Misty Copeland is perfection, but... could Wall Street Journal really not find a more suitable stage, better lighting and a pianist who can keep the tempo?
Kaylie xoxo I am 100% sure that you don’t dance ballet or know much about because Misty Copeland one of the most talented ballerinas in the world! Her dancing is not awkward! She is dancing perfectly! Ballet is all about emotion and expressing yourself! So please, and I say this with all respect, please don’ t say this about any dancer because it can be really hurtful. Ballerinas -professionals or not- work very hard to be perfect. So just think again when you say something like that to a ballerina or anyone
Sofia Peixeiro one doesn’t have to be a ballet dancer to see how awkward and heavy her dancing is, no expression because she probably pays to much attention to all the elements she is not good at, you can watch Nina Kaptsova in the same role for comparison I just watched Kapsova and then Misty it’s just another level of dancing, it’s absolutely nothing personal, just watch videos with some famous European ballerinas and you’ll see the difference
Юлия Тарасова look, everyone has different opinions but saying that? That is extremely offensive! Do you even do ballet? Do you know how hard ballerinas work every single day? Do you know what Misty Copeland has gone through? Do you know how dry single ballerina wants and is expected to be perfect?
It's not the pianists fault.... I love misty but she isn't the most talented ballerina. She is beautiful and an inspo but her technique is not the best.
My ballet teacher used to say that a ballet pianist adjusts the tempo to suite a dancer (their style, their height). So it’s harder for students, who have to adjust their dancing to a music record, while at an actual concert, the conductor or pianist is watching the dancer and adjusting music to the dancers
the pianist here is michael cherry. he is a regular pianist for ABT and he plays beautifully for the ballet class. the problem here is that the stage is so tiny and the piano is out of tune
И именно потому, что сцена маленькая, он играет очень медленно, но при этом проигрывает не все ноты?!))) И это при том, что у электронного пианино клавиши нажимаются сильно легче, чем у обычного.
I love everyone in this comment section, you are all saying exactly what I'm thinking 😂 poor accompaniment, poor lighting, too small a stage, and likely the floor was not intended for pointe work (or dancing in general) so I wouldn't be surprised if she was limiting the amount of time she spent actually en pointe to protect her feet and joints. Surely the lady's got other gigs she needs to be in tip-top shape for. Still, a very skilled performance given the circumstances :)
I love you Misty Copeland! You are such a beautiful dancer and light up any stage you dance on! You are so inspiring for millions of girls, like myself, out there to be the unstoppable dancer you are. That was such a pretty dance you performed too!
Not sure why people are complaining about the tempo when a Principal would be setting the tempo. Don’t you think they rehearsed together? The problem is the stage is tiny. Way too tiny. The traditional choreography has been changed so much I hardly recognize the variation. Those jetés at the end are usually pique turns en ménage. The accompanist did have a million slips - he seemed more nervous than she did. I’ve heard the tempo faster and slower. Another odd thing - every time there’s a UA-cam with a Misty dancing the comments are turned off.
Misty is beautiful as usual, and even if I don't understand why the pianist has taken the tempo so slow... more than anything else I'm shocked about the fact the WSJ didn't rent a TRUE piano for this event instead of a trivial digital piano! °-°
That was uncomfortable to watch. Poor lighting, poorly tuned instrument, dragged tempo, tiny stage... it's amazing that she managed to do any dancing at all while staying with the pianist. Hello, good morning everyone! That is what we call #ballettraining.
I have always wanted to watch a ballet in person. I haven't gone since I was a kid or danced in one since but, I really want this Corona to be over so we can all get back to a normal life like this again.
Only in America is this possible . Tell the media a tearful story about the difficult fate of the girl and the next morning she woke up famous . And the fact that the girl grew up and became a mediocre dancer with disfigured legs and technique does not bother anyone . And the Americans believed that she was perfect . But the truth is that no one wants to see this perfection in the famous European and Russian corpses, because with such a dance, she belongs in the cardebalet in the back row . I feel sorry for the girl, sorry for her crippled legs from improper activities . Her attempt at 37 years to fix the technique will not help .
hi Misty Copeland I'm a big fan of you and I really love when you like you're brave and you're very very brave I wish I was brave like you you're one of my favorite favorite ❤️👯🤩💖💘
Copeland's and you're the most brave and smartest ballerinas and the most beautiful BrYanna play Misty Copeland I'm a big fan ofI know a lot of people's into but you're just perfect the way you are you're beautiful and strong!
Marcos Antonio I think part of the issue here was that the stage was so tiny, and likely not made for dancing in pointe shoes. I know I would be dancing very awkwardly if I had to do a variation like this on a stage so tiny with those dim lights.
Fire either the cameraman or the editor. I've never in my life seen a ballet video where you couldn't seen the feet or body line for 80% of the video. 🙄
That's the best pianist they could find in NYC mecca of musicians, operas, Juliard, and Broadway talented fingers?? This is Misty Copeland people. Not amateur hour.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂OMG!!!!! I hope it was a joke, right? Including the pianist. On the more serious note - it's unspeakable. The music is slowed down 5-folds, and I don't even know where to start describing Misty's dancing.....It's not CLASSICAL ballet, it's not ballet at all.
Well, okay, so... we have a supreme technician on a tiny stage, giving everything appropriate to the milieu... Ms. Copeland, flawless under duress... how do we prevent these circumstances from happening again?
Okay everyone is talking about the terrible tempo of the piano but can we keep in mind that the pianist probably didnt even get a chance to rehearse on the electronic piano, that has a completely different key weight compared to a real piano? The sound of that keyboard was also horrific
props to her for matching with the pianist, god that tempo..
Seriously....
Top slow tempo
Ugh
Misty Copeland is perfection, but... could Wall Street Journal really not find a more suitable stage, better lighting and a pianist who can keep the tempo?
You do bullet very beautiful
She is a very beatiful person, but how can you call her awkward dancing a perfection?
Kaylie xoxo I am 100% sure that you don’t dance ballet or know much about because Misty Copeland one of the most talented ballerinas in the world! Her dancing is not awkward! She is dancing perfectly! Ballet is all about emotion and expressing yourself! So please, and I say this with all respect, please don’ t say this about any dancer because it can be really hurtful. Ballerinas -professionals or not- work very hard to be perfect. So just think again when you say something like that to a ballerina or anyone
Sofia Peixeiro one doesn’t have to be a ballet dancer to see how awkward and heavy her dancing is, no expression because she probably pays to much attention to all the elements she is not good at, you can watch Nina Kaptsova in the same role for comparison I just watched Kapsova and then Misty it’s just another level of dancing, it’s absolutely nothing personal, just watch videos with some famous European ballerinas and you’ll see the difference
Юлия Тарасова look, everyone has different opinions but saying that? That is extremely offensive! Do you even do ballet? Do you know how hard ballerinas work every single day? Do you know what Misty Copeland has gone through? Do you know how dry single ballerina wants and is expected to be perfect?
Anyone want to hire a pianist with a sense of tempo that wont throw off this dancer? No? Ok.
Why is he automatically blamed???
@@samanthab6642 he's automatically blamed because the dancer is Misty Copeland and she is the number ONE ballerina in the world, that's WHY.
@@unicornmadness6286 Number 1 in the WORLD???? Ehem.. I think a few Russian Ballerinas would like a word with you.
@@unicornmadness6286 you’re so dumb.
It's not the pianists fault.... I love misty but she isn't the most talented ballerina. She is beautiful and an inspo but her technique is not the best.
the pianist isn't playing the right tempo, it's forcing her to drag the variation out!
Right...
she had to slow down to match the tempo which made her dancing kind of awkward
@@h662k She's always awkward. One of the worst dancers that has ever become famous, at least in recent memory.
@@MariaMaltseva yikes
@@MariaMaltseva I agree. The pianist sounds bad because he's trying to accommodate her awkward, choppy movements.
Decapitating a dancer, cutting her feet off and showing her from the back is not the best way of filming a ballet performance.
Why is the music so slow?! Has this pianist never heard the piece before? Ugh.
Lyndsae Raleigh
Right?! They couldn't find a better classical pianist than that?
It's the tempo she asked for, believe me. She was in charge. But she danced in the dark the whole time. The lighting was terrible.
@@unavocatepice If they were better, they probably wouldn't be an anonymous accompanist at a WSJ+ event featuring someone else.
My ballet teacher used to say that a ballet pianist adjusts the tempo to suite a dancer (their style, their height). So it’s harder for students, who have to adjust their dancing to a music record, while at an actual concert, the conductor or pianist is watching the dancer and adjusting music to the dancers
the pianist here is michael cherry. he is a regular pianist for ABT and he plays beautifully for the ballet class. the problem here is that the stage is so tiny and the piano is out of tune
McDorman1969 i
lol it's an electrical piano, it wasn't out of tune...
Yah but isn’t the problem here the tempo?
@@r.g.716 Dancer asks for the tempo.
И именно потому, что сцена маленькая, он играет очень медленно, но при этом проигрывает не все ноты?!)))
И это при том, что у электронного пианино клавиши нажимаются сильно легче, чем у обычного.
I love everyone in this comment section, you are all saying exactly what I'm thinking 😂 poor accompaniment, poor lighting, too small a stage, and likely the floor was not intended for pointe work (or dancing in general) so I wouldn't be surprised if she was limiting the amount of time she spent actually en pointe to protect her feet and joints. Surely the lady's got other gigs she needs to be in tip-top shape for. Still, a very skilled performance given the circumstances :)
I don't know how she managed to dance that variation in such a small stage. Anyway, she's beautiful!!
I love you Misty Copeland! You are such a beautiful dancer and light up any stage you dance on! You are so inspiring for millions of girls, like myself, out there to be the unstoppable dancer you are. That was such a pretty dance you performed too!
The stage was too small so she couldn't do her grand jete as well and the pianists tempo was all wrong!
Not sure why people are complaining about the tempo when a Principal would be setting the tempo. Don’t you think they rehearsed together? The problem is the stage is tiny. Way too tiny. The traditional choreography has been changed so much I hardly recognize the variation. Those jetés at the end are usually pique turns en ménage. The accompanist did have a million slips - he seemed more nervous than she did. I’ve heard the tempo faster and slower. Another odd thing - every time there’s a UA-cam with a Misty dancing the comments are turned off.
the pianist sounds so grumpy though 😂😂😂😂😂
Misty is beautiful as usual, and even if I don't understand why the pianist has taken the tempo so slow... more than anything else I'm shocked about the fact the WSJ didn't rent a TRUE piano for this event instead of a trivial digital piano! °-°
IF YOU SET THE SPEED AT 2.15 THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD SOUND
Misty is my idol.I’m 11 and do ballet 5 hours a day.I want to be graceful yet powerful like her 🩰 ballet is my world forever ❤🌎
Ahe is nut graceful at all, sorry
For a person who doesn’t even like classical music, I can watch Misty and enjoy it. You go girl.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What ballet dancers can do is just unreal
That was uncomfortable to watch. Poor lighting, poorly tuned instrument, dragged tempo, tiny stage... it's amazing that she managed to do any dancing at all while staying with the pianist. Hello, good morning everyone! That is what we call #ballettraining.
I'd demand a refund if I was an audience in this and paid a seat for it.
“Do not let other people’s words define you “ Misty Copeland. Now that is powerful.
Too bad nobody corrected her in her youth. Probably too afraid.
Ощущение,что смотришь на репетицию после долгой реабилитации
Yes, it's awful.
I have always wanted to watch a ballet in person. I haven't gone since I was a kid or danced in one since but, I really want this Corona to be over so we can all get back to a normal life like this again.
Amazing !!! I have pointe shoes and I'm only 11 and I can all ready balance on one leg on those!!
I don't get why they aren't clapping wildly. But I love this part, the Sugar Plum Fairy is my fave.
Her leg silhouette is insane!! I've seen photoshoots of her and her body looks extremely defined and tense.
Only in America is this possible . Tell the media a tearful story about the difficult fate of the girl and the next morning she woke up famous . And the fact that the girl grew up and became a mediocre dancer with disfigured legs and technique does not bother anyone . And the Americans believed that she was perfect . But the truth is that no one wants to see this perfection in the famous European and Russian corpses, because with such a dance, she belongs in the cardebalet in the back row . I feel sorry for the girl, sorry for her crippled legs from improper activities . Her attempt at 37 years to fix the technique will not help .
Thank God somebody said it.
Beautiful Misty! Very happy for your success and hope you'll be around longer, active and performind💞🌟🔥💯🌟💟
performing**😫🤓👀🌼🌸🎀
Misty’s dancing was amazing but everything was shit😂
especially the pianist..
Just gorgeous. May God bless her sweet soul.
Everyone is beautiful because you are you
Wow! What Charm. And yes. Kudos to the Keyboardist. Phenomenal accompaniment.
Absolutely beautiful!
hi Misty Copeland I'm a big fan of you and I really love when you like you're brave and you're very very brave I wish I was brave like you you're one of my favorite favorite ❤️👯🤩💖💘
John Misty Copeland my name is my name is my name is Brianna Misty Copeland
Copeland's and you're the most brave and smartest ballerinas and the most beautiful BrYanna play Misty Copeland I'm a big fan ofI know a lot of people's into but you're just perfect the way you are you're beautiful and strong!
in what world is this the right tempo??? good lord.
This woman is absolutely stunning.
She needs to open a dance studio and call it, 'For girls who were told Ballet wasn't , 'for them'!🥳💥💛
That was like a school recital. Sad times for American ballet.
Мясистая деваха. Похожа на киборга. Балерина ёпта
Had no idea ballet was this beautiful🖤
Amazing
I love her she adds an extra pizazx to her interpretation almost like shes fliting wit yhe audience. Its very effective
Bravo. Of course. I’m a traditionalist but loved this version of the classic variation 🙌
I don't care for this variation, I feel like it doesn't suit her or does the best for the music. And that piano was wack.
If it doesnt suit her then why is she in Disneys the nutcracker and the four realms
@@kathryn2006 Because Disney is only in it for the $$$ now.
Marcos Antonio I think part of the issue here was that the stage was so tiny, and likely not made for dancing in pointe shoes. I know I would be dancing very awkwardly if I had to do a variation like this on a stage so tiny with those dim lights.
Misty, you have really inspired me to do ballet and get my pointe shoes. I take the test in October and I hope I pass.
I like how Misty has such a straight, locked-knee leg extension. Beautiful!
You like her hyperextended knees and shin splints? Do you like the way she can't stay on her toes, too?
her dancing makes me misty eyed
Пианист так исполняет,что Чайковского не узнать.
She is very talented.
Beautiful.
piano man had one job omg. want to go anyways misty!
She's so gorgeous
if you set the speed at 1.25 thats how the music should sound
J umbrella with the chicken right hand holding it and with a rose in its left hand
Huge fan!
How much would it be to meet my ballet teacher in person, along with her class, I'm serious, and I'm only 13 XD
small space, poor lighting. props to MC pulling it off - and she was playful, to boot!!
Bless you ❤❤❤❤❤
If u put it at 1.5 that is how it should sound
Hermosa, maravillosa, y talentosa mujer, no me canso de verla.
Sorry, but this is beyond mediocre. She is a good dancer, but she's not a good ballerina.
Admittedly there's definitely a problem with the music and a small stage. However, I think more modern, fast-paced pieces are really her forte.
Yeah I definitely feel that faster pieces are more of her strong suit (even in classical ballet I think she does allegro especially well)
I totally got roped by the thumbnail... totally not gonna lie.
Filming was great and I loved it.
Sounds like a toy piano. Misty is way too good for that...lol.
Mmmm Misty Copeland
The worst lit professional performance
Fire either the cameraman or the editor. I've never in my life seen a ballet video where you couldn't seen the feet or body line for 80% of the video. 🙄
Omg this is just terrible, the lighting, the pianist, wall street journal. I feel bad for misty since she had to be put through this whole ordeal :(
Scary
I am in the process of reading her autobiography. It is real, raw, uplifting and sad all at the same time.
She is so beautiful. Her feet😍😍😍😍 Her hyper extension. All of it suits her.
What a weird performance, especilly the jettes, what in the world was that?
Midoly B The stage is so tiny that it is very difficult to do jetes it’s a wonder she was able to do any traveling at all.
Non dancer :dancers have no stren-
* Misty dancing
Dancer : you were saying
Non dancer : nothing 😐
Lol😀😀😀😀😀❄❄❄❄❄⛄⛄⛄
#love
The tempo was COMPLETELY wrong! But if u put it on 2.5 speed it sounds a LITTLE better
I prefer Natalia Osipova, a level above!!!
That's the best pianist they could find in NYC mecca of musicians, operas, Juliard, and Broadway talented fingers?? This is Misty Copeland people. Not amateur hour.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂OMG!!!!! I hope it was a joke, right? Including the pianist.
On the more serious note - it's unspeakable. The music is slowed down 5-folds, and I don't even know where to start describing Misty's dancing.....It's not CLASSICAL ballet, it's not ballet at all.
It was absolutely shocking. Like a kindergarten recital or close to it.
This looks like an amateur production.
incubo puro..sia musica, sia la" ballerina"
I paused at 0:58, failing to engage with the performance.
I like very very much💜
so this is actually about the pianist and the piano ,ryt?........not the performence.
Was the pianist falling asleep?
Well, okay, so... we have a supreme technician on a tiny stage, giving everything appropriate to the milieu... Ms. Copeland, flawless under duress... how do we prevent these circumstances from happening again?
Uhhhmmm....que versão é essa....não gostei de nada....pianista , coreografia infelizmente também não gostei da bailarina dançando Fada Açucarada
Also check out Michaela DePrince ua-cam.com/video/reZH2B8irtw/v-deo.html
Misty is special
bruh this stage is smaller than my room and ik that my room is relatively small and like wuts with the pianist i mean cmon
Wow ok we notice the tempo is slower good for you can we actually focus on the actual performance
SACRED. LOVELY. I think Tchaikovsky would have laughed with joy!! God bless. For fans of Romanticism DYK www.aynrand.org TY Mrs Copeland!
Black swan.
Okay everyone is talking about the terrible tempo of the piano but can we keep in mind that the pianist probably didnt even get a chance to rehearse on the electronic piano, that has a completely different key weight compared to a real piano? The sound of that keyboard was also horrific
oh lord help that pianist
Oh the music is downright bs
Майка как из комплекта треников в коленками
I don't like this choreography.
Alicia Panzer It was most likely modified to fit this ridiculously tiny stage.
Ok, the pianist was a little off but it's not as easy as it looks. Give them a break please.
all of you are so perfect. stop washing your ass it will never stink. stop brushing your teeth it will be ok. because your so perfect.
You must be black to say something like that.😬😂