Soloists | Ep. 4 | city.ballet
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Some dancers feel that the soloist rank is the hardest level of their career. Waiting for seniority to claim certain roles means much less dancing than before-causing focus and confidence to slip.
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Even if you spend your whole life as Corps, it's still way more than what most dancers will ever achieve, it's the NYCB afterall, such a dream....
Agreed. It's sad how some principals like Teresa look down on the corps position as dancers who haven't been promoted, rather than a great achievement on it's own, and a well respected and necessary part of the team. Not everyone can be principals, and that does not mean they failed at ballet. Nor is it even a good fit for every dancer. Some dancers may choose to accept that fact and spend their time enjoying their position and may not be determined to be promoted. That does not make them any less driven or hard working. I suppose in a field where competition is driven into you and you're always against the dancers next to you for the role its easy to believe that corps should only be a temporary position, not your ultimate goal.
It is but they're athletes like any other and all athletes want to be the best. There's nothing wrong with the corps and it's a great honor but it's like being an Olympian and always being just off the podium. You're there and achieving your dream but you want to move up.
Nycb dancers are very lucky, because the artistic directors take a lot of liberties to our corps dancers in solo roles. Even in the digital season I would look at the credits for the ballet and was like, “wow, look at these corps dancers in this ten-person ballet!” I think the reason some might get salty about not being promoted is because at nycb working in the corps is GRUELING. A principal of soloist might get to go home at 4pm to rest but those Corps girls are in three ballets a night for their duration of their performances. then again, I still don’t understand the need to be the best at doing what I love to to continue to enjoy it (reighlen)
Amen to that! Read: Winter Season by Toni Bentley.
"you're ONLY a soloist?!" Lauren!
I know what she meant because it was shocking he wasn't a principal, but YIKES!
To be fair, she was also "only" a soloist at this point-- so it makes more sense from that perspective. She clearly admired and respected Craig
@@Livgirl23 I totally get what you mean, but it was a little cringe. I've absolutely had those moments too, and you look back and just facepalm, because you TOTALLY didn't mean it the way it sounded. But yeah, I felt that, for both of them.
I'm surprised that she didn't know. There aren't many principal dancers in the company. A bit of a thoughtless comment on her part
It makes me so sad hearing all these amazing dancers who haven't reached their goal yet. I just want everyone to become a principal lol!
I look at the Corps De Ballet and what they do and I think (hypothetically) I'd almost prefer to do that than have a Soloist or Principal position in a company. Imagine dressing up and dancing with your friends every night! Obviously the status is different, but what a total joy to be able to share something and put so much collective hard work in to create something beautiful
Soloists and principals talk differently
Craig Hall should be a principal.
Yes, he is beautiful. Would love to see him as a principal
You should check out their website. You can see small (wa yyy small) clips of the dancers on their company profiles. Craig Hall's is incredible. Love his dancing!
Jim O'Connor he is a ballet master now
Agreed, he never made it but now he's a ballet master and was one of the 4 put in charge after Martin's left. Well deserving.
Hold up, that girl had a whole lung collapse and she still continued dancing to achieve her dream? THATS DEDICATION! Damn!!!!
TRUE THAT
She's falling apart. It's sad.
Agreed...would love to see Craig make to principal.
How can you stay in it long enough to get promoted if ballet ISN'T your life? I don't know how they do it. Being in the corp for year after year, having to get out there and deliver day after day. They really are superhuman.
Passion is an amazing thing
Linda Harrison your still a member of a very ELITE club even though in the corp.! on stage dancing ballet is so many people's imagined dream. your at the top.
It's one thing to be dedicated but it's another to base your entire life's worth on doing well in ballet. I think what he's saying is not to do the latter. Plenty of people who don't become principal dancers live fulfilling lives as teachers or in other jobs
Look at 0:17 ! That's Maria Kowrowski (I don't know the orthograph sorry) ! If you don't know her, she's the one who dances Barbie in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and In The Bal with the 12 Princesses ! She gets old but I didn't know she was still there in the NYCB :)
Someone needs to promote Craig Hall nooowwwww
Nice series city ballet. I danced for years. It stays with you!
I feel like soloists get almost the better parts at times. Not as much time dancing, but more interesting parts.
all the soloists seem a little unhappy frankly.....
It seems to be beaten into them that soloists is a waiting period before principal, and if that doesn't happen (Teresa, the most unhappy looking, is still a soloist 6 years later) they are failing. Maybe they should still use soloists in the corps for some dances, if that soloist is not in any performances wouldn't that be better than nothing? It's tough bc they all seem to look down at the corps role so I guess they would see that as insulting but quite frankly if you're not dancing, that seems like a bigger blow.
nala beans Do you mean Megan LeCrone? She is still a soloist but had also only been promoted to soloist earlier in the same year this series was filmed. Teresa is a principal. Both beautiful dancers. I hope Megan gets a promotion in the next couple of seasons.
@@Oranaiche1 megan lecrone! Thank you! I spent so much time looking for her name to look her up and didnt find it in the video. I thought it was unfair, for everyone else their name popped up on the screen, hers didnt
Craig Hall
she's completely sweaty!
Quit, go to a regional company, and get better parts. The experience is more important than the prestige.
I watch a lot of the Royal Ballet rehearsals, which I love, and have just started watching this series. It strikes me that the whole atmosphere at NYCB is far more charged with competitiveness. Perhaps it's because they mostly do Balanchine--who I revere--whereas the RB and SF Ballet bring in guest choreographers, who are free to choose soloists or even corps members to dance principal roles. At NYCB there seems less chance of this happening. Are Ratmansky and Justin Peck free to choose whoever they want to dance principal roles in their new works?
Craig should be a principle
He really should. He’s a veteran of the company. Peter was an asshole and had his favoritism. So glad that Peter Martins left.
i love this allot
Honestly principal roles should be like sugar plum fairy, snow queen, Juliet, Odette/Odile, those kinds of roles and soloists should be leads of their dance but not the leads of the show.
Do American ballerinas not darne the end of their pointe shoes? We do here in Britain
Routines generally vary among dancers. So some might, and others won't.
***** it makes them last longer, also helps slightly with balance too, also in smaller companies they can't afford new pointe shoes everyday
@@beckybleaden I've noticed that the rate that NYCB dancers go through shoes is much higher than a lot of other companies, and hardly ever see darned shoes. I guess if you can use as many as you need for classes and always have new shoes for every single performance and rehearsal you start caring less about their longevity and don't want to invest that much time modifying each pair if they're going into the bin at the end of the day.
it's interesting to watch dancers from different companies routines with new shoes, those who "destroy" them as soon as they get them with the knowledge they will only last that performance and those that modify them in a way that attempts to get the most time from that shoe.
Hey, does anyone know if Craig Hall is still with NYCB? I was looking at the company list and didn't see his name there???
On Wikipedia it says that by now he should be promoted to balletmaster
XxmagicianfanxX Well I am glad that he's a ballet master now, though I am sad that he has retired. I hope we can still see him dance though. Other people who've retired do other projects so hopefully he will too.
And you should check out his IG, his photography is incredible!
Jayjen35 hey! He is a ballet master now he retired a few months ago!!
Jayjen35
I love Teresa Reichlen, Peter Martins, Georgina Pazcoguin, Chase Finlay, Jared Angle, Ashley Bouder, Jenifer Ringer, Megan Fairchild, Andrew Veyette, and Craig Hall.
I didn't like Teresa comment the corps are a very important part of the company.
Cool
Whats the difference between a principal and a soloist?
Lorena Chagas Principal dancer is the top, top rank. You only dance solo parts and will frequently perform lead roles in the ballets (like Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and others). Soloist is the rank below principal. You dance solo parts, but sometimes you still might dance in the corps. You maybe will get a lead role a couple times, but generally you just dance solo parts that aren't lead roles (like the fairies in Sleeping Beauty, pas de trios in Swan Lake, and more).
To ballerinas wear bras?
No.
Did Craig ever make principal?
No. But he's a ballet master now.
Dancers reading my comment, don’t waste a day, an hour, a single minute of your time dancing. Don’t waste your talent and potential especially if you love what you do. You never know what will transpire, and the day you can’t dance anymore you will miss it with EVERY FIBER of your being. Trust me, I worked so hard and now cannot dance anymore.
The raspy voice is very annoying
Wow, these NYC dancers are like "me, me, me...". "Why am I not principal? What's my goal in life?". And I thought European dancers were narcissistic.
G AMJ I feel like you have to be a little narcissistic to be a dancer. With all of the competition you have to be willing to fight hard for what you want
You don't have to fight anyone but your own inability to dance beautifully. That's an internal one, not an external one.
headphonic8 sure, theoretically you just have to be the best that you can be. But people aren’t perfect and you have to deal with biased directors and teachers and things like that.
This was a series based on the New York City Ballet. They are asking each dancer there experience growing up in ballet and their time within the company. Of course, they are taking about themselves. They were being interviewed and these clips were edited into “episodes”. If any either of us did a series as this asking about our personal lives, we could also be perceived as narcissistic when we most likely aren’t.
This series is 4 years old, but gave us an opportunity to peak into the window of these dancers lives up until that point.
Why is Sarah Jessica Parker narrating?
I think she produced the series so that's why she narrated it
+Erica Welty She's actually vice-chairman of the board of directors of the company. Don't ask me why, though.
what on earth???
Luna Royale idfk
She probably donates a lot to the company, or NYCB thinks her presence on the board will draw donors.
I don't know the girl's name, but she's a soloist, and I feel kind of worried about her because she's so thin :/ If you ever look at these comments--Girl, I don't know you, that may just be your body type, and I know you work out a lot, but please be careful. I know you put a lot of pressure on yourself to achieve these things and that's important to you, but don't be so hard on yourself that you restrict yourself in eating or punish yourself by restricting your eating--it won't make things better, and it's not worth it. Be kind to yourself. I don't even know if that's your situation, but if it is or was, please reconsider and like I said, be kind to yourself. I care about you, and God loves you--and to anyone else in the same situation, I would say the same. Being skinny or reaching a certain fitness or career goal is NOT worth destroying yourself over. Think about it?
What on Earth are you talking about?
Forreal, she looks bulimic