Dancer’s TOP 10 HARDEST BALLET STEPS (these steps humble us) Re: Ms Mojo’s List | Ballet Reign
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Thanks to the MANY requests we received on our video where we reacted to MsMojo's "top ten hardest ballet moves to pull off", we present to you our "top ten hardest ballet steps to pull off" (IYKYK)
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Me, stumbling on this video randomly, having zero knowledge of ballet, sipping tea and nodding vigorously while muttering “yes, of course, that’s right” on all your points.
This had us rolling 🤣🤣. A true ballet nerd already! Thanks for watching 🩷
Same 😂
I had to learn the piano parts for swan lake and ended up here somehow.....can't do ballet my feet are far to big. But the ladies seem to enjoy it they make some awesome cucumber water at their studio. So, neat to learn about this.
You ladies are too cute to be true! I studied ballet from 1954 until 1969 and at that time everyone was SO reverential about ballet that it seemed like being in church! I love the fun that you have with it! ❤
Aw, thank you so much! We hope we can make ballet accessible, fun and relatable 😊 Appreciate you watching and glad to have you here!♥️
And it seems now that companies and dancers are far more healthy and realistic in their expectations. Or at least, they know they ought to be.
A career as an athlete means a careful and balanced life; being a whole, happy person ❤
Yes 💯 couldn’t agree more! Thanks for sharing on such an important topic.
My daughter and I would love to learn more about your dancing background, where you studied, etc. She is 10 yrs old and loves learning the finer points of ballet from you both. We love all your videos. 😊🧡Thank you for your wholesome and beautiful to watch content.
Welcome, glad to have you both here! 💕 So glad you are enjoying our content. We love sharing what we’re passionate about with you and hope to share more about our background in a future video. Thanks for saying hi! 😊
I love adagio!!! But let’s take a moment of silence for all of us who danced in the corps de ballet in the beginning and did that part in Paquita - basically an unsupported pas de deux. God forbid you came out of penché to your knee (safe zone 😂) too early! You definitely get used to it and it’s great to build strength!
YES! 🙌 So much respect to the corps dancers for the amount of precision it takes to execute all that adagio in synchrony. The resulting effect is just gorgeous 🤩
@@balletreign I love Paquita. It’s rarely done by Western companies, but I dance mainly with companies associated with the Bolshoi. I love doing the pas de trois (I’ve done a few times), but once I moved up I did many of the variations. The one I’ve done most often is the longest one (2:17 minutes I think). It’s the one that has the entrechat cinqs to arabesques in the beginning, the many double pirouettes from 5th. It’s got it all.
You two have one of the best channels on RUclips. It's so interesting hearing what the various steps in ballet are called. The only term I really knew as a viewer of ballet was en pointe.
Im from south africa. I have nobody to talk ballet. Y make my days
I feel like Gargouillade is the universally hated step by all ballet dancers. It's just a hard step and the pay off for them is not that high as it doesn't look that impressive or graceful even when done well. I do however love Brise Vole. They are just so fun to do but I agree that they are difficult and I am always winded after doing a whole sequence from upstage to downstage. They however are worth the pay off IMO.
Great video though, agreed with all your takes! Would love to see a video of your favourite steps to do in class or perform.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Gargouillade!! We all commiserate lol We will consider sharing our favorite steps in a future vid, thank you for your request 😁😁
As someone who has never done ballet (just a frequent audience member), I actually really like gargouillades! I think theyre really nice to watch. Can really convey joy or give a liveliness to the moment.
Love this kind of content, I like watching ballet but as an amateur who doesn’t speak French it’s hard to truly appreciate the performance, thanks a lot and looking forward to more of this
Welcome and thank you so much! Ballet can be appreciated by anyone and glad we can help you appreciate ballet more- happy to have you here. Thank you for watching 🤍
Let’s remember that gargouillade involves a double rond de jambe en dehors with the first leg and en dedans with the second leg. I was one of many who suggested this step. I came late to the premiere, sorry but so far the turn segment was spot on, except for the piqué en dehors or as we called in Moscow degagé turns - for some reason they’re easy for me. Also, I wanted you guys to show some love to us leftys. I had to learn to turn to the right as well, which made me even, so I’m grateful. However, I do get annoyed when ballerinas either butcher or modify choreography or do a single left turn instead of a double. Examples: Diana et Acteon female variation, Giselle first act variation… also don’t whine if you have to do piqué en dehors/degagê turns to the left in the coda of let’s say fairies of Sleeping Beauty or Paquita soloists coda.
You are absolutely right on the en dehors/en dedans rond de jambe 👍 And not gonna lie we are a little jealous that pique en dehors comes so easy to you 😂 Glad you could join us for the premiere! ♥️
Every time I watch your videos I gain more respect for the sheer amount of strenth and training ballet demands.
Love this 🤍 Thank you for sharing, glad to be able to bring the love of ballet for you all to appreciate as well. This is a huge win! :)
Your information/expertise about ballet-insider info is so very spot-on (granted, I am nothing like a ballet expert) that I can't help but adore your channel. But it's really the two of you, who are both knowledgeable and charming, that make me adore your channel. Best of luck in your individual ballet accomplishments.
Thank you so much for this! ♥️ Appreciate your feedback and glad you are enjoying the channel! We will continue to share the ballet love 😊
So glad you showed pros doing the most difficult moves!! I enjoy your video editing!! So professional!
Thank you so much! Glad to have you here 😊
Pleasantly surpriced by your mentioning of " Napoli " by August Bournonville. Being from Copenhagen I have of course seen it several times in our Royal Theater. It is the ballet which is sure to appear when there is official visit with our Queen and stuff. 3. act is almost sure each time. That brings me to the suggestion for you to explain how choreography is written down and passed on.
Thank you so much for watching! Napoli act 3 is so much fun. The tarantella is a particular favorite 🥰
Great suggestion to explain how choreography is written and passed down. Definitely on our list for an upcoming vid, so stay tuned! 👍
I'm a fusion bellydancer and I have DEEP respect for those who study and practice ballet. The absolute muscle control, flexibility, and technique is insane. I tried it as a child, but I definitely did not have the body (thank you 90s body standards...) and I didn't quite have the feet either. However, I do love when those I dance with who DO have a great deal of ballet training incorporate some ballet moves in our choreographies. 'Tis the beauty of fusion. Thank you for giving us insight into your world of dance. I, as a dancer of a different genre (and who also has her own list of most difficult moves for my style of dance), appreciate it. :)
Thank you for your thoughts, we’re so glad you found this helpful! ☺️ Ballet training is definitely helpful for all dance styles (don’t worry about body standards; you are beautiful just the way you are 🥰)
I legitimately just got home from playing (among other things) Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream for a chamber orchestra audition on clarinet and I can hear the excerpt I had to perform haunting me in the background
It won't stop, I can hear all of my mistakes 😅😢
Best of luck, hope you’ll pass the audition !!!
@@katelynne7211 Thank you so very much! I felt pretty okay about it!
Omg so funny that we used that exact piece on the same day as your audition! 😂😂. Don’t be too hard on yourself!! We’re sure you did great 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I’m dying to learn about your backgrounds in dance. I’m a former modern dancer and choreographer who loves your page. New sub!
My brother was with ABT from ‘79 to mid 90’s under Baryshnikov. Boy do I have stories!
You two are adorable and smart. ❤
Aww thanks for your kind words!! Welcome to the fam ❤️ We are so glad to have you here! Do please share your stories :)
We’d love to do a future Q&A so dance backgrounds may be covered. Stay tuned! 😉😉
As a 5’10” dancer who hated adagio, the jumps were by far my easiest. Anything adagio not in arabesque or attitude by far the hardest for me. I loved turns and any fast jumps with beats. I was definitely the oddball in class lol.
This is true ❤
One of the hardest may be the easiest for one and visa versa ❤
Ballet Reign, let’s gooooo!
The Giselle hops en pointe remind me of hopscotch for some reason haha
Woo!!! Really fun premiere, it was really comforting that you guys also had some struggles with these steps (also, it made me feel less lonely since I also had struggles with some of these steps), I loved the explanation of each move and the channel is just sooo entertaining and informative, keep up the good work
Glad you could relate with us 😂 ballet is hard and everyone has “those steps” that are just so bad 😅 thank you for watching and enjoying the video!
I LOVE all hops en pointe and even the sissone sur le pointe is one of my favorites!
Both steps are beautiful and really display a dancer’s strength and skill!
As a beginner, literally saw promenade and SCREAMED 😂😂😂
it’s funny how different people experience different steps- I will take fouettés over almost any jump any day lol! My achilles hates jumps!
Haha! Absolutely, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, glad we can share what is hard or easier for us. 😂😂 Yes, for jumps- achilles changes everything!
same
Very Nice! As for the Secret of the vertical balance in all those transitional - turning and promenade moves, particularly in a la second position, my wonderful Ballet teacher would point to the counterbalancing, adjusting shift of the Pelvis - ever slightly moving to the opposite direction of the elevated leg, by millimiters sometimes, finding a new, adjusted simmetrical line of balance - in each however little changed position. And that what is hard in all these turning one-leg pas - to achieve polished finess in transition, Smooth Confidence in Moment - in these minimal but crucial, conscious shifts of balance, while having strength, stamina - and Grace! - for the continuous extention of the entire body to the maximum, in each new fleeting shift... All That - in the span of few seconds. I love Ballet :)
These are great tips, thank you for sharing! Counterbalance is everything. Thank you for sharing and glad to have you here! ❤️🩰
I remember Grade 12 Vaganova adage was like 'en dehor attitude turn starting from the bottom of a grande plie' or some such nonsense. I enjoyed all the petit allegro steps because I'm tiny and springy.
Please do a video of you two demonstrating your best 10 ballet techniques : )
Sissone sur le pointe = bad ass! (I can't do it, so believe you when you say it's hard.)
Have you already done best advice for selecting variations for audition solos? I understand it's important to play to you strength. If you're a great turner, but weak on jumps, maybe you select a variation that has more turns. But how do you minimize picking the variation that everyone chooses? What are good but not very well known ballet variations?
Hops on point are the bane of my existence
Do you have a video of you two dancing? I love watching your commentary on all things ballet so I would love to see the two of you dancing!❤ please 🙏 🙏
I love that you usually use ballet compositions as background music! Loved midsummer today :)
Thank you! Midsummer has such incredible music. Mendelssohn did good 👍🏻
Great video! I really appreciate that you guys are making ballet fun and accessible to a a more mainstream audience. Could be wrong but I was taught that there are 2 types of “normal” fouettés as well? The one that goes front-side-passé and the “true” Russian kind which goes side-passé (aka what Zakharova does) 😊
Aww thank you so much!! You made our day 🥹♥️. You are not wrong! Both those versions of the “normal” Russian fouettés are correct; the one that goes side-passé is more native to Russian methods of ballet whereas the one with the full demi grand rond de jambe (front-side-passé) is more English/American. They’re considered the same step though 😊
#TeamGargouillade. But as you said at the beginning “All ballet steps are difficult, to do well.” As usual, you ladies Rock. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love this! ♥️ Definitely needs to be on our list for merch ideas lol Thank you for the kind comment! 😊
@@balletreign On a mug? T-shirt??? Put me on the pre-order list. 👍🏻 😉❤️
Was thinking wearable, but maybe both would be fun! Got it, you will be first on preorder list 👍🏻 thank you! 😊
You guyssss your content is great it's so cool to see you raise the (barre) every vid you post! Such a fan.
Love this so much 💕 Thank you for being here and for the feedback. You all make it so much fun to share our love for ballet 😊
GIRL BRISÉ VOLÉ 😭😭😭
I remember for my very first competition, I had to do the Teresina variation from Napoli. I remember practicing brisé volé on both sides over and over again and now I cannot do a brisé without thinking about that variation anymore. Also about a month and a half before the competition, I was fresh from recovering from a knee dislocation. So the whole time I was doing the brisés, all I was thinking was “just don’t obliterate your left knee k thanks”
You get us 😂😂. Teresina’s var is sooo tricky but with a KNEE INJURY??? wow. That deserves first place 🥇
Thank you for this video! You guys have such a positive energy 😆
Thank you for watching and glad to have you here! 😊
You two are so much fun to watch! 😊
Thank uuuu 😄😄
The editing in your videos is so amazing
Thank you, appreciate your feedback!! 😁😁
I so fully appreciate your highly credentialed comments and humor. Carry on!
Thank you so much!! So happy to share ballet with y’all ☺️
Yess I was really hoping for this video
Yay! We’re also glad to finally share our hardest ballet steps with you all💕
Wonderful to see this. Hoping Miss M. has returned to the world of moves and toe, tap and baton twirling.
Love watching these beautiful videos with so much fun and knowledge shared! Are there any videos that show you dancing?
I think it's time we see both of you dance....please!
Thanks for your request, noted! 💕
I love this kind of content ! I am French and did some ballet, so the language is familiar to me but I would like to have the names of the dancers and/or companies of the ballet extracts that you put on display to explain the steps ! thanks for your videos and your happy minds .....
Thank you sm!! We’ll make a note of that. Keep ballet-nerding 🤓💕
Hello again! I missed your program reacting to Ms Mojo, but the last time I looked at Ms Mojo, my comment had nearly 600 likes! So I absolutely agree with you that "You're kidding" is the best response to that vid. One step I got to late and so always had trouble with was chasse coupe jete, especially to my right (weaker side). Could you possibly link to the full version of the video clips you use? The guy dancing Bluebird looked pretty spectacular, but I'd like to watch all of all of the clips you played..Charming, as always. Even my husband, who at best tolerates my ballet addiction, thinks you guys are wonderful!
Love this, thanks so much for sharing! Glad you and (your husband!) are here watching and learning together ♥️
1) Will you do you top 10 fav steps in ballet?
2) In skating there are people who turn better one way vs the other. I assume this is the same with ballet. I also know choreography tends to be so well known in ballets that productions don't vary the steps too much. So my question is, do people who turn better in the minority direction, are they usually forced to turn the other way or are there productions that will accomodate and almost mirror the choreography? I hope this question makes sense.
as a left turner, generally speaking we're forced to do right turns. If it's a solo piece the choreography might be changed slightly so you can turn to the left (like adding an extra step) but usually not, and they most certainly wouldn't flip the entire thing. As annoying as it is to never turn on your better side, most left turners are more balanced turners because of it.
CardamonRadio said it best! Generally, lefties are required to turn to the right as choreography demands. but for solos, sometimes the choreography can be mildly adjusted for the dancer to play to his/her strong side. It is desirable to be ambidextrous in all things, though!
And YES, we would love to do our top 10 fave steps in ballet 🩰 Thanks for your request!
Brisé volé is definitely on my list. Thinking about all the brisés in the first odalisque variation in Le Corsaire!
Yesss that variation has so many brisés! It’s a very cute and cheerful variation though 🥰
@@balletreign I only did the second and third because they suit me better but I love all three!
5:48 Fouetté En Dedans ?!?! didn't even know they exist 😅 That definitively look HARD!
promenade beautiful but hard for sure
THKS for the video
En dedans fouettés are SO HARD 😵😵 Thanks for watching!!
As a southpaw, left turns and extensions were my signature strength.
Thx for these-all so beautiful and impressive, and your commentary is so insightful! One request: Might it be possible to ID each dancer and ballet?
Would be helpful if we wanted to look them up later- thx again 💕
Thanks so much for watching and kind comment! 😊 So glad you enjoyed this. Will put your request through to our editors, thanks for your suggestion.
This was really good. I'm interested in what you have to say about men's and partnering steps.
Thank you!! Stay tuned to men’s/pdd steps 😉😉
I really enjoy most adagio steps (although i dont have the best flexibility for them) , and i like russian fouetté, however I dont like jumps much, we started really working on brisés this year and I dont like them at all, hopefully they will slowly get easier...but i dont like many beating jumps lol.
i cannot understand why everyone is so scared of gargouillade (except perhaps the spelling- i have no idea if i got it right)
it feels like you float for a second, spinning on air! I adore them. But then again, I've always been more of a jumper than a turner
After a short journey into ballet, my daughter decided to take French in HS and college.
Wonderful explanation 😊
Thank you so much!! ☺️♥️
All of those things look so hard. As a beginner dancer I cannot imagine doing any of these. Love the videos by the way!
Thank you! ♥️ All of ballet takes hard work and discipline and practice to do well :)
Thank you for doing your list!!
Also, it me. In a RUclips video. That's fun.
Yay! You’re welcome :)
I personally would add traveling pas du cheval to the point category, I really struggle with this bc my feet are pretty flexible
hi Ladies, thank you for your effort (I'm catching up...)
really enjoying so much french words in a video 😄(btw cannot understand the use of the word "promenade" with means "walk" as in "taking a walk")
would it be possible to have a little more of each ballerina - I know you are struggling with copyright but just a few seconds more if possible
and also have the name of the ballet and the name of the dancer appear on the screen so we can check and search on the net
you really help me discover ballet, you are funny and charming, keep on the good work !!
Promenade a la seconde is my worst enemy. Its so hard to control and doesn't look good from many angles.
Right?! 😅😅
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels a little cringey about that bottom foot during hops en pointe
I really enjoyed your review.
Thank you, we’re glad to have you here!
Seriously- you two are wonderful. #newsubscriber #LOVINGIT Thanks to the algorithm that brought me here.
Omg Hi and WELCOME!! 🥳🥳 Thank u sm, and we’re so glad to have u join the ballet nerds 😁😁✨
I’d really like to see the two of you dance
6:38 check out Boryana Kaleyn. She is a rythmic gimnast who does all of her atitude turns in that way
Gymnasts have amazing strength and flexibility. They’re a different breed lol 😂
I also really like the hops en pointe (and don't find them particularly difficult) but I do agree that the bottom foot looks ugly af
yay, you did it!
Just for y’all ☺️✨
YAY!
Omggg you guys are great, I’m sooo EXCITEDDDD FOR THIS VIDEOOOO!!!! YEAAAAAA🎉❤🎉🤍🤪🤪🤪also, would you guys ever make beginner ballet for adults at home?? I watch someone already, I’ll comment again to give their name if you guys wanna see (why idk why you would but if so you’ll have it lol) but I would LOVEEEE to learn from you guys🙂🙂😁😁🤍🤍🤍🤍
Okay so the channel is @BalletMisfits and they started posting these videos 2 years ago, but they posted a new video recently which makes me so happy because their stuff feels pretty all encompassing. Also, I’m commenting and watching, and I adored the scale of easiest to hardest for scale, I thought other moves looked harder, but the scale made it clear 😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤❤
Love this so much! ❤️ Glad you are excited for this long awaited video LOL Totally makes our day to know you are learning and want to learn more from us 😊🩰 So glad to have you here! 🤍🤍🤍
Thanks for sharing about the beginner ballet videos. 🩰 We do currently offer private coaching and adult classes online for adult beginners and all levels, but we will consider making beginner ballet class videos for those who want to learn from home. Thanks for your request. So happy to hear you are learning ballet! ♥️
@@balletreign Hii! Yes I love your videos, big fan, and also that’s so cool you guys offer privates. I’m sure you guys are already super busy with the channel and that, just a thought! You guys have a great day! Also I love and appreciate that you guys actually respond. You guys have great vibes🤍🤍🤍
Question- I was a gymnast and typically gymnasts have a stronger and more flexible side and simply train that side and lean into skills and twist to that side. I was a lefty as a gymnast. We also turn to our outside on that leading leg typically.I never had to learn to do anything toward my weaker side or twist right….as it is very disorienting when flipping and trying to twist to a side you’re not comfortable with.
Do all ballerinas simply have to learn to turn both ways and leap both ways for the sake of consistent choreography and keeping in unison with others? Or…say you’re doing a solo piece…can you choose your better side and turning direction? I’ve always wondered about this. Would love to learn more.
Great question. For dancers the goal is to be ambidextrous and be able to turn, jump, balance, etc equally on both sides. However, most classical ballet repertoire is most typically set to the right. Lefties often have to adapt to fit the right-favoring choreography, but for solos, some are allowed to play to their dominant side. Hopefully this makes sense!
Grazie! Molto bello! Anche se avrei aggiunto qualche altro passo (per esempio gli entrechat douze, l' entrelacé, per esempio), ma è solo a mia opinione e ciò non toglie che il video sia splendido!
Those are also difficult steps! Thank you for your input! Glad you enjoyed the video, we’re grateful you could join us ❤️
gaurgoile eeee ared i look like a gremlin when i do them
Same 😂😂. The word does look like “gargoyle” after all 😂
entrechat six definitely deserved to be on there for women (true that for men it is basic)
Yes! 💯
im learning bluebird and i can assure you not all the men make it look easy
Lol Thank you for the honesty and insight into this difficult role from an insider :)
I love Italian Fouettes.
0:15 OMG is my comment the last comment on the comment montage!!! I feel special. 😎
Arabesque penchée and developpé are my favorite two steps.
YES 🙌🏻
For the second video.. promenade a la second for the adagio category
What's missing in this video is you guys demonstrating the steps 😅😅😅
I love doing double lame ducks 😊
I have never understood the point of gargouilade. To me, it's the one ballet step that doesn't look or feel graceful and elegant. My teacher tried to teach us gargouilade once, and my whole class went "Please never make us do this terrible, horrible, awful step ever again". I also feel like my feet turn into flopping fish when I attempt the gargouilade.
“Flopping fish”… relatable!! One of our teachers called it “the cat with wet feet step” lol 😂
Great vid as ever, agreed, with adagio you can't cheat so girls and boys go practice.🥊fighting.
Thank you so much!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻.
The fouettés you mentioned as being “Russian” are in fact not Russian.
RUSSIAN FOUETTES are when you open DIRECTLY to the side and immediately close back to passé.
My teacher is russian and studied at Vagonova and this is what she told us.
Very true! We called them both Russian fouettés in our training; Russian Fouetté (English/American) and Russian Fouetté (Russian) 😂
Are you guys still doing ballet
I’m sorry but how is nobody talking about tendus in the center?
The original Prince Coqueluche Variation from the 1892 Nutcracker has a Brisé Volé sequence! ruclips.net/video/vFEwk_ar_b8/видео.html
Cool!! We’ll take a look! ❤️
R you two still dancing?
< is less than not greater than...
Fouetes don't look like they should be humanly possible.
😂♥️
I need to do flames of paris on point on october and im just beginner on point and I am terrible so that makes me very scared 😟
You got this!! Go into it like you’re there to win, and we’re confident you’ll do great 👍🏻❤️
Ladies would you consider having a male dancer as a guest sometime ? Thanks 😊
Yes, we would!! ☺️ If anyone is interested please send an email to collab with us at info@balletreign.com and someone from our team will get back to you
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i'm convinced whoever created en dedans fouettes is the devil
Double rond de jambe leve, looks like you are shooing a bug with your foot instead of your hand, while jumping away from said bug....
How many of these difficult steps would a ballerina need to perform in one classical production?
Most of them 😂 if anything you maaaayy be able to do without the consecutive en dedans fouettés and gargouillade (these are not as commonly used) but yeah pretty much all of them 😆😆
I hate grand rond de jambe
Absolutely! 😂
YOU GUYS ARE SO FUNNY!!! This is how actual ballet dancers - with humor - talk about ballet. I had just watched the previous video you refer to and the French pronunciation of the steps is so awkward. And the whole thing so painfully reverential.
I think the en dedans fouett'e looks really awkward....why do it if it's not good looking? Is it just because it's hard?
Lol maybe?? 😂 Def has a different dynamic than the usual fouettés
Gargouillades always look stupid. Even the really well done ones always kind of look like an accident. Sorry gargouillade fans! 😅