Im a theater person, and once we had a ballerina playing Cinderella. We couldn’t get her to run across the stage normally, she always ran like a ballerina. It was so funny. She tried so hard, but she couldn’t do it! 😅❤
@@fennaknaepen9906 Not true. I started ballet at 8yrs old and I also competed in track running until high school, I used to compete at National level in my country. Ballet also helped me to be a better high jumper. I danced into adulthood.
@@niagara6015 The exception confirms the rule. But anyways, it's just a joke everyone in dance class makes. When our teacher says we have to run to our next spot, suddenly we want to run elegantly but that looks hideous. It's very funny.
@@niagara6015 To be fair, I think it's like a subconsious locomotion thing You dance and run very little, muscle memory kicks in and for some people, they'd rather dance than run, it's because your muscles are trained like that. I remember when I was a kid, I find skipping a lot more easier because I skipped a lot, but when I skipped less, I find it easier to run.
As someone who has chronic knee problems watching people essential wreck their legs by going "en pointe" or fall and hit their knees like that person wearing "croc pointe shoes" it REALLY bugs my knee. I really hope everyone who reads this is being safe! Whether that be in ballet or through the very dangerous winter some of us may be experiencing.
Emotional running!! Yes!!! That reminds me of one day in my modern class in college where we ran for about half the class because "running like a 'normal person' gets beat out of you in dance classes, and I want y'all to look 'normal' when you run." She said we'd move on from running once we looked like "normal people." We kiiinda looked normal after a while, but I'm pretty sure the real reason we moved on was because she gave up. 😆
I would absolutely do a ballet barre class that Josephine teaches! I actually just bought some Capezio shoes to start doing barre warmups again to get some flexibility back into my body.
As someone who's had four fractures in her feet, all on separate occasions, the past like 6 years... (I am still recovering from the last one about three months ago.) This is just insane to me, i roll my ankles just walking on flat ground... I have small feet, slightly overly flexible ankles and I have a serious case of the Bad Lucks. I wish i could do... well ANYTHING these dancers can.
I'm in the same boat: weak ankles and a collapsed arch, which is just something everyone in my family has. I probably will never go on pointe even if I started training for that at a young age, but I do folk dance instead, which is based on ballet in the culture I'm doing it from, and I love it
Omg yes! I have hyper mobility and am super clumsy. I twist my knees and ankles all the damn time. I just get told to lose weight…like that is going to help my super flexible joints or clumsiness 🙄 I’m not even obese!!
@@UnicornsPoopRainbows Omg same! But it's mostly just my ankles... But yes the whole weightloss thing is BS! I'm overweight yes, but not unhealthy at all! I have a very active job that keeps me on my feet all day. Just had some bad luck with antidepressants and crap a few years ago, i gained weight and it's been hard to loose it all. Even if i have lost over 33lbs so far.
Don't want to sound like a spam or sth but I really love the Beard The Best You Can Be mobility training, he's on yt (I know it was a year ago but still might be useful. Helped me a lot with my hip and lower back)
I would 1000% take a class that was Just Barre. I have TERRIBLE balance and I Do Very Poorly at center work, but BARRE? I LOVE the strength-building (and balance and body-awareness-building). Barre was my FAVORITE part of the adult ballet classes I got for myself when I was still thin enough not to SUPER-damage my knees by doing ballet (or walking, or running...).
I am a huge fan of this channel and am envious of all the dancers here! I recently (repurchased) a favorite childhood book called, The Magic of Ballet by Marcie Anderson. I loved this book teaching me the basic positions and helping me appreciate the ballet training of athletes and the training of male ballet dancers! Thank you sooo much for your insight on this channel!! I love you from the orchestra pit!--- A Clarinetist! 😘
3:30 i am so glad my solo starts with me walking onstage. i would not be able to keep it together standing onstage silently as they announced my dance!!
I love how the models being en pointe or modeling in pointe shoes are so elegant and beautiful and then you know the real ballerinas cause they are in a blow up dinosaur costume xD
I love these videos! My ballet career did not happen, because of a congenital knee problem you have to grow out of. My sister danced, though, at Cleveland Ballet (as a student and in some performances) under Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat. Fond memories!
If you did indeed grow out of it, at least you still can have a lifetime of ballet ❤ even if it is not as a pro. I have a congenital problem that is the other way around - it gets worse when you are all grown. So for example, I will never run again and can't do jumps
It's never too late! Try Ballet Misfit's Absolute Beginner classes here on RUclips. She's the best for adult or older teen beginners wanting to learn ballet. She breaks everything down slowly and simply so that each move is easy to do-unlike a lot of other "beginner" teachers. You can totally do this!
i have never done ballet and i am halfway through university but watching this makes me want to be a ballet dancer 😂 i would never be able to put in the work but it's such a beautiful and rewarding skill
I’m just a shadow. I don’t belong here. I don’t know ballet, I never took ballet, and I’m not even sure who you are, except seeming to be an expert of special ballet shoes. But I do like your videos and I can’t help but wonder about this world of fine arts. There’s so much I don’t understand. You are a joy to watch.
I’ve said this before and i’ll say it again… dance, marching band, colorguard, cheer, and gymnastics are the only sports where it’s normal to talk about feet😂😂😂
I saw my brother in law barefoot for the first time the other day and had to explain to him why I was staring at his feet. He has the most beautiful arches of anyone I’ve ever seen in person (I come from a family of flat feeters, even my husband had flat feet) in running, you occasionally talk about feet, but I found we talked about quads more often 😂 I’d get leg envy
Omg when the guys did the introductions for the dances it’s the most relatable thing ever also the one we’re the guy is like “when the teacher makes you do jumps till the end of the song most relatable thing ever I am a dancer if anyone is confused ❤
At my dance recital last year, a girls pointe shoe actually fell off. Thankfully it was a group piece not a solo and she quickly ran off stage and came back a moment later to finish the dance.
The first TikTok reminds me of some of my classmates (including myself) for when we finally get done with our big professional dress projects/presentations at school...
1:29 My friend was in this one! She and her dance bestie both went to this very intense dance studio at the time, and her dance bestie was en pointe and she wasn't, so she borrowed someone else's pointe shoes to film this with literally zero pointe training!
The other day in my ballet class, the teacher had us do releves devant and passe until the song ended. Multiple people took breaks when she wasn't watching. ... ... ... ... Then we did pirouettes.
I haven't done ballet since I was 8 and I have a lot of joint pain but these videos really make me want to get back into it. My main issue is I'm 17 and all the beginner classes around here are geared towards young kids so I can't really get back into it 🥲
There might be adult beginner classes you could try! I have some near me, and often they'll let older teens join too if you ask. You also might be able to find a mixed-level teen class, but those are harder to find. Lots of colleges also have beginner classes, if you end up at a college! And I always suggest Kathryn Morgan's RUclips classes if you want something to do at home. Sorry if this is a lot, but I get very excited about people wanting to try ballet at a nontraditional age, and always want to encourage as much as possible!!
I would definitely look at a college course if you are going - dance should count as a phys ed credit. (I took modern and it was so so fun) There are also classes on RUclips you can do but of course that doesn't have anyone to check your form!
I haven't danced in three years and I STILL pick things up with my feet. Never realized it wasn't just a normal thing til my friends gave me weird/confused looks
i have no idea whats going on i dont know anuthing about this channel i just randomly clicked on this video and her laugh is so joyful i love it i enjoyed every single second of this vide
I took Ballet 🩰 for approximately 3 years when I was young. Unfortunately, due to a pretty bad case of Scoliosis, I was never allowed to go on pointe. It's just as well considering I never grew taller than 4'9" . Anyway, watching your show brings back some very fond memories and makes me laugh my behind off. Thank you.
Man these videos make me wish I never dropped ballet… I loved it so much! Still love the art form! But they stopped having classes at my school and I didn’t want to go to different classes :(((((
YES! YES! YES!!! I would definitely take a barre only class with Josephine. At my age, health and length of time since I've danced en pointe (approximately 36 years) I can only do flats for quite awhile. I'd still take her barre only classes. They would perfectly suit me. By the way, I love the changes & improvements made to all ballet shoes. Josephine, thank you for your amazing videos. I look forward to them. Please be safe, be strong, and remember to Love Yourself so that you may best Love Others. 🙏💪💜
Im a theater person, and once we had a ballerina playing Cinderella. We couldn’t get her to run across the stage normally, she always ran like a ballerina. It was so funny. She tried so hard, but she couldn’t do it! 😅❤
Once you dance, you cant run anymore. It's Scientifically proven!!! 😂😂
@@fennaknaepen9906 Not true. I started ballet at 8yrs old and I also competed in track running until high school, I used to compete at National level in my country. Ballet also helped me to be a better high jumper. I danced into adulthood.
@@niagara6015
The exception confirms the rule.
But anyways, it's just a joke everyone in dance class makes. When our teacher says we have to run to our next spot, suddenly we want to run elegantly but that looks hideous. It's very funny.
@@niagara6015 To be fair, I think it's like a subconsious locomotion thing You dance and run very little, muscle memory kicks in and for some people, they'd rather dance than run, it's because your muscles are trained like that. I remember when I was a kid, I find skipping a lot more easier because I skipped a lot, but when I skipped less, I find it easier to run.
What do you mean not normally :( i wanne see it lol
I absolutely loved the dad instructing the 2 little girls.
His channel is called ‘How to Dad’ and he is a New Zealander that does a lot of fun videos, this is one of my favourites.
@@larewi6765 Thanks!
*emotional running*
@@andynonymous6769 that killed me 😂
@@andynonymous6769 Love it love it love it!
I died at "emotional running." 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
That guy was hilarious and his girls are adorable.
His channel is “how to dad” fyi, and hes a new zealand dad to 3
Same, that was great. XD
Oh god yeah! That was my favourite!
🤣🤣❤❤
Omg, the dad making up the ballet moves might have been the best thing ever.
He’s How To Dad on youtube, and pretty charming in general
As someone who has chronic knee problems watching people essential wreck their legs by going "en pointe" or fall and hit their knees like that person wearing "croc pointe shoes" it REALLY bugs my knee. I really hope everyone who reads this is being safe! Whether that be in ballet or through the very dangerous winter some of us may be experiencing.
I'm the same, but with my nose. It's been hit with one brick too many. It was only once, but that was still too many.
Girl the winter is gone by now it’s like getting warmer
@@Littlegrinchtoes maybe for you 😭 theres been a giant snowstorm at my house (with winds up to 60mph) going on for a day now
It has literally been three days since solstice and it’s colder now than it was three days ago. We get most of our snow now until February.
Ballet and pointe are part of why I have knee issues so I feel this in my soul
This woman is the only one who is legally allowed to say "I like your feet"
I was just thinking that
lol
We need to get this comment to 1k 😭😭😭
@@Xic0nicLiliana1I did it
@@Gloomy__shroom900PERIODD
I can never have enough of Josephine reacting to tiktoks 😂
Same, it’s the best!
When "I want to break free" started I bust out laughing. Have not done ballet in 50-something years, but love your channel!
OMG the girl wearing the black tutu on her head was priceless 😅
🌴☀️🌴
The dad teaching his daughters the 'fancy crab' had me crying
Emotional running!! Yes!!!
That reminds me of one day in my modern class in college where we ran for about half the class because "running like a 'normal person' gets beat out of you in dance classes, and I want y'all to look 'normal' when you run." She said we'd move on from running once we looked like "normal people."
We kiiinda looked normal after a while, but I'm pretty sure the real reason we moved on was because she gave up. 😆
I feel that, in any dance I do 90% of cleaning is running 😂
😂😂😂
I would absolutely do a ballet barre class that Josephine teaches! I actually just bought some Capezio shoes to start doing barre warmups again to get some flexibility back into my body.
Emotional running has me dying right now. Absolutely excellent.
When I did my first school musical, there was an entire running joke about the post show depression setting in before we even did the first show :D
Post show comedown is horrible!
8:51 This is perfect! I feel so seen as someone who wanted to be a ballerina desperately but my family couldn’t afford such things.
U can learn ballerina at home and try to audition for plays
I could watch Josephine laugh at dance dads all day. So magical.
I literally love how positive she is!!!! usually people would judge just so hard but she says a nice thing to each vid
As someone who's had four fractures in her feet, all on separate occasions, the past like 6 years... (I am still recovering from the last one about three months ago.) This is just insane to me, i roll my ankles just walking on flat ground... I have small feet, slightly overly flexible ankles and I have a serious case of the Bad Lucks. I wish i could do... well ANYTHING these dancers can.
I'm in the same boat: weak ankles and a collapsed arch, which is just something everyone in my family has. I probably will never go on pointe even if I started training for that at a young age, but I do folk dance instead, which is based on ballet in the culture I'm doing it from, and I love it
Omg yes! I have hyper mobility and am super clumsy. I twist my knees and ankles all the damn time. I just get told to lose weight…like that is going to help my super flexible joints or clumsiness 🙄 I’m not even obese!!
@@UnicornsPoopRainbows Omg same! But it's mostly just my ankles... But yes the whole weightloss thing is BS! I'm overweight yes, but not unhealthy at all! I have a very active job that keeps me on my feet all day. Just had some bad luck with antidepressants and crap a few years ago, i gained weight and it's been hard to loose it all. Even if i have lost over 33lbs so far.
Don't want to sound like a spam or sth but I really love the Beard The Best You Can Be mobility training, he's on yt (I know it was a year ago but still might be useful. Helped me a lot with my hip and lower back)
Ok, Dad's terminologies are now inducted into the common ballet vernacular.
I literally know nothing about ballet, but I stayed for her infectious laughter and good vibes❤️🧡💛💕😭
I would 1000% take a class that was Just Barre. I have TERRIBLE balance and I Do Very Poorly at center work, but BARRE? I LOVE the strength-building (and balance and body-awareness-building). Barre was my FAVORITE part of the adult ballet classes I got for myself when I was still thin enough not to SUPER-damage my knees by doing ballet (or walking, or running...).
Loved the How To Dad segment! You’d love him, Josephine! A gent from New Zealand who’s even made a TED talk on how to dad!
how did i end up in this corner of youtube? i love it
The emotional running of the dad has me dying of laughter...🤣🤣
Ok but that girl in the black shirt and silvery blue tutu 😱 the fact that she can kill a runway walk on pointe is just so good.
I am a huge fan of this channel and am envious of all the dancers here! I recently (repurchased) a favorite childhood book called, The Magic of Ballet by Marcie Anderson. I loved this book teaching me the basic positions and helping me appreciate the ballet training of athletes and the training of male ballet dancers! Thank you sooo much for your insight on this channel!! I love you from the orchestra pit!--- A Clarinetist! 😘
Thank you so much for your playing!💜
Thank you for the book recommendation I just bought it used on Amazon:)
Hi from a fellow clarinetist (although i'm only a hobbyist)!
1:06 is the kind of chaotic energy I want to bring into each and every dance lesson😂
3:30 i am so glad my solo starts with me walking onstage. i would not be able to keep it together standing onstage silently as they announced my dance!!
6:43 don't buy ANY dance shoes on amazon!! i got tap shoes from amazon and in the middle of a dance the entire heel came off... lol
Uh, YES, if Josephine taught ballet barre (online) I would totally take it.
I love how the models being en pointe or modeling in pointe shoes are so elegant and beautiful and then you know the real ballerinas cause they are in a blow up dinosaur costume xD
I love these videos! My ballet career did not happen, because of a congenital knee problem you have to grow out of. My sister danced, though, at Cleveland Ballet (as a student and in some performances) under Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat. Fond memories!
If you did indeed grow out of it, at least you still can have a lifetime of ballet ❤ even if it is not as a pro. I have a congenital problem that is the other way around - it gets worse when you are all grown. So for example, I will never run again and can't do jumps
never thought i would find joy in this. new level unlocked lol. i kinsa wish i would have fell in love with this as a kid.
To the tune of emotional damage- ✨ EMOTIONAL RUNNING, EMOTIONAL, RUNNING ✨
I always loved ballet and i always wanted to learn it. Sadly we could never afford it. But I still watching it. It's just so beautiful
It's never too late! Try Ballet Misfit's Absolute Beginner classes here on RUclips. She's the best for adult or older teen beginners wanting to learn ballet. She breaks everything down slowly and simply so that each move is easy to do-unlike a lot of other "beginner" teachers. You can totally do this!
Oh my God I'm so late with seeing this reply... Im sorry 😅
Thank you SO MUCH for suggesting this! I'll totally try it out! Thank you! 💜
@@SayuNekoGaming No worries! Enjoy-and good luck!!
i have never done ballet and i am halfway through university but watching this makes me want to be a ballet dancer 😂 i would never be able to put in the work but it's such a beautiful and rewarding skill
After the nutcracker I was upbeat, but as soon as I left the theatre I was in tears ahhh
Nutcracker season!! That’s just the definition of Christmas for us ballet dancers😅😂
Hahahaha emotional running had me deceased... the accuracy... I'm crying from that one
9:19 That man reminds me of my dad. He is so funny and optimistic and full of joy.
I’m just a shadow. I don’t belong here. I don’t know ballet, I never took ballet, and I’m not even sure who you are, except seeming to be an expert of special ballet shoes.
But I do like your videos and I can’t help but wonder about this world of fine arts. There’s so much I don’t understand.
You are a joy to watch.
I feel like Josephine has just given up and realized that she’s doomed to unlimited TikTok reactions
Now I finally know why they don’t just break the shoes at the factory! I’ve always been curious and no, I’ve never had a single ballet class 😅
I lost it with the clip of the two ballerinas doing sassy walks, and the last clip she had the black tutu on her head LMFAO 😂😂❤
5:18 and then they’d say “Get up, we’re doing it again.” 😭 honestly surprised I never threw up from this
I can't stop laughing at the ballerina dinosaur 😂
I’ve said this before and i’ll say it again… dance, marching band, colorguard, cheer, and gymnastics are the only sports where it’s normal to talk about feet😂😂😂
I saw my brother in law barefoot for the first time the other day and had to explain to him why I was staring at his feet. He has the most beautiful arches of anyone I’ve ever seen in person (I come from a family of flat feeters, even my husband had flat feet) in running, you occasionally talk about feet, but I found we talked about quads more often 😂 I’d get leg envy
I could watch her react to ballet tiktoks all day! i LOVE her!!!!
THE EMOTIONAL RUNNING GOT ME OMG 😂💀
I use to cut it at the half. It felt so good and so wrong at the same time!
LITERALLY I HAD TO GOT TO SLEEP THEN I SAW REACTING TO TIKTOKS I JUMPED RIGHT IN
Omg when the guys did the introductions for the dances it’s the most relatable thing ever also the one we’re the guy is like “when the teacher makes you do jumps till the end of the song most relatable thing ever
I am a dancer if anyone is confused ❤
I always laugh soo heartily while watching these reactions! I only wish it was an hour longer! 😀
Aussie Dad is awesome. If any dad was going to take ballet with his daughters it’d be him. 😍
He’s from New Zealand lol
New Zealand* You'll start a war if you confuse the two haha
I love that How To Dad was on here!! I have followed him for years. He's amazing!
At my dance recital last year, a girls pointe shoe actually fell off. Thankfully it was a group piece not a solo and she quickly ran off stage and came back a moment later to finish the dance.
HAAHA OMG THE PREPPY POINTE IS KILLING ME IM DIEING ITS SO FUNNY YHE FALL IS JUST PERFECT❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂
I love Josephine. I’ve also been doing ballet for 13 years
the "i don't recommend" as he does a pique turn (crying lmao)
If Josephine did a barre class, I'd definitely be there - though probably virtually 😢
Someday I’m just going to take adult dance classes… love this channel!!
idk if it’s just me but i really want to see josephine do ballet
Please yes and thank you for more Josephine reacts!
Her laugh is so contagious 😂😂
8:12 NOT THE PHONK MUSIC BRO Also facts. Thats literally how I walk into dance sometimes. Just like model walk in your pointe shoes aswell lol
The first TikTok reminds me of some of my classmates (including myself) for when we finally get done with our big professional dress projects/presentations at school...
I love the Dance Competition entrances and the living with a ballerina.
your laugh makes everything better
i got so excited when i saw this video title and thumbnail
Five minutes later, "emotional running" is still murdering me. ☠
This was an absolute joy to come across. Thank you for sharing. I know nothing about the dancing. Was so fun to watch!
For the one where it said “skip adagio” LITERALLY ME IN EVERY BALLET CLASS SO ACCURATE OMG
1:29
My friend was in this one! She and her dance bestie both went to this very intense dance studio at the time, and her dance bestie was en pointe and she wasn't, so she borrowed someone else's pointe shoes to film this with literally zero pointe training!
Are their names Melanie and Tessa?
The first one, I'm absolutely the sad one. I cry every show.
I love the tutu for a headpiece 😂👏
The other day in my ballet class, the teacher had us do releves devant and passe until the song ended. Multiple people took breaks when she wasn't watching.
...
...
...
...
Then we did pirouettes.
I haven't done ballet since I was 8 and I have a lot of joint pain but these videos really make me want to get back into it. My main issue is I'm 17 and all the beginner classes around here are geared towards young kids so I can't really get back into it 🥲
There might be adult beginner classes you could try! I have some near me, and often they'll let older teens join too if you ask. You also might be able to find a mixed-level teen class, but those are harder to find. Lots of colleges also have beginner classes, if you end up at a college! And I always suggest Kathryn Morgan's RUclips classes if you want something to do at home. Sorry if this is a lot, but I get very excited about people wanting to try ballet at a nontraditional age, and always want to encourage as much as possible!!
ALB has great online technique classes
I would definitely look at a college course if you are going - dance should count as a phys ed credit. (I took modern and it was so so fun) There are also classes on RUclips you can do but of course that doesn't have anyone to check your form!
OMG 9:58 :
"mY MOneY doN't jIgGLe JIGgle, iT fOlDS"
* *me laughing harder than Josephine* *
HAHAHAAHAH WHEN SHE SAID THATS KINDA CONTROVERSIAL AND JOSEPHINE JUST SHAKED HER HEAD
just as she said ballet dancers are so graceful.
Josephine should react to figure skating tik toks and compare ballet to figure skating
I can’t believe the kiwi legend how to dad made it to Josephine. I’m so proud.
Oh my gosh you have amazing feet”
HAD ME ROLLING 😂😂
I haven't danced in three years and I STILL pick things up with my feet. Never realized it wasn't just a normal thing til my friends gave me weird/confused looks
I bought new pointe shoes on amazon AND THEY FIT AND THEY ARE PERFECT FOR DANCINNN I EVEN BROKE THEM IN AND NOW THE BOX IS GOODDDDD SMOOTHHHHH
the black and white ~silent film~ is literally me with EDS🤣
Omg yay! I sent in the howtodad video! I laughed so hard when I saw it
She has the most devious laugh and I love it.
i have no idea whats going on i dont know anuthing about this channel i just randomly clicked on this video and her laugh is so joyful i love it i enjoyed every single second of this vide
I took Ballet 🩰 for approximately 3 years when I was young. Unfortunately, due to a pretty bad case of Scoliosis, I was never allowed to go on pointe. It's just as well considering I never grew taller than 4'9" . Anyway, watching your show brings back some very fond memories and makes me laugh my behind off. Thank you.
These are my favorite react videos on the internet.
I Love this woman So Much! Her Passion and Compassion is just remarkable! ❤
Man these videos make me wish I never dropped ballet… I loved it so much! Still love the art form! But they stopped having classes at my school and I didn’t want to go to different classes :(((((
I love that you had How To Dad in there 🤣🤣🤣
Love your content but dang just can’t stop looking at that black turtleneck and denim combination it’s so beautiful on you ❤
I love that how to dad was featured he's literally an icon here in nz
I love your videos and you always make my day!
Haven't laughed so much in ages. Wonderful. Thank you xxx
YES! YES! YES!!!
I would definitely take a barre only class with Josephine.
At my age, health and length of time since I've danced en pointe (approximately 36 years) I can only do flats for quite awhile. I'd still take her barre only classes. They would perfectly suit me.
By the way, I love the changes & improvements made to all ballet shoes.
Josephine, thank you for your amazing videos. I look forward to them.
Please be safe, be strong, and remember to Love Yourself so that you may best Love Others.
🙏💪💜
Pls never stop making these
Is it just me? Or did y'all also think that at 4:37 The Pointe shoes were bread?😂😂😂