The Vaganova school's emphasis on the coordination of head and arms and feet and the use of the epaulement produces a complete dancer with wonderful artistic expression.
do you think you could at some point also address the cuban style of training? It seems to me that it's marketed as a mixture of all of the schools (considering it's later development I could see how thats true) but there still seems to be certain things setting them apart. Pirouettes for example, no one turns like the cubans, and I'm just curious because it's also somewhat of a lesser used/known technique, but we still see so many principals at the top companies who've trained under cuban instructors or instructors trained under that syllabus.
Could you do a video on RAD syllabus and how it is different from the royal ballet school (since many people dont know the difference), i think it would be very interesting to hear your thoughts on the curriculum in general and how it differs from other styles :)
Very nice comparisons. I would love to see a later video with Bournonville method alongside something different, as it is such a unique style. I was primarily trained in RAD and I would say the RAD, French/Legat, and Italian/Cecchetti all teach rather square alignment and more contained arms than other schools. It can look rigid but also it is very simple and straightforward to learn. I also studied Vaganova, and I love the way it looks and the freedom and expressiveness of the upper body. I will say it allows for more leeway in alignment and sometimes that can be difficult to learn, so that one is not too square but also not too open or distorted. I appreciate the way dancers from any European school are able to act and look natural in the background (peasants etc.) which is not something you see consistently in American dancers. Their delivery is often a little flat or unevenly dramatic. I also think European dancers, especially Russian, usually learn music theory, and I feel this gives them a better understanding of the music and how to interpret it. I think it would probably also allow them to learn choreography quickly, since they would be able to read and remember music better.
You touched on it a little, but I'd be really interested to see a video less about stylistic differences between the schools and more on technical differences: differences in terminology, how different steps are executed, etc. Love this video!
When the Vaganova did a Balanchine ballet for graduation, they were required to call in a NYCBallet repetiteur to coach the dancer in Balanchine style. This is the Balanchine Trust, which keeps the Balanchine choreography pure and as close to Balanchine's intention as possible.
I am studying full time in the UK and one of my teachers trained at Paris Opera, the other trained at La Scala and then ABT, and we also have a teacher that trained at the Royal Ballet. While this is nice we are training to be versatile, I agree with you that it’s best to train mostly with one style to perfect it!
Hi Everyone! Just to let you know. My mic had an issue so the sound isn’t how I would like it. My voice comes out of just one headphone so please listen without headphones or make sure you have two headphones in. Thanks so much for your understanding ❤
Wonderful, as always. All the techniques work, as you say. But when the Vaganova girls came on, it was like the entrance of the princesses - those heads!!!
There's a video somewhere on RUclips of Bournonville's days of the week. I was so happy to find it as I had never really seen the technique before- other than where it's represented in choreography.
I love this video! Getting a dancer from each style doing the same combo would be thrilling to watch! I watch Kathryn Morgan’s videos religiously so when you got to the SAB portion I was thinking about her the whole time and was saying things like “Yep, Katie said that” 😂. It would also be cool to see a video of you and a few other friends or RUclipsrs from different styles doing each other’s styles 😄 I was trained in RAD in middle through high school and did a little bit of ballet in college but I can’t confidently say which style I did to save my life (I didn’t embrace ballet as much then like I do now, I shied away from it because it’s not the genre I’m most comfortable in) but, if I had to guess it was probably closer to Balanchine more than anything, which also happens to be my favorite style because it’s bordering neoclassical ballet which I absolutely love because it’s closer to modern dance (the genre I’m most comfortable with 😂)
My favorite style is Vaganova because it seems to generate the most coordination throughout the dancer's body, plus the arms are mesmerizing. My least favorite is Balanchine, unfortunately, because although the dancers are very fast and tricky, sometimes they compromise other things for that speed, most notably arm.
I agree with you. I think the Balanchine style sometimes look sloppy in the corps, because it’s too fast to give the dancers a chance to dance in sync.
As someone trained in RAD and with a stiff and short torso, I absolutely love the Vagonova style's expressive use of the upper body and wish I could emulate even a fraction of it.
Loved this video, so interesting! The La Scala dancers almost looked more Vaganova than Tsiskaridze's graduate class this year, maybe just because it was adagio but so interesting nonetheless. I think SAB avoids using head at barre specifically, so once they get into center you see it moving a lot more; the idea being to focus solely on the legs. Also loved the comment on the teachers, POB teachers dress like they just came off the street and SAB teachers dance like they're taking class. Totally opposite approaches and I love them both.
I love the Vaganova style for the girls most, but the Bournonville style for the boys! I would love to learn more about the Bournonville school. My favorite male dancer is Alban Lendorf ❤
My personal favorite will always be Balanchine because that is how I was trained and it fit my body. I also think that many outside the US look down on Balanchine training because the focus was to train dancers for his choreography. While I do like the Russian dancers, I often think they look too much the same and lack personality (there are obvious standouts like Lopatkina and Krishneva but so many just look interchangeable). From the classes, I thought the La Scala dancers were the standouts. They had more fluid lines than the others.
I enjoy the Balanchine style for that reason too, sure it doesn’t always translate well to the ultra-classical ballets but a lot of non-US companies don’t do Balanchine works much justice either. Their corps work isn’t nearly as crystal clear as the Russians but I think that’s the price you pay for more individuality between the dancers.
I'm an adult that started ballet 6 years ago and have been trained in the Vaganova style. Whenever I try to follow along a class by a ballerina from a different school, it's like trying to speak a different language for me. I can't imagine myself trying on a different style, I love the expressive upper body and attention to arm and hands too much. Very useful if your extentions are not great, like mine 😂 All the while, as a spectator I appreciate all styles and schools, but my favourite would be La Scala for the freedom and lightness ❤
Tksm for this! Your video gives me an insight of the top ballet schools, which motivates me to work even harder! I started ballet as a teenager but it can't hurt to dream💘
It would be interesting to compare the Asian schools which have been graduating some of the world top ballet dancers, say Beijing Academy of Dance, K-Arts, and the Japanese schools
Hello Isabella! I saw last year's exam from La Scala and i noticed that the girls did the entire class on pointe (barre too) and i would like to hear tour thoughts on that topic! I absolutely love your videos,thank you very much!
Interesting!! They were on flat here, so I wonder if that was the grad class you watched? If you have a link, send it to me! I think I would feel similar to what I mentioned with the SAB girls. There’s pros and cons to it ❤
Here is the link. Eventually is from 2022 exam. ruclips.net/video/mW_pUWzk2KI/видео.htmlsi=xnbIl-tjCs5JcjIz Also i would love to see a video comparing the Vaganova and the Bolshoi technic! Thank tou very much for answering!
Those girls though don't train the whole time only in pointe shoes like SAB students would do. It might be only for graduation exam class. I know for sure they do the regular build up on flats and of course separate pointe class. La scala is based on Russian style but from there developed its own style.
I'd love to see you succeed with your social media presence. You are a master at ballet as well as a master at imparting knowledge in a wonderful way . Have you thought about doing any live events on RUclips to boost viewership?
Thank you for this video, it was very interesting to see the comparison between schools! I just wanted to say that if you’re looking for Balanchine class videos, the JKO school, which is the school of American ballet theater, has many class/ exam videos posted on RUclips.
As an American “mutt” (a graduate of a Public Arts High School, in dance, with former-professional dancers {who danced all over this planet!} from a wide variety of techniques/styles as our teachers) my teachers were big on trying to incorporate ALL of these styles into our training. Now I know what you are probably thinking-“how is that possible???” Dogged determination and our teachers focusing on various aspects based on where the class was lacking throughout the school year. Coming back from summer/winter/holiday break with sucky endurance? Crazy jump combinations and Grande Allegro to the max! Slacking in core strength and decreasing musicality? Heavy focus on the adagio and (light) Pilates! As we were American “mutts”, we were not purely beholden to any one Technical Syllabus and our teachers could be flexible as to what work was needed/had the freedom to discuss the various schools & techniques and pick&choose as to what to work on to strengthen feet/arms/back/épaulment/etc. (this included verbal quizzes on what each school’s technique focused on and why placement/technique was done in such a way for various steps & combinations) I’ve often heard that Balanchine technique called “American” style and I feel that this is not fair to the rest of us in the U.S. who have not trained in the style. Yes, Balanchine was given carte blanche to do whatever the hell he wanted, to make dancers in his image (and he clearly did make dancers cut corners so that they could be faster/do crazy choreography/push the boundaries) but there are plenty of us who can differentiate the jazzy-ness of Balanchine versus the old-school Classicism of the old world schools/techniques. Personally, the lifting of the heels and crab claw hands of Balanchine drives my classical self crazy (oh all the times my teachers went nuts if they saw the heels come up… *ever*!!) but I love to see how wild the choreography is in some of his works. 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I get it-it’s a weird conundrum?!? but that’s just my opinion!
I find the Balanchine method of spotting front no matter which way you’re travelling in your turns really weird, it looks great to watch but I imagine it must be much harder to train
So interesting that Balanchine was Russian and trained in the Russian style although not too sure if the Vaganova system was in place when he trained . But as you say they could t be further apart now 😂 I really agree with you about the lessons , very strange , the heel not on the floor in plié , not using the head , the rather claw like Hand and yet when you see the company on stage they are absolutely AMAZING ! It would be very interesting the same videos about the boys work , what and how the focus is very different . Thank you 🙏
Another big difference on Assemble is that they don't close the legs in the air. They close it on the landing. So it's not just the arm difference. The Russian students often end up doing the French arms for Assemble by accident and sometimes only on one side but not the other. I think the French arms are more natural and even the Russian dancers sometimes do it by mistake.
One thing that I haven't heard you mention when you speak about differences and I believe may be overlooked is the difference between training and performance. This may or not be the case coming from somewhat of a lay novice but I would appreciate companies that give plenty of leeway for artistic innovation during a performance yet they still adhere to a strict training on technical fundamentals.
Hey, have never and will never do ballet. LOVE your channel lol. For some reason all of your audio is outputting on the left ear and the video is on the right which feels super weird on headphones.
Is no one else having problem with sound? Had it with the last video as well. I can put it on captions but not the same as listening to a voice. I can hear the background music though and, yes, the sound is full volume. Ooh, I can hear the teacher in the class. Yeah 🩰🩰🩰🩰👵🇦🇺
Im listening with earphones in and Isabella's voice is coming through one ear and background music through the other. Maybe a different listening device/no device at all might work better for you?
Yes sorry my voice is just through one ear in this video- not something I could fox post production. It’s best to Lauren without headphones for this one if you can 🤍 I had a new mic that for some reason cancelled out one side. Sorry for the trouble!
Obv Vaganova is my fav that's why I'm here! It just looks the most fluid and artistic. Paris looks regal but a bit stiff at the same time. It's interesting how Balanchine/Balanchivadze was Vaganova trained but his technique had strayed so far from it. Was it just to be different or leave his mark? The lifting the heel while in plie just doesn't make sense and will cause injuries. Also don't understand the claw hands or not using the head at all.
Just speculation on my part but it’s probably because Isabella went to the Royal Ballet School and already has a few videos on the differences between the technique at RBS & Vaganova. I think it’s also more difficult to find footage of high level RAD exams.
RAD is a recreational training system only, it does not prepare its students for a professional career and as such is not really a ‘school’ of training in and of itself…. If you want to talk about the british school or style, then you’d want to look at the royal ballet school, as Isabella does in many videos 😊
For me the Vaganova style the most beautiful. Balanchine style is impressive and quick but I wholeheartedly dislike the “Balanchine Hand”. IMO it kills the elegance.
Hey there! Sadly it plays only through one ear. This was something that only came to light post production and not something I could fix! It won’t happen again but if you’re listening with one ear that might be why x
As an American, I just don’t get the SAB style. It comes across so robotic and, dare I say, unartistic with very little payoff in terms of producing world class dancers. The Vaganova method has just proven to be the superior technique time and time again for literally hundreds of years. I could EASILY name dozens and dozens of star dancers off the top of my head who have come from either the Vaganova and/or Bolshoi academies. I’d be hard pressed to name even 5 star dancers produced by SAB.
This is Aurélie Dupont in the Paris Opera clip of the two girls in lilac outfits. Thank you for that video, very fun comparison! ❤
The Vaganova school's emphasis on the coordination of head and arms and feet and the use of the epaulement produces a complete dancer with wonderful artistic expression.
do you think you could at some point also address the cuban style of training? It seems to me that it's marketed as a mixture of all of the schools (considering it's later development I could see how thats true) but there still seems to be certain things setting them apart. Pirouettes for example, no one turns like the cubans, and I'm just curious because it's also somewhat of a lesser used/known technique, but we still see so many principals at the top companies who've trained under cuban instructors or instructors trained under that syllabus.
Could you do a video on RAD syllabus and how it is different from the royal ballet school (since many people dont know the difference), i think it would be very interesting to hear your thoughts on the curriculum in general and how it differs from other styles :)
Very nice comparisons. I would love to see a later video with Bournonville method alongside something different, as it is such a unique style. I was primarily trained in RAD and I would say the RAD, French/Legat, and Italian/Cecchetti all teach rather square alignment and more contained arms than other schools. It can look rigid but also it is very simple and straightforward to learn. I also studied Vaganova, and I love the way it looks and the freedom and expressiveness of the upper body. I will say it allows for more leeway in alignment and sometimes that can be difficult to learn, so that one is not too square but also not too open or distorted. I appreciate the way dancers from any European school are able to act and look natural in the background (peasants etc.) which is not something you see consistently in American dancers. Their delivery is often a little flat or unevenly dramatic. I also think European dancers, especially Russian, usually learn music theory, and I feel this gives them a better understanding of the music and how to interpret it. I think it would probably also allow them to learn choreography quickly, since they would be able to read and remember music better.
I totally agree with you! The Bournonville style makes wonderful male dancers, I think. Alban Lendorf is my favorite ❤️
Love this video so much! Maybe a part 2 talking about ABT curriculum, RAD, Royal Ballet etc?!
You touched on it a little, but I'd be really interested to see a video less about stylistic differences between the schools and more on technical differences: differences in terminology, how different steps are executed, etc. Love this video!
When the Vaganova did a Balanchine ballet for graduation, they were required to call in a NYCBallet repetiteur to coach the dancer in Balanchine style. This is the Balanchine Trust, which keeps the Balanchine choreography pure and as close to Balanchine's intention as possible.
Please include Cuban style principles, love your vids as always ❤❤❤❤
Could you also do a video on the Cecchetti method? It’s very similar to these styles and many have been based off of it like ABT.
Cecchetti trained Agrippa Vaganova amd many of their adages are based on his work..
I am studying full time in the UK and one of my teachers trained at Paris Opera, the other trained at La Scala and then ABT, and we also have a teacher that trained at the Royal Ballet. While this is nice we are training to be versatile, I agree with you that it’s best to train mostly with one style to perfect it!
Hi Everyone! Just to let you know. My mic had an issue so the sound isn’t how I would like it. My voice comes out of just one headphone so please listen without headphones or make sure you have two headphones in. Thanks so much for your understanding ❤
This was SO interesting! Thank you for doing it!
Wonderful, as always. All the techniques work, as you say. But when the Vaganova girls came on, it was like the entrance of the princesses - those heads!!!
I think I like the Paris style best. They have a very distinctive, artistic style which I love.
Wow, wasn’t too familiar with the La Scala school but they blew me away here. Their recent boys exam was incredible too.
I adore the Bournonville technique. Still taught at Royal Danish Ballet School 😊
There's a video somewhere on RUclips of Bournonville's days of the week. I was so happy to find it as I had never really seen the technique before- other than where it's represented in choreography.
I love this video! Getting a dancer from each style doing the same combo would be thrilling to watch! I watch Kathryn Morgan’s videos religiously so when you got to the SAB portion I was thinking about her the whole time and was saying things like “Yep, Katie said that” 😂. It would also be cool to see a video of you and a few other friends or RUclipsrs from different styles doing each other’s styles 😄
I was trained in RAD in middle through high school and did a little bit of ballet in college but I can’t confidently say which style I did to save my life (I didn’t embrace ballet as much then like I do now, I shied away from it because it’s not the genre I’m most comfortable in) but, if I had to guess it was probably closer to Balanchine more than anything, which also happens to be my favorite style because it’s bordering neoclassical ballet which I absolutely love because it’s closer to modern dance (the genre I’m most comfortable with 😂)
My favorite style is Vaganova because it seems to generate the most coordination throughout the dancer's body, plus the arms are mesmerizing. My least favorite is Balanchine, unfortunately, because although the dancers are very fast and tricky, sometimes they compromise other things for that speed, most notably arm.
I agree with you. I think the Balanchine style sometimes look sloppy in the corps, because it’s too fast to give the dancers a chance to dance in sync.
As someone trained in RAD and with a stiff and short torso, I absolutely love the Vagonova style's expressive use of the upper body and wish I could emulate even a fraction of it.
Loved this video, so interesting! The La Scala dancers almost looked more Vaganova than Tsiskaridze's graduate class this year, maybe just because it was adagio but so interesting nonetheless. I think SAB avoids using head at barre specifically, so once they get into center you see it moving a lot more; the idea being to focus solely on the legs. Also loved the comment on the teachers, POB teachers dress like they just came off the street and SAB teachers dance like they're taking class. Totally opposite approaches and I love them both.
I love the Vaganova style for the girls most, but the Bournonville style for the boys! I would love to learn more about the Bournonville school. My favorite male dancer is Alban Lendorf ❤
Admittedly I didn't know Alban Lendorf before but I agree - he's great! Thanks for pointing this out!
My personal favorite will always be Balanchine because that is how I was trained and it fit my body. I also think that many outside the US look down on Balanchine training because the focus was to train dancers for his choreography. While I do like the Russian dancers, I often think they look too much the same and lack personality (there are obvious standouts like Lopatkina and Krishneva but so many just look interchangeable). From the classes, I thought the La Scala dancers were the standouts. They had more fluid lines than the others.
I enjoy the Balanchine style for that reason too, sure it doesn’t always translate well to the ultra-classical ballets but a lot of non-US companies don’t do Balanchine works much justice either. Their corps work isn’t nearly as crystal clear as the Russians but I think that’s the price you pay for more individuality between the dancers.
I'm an adult that started ballet 6 years ago and have been trained in the Vaganova style. Whenever I try to follow along a class by a ballerina from a different school, it's like trying to speak a different language for me. I can't imagine myself trying on a different style, I love the expressive upper body and attention to arm and hands too much. Very useful if your extentions are not great, like mine 😂 All the while, as a spectator I appreciate all styles and schools, but my favourite would be La Scala for the freedom and lightness ❤
Tksm for this! Your video gives me an insight of the top ballet schools, which motivates me to work even harder! I started ballet as a teenager but it can't hurt to dream💘
Also please the vienna opera ballet 😊
It would be interesting to compare the Asian schools which have been graduating some of the world top ballet dancers, say Beijing Academy of Dance, K-Arts, and the Japanese schools
Thank you so much for this, Isabella! I've been looking forward to hearing your thoughts on different styles ❤xx
You’re so welcome! ❤
I could watch your commentary on dancing all day!!!!!!
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Can you do a reaction to the American Baller Theater JKO School Upper 3 exam?
Hello Isabella! I saw last year's exam from La Scala and i noticed that the girls did the entire class on pointe (barre too) and i would like to hear tour thoughts on that topic! I absolutely love your videos,thank you very much!
Interesting!! They were on flat here, so I wonder if that was the grad class you watched? If you have a link, send it to me! I think I would feel similar to what I mentioned with the SAB girls. There’s pros and cons to it ❤
Here is the link. Eventually is from 2022 exam.
ruclips.net/video/mW_pUWzk2KI/видео.htmlsi=xnbIl-tjCs5JcjIz
Also i would love to see a video comparing the Vaganova and the Bolshoi technic!
Thank tou very much for answering!
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Hello! This is the 2024 Exam
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Hello!! This is the 2024 Alla Scala exam
Those girls though don't train the whole time only in pointe shoes like SAB students would do. It might be only for graduation exam class. I know for sure they do the regular build up on flats and of course separate pointe class. La scala is based on Russian style but from there developed its own style.
I'd love to see you succeed with your social media presence. You are a master at ballet as well as a master at imparting knowledge in a wonderful way . Have you thought about doing any live events on RUclips to boost viewership?
Thank you for this video, it was very interesting to see the comparison between schools! I just wanted to say that if you’re looking for Balanchine class videos, the JKO school, which is the school of American ballet theater, has many class/ exam videos posted on RUclips.
You’re so welcome!! ❤😊
As an American “mutt” (a graduate of a Public Arts High School, in dance, with former-professional dancers {who danced all over this planet!} from a wide variety of techniques/styles as our teachers) my teachers were big on trying to incorporate ALL of these styles into our training.
Now I know what you are probably thinking-“how is that possible???”
Dogged determination and our teachers focusing on various aspects based on where the class was lacking throughout the school year.
Coming back from summer/winter/holiday break with sucky endurance? Crazy jump combinations and Grande Allegro to the max!
Slacking in core strength and decreasing musicality? Heavy focus on the adagio and (light) Pilates!
As we were American “mutts”, we were not purely beholden to any one Technical Syllabus and our teachers could be flexible as to what work was needed/had the freedom to discuss the various schools & techniques and pick&choose as to what to work on to strengthen feet/arms/back/épaulment/etc. (this included verbal quizzes on what each school’s technique focused on and why placement/technique was done in such a way for various steps & combinations)
I’ve often heard that Balanchine technique called “American” style and I feel that this is not fair to the rest of us in the U.S. who have not trained in the style.
Yes, Balanchine was given carte blanche to do whatever the hell he wanted, to make dancers in his image (and he clearly did make dancers cut corners so that they could be faster/do crazy choreography/push the boundaries) but there are plenty of us who can differentiate the jazzy-ness of Balanchine versus the old-school Classicism of the old world schools/techniques.
Personally, the lifting of the heels and crab claw hands of Balanchine drives my classical self crazy (oh all the times my teachers went nuts if they saw the heels come up… *ever*!!) but I love to see how wild the choreography is in some of his works.
🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I get it-it’s a weird conundrum?!? but that’s just my opinion!
I find the Balanchine method of spotting front no matter which way you’re travelling in your turns really weird, it looks great to watch but I imagine it must be much harder to train
So interesting that
Balanchine was Russian and trained in the Russian style although not too sure if the Vaganova system was in place when he trained . But as you say they could t be further apart now 😂 I really agree with you about the lessons , very strange , the heel not on the floor in plié , not using the head , the rather claw like Hand and yet when you see the company on stage they are absolutely AMAZING ! It would be very interesting the same videos about the boys work , what and how the focus is very different . Thank you 🙏
Another big difference on Assemble is that they don't close the legs in the air. They close it on the landing. So it's not just the arm difference. The Russian students often end up doing the French arms for Assemble by accident and sometimes only on one side but not the other. I think the French arms are more natural and even the Russian dancers sometimes do it by mistake.
One thing that I haven't heard you mention when you speak about differences and I believe may be overlooked is the difference between training and performance. This may or not be the case coming from somewhat of a lay novice but I would appreciate companies that give plenty of leeway for artistic innovation during a performance yet they still adhere to a strict training on technical fundamentals.
Flowing elegance
Why didnyou dwcide to leave out the Royal Ballet School?
Hey, have never and will never do ballet. LOVE your channel lol. For some reason all of your audio is outputting on the left ear and the video is on the right which feels super weird on headphones.
Is no one else having problem with sound? Had it with the last video as well. I can put it on captions but not the same as listening to a voice. I can hear the background music though and, yes, the sound is full volume. Ooh, I can hear the teacher in the class. Yeah 🩰🩰🩰🩰👵🇦🇺
Im listening with earphones in and Isabella's voice is coming through one ear and background music through the other. Maybe a different listening device/no device at all might work better for you?
Yes sorry my voice is just through one ear in this video- not something I could fox post production. It’s best to Lauren without headphones for this one if you can 🤍 I had a new mic that for some reason cancelled out one side. Sorry for the trouble!
Is that Aurelie Dupont at 5:57?
I noticed that too. I think she is Aurelie Dupont.
私も、そう思いました。
Obv Vaganova is my fav that's why I'm here! It just looks the most fluid and artistic. Paris looks regal but a bit stiff at the same time. It's interesting how Balanchine/Balanchivadze was Vaganova trained but his technique had strayed so far from it. Was it just to be different or leave his mark? The lifting the heel while in plie just doesn't make sense and will cause injuries. Also don't understand the claw hands or not using the head at all.
I know you can't cover every style but I was a bit surprised that RAD wasn't there : )
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Why didn't you show the Royal Academy of Dance? Isn't that one of the major schools of ballet?
Hello 🙂
Royal Academy of Dance is one school and The Royal Ballet School is another
Just speculation on my part but it’s probably because Isabella went to the Royal Ballet School and already has a few videos on the differences between the technique at RBS & Vaganova. I think it’s also more difficult to find footage of high level RAD exams.
Thanks! That helps. I've studied RAD and Vagonova and appreciate both methods.
RAD is a recreational training system only, it does not prepare its students for a professional career and as such is not really a ‘school’ of training in and of itself…. If you want to talk about the british school or style, then you’d want to look at the royal ballet school, as Isabella does in many videos 😊
For me the Vaganova style the most beautiful. Balanchine style is impressive and quick but I wholeheartedly dislike the “Balanchine Hand”. IMO it kills the elegance.
Where is the best place to learn Vaganova technique outside of Russia, for obvious reasons?
Isabella, it seems your video audio is not working properly. I can't here you speak, only the background music.
Hey there! Sadly it plays only through one ear. This was something that only came to light post production and not something I could fix! It won’t happen again but if you’re listening with one ear that might be why x
Could “reserved upper body” in Paris School be a remnant of Celtic folk dancing?
Legs of steel heart of honey
As an American, I just don’t get the SAB style. It comes across so robotic and, dare I say, unartistic with very little payoff in terms of producing world class dancers. The Vaganova method has just proven to be the superior technique time and time again for literally hundreds of years. I could EASILY name dozens and dozens of star dancers off the top of my head who have come from either the Vaganova and/or Bolshoi academies. I’d be hard pressed to name even 5 star dancers produced by SAB.
I just don’t like Balanchine 🙈