably because I became obsessed with them at an early age and began regularly attempting them in my parents' living room - is rond de jambe fouettés en tournant. Once I got the coordination down, they sort of became... "my jam" or whatever, lol).
So then, the hardest steps in my book (though not necessarily in order, and not including any partnered "moves") would be:
Adagio in general, but particularly:
1. promenade in à la second
2. grand rond de jambe en l'air
3. arabesque penché
4. pirouette from grand plié in fifth position and ending in an extended position
5. Italian fouettés (could never quite get around far enough to execute them without a bunch of hoppity-doo-dah)
6. one-footed hops en pointe (damn these beautiful feet! How does Natalia Osipova do it???)
7. pas de bourrée couru en avant (one of those steps that's not super technically complicated, but that I could never manage to do without looking incredibly awkward)
8. consecutive turns on one foot in arabesque or attitude
9. flic-flac en tournant (you know you're not mastering the step if you have to grab the barre so hard that it makes an audible KACHUNGGK! sound when you do it)
10. petit battement (another "simple" step that isn't)
11. ALL THE STEPS!!!
Also, I'm all washed up now but miss ballet class terribly, so thank you to all the "beginners" commenting! You are an inspiration, because if you can start from scratch, I can surely start again!
Love this ❤️ Yay! So glad to appreciate ballet with you all. Thank you for your thoughtful and generous feedback and letting us know you enjoyed the video. 🙏
Thanks for your sharing your top ten list, made us smile 😊 Yes, adult beginners are inspiring and hope you start again too! Glad you’re here!
As someone who hasn't had any dance training and doesn't know which steps are harder than others, but I greatly enjoy watching ballets, the best part of your video was at 4:44 when you said, "For context, All of Ballet is Hard". 😂 I just have take peoples word for it when they make lists like this because to me, it's all incredible to watch.
Is it just me or are pique turns way easier than pirouettes? 😅
As an adult returning to ballet after 15 years (I'm in the beginner level now), these are my hardest steps:
1) Pirouette (turns scare me)
2) Rond de jambe en l'air
3) Grand battement (especially to the side - ouch)
Half of my problem at this point is just strength lol.
Do you do grande plíes every day? It really helps with that leg strength
Not just you, pique turns are definitely easier :) Thanks for sharing your list!
💯 agree, grand plies will help a lot!
@@desertrose3511 That's a great idea and definitely something I can incorporate. Thanks!
Yes
We used the barrel-turn term when we did them in jazz. Sometimes leading leg was also in attitude
I haven't taken ballet for decades but I was quite disappointed at the MsMojo video for misinforming folks with no training....so glad to see your rebuttle!
You’re welcome! Once you’ve taken ballet it’s always stays with you. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed the video!
As a Ice Skater who did minimal ballet I watched this Ms Mojo video thinking I would learn something, and I was so disappointed as even I knew most of the steps. Thanks for making this video to give prospective!
You're so welcome! We have ice skaters here yay! Glad it was helpful and that watching both videos can give a balanced perspective.
When I watched the original video, I had similar reactions and I took dance for recreational purposes (1 class/ week, 2 when I got older).
Thanks for watching! Glad you had a chance to take dance for recreation 😊
I've watched that video before and instantly thought it had to be a non dancer who made that list. A lot of the steps they were showing, we were taught in like level 2 of ballet. I started ballet back in 1999 and had a Russian ballet mistress.
You are fortunate to have Russian ballet training- they are known to raise dancers of very high caliber 👍🏻
@@balletreign unfortunately I had to stop in 2006 right before YAGP and recently got back into ballet back in 2021. This style is a lot different from what I was taught because at the studio I dance at now they are taught Balanchine which took a bit to adapt to.
The arabesque one kind of killed my soul ngl
Thanks for watching with us! 😂
Love the girls! Keep it going, you should do a video of your top 10 hardest ballet steps
Thank you so much, we will! Great idea... expect to see that in an upcoming video!? 😉
@@balletreign I second that , do that and You will earn couple of subscribers
Will do, thank you for supporting the channel! 🙏
Coming from a musical standpoint, it is common for most people (even the greats) to trip up on foundational methods. So in band or choir the students would hyper focus on the difficult, jaw dropping, breath taking difficult sections, while our conductors would always, ALWAYS make us repeat the slower “basic” sections. In those ballads, decrescendo, soft places is were performers mess up. I can see the same happen in dance. So their list seems to be the “most important fundamental steps in ballet.”
Thanks for that musical perspective, it’s true that just the fundamentals may be easy to execute but not always easy to master! Yes, most of us dancers agree with that title 😊
Having grown up in and around a dance studio, I shared some of your incredulous looks at some of the choices in the video. I think the perspective though is from the outside person who doesn’t do this which makes some even basic ballet moves seem hard and magical as they haven’t been doing the basics since they were two in some cases.
Thanks for watching and sharing! Yes, definitely agree. Both videos together give a balanced look from non dancers to dancers perspective, informative and entertaining, great starting point for open discussion 😊
I started learning ballet 4 months ago at the age of 38. Here's my list of 5 hardest ballet moves:
1. plie in 1st
2. plie in 3rd
3. plie in 5th
4. plie in 4th
5. 540 jump
Funny thing is I can actually do some of the steps on the list in the video relatively well.
1.I can do a single cabriole (still working on the double)
2. I'm ok at arabesque (just can't go above about 85 degrees)
3. I can consistently do double pirouettes and triple about 50% of the time without falling out
4. piques are easy and I can do an infinite number of these
5.penche I have no chance
6. tour de reins I can do relatively well
7.grand jete I have good height but the splits is still not there and my back leg is still a little bent
8. never heard of nor tried the italian fouette
9. never heard of grand adage, and still not sure what it is even after watching the video
10. I can do about 6 fouettes currently with my left as the working leg, and about 3 with my right. Still working on this one too.
Wow! Sounds like you’re doing well in your training especially for having only taken ballet for 4 months. There’s a ballet saying that goes, “the plié is the first thing you learn and the last thing to master”. Thanks for sharing your list. Keep it up!
hi! grand adage is basically the generalization of very slow, yet big movements. like extensions and port de bras and other big movements but veeery slow.
@@pxndora.4720 I guess that makes sense. Adagio means slow and grand means big, so big & slow makes sense.
I haven't taken a ballet class in 15 years, but I still had the same thoughts as you did when I watched this video!
Yay! Glad you’re here and thanks for watching 😊
they kept showing videos of tour jetes when they were talking about cabrioles😭
Thanks for watching, yes, there were a few 😂
Ms Mojo should probably stay with what she knows. I studied ballet long enough to have seen and done (tried?!) many steps so I know when they are done well. I would not say the same about other disciplines. I enjoyed your comments and critiques!
Yes, MsMojo’s video introduced a lot to common ballet steps that look difficult to non dancers. Glad dancers here can give their pov on what is actually difficult for them 😊 Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video!
Honestly, it’s interesting to see what a layman like whomever at MsMojo made the video compared to what professional dancers think. I would love a top 10 video of hardest steps from the pros too! Maybe there is one on here, I have looked yet since I just found the channel!
They needed to have sissones in there!
That’s a great one! Those are difficult to coordinate, especially sissone en arrière (traveling backwards).
The word, "stern" is not in your vocabularies. You two are so 2023. It's fun to talk casually about a life choice involving such focused discipline. It's like risque, and a refreshing moment. Thanks ladies.
Hahha Love this, thank u! Appreciate you watching and for the kind comments. We love sharing what we love with y’all! 🩰
I found your channel on a stressful night and spent over two hours laughing and enjoying. You totally took my mind off my troubles. Thank you!
@mydogsmom9206 aww we’re so happy we could make you smile and laugh! Thank you for being here. Keep going, you’re doing great ♥️♥️
Dude.... I've been doing jazz for literally one month and we're already learning arabesque.
as a ballet teacher… my 4 y/o’s are learning arabesque’s currently 🤣
edit: and also grand jete’s 😭 oh msmojo
Ours too! Lol 😂 Thanks for watching!
Grand jete is done in a lot of sports
Ms. Mojo is like the 5 Minutes Creates of the Top 10 lists. Not surprised she didn't quite nail it lol
I love this video and how you two are reacting so much! 😁 💛 (my first time here, definitely staying!)
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind comment!! Glad to have you here! ❤️😊
Thats my favorite part of swan lake tooooooo. But also like I was so happy to see I am not insane and someone else thinks an arabesque is simple. I have done ballet for most of my life and I watched the Ms. Mojo video and i was like im sorry I must be doing a different type of ballet. But again to be fair all ballet is hard and I can see how people less accustomed to it would not see which are harder. Especially considering it is our job to make it look easy. Also if I do a pirouette and its a bad turning day and its a little crazy my teacher says stop spinning. So i would not say a pirouette is a spin or a twirl. But again to be fair, that is ballet terminology and most people dont see things like that especially with out technique training.
Well said!!! 👏👏👏 we’re glad you can relate. Thank you so much for watching and sharing. Great points and always good to keep a good perspective on all sides :)
As a ballet dancer, I can say that Ms Mojo’s video was definitely off.
There are far more difficult steps, jumps and turns than the steps mentioned here. Arabesque is easier than some jumps 👀(even as a dancer of 18 years plus, I can say that ballet is always difficult, but some steps are just that difficult to dance.)
I actually agree with arabesque being on the list. I’m not a professional ballet dancer but I trained in it for years, majored in dance, and now teach ballet and I still struggle with my arabesque line. It just feels so unnatural to my body and my turnout isn’t great so I have to focus so hard just to get it to look halfway decent… pique turns are defo easier than pirouettes though.
Welcome and glad to hear you are teaching ballet 🩰. Yes, arasbesque can be difficult when turn out is not natural -it definitely takes more effort to obtain those beautiful lines 😊
You are so right, difficult to listen if non prof. dancers explain you your job. To my opinion difficulties depend on your personal “talents”, and what is difficult for one might be easy for somebody else. Personally, being a professional dancer I hated attitude pirouettes more than fouettés. One of the most difficult things I saw was Italian fouettés with change of direction.
We are with you on this one! Italian Fouettés are so hard. A lot of dancers find it challenging esp at end of variation when you are already tired lol
@@balletreign But they’re so gorgeous! I just love watching them, and am always wishing the dancers would perform just one more!
As an ex ballet student, grand adagio was my most hated part in every ballet exam
Yes, 💯 adagio is hard, but the pressure from exams make it even harder 😅
For me, the hardest steps have been gargoyleilade and one-footed hops en pointe. Also, for me, I find Italian fouettés just slightly easier than Russian, not sure why but I do.
Yes, thanks for sharing your hardest steps! Even among dancers, what is harder for one is easier for another, but we agree all agree ballet takes hard work and discipline to train/practice 😊
I’m… not a ballet dancer. Im in my schools winterguard. And I do many of these (like arabesque and pirouette) in my routine. So like… how can it be difficult if I, someone with no previous dance experience, can do them (though def at an easier level)
Yes, glad to hear you also do some of these steps in your routine. They are common fundamentals ballet steps. There are definitely harder ones from dancers perspective, thank you for sharing 😊
With a different title, that MsMojo video could have been just fine. How about 'Top 10 common ballet steps that prove just how hard ballet is'? :D
Yes, absolutely! The video was informative and entertaining, thanks for watching 😊
Symphony in C 2nd movement has very difficult partnering
That is another good one to add-partnering itself should have its own category of difficulty
It seems like you haven't seen Center Stage - if not you definitely need to watch it! It's a classic! lol.
Hahah never watched it before :)
@@balletreign You're making me feel old over here 👵
@@balletreign 😮
We haven’t seen a lot of movies, so don’t feel too bad! 😂
@@balletreign well, maybe you can watch it, make a reaction video, and let us know what you think. 😄
Definitely should have been separated between male and female steps. I saw this video a long time ago and laughed at some of their choices. Non-professional should not make these lists. Speaking from the perspective of a former professional. Loved your reaction and comments.
Yes, 💯 great point, there really needs to be separate lists. Glad you enjoyed our reaction video, thanks so much for watching!
As a dancer ;-)....not everybody is able to even remotely reach a split that will look good in grand jeté. I for example have a very narrow hip socket so I can't stretch in that position at all (trying to do it would damage the joint) - so also no penché for me...but I can quadruple turn and fouetté and have a completely flat turnout. For everyone that will never be able to reach a full split: You're still worthy to call yourself a dancer!
Love this. Absolutely 💯!! Thanks for sharing that perspective and always focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Appreciate your bringing this up as it will inspire other dancers 💝
Grabbin my coffee for this one! My ballet years ended over 30 years ago. And my first reaction was “whats changed??? These are basics!!” 😂
Now- all of them would be hard for me now lol
LOL Thanks for watching! Glad ballet is still a part of you :)
Gargouillade!
Hahaha gargouillade is notoriously difficult, especially the coordination!
You are underrated :< new subscriber!
So kind, thanks for subbing! Welcome to the fam! 🤍
I've done ballet since i was 3, so 22 years now. This is a very interesting list 😂 it isn't very accurate msmojo
Hi 👋 Always glad to welcome another seasoned dancer here watching with us! Definitely MsMojo’s list is meant for non dancers to be familiar with some common ballet steps that look pretty impressive 😊
I would appreciate links to the best "moves"/steps. Tie some of your comments to the best dancers in the best performances, so we, the laity, can marvel and cheer, and experience the measure by which we will judge performances we attend. I'll be at the Joyce in NYC later this month. It would be very helpful to see the right positions and measured turns. Thanks ladies. Much fun here.
Thank you for watching! Glad to hear you’ll be at the Joyce this month. Yes, we will definitely be doing a video of our top 10 hardest ballet steps for dancers as well as ballet analysis on some popular ballets and variations, stay tuned! :)
It's also inaccurate to say the top leg stays. It's actually supposed to raise further after the beat, most times, depending on the choreo.
Yes! Definitely agree with this one ☝️
I ❤ this! And I agree with you. What about brisé volé? It looks hard to me.
Thank you for watching! 🩰❤️Yes, agree with you on brisé volé, super difficult!
The hardest steps for me personally:
1. Split
2. Leap
3. Plié
4. Tondue
5. Releve
Thanks for sharing your list. With practice and good training, hard work always pays off and you can do it! ❤️
Why Frappé???? That's one of the easiest. Gargouillade is pretty difficult. And for men, entrechats huit was missing. And then I would add some pas de deux steps like the woman turning two turns with leg aside and landing in penché in her partner's arms.
Haha yes! 💯 agree, we’ve had to do all of those steps before and they were super difficult. Great list
The end of Act II. No. 13. Dances of the Swans is *hands down* one of the best parts of the ballet. Thank you for bringing this up. I re-listen to it so often.
Thanks for watching, so glad you think so too! 😅🙌🏻
Informative. Great to us non dancers too. Why have background opera music instead of ballet music (Rossini's La gazza ladra?)
Thank u, we’re glad u enjoyed the video!
This video may answer ur question:
ruclips.net/video/1cAt_WbSqCA/видео.htmlsi=vhqDFckKljBRQlsZ
Not a dancer but just a ballet aficionado, and I think the two of you are absolutely adorable. Thank you for your delightful videos.
Welcome, glad to have you here! 😊Thank you for watching and for your kind comments. Happy to hear you are enjoying the videos! ❤️
THANK YOU 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
You're welcome!! Thank so much for watching 😊
We called them tour jete en tournant - and my skirt never got in the way - of this or anything else. Ballet skirts are designed for large ranges and turns - as with the penche you just saw where the leg went vertical - she's in a skirt. But gotta choose the battles, lol.
petit allegro. especially from the male teachers or balanchine teachers. vagonava/russian petit allegro is good though.
Thanks for sharing your list, we need to hear them from dancers :)
I would love to see YOUR top 10 hardest moves list!! Then I would know they're hard!
Love this, thank you so much! We will definitely consider putting out our hardest steps list in a future video 😊
One of my friends would do 40 fouettés
Wow, that’s wonderful! 👏👏👏They are very difficult but it’s a beautiful ballet step!
MsMojo is a channel I've seen before cover all kinds of topics and they are usually just a list of top "generic" things ie. things that people NOT in said industry (of said video) will recognize. They are rarely accurate lists.... just more of "here is a list of things you've seen or heard of" for any topic.
Edit: In short... you guys are right, all their videos are "the most common" and they name them poorly for clickbait.
Yes, their video was informative and great start for open discussion. We love to hear dancers perspective so far on what steps are actually hard for them. Thanks so much for watching!
Good Lord, Ballet is already hard but she makes it sound virtually impossible. It’s not THAT hard 😂. All takes practice and good time 😂
My son did arabesque when he was 6 in his first ballet class. With no dancing experience but having wathced his teacher explain it, I was able to demonstrate it for him at home. (Obviously neither of us did it as skillfully as an actual ballot dancer.) I just can't see how it is one of the hardest moves when kids and non-dancers can do it.
Hahah yes, arabesque is one of the first fundamental ballet steps 🩰 Her video was helpful in sharing these common steps in ballet, but glad dancers can share their steps of what is actually hard for them 😊
I learned piqué turns in my ballet101 class in uni. Im not at all a dancer, just took it for fun. Our instructor wanted us to do pique turns across the room and then do a leap at the end. First time I did it, I leaped backwards lol. But I remember being maybe only one of two students who lost place during practice (we were the only 2 students who were not dance majors). Everyone with dance experience picked it up pretty quickly and it was easy for a non dancer once you got the hang of it.
I think ms mojo probably just looked up a list of ballet steps and then listed them in order of whichever looked harder. It would have been nice if they fact checked with an actual dancer though. Just making up stuff cheapens the quality of the channel
Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad you had opportunity to take some ballet in uni. Ballet at any age for enjoyment is highly recommended :) Keep dancing for fun!
Piqué turns are easy and beginner, but idk, I’ve always had a significantly longer stride than my peers, so learning to NOT travel so far in one turn while staying on the correct angle and making it look exactly the same as the girl in front who was a foot shorter and 50lbs lighter and needed 2x the turns to cross the stage was what made them difficult and complicated.
That’s a really great point you brought up, the length of your stride compared to dancers beside you is important. It plays a big role in difficulty level in terms of having to adjust so to make everything look uniform with the other dancers
You guys should make a top ten list about what actually are the hardest ballet steps
It’s definitely been highly requested, so keep an eye out for it in a future vid??Thanks so much! 🙌🏻
@@balletreigncan’t wait!
This has to be so painful for you gals! I took dance for several years in my younger days and I learned most of these steps. I assure you I never was anything close to professional 😂 Ms Mojo sucks, and now you know!
Me, who has never done ballet in my life: “That looks hard.”
J&E: “That’s not hard.”
Me: “That’s not hard.”
MsMojo is not a ballet chanel. I see the original video as a pretty good education for people who know nothing about ballet and don´t speak in ballet language. Makes it interesting for people who never saw ballet or didn´t recognise it between other boring old dances (not my oppinion) and maybe they will buy a ticket to watch it live becous somebody showed it to them in language they understand.
Definitely agree with you! Thanks for watching and for your input. Both videos together give a balanced perspective.
Cabriolet was my favorite. Its not difficult. Gargs were the hardest for me to get smooth and consistent.
Yes 💯 agree, many find the gargouillade a difficult step to master!
after performing the paquita adagio i have to say adagio feels like the hardest thing ever😅😅literally the hardest time of my life even though it’s not actually that hard on paper lol
Amazing! So funny and I learned a lot! Would love to see you guys react/comment on other ballet videos popular on RUclips!
Thank you for the kind comment! ❤️ Glad you learned something, yes, please suggest popular videos you’d like us to react to in future videos! Tysm 😊
I've never seen a ballet without a grande adagio. Hard but my favorite part of ballet class.
I’m a 35 year old man with only the most basic understanding of ballet
It is certainly fascinating though and you guys explained it in a really accessible way
Was surprised to see I’m an early subscriber . If you keep uploading I’ll keep watching
Good luck!!
Thank you so much, we’re glad we can make ballet accessible to anyone who wants to learn. Appreciate the comment and thanks for the sub!
Yep” cabriolle
Ms Mojo uses these types of captions to get people to watch. She also tends to use terms that non dancers can understand. She tries to get people more engaged in her topics.
Yes, absolutely! Her video was informative and engaging for her audience. It’s a great launching point for open discussion. Thank you for adding that perspective
Hi there! First time watching you guys and I loved it! Was wondering though if you guys have ever watched Center Stage? and if not, want to do a video react to it?! Please?! lol
Hello! We’re so glad to have you here! We haven’t seen Center Stage, but would love to see the ballet portrayed in the movie. Thanks for your suggestions. Hmmm… may consider a reaction to it in a future vid… 😉
Gahhhhhh!!! I haven't done serious ballet since I was a kid but this made me CRINGE! I get that they want to make it easy for non dancers. But yes...
Half of these steps, I remember from beginner class. Yeah, sure, an arabesque is suuuuuuper hard. Pique turns? Barely done in any class at all.
I agree with your assessment too, but I was also LOL with you!
Reaching back from memory, any pirouette above a double, and those were still hard for me, especially from fifth. Frappes were tough for some reason, I couldn't get it just right. Fouettés were okay, but once I 'graduated' to pointe, they didn't want to happen.
Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed this! 😂
Ms. Mojo: Top 10 HARDEST ballet steps
Me, having done all of these in color guard, not even ballet: guess we’re just built different 💅
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing you perspective from the non ballet side, you are fortunate that these comes easier for you. Definitely the way we are built affects how we can move!
@@balletreign oh, I was joking lol! I was more making the observation that these are supposed to be incredibly difficult steps that only trained dancers should be able to do, but our killer color guard with no formal training whatsoever could do them. Great video!
Hahah thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! 😊
As an adult recreational dancer, majority of the ballet steps are hard…and again are a matter of opinion, but agree that some shouldn’t have been in the list…it should be more like getting a nice arabesque or a “perfect” pirouette. I also think I’m in the minority in that i find fouettés easier than pirouettes en dehors…i even find pirouettes en dedans easier! Mind you turns are not my most favourite thing in class…jumps are, so i find things like cabrioles or any sort of battu easier. Italian fouettés are DEFINITELY hard…especially on a non-turn day and to the left 🫣
Glad you are learning ballet and enjoying it! Every dancer has different strengths and weaknesses, but Italian fouettes are super difficult to do well. Thanks for watching
Gargouillade!
You’re not alone! 😂
Exactly! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Adagio is not a step. It’s a bunch of different steps.
Yes you are correct, it’s a broad term- it’s a quality of movement , slow or sustained etc
I think Ms. Mojo said those 10 were the hardest as a beginner to ballet, or just dance in general
if you have attended a good ballet school you should be able to do them all.
Yes, good training is such an important step that should not be missed in laying the foundation for mastery in ballet technique and artistry
1. You should create the Top 10 Female Ballet Dancer Steps video. Could you show us how it's done? 2. That channel covers a lot of territory on different subjects, so I'm not surprised they didn't make it perfect. 3. You're right that a lot of this is subjective opinion. I only took a few beginner Ballet classes as a child. I know the very, very basics. I learned about Ms. Mojo's video not being perfect because you spoke up. So thank you.
Here’s our top 10 list! ruclips.net/video/q-abWe_e_3w/видео.htmlsi=qPxyDuwrpw6uqqnq
Thanks for watching, and thanks for ur comment ✨✨
What about the relévé turns in Grand pas classique with the leg remaining a la seconde? Oh my. That one is killer
Ballet it like ice skating with point shoes on
Great comparison! Both are beautiful art forms ❤️
Hardest female step? That weird flatfooted, shoulders hunched, elbows to the sides waddle in the wings after your variation. Hardest male step? Not throwing up onstage after YOUR variation!
Wow! You two are so great as educators!!! And you’re adorable!
You are so kind, appreciate your feedback ;) Thank you so so much ☺️ Glad you’re here!
Every single one of MsMojo's video titles should also include "(according to me!}"!! Many of those videos are incredibly off the mark. I think there is one that is listed as the greatest movie musicals of all time..... and nothing before 1970!! Seriously?!
FOR REALLL “according to me” would help a lot 😂😂