What Does It Take to Become Principal Ballerina?

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Dancer Isabella Boylston is American Ballet Theatre's youngest principal ballerina. She joins Tanya Rivero to discuss her upcoming roles and her rise to the top of the ballet world. Photo: Karolina Kuras
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 55

  • @discontinuedpleasegoaway
    @discontinuedpleasegoaway 8 років тому +194

    No, that first variation is Diamond Fairy. Not Aurora

  • @lys_ballerina
    @lys_ballerina 4 роки тому +24

    my dream is to be a professional ballerina 😍 i would love to dance at ABT one day!!!

  • @Ballerinarose
    @Ballerinarose 8 років тому +253

    "Well at least your married.." How inappropriate. Geez...

    • @natalielinden
      @natalielinden 8 років тому +10

      I thought the same thing.

    • @NhiTran-dw8ij
      @NhiTran-dw8ij 7 років тому +40

      Second that!!! Somehow I feel like the interviewer is not fit for interviewing an artist. She lacks that "going with the flow", being able to feel all the feels, and being versatile enough to follow whatever the conversation may unfold. It literally feels like an interview with some business figure. She just jumped from one question to the next, and wanted to get the answer out. It was apparent that Isabella was not at ease or at her most comfortable.

    • @younghyunjoo1564
      @younghyunjoo1564 7 років тому +25

      Agree- also the fact that she told her at the end of the interview. Damn. Oh and this whole interview made me feel like the ballerina was uncomfortable throughout.

    • @TheCerealluvr
      @TheCerealluvr 7 років тому +4

      effing ridiculous

    • @Es9954
      @Es9954 7 років тому +46

      And she interrupted Isabella quite often which was bothering me the most i think

  • @breezter
    @breezter 7 років тому +26

    4:12 was that Misty on the barre?

    • @l.h.3804
      @l.h.3804 7 років тому +4

      breezter Yes

    • @n.a.8189
      @n.a.8189 6 років тому +3

      breezter Yup :)

    • @icarrus4u
      @icarrus4u 6 років тому +2

      Yup! Looking gorgeous.

  • @jensen1880
    @jensen1880 4 роки тому +9

    Weight is vital if you need to be lifted by another dancer!- everything changes, a great ballerina takes the lead

  • @elleromanovafermanpevel2127
    @elleromanovafermanpevel2127 7 років тому +4

    ISABELLA !!!!😲🎈🎊🎉

  • @drewbach6073
    @drewbach6073 8 років тому +1

    First

  • @celticeyesmorriganrising929
    @celticeyesmorriganrising929 6 років тому +3

    ALL THE PRINCIPALS AT NYCB ARE BEAUTIFUL..i guess abt does not have that standard.

    • @vilebui8755
      @vilebui8755 5 років тому +13

      beauty comes from within

    • @kerrytakashi12
      @kerrytakashi12 5 років тому +2

      ABT has the UGLY standard. Or at least the company Board Members do. They would rather push this one with the limp wrists and claw hands over truly beautiful dancers like Sarah Lane, Christine Shevchenko or Skylar Brandt.

    • @DianaMoon11428
      @DianaMoon11428 4 роки тому +1

      @@kerrytakashi12 Skylar may get that promotion. She did two Giselles.

    • @kkdoc7864
      @kkdoc7864 4 роки тому +2

      Kerry Takashi I know very little about ballet, but based on your comments, I am paying a lot more attention to her hand movements which are different. Why is it that even dance is ruled by “who you know”.? Who should be the principal and why? I am trying to learn as much as I can.

    • @melissa0506
      @melissa0506 3 роки тому

      @@DianaMoon11428 yup Skylar is now a Principal

  • @lojainnasr3574
    @lojainnasr3574 7 років тому +70

    That was not Aurora! What a disgrace to a so called professional media... (For the first ballet clip) It's Diamond Fairy (take note). However overall lovely video minus the error and bam perfect. :D Question about the reporter: How could she mistake that as Aurora if she was a dancer? Along with a few other rude remarks.

  • @zaila4271
    @zaila4271 7 років тому +126

    You're married so you do have a personal life???
    Marriage isn't the only way to have a personal life. I feel like the interviewer doesn't understand dance.

  • @defnegursel1446
    @defnegursel1446 5 років тому +16

    Did she [the interviewer] call Odette “swan lake”? At least educate yourself on ballet before you interview a ballet dancer

  • @eduardasartorio8932
    @eduardasartorio8932 3 роки тому +17

    Her smile is SOOOOO beautiful

  • @avasmith8325
    @avasmith8325 7 років тому +20

    That's not Aroura! That's the diamond farie!

  • @lockheart619
    @lockheart619 6 років тому +8

    A ballet boarding school? How old was she?

  • @TheCerealluvr
    @TheCerealluvr 7 років тому +26

    She's such a cutie!

  • @indraneelmore1130
    @indraneelmore1130 3 роки тому +2

    She could just say she is talented 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @21whichiswhich
    @21whichiswhich 7 років тому +9

    Is she the ex-girlfriend of Benjamin? Nathalie Portman's husband.

  • @karebu2
    @karebu2 8 років тому +3

    Lol. What's a principal ballerina anyway?

    • @classicalchance7831
      @classicalchance7831 8 років тому +59

      When you dance in a company, the principal position is the highest position you can reach as a ballerina.

    • @lockheart619
      @lockheart619 6 років тому

      Alexa Charbonneau does the company just choose them to be one or do they have to audition to do so?

    • @catalinaguzmancantante212
      @catalinaguzmancantante212 5 років тому +2

      @@lockheart619 the company promotes them, based on their performance

    • @evag1344
      @evag1344 4 роки тому

      lock heart they start at the corde ballet (spelling error) then they might slowly get promoted to soloist and later principal

    • @mads5171
      @mads5171 4 роки тому

      The top dancers in a company whom preform lead roles like Juliet and Odette etc

  • @michelboudot2882
    @michelboudot2882 4 роки тому +1

    Very very good dancer. Very plain. Too humble. No charisma..bad make up

    • @miriammoriarty8588
      @miriammoriarty8588 3 роки тому +22

      It's not a beauty pageant. It's a profession. Your sexism is showing.

    • @jiwoo..22
      @jiwoo..22 3 роки тому

      shush no one cares

    • @mikafizz1022
      @mikafizz1022 Рік тому

      ​@C. A. B. Which clip?