See this is how to help kids get flexible. No screaming, no over stretching, no yelling just encouraging and they put their body through the exercise to the limit they can reach. Nice to see a healthy way to help ballerina reach their flexibility potential.
Seriously, big kudos to him🙌 I always see those extreme stretching Chinese videos of ballet and how almost every single one of the kids were having mental breakdowns, and not ONCE did their trainers encouraged them (I know because I speak Chinese). Yet what baffles me is how half of the people in the comment sections were claim that it was okay and you need to sometimes put CHILDREN through "pain dan hardships" so they'll "become brighter"
I'm nowhere near what ballerinas do with their body, but I've just started taking horse riding lessons again, now that I have the means to do it. And I can sense the burn in my body, where muscles are getting a workout, but I love it because it means I'm working with the horse and training my body. P S.: at the moment of this comment, I just came out of a several months long hiatus on physical exercise because of various reasons. Feeling that I need to be more fit to ride better, and be a better rider for the horse who is carrying me, only encourages me to work out more in general.
Actually Gracie is the older ballerina, before the little one. If you listen again, he says about her being so tall. I'm taking a guess that she was probably there to help in some capacity.
I do love his charisma. He’s stern and strict but not abrasive or cruel. He’s not wet linguine however, he’s no iron fist either. Great teacher, and we see the results,
At risk of being too real in the UA-cam comments I'd say there's a fine line there. Kids often conflate being uncomfortable for any duration of time as pain and so in that regard, yeah they need to be "in pain". But no it shouldn't actually hurt nor should they be pushed through real pain
@@starrylane5071this!!!! I always have to try and explain to my younger dancers that stretching and the road to increasing our flexibility may sometimes be a new and uncomfortable one, that they may feel things in their body they never felt before, but that it should never HURT. For the real little ones we call it "stretchy ouch" or "REAL ouch" lmao
Well I did artistic gymnastics for 10 years, and when you are practicing flexibility and technique there is a good “pain”. Is a discomfort showing you are working the right muscles. Ofc, teachers should keep an eye on pain over wrong movements. But, here I can see what he means, they are stretching they need to feel that discomfort. It’s like the sore you feel after a good gym day.
@@blackberrylipstickbecause ballet still has a bias towards white people. It’s a sport that majority white people do, so much so that even after people of various skin tones are professionally doing ballet, they still have to dye or put makeup on their ballet shoes to make them match their skin tone as the normal pointe short still is for white woman. Also it’s important for people to see people like them in different professions; representation matters
@@blackberrylipsticksociety made it about race, so now we need to acknowledge and encourage the diversity in previously very racist areas of life. People like you add nothing to the conversation because you should already know the answer to your question
@@sarahwenger4479It’s a European dance form. Do you expect traditional African dance styles to be diverse, too? It’s amazing no one ever calls for more diversity in basketball enough though one race is massively overrepresented.
FINALLY! An actual ballet teacher who doesn’t practically FORCE your flexibility! (By FORCE I mean: Pushing a part of your body or just you in general up/down and/or holding you in place for FAR too long where the pain is literally UNBEARABLE!) Just encouraging, complimenting, and fixing small mistakes! NOT yelling the absolute SHIT out of you AND insulting you! Love Slawomir and his jokes! 🫶🏼🥰
Same. When I was actively competing/training it didn’t matter how much I worked over however many years I did it, pointing my feet as hard as I could like you’re supposed too resulted in my toes cramping up
When he adjusted the one girls shoulders the girl next to her fixed hers too. That's a good dancer👌👌(I'm sure there all lovely dancers btw, I just noticed the one girl)
Aw this is sweet I remember learning classical Indian dance as a kid and I would cry while holding my poses LOL not great then but I realised how it help me have a stronger physical and mental strength
My dance teacher knows I can’t tell my left from my right, so she will tell me before I do a combo. I really enjoy it when she pauses the whole class just to teach me what my left is. It’s a perfect excuse to let people relax for 2 seconds.
"the other left leg" 😭😂
That's wat my ballet teacher says too it's not really a joke he was telling the kid that it should be the other leg😅
i swear every dance teacher uses those words 😭
I've been told things like that so much in dance and theatre cause my brain decides to not work the worst moments 😭
Yup! Dance teacher here! Forever my favorite phrase to use in and out of the studio 😅
Bro my dance teacher says that too. And then my stupid mind doesnt work right and i mess up 😅😅
I died when you showed Gracie and the height difference💀
IKR
SAME 😭
followed by “youre very tall” 😭😂😂
💀😂
well he's right she is really tall for her age
“she’s so tall”
*The smallest kid in the world*
🙂
That's mean but true
Its sarcasm 😂
That little nugget was adorable.🥺
literally me🥲
Me😢😂
“No Harper the other leg”
“No the other left leg”
😂😂😂
Yeah like which leg did she start with if he had her switch twice??😂
He asked her once and she was confused, so he clarified. You can see more Slawomir (instructor) at evanysphotography on youtube
@@user-EMM366she switched arms instead of legs 😭
@@user-EMM366 she didn't switch twice when he said it the first time she switched arms not legs
The height difference with Gracie though 💀💀💀
Adorable 😭 I hope they don't put too much pressure on her ankles
But she’s so tall
@@AnnabethJackson130😂😂😂
@@AtreusChampionLokishe kinda looks older? Don’t you think. Maybe she is in a different levle so she’s in this class.😊
See this is how to help kids get flexible. No screaming, no over stretching, no yelling just encouraging and they put their body through the exercise to the limit they can reach. Nice to see a healthy way to help ballerina reach their flexibility potential.
Facts, this the healthy way of training, not forcing turnout or flexibility just teaching to push yourself and work hard to make progress
He also uses humor - which keeps the kids lighthearted AND serious at the same time.
YOU CAN TELL HE IS A DAD!
Great job Slavomir! We love you!
@@PaigeNewberryexactly! His personality is brilliant!
Seriously, big kudos to him🙌
I always see those extreme stretching Chinese videos of ballet and how almost every single one of the kids were having mental breakdowns, and not ONCE did their trainers encouraged them (I know because I speak Chinese). Yet what baffles me is how half of the people in the comment sections were claim that it was okay and you need to sometimes put CHILDREN through "pain dan hardships" so they'll "become brighter"
@@xxecxx_ljx8372 Unfortunately education by trauma is still widely practiced all over the world.
The teacher: “Anybody in pain yet?”
The dancers: “yes”
The teacher: “good for you” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Agreed as a dancer myself
I go to ballet that’s so true
My dance teacher irl😂
This was exactly like my ballet teacher 😢😂
I'm nowhere near what ballerinas do with their body, but I've just started taking horse riding lessons again, now that I have the means to do it. And I can sense the burn in my body, where muscles are getting a workout, but I love it because it means I'm working with the horse and training my body.
P S.: at the moment of this comment, I just came out of a several months long hiatus on physical exercise because of various reasons. Feeling that I need to be more fit to ride better, and be a better rider for the horse who is carrying me, only encourages me to work out more in general.
"Gracie good job" pans to the cutest, sweetest little munchkin 😭😭😭😍
Actually Gracie is the older ballerina, before the little one. If you listen again, he says about her being so tall. I'm taking a guess that she was probably there to help in some capacity.
I do love his charisma. He’s stern and strict but not abrasive or cruel.
He’s not wet linguine however, he’s no iron fist either.
Great teacher, and we see the results,
Exactly, perfect balance. So rare and valuable 🥰
I think this is called the iron fist in a velvet glove.
I had a teacher like that and I loved her so much! We all danced better when she corrected us. when she told you it was good, it was GOOD!
He has the rizz
He's such a great teacher he teaches them proper technique and is very serious about it but also incredibly caring and makes it fun for his students
I’m sorry I ruined the perfect 888 likes 😭
I love that he's down to earth enough to teach the babies
More of him teaching the babies 😂
Yes please!!!!
Yes please!!
When he said "so tall" to Gracie i started laughing so hard even though I'm a shorty💀
Edit: MOM I'M FAMOUS👍👍👍👍💅💅💅💅
UR PROFILE SLAYYYSSS😂
@@liaSlothAdventure23 thx
@@RAT_me BRO I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PICTURE SAVED IN MY GALLERY RN 💀💀💀💀
Lmfao I’m permanently 4’11, I always feel like Gracie compared to everyone around me
Lol. I love this teacher. "Hold the left leg."
"...the othet left leg." Lol
“The other leg”
*switches arms* 😂
The “good for you” like if you’re in pain you aren’t doing it right
You are. It means u stretching yourself more
At risk of being too real in the UA-cam comments I'd say there's a fine line there. Kids often conflate being uncomfortable for any duration of time as pain and so in that regard, yeah they need to be "in pain". But no it shouldn't actually hurt nor should they be pushed through real pain
@@starrylane5071that’s so true, kids tend to not be able to articulate tension and pain
@@starrylane5071this!!!! I always have to try and explain to my younger dancers that stretching and the road to increasing our flexibility may sometimes be a new and uncomfortable one, that they may feel things in their body they never felt before, but that it should never HURT. For the real little ones we call it "stretchy ouch" or "REAL ouch" lmao
Well I did artistic gymnastics for 10 years, and when you are practicing flexibility and technique there is a good “pain”. Is a discomfort showing you are working the right muscles. Ofc, teachers should keep an eye on pain over wrong movements. But, here I can see what he means, they are stretching they need to feel that discomfort. It’s like the sore you feel after a good gym day.
I love he knows everyone's names and gives out compliments as well as instructions
“Gracie, good job… she is so tall” he is SO funny.
"Gracie, good job. So tall..."
Pans to smol Gracie 😍 😂
so cute
Future Ambers, Mayas, Melanies, Tessas, Delaneys, Marissas, Lila Roses, Bellas, Channings, Audreys, Cruzes, and Leonidases in that room. 😊
or they're themselves, not future other dancers
He's definitely in his element!!! So cute!!!! 💛🌹
I like this guy. He's not too rough on the kids, and he makes it fun.
Why does he lowkey sound like gru during the “look at the girl. She is awesome. Gracie, good job.”
Calf raises are my worst ENEMY whenever we do them in Ballet and Jazz😭 My calfs cramp up after them😂
And then there's the mini one... 😭💖
It isnt pain its a sensation.
“good for you 😁” had me dying 😂
Aw, Gracie is the tallest kid in the room! She’s going to be a very successful ballet dancer!😊😊😊
"Gracie good job"
"Your so tall"
I LOVE IT❤
"Anybody in pain yet?"
*Multiple yesses*
"Good for you! ☺️"
“The other left leg” had me in tears!!!
When he said “she’s so tall” I absolutely lost it!🤣 the delivery😂
Charming and kind teacher.
"the other left leg"
"she's so tall"
😂
"Gracie good job!"
"She's so tall 🥰"
That line was the funniest yet the cutest scene I've seen so far 😂❤️
“ gracie good job… she’s so tall . “
THE OTHER LEFT LEG IS SO REAL MY OLD ICE SKATING TEACHER WOULD DO THAT WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS like "Right hand out...no the other right hand"
Gracie ate that up 😭 go Gracie
Gracie’s SO CUTE 😭 That little expression like “yeah, I am pretty great, now that I think about it ☺️”
omg so many babies of color!! i’m so happy to see ballet slowly but surely becoming more inclusive
so many baby boys too, it’s so epic tbh
Why do you have to make everything about race
@@blackberrylipstickbecause ballet still has a bias towards white people. It’s a sport that majority white people do, so much so that even after people of various skin tones are professionally doing ballet, they still have to dye or put makeup on their ballet shoes to make them match their skin tone as the normal pointe short still is for white woman. Also it’s important for people to see people like them in different professions; representation matters
@@blackberrylipsticksociety made it about race, so now we need to acknowledge and encourage the diversity in previously very racist areas of life. People like you add nothing to the conversation because you should already know the answer to your question
@@sarahwenger4479It’s a European dance form. Do you expect traditional African dance styles to be diverse, too? It’s amazing no one ever calls for more diversity in basketball enough though one race is massively overrepresented.
Ballet desperately needs more boys!!! My daughter is in ballet and there’s one boy in the whole company!!
Does he actually know how funny he is???😂
Proof that a coach can be nice to their dancers and the dancers can still turn out incredible.
FINALLY! An actual ballet teacher who doesn’t practically FORCE your flexibility! (By FORCE I mean: Pushing a part of your body or just you in general up/down and/or holding you in place for FAR too long where the pain is literally UNBEARABLE!) Just encouraging, complimenting, and fixing small mistakes! NOT yelling the absolute SHIT out of you AND insulting you! Love Slawomir and his jokes! 🫶🏼🥰
"Shaena your other left" oh god the flashbacks 😅
"Anybody in pain yet? Good for you"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He cracks me up
That boy is beautiful 😍😍
My ballet teacher says the other left leg too!!!
His shoes 👀🫢
I teach dance to kids and I can confirm I’m constantly telling them, “No, the other leg. The other left leg”
As a Ballerina, I can tell you the pain is real 😭
This has to be a ballet teacher thing because my teacher always says the other blank leg. All my other dance teachers just say switch feet.😅😂
It's Harper's face for me
Girl: **Pain**
Boy: **More pain**
Teacher (Probably Pain): Know pain
Every time I do barre work my feet cramp
Yeah, you'll get stronger!
Same. When I was actively competing/training it didn’t matter how much I worked over however many years I did it, pointing my feet as hard as I could like you’re supposed too resulted in my toes cramping up
Mine did, too, right in the arches, until I started wearing barefoot shoes (or well-fitting shoes) regularly and doing foot strengthening exercises.
this man has the voice of bang chan from stray kids
The atmosphere in this studio seems so nice and encouraging ☺️
Boy ballet teacher is funny lol😂😂😂😂 I
Turnout doesn't come from the foot
When he adjusted the one girls shoulders the girl next to her fixed hers too. That's a good dancer👌👌(I'm sure there all lovely dancers btw, I just noticed the one girl)
"Słuchajcie" so proud that he is from our country(Poland)
"Look at that girl. She's awesome!" THAT'S a big compliment
Ur other left leg killed me XD
“anybody in pain yet? good for you.”
I’m never this early!!! This is so cute and fun to watch but IK I could NEVER do this 😂❤❤
Love watching him teaching class❤❤❤
The other left leg has never been more accurate
When you showed Gracie I almost diet laughing🤣
The other left leg 🫠💀😂
I wish my ballet school was like this. Best teacher!
Aw this is sweet I remember learning classical Indian dance as a kid and I would cry while holding my poses LOL not great then but I realised how it help me have a stronger physical and mental strength
Little Gracie lol So cute.
Good job, kids
i want a ballet teacher as nice as this
HE IS SOOOO FUNNY I LOVE HIM
This is so cuuutteee
“Good for you” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yep that’s a ballet teacher ❤❤❤
Gracie is like permanently 😁
I really loved the ballet teacher
This makes me wanna do ballet again but only if he’s the teacher lmao
first sentence and I immediately moved my shoulders down without thinking. Haven't danced for over a decade.
The "good for you" is me anytime someone says they are in pain 😂😂😂 I blame my dance instructor 😂😂😂
I like this man
Good energy
I love watching him teach these little ones!
i laughed at the "gracie good job, shes so tall" im sorry 😭
I could never be able to emotionally handle a guy criticizing my every move. These kids are strong
Lmao not “good for you” at them being in pain 😂
The kid with the foot above the head send me
Gracie is that girl ✨✨
“Turn out- MORE‼️”
😂
The last girl 😂❤
More pls! I enjoy seeing this babies making such amazing efforts!❤
This is my ballet teacher. (Not actually but he acts like this)
“The your so tall” is just like my short friend
LOL THE TEACHER BE LIKE 😂 GOOD FOR U
No Harper the other leg.
The other left leg. 😂❤️
“TuRn OuT YOuR LeGSss”
"gracie good job... she's so tall" - slawomir 2024
Gracieeee😭😭😭😭she’s so cute
As someone who does ballet I can confirm this is how the teachers are
My dance teacher knows I can’t tell my left from my right, so she will tell me before I do a combo. I really enjoy it when she pauses the whole class just to teach me what my left is. It’s a perfect excuse to let people relax for 2 seconds.
There is no ballet without pain 😅