Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Mad Hatter's Tea Party (The Royal Ballet)

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  • Опубліковано 30 сер 2018
  • Alice (Lauren Cuthbertson) stumbles upon the Mad Hatter (Steven McRae) in Christopher Wheeldon's curious production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for The Royal Ballet. Find out more: www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev....
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is available to watch now - along with over 60 other extraordinary productions - on Royal Opera House Stream. Watch the whole performance now at www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev...
    Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real.
    Alice encounters a cast of extraordinary and instantly recognizable characters, from the highly strung Queen of Hearts - who performs a hilarious send-up of The Sleeping Beauty’s famous Rose Adage - to a playing card corps de ballet, a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter. But the ballet does not avoid the darker undercurrents of Lewis Carroll’s story: a nightmarish kitchen, an eerily disembodied Cheshire Cat and the unhinged tea party are all here in vivid detail. The delicious result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment.
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  • @RoyalOperaHouse
    @RoyalOperaHouse  Місяць тому +3

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  • @chiyoli9726
    @chiyoli9726 5 років тому +6015

    4:30 the way he leaves and puts the hat on is so perfect

    • @mysticflower7795
      @mysticflower7795 5 років тому +199

      It’s so satisfying too look at

    • @michaelceraaaaa
      @michaelceraaaaa 4 роки тому +103

      Ik the way he walks off the stage is just amazing! I really loved the mad hatter in this!

    • @a7xmaNga
      @a7xmaNga 3 роки тому +44

      The flare of it is amazing

    • @mollyholly3547
      @mollyholly3547 3 роки тому +23

      I need a gif

    • @b.d6642
      @b.d6642 3 роки тому +27

      And the way he put on the hat! It's just so goddamn smooth!

  • @zorrows_tale2
    @zorrows_tale2 5 років тому +18682

    tbh combining tap with ballet for the mad hatter was pure genius

    • @SEELE-ONE
      @SEELE-ONE 4 роки тому +202

      Hope lily well... what’s madder that that?

    • @ameliachastain5186
      @ameliachastain5186 4 роки тому +47

      SEELE ONE omg 🤣 I see what you did there

    • @ten7192
      @ten7192 4 роки тому +7

      Hope lily 💯

    • @Emerald.She-Ra
      @Emerald.She-Ra 4 роки тому +48

      @@SEELE-ONE doing tap en pointe?

    • @SEELE-ONE
      @SEELE-ONE 4 роки тому +8

      Emerald She-Ra ouch!

  • @vampeyeliner
    @vampeyeliner 5 років тому +9837

    *random girl shows up*
    *AGGRESSIVELY TAP DANCES*

    • @lilacpen8678
      @lilacpen8678 4 роки тому +599

      The only correct way to flirt.

    • @captivecat5858
      @captivecat5858 4 роки тому +425

      If you think that this isn’t what girls want you’re wrong.

    • @cartoonhoodie131
      @cartoonhoodie131 4 роки тому +13

      v.mp.r.s
      Ew no

    • @angela.luntian
      @angela.luntian 4 роки тому +166

      I heard McRae (The MAd HAtter) was still recovering from his injury in this (town muscles at his leg). Does it mean this is simply just 1% of his power???

    • @angela.luntian
      @angela.luntian 4 роки тому +75

      @@vampeyeliner the Rabbit is as "mad as a march hare". Im afraid it only means he's mad horny.
      I don't wanna be reminded that Lewis Caroll had a fascination with children :(

  • @handlelabra
    @handlelabra 5 років тому +2984

    1:57 t-posing to assert dominace over alice

    • @user-jg3yx8yu4l
      @user-jg3yx8yu4l 4 роки тому +48

      you’re killing me! 😂😂😂

    • @masais9610
      @masais9610 4 роки тому +12

      Wtf lmaoo

    • @opal6184
      @opal6184 4 роки тому +94

      1:14 Looks like he’s about to kill her

    • @skylovermc2146
      @skylovermc2146 4 роки тому +1

      gotta go Which one? Also their arm is a bit too high.

    • @islaq_terliq
      @islaq_terliq 3 роки тому +4

      Im cackling-

  • @jessicaburnett3115
    @jessicaburnett3115 5 років тому +16825

    Can I just say that the way female dancer almost ran backwards en pointe at 2:52 was stunning

  • @PoshBuckler
    @PoshBuckler 5 років тому +6249

    “You can’t sit with us.”

  • @cheskad5297
    @cheskad5297 3 роки тому +1975

    Adding tap to this performance was really a stroke of genius but it's more amazing when you find out the toll it takes on the dancer's body just to perform this single scene. Apparently tap and ballet have major differences going down the technical level that in most of the parts where he's stomping and tapping around, he has to consciously and simultaneously switch between ballet techniques to tap techniques every step he took. The routine was so taxing he said he always had insane amounts of lactic acid in his legs at the end of it

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 роки тому +178

      Doesn't surprise me at all. I recently watched a doco on SBS that featured a typical day for Steven Mc Rae and all I could say was "holy s**t!" His dancing was next-level insane. The titanic strength and incredible stamina needed for some of his choreography just blew my mind. Very few dancers could even attempt his routines, let alone perform them

    • @lizard3755
      @lizard3755 6 місяців тому +31

      Tap and ballet techniques are sooo different. With ballet, you want to be as light as possible but tap is all about sound, so you step harder, land harder from jumps, and overall take a different kind of impact to your feet and joints than you would with ballet. Ballet is all about pointed feet, but in tap your feet will typically be flexed. You need to stand on the balls of your feet with tap, but just so your heels are fully off the ground, whereas with ballet your feet will be either completely flat on the ground or on eleve, where you're as high up on your toes as you can get without being en pointe.

  • @jungkookjuice3157
    @jungkookjuice3157 4 роки тому +2473

    Me to a 3 year old: "Can you dance?"
    3 year old: "Yes!"
    The 3 year old when he dances: 4:03

  • @Jaydoggy531
    @Jaydoggy531 5 років тому +13057

    The combination with the tap shoes makes him a percussion instrument in his own right - and it's a perfect match for his character. Such a neat idea!

    • @jayebrowning1671
      @jayebrowning1671 5 років тому +211

      Right. I heard they have several non ballet styles used for characters where it was appropriate. Having seen this I’m going to look and see if they ever released a DVD etc of the full show. It’s amazing

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 5 років тому +61

      he needs one of the other characters to answer him...they look a bit mute around him ..only around him obv maybe one could answer in refrain

    • @esejsnake1503
      @esejsnake1503 4 роки тому +3

      @@jayebrowning1671 Yes they have. It's great.

    • @ameliadinsdale2942
      @ameliadinsdale2942 4 роки тому

      Agree

    • @mythicalmermaid5757
      @mythicalmermaid5757 2 роки тому +1

      @@jayebrowning1671 there is a dvd available from the Royal Opera House shop.

  • @joyajohnson2216
    @joyajohnson2216 5 років тому +4977

    DID SHE JUST RUN BACKWARDS ON POINTE??? This shit made MY ankles hurt just watching!

    • @MaddieFishblob
      @MaddieFishblob 4 роки тому +388

      It’s actually easier to run backwards than it is forwards 😂 but SHE WAS GOIN SO FREAKING FAST

    • @erikamaya3596
      @erikamaya3596 4 роки тому +6

      Joya Johnson so talented

    • @soap29374
      @soap29374 4 роки тому +8

      It takes skills on pointe shoes for that.

    • @soap29374
      @soap29374 4 роки тому +5

      ALOT of skills, I'm lucky I'm just in level 2

    • @jillwintz379
      @jillwintz379 3 роки тому +2

      This W H A T! LOVELY....

  • @cicilys6944
    @cicilys6944 4 роки тому +2312

    Even though the number and the camera clearly places the Hatter (and Alice to a lesser extent) as the focus, the Doormouse and Hare are fun to watch for their own characters if you focus solely on them.
    The Doormouse is the poor guy who doesn't know quite what's going on, as he falls asleep at every opportunity he can manage. He dislikes his two friends while at the same time wanting to be with them (clearly trying to shush the Hatter who has woken him up, and a while later shooing Alice away when the three do their forward shuffle). The dancer makes good use of the tail, either swinging it with a free hand in many instances or using it for expression, such as wringing it out after being rescued from the teapot. The little gestures with curled up fingers remind the viewer of his species. He is the poor middleman who no one quite knows what to do with, and the dancer pulls it off beautifully.
    The Hare is the Hatter's staunch admirer, follower, and friend. He watches the Hatter with rapt attention in the beginning, as awed as the audience is to see the tapping, before quickly becoming bored and playing pranks on Alice and the Doormouse. He loves his tea, to the point of pouring some into his breast pocket for later. He will gladly team up with the Hatter to do whatever the Hatter feels like doing and the Hatter knows this, to the point where the Hatter need only position himself for a dance move and the Hare will not only join in but call the others over, if needs be (most notably with that forward shuffle). The Hatter and Hare have a very close relationship, to the point of Alice getting a scolding from the Hatter when showing the slightest disapproval towards the Hare. The Hare seems to be the one who either makes up most of the pranks or helps follow them through, and he loves doing it too.
    Very entertaining on both watches! Well done to both dancers for bringing these characters to life.

    • @frostfang1
      @frostfang1 3 роки тому +113

      I'd totally read a book of your just describing this entire ballet.

    • @cicilys6944
      @cicilys6944 3 роки тому +40

      @@frostfang1 Aww, thank you! You made my night!

    • @allysanz7049
      @allysanz7049 3 роки тому +22

      Your literally my new favorite person

    • @cicilys6944
      @cicilys6944 3 роки тому +5

      @@allysanz7049 Thank you very much!

    • @allysanz7049
      @allysanz7049 3 роки тому +3

      @@cicilys6944 ^^

  • @doodelli
    @doodelli 4 роки тому +1607

    I remember the performer’s interview. So iconic.
    ”Ballet-tap, ballet-tap, ballet-tap...”

    • @ayzecknozniksid3126
      @ayzecknozniksid3126 4 роки тому +38

      That was my favourite part of the interview!!!

    • @blueturtle3623
      @blueturtle3623 Рік тому +6

      What interview?

    • @thedorkarts4481
      @thedorkarts4481 Рік тому +13

      I need to see that interview! Where is it?

    • @laneroadhighway
      @laneroadhighway 6 місяців тому +7

      @@thedorkarts4481this is very late but the video is "becoming the mad hatter: steven mcrae"

    • @thedorkarts4481
      @thedorkarts4481 6 місяців тому +4

      @@laneroadhighwaybetter late than never, thank you so much!!

  • @kam_loves_cats
    @kam_loves_cats 5 років тому +5562

    Tim Burton is actually quaking

  • @alexayang3864
    @alexayang3864 5 років тому +12416

    My last four brain cells trying to get a paper done

    • @partsofearth
      @partsofearth 4 роки тому +124

      I laughed loud XD

    • @Sharpe1502
      @Sharpe1502 4 роки тому +380

      It’s so accurate though. For me, Alice represents my final brain cell, the mouse represents my motivation and the Hatter and Hare represent the internet and Netflix.

    • @asuspiciouslyefficientmito8338
      @asuspiciouslyefficientmito8338 4 роки тому +125

      Alexa Yang more like three of my brain cells torturing the one that’s actually trying to work lol

    • @endergamer7483
      @endergamer7483 3 роки тому +20

      Honestly these are my last brain cells in any situation now

    • @ryanjoshuacalo9146
      @ryanjoshuacalo9146 3 роки тому +4

      On a keyboard or typewriter?

  • @boyo-shook3891
    @boyo-shook3891 4 роки тому +351

    Half of these comments are just "oh no hes hot" at the mad hatter and that's just beautiful

  • @michaelwise9857
    @michaelwise9857 4 роки тому +792

    Hatter's exit is profoundly graceful and humorously arrogant. On repeat. 4:29

    • @DragoNeax1274
      @DragoNeax1274 2 роки тому +6

      LOL

    • @lauraribeiroferreira566
      @lauraribeiroferreira566 Рік тому +14

      Yes!!! He showed a lot of charm, it was like "it was nice to meet you and have tea with us!" Or "I'd love to stay, but I have to run some errands... Bye-bye!" Hahahaha ❤😊

    • @MercurialMoon
      @MercurialMoon Рік тому +2

      he's such a mood

  • @izzy1221
    @izzy1221 5 років тому +13815

    Ok. I find the Hatter maddeningly attractive.

  • @CandleTora
    @CandleTora 5 років тому +5513

    Why are the crazies always the most attractive??

  • @liannapfister8255
    @liannapfister8255 4 роки тому +475

    I tell people “the Royal Opera house wrote a ballet of Alice in Wonderland & they gave the Mad Hatter tap shoes” and the response is “holy cow that’s the best idea I’ve ever heard”

    • @b.d6642
      @b.d6642 3 роки тому +11

      Well... It is

  • @sugarplumfairy9457
    @sugarplumfairy9457 2 роки тому +810

    Everyone's talking about how the Hatter is hot but no ones talking about how the Hare and the Hatter look adorable dancing together 🥺

    • @midi_shine
      @midi_shine 2 роки тому +29

      i ship it

    • @flyingbeluga
      @flyingbeluga Рік тому +18

      They're so precious, both here and during their courtroom scenes 🥺🤧

    • @shockingresident7943
      @shockingresident7943 11 місяців тому

      @@flyingbeluga Do you have a link for the scene?

    • @flyingbeluga
      @flyingbeluga 11 місяців тому +6

      @@shockingresident7943 I don’t know if they are all on here as I watched the full production on DVD, but I’m 100% sure you can see a glimpse of them if you watch the video of the Pas de Deux the Royal Ballet uploaded. I suggest looking for videos of act II for 2011, act III for 2017 (2011 is when they are touchy-feely the most xD )

    • @wriggleby
      @wriggleby 8 місяців тому

      Yes omg?!

  • @proudMudbl00D_6
    @proudMudbl00D_6 5 років тому +3116

    I like that this Mad Hatter has an air of madness in his expressions

    • @megalunalexi5601
      @megalunalexi5601 5 років тому +192

      it's like, Alice is having fun, and he is too but he's also incredibly angry like 90% of the time

    • @wrenclark4907
      @wrenclark4907 3 роки тому +8

      But of course

    • @susannevollmer2347
      @susannevollmer2347 2 роки тому +16

      An air aof madness is in the whole ballett, also in the book. Caroll was a neurologic Doktor in a mental hospital. And it is a dream -everything can happen.

  • @amandaju2458
    @amandaju2458 5 років тому +4009

    well the tap goes unsaid, but what i really care about is his amazing acting/facial expressions!!

    • @monica11760
      @monica11760 5 років тому +153

      Yes, I agree. His make up and costume are amazing, but his facial expressions are just perfect.

    • @euodiapercy1231
      @euodiapercy1231 5 років тому +11

      Agreed

    • @angela.luntian
      @angela.luntian 4 роки тому +44

      yeah he really, really looks angry... Especially towards the March Hare. But if you see McRae's other dramatic performances he rarely lets himself smile (which IMO really adds to his art)

    • @cirrusB612
      @cirrusB612 4 роки тому +53

      He looks angry...definitely adds a bit more to the “crazy” that’s usually associated with the mad hatter. I’m a little scared of this version 😅

    • @rosewinter4818
      @rosewinter4818 4 роки тому +14

      I feel like he's a bit too sinister to really fit the hatter. Hatter isn't a scary or sinister character, he's silly and mischievous. So whole the expressions are good, I don't think they fit.

  • @radiocure5459
    @radiocure5459 2 роки тому +298

    2:06 - 2:17 is my favourite part of this. Especially when the tapping imitating the ticking clock and when he jumps to his toes!

    • @Sabilxve
      @Sabilxve Рік тому +12

      I agree. We watched this in my ballet class because for our spring show we’re doing Alice and wonderland. (So we were looking at “ideas in a way”) and my ballet teacher said it reminded her like Alice is running in a freeze of time. And I agree with her. I also like how you don’t even know what’s going to happen. The music is super catchy too!!🤣🤣

  • @Mani-pi3ou
    @Mani-pi3ou 5 років тому +770

    Steve Macrae is just so talented and his ability to switch from ballet techniques to tap is just amazing. His facial expressions really make this scene even more fun ! It's so satisfying and feels lile another instrument playing

    • @the_absurd_hero
      @the_absurd_hero Рік тому +7

      Isn’t Steve McRae the one who played Skimbalshanks the Railway Cat in the ~cursed~ 2019 film adaptation of Cats?! For all the problems that movie had going on, McRae’s number was incredibly impressive (and one of the few competent scenes, imho). That he’s also danced the Mad Hatter, one of my favorite fictional characters, SO well makes me appreciate him even more.

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 Рік тому +6

      @@the_absurd_hero Yep that was Steven McRae, who produced the only watchable performance in the movie.

  • @EmmaRed2210
    @EmmaRed2210 5 років тому +3307

    I've watched this too many times for it to be normal. Why is it that out of everything I decided to become obsessed with the Mad Hatter doing a mixture of ballet and tap dancing?

    • @betsycarwile4788
      @betsycarwile4788 5 років тому +41

      EmmaRed2210 it’s okay me too my parents are telling me to watch the whole thing and I just want to watch this over and over again

    • @Mica_T
      @Mica_T 5 років тому +84

      The mixing of tap and ballet was probably one of the most creative and brilliant ideas I've heard. It's really satisfying to watch too.

    • @zorrows_tale2
      @zorrows_tale2 5 років тому +18

      INDIGO BLUEoO ikr it was a stroke of pure genius i couldn’t imagine this scene any other way

    • @amjehle3851
      @amjehle3851 5 років тому +21

      I’m 75 years old, still absolutely obsessed with this Mad Hatter and his tea party. Sure wish I could have watched ballet like this sixty years ago, when I was a student.

    • @haute03
      @haute03 5 років тому +8

      Because you have excellent taste.

  • @kiwi_fefe3718
    @kiwi_fefe3718 5 років тому +875

    0:20 that jawline of his is about to kill me

  • @gooseypuckoosey
    @gooseypuckoosey 2 роки тому +156

    Tap is a very interesting choice that weirdly fits the character and theme. The goal of ballet is to make as little sound with your feet as possible, while tap has the goal of being as audible as it can to the audience. Not only is it fun to watch, but the fact that Hatter is tap dancing at all serves as characterization for him.

    • @annika3265
      @annika3265 2 роки тому +25

      Of course, tap dancing in a ballet is just madness!! Something so simple but so fundamental, and Steven makes it looks effortless while he admitted in a interview by the end of the number his legs were burning up. This choice of characterization is pure genius!

  • @sagesaria
    @sagesaria 4 роки тому +347

    I love the inclusion of tapdance. To me, Wonderland has always been about subverting expectations. You think you know how to play croquet until you're handed a flamingo. You think you know what happens when you eat a cookie, until you outgrow the room. And you think you know ballet doesn't have tapdancing until the Mad Hatter hits the stage. It adds that little extra taste of whimsical oddness that fits right in.

  • @spaghetti1397
    @spaghetti1397 5 років тому +2495

    Oh noo.... He's HOOOOT.

  • @daredevilflare1900
    @daredevilflare1900 5 років тому +525

    I find it so fascinating how a few steps can create so many sounds in tap

    • @sadie_bear
      @sadie_bear 5 років тому +3

      Daredevil Flare IKR

    • @FxiryNeptune
      @FxiryNeptune 2 місяці тому

      as a tap dancer, the metal on the bottom of the shoes deserves all the credit for that 😌 (it hurts so badly when you accidentally kick yourself with the shoe though 😭)

  • @EmilyGloeggler7984
    @EmilyGloeggler7984 Рік тому +258

    Bravo to Steven MacRae. He steals the whole scene… phenomenal dance interpretation of the Mad Hatter! Encore!

    • @luca2348
      @luca2348 Рік тому +2

      So there was a reason this reminded me of Cats! (in a good way.)

    • @moonwalkerangel7008
      @moonwalkerangel7008 11 місяців тому +2

      @@luca2348Well he was Skimbolshanks.

  • @natalieandrew7573
    @natalieandrew7573 5 років тому +158

    her backwards travelling at 2:52 was absolutely perfect

  • @leenadiez160
    @leenadiez160 5 років тому +2583

    Damn the mad hatter's hot

  • @theCSLPyroOfficial
    @theCSLPyroOfficial 5 років тому +1461

    Oh... a stage within a stage

    • @marsonsaturn
      @marsonsaturn 5 років тому +53

      They m a d

    • @Mims-y
      @Mims-y 5 років тому +33

      Inception

    • @asimp.6334
      @asimp.6334 4 роки тому +28

      Looks like you can say the stage makers were....
      *Mad Haters*
      Ok I’ll go now...

    • @grayowl167
      @grayowl167 4 роки тому +12

      Metatheater :)

    • @killbill450
      @killbill450 4 роки тому +7

      Shakespeare has entered the chat.

  • @jocelynglick3582
    @jocelynglick3582 3 роки тому +77

    That move where Alice jumps and then freezes while they move across the stage looks SO EFFORTLESS. That's a lot of trust put in the other dancers and it's executed so well!

  • @breekc6783
    @breekc6783 Рік тому +87

    My grandmother took me to see this live. It was PHENOMENAL

  • @RachelDeRosier010894
    @RachelDeRosier010894 5 років тому +7509

    Tapdancing in ballet?..........
    Oh yes daddy.

    • @moriahsuarez6347
      @moriahsuarez6347 5 років тому +119

      Rachel DeRosier you took the words right out of my mouth

    • @kiwi_fefe3718
      @kiwi_fefe3718 5 років тому +24

      Same

    • @amberbrink1585
      @amberbrink1585 5 років тому +61

      What a cool element to add to the music and feeling! Love it

    • @Maria-cg3hg
      @Maria-cg3hg 5 років тому +89

      It actually accentuates the role Steven's portraying. And it's quite difficult because he's switching from ballet to tap then to ballet again. He really is legendary.

    • @Flower-gb8co
      @Flower-gb8co 5 років тому +2

      Blech

  • @poppy85
    @poppy85 5 років тому +1223

    02:07 that moment when you’re trying to run from school but your parents catch you

  • @cupcakedoce956
    @cupcakedoce956 Рік тому +42

    2:52 Alice's dancer movements are just so AMAZING

  • @nothanks1239
    @nothanks1239 4 роки тому +168

    That guy was made to be the mad hatter. Everything about him is perfect. The facial features, expressions, the hair. And of course, the clothes as well. Just amazing.

  • @Skeksistential-crisis
    @Skeksistential-crisis 5 років тому +2926

    I looooove this but hatter is giving me major count olaf vibes for some reason 😂😂

  • @mjlover419
    @mjlover419 5 років тому +247

    In case you were wondering, the hatter takes off his hat approximately 14 times (that includes him holding it up and down as one motion)

  • @xyzeeee
    @xyzeeee 4 роки тому +438

    Spider: *exists*
    Me: 0:09

  • @bobjoe4267
    @bobjoe4267 4 роки тому +33

    0:20 that face and his makeup and the hands!IT'S KILLING ME!

  • @kpaaii8168
    @kpaaii8168 5 років тому +328

    The mad hatter gives me David Bowie vibes , I love it xx

    • @2charliep
      @2charliep 4 роки тому +6

      Kaitlin Rose Me too, I’m sure he’d have been very proud.

    • @susannevollmer2347
      @susannevollmer2347 2 роки тому

      Gives me the idea: want to see Johnny Depp drinking tea.

    • @juli5945
      @juli5945 Рік тому +8

      He reminds me of Ponyo's dad, to the point it actually looks intentional

    • @Londongirl666
      @Londongirl666 Рік тому +5

      And to me he kind of resembles Howl Jenkins Pendragon from Howl's Moving Castle. If that makes sense.

  • @ChrisThomas_
    @ChrisThomas_ 5 років тому +959

    A very merry unbirthday to you all!

  • @jackminton352
    @jackminton352 4 роки тому +617

    2:52 Micheal Jackson ain’t got nothing on this woman!

  • @cirrusB612
    @cirrusB612 4 роки тому +353

    4:05 I’ve watched this like 5 times in a row and I can’t for the life of me figure out who’s holding her up. Hatter is using both his hands, so I imagine the Hare and the Dormouse are both holding her, but their walking and the Dormouse swinging his tail make me think that either they’re both carrying her and have mad leg and one-arm strength, or the Hare is crazy strong all on his own.

    • @coverspadeavacado381
      @coverspadeavacado381 4 роки тому +78

      It seems like the hare is just vary strong because at I think 4:16 he easily lifts the mouse on his own

    • @geeklinggirl
      @geeklinggirl 4 роки тому +39

      The Dormouse has his inside arm holding up her front leg, with the help of the Hare

    • @sarahcolgan8897
      @sarahcolgan8897 4 роки тому +6

      csiampos there’s a rehearsal video of this
      As well

    • @catherine5181
      @catherine5181 4 роки тому +11

      Also it's supposed to represent a clock.

    • @alma_najem
      @alma_najem 4 роки тому +26

      I’m a dancer and purely recreational, but as the short girl of the class I have some good experience being practice-lifted, so I thought this might help.
      1. In many cases the lift comes out of a jump or leap or some kind of movement, like this. Of course when jumping or leaping, we have to plié (bend knees while pulling up, needs resistance) to generate the tension to get a nice high jump. The case is the same if the movement goes into a lift. The difference is that the lifters should synchronize their run up and plié with the person they are lifting, so they get the most momentum into the air.
      2. Even if you are being lifted, you really have to hold yourself. It’s much move obvious here than in some other lifts because she is holding a mid-run pose. In all cases this means engaging your back and core and wherever you are being held (eg arms/legs).
      In my experience one would be running into a split leap with arms stretched out to the side, and two would hold her arms (one girl each side), then as the one leaps, the two would stretch out their arms to lift her higher. They are basically using her momentum to get a more impressive height to the leap. Of course I’m not trying to take away from their strength and discipline but I thought this might be helpful.

  • @floortroll
    @floortroll 5 років тому +1323

    Mad Hatter looks like Ponyo’s dad

  • @amandaflicop3122
    @amandaflicop3122 5 років тому +337

    Things you only notice when you've watched this video 10 times in a row: the mysteriously appearing and disappearing rose

    • @dazedEllie
      @dazedEllie 4 роки тому +11

      Amanda Flicop yes!! Ive watched it on slowmotion multiple times and I still cant catch it

    • @randompikmin4103
      @randompikmin4103 4 роки тому +32

      They probably cut to another recording of a different show where the rose didn’t pop up. There’s no way she could have put it back in her sash so quickly haha

    • @ihmee
      @ihmee 4 роки тому +4

      @@randompikmin4103 Magik

    • @tiredaleir
      @tiredaleir 3 роки тому +4

      @@dazedEllie its on Alice's dress you can clearly see it when she is on the table with Hatter when Hatter's hat on her feet specifically

    • @dazedEllie
      @dazedEllie 3 роки тому

      Elethea Aubbrian what’s the timestamp on that part? :)

  • @ssaw_uthere
    @ssaw_uthere 4 роки тому +339

    1:56 when you're trying not to wake your mom when you're downstairs getting a snack.

  • @jamesbrice3267
    @jamesbrice3267 2 роки тому +37

    I like how this Alice just decides to go along with the madness.

  • @RoxieHeart603
    @RoxieHeart603 5 років тому +207

    We will do a ballet of alice in wonderland!!!
    Hatter: cool!!!! Imma tap dance in it.

  • @KierraPizarroSoprano
    @KierraPizarroSoprano 5 років тому +125

    Damn, mad hatter is smoking 😍. That jawline, that hot look in his eyes. Somebody help me, I'm dying.

  • @SomeGuyNamedReuben
    @SomeGuyNamedReuben Рік тому +7

    I love the SASS in that walk-off at the end

  • @harmonywright7782
    @harmonywright7782 Рік тому +28

    May I say the hatter is madly attractive
    And the tap fits his character PERFECTLY🤩

  • @libra768
    @libra768 5 років тому +110

    I didn’t recognize the mad hatter as Steven McRae and I was wondering why I find him so attractive

  • @nightangel972000
    @nightangel972000 5 років тому +305

    I like this Mad Hatter way better than Depp’s

  • @mini3mayhem
    @mini3mayhem 4 роки тому +53

    I love the costume design for the Mad Hatter, his suit jacket and vest almost tell a story if you look closely enough. Plus, the stitching on the vest from what I can see looks vintage, or at the very least was embroidered to look so

  • @dr.quackenbacker5247
    @dr.quackenbacker5247 2 роки тому +26

    The freaking move at 2:06 is just epic

  • @carleighmay
    @carleighmay 5 років тому +247

    I’ve watched this an unhealthy amount of times

  • @sassysaguaro4906
    @sassysaguaro4906 Рік тому +36

    What an excellent choreography choice to have him tap dance when the other characters are all dancing ballet. Such a creative and effective way to emphasize the eccentricity of the character.

  • @coinezalot
    @coinezalot 4 роки тому +48

    Lauren looks like she's genuinely having fun while doing this! And who wouldn't? It looks like so much fun if you know pointe very well.

  • @BurningBlue2022
    @BurningBlue2022 4 роки тому +50

    0:55 I'm wondering if the March Hare ever dropped the teapot

  • @ClaireBee15
    @ClaireBee15 5 років тому +105

    Come for the taps, stay for Steven McRae.

  • @pinkwings8036
    @pinkwings8036 5 років тому +82

    I refuse to believe that's Steven McRae. He's completely unrecognizable!

  • @darthlaurel
    @darthlaurel 4 роки тому +62

    I don't know how many times I've watched this but it NEVER gets old. He's just so good.

  • @savysmarty8621
    @savysmarty8621 4 роки тому +28

    I feel like having the mad hatter as a tap dancer in a ballet is actually a really good representation of his character

  • @off2funnyworld
    @off2funnyworld 5 років тому +84

    This is such an easy clip to become obsessed with... I've watched it well over thirty times myself... but I even showed this to my young cousin (7 years old) and he started singing some of the melody at me later in the day and trying to dance. It was adorable. We ended up watching it again together.

  • @MariSheWolf
    @MariSheWolf 5 років тому +63

    As always, Steven is flawless.

  • @sarahdewitt29
    @sarahdewitt29 4 роки тому +14

    2:29 is the way I approach new friends.

  • @user-bz7lt8ou3j
    @user-bz7lt8ou3j 2 роки тому +44

    演者さんも衣装も大掛かりな舞台道具も全てが素敵でたまらない。
    みんなかわいい…
    なんて最高なアリス。

    • @user-vj5ps2xk5c
      @user-vj5ps2xk5c Рік тому

      Да,согласна! Красиво и интересно. 🙂💖🕊💫🩰👑🫖😻

    • @Pollicina_db
      @Pollicina_db 7 місяців тому

      Kapa dolje Ludom Klobučaru, ukrao je show

  • @sehunnie8076
    @sehunnie8076 5 років тому +43

    This is my favorite part of the ballet,, the way they portrayed the hatter was brilliant in every way possible and the choreography is amazing.

  • @poppymo1860
    @poppymo1860 5 років тому +42

    The tap shoes were such a great choice

  • @vicentehizon6202
    @vicentehizon6202 3 роки тому +19

    Why do I just find it adorable that the table is also a stage?

    • @Rainbow_Pirate
      @Rainbow_Pirate 3 роки тому +2

      Right??! And it's so perfect for the Hatter, who's just a really zany ADD guy in this who gets mad when people don't pay him enough attention :D

  • @xoluciaxo_3721
    @xoluciaxo_3721 Рік тому +8

    Combining ballet and tapdance is pure genius

  • @amadhatter13
    @amadhatter13 5 років тому +189

    It must be my unbirthday, I never thought I'd see this!

  • @StephanieJ777
    @StephanieJ777 5 років тому +312

    This choreography is so fantastic. I love seeing something so fresh and new and creative!!!✨

  • @nicolehernandezg1
    @nicolehernandezg1 3 роки тому +8

    WHEN SHE RUNS AND THEY CATCH HER AND ACT LIKE A CLOCK EVEN WITH THE TICKING PHGOD

  • @beilbell772
    @beilbell772 Рік тому +7

    The guy playing the mad hatter is making me feel things

  • @amandazar-5540
    @amandazar-5540 5 років тому +126

    The music reminds me a lot of Coraline, with the mice circus part.

    • @Bingus_my_beloved.
      @Bingus_my_beloved. 5 років тому

      amandazar - OMG YAS

    • @trashaccount2073
      @trashaccount2073 5 років тому +4

      I was thinking that too, I'm in a Alice In Wonderland Ballet and I heard some of the music in the show and I thought 'o boi that sounds like Coraline and Celeste music'

    • @jadesketch1726
      @jadesketch1726 4 роки тому

      Oh shoot that why this seemed kinda familiar

  • @TheReadingWerewolf
    @TheReadingWerewolf Рік тому +3

    I've watched this several times and each time I notice more and more chaos happening

  • @user-eu7ep7re5n
    @user-eu7ep7re5n 5 років тому +31

    after watching the rehearsal for this part and seeing this stunning jump and freeze 4:05 I hope I can watch their performance live in person soon.

  • @zackgeldhof1206
    @zackgeldhof1206 Рік тому +10

    "Okay we're doing a ballet."
    "Right."
    "We need a tap dancer."
    "Wha... You're Mad!"
    "Yes."

  • @placidqualm
    @placidqualm Рік тому +7

    Man snapped his achilles tendon in 2019 and still returned to dance in 2021
    Insane dedication

    • @lmahu6627
      @lmahu6627 10 місяців тому

      And that's the second time he snapped it; first time was on 2008. He recovered, then gave us the Mad Hatter.

  • @SL-kw8yp
    @SL-kw8yp 5 років тому +63

    I have watched this like 100 times and it still never gets boring. Adding tap for the mad hatter into a ballet was a henius idea!

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 роки тому +3

      It was dancer Steven McRae's idea. He was also the person who suggested changing his role of Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat's dance in the movie Cats into a tap routine. Steven's dance was widely lauded as the highlight in an otherwise sucky movie. Gotta hand it to Steven McRae, he knows his stuff.

  • @bentonkin2596
    @bentonkin2596 3 роки тому +15

    Lauren's bourrées backwards give me anxiety every time I watch this- she makes them look so easy! what an amazing dancer!

    • @jocelynhamilton7624
      @jocelynhamilton7624 3 місяці тому +1

      They’re fantastic bourrées, and so unlike what we see in the era of extremely highly arched feet. They’re powdery, as those of many dancers of the Royal Ballet were in the ‘60’s and ‘70s, I think.

  • @agent_277
    @agent_277 5 років тому +340

    My Sport teacher: Can you dance something from a Ballet?
    Me: Jes.
    Teacher: Show me!
    Me and three of my friends: 3:50
    Teacher: Am I a joke to you? I said BALLET! 😑
    Me: Welcome to the 21th century ballett😏

    • @lilithh6196
      @lilithh6196 4 роки тому +5

      Natascha Klein
      *ballet

    • @PhantomFandoms
      @PhantomFandoms 4 роки тому +8

      Why would your sport teacher be talking about ballet and asking someone to demonstrate before teaching anything? Giving off some serious r/thathappened vibes here...

    • @renidere
      @renidere 4 роки тому +9

      Random Guy pretty sure it’s just a poorly made joke my guy, not a story of something that happened

    • @agent_277
      @agent_277 4 роки тому +3

      @@renidere True. Tho our new sport teacher likes to ask at the beginning of a new topic if someone can demonstrate something to the others

    • @agent_277
      @agent_277 4 роки тому +3

      @@lilithh6196 Sorry. My phone likes to autocorrecting words in my language a thousand time, cause in my mother language we write "ballett" and not "ballet". Gonna correct it now

  • @heatherdurham8101
    @heatherdurham8101 5 років тому +31

    Amazing tapping from Steven McRae such a talented performer

  • @miaxx6229
    @miaxx6229 5 років тому +141

    The show- “the royal ballet”
    The mad hatter - *dances a full dance in tap shoes *
    😂😂😂

  • @zynpkrdg
    @zynpkrdg 3 роки тому +14

    This was so chaotic as it should be. I love it.

  • @Octobre1986
    @Octobre1986 4 роки тому +9

    That routine is actually very difficult. I'm impressed.

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 2 роки тому

      Me too. My jaw dropped watching it. Like, apart from being amazing to watch, do people realise just how HARD this segment is? The difficulty level didn't just go off the scale, the difficulty meter walked off asking for danger money.

  • @donovangeter6069
    @donovangeter6069 5 років тому +43

    That tap dancing in this was incredible! The funniest parts is when The Mad Hatter and the March Hare kept putting the Dormouse back in the teapot!! It was like "Get back in there!!"

  • @naesuke1224
    @naesuke1224 5 років тому +26

    Idk why but 02:34 is my favourite moment. I'm so glad I found this video.

  • @onceagain569
    @onceagain569 Рік тому +2

    Gosh the amount of dexterity and strength needed to pull off those clean stops ✨ chef's kiss ✨

  • @dibzybd9741
    @dibzybd9741 3 роки тому +156

    2:53 I’m still trying to figure out how Alice moved so fast without falling

  • @radioactiveeternity7942
    @radioactiveeternity7942 5 років тому +65

    I keep getting physically drawn to this video

  • @bellabella3279
    @bellabella3279 5 років тому +33

    I have this full ballet on dvd, it’s so amazing and different.

    • @anniespencer7879
      @anniespencer7879 4 роки тому +1

      I like the kitchen scene, it's like Stephen King with music!

  • @billiejean3921
    @billiejean3921 4 роки тому +14

    0:34 OMG look at his eyes