CrossFit Athletes Try to Keep Up with a Professional Ballerina | SELF
2017 ж. 22 Мам.
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CrossFit athletes are tough-but ballet is tougher. Isabella Boylston, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theater, teaches a group of CrossFit athletes how to do some basic ballet moves, and they come away with a serious appreciation for the art and athleticism of ballet. A ballet lesson from a dancing prodigy to put the flexibility of CrossFittters to the test.
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CrossFit Athletes Try to Keep Up with a Professional Ballerina | SELF
some guys in my school told me that ballet is easy and boring, so I showed them some simple moves and when they tried to do them they fell 😂
Grainne Daly i do that too! their faces are the best part lmao
Milena MacLaurin Yeah! I led a warmup in PE, and when we came to stretches those tough and confident guys weren't very tough and confident anymore...
Grainne Daly they fell or failed? 😂😂
ballet? easy? why do people even think that, that even looks hard and painfull, and I am as regular at the gym as one can (5-6 times a week), people are crazy, the grande battement makes me run screaming to the gym now - first 2 classes of ballet this week and god I am not flexible or elligant, I am a sack of potatoes
Word.
I like that they didn't complain and actually tried their best
It was probably cut out tbh
I like how you never thought that they complained but it was just edited out because it's a 1 minute video
Ballet is an incredible art form AND form of exercise. Ballet dancers are some of the greatest athletes alive, they deserve all the respect!
When one dances, one must have the stamina for the body to keep up, and the grace for the body to move to rhythm, so yes, ballet is both an art and an exercise. Plus ballet instructors are awfully strict.
Thank you!
Stephanie Thank you!! (i'm a Balerina)
Stephanie thank you
GraceWellik me too !!
thank you . finally people are actually realizing the amount of hard work that foes into being a professional dance
Quola Person When has anybody ever doubted that? They must be really dumb
Lots of people just think it's a bunch of girls prancing around in tutus.
Quola Person boylston is a horrible person to make that example with, as she doesn't seem to have put any work into her dancing. made the effort to roll out of bed and that's it.
she puts a great amount of effort in
But part of the art of dance is to make it look effortless...
I think this was an amazing idea for a video but felt absolutely incomplete...? where's the conclusion of this? What do the guys learned, and think after the experience? I think a great idea lacked execution and soul here...but awesome camera work though I guess.
KyaraAthena I don’t think it was really for the guys. These kinds of videos are mostly to draw focus to the fact that ballerinas are, in fact, some of the toughest athletes out there, and to prove that ballet is just as much a sport as something like cross fit
+1 Agreed KyaraAthena - I enjoyed it but it was definitely incomplete.The content did not support the video description.
KyaraAthena I was thinking the same thing. This was done for a reason. Some conclusions should be drawn. Attitudes now as opposed to before the experience. This video does feel incomplete.
1000% agree. I was like, wait, that’s the end? Where’s the conclusion? Where are the interviews with the guys to see what their experience was?
There is no conclusion. The globalists try to feed society slowly so they don't scare us with the fact that men are becoming women, and women are becoming men.
expectation vs reality
jxmiethxoutcxst I literally laughed out loud
jxmiethxoutcxst I was the 1000th like XD
As a ballerina, I just wanna correct their form so bad but for it being their first time, they were pretty good.
Oscar Bacon my teachers correct all the things you are cringing in my first day so she should had correct them, i think
Priscilla Morales they were merely doing this as something to try and experience, not something to do seriously on a regular basis so corrections will be quite useless. Besides, first time students are given leeway to adjust, memorize, and get used to the moves on their own, corrections only happens much later, like possibly a couple of days into the class because if a teacher corrects them on the very first day, those particular corrections won't even be remembered by the student and if the teacher keeps on correcting the student from the very beginning then they will be spending majority of the class doing corrections rather than doing a full class. I would know, I'm a ballet student as well as a teacher.
Oscar Bacon as a fellow ballerina, I want to beat her points shoes with a hammer they're so. Damn. Loud.
Becca W I noticed that too! When she was doing soutes I heard the banging and I was like "new pointes? Ouchies! "
I think it's more because of the floor than the shoes! This was not at all a proper dance floor i think. What do you think?
1:18 marvel heroes jump out of exploding building in slow motion
Sally Lemon lol
The guy with the beard and the gray shirt reminded me of Chris Evans XD
Lol so true
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What was just that lol
This was a cool idea but the video could've been executed better. Like before and after class interviews with each guy would've been fun to see. It was too short.
HealthyishGal also because the guys were too cute not to have a couple more minutes to admire their faces. lol
Maybe they wrapped it up after realizing her pants filmed as transparent.
Linda Deneher think she did it on purpose. People do that so they can take them off easily for the next class.
@@lindapindabelinda3570 those r tights, theyre supposed to look like that lmao
1000 like
how did she do it with her hair down
that's what I was thinking 😂
Lillian Glendenning Because this was basic, simple, beginner stuff - for her.
It is a new trend the tights that way?
Edith small My teacher said that they wear them like that so you can take them off easily when you go to a different class
Some ballet dancers wear their tights over their leos because it gives you a quick visual on your hip alignment. It's nothing new, I was doing that in classes back in the nineties.
1:29 the slow-mo bird in the background, as he was spinning, was perfect 👌🏻
ikr i loved the bird he or she was the star of the video
and oops i’m 9 months late lol
as a dancer I admire their effort ❤
I actually take ballet and nobody actually knows how hard it is till they try it
right?! there was a boy in my class who thought he could do ballet perfectly the first time and Im just like, "no you can't. you really can't."
I know it's really hard and she does it with such ease. #Balletgoals
Abbey Pappachen OMG SAME. My friend does ju jitsu (which is really hard, btw) and she said ballet isn’t possibly as hard. I tried teaching her how to stand in a perfect first, and she fell from the turnout and she said she was too tired to do anymore. She was like, sweating 😂
Abbey Pappachen ikr
Whitefire990 well, in ballet, you either are really serious about it or you don’t have the commitment (in my opinion) :p
the video was over before it even started
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When you have to submit an essay but the deadline is already there lol
Facta
atleast they tried
Couldn't stop laughing watching their arms!
But that's always true with beginners in ballet. If you watch a beginning class, as the combination goes on (and therefore gets harder cuz you're getting tired) the arms go higher and higher and higher... It's hilarious!
Yeah I know, but it was really funny! haha
Carmen Foster right! Mad stiff😂😂
why
1:29 did anyone see the bird outside on the left when the guy was turning. It made me laugh so hard and idk why.
BRAVO!!! Loved this!! The man with the beard is awesome!!!
lol you can hear the ground shaking with these big men every time they land😂😂😂😂
Same it killed me.
the looks on the guys faces when they really got into it: "omg this is so much harder than I expected!"
The cross fitters don't have the stamina or flexibility to dance and the ballet dancers wouldn't have the strength or stamina to make it through a cross fit workout. It's two completely different sports and I hate when people make it seem like their sport is the hardest and no one else can do it... well no shit they have a totally different set of skills. It doesn't mean they are weak or not athletic it just means they aren't trained in your particular sport. Ballet is hard. Cross fit is hard. Sports are hard and provide tons of different challenges that not everyone is going to be good at.
Dancers are some of the strongest athletes in the world, and they have rehearsals and performances that are hours long. Yes there are different skill sets needed for each sport, but dancers definitely have both strength and stamina
Janice Jacobs of Im not saying dancing isn't extremely challenging, it requires an incredible amount of fine muscle control, strength and stamina. HOWEVER there is a difference between dancer strong and cross fit strong. Neither one is more superior or inferior they are totally different. The type of muscle control and sheer strength it takes to to a hang clean or a dead lift and then go run 2 miles is completely different from a what kind of strength is required of a ballet dancer to make it through a class or a show. It's apples and oranges. A cross fit athlete could probably get through a difficult day of dance classes but not well, and not without being sore. A dancer in decent shape would probably make it through a cross fit workout but probably with less reps and much lower weight. Also the desired body types are polar opposites. Cross fit is short, stalky and as dense as possible. Dancers are supposed to be light, tallish, slender and lean. I wouldn't expect a dancer to be able to lift anything super heavy because it's not beneficial to their sport, or expect a cross fit athlete to have good turn out and be extra flexible.
Michaela Leach I think that's the point that this video is making - they're both difficult forms of exercise, but require different skill sets
Michaela Leach I think that's the point it's trying to get across. Ballet can be underrated in it's physical aspects because it is also an art form. However, they want people to see that it is still very physically demanding.
Michaela Leach they should of made them do a full ballet workout which is mostly stretching to warm up the body then the actual workout...which usually takes 3 hours to do
You also have to realize that they weren't in point shoes. They would never keep up if they had to were those.
That would be irresponsible if the producers made them wear pointe shoes. Ballet for untrained people is just as difficult as starting out on pointe for ballet dancers who are ready for pointe.
Not to mention that male ballet dancers don't go on point, so it wouldn't make any sense
Diana Wilton sometimes they do like the ugly stepsisters in Cinderella
Diana Wilton technically yes male ballet dancers do go on pointe, however it just isnt done as often. She is a trained professional who knows how her shank and box are supposed to feel, whereas had they put these men in a pair of pointe shoes it couls be potentially dangerous as the arent trained in how it should feel, and they could end up hurting themselves.
@Bethking149 Interesting, learned something new
They weren't good, but I have definitely seen much worse.
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For non-dancers they were not bad, especially because this is ballet, and it's their first time doing ballet
#MALEC
...and CrossFit or not - I'm betting they were WAY sore the next morning...
My grandma is 88 years old and she still dance like a pro. I know because she, unlike others never overdid any pressure onto her body She considered it a joy and as a hobby. And still loves it
Volcraine well, your grandma is very wise and always had been to be able to find the secret jet to ballet💛💛
Naomi Schulz no kidding. Whenever a danceshow pops on tv. She would right away dance. And then invite me. Even though she knows that I'll each and every time refuse. But thats what i love about her. Always an optimist. No wonder she got this far.
Volcraine how wonderful! Maybe one day, you should surprise her and join in on the dance!!😉
And i'm just sitting here... on the couch... eating chips...
MARVEL‘s Suicide Squad That’s such a mood 🤣
At 1:29 there was a white pigeon outside flying downwards and it looked as if it was choreographed when the athlete dancer was spinning. Nice. 🕊
Dancers have it though and I am glad that some people learnt that today.
i love how up for it and committed they are! an athlete is an athlete, no matter what discipline. this is such an example of how we are all born for movement.
I like how this was so positive and no one got put down in comparing the differences in workouts! great job keeping up gentlemen!
is there any reason she has her tights over her leotard instead of underneath it ?
Selina Warrington I do it in dance a lot for performances, but honestly I'm not sure why she needed to in this video. Probably to keep some of her lines from showing
thank you! :)
Selina Warrington the majority of professional or higher trained dancers do so for many reasons. It creates a longer line, better for partnering, easier to take off for another style of dance, to name a few. It also shows they are higher up in training as leo on the outside looks more childish. Mostly though, its just more comfortable.
gracesquared1 Though I know and agree it's more efficient, I believe it looks a little more childish and unprofessional and also somewhat rushed to have it on the outside. It is fairly odd and distracting to the eye.
easier to take off if you get too hot
1:33 She weights almost nothng it seems 😂
She's actually quite muscular (which means she weighs more than she looks), she's really strong so she's able to keep her body stable and as he lifts her, and cross fitters have incredible upper body strength.
That is the magic of ballet!
She's like 120 i think...she just looks lighter cuz it's all muscle lol.
LOL a flying pigeon at 1:29 made the scene look so graceful and celestial
My favourite part is the bird flying past the window at 1:29 while they slo mo the guys turning... well played videographer, well played.
1:30 that bird tho in the background 😂
omfg this was so fucking adorable tbh it was so precious how they all clapped for the girl in the end that girl was so talented and gorgeous i love her also their little squats had me rolling on the ground
I love that slo-mo shot of them "gracefully" trying to dance across the floor
The men were astonishingly graceful as dancers. Lovely to watch!
Honestly, I would love a gymnast keep up with ballerinas (or the other way around) as they're both sports that require complete control over one's body and can be viewed as a form of art.
He was totally like catching a barbell😂
As someone who has danced, and adored, ballet for a number of years, I admire what they are doing- even though this was just under two minutes of internal screaming! ;-) The rule with ballet is that if it isn't hurting, you're not doing it correctly. Doing ballet well, you can work up a serious sweat and get your heart pumping, whilst standing completely still at the barre.
I’m always such in awe of the skill and control ballet dancers have. I can’t even begin to imagine what that feels like on your body😫
1:28 is the best part Also why did this pop up in my suggested 2 years later?
This video seems like a trailer to another video . It's so short feels incomplete
Just discovered the ice hockey and figure skating and now can't stop to watch the series!
I've never looked at ballet and thought it looked easy... that realm of elegance is so incredibly astonishing that I can't help but be mesmerized by the seamless movements 😍
Ballet was the toughest workout I'd ever experienced. I'm amazed I lasted a whole year. I'd wake up screaming every morning, because we'd do like, 500 sit-ups every day. And that was just warming up.
ayngemac I want to start training. Never done it before and don’t care how much I will suck at first . From where you started , what was your level after a year ?
fr in 12 and our abs routing is 64 crunches, 8 sit ups, 32 russian twists, 32 of those in and out things (your hands are on the ground and you push your upper and lower body together and out), 16 leg lifts, and 32 count plank all together with no breaks and we all just gotten used to it all dang all those boys who say dance is easy would fail
i'm not a ballet dancer of some sorts (nor a gymnast) but i can do a few turns and learned how to stand from kneeling positions without using my hands. showed my friends how to do it and they couldn't sit properly for a whole class period
My dance instructor calls getting up from a sitting position using your hands an “old lady move”. We spent nearly 40 minutes just standing up and sitting down, and my legs were aching by the time we were done! It’s weird how much we rely on our arm strength for something that really has nothing to do with our arms.
0:58 she is so graceful and they just start doing jumping jacks lmao I am dying
Aww I wish this video was longer! It was really fun to watch, the guys actually were really great at ballet :D:D:D Please upload an extended version!!!
LOVE this :)
A boy in my class thought doing a spilt was so easy and when he tried it he almost ripped his pants😂😂🤣🤣😅😅
Omg the shot of all of them doing chenés made my year
The Music lifts you up, always.
My teacher would kill me if i ever danced without my hair up in a bun
Me during this whole video: *TIE UP YO HAIR GURL*
I can't see how it was ever a question that ballet dancers (all dancers) are fantastic athletics. Their muscle tone is off the charts and they are damn near flying around in the air. I've always had immense respect for ballet dancers.
I love this!! Ballerinas are hardcore and I seriously respect them sooo much 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼they make it look so effortless, but you know they’ve spent years and years training their bodies to get to that point
Hardest thing I've ever done .... back to Motorcross and kickboxing for me !!
I think you only really feel the full difficulty of ballet when you have the technique to do it right.
La vraie vie est ailleurs OMG that's Jian Yi
Imogen Carney EXACTLY THANKYOU
Ballet is crazy hard, and I love that these guys actually put in the effort and tried their hardest. Ballerinas deserve a ton of respect.
One of my least favorite things is when people say "ballet is easy" 🙄
Nice to see how seriously everybody took this (except the editing department). Ballet is hard work and guys doing it does not guarantee laughs.
Respect for Ballet dancers. I am a dancer myself, i do ballet a little ( i am mainly a jazz and contemporary dancer ) and ballet is so beautiful. Ballet dancers deserve more credit.
As a ballet dance I had a great time laughing. I tried to teach my friend ballet and it was very funny . We both laughed so much
i laugh so hard >o< well done guys ^^
No one saw the bird at 1:30??😂😂😂
Aww cute. I love how the one guy turned it into jumping jacks lol
My PT is a cross fitter and a ballet dancer. Needless to say, she has perfect form and crazy strength in all she does.
I'm married to a ballerina. It's pretty much Navy seals levels of training and physical endurance... Those who doubt can try.
lol
That bearded guy tho..
I Love how the guys took it really seriously 😍 very brave.
1:28 that bird at the window made things more majestic for me
I love her little striped top thingy... anyone know where it comes from? It would be a super cute bikini top actually.
Gwendolf TCW it's a leotard
Really? It looks like she has a white leotard on with the top on top of it. You can see the strap of the white leotard outside of the sleeves of the striped top (like at 0:53) I could be mistaken though. Even so, where's the leotard from? I still think it's adorable haha :)
Ah yes very important to the video
Lulu Lemon? Maybe
i did fouettés once at school and my friend said "ballet is easy" then she took off her socks and tried to do a pirouette and she was so sickled and couldn't finish the turn
As a normal person I love these kinds of videos, as a dancer who’s been doing ballet for 15 years, the lack of technique sends my anxiety through the roof
that pigeon at 1:28 stealing the show 😂😂
"feel the burn" ballet in a nutshell
Video is about ten minutes too short
Omg they're the cutest and the Isabella is rocking that tutu
she was Jens dance double for Red Sparrow so amazing!
please remake this with a new format, i wanna see detail how they do it
The first thing i said when this started was, OMG she must know Misty Copeland....
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Isabella is steadily becoming America's prima ballerina, though Misty is better known because of her story.
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I wish this was longer. I really enjoyed it
The girl's technique is amazing
I literally pissed my pants from 0:52 to 0:57
I wish I could be a ballerina, the dancing is so gorgeous and elegant looking. But I'm 15, so I think it's too late....😪💔
0:54- I've done those many times in ballet! We called them penguins! (well, with pointed toes of course.) 😂
We call them piques!!
@@aS-qh9nj Well, in reality, I believe they're supposed to be degages, but we called that certain exercise (similar to the one in the video) penguins.
I could watch this all day 😂
they should have a male dancers teach them a male variation
As a guy who dances ballet I don't know why they always make things like this. Grown men learning girls routines or wearing tutus. Absolutely nothing wrong with that but it perpetializes the stigma around ballet as it being something "for girls". It's not funny. Ballet is so beautiful and it demands so much hard work. This video took more seriously than any other, but still...
+Pedro H. Benevenuto I agree with you 100%, I think it's because a lot of men think ballet will make them "gay" or whatever, it's a beautiful form of art and I love watching it :)
I would be totally down to learn ballet
I've tried ballet, but couldn't get my feet to turn out correctly without making my hips feel like they were dislocating. I am in AWE of ballet dancers. Good on these blokes for giving it a sincere effort.
the slow mo part and the symphonic music hahahaha so cute
I LOVE ISABELLA
The guys are so in shape and attractive. But then they start to dance...
LOL
1:14 This just makes a really nice scene. Coupled with the good music, a pretty ballerina twirling away while burly guys try those moves around her, NICE
shes such a gorgeous ballerina!
I see stuff like this and I'm like why not pair them up with a Male ballet dancer?
I was a ballerina for 8 years and looking to join again, I can personally say that this is no easy profession. I guess for me once a ballerina always a ballerina right?
Such beauty such grace
YASS. Finally somebody shows how hard it is to do ballet. I'm obsessed with it but it is not easy. U just get better. And it looks so beautiful
literally my biggest petpeeve is when girls wear their tights over their leotard