I stopped dancing ballet because I got so frustrated with my lines. I’m so glad I let that go and came back. 😊 #shorts #ballet #dancelife #balletlife #pointeshoes
My Russian teacher screamed at a guest artist to go become a dentist or anything but a dancer because he was worthless. He held it together but burst into tears the minute she was gone. My Russian teachers were phenomenal but also cruel at times. That's just part of professional training though.
@@Maspets Hello. Have you ever heard the saying "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"? It's the same thing with malice. Malice is in the eyes of the beholder.
I'm so glad to have supportive teachers at my studio who don't make us take ballet too seriously. Every teacher I've had just makes it fun while still pushing us really hard.
It's not like that at a Company. You want to be Prima/Principle Dancer you work yourself as hard as physically possible; + 10%. (It's not for everybody but thats what it takes) & any Prima will tell you that. It's for Type A Personalities obvs 🙏🏻💜🇬🇧💜
As a ballet dancer who’s nearly completed her teacher training, I’m sorry your teacher failed you so miserably and I’m happy you’re still dancing anyway
My ballet teacher was Hungarian. We were treated horribly. Yes on the discipline, Yes, you ate never good enough. My height....5'9".....center of gravity was off. My legs and back permanently damaged. Pain control for bleeding, crushed feel that looked like a meat grinders project. I was good, but I just didn't hate myself enough. Ballroom became my love, and joining dance troops, tv and movie appearances enough to convince me my heart and time were not wasted. But now I suffer physically. It's a trade off. Little girls should never go into ballet uninformed.
I know exactly what you experienced, but I was into bodybuilding and almost ruined my body from “discipline.” I still do weights, but after knee surgeries, a stroke, and cancer scare,? I’m okay. I now eat healthy and have a great attitude about myself. Good Luck, my friend
My granddaughter aged almost 8, loves ballet class. Her retired professional ballerina teacher says she and one other pupil are most likely to excel. I'm afraid for her. Prior to being accepted in class, she practised by checking her shadow on the living room wall. Thank you so much for sharing. Take care.
@@sparkles999rose2first off that’s very wrong people can have it as a job and hobby even when they are adults for example that’s what I am practicing for, to become a dancer.
As a dancer with chronic pain from an invisible disability that made dancing nearly impossible, I know how it feels to be picked on by a ballet teacher for something you cannot control. Thank you for sharing your journey. Now that I am a ballet teacher, I have made a promise to myself to do better.
Hi im 11 and i do ballet . I live in Belgium and my teachers are very nice . My teacher doesnt care abt how we look she wants us to feel comfortable and happy. Obviously she does correct to point our feet bc our exams will be soon and she wants us to pass. I love ballet AND NEVER GIVE UP. ❤❤❤
I'm 13 similar age to you and I love ballet and have done it for ten years now I started pointe a almost two years ago and love tip toeing around everywhere ❤❤❤❤😊
I’ve never had teachers tell me, but I always want to be better at ballet (I go to a small, non professional, small town studio) and I wish I could have the hyperextended legs, crazy arches, and perfect turnout that I see from dancers on RUclips and in pictures. It hurts because I try to make my legs hyperextend more (they do a little, but for some reason my legs still don’t look hyperextended at all in pictures) and this made me feel so much better about those things. Seeing you, who doesn’t have the legs or feet of a “perfect” ballerina but still looking beautiful when you dance gives me hope
A lot of the dancers you see with hyperextended legs have a genetic disorder in their connective tissue which is why they are able to push past the normal range of motion. While it may look beautiful, it can actually cause debilitating pain later in life.
I am not a ballerina, but I have a genetic developmental disorder that causes my knees to hyperextend even when I don't want them to lile when I am walking around the house. It can be very painful at times and I now have to wear knee braces all day just for walking around for normal everyday activities to prevent injuries. I am having to do physical therapy which is not fun and being overweight makes things even worse. I am limited in my normal activities that I love. For example I am not supposed to jump or run because high impact activities like that can make my legs tendency to hyperextend worse. I also can't really walk much on uneven ground like when hiking outdoors on a hiking trail which I would dearly love to do again. I did not have many problems with my joints until I became overweight. Believe me from my personal experience, you do not want to have hyper extended legs. Enjoy the joint stability in normal day to day activities you get from not having hyperextended legs.
I know that it is often a genetic thing, however there is no way that every single ballerina has naturally hyperextended legs. I’m sure they become more hyperextended the way dancers train
@@yavannakementari521I didn't think about that. Well if you do try to train them to be more hyperextended, I would suggest (having naturally hyperextended legs myself) work on building strength in the muscles around your leg joints (knees, ankles) because that helps make sure that your hyperextended legs don't get more easily injured. 😀 Here's to you achieving your ballet dreams. It is very beautiful to see when it is done skillfully.
In my non-dancer opinion it's the GRACE that makes a good dancer, not the body type. But maybe that's just me. I have seen so many dancers of different styles that were all brilliant in their field because they radiated, joy, grace, effortlessness, emotions and energy. I never noticed things like body type, age, heritage or other unimportant things. Dance is a way of expressing yourself. ❤❤❤
Yeah, I have knees that look like they don't extend all the way (they do). And I always felt weird about having no hyperextension. Even if I didn't get anything from teachers. Just being different from everyone else.. I'm glad you found better places to dance where your talent is appreciated ❤
You're beautiful and talented. Always remember to let your heart lead you not negative thoughts or other people's opinions! We love you and you inspire us!
it's so much anxiety surrounding me because not only am I insecure but I'm bad at ballet. everytime I do something wrong the teacher always says "explain it to me like I've never done ballet before" yet I've done ballet for 5 years and just like my brain, I've only shown a little improvement
If you can, try with another teacher or studio. Just don't give up because of that. And I highly recommend you to follow these two most professional channels on yt; Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching and ballet with Isabella They both have online classes too.
I agree with all the other comments here, but do ballet because you love it. One of the girls on a different channel had a can't do it attitude with pirouettes and could only manage 2 and said that that she was no good. Her friend, whose channel it was challenged her to do 20 turns for $1,000, which she finally managed and is now considered the best at turning. Reward yourself as you go.
I’m glad I quit ballet when I was young and before I could really get into it because while I have high arches I’m short and muscular and I just KNOW I’d get rejected for having the wrong body type. I hate ballet because it doesn’t matter how good you are if you aren’t a certain height and a certain weight and have a very particular body shape you’re out.
And you didn't even try. Where's your back bone? Screw what they tell you. You know that there's a strength to pushing through that kind of b.s., right? Pushing through for this freedom means that *they're* in the wrong. Giving up before you even begin means you've just proved those dumbasses right. There are plenty of studios these days that've learned that we're not in those unecessarily confining times anymore.
@@NightWink129 You’re jumping to a lot of conclusions. I started ballet at 3. Yes 3. I was that young. I asked to do it I begged my mom to sign me up. I was obsessed with Angelina Ballerina that little mouse cartoon character. By the time I was 5 my parents had divorced and so I couldn’t go to lessons every week like I used to. I had to miss so many lessons I couldn’t keep up. And I had lost interest in ballet and moved onto other things. It was a childhood phase and I do not regret one bit that I quit when I see how toxic the environment is for dancers. I in fact consider myself lucky that I quit before it could have an impact on my long term mental health
@@I-hate-youtube797 You said you KNEW you'd get rejected for having the wrong body type. That's what I was responding to. My response was to say you could still push past the haters and the old regime because you said you gave up in the face of that POSSIBLE, not absolute, rejection. My response was not a jump to conclusions; it was a mirror to your strong emotional expression in your comment. Hate and losing interest are two very different things. I'm glad you don't regret your experience. The kinds of things you learn from those experiences are fantastic to take with you as you move through life. But do you really HATE ballet? Or do you strongly despise the ridiculous rules the people of old times under old influences put in place? Ballet itself is an amazing artform/sport that outclasses most other, if not all, mainstream sports. To hate ballet, despite some instructors' still misplaced control of entry, is to hate a form of creation. But, if you simply no longer have an interest in it, then I understand and hope you can still find an appreciation for the strength, endurance, and more that it takes to commit to this style of dance, and I wish you well on your next journeys.
@@NightWink129yer WRONG ballet caused the woman I love to have dysmorphia it almost destroyed her and she went to Julliard the stories… I understand why she quit and am glad she did, I just wish she had sooner- if you think teachers are hard imagine the most prestigious arts school in the worlds coaches!💔 take something soooo beautiful and destroy the very women who made it possible
You really are a beautiful ballerina. And that jete was just awesome. Along with the stunning jump, I love the expressive hands reaching to the Heavens. I'm so glad you stayed with it and look at you now! Awesome!
Bro the only part that really scared me is when she went in the snow with her point shoes still on. Because moisture and wet environments or if you get water on your point shoes it will warp them and change the shape. L O L I hope she replace those if they die too fast
I had to gracefully bow out from professional ballet, due to my age. I can’t do now at my age what I did back then. I still dance, I still even do ballet…just no more professional ballet.
As I watched you and read what you were saying I thought what you need is a new instructor. We're all different and she should have been working with you to make you the best ballerina that you can be, ever growing and improving just as you are. Dance on Pretty Ballerina!
To keep elitists "exclusive" they often tell you (1 way or another) the message "YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH" Darling, as the old adage goes "Life Is FAR To Short To Drink Bad Wine!" Dont swallow that swill & dance on! Dance On!
Not just that, but ballet doesn't actually teach healthy discipline either. It teaches the kind of toxic discipline that makes you give up basic needs like an able body and a sound soul.
I went to four dance schools with teachers like this which made me feel like I could never be good enough. Now I’ve found a small, friendly, supportive dance school where I actually enjoy my classes, they don’t make me have mental breakdowns when I have to go like the last ones did
I relate to this too as a traditional dancer, I was always told that my hands weren’t pretty enough and that I need to take bigger steps and I stand in place. When I see tv shows with people competing with dance, doing things on camera to be the “entertainment” it makes me enraged that it’s okay to see people struggle and laugh at them. Even if I tell them that it’s not funny, they shame me because my words were too harsh for that dancer on tv even though they know nothing of the sport altogether.
As a 8 year old ballerina (in grade 3 ballet cause I skipped a level by doing better than the others) don’t give up! Keep trying and don’t listen to what others say bad about you!
I just saw a video (like 2 minutes ago) demonstrating the hyperextended leg standard, and your legs are much more graceful and lovely. I'm glad you've been able to take what you love from dance and reject the rest
@@LinaMEWyes! As I said, even 60 years ago teachers who were paying attention got on you if you did hyperextend. You can blow out a knee or ankle because the muscles just aren't at the front.
I'm so sorry to hear that you had such a toxic ballet teacher. Maybe you can find a place to dance, where you feel accepted and good enough. I miss dancing so much, but my health condition doesn't allow it anymore.
The arm thing is the exact reason I don’t learn ballet. I’ve always been chunky and hour glass figured. So even if I got to a super thin ballerina weight I would still have a big rib cage and big hips. My arms ARE muscular because I have a job that requires heavy lifting and my legs are because I walk EVERYWHERE since I can’t afford car insurance at 22. I LOOOOOVE ballet and would love to learn but ain’t no way in hell I’m falling back into prior EDs to look graceful. It feels extremely uninclusive and mind you I’m only 125lbs and my lowest after 3 years of an ed was only 115lbs so I can’t be the ideal, yet know I’m relatively now healthy.
Don't let your figure stops you. It realy doesn't matter for amateurs. Ballet is fun and healthy. If you are insecure try with online classes at first (but they can't replace the real class for long). As I already said to other girl, Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching and ballet wit Isabella is the most professional channels on yt, that kind of teaching you get in the best schools
ive recently returned to ballet and as an 18 yo now it kinda breaks my heart that 5'3 100 pound me isnt thin enough to go on stage. i too have a heavy lifting job and walk everywhere which makes me a better dancer but with my short legs i look bulky. my teachers and classmates are very sweet and supportive and no one has said these things to me but myself but i know ballet standards and i dont fit them and it kills me
@@om3ga5 stop that’s actually both sad and empowering simultaneously. I’m 140 almost (probably from bloating from Mother Nature) but I used to be so much closer to your weight and even then I feared the community but love dancing. Thank you for opening up to show me I’m not alone. And I get the taxing job thing. I do laundry and some bags are 50+lbs and I gotta lift multiple into a van I’m almost too short to get in. I’m sure you’re an absolutely beautiful human and Ngl people like a strong lady 🤷🏽♀️ I’m trying to be buff like you homie but ballet even hates fit women (obviously not your fabulous tho 💕). Also we’re the same age and I’m also falling. I definitely feel the gaining as you get better but I was 114 and am where I am now because of people I found through trial and error who support me and tell me I’m beautiful no matter what and willing to get fitter if I so choose, I feel… better? I know you’re a beautiful soul and will find the same. All of the love 💕 I know you can find happiness.
Be and stay healthy! l have a swimmers body l never appreciated someone telling me lwas flat. Praise God l fell in love with someone who loves me the way l am. l love to dance and have 😮 fun. Enjoy another form of dance❤❤
You are so beautiful, inside and out, as a dancer and as a human being. Thank you for letting us know about the situation you had to be under. You are brave. No one can take away your beauty and love for ballet from you.
I wish I could do ballet again :,) a mix of a raging ED from it landing me in the hospital and a chronic illness they found to late kept me from dancing. Ballet dancers are extremely strong borh mentally and physically. You guys are amazing!
You are genuinely such an inspiration to me. I also have flat feet and have struggled with making me knees look straight for as long as I can remember. Seeing that you were able to become a professional ballet dancer despite not having crazy hyper extension and feet makes me really hopeful for my future! I can’t tell you enough how happy I am to see a professional dancer who actually looks like me and struggles in ways I have! Thank you
Keep dancing, even if your ballet school laughs at you. Don't give up, even your body feels soooo tired that you can't lift a finger. I had to close my curtain early because of scoliosis and I still dreamed about my dancing time often.
They tied head from up and the person was turning around in the air or almost in air to fix scoliosis 😊. Perhaps you could try to combine that to ballet and get fixed by practising turnes at the same time. Never give up dreaming... P. S. Do not hang yourself though, 😉
I have been dancing Ballett for nine years and I‘m really not thin but my teacher is the kindest person on earth I have know her for 9 years now and she always tells anyone as long you come in proper clothing just have fun but maybe it‘s because it‘s just a hobby and almost no one ever goes professional besides this isn‘t a city or anything I live in
I wish people actually pushed me more in dance, I was only recreational so my 10 years were treated less seriously than the girls who were in competition and aiming for careers... Which fair but I would have loved more encouragement... 😅
My legs look the same🥺 thank you for sharing! It was always one of my biggest insecurities growing up in dance. So great to see you continue and just do a great job continuing. Wouldn't even have noticed it without this video💪🏻
Something most dancers don't realize is that it's actually ballet and dancing that teaches you not to give up it teaches you persistence and perseverance on the days you feel like quitting
I've seen a couple of good teachers on utube. Do they ever consult online or offer a weekend workshop? Or put one together with a student tutor and a couple of classes.
I studied ballet as an adult student for many years, and I tolerated a lot of criticism with it. There was clearly no way I was ever gping to be a professional dancer, and the idea never entered my head. I was doing it because I enjoyed it and it made me feel good. But the criticism did get to me some times. My teachers knew they were teaching amateurs who were taking ballet as a hobby. They knew I wasn't studying to be a pro. Why did they put me down so often?
The way I learned it in ballet is that if you're teacher is correcting you and criticizing you, your teacher is working with you because she thinks you're worth it. I know that sounds a little paradoxical and I don't know what happened in your case particularly.
Discipline IS a necessary tool And sometimes so is pushing through pain But here's the thing with tools You use them when you need them And put them away when you don't
that’s why I quit too. I felt like I was on dance moms or something like I know it’s totally normal to judge but it just got really out of hand. also, the teachers made us wear a full face of makeup for every competition and i know it doesn’t sound too bad but when you realize that we were all 4 😭
Sometimes people pick words and tones that don't express what they are trying to say. Sometimes our minds filter said words in a criticizing tone instead of a firm teaching tone. Regardless of alll, each person teacher and student, must dig in deep to EXPRESS the dream and desires. Sometimes a criticism is our biggest push up the ladder to get mad enough to excell. ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Dance with your soul, to express what are in your heart, and it will make you happy, your body will be thank you. The human demands and expectations are so cruel, so useless, You dance like a angel
So real... When i was a about 9-10 years old my ballet teacher told me that i'm too fat. She kept repeating that almost every class so I became very insecure. I stopped eating and lost 8 kg during one month and i lost even more weight later. My teacher was proud of herself that she pushed me to the point when i felt dizzy while only standing. Sadly I still felt that i am too fat and I pushed my self to lost even more weight... I got very skinny. My watch was wider than my wrist, and actually still is. Im still verry insecure about my weight and looks. So before sending your kid to ballet classes think twice. (Dw i got kinda better now and i'm working on myself❤) I'm still dancing and it's been 11 years now 😅
I quit ballet because my teacher every class was targeting me and making me cry. i told her about my gender issues but she still made me take the shirt i was wearing off during class, she yelled at me because of the way that I memorized, belittled me, and then expected me not to cry. last night was my last class with her and I let her know that she was the reason I was quitting
well ballet is just like that . i do ballet and it real hurts and i learned to push through the pain and not to give up! i had to do the splits on the chair.
I can understand the pain, I have had a side pain since Friday morning and I had to do an entire show rehearsal three times without showing any signs of pain. Running makes it worse but one of the roles I have is the Kelp i( A full running role )
l don't understand having to be in pain for the sake of art! Choose another gorm of dance that you can really enjoy without injury that can be permanent ❤
The teacher was miserable and clearly belongs in another career. Go to a good school, never stop! Your form, shape, extensions are stunningly gorgeous, you were born to do this!
I had a Russian ballet teacher and one time she went "Sara, jump like princess, not frog" and that was ouch
Russians are the best. Love it
But frogs are the best jumpers!
@@rixanneh18 True! Funny and true!
My Russian teacher screamed at a guest artist to go become a dentist or anything but a dancer because he was worthless. He held it together but burst into tears the minute she was gone. My Russian teachers were phenomenal but also cruel at times. That's just part of professional training though.
@@rixanneh18 Natalia osipova jumps like a frog and I love it
The title scared me.... I was like “why would she quit ballet?? That makes no sense”
Just clickbait and humblebragging.
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I did quit for 4 years! I went to college and didn’t do ballet. It’s ok to stop if you get burnt out. You can start taking classes again in the future
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@@Maspets Hello. Have you ever heard the saying "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"? It's the same thing with malice. Malice is in the eyes of the beholder.
I'm so glad to have supportive teachers at my studio who don't make us take ballet too seriously. Every teacher I've had just makes it fun while still pushing us really hard.
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Why teacher pushing around
@@user-fi6ct1wn9xI read it as motivating them to improve rather than physically pushing them
@@user-fi6ct1wn9xNot physically, it means to try to get your students to be the best they can be.
It's not like that at a Company. You want to be Prima/Principle Dancer you work yourself as hard as physically possible; + 10%. (It's not for everybody but thats what it takes) & any Prima will tell you that.
It's for Type A
Personalities obvs
🙏🏻💜🇬🇧💜
As a ballet dancer who’s nearly completed her teacher training, I’m sorry your teacher failed you so miserably and I’m happy you’re still dancing anyway
My ballet teacher was Hungarian. We were treated horribly. Yes on the discipline, Yes, you ate never good enough. My height....5'9".....center of gravity was off. My legs and back permanently damaged. Pain control for bleeding, crushed feel that looked like a meat grinders project. I was good, but I just didn't hate myself enough. Ballroom became my love, and joining dance troops, tv and movie appearances enough to convince me my heart and time were not wasted. But now I suffer physically. It's a trade off. Little girls should never go into ballet uninformed.
I know exactly what you experienced, but I was into bodybuilding and almost ruined my body from “discipline.” I still do weights, but after knee surgeries, a stroke, and cancer scare,? I’m okay. I now eat healthy and have a great attitude about myself. Good Luck, my friend
You’re supposed to do it for fun as a little girl then quit when it gets hard
Damn bro, I'm Hungarian, we don't take her. I apologise in her place. Hope you're doing better dude
My granddaughter aged almost 8, loves ballet class. Her retired professional ballerina teacher says she and one other pupil are most likely to excel.
I'm afraid for her. Prior to being accepted in class, she practised by checking her shadow on the living room wall.
Thank you so much for sharing. Take care.
@@sparkles999rose2first off that’s very wrong people can have it as a job and hobby even when they are adults for example that’s what I am practicing for, to become a dancer.
That leap was perfect!!
Perfectly beautiful!
You are beautiful. Some ballet teachers are too critical.
As a dancer with chronic pain from an invisible disability that made dancing nearly impossible, I know how it feels to be picked on by a ballet teacher for something you cannot control. Thank you for sharing your journey. Now that I am a ballet teacher, I have made a promise to myself to do better.
Hi im 11 and i do ballet . I live in Belgium and my teachers are very nice . My teacher doesnt care abt how we look she wants us to feel comfortable and happy. Obviously she does correct to point our feet bc our exams will be soon and she wants us to pass. I love ballet AND NEVER GIVE UP. ❤❤❤
You're very mature for your age! Stay happy and blessed! ❤❤❤
I'm 13 similar age to you and I love ballet and have done it for ten years now I started pointe a almost two years ago and love tip toeing around everywhere ❤❤❤❤😊
I live in belgium too and I wanna do ballet so bad!! Where is your ballet school and do you have to pay a lot?
Do u live in Limburg? I live there🎉
I’ve never had teachers tell me, but I always want to be better at ballet (I go to a small, non professional, small town studio) and I wish I could have the hyperextended legs, crazy arches, and perfect turnout that I see from dancers on RUclips and in pictures. It hurts because I try to make my legs hyperextend more (they do a little, but for some reason my legs still don’t look hyperextended at all in pictures) and this made me feel so much better about those things. Seeing you, who doesn’t have the legs or feet of a “perfect” ballerina but still looking beautiful when you dance gives me hope
A lot of the dancers you see with hyperextended legs have a genetic disorder in their connective tissue which is why they are able to push past the normal range of motion. While it may look beautiful, it can actually cause debilitating pain later in life.
I am not a ballerina, but I have a genetic developmental disorder that causes my knees to hyperextend even when I don't want them to lile when I am walking around the house. It can be very painful at times and I now have to wear knee braces all day just for walking around for normal everyday activities to prevent injuries. I am having to do physical therapy which is not fun and being overweight makes things even worse. I am limited in my normal activities that I love. For example I am not supposed to jump or run because high impact activities like that can make my legs tendency to hyperextend worse. I also can't really walk much on uneven ground like when hiking outdoors on a hiking trail which I would dearly love to do again. I did not have many problems with my joints until I became overweight. Believe me from my personal experience, you do not want to have hyper extended legs. Enjoy the joint stability in normal day to day activities you get from not having hyperextended legs.
I know that it is often a genetic thing, however there is no way that every single ballerina has naturally hyperextended legs. I’m sure they become more hyperextended the way dancers train
@@yavannakementari521I didn't think about that. Well if you do try to train them to be more hyperextended, I would suggest (having naturally hyperextended legs myself) work on building strength in the muscles around your leg joints (knees, ankles) because that helps make sure that your hyperextended legs don't get more easily injured. 😀 Here's to you achieving your ballet dreams. It is very beautiful to see when it is done skillfully.
In my non-dancer opinion it's the GRACE that makes a good dancer, not the body type. But maybe that's just me.
I have seen so many dancers of different styles that were all brilliant in their field because they radiated, joy, grace, effortlessness, emotions and energy. I never noticed things like body type, age, heritage or other unimportant things.
Dance is a way of expressing yourself. ❤❤❤
My only thought when she's dancing in the snow "there goes a pair of pointe shoes"
Same, I physically cringed at all that money down the drain
Same, if she dances professionally it’s fine tho but still
FRR4
Hey, maybe they were almost dead anyway.
Why is it bad for the shoes? (I’m not a dancer.)
Absolutely beautiful.. I understand the reason quit. Dance anyway! Your talent will shine ..
Yeah, I have knees that look like they don't extend all the way (they do). And I always felt weird about having no hyperextension. Even if I didn't get anything from teachers. Just being different from everyone else..
I'm glad you found better places to dance where your talent is appreciated ❤
Yes, keep dancing!!! Many of my dance buddies have passed, I’m dancing for them now too (even though I was never as good as them) I’m still dancing……
You're beautiful and talented. Always remember to let your heart lead you not negative thoughts or other people's opinions! We love you and you inspire us!
Beautiful ballerina. It's the spirit and love of what you do that counts❤
it's so much anxiety surrounding me because not only am I insecure but I'm bad at ballet. everytime I do something wrong the teacher always says "explain it to me like I've never done ballet before" yet I've done ballet for 5 years and just like my brain, I've only shown a little improvement
Sounds like your instructor isn't doing s good job of explaining things to you in a way you understand. Teaching is a separate skill from dance.
If you can, try with another teacher or studio.
Just don't give up because of that.
And I highly recommend you to follow these two most professional channels on yt; Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching and ballet with Isabella
They both have online classes too.
My teacher always says things like that too.
I agree with all the other comments here, but do ballet because you love it. One of the girls on a different channel had a can't do it attitude with pirouettes and could only manage 2 and said that that she was no good. Her friend, whose channel it was challenged her to do 20 turns for $1,000, which she finally managed and is now considered the best at turning. Reward yourself as you go.
@@TM-tx9ctI know exactly whom you are referring to.
I’m glad I quit ballet when I was young and before I could really get into it because while I have high arches I’m short and muscular and I just KNOW I’d get rejected for having the wrong body type. I hate ballet because it doesn’t matter how good you are if you aren’t a certain height and a certain weight and have a very particular body shape you’re out.
And you didn't even try. Where's your back bone? Screw what they tell you. You know that there's a strength to pushing through that kind of b.s., right? Pushing through for this freedom means that *they're* in the wrong. Giving up before you even begin means you've just proved those dumbasses right. There are plenty of studios these days that've learned that we're not in those unecessarily confining times anymore.
@@NightWink129 You’re jumping to a lot of conclusions. I started ballet at 3. Yes 3. I was that young. I asked to do it I begged my mom to sign me up. I was obsessed with Angelina Ballerina that little mouse cartoon character. By the time I was 5 my parents had divorced and so I couldn’t go to lessons every week like I used to. I had to miss so many lessons I couldn’t keep up. And I had lost interest in ballet and moved onto other things. It was a childhood phase and I do not regret one bit that I quit when I see how toxic the environment is for dancers. I in fact consider myself lucky that I quit before it could have an impact on my long term mental health
@@I-hate-youtube797 You said you KNEW you'd get rejected for having the wrong body type. That's what I was responding to. My response was to say you could still push past the haters and the old regime because you said you gave up in the face of that POSSIBLE, not absolute, rejection. My response was not a jump to conclusions; it was a mirror to your strong emotional expression in your comment.
Hate and losing interest are two very different things. I'm glad you don't regret your experience. The kinds of things you learn from those experiences are fantastic to take with you as you move through life. But do you really HATE ballet? Or do you strongly despise the ridiculous rules the people of old times under old influences put in place?
Ballet itself is an amazing artform/sport that outclasses most other, if not all, mainstream sports. To hate ballet, despite some instructors' still misplaced control of entry, is to hate a form of creation. But, if you simply no longer have an interest in it, then I understand and hope you can still find an appreciation for the strength, endurance, and more that it takes to commit to this style of dance, and I wish you well on your next journeys.
Still, ballet dance training is good for other dance forms, sports, cheerleading, ice skating.
@@NightWink129yer WRONG ballet caused the woman I love to have dysmorphia it almost destroyed her and she went to Julliard the stories… I understand why she quit and am glad she did, I just wish she had sooner- if you think teachers are hard imagine the most prestigious arts school in the worlds coaches!💔 take something soooo beautiful and destroy the very women who made it possible
You really are a beautiful ballerina. And that jete was just awesome. Along with the stunning jump, I love the expressive hands reaching to the Heavens. I'm so glad you stayed with it and look at you now! Awesome!
Bro the only part that really scared me is when she went in the snow with her point shoes still on. Because moisture and wet environments or if you get water on your point shoes it will warp them and change the shape. L O L I hope she replace those if they die too fast
I had to gracefully bow out from professional ballet, due to my age. I can’t do now at my age what I did back then. I still dance, I still even do ballet…just no more professional ballet.
As I watched you and read what you were saying I thought what you need is a new instructor. We're all different and she should have been working with you to make you the best ballerina that you can be, ever growing and improving just as you are. Dance on Pretty Ballerina!
To keep elitists "exclusive" they often tell you (1 way or another) the message "YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH"
Darling, as the old adage goes "Life Is FAR To Short To Drink Bad Wine!"
Dont swallow that swill & dance on!
Dance On!
My kids will never do ballet. There are so many dances out there that dont destroy your bones.
Not just that, but ballet doesn't actually teach healthy discipline either. It teaches the kind of toxic discipline that makes you give up basic needs like an able body and a sound soul.
I went to four dance schools with teachers like this which made me feel like I could never be good enough. Now I’ve found a small, friendly, supportive dance school where I actually enjoy my classes, they don’t make me have mental breakdowns when I have to go like the last ones did
I relate to this too as a traditional dancer, I was always told that my hands weren’t pretty enough and that I need to take bigger steps and I stand in place. When I see tv shows with people competing with dance, doing things on camera to be the “entertainment” it makes me enraged that it’s okay to see people struggle and laugh at them. Even if I tell them that it’s not funny, they shame me because my words were too harsh for that dancer on tv even though they know nothing of the sport altogether.
As a 8 year old ballerina (in grade 3 ballet cause I skipped a level by doing better than the others) don’t give up! Keep trying and don’t listen to what others say bad about you!
Are you currently 8yo?
I'm glad you stuck with it girl you look awesome....
There so many things about ballet that are important, that people are needed in the performing arts of ballet
I just saw a video (like 2 minutes ago) demonstrating the hyperextended leg standard, and your legs are much more graceful and lovely. I'm glad you've been able to take what you love from dance and reject the rest
Hyperextended legs are not normal and can make dancers more prone to injuries.
@@LinaMEWyes! As I said, even 60 years ago teachers who were paying attention got on you if you did hyperextend. You can blow out a knee or ankle because the muscles just aren't at the front.
You look beaauþiful when you dance.
I'm so sorry to hear that you had such a toxic ballet teacher. Maybe you can find a place to dance, where you feel accepted and good enough. I miss dancing so much, but my health condition doesn't allow it anymore.
Look at some of Degas' paintings of French ballet dancers in the 19th century. Plenty of meat on their bones!
That title scared me
I dont understand why people pick out on something they cant change
Gorgeous!
That leap in the end made me cry 🥺 💖
The arm thing is the exact reason I don’t learn ballet. I’ve always been chunky and hour glass figured. So even if I got to a super thin ballerina weight I would still have a big rib cage and big hips. My arms ARE muscular because I have a job that requires heavy lifting and my legs are because I walk EVERYWHERE since I can’t afford car insurance at 22. I LOOOOOVE ballet and would love to learn but ain’t no way in hell I’m falling back into prior EDs to look graceful. It feels extremely uninclusive and mind you I’m only 125lbs and my lowest after 3 years of an ed was only 115lbs so I can’t be the ideal, yet know I’m relatively now healthy.
Don't let your figure stops you.
It realy doesn't matter for amateurs.
Ballet is fun and healthy.
If you are insecure try with online classes at first (but they can't replace the real class for long).
As I already said to other girl, Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching and ballet wit Isabella is the most professional channels on yt, that kind of teaching you get in the best schools
ive recently returned to ballet and as an 18 yo now it kinda breaks my heart that 5'3 100 pound me isnt thin enough to go on stage. i too have a heavy lifting job and walk everywhere which makes me a better dancer but with my short legs i look bulky. my teachers and classmates are very sweet and supportive and no one has said these things to me but myself but i know ballet standards and i dont fit them and it kills me
@@om3ga5 stop that’s actually both sad and empowering simultaneously. I’m 140 almost (probably from bloating from Mother Nature) but I used to be so much closer to your weight and even then I feared the community but love dancing. Thank you for opening up to show me I’m not alone. And I get the taxing job thing. I do laundry and some bags are 50+lbs and I gotta lift multiple into a van I’m almost too short to get in. I’m sure you’re an absolutely beautiful human and Ngl people like a strong lady 🤷🏽♀️ I’m trying to be buff like you homie but ballet even hates fit women (obviously not your fabulous tho 💕). Also we’re the same age and I’m also falling. I definitely feel the gaining as you get better but I was 114 and am where I am now because of people I found through trial and error who support me and tell me I’m beautiful no matter what and willing to get fitter if I so choose, I feel… better? I know you’re a beautiful soul and will find the same. All of the love 💕 I know you can find happiness.
@@BabiOni thank you sm for this comment it means a lot were in this boat together
Be and stay healthy! l have a swimmers body l never appreciated someone telling me lwas flat. Praise God l fell in love with someone who loves me the way l am. l love to dance and have 😮 fun. Enjoy another form of dance❤❤
You are a joy and inspiration to us all!!❤🎉
you’re a fighter. keep going; you’re amazing 😊
I'm here for the semicolon. 👏
If you signed up for dance class it's probably your dream so never give up keep going on with your dreams❤🎉😊
Nureyev was short with stubby legs and did it anyway.
Baryshnikov, too!
You are perfect!❤
This video is great but I kinda died inside a little when I saw your pointe shoes in the snow
Don't ever quit dancing! You are beautiful
You are so beautiful, inside and out, as a dancer and as a human being. Thank you for letting us know about the situation you had to be under. You are brave. No one can take away your beauty and love for ballet from you.
They told me the same thing about my arms
You are so inspiring! Never quit! 🩷
Beautiful leap!
Absolutely no worries with your dancing.... ❤
Gorgeous ❤
NOOO DON'T QUIT!❤😢 YOU'RE AN AMAZING DANCER AND LIFE IS RIGHT! YOU NEED TO DANCE ANYWAYS!...❤❤😢😢🎉😊😮😊
Great Message Video!! All dance forms should be expressions of joy and emotion. Keep on dancing young lady. You look wonderful!! 😊
I wish I could do ballet again :,) a mix of a raging ED from it landing me in the hospital and a chronic illness they found to late kept me from dancing. Ballet dancers are extremely strong borh mentally and physically. You guys are amazing!
You are divine! Dance, be happy!
You are an inspiration.
This is awesome!!
You are genuinely such an inspiration to me. I also have flat feet and have struggled with making me knees look straight for as long as I can remember. Seeing that you were able to become a professional ballet dancer despite not having crazy hyper extension and feet makes me really hopeful for my future! I can’t tell you enough how happy I am to see a professional dancer who actually looks like me and struggles in ways I have! Thank you
You dance beautiful, may you dance always! Your lovely!!!
Keep dancing, even if your ballet school laughs at you. Don't give up, even your body feels soooo tired that you can't lift a finger. I had to close my curtain early because of scoliosis and I still dreamed about my dancing time often.
They tied head from up and the person was turning around in the air or almost in air to fix scoliosis 😊. Perhaps you could try to combine that to ballet and get fixed by practising turnes at the same time. Never give up dreaming...
P. S. Do not hang yourself though, 😉
Just gorgeous 🥰❤
You just inspired my core being
Yes, even I don’t have your beautiful skill, but I still keep Line dances to maintain my health! ❤
DONT GIVE UP OR QUIT ON THINGS THAT HELP YOU.. its just not worth losing joy
And this taught me to follow your dreams
I have been dancing Ballett for nine years and I‘m really not thin but my teacher is the kindest person on earth I have know her for 9 years now and she always tells anyone as long you come in proper clothing just have fun but maybe it‘s because it‘s just a hobby and almost no one ever goes professional besides this isn‘t a city or anything I live in
I wish people actually pushed me more in dance, I was only recreational so my 10 years were treated less seriously than the girls who were in competition and aiming for careers... Which fair but I would have loved more encouragement... 😅
Don’t give up please keep practicing I wish you good luck.
My legs look the same🥺 thank you for sharing! It was always one of my biggest insecurities growing up in dance. So great to see you continue and just do a great job continuing. Wouldn't even have noticed it without this video💪🏻
Something most dancers don't realize is that it's actually ballet and dancing that teaches you not to give up it teaches you persistence and perseverance on the days you feel like quitting
👏👏👏👏 never give up
Your feet are beautiful and your extensions give you so much length 🥺 So happy you dance for the joy now 💝
I've seen a couple of good teachers on utube. Do they ever consult online or offer a weekend workshop? Or put one together with a student tutor and a couple of classes.
I studied ballet as an adult student for many years, and I tolerated a lot of criticism with it. There was clearly no way I was ever gping to be a professional dancer, and the idea never entered my head. I was doing it because I enjoyed it and it made me feel good. But the criticism did get to me some times. My teachers knew they were teaching amateurs who were taking ballet as a hobby. They knew I wasn't studying to be a pro. Why did they put me down so often?
The way I learned it in ballet is that if you're teacher is correcting you and criticizing you, your teacher is working with you because she thinks you're worth it. I know that sounds a little paradoxical and I don't know what happened in your case particularly.
Discipline IS a necessary tool
And sometimes so is pushing through pain
But here's the thing with tools
You use them when you need them
And put them away when you don't
When you start the dance will be with you always
What you like do it bcoz it's your body you can feel your pain and no one ❤😢
You look great. Don't let anyone shame you for not having a "classical ballet" stick figure.
that’s why I quit too. I felt like I was on dance moms or something like I know it’s totally normal to judge but it just got really out of hand. also, the teachers made us wear a full face of makeup for every competition and i know it doesn’t sound too bad but when you realize that we were all 4 😭
I was shamed away from dance. Always regretted it.
What is “too muscular “? You look like a typical slim limbed dancer to me.
I had some harsh ballet instructors. I still love ballet, but I don't miss that stress and trauma.
Too me you look perfect❤
You are lovely as you are
Girl if YOU aren’t good enough for a company, IDK Who TF is!?!???!!!! You’re a pro in my book girly💖⭐️✨👏🏻
BALLET IS GOURGEOUS AND IM A BALLERINA TOO❤
Sometimes people pick words and tones that don't express what they are trying to say.
Sometimes our minds filter said words in a criticizing tone instead of a firm teaching tone. Regardless of alll, each person teacher and student, must dig in deep to EXPRESS the dream and desires. Sometimes a criticism is our biggest push up the ladder to get mad enough to excell.
❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Dance with your soul, to express what are in your heart, and it will make you happy, your body will be thank you. The human demands and expectations are so cruel, so useless, You dance like a angel
Years ago I was told I would never make a dancer. I would make a great dancer teacher. I quit. She ruined my dream and I have never forgotten that 😭
Go watch some PointeShop videos. Lots of adults taking it up. Never too late.
I do dance and my teacher will always point out the good student but then point out me for doing something wrong 😭
Sounds like you needed a new teacher.....have fun dancing!
So real... When i was a about 9-10 years old my ballet teacher told me that i'm too fat. She kept repeating that almost every class so I became very insecure. I stopped eating and lost 8 kg during one month and i lost even more weight later. My teacher was proud of herself that she pushed me to the point when i felt dizzy while only standing. Sadly I still felt that i am too fat and I pushed my self to lost even more weight... I got very skinny. My watch was wider than my wrist, and actually still is. Im still verry insecure about my weight and looks. So before sending your kid to ballet classes think twice.
(Dw i got kinda better now and i'm working on myself❤)
I'm still dancing and it's been 11 years now 😅
I think the discipline of sports dance etc is so so helpful to children.
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There is going to be more of an expansion in the future for ballet and ballet performers and productions in the future and careers for. People
I quit ballet because my teacher every class was targeting me and making me cry. i told her about my gender issues but she still made me take the shirt i was wearing off during class, she yelled at me because of the way that I memorized, belittled me, and then expected me not to cry. last night was my last class with her and I let her know that she was the reason I was quitting
Your teacher wasnt a very good one then. I bet you did AMAZING!!!!!
well ballet is just like that . i do ballet and it real hurts and i learned to push through the pain and not to give up! i had to do the splits on the chair.
I can understand the pain, I have had a side pain since Friday morning and I had to do an entire show rehearsal three times without showing any signs of pain. Running makes it worse but one of the roles I have is the Kelp
i( A full running role )
l don't understand having to be in pain for the sake of art! Choose another gorm of dance that you can really enjoy without injury that can be permanent ❤
People whose knees are hyper extended need help, or they're gonna get injuries.. Your knees look fine, and you're a beautiful dancer..❤
The teacher was miserable and clearly belongs in another career. Go to a good school, never stop! Your form, shape, extensions are stunningly gorgeous, you were born to do this!