Interview with Joy Womack | Bolshoi | Injuries and more!
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2024
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I am super excited for us to speak with Joy Womack. I really resonated with joy as we had similar dreams, and similar goals of learning in Russia. Joy is an extremely determined and ambitious woman. She is always creating big goals in her head and taking her life where the oppurtunity is, not afraid to try and go for it. A really inspiring dancer and woman.
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Well done interview! Thank you Isabella for your respect and your support. It's been fun (and painful!) to watch and support my daughter on this ballet journey for the last 27 years! Please continue to share great stories of artists and their journeys... you do a masterful job!
Russia nurtures the arts and creativity in ways that few nations do. We can criticize Russia, but we cannot criticize their dedication to sports and art ❤❤❤
We definitely can criticize the wide-spread, organized doping, especially if they do it to minor children. That's just unethical and plain wrong.
@@BlackCat69909You would do better to find, and do something about, things that are wrong in your own country, where you MIGHT have some say.
@@lisakenton2392 Well said.
Brilliant interview ! Joy is so truthful and not afraid to say her thoughts …love it ! Wishing her all the best 🍀🍀🍀
I have heard a lot of bad things about Joy in the internet like she is arrogant and so on. But listening to her analysis of her life and past, she seems to be very self aware. She is just direct and honest
The problem is that a lot of people can’t handle the truth, even if they know you’re right. I’m very direct and honest, and it gets me in trouble. I’m not a dancer, but still.
This was a fascinating interview. Isabella, I’m very impressed with your ability to allow your guest to speak without feeling the need to interrupt with questions or, worse, inserting a quick anecdote of your own. This is a skill many TV presenters have not figured out yet and I wish they would take lessons from you.
Joy seems to be an extremely unusual person with a very adventurous spirit and a desire to help others. You two have many similarities.
At the end when you talked about how there are so many different paths a new graduate can take outside of being employed by a company - this is such an important message and is probably quite revolutionary in the ballet world.
Wishing you and Joy the very best with your professional plans and personal lives! 🙏🎭🩰🎼
Joy didn't allow for Isabella to ask questions. She talked non-stop!
@@roxiehart1 Isabella asked several questions. And Joy was not repeating herself or saying the same thing with different words. Those are cues for the interviewer to ask questions.
I’m just a casual ballet fan but I remained interested enough to listen to the whole thing. But other people may feel differently and that’s fine.
@@roxiehart1 Not important. Still interesting.
I was thinking the same thing. Letting the guest talk!
Also an endeavor close to my heart is adult ballet which I’m so greatful Isabella values!!
@@K_ballet Isabella is a gem! A lighthearted yet educational channel you might like is “ballet reign.” Also “Hannah Martin RG” who dances at Birmingham Royal Ballet. Isabella has also interviewed Hannah! 🙏💐
Two incredible women who have been through a lot and come out of it stronger and kinder! So inspiring, you both deserve all the happiness in the world
Yes!! I hope you two connect and have a chance to do projects together.
Joy is just an incredible human being. I like the way she always followed her instinct and passion and couriosity. I think a true artist always have a fire inside that makes him or her strive for more. It's also interesting how open she is about the toxicity in different forms that exist in the ballet world. The insulting diminishing shaming coulture. So old fashioned.
Would be great to have an interview with Xander Parish
What company wouldn’t want Joy as their principal or Ballet Mistress/Artistic Director. There needs to be more women in charge of positions in power in ballet companies and schools. Awesome interview ladies 🩰🩰🩰
Two ballerinas that got their art in Russia. Remember seeing young Joy on UA-cam as young in Moscow. . Congratulations both of you.
2 of my favorite people fight here. ❤
This is so incredibly helpful but most interesting so far @16.30 is the discussion on turnout. I hope we get to do this turn out preparation on the summer intensive. This technique for improving turnout is new to me. Roll on August!
Oh for sure! Finding turnout correctly is something I heavily focus on
These interviews are so enjoyable to watch. Thank you Isabella and Joy. 💕
2 of my favorite Ballet ladies! Great sharing interview.
Extraordinary interview! You are both so inspiring, thank you both for all you do. ❤
Delighted to hear this again plus added video. Really interesting to listen to; much admiration for 2 such driven, tenacious, talented yet relatable young women. Isabella, you do just the right amount of interested listening and then interaction plus personal experiences or anecdotes. Both superb role models not only for the young but for everyone! ❤
She's a force!
I see Ms. Womack is representative for art'cle pointes: hope these get discussed, an interesting development.
Such an interesting interview. Thank you for sharing.
Loved this interview. Joy seems very open and honest about life and her life choices.
Thank you fora great interview! Joy has certainly had an interesting career in all the opportunities she’s had.
Great interview! Joy & Isabella - a truly marvelous combo of ballet smarts and inspiration!!
It was very intresting interview. I love you both:) Hugs and love from Spb!
Спасибо за интервью, Изабелла! Я давно слежу за Джой Вомэк - она замечательная! Так любить своё дело, стольким жертвовать и через огромные трудности пройти, чтобы достичь того, чтобы стать балериной! Молодец, Джой! Я верю, что ты всегда найдешь для себя великое дело, чтобы быть нужной людям! Твои новые проекты впечатляют! Вместе с тем, мне жаль, что такая балерина, как Джой, фактически завершает свою карьеру в 30 лет - в самом расцвете. Она была вынуждена покинуть Астрахань (Россию) из-за политической ситуации, когда США заставили своих граждан сделать это, и фактически закончить карьеру балерины. Не очень похоже на свободу личности ... Всё познаётся в сравнении: не помню, чтобы Россия заставила кого-то вернуться назад из "недружественной" страны )).
Excellent content
I used to watch Joy's vlogs when she was with the Kremlin, but have not kept up with what she's been doing since. So fascinating to hear her reflect on her past experiences, and the new elements she's passionate about now!
Ive been a Joy follower since 2016 & she helped me get through a rough year. I am an admirerer of her lovely posture & her incredible work ethic! I am just a cheerleader & will continue to wish her well! Love hearing the extras on what I watched over the years. Just saw ad for American & I can't watch it. Sorry but i prefer the real Joy. Take care.
This is a great interview with so much "Russian knowledge from both of you ... can you expend on the teacher who taught you turn out and how to achieve it. I spend a lot of time explaining it to my students..but ultimately it is up to them to either work with it or not ...but I like to see what else someone says thank you .
I expand A LOT on my platform in my courses such as my turnout course and floor barre classes as well as in my regular classes and intensives. Definitely check it out. It’s not something I can share in a single message ❤️ There’s much to share and learn.
When you, a queen, come across another queen, and discuss how best to maximize your joint slay.
Is it a re upload?
This is the video
I watched the movie and if the movie is an accurate picture of what she went through my goodness all because she’s not American what does that have to do with anything? It was kind of hard to watch some parts of it.
I am at minute 11 and really enjoying the honesty of both. However, Joy mentioned at minute 11 that it was like the Japanese, then the Koreans and then the Russians, I didn't understand what that referred to..
I think she is referring to the demographics of the schools at the time. There wernt many foreign students except for japanese and korean students.
Wish I could hear the thoughts in Isabella’s head
I imagine Isabella was thinking, "I can't wait for this interview to be over. This woman is full of herself!"
Wait why?????
I'm beginning to understand why many criticize Joy. In this interview, she makes excuses for why nothing worked out for her; every school, every company and every opportunity were the problem. All the teachers are wrong, the system is wrong...no one was good enough for her. She contradicts herself constantly. Russian training was bad so I went to Korea. They hated me so I went to the US. I was embarrassed learning a tendu so I left and went back to Russia. Russia is suddenly great.🙄
Oh. My. Gosh. She's exhausting. She barely let Isabella get a word in.
I had to stop listening half-way through because she blames *everyone* for all her unhappiness. She barely lasts two years in any one place.
Perhaps her attitude warranted the treatment she received.
I know who the ballet mistress is at Boston Ballet. I highly doubt she was rude and set out to embarrass Joy in front of the company about a tendu. She is a bit of a narcissist, isn't she?
I’ll defend Joy here on one point, I don’t mind that she talked so much because ultimately she was invited as a guest to Isabella’s podcast. However, I see what you mean. I was mostly neutral until she said that she would only be in a company again if they gave her the right rank & roles, that made me go hmmmm.
I understand that she probably doesn’t want to spend the last few years of her performing career in the corps when she’s done principal roles already, but there are so few dancers that would have the privilege to pick and choose like that…
Sounds as if you're upset she criticized your friend. I didn't hear her blaming anyone for anything. SHIT can and does happen in ballet companies. They are not particularly edifying kind of places.
@@eg5660 maybe she has earned the right to pick and choose. Or maybe she just been extraordinarily lucky. More than likely a combination of both. Good for her, she doesn't have to take a job she'd hate, and gratefully eat the crap directors regularly dish out.
Yeah and she always portrays herself as a victim. She has a documentary called The white swan and now there is Joika which is 'based' on her story.
"I'm not political" is the go-to head-in-the-sand defense for Russians who are afraid of speaking their mind about Putin's murderous regime - though in Joy's case, she said a lot of embarrassingly obsequious things about him in public, in the past, that I sincerely hope she now privately regrets. Olga Smirnova is a good example of a ballet star who left, and has been much more outspoken, on the right side of history.
Ольга Смирнова замешана в скандалах ,связанных с ней в БТ.Она и так бы ушла
...And here come the Russian propaganda bots, on cue. Bye, Felicia.
@@emilycheeger4029 😁, блажен кто верует.Верьте своей пропаганде и спите спокойно.Аминь
@ emilycheeger4029 I don't think history has spoken just yet. And do you know who gets to write history???? The winners. And that will not be the side you seem to think it will. Nor should it be. From an American not afraid to speak her mind.
Olga Smirnova is a "good example" as a wife helps husband to save his investment ). There is nothing about Olga's honest/ fairness/political view ... It's all about money! And - yes - she is losing her shape, technique dancing in HET because as a real star of Bolshoi she needs a bigger repertoire and should dance more and more. We talk about Olga with regret, her fantastic career has ended.