Something I find interesting that not many talk about is the silence of their movements. When a ballerina jumps in to the air there will definitely be some noise from the hard bottom in their shoes, but when they generally move around there is almost no sound. That silence is, what I believe, to be a big reason why it feels like they're flying around on stage. It is truly fascinating and definitely deserves more credit.
They do things to the shoes to prevent them from being really loud when dancing. Ballerinas are definitely light on their feet and that is beautiful. But it mostly has to do with they make sure they’re shoes are quiet
Rachel Deckert not really, as a ballet dancer, usually pointe shoes just make every movement 10 times louder, so you have to put in more effort not to make noise
When we rehearse if someone makes a particularly loud noise my dance teacher will make us all do it again to ensure we are all silent sometimes I swear she does it for the fun of it
as a gymnast I’m just so respectful about her work, random people can’t understand how hard as hell it is although it just looks like dancing in а pretty tutu
D N I'm supper flexibility its insane... Always have streach out for yrs no matter what size.. Anyway .. I don't understand how a doctor can tell you that your muscles are over worked?? I'm trying to figure this out because she didn't explain anything when asking her what she means ? As she's a doctor yet as no answers to my questions.. as well asking for certain thing's she wasn't. listening to my questions ? When I'm telling her I'm in pain Trust me I'm in pain you can't make it up ! One Doctor Understood it One .
I started ballet at 10. I was so embarrassed and I used to tell people I started at 3 (like everyone else). Obviously I wasn't caught up to EVERYBODY but I learned really really quickly and now my whole life is ballet. I am 13 now and let me tell you... I have gotten SO MUCH better! Don't let anything stop you from your goals or dreams no matter statistics, age, or difficulty ♡
I started at 12 after 4 years of rhythmic gymnastics, the flexibility was there but I didn't have the ballet technique which was the biggest problem for me I honestly wish you the best
If you love ballet you should go for it! I used to think that I couldn’t do it but it helped me get rid of my spinal disorder. Now I even go international. You got this.
That's kind of the point of dancing technique: You have to make it look like everyone can do it. And as a competitve ballroom dancer myself, even I regularly fall into the trap of thinking I can do what the pros can do (even though I should be the first to know that that's not the case). And I think this is also kind of the achilles heel of dancing: When you make it look easy (you have to do that), people think it's easy, therefore they don't have the respect a dancer should get. It's a vicious cycle. But it's also inevitable. That's what makes dancing so ironic to me. This is my serious answer to your lighthearted joke hahah.
It makes me sad that I never get to experience this. Started dancing ballet as a child but lost my ability to stand in a car crash. Maybe my daughter will one day start ballet, but I will not force her to it.
Good that you will not force her. :-) I feel your pain. I used to dance too ballett with A lot of passion. Had a serious injurie on my ankle and had to move in my own flat when I was 16 and couldn't effort it anymore. Was the first time my heart broked. I loved ballett. I will be an old granny and will say: I could have been a professional dancer 😅🤣🤣🤣 (I'm not an native English speaking person)
i imagine your pain idk hox mxh you've danced before it but stoping brutally like that muste have been really difficult added to the clasic hard things or a car accident. But idk in wich contry you are, but there could be like oragnisations that offer ballet class with disabled people and they can be mixed with valid ones. So if you want to do ballet again you can check if there's any in your area
You may like horseback ridding better. When you are one with the animal, its like dancing. Also do the arms positions without the legs steps in ballet. The hands, head upper torso. Strive to be the best, and do the best you can. Don't be sad. You didn't die in the car crash.
Lol I know! I wanted to get a size up in tights... But they didn't have them..... 😭😭 So I have to stick with my own size Which rips easily! I take my waistband and stretch it out and leave it stretching all night. It should give you a good 2-3 classes before it shrinks again!
Melissa Smith It actually is, we work just as hard if not harder then football players, we can and will get injured due to our exercises and or dances, we’re on the same level as them, not everyone can be a professional athlete and not everyone can be a professional dancer I’d say we’re in the same lane.
@@melissasmith6762 Sport- "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment", and Ballet doesn't fall into this category how ?
@@halfdeadminah5857Someone literally quoted that to me an hour ago. Ballet is not about competition. They use competitions to measure ability in order to further their career (winning scholarships, getting noticed, ect.). The ballet career is about getting into a company in order to dance for _entertainment_ , not competing. In sports, it's all about winning competitions and nothing else.
One thing that's great about this is that you see the cumulative effects, the practice as well as it not being all ballet-centric. I've started to take stretching more seriously and know it will take time to get to my own goals. Great video.
That’s what a black belt told me, and her dad owns their studio! I have 2 friends who are sisters, one does ballet and the other taekwondo and the one that did martial arts was able to learn dance easily and did very well! They’re so similar
I so agree. I had a classmate for various years during school and she did ballet and taekwondo and was amazing. You’d see her standing below 5’5” but try getting into a fight with her and see how your shins end up Trust me I asked her once to teach me
She is tiny and muscular and flexible because of her nutrition. So shut your mouth and have more of respect for her and for your body. Jealousy is gross
Ballerinas are very strong. But holy hell, I thought she was skinny fat on her anterior chain. Thought she would have a little more muscle in her arms, back, and core until she explained her reasons why.
Brealaja Barber Being super slim is optimal for a ballerina as it helps dancers be more graceful and lightweight, which is helpful when it comes to things such as leaps, lifts, and turns
As a Ballerina myself (not professional tho), I was doing that same exercise on the leg press a few days ago. But the trainers are mostly so used to people who dont dance ballet and are on the gym mostly to gain muscles or lose weight that he just couldn’t understand what I was doing and kept trying to “correct” me by keeping my feet apart and stopping me from jumping
BALLET IS A SPORT! I got into ballet when I was 6 years old and did it until I was 12. I was part of a strict ballet school that was owned by a woman with a prestigious last name in this industry. I was taught by a russian teacher who himself was and still is a remarkable ballet dancer. The amount of work, drive, mental effort and strength it takes to survive in this environment is almost unbelievable. Not everyone is born to do this. I thought I was until my legs started to mess up on me. We didn't have enough money for me to also be getting proper therapy on the side, therefore I had to put prima ballerina dream aside. It hurt so much inside knowing I had to leave that life behind me. Fortunately I had another skill that helped me get into sport in high school. And because of my ballet experience it helped ME have an amazing drive in swimming. Ballet is most definitely a sport and it will keep shooting up in the ranks. These dancers will keep working tirelessly to prove to thw world what they are made of! PURE GRIT AND GRACEFULNESS!!!
I've tried plain gym and other forms of exercise but always return ballet and similar exercises are the best. They make the body feel so good, so powerful and free, when you have such flexibility, strength, balance, tamina, grace, agility, speed etc. One does not have to be a star or some great balletic beauty or even have the ideal body type to enjoy the benefits. Just do it. Even if you cannot do much, it will still benefit you if you do what you can and try to push the barrier a little further each time. But, it is crucial to do the exercises correctly, to avoid injuries and harm to your body. You need right technique. Not just trying to perform impressive physical feats. And, obviously, just swanni g around looking pretty in a tutu but not straining or exhausting yourself or getting all hot and sweaty will not deliver any fitness benefits. You really do have to work hard, which might include getting down onto a dirty hard floor to perform floor based exercises, which may be hard eg splits etc but are generally pretty safer and healthy.
I'm an athlete and I can't do most of what you seem to do everyday. To be so gifted and use it to make this world more beautiful with the arts is something you should be very very proud of. All the best to you.
Amazing and so good to watch. This is also a good example of rational self-interest. Meaning that people ought to drop the word selfish as an insult. Selfish can be bad and good, but it requires context. But selfishness in of itself is not negative, it's just being used wrongly that way. Rational self-interest is essential to be the wonderful artist that Kathryn is.
This idea of integration with fitness techniques sounds great. Wonder if more ballerinas and dancing schools use them. It seems smart to strengthen and take care of the whole body
She talks about having the ballet physique and how to obtain it, She also talks about how they don't want to bulk up. My question is, why must the ballet physique be slender? Some individuals can not obtain such a thing due to their physical build. Talent isn't always determined by body type.
Brandi leann-to add to that: the optimal ballet physique is to parallel the graceful movements. Long and lean body types lend well for ear-grazing leg extension and leaps. A bulky, short dancer traditionally speaking (not my own standard) doesn’t lend as well to the fluid, graceful movements. Something just seems lost in translation. The girls that are taller and naturally slender are more desirable in a professional capacity because someone sitting in the back row of a theater can still see them and their long limbs versus a petite dancer-hence the reason the girls chosen to be leads are at least 5’8 and up. Also, in professional ballet, performances are done en pointe (when dancers are literally on the tips of their toes wearing shoes with actual wood at the infrastructure where the toe box is) therefore the more you weigh, the more difficult being en pointe will be and your ankles most likely will buckle from the strain. It’s really about gravity and physics too! What goes up must come down and the heavier something is...well I don’t think I need to explain lol!
same, people are always like "oh your a ballet dancer what do you do spin in tutus?" and im like no im constantly in pain my feet are dead and i cant even get out of bed half of the time in the morning, especiually with pointe shoes.
Indeed. I’m not at all a professional, but I do ballet and this one time my brothers friend asked “what sport do you do?” I said, “ballet” they said “ballet isn’t a sport.” Next time I see them I’m going to tell them to stand of the tip of their toes and walk around and do a combination. 😂
super inspiring. Ms Boren has an amazingly strong and flexible body. Normal people should use her drive and motivation as the point of watching her. GO KATIE!
Please please do a workout series or video with basics to advanced. I’d love to do this but I’m anything but a dancer. Some of these moves looked like they’d feel so good to accomplish.
I think ABT dancers are much more accessible then say Marinsky or Royal Danish Ballet dancers but I prefer the classic dance companies to the more modern American companies but this girl is very beautiful I'm going to look her up so I can see how she dances.
ABT incorporates some Russian technique into their training, although it is a bit of a mix. they're not straight up Vaganova, but it's much more classic than, say, NYCB which is all Balanchine
Yes I respect NYCB because of its contribution to the art but I would watch an ABT show over a NYCB show in a heartbeat.(unless it any of the jewel series that would interest me) I like ABT for their creative direction. Honestly I love all ballet and any dancer that makes it to the level of dancing with the major companies is a sight to behold. Many of the modern interpretations of classic ballets are breathtaking.
Everyone who isn't a dancer really doesn't know how hard it really is to be a ballerina, contemporary dancer or even a modern/lyrical dancer. It is constant work and exercise, also eating healthier and trying to keep up. It's tough but sooooo worth it. I've been dancing since I was 4.
I loved ballet with my whole heart but as soon as I got approached to dance professionally I knew I could never do it full time, these women are amazing and under appreciated (not to mention underpaid but don’t get me started on that 🙄)
stop pointing out her weight, just because shes skinny doesn't mean she has an eating disorder, shaming her for being skinny is the reason people get anxious about their bodies, she didn't ask for it to be pointed out and continuing to id disrespectful and unnessecary
Honestly yeah. If you start small but keep working at it and add a bit more everyday you can do anything. Good luck, start now. Also use the internet to help, literally look up "how to get flexible" and your on your way.
@@joyousval Without the right genes you can't 'do anything'. Furthermore, do not get advice from people online who were born more flexible. That's like a piece of gum teaching a wooden plank.
Melissa Smith uh yeah, no. When it comes to some things yes your genes dictate it but for something such as flexibility it's the stretching of your body over time that results in if you are flexible. also, the things you find online aren't advice exactly it's stretching exercises to follow. Your analogy was kinda pointless. A better analogy would be something such as a six pack. If you don't have any core but do crunches every day eventually you will inevitably get that pack. It's the same for stretching. If you simply can't do the splits but every day you push a lil' further, it is unavoidable that after some hard work you will be flat.
@@joyousval So true, a like that there are people like you who support and motivate other people . Now I am going to start stretching to become more flexible
I quit ballet because the girls were just so snooty and clicky and just too competitive. Wish I had been strong enough to overcome their intimidation. I was doing so well and enjoying it😔
@@thatgrumpychick4928 Eventually, you will have to dance with other dancers in performances which is where some of the competitiveness and intimidation stems from. Not always in practice
I had a similiar issue when I was younger but I plan on getting back into ballet soon because I miss dancing. Check out different places to get a vibe of them but you'll find your spot. You can do it!
LA Fresh Life I started again 3 years ago but I missed the vital years of my life (9-16 I feel like I should have used those years to get that flexibility and stuff)
You can still gain its benefits even if you don't achieve certain heights. This lady will be an in demand personal trainer for high performance athletes and sports professionals. Extreme stability and strength is the holy grail of a lot of training. Good luck and have a great 2019.
...**silently walks away** I mean most get it depends on who it is and how much they are dancing but even then your body gets used to it so most should get it. I am a ballerina myself but definitely not a professional yet
Maybe they develop longer cycles? If you stop getting it altogether, I'd consult a doctor. There is medication that will induce menstruation if it's really necessary. It could also be a nutrition issue if you're not changing your diet to conforn to a more active lifestyle. Again, a good doctor would have the best answers here.
This is really cool but, "I only use lightweight to not bulk up the upper body" and "I'm a personal trainer" don't really fit hand in hand. Using 3 lb dumbells once you're already strong isn't going to build muscle unless you use them for extremely long and impossible amounts of time.
Ballerinas do very unnatural positions with their bodies. Heavy weight could be dangerous if something goes wrong, especially since from what I saw, her workout is a mix of strength training under unstable surfaces to promote the body's ability to correct itself back into balance.
Ballerinas, gymnasts, synchronized swimmers, pole dancers, etc. are some of the MOST impressive, hardworking and strongest athletes out there.
you forgot about contortionists btw heh
And figure skaters
And horse riders
And rowers
Basically everyone that works hard and are passionate about what they do
Something I find interesting that not many talk about is the silence of their movements. When a ballerina jumps in to the air there will definitely be some noise from the hard bottom in their shoes, but when they generally move around there is almost no sound. That silence is, what I believe, to be a big reason why it feels like they're flying around on stage. It is truly fascinating and definitely deserves more credit.
Maria Vitalina Beautiful
They do things to the shoes to prevent them from being really loud when dancing. Ballerinas are definitely light on their feet and that is beautiful. But it mostly has to do with they make sure they’re shoes are quiet
Rachel Deckert not really, as a ballet dancer, usually pointe shoes just make every movement 10 times louder, so you have to put in more effort not to make noise
Sometimes they bang them against the wall.
When we rehearse if someone makes a particularly loud noise my dance teacher will make us all do it again to ensure we are all silent sometimes I swear she does it for the fun of it
as a gymnast I’m just so respectful about her work, random people can’t understand how hard as hell it is although it just looks like dancing in а pretty tutu
My friends thing its so easy and make fun and it makes me really angry like have some respect...
It's also hard to be so on your game and try to make it look effortless.
@@xxii6830 same
I know! Everybody hears dance and think we just jump around on a stage in stupid costumes, they don't get how hard it is!
I think that’s when the true art of it shines forth. Being able to make grueling physical work look effortlessly graceful and light❤️
Ballerinas dance 8 hours a day (at least) 6 days a week. Then they spend their free time exercising more. Like, how?!?!??
cocaine
Because we love it. ♥️
It’s their actual job that’s why.
Because it's a lifestyle. You breath it, you eat it you dream it.
It's their passion, their love, why not work hard to be able to do the thing you love more often or more efficiently?
Im not flexible but by watching this i feel like i hear bones cracking
Philgamer_ 309 q
Same here
Oh, there's "bones", alright
Philgamer_ 309 everybody who does ballet know the sound of the crackle dackling in class, even when we simply move a limb.
Ko Ko lol 😂 it’s so true
It’s incredible what ballerinas are capable of
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D N I'm supper flexibility its insane... Always have streach out for yrs no matter what size..
Anyway .. I don't understand how a doctor can tell you that your muscles are over worked??
I'm trying to figure this out because she didn't explain anything when asking her what she means ? As she's a doctor yet as no answers to my questions..
as well asking for certain thing's she wasn't. listening to my questions ? When I'm telling her I'm in pain Trust me I'm in pain you can't make it up ! One Doctor Understood it One .
I'm a acrobatic gymnast if you don't know what it is then look it up on UA-cam it's crazy
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I started ballet at 10. I was so embarrassed and I used to tell people I started at 3 (like everyone else). Obviously I wasn't caught up to EVERYBODY but I learned really really quickly and now my whole life is ballet. I am 13 now and let me tell you... I have gotten SO MUCH better! Don't let anything stop you from your goals or dreams no matter statistics, age, or difficulty ♡
I totally second that. And I started at 14, too!
Allegra Kent didn’t start until she was 10 or 11 as well. And she ended up being great and dancing with some of the best dancers of the 20th century!
are you still doing ballet now?
I started at 12 after 4 years of rhythmic gymnastics, the flexibility was there but I didn't have the ballet technique which was the biggest problem for me
I honestly wish you the best
Me who wants to start ballet at 16:
Think I’ve pulled a muscle or two just watching this....lol
Foxy Lady my muscles are aching from watching this and I’m in bed with the heater on...... eating chips
Foxy Lady my legs started hurting
Vanessa Pigei waoo heater in May/June where do u live? We use AC around then
stella april AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 complete opposite to America, we have Christmas in summer
same
Me: *loves ballet and wishes to do it*
Also me: *sees her stretching and doing exercise*
Me: never mind
SIKE nah SAME 😖
Love ur profile pic man
There is a big distance between professional workout and hobbies
Me in a nutshell...
If you love ballet you should go for it! I used to think that I couldn’t do it but it helped me get rid of my spinal disorder. Now I even go international. You got this.
My fat ass after eating left over Christmas dinner include dessert: I could do that.
At least you have a butt😂😂😂 unlike her
I went to McDonald’s yesterday and slipped on some ice when walking to my car and then it took me 30 minutes to get off my fat ass😭
@Lola M yes. Everybody does. Maybe not in ballet but every single person on this planet has a talent or multiple talents.
Genuinely made me laugh so hard
That's kind of the point of dancing technique: You have to make it look like everyone can do it. And as a competitve ballroom dancer myself, even I regularly fall into the trap of thinking I can do what the pros can do (even though I should be the first to know that that's not the case).
And I think this is also kind of the achilles heel of dancing: When you make it look easy (you have to do that), people think it's easy, therefore they don't have the respect a dancer should get.
It's a vicious cycle. But it's also inevitable.
That's what makes dancing so ironic to me. This is my serious answer to your lighthearted joke hahah.
I tried the exercise 1:55 and now waiting for an ambulance.
We had to do that in our conditioning class and it was impossible hahaha
It makes me sad that I never get to experience this. Started dancing ballet as a child but lost my ability to stand in a car crash. Maybe my daughter will one day start ballet, but I will not force her to it.
Good that you will not force her. :-)
I feel your pain. I used to dance too ballett with A lot of passion. Had a serious injurie on my ankle and had to move in my own flat when I was 16 and couldn't effort it anymore. Was the first time my heart broked. I loved ballett.
I will be an old granny and will say: I could have been a professional dancer 😅🤣🤣🤣
(I'm not an native English speaking person)
I feel you 🤍🤍🤍
i imagine your pain idk hox mxh you've danced before it but stoping brutally like that muste have been really difficult added to the clasic hard things or a car accident. But idk in wich contry you are, but there could be like oragnisations that offer ballet class with disabled people and they can be mixed with valid ones. So if you want to do ballet again you can check if there's any in your area
You may like horseback ridding better. When you are one with the animal, its like dancing. Also do the arms positions without the legs steps in ballet. The hands, head upper torso. Strive to be the best, and do the best you can. Don't be sad. You didn't die in the car crash.
I feel like figure skaters, gymnasts, and ballerinas use the most of their body and the most muscles which makes them impressive
Super-human balance... amazing!
Renee S right?! I wanna see how she does on a balance beam, as a gymnast
Hats off to their dedication and commitment
The chopped waistband of the tights is such a mood like WHYYY do they make the waist SOOO tight on those things!!!!
How is it too small even for her? There is nothing of her!
She's probably wearing a kid's size. Fits her legs, not her waist
Lol I know! I wanted to get a size up in tights... But they didn't have them..... 😭😭 So I have to stick with my own size Which rips easily! I take my waistband and stretch it out and leave it stretching all night. It should give you a good 2-3 classes before it shrinks again!
I do this and it isn’t because my tights don’t fit, it’s because it prevents lines under your leotard
And they say dance isn’t a sport LOOK AT THIS!!!
It's not.
Melissa Smith
It actually is, we work just as hard if not harder then football players, we can and will get injured due to our exercises and or dances, we’re on the same level as them, not everyone can be a professional athlete and not everyone can be a professional dancer I’d say we’re in the same lane.
@@ririmars It's. Not. A. Sport. Hey, being a Navy Seal is freaking hard does that make it a sport?
@@melissasmith6762
Sport- "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment", and Ballet doesn't fall into this category how ?
@@halfdeadminah5857Someone literally quoted that to me an hour ago. Ballet is not about competition. They use competitions to measure ability in order to further their career (winning scholarships, getting noticed, ect.). The ballet career is about getting into a company in order to dance for _entertainment_ , not competing. In sports, it's all about winning competitions and nothing else.
As a ballet dancer (not at all professional), I find this very interesting...👍🏻✨
Robyn Smith same it shows me how easy we have it before we go to a company
same
Yes
But who likes point shoes in here
@@madelinelee7388 i do and i have one
Meanwhile, I trip while walking on a flat surface.
I broke my ankle on a flat surface😂😂
Marki Mahalimuyak 😂😂😂
I did this at work this week. Twice. 🤦🏻♀️
You know those tiiiiny little crevices made by grout and file? Yeup no, repeat offender of tripping bc of those. Lol.
Cross-training is SO important. I used to compete as an Irish Dancer (we go on our toes, too) and lifting really heped me build strength and control!
Thank you for showing this video!! There are a lot of misconceptions about Ballerinas, their personalities, lifestyles and this tries to address it.
One thing that's great about this is that you see the cumulative effects, the practice as well as it not being all ballet-centric. I've started to take stretching more seriously and know it will take time to get to my own goals. Great video.
I think ballerinas would be good in taekwondo
Flexible
Stability for kicks
Strength
And how serious they are
I certainly would not fight a ballerina , @@jacobgasson8016
That’s what a black belt told me, and her dad owns their studio! I have 2 friends who are sisters, one does ballet and the other taekwondo and the one that did martial arts was able to learn dance easily and did very well! They’re so similar
I so agree.
I had a classmate for various years during school and she did ballet and taekwondo and was amazing.
You’d see her standing below 5’5” but try getting into a fight with her and see how your shins end up
Trust me
I asked her once to teach me
I want to see a movie where a ballerina some reason some way has to learn martial arts and is ok at first and then becomes really good at it
The way the strength is channeled is different. Dancers do not exert energy toward overpowering objects/people.
She is definitely thinner and less muscular looking than a lot of other professional ballet dancers.
Kelsey Williams some people really struggle to gain weight and muscle.
@@eligil4629
Some people do, however let's be honest... the majority of people who struggle to gain aren't eating enough.
She is tiny and muscular and flexible because of her nutrition. So shut your mouth and have more of respect for her and for your body. Jealousy is gross
Kelsey Williams she said why in the video
uh, maybe American ballerinas but look at Russian ballet companies. Definitely the same size if not more muscular.
Ballerinas are very strong. But holy hell, I thought she was skinny fat on her anterior chain. Thought she would have a little more muscle in her arms, back, and core until she explained her reasons why.
They have to stay skinny as ballerinas
abb a no they don’t need to skinny
Brealaja Barber Being super slim is optimal for a ballerina as it helps dancers be more graceful and lightweight, which is helpful when it comes to things such as leaps, lifts, and turns
Brealaja Barber a ballerina got to be skinny
K_ C as long as you’re not carrying extra fat, a lean strong figure is great
Wow that's dedication
As a Ballerina myself (not professional tho), I was doing that same exercise on the leg press a few days ago. But the trainers are mostly so used to people who dont dance ballet and are on the gym mostly to gain muscles or lose weight that he just couldn’t understand what I was doing and kept trying to “correct” me by keeping my feet apart and stopping me from jumping
this is legit so interesting. I love that she does those workouts specific to ballet
BALLET IS A SPORT! I got into ballet when I was 6 years old and did it until I was 12. I was part of a strict ballet school that was owned by a woman with a prestigious last name in this industry. I was taught by a russian teacher who himself was and still is a remarkable ballet dancer. The amount of work, drive, mental effort and strength it takes to survive in this environment is almost unbelievable. Not everyone is born to do this. I thought I was until my legs started to mess up on me. We didn't have enough money for me to also be getting proper therapy on the side, therefore I had to put prima ballerina dream aside. It hurt so much inside knowing I had to leave that life behind me. Fortunately I had another skill that helped me get into sport in high school. And because of my ballet experience it helped ME have an amazing drive in swimming. Ballet is most definitely a sport and it will keep shooting up in the ranks. These dancers will keep working tirelessly to prove to thw world what they are made of! PURE GRIT AND GRACEFULNESS!!!
your dedication is really impressive!
I've tried plain gym and other forms of exercise but always return ballet and similar exercises are the best. They make the body feel so good, so powerful and free, when you have such flexibility, strength, balance, tamina, grace, agility, speed etc. One does not have to be a star or some great balletic beauty or even have the ideal body type to enjoy the benefits. Just do it. Even if you cannot do much, it will still benefit you if you do what you can and try to push the barrier a little further each time. But, it is crucial to do the exercises correctly, to avoid injuries and harm to your body. You need right technique. Not just trying to perform impressive physical feats. And, obviously, just swanni g around looking pretty in a tutu but not straining or exhausting yourself or getting all hot and sweaty will not deliver any fitness benefits. You really do have to work hard, which might include getting down onto a dirty hard floor to perform floor based exercises, which may be hard eg splits etc but are generally pretty safer and healthy.
Kinesiology student/dancer here. Cross training is so important for dancers!!! This makes me so happy!
I'm an athlete and I can't do most of what you seem to do everyday. To be so gifted and use it to make this world more beautiful with the arts is something you should be very very proud of. All the best to you.
Man, i admire her so much. I wish i could find discipline in myself like this. Im learning work ethic much later than I should have.
she would actually be a monster if she practiced Brazilian Juijitsu.
Lol yes
Or any Martial art 😂
Except for the chicken legs. Someone kick her she’s gonna her murdered lol
What a great feature! We love how hard she works to train her body for her craft, and in such a unique way!
0:01 I’m already getting squeamish
I can’t even walk up the stairs to go get chips
hahahaha
Bahaha!! your comment is exactly my life!
Well that’s sloppy
Ah, but see, that is why I have a ground-level home. 😁
Amazing and so good to watch. This is also a good example of rational self-interest. Meaning that people ought to drop the word selfish as an insult. Selfish can be bad and good, but it requires context. But selfishness in of itself is not negative, it's just being used wrongly that way. Rational self-interest is essential to be the wonderful artist that Kathryn is.
These people are just underrated! Hattsss offf!😍
This idea of integration with fitness techniques sounds great. Wonder if more ballerinas and dancing schools use them. It seems smart to strengthen and take care of the whole body
RESPECT. This is just amazing what these people can do.... total admiration. 🙌
She talks about having the ballet physique and how to obtain it, She also talks about how they don't want to bulk up. My question is, why must the ballet physique be slender? Some individuals can not obtain such a thing due to their physical build. Talent isn't always determined by body type.
it's about the over all look in the performance, you can't be too tall or too short or too curvy. it's meant to look uniform.
Brandi leann-to add to that: the optimal ballet physique is to parallel the graceful movements. Long and lean body types lend well for ear-grazing leg extension and leaps. A bulky, short dancer traditionally speaking (not my own standard) doesn’t lend as well to the fluid, graceful movements. Something just seems lost in translation. The girls that are taller and naturally slender are more desirable in a professional capacity because someone sitting in the back row of a theater can still see them and their long limbs versus a petite dancer-hence the reason the girls chosen to be leads are at least 5’8 and up. Also, in professional ballet, performances are done en pointe (when dancers are literally on the tips of their toes wearing shoes with actual wood at the infrastructure where the toe box is) therefore the more you weigh, the more difficult being en pointe will be and your ankles most likely will buckle from the strain. It’s really about gravity and physics too! What goes up must come down and the heavier something is...well I don’t think I need to explain lol!
I do ballet and people think it is easy or all about pretty tutu’s but it’s not it is hard 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
same, people are always like "oh your a ballet dancer what do you do spin in tutus?" and im like no im constantly in pain my feet are dead and i cant even get out of bed half of the time in the morning, especiually with pointe shoes.
Indeed. I’m not at all a professional, but I do ballet and this one time my brothers friend asked “what sport do you do?”
I said, “ballet”
they said “ballet isn’t a sport.”
Next time I see them I’m going to tell them to stand of the tip of their toes and walk around and do a combination. 😂
Ballerinas are super athletes💖
This chicks killing all the survivor challenges if she ever went on that show.
Your dancing is so distinct! It is so powerful and effortless. The training is evident in your dancing!
I absolutely hate people who say dance isnt a sport. Like not just random dance actual dance, where you put your energy and love or pain into it.
I literally screamedddd ARTHRITIS!!!!!! to her at 00:36 lol
1:41
2018 meaning: Without injury
2020 meaning: While social distancing
super inspiring. Ms Boren has an amazingly strong and flexible body. Normal people should use her drive and motivation as the point of watching her. GO KATIE!
Please please do a workout series or video with basics to advanced. I’d love to do this but I’m anything but a dancer. Some of these moves looked like they’d feel so good to accomplish.
I love ballet and dancing, it has been my passion since I was very young... she is such an inspiration!
Her flexibility is insane!
I think ABT dancers are much more accessible then say Marinsky or Royal Danish Ballet dancers but I prefer the classic dance companies to the more modern American companies but this girl is very beautiful I'm going to look her up so I can see how she dances.
ABT incorporates some Russian technique into their training, although it is a bit of a mix. they're not straight up Vaganova, but it's much more classic than, say, NYCB which is all Balanchine
Yes I respect NYCB because of its contribution to the art but I would watch an ABT show over a NYCB show in a heartbeat.(unless it any of the jewel series that would interest me) I like ABT for their creative direction. Honestly I love all ballet and any dancer that makes it to the level of dancing with the major companies is a sight to behold. Many of the modern interpretations of classic ballets are breathtaking.
Ballerinas are some of the physically toughest dancers out there, most people have no idea.
4:39 I'd be much more interested in boxing if they had to keep one leg in the air at all times.
She makes the balance ball stuff look so easy! Try just standing on one with both feet to appreciate what she does!
She STRONG AS HELL!!!!
Everyone who isn't a dancer really doesn't know how hard it really is to be a ballerina, contemporary dancer or even a modern/lyrical dancer. It is constant work and exercise, also eating healthier and trying to keep up. It's tough but sooooo worth it. I've been dancing since I was 4.
I want to know where I can find her training routine? I’d love to start a program like that!
I loved ballet with my whole heart but as soon as I got approached to dance professionally I knew I could never do it full time, these women are amazing and under appreciated (not to mention underpaid but don’t get me started on that 🙄)
You go girl!
The greatest athletes, i appreciate the work, skill, & discipline...so beautiful! The training is perfection . 💙🌌💙
Impressive! "I'm a mouse, duh!" Love that tee!
stop pointing out her weight, just because shes skinny doesn't mean she has an eating disorder, shaming her for being skinny is the reason people get anxious about their bodies, she didn't ask for it to be pointed out and continuing to id disrespectful and unnessecary
Can’t relate, I’m laying in my bed, and I refuse to get out
I don't think people realize how freakishly athletic these dancers are...it's crazy...they're basically gymnasts
Why is my thigh bigger than her whole body?
Sara Lane wow i only relate to that
Why is my thigh bigger than six of her ?
Sara Lane 💀
Ha ha
This video is one big flex
Then u go to Imperial Russian Ballet and realize u are at 50% of ur potential, BUT sane. XD
Laylla's Locker seriously!
They are on that Russian juice too.
LMAO!!!
tom booty ju iya
Amazing.!!
100 SIT UPS! 100 PUSH UPS! 100 SQUATS! AND A 10 KM RUN!
This is my actual dream. I started dancing at 5 & I’m 16. I want to become a professional dancer and a personal trainer
I'm gonna get that flexible even tho starting at 0 🤷♀️
You go dude
Honestly yeah. If you start small but keep working at it and add a bit more everyday you can do anything. Good luck, start now. Also use the internet to help, literally look up "how to get flexible" and your on your way.
@@joyousval Without the right genes you can't 'do anything'. Furthermore, do not get advice from people online who were born more flexible. That's like a piece of gum teaching a wooden plank.
Melissa Smith
uh yeah, no. When it comes to some things yes your genes dictate it but for something such as flexibility it's the stretching of your body over time that results in if you are flexible. also, the things you find online aren't advice exactly it's stretching exercises to follow. Your analogy was kinda pointless. A better analogy would be something such as a six pack. If you don't have any core but do crunches every day eventually you will inevitably get that pack. It's the same for stretching. If you simply can't do the splits but every day you push a lil' further, it is unavoidable that after some hard work you will be flat.
@@joyousval So true, a like that there are people like you who support and motivate other people . Now I am going to start stretching to become more flexible
You’re lines are amazing!!!!!
Here before it gets 1m views
One of the hardest job in the world I think.
She’s beautiful. Ballerinas have such amazing bodies. Incredible drive and motivation.☺️👌🏻
Never seen boxing and arabesque done at once. Lots of core strength there.
As an ex ballerina, loved it! Makes me wanna get up and workout!
When you realize all humans have the same 24 hour day. This woman is absolutely mesmerizing to watch! Powerhouse.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ballerinas are so badass- they’re like bloody fairies
Incredible balance, coordination, and flexibility!
I respect ballet dancers so much. I go to 3 ballet classes a week to improve my dancing (Hiphop) AND IT IS HELL.
The rain workout got me. Respect.
I quit ballet because the girls were just so snooty and clicky and just too competitive. Wish I had been strong enough to overcome their intimidation. I was doing so well and enjoying it😔
Could you not dance one on one with a tutor? Do they have ballet tutors?
@@thatgrumpychick4928 Eventually, you will have to dance with other dancers in performances which is where some of the competitiveness and intimidation stems from. Not always in practice
Really?! All of the dancers I've ever met are super nice and fun. I'm sorry you had to quit.
I had a similiar issue when I was younger but I plan on getting back into ballet soon because I miss dancing. Check out different places to get a vibe of them but you'll find your spot. You can do it!
On the positive side, your feet will thank you, and you can still take ballet as an adult, you won't be as good as her but it's possible.
Fantastic video! I love the creativity from dog pound!!
she probably has really strong feet but 0:34 had me nervous
dont worry it doesnt hurt yu just need to be careful on how far you curl your feet
Im a dancer and it can start off a bit hurtfull but its not badthe more you do it thw easier it is
I love this video!! Cross training for dancers is super important :)
Ugh I quit ballet for about 6 years and I regret it everyday, I was so good 😭
Never too late to go back
LA Fresh Life I started again 3 years ago but I missed the vital years of my life (9-16 I feel like I should have used those years to get that flexibility and stuff)
You can still gain its benefits even if you don't achieve certain heights.
This lady will be an in demand personal trainer for high performance athletes and sports professionals. Extreme stability and strength is the holy grail of a lot of training.
Good luck and have a great 2019.
Then go back!!!
I am in awe. I think ballerinas are just amazing. It must be wonderful to be so graceful and flexible.
I wonder if she has her period amidst all her intense exercise + low body fat... bc i lost mine when i was working out hard & at about 16 bmi
KellyBelly I don’t think they have it, over heard many of them stop getting it
...**silently walks away** I mean most get it depends on who it is and how much they are dancing but even then your body gets used to it so most should get it. I am a ballerina myself but definitely not a professional yet
If they don't, that's a serious health concern.
As long as the aren't also malnourished they should still get it.
Maybe they develop longer cycles? If you stop getting it altogether, I'd consult a doctor. There is medication that will induce menstruation if it's really necessary. It could also be a nutrition issue if you're not changing your diet to conforn to a more active lifestyle. Again, a good doctor would have the best answers here.
Can’t believe people in this comment section are body shaming her. She’s incredible!
Kathryn Boren
Ooooooooooh that's...stretchy
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She -is- a pro athlete so not very surprising, but still much respect to their dedication!
This is really cool but, "I only use lightweight to not bulk up the upper body" and "I'm a personal trainer" don't really fit hand in hand. Using 3 lb dumbells once you're already strong isn't going to build muscle unless you use them for extremely long and impossible amounts of time.
Lizzy Sheldon yeah they probably could benefit from bigger weights
Ballerinas do very unnatural positions with their bodies. Heavy weight could be dangerous if something goes wrong, especially since from what I saw, her workout is a mix of strength training under unstable surfaces to promote the body's ability to correct itself back into balance.
Wow she is extraordinary
Ballerinas are phenomenal, they're like this unattainable ideal in the back of my mind
who else thought she was like 6’9 in the thumbnail 😂