I think what makes a truly great dancer, particularly, is charisma - that elusive quality that is hard to define and impossible to acquire through just training - it takes courage besides the almost insane level of dedication to the art. First you have to learn all the rules - the technique, to perfection. Then you have to learn to break said rules in a way that brings and audience to its feet mid-performance. That is great dance!
I knew she would make it to, NYC of ballet, She has/had so much potential and she kept her cool and was very humble, she will do wonderful in her foward years.💓😁
I don’t know how but when I’m dancing I feel so free. It’s like I’m glued to the ground and flying at the same time. I’m not balanced in day to day life but when I’m doing pirouettes I feel like I could turn forever and never stop. It’s almost like the world goes blank and Its only me. It’s almost a religion to dance, for me atleast.
I'm really excited about season 2! Though I'm sad it's not gonna be at SAB, it'll be fun learning out Miami City Ballet School. I hope this series will go on for a bunch of seasons!
I'm 14 going to be 15 in august and i always wanted to do ballet. Im over weight and 5'5 but I've been trying to get into shape for years (since i was in 2nd grade). Ballet is something i always wanted to do, i have little experience from damce in school that i was in only for the 1 semester. I really wanted to do ballet but people said it's too late. I really want this. I really do, not as a professional thing, but as a serious hobby. It's a beautiful art form and i really need advice right now from someone who has been taking ballet or has knowledge about it. Please and thank you.
Savannah Torres I've been taking ballet a few years and I love it so much and wish I had been doing it longer! Anyway, make sure you stay focused in class, but don't compare your progress to anyone else's. Focus on making yourself better, and give it time. Also, eat lots of healthy carbs and proteins, because this will fuel your body properly while dancing!
Savannah Torres I am now 15 n i've been taking ballet lessons since I was 12, summers excluded. Until then, I was a tall and flabby, and i used to feel uncomfortable seeing my friends being skinny, all of the same height. But i loved ballet so i decided to start those lessons. My "mirthless" body trasfered in a year, i lost 8 kilos and i became thin but stronger than I had ever been. Ballet makes the most of my body structure and some people do not recognise me.. I a saying this to u mostly to point out the fact that I had the will to go on. Upon enrolling, i worked with girls at first younger , little but more skillful than me, but it did not dicourage me. I began a healthy lifestyle , did what i had to do in class and the 2nd year two other girls who also had started the one at12 and the other 10 moved to the most difficult class, but my teacher still dwas not that pleased with me. However, i worked and in the middle of the year I wore pointe shoes with the oldest class,too.I realy considered quitting.Now, those 2 girls are participating in a ballet competition despite their few years of dancing and i have evolved into a good dancer , in shape. I am shy and i do not make requests but , lowly and patiently i do my job!!! I love it! Also a friend of mine, now 14-15 who had never dancd in her life enrolled in my class, the eldest and most difficult, and she worked hard and now she's made so good a progress! I suggest that you do start lesson. Right now.
Let me just say - I'm 18 and I've only been dling ballet a year and a bit so it's NEVER too late tovstart! :-) I've already done *and passed* one exam so now I'm 3 weeks away from taking my grade 5 exam which is the exam we do before pointe work or character :-) so I'd say give it a go anyway :3
I'm so thankful you're making a season 2! I'm 15 and starting ballet this Friday at a teen ballet class - I'm doing it for recreational purposes, of course (I'm not crazy haha although some amazing dancers eg misty copeland started as teens so it's possible with hard-work and skill) and blogging it on my blog (thewisdomtoothblog.wordpress.com), and I just wanna say thanks for letting me remember why I love dance, even if it's not 24/7 professional like on this! Eeek so excited! haha
Good luck with your ballet class! I'm 16 and restarted ballet (recreationally) last year so same age as you! If you're anything like me it'll literally take like one class to become addicted to ballet, I literally love dancing so much now. You're gunna have so much fun, good luck! xx
I've started it and love it! The thing is, at first I thought i'd regret dropping it when I was younger (and a tomboy who hated ballet) but doing it recreationally is so relieving and more freeing than the people doing it in strictly ballet, plus I'm a different person now who has different tastes - we're blessed that we're able to pursue those things in our free time, so many can't or give up! anyway, I'm glad to hear we both love ballet, good luck to you too!
I’m 13 and turning 14 in December, and I started ballet a few months ago. At first I just wanted to do it as a hobby, but now that I’ve been doing it for a while, I’m thinking that I really want to pursue it as a career, but I’m afraid I’m too late. Can I start this late and ever have a chance of making it as a professional? Thank you. ❤️
I used o be a ballerina but i already stopped 3 years ago. But i miss dancing because thats im born with. My grandma wants to be a ballerina when she was young but her parents can't afford it because she has 16 siblings. So i want to make her dreams and my dreams come true.
I've always wanted to do ballet but could never afford classes :( and I wanna be a professional ballerina but I feel like it's too late for me (I'm 15)
It's never too late to start. It may take you longer to build up flexibility and strength, but most dance schools offer financial aid and/or scholarships.
Ballet is what made me who I am and most of the girls in school always say how I need to do this and be that to be a dancer but really I have bigger dreams than them and if I have a talent I should be proud of it (btw I am) . Sooooo.......the lesson here is that if you aim for the stars you may one day be one. My biggest dream is to one day hopefully be a member of the New York City ballet
Is it too late for me to become a professional? I'm almost 13 and I do as many ballet classes a week that I can because it's all my studio offers for my level. I do 4 1/2 hours a week but I want to do more. I am on pointe and I really do excel at it for just starting. My grand jetes are flat, I can do a double pirouette on both legs and I have great feet and turnout. The thing is I'm not super flexible even though I stretch and home everyday and I am not fat but I am bigger than the average kid. And I started ballet when I was 9. Is it too late to think about a professional career?
No one can tell you that. Most professionals including myself starts at age 3/4. Theres a chance, but its gonna take a lot of time and energy. If your grand jetes are flat, you can’t be THAT unflexible, so you might have a shot. Your weight doesn’t define your dancing, but since the ballet world is very stricy I would loose a couple of pounds (Not more than a couple tho, please dont go overboard!!) it gives you a better chance to be accepted into a dance company since ballet teachers often look at bodies after dance skills. Even if you don’t make it, you’ll always be a good ballerina so theres nothing to loose haha!
If they did a whole series on just her, Id be okay with it. She seems so humble and grateful.
Strictly ballet is so good to watch 😫
I honestly don't understand how ballerinas balance classes and school. Respect.
Mysterious One ...we don't, lmao
Sisnsiwjsisje Jehehuahshwns mood lol
It's incredible
Thank you
@@igflgxkgxigurdigxigxkh9482 lmao
Mimi is so beautiful~
ikr
thank you
my name if mimi lol
Thank you for giving us season 2! I was always so curious about what happened to these students! I'm so glad her dreams came true!!!
SO looking forward to watching Season 2!! :) ♥♥
Melodee!!!! I ❤️ ur videos so muchhhh I love you
She is so full of grace! Her technique is beautiful!
Started doing ballet when I was 15 (17 now) and I'm so sad I didn't start earlier... :(
Do you do classes with people of your own age?
Yes!
AlvinaLindqvist don't worry I'm 13 and I've been drank f to start dance soon hopefully I will when I'm 15 and I hope I can still do well
So it's to late to start if your 16 years old?
LOL you're lucky,all my childhood was counting 1 to 8 and wearing itchy costumes
I think what makes a truly great dancer, particularly, is charisma - that elusive quality that is hard to define and impossible to acquire through just training - it takes courage besides the almost insane level of dedication to the art. First you have to learn all the rules - the technique, to perfection. Then you have to learn to break said rules in a way that brings and audience to its feet mid-performance. That is great dance!
I need this!!! I need to see this girl be dedicated so I can get my butt out of bed in the morning and get to the ice rink!
Yay!! Im so excited for a second season! Absolutely loved the first!
Mimi is gorgeous and her personality is so beautiful she is just a stunning person
I don't know what it is but ballet dancers just look so elegant even when they're not in costumes. I'd like to see them perform live.
i love mimi!! i dance at her old dance studio Cary Ballet Conservatory! i'm so proud that i dance somewhere that an amazing dancer danced!
Please make another season!
"There are so many people I look up in the company", Mimi said.
Well there are so many people that look up to you
I loooove this series, OMGGGG
YAY MIMI I LOVE YOU!
Thank you guys so much! So excited for this season.
I knew she would make it to, NYC of ballet, She has/had so much potential and she kept her cool and was very humble, she will do wonderful in her foward years.💓😁
YAY!!! I can't WAIT to see season 2!!
I don’t know how but when I’m dancing I feel so free. It’s like I’m glued to the ground and flying at the same time. I’m not balanced in day to day life but when I’m doing pirouettes I feel like I could turn forever and never stop. It’s almost like the world goes blank and Its only me. It’s almost a religion to dance, for me atleast.
So happy everything worked out for her!!
SO Happy that you made it !!
omg! season 2! i love this!
OMG! I love the first season, it was just amazing to see how the students made their way :) And now it continues! I´m sooo excited... Can´t wait ;)
wow cant wait to watch this As I love doing Ballet.
CHECK IN WITH ALL THE OTHER DANCERS FROM SEASON 1 LIKE ALEC AND THE TWO YOUNGER GIRLS WHO DIDN'T GET CONTRACTS YET!
Please, please, please consider premiering Strictly Ballet season 3!
It's so fun I'm a student in nyc ballet it's amazing
Cannot wait! Chills!!! I loved the first season and it let see more of the SAB and it was awesome!
Why is her voice so soothing!or is it just me?
Everybody is soooo good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg im sooo glad for season 2
I'm sooooooo excited for season two omg
She's SO pretty.
She's stunning!
I'm really excited about season 2! Though I'm sad it's not gonna be at SAB, it'll be fun learning out Miami City Ballet School. I hope this series will go on for a bunch of seasons!
She's so beautiful !! I wish i can dance like her one day ! 💕💕💕 sorry for my english i'm french 😄
Mimi is so sweet and have and amazing heart
OMG I LOVED SEASON 1
She has a great ballet-face when dancing and super arms!
she is so pretty omg
THANK YOU!!! INCREDIBLE!! SUCCESS AND HAPPINES AND JOY TO YOU!!! THOU ART BEAUTIFUL!!
Really going to miss SAB, but I'm extremely excited for season 2.
Please make a video of what happened with the last season dancers!! I love NYC and SAB!!👌
made my life!!
mimi is the best!!
Thank you so much for doing this!!!!💗😻💞
It is really hard to succeed in a thing
And i appreciate and look up to everyone
"So hard" is what i can learn from all these people
Who's here five years later?
YASSSS IT'S BACK!!!!!!!!!
My goal is to go here. I am a ballet dancer. I work hard everyday!
I'm 14 going to be 15 in august and i always wanted to do ballet. Im over weight and 5'5 but I've been trying to get into shape for years (since i was in 2nd grade). Ballet is something i always wanted to do, i have little experience from damce in school that i was in only for the 1 semester. I really wanted to do ballet but people said it's too late. I really want this. I really do, not as a professional thing, but as a serious hobby. It's a beautiful art form and i really need advice right now from someone who has been taking ballet or has knowledge about it. Please and thank you.
Savannah Torres I've been taking ballet a few years and I love it so much and wish I had been doing it longer! Anyway, make sure you stay focused in class, but don't compare your progress to anyone else's. Focus on making yourself better, and give it time. Also, eat lots of healthy carbs and proteins, because this will fuel your body properly while dancing!
Savannah Torres I am now 15 n i've been taking ballet lessons since I was 12, summers excluded. Until then, I was a tall and flabby, and i used to feel uncomfortable seeing my friends being skinny, all of the same height. But i loved ballet so i decided to start those lessons. My "mirthless" body trasfered in a year, i lost 8 kilos and i became thin but stronger than I had ever been. Ballet makes the most of my body structure and some people do not recognise me.. I a saying this to u mostly to point out the fact that I had the will to go on. Upon enrolling, i worked with girls at first younger , little but more skillful than me, but it did not dicourage me. I began a healthy lifestyle , did what i had to do in class and the 2nd year two other girls who also had started the one at12 and the other 10 moved to the most difficult class, but my teacher still dwas not that pleased with me. However, i worked and in the middle of the year I wore pointe shoes with the oldest class,too.I realy considered quitting.Now, those 2 girls are participating in a ballet competition despite their few years of dancing and i have evolved into a good dancer , in shape. I am shy and i do not make requests but , lowly and patiently i do my job!!! I love it! Also a friend of mine, now 14-15 who had never dancd in her life enrolled in my class, the eldest and most difficult, and she worked hard and now she's made so good a progress! I suggest that you do start lesson. Right now.
Let me just say - I'm 18 and I've only been dling ballet a year and a bit so it's NEVER too late tovstart! :-) I've already done *and passed* one exam so now I'm 3 weeks away from taking my grade 5 exam which is the exam we do before pointe work or character :-) so I'd say give it a go anyway :3
If you have a passion age doesn’t matter
I know people who started ballet at 30 so aim for the stars and do what you love🌠🌠🌠
I'm so thankful you're making a season 2! I'm 15 and starting ballet this Friday at a teen ballet class - I'm doing it for recreational purposes, of course (I'm not crazy haha although some amazing dancers eg misty copeland started as teens so it's possible with hard-work and skill) and blogging it on my blog (thewisdomtoothblog.wordpress.com), and I just wanna say thanks for letting me remember why I love dance, even if it's not 24/7 professional like on this! Eeek so excited! haha
Good luck with your ballet class! I'm 16 and restarted ballet (recreationally) last year so same age as you! If you're anything like me it'll literally take like one class to become addicted to ballet, I literally love dancing so much now. You're gunna have so much fun, good luck! xx
I've started it and love it! The thing is, at first I thought i'd regret dropping it when I was younger (and a tomboy who hated ballet) but doing it recreationally is so relieving and more freeing than the people doing it in strictly ballet, plus I'm a different person now who has different tastes - we're blessed that we're able to pursue those things in our free time, so many can't or give up! anyway, I'm glad to hear we both love ballet, good luck to you too!
I'm doing the same thing! I just started this past January. Ballet is so much fun, I hope you love it!😊
aaah that's so sweet
What is the song at 0:40?
I’m 13 and turning 14 in December, and I started ballet a few months ago. At first I just wanted to do it as a hobby, but now that I’ve been doing it for a while, I’m thinking that I really want to pursue it as a career, but I’m afraid I’m too late. Can I start this late and ever have a chance of making it as a professional? Thank you. ❤️
gianna burror if you're dedicated I'm sure you can!!
May God bless her😁😁😁😁
I'm older than other people in class for 1-2 years... But i still love dancing!
I would love to see the others too
I did do ballet when i was young for a year but i don't think that will help me much for if i start next year .
Ugh I really want to go there . But I started really late .
Awesome_cool101 it's ok if you start late Misty Copland a famous ballerina started at 15
I wish The Invitation of Ballet! Most Ballerina and Ballerino I xoxo loveya!
LOVE THIS
I used o be a ballerina but i already stopped 3 years ago. But i miss dancing because thats im born with. My grandma wants to be a ballerina when she was young but her parents can't afford it because she has 16 siblings. So i want to make her dreams and my dreams come true.
You should feature The Washington Ballet SE campus D.C.
When will season 2 be released???
Clare Williams May 20th
How old is mimi? X
I've always wanted to do ballet but could never afford classes :( and I wanna be a professional ballerina but I feel like it's too late for me (I'm 15)
It's never too late to start. It may take you longer to build up flexibility and strength, but most dance schools offer financial aid and/or scholarships.
Anika Willos did you start?
Is it going to be a different ballet school though
Hi!i from Brazil 💚💛💙love ballet💞
I saw a Brasil flag in someone's t-shirt! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤❤❤
I'm a dancer! I love this
i think i just fall in love
song in the beginning?
Yes!!!
I want to be a professional ballerina in the royal ballet in London but I feel that I am behind and I don’t have the money to do more classes
Just try harder everyone can achieve anything
Ballet is what made me who I am and most of the girls in school always say how I need to do this and be that to be a dancer but really I have bigger dreams than them and if I have a talent I should be proud of it (btw I am) .
Sooooo.......the lesson here is that if you aim for the stars you may one day be one.
My biggest dream is to one day hopefully be a member of the New York City ballet
all ballerinas are pretty
YAYYYY!!!
where is season 3?????
It’s been 5 years I wonder how she’s doing
Mimi Staker : you are my dream person. I would love to be like you. YPU ARE PERFECT😘😘❤❤
her eyebrows r on pointe ;)
Is it too late for me to become a professional? I'm almost 13 and I do as many ballet classes a week that I can because it's all my studio offers for my level. I do 4 1/2 hours a week but I want to do more. I am on pointe and I really do excel at it for just starting. My grand jetes are flat, I can do a double pirouette on both legs and I have great feet and turnout. The thing is I'm not super flexible even though I stretch and home everyday and I am not fat but I am bigger than the average kid. And I started ballet when I was 9. Is it too late to think about a professional career?
No one can tell you that. Most professionals including myself starts at age 3/4. Theres a chance, but its gonna take a lot of time and energy. If your grand jetes are flat, you can’t be THAT unflexible, so you might have a shot. Your weight doesn’t define your dancing, but since the ballet world is very stricy I would loose a couple of pounds (Not more than a couple tho, please dont go overboard!!) it gives you a better chance to be accepted into a dance company since ballet teachers often look at bodies after dance skills. Even if you don’t make it, you’ll always be a good ballerina so theres nothing to loose haha!
Mayumi!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg gorgeous
what's with the green
Is it late to start ballet classes at the age of 11-12?
Joelle Ammari its never too late, but dont expect becoming a professional
So cute
Nice video
she looks so familiar but i can't think how
CRZYGLAM she kinda looks like emily from that one dance movie...i think its called step up revolution
I started ballet when I was 2 stopped at 7 back at 9 now I am ten
May I ask how do they get money?
Narwhals are Kool the company pays
My dream is to get into Joffrey
Guys, i need help. Is anybody doing ballet and have bangs? I don't know how to deal that with the bun but i want bangs so bad lol
well i can nvr go to royal ballet school now...my parents don't even support me dancing
mimi is so tiny and beautiful
ballet pizza says hello people
YESSS
YAYY
any college girls dtf??