The guy *snapped* HIS ACHILLES TENDON

This describes just how I feel about being an injured dancer. You want to go to rehearsal and watch but at the same time it makes you depressed because all you want to do is get up and start dancing with them but you know if you do that will only make it worse :(

Getting injured is bad enough, but getting injured during a performance? Ugh, I can't imagine.

I started studying ballet when I was 7,but when I was 18 I snap my left Achilles tendon and even after 6 surgeries it never got healed completely, so I had to quit to be a professional ballet dancer. (It was a huge disappointment since I sacrificed my childhood to dance and I had all the requirements. I have natural turn out, natural hypermobility and the right body proportions) Now I'm 31 I still do ballet class everyday but only as a hobby.

I nearly cried listening to the last man's story, I love dancing so much and I could not imagine how he was feeling, it's heartbreaking :( I hope he is well again

I feel so bad for them. All the times I have complained because of my Achilles' tendon injury so I was off pointe for 6 months but now I realise I have nothing on them.

Something that I have come to understand and appreciate through these KZfaq videos is just how much of a subject, liability and challenge injury is for every dancer. This is tough, and it's one more example of how ballet is definitely not for the faint-hearted. In fact, ballet dancers are some of the greatest heros for me, unsung as they largely are, especially when they are not dancing due to being forced to take time off. But it is exactly their endurance during such times and experience that make them so special, so wonderful and so inspiring.

Excuse me? Ballet dancers ARE professional athletes

I understand why they miss ballet, I had to quit because of tendon, muscle and nerve damage because pressure can make it worse and even stop me walking on my right foot. They all have a space in my heart

I am not a Ballet fan and I have no idea why I'm watching these videos. Having said that, I am a huge American football fan and its amazing to listen to these dance talk about the same things that plague football players. Many football players have trained all their lives just to get injured in their Sr. year. They never lace up their shoes as an NFL player. Eight plus years of training, practicing, competing all year long, over in an instant. Also, the players who make it to the NFL have an average playing career of 3-years. I've always considered the NFL the most brutally competitive sport/activity in the world, but after watching these dancer's, I'm rethinking my position. Thanks for the lessons, I learned something new.

I had a injury on foot and I was out for one year. And I fell so bad, it was so frustrating and I was used to cry all nights. Now I'm restarting ballet and everything's going ok.

i dont do ballet but i really like to watch this and learn how hard they train!! (im in jazz)

I want to hug sweet Claire and take care of her. I understand dedicating oneself to an art (although I became a professional singer which is much less stressful). I feel so sad for her and her sister alone in NYC at such a young age. As a mother I can't imagine that and wonder what the circumstances could possibly be that they are not there with a parent. They will certainly learn resilience. Hope for all of these dancer's sake that they are able to broaden their world view, even a little, to have a plan B in case of injury (or in Amar's case..scandal) and to see they can have a full wonderful life even if they are not dancing professionally any more.

I was due to be in a dance show at my college four weeks ago, and it was two days before opening night. There was a step where we’d rom de jambe as we spun in a circle toward the end of the dance. I somehow managed to roll my ankle while doing it, but I didn’t fall though. I tried to keep going but I limped a lot at the end, and I was in shock because it happened so fast. I ended up on crutches (for a week) because I had trouble walking, plus that injury knocked me out of the show all together. They got someone who had a lot of dance experience at the last minute who went on for me. I won't lie, I was relieved about the situation but really upset to watch all of the work and put into a long rehearsal period, goes up in smoke.

When you love what you do and what you love hurts you sometimes it hurts more then the actual injury

Thanks for captioning this video!

I felt that last part about the internal pain that comes from watching others so deeply. Dancers do have a fear of replacement, or being left behind

I hurt my hip flexor somehow and I couldn't dance for 7 months. it's been a year since my injury and I still have problems with it and it hurts after a long day of dancing. I guess it's just something I'll always have to deal with.

with Art comes the pain and the dedication

people say, ‘dancers aren’t you know, really that important. they hurt theirselves by doing this stuff.’ i say, ‘dancers get hurt, because they love dance so much. they don’t give up, dancers aren’t just dancers, they entertain us, they do it because they love it. i’m a dancer myself, that’s offensive.’

I have so much respect for you dancers out there! ❤

I'm currently out for an injury to my peroneal tendon... gotta admit this made me slightly more depressed

Is such a difficult profession. My daughter is injured right now and all she can think of is geting back in the studio and dance again. Good health to all you dancers!!!

Fear is a big part of injury. I thought these people were fearless, but they are just like most people.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="338">5:38</a> he just married ballet

I was doing a solo ... and I did a jump .... I broke my right ankle ... I was laying there on the stage almost passed out and I remember the feeling of helplessness of the thought of never dancing again but it’s been almost 2 years and I’m getting back in my pointe shoes now I’m so excited to go back I thought I would never dance again

I am a professional ballet dancer and I have been off with injuries in both my knees for a year now. Although it's been about 2 years that I have been struggling with this injury. The first year I took a month off then I pushed through the pain with pain killers and taping just so I could get that promotion, which I got but could not enjoy it as I caused the injury to become chronic. I am now 28 and at that point of do I want to come back and possibly have pain again, but live my dream or just take care of my body and miss dancing pain free..

I've always wondered how is the health coverage for these injuries? they still get paid during those months off?

I am 13 on Pointe and I ruined my ankles so many times ive also hurt my hip when I was doing jumps for my part and when I hurt my ankles I was devastated because ankles are important especially en Pointe and usually I went amd sat and watched my class doing it and it hurt more to watch my class and not be there doing what I love yeah it sucked :')

the claire girl is soo tiny and looks so young. poor boo!

Ballet dancers like this can do yoga to help get rid of the pain and injuries out of their bodies by bringing the awareness to the body. 🙏

I had a fractured arm and I was grade 2 that time and I had to skip like 3 months of ballet and I cried cause I couldn't make it for a performance it sucks!

I was never in any way near being a professional ballet dancer, but I've done it as a hobby for quite a couple of years, I was allowed to go on point and I was actually thriving somehow, and then my hip started hurting a lot, and I had to have hip surgery at 18 years old (though I'm still noch sure if it really was necessary 5 years later...) but it was SO frustrating to not be able to do the things I could before my surgery. Nothing felt the same, I lost a lot of muscles in my one leg and am restricted in my mobility on that side as well.... I stopped dancing a year after I started again, because it was too frustrating for me. So I applaud the professional dancers for pulling through and working their way back... Because that is fricking hard!

One month ago, I was dancing and I was doing a leg mount, and I heard what sounded like a carrot breaking and I could feel something in my right hip twist out of place. It was really scary and equally painful. One month later and the pain is gone but I can't lift my right leg as high or open the hip. It is extremely frustrating.

I remember getting injured by getting a mild concussion, and everyone got mad/annoyed with me because of missing rehearsals🙃

Ouch I feel sorry for you ballet dancers out there.😖

I'm only ten and I've had countless injuries.ive had back pain leg pain hurt toes.it just hurts lot.i never wnt o miss a class but I should not work through injuries.its just not natural

I just recently had my first injure in ballet on my left knee luckily it's not as bad to were I can't dance agin!

Awe...Chase injured himself...& his career. Don’t sext to your friends. It might get you fired. Good job!!!

Just found out Claire's younger sister just joined the company as well.

The pain...

I am a dancer and i have a really bad knee and i am soooooooooo scared that its gonna break on me when dancing and i will never dance again

Chase and Amar were two of my favorite dancers. 😕

Does anyone know what claire was using on her foot with the gel? I've heard that works for plantar fasciitis and i have a really severe case.

Is this the last episode?

So do professional dancers get workers comp when they’re injured

who else is watching this because they are injured?

I wish anything from these ever happen to me.... 😒

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="79">1:19</a> also the sock off

You gotta be careful when you start jumping, doing leaps and all that.😖🙍‍♂️

The body isnt ment to do this stop

Y’all ballet dancers are athletes

i am like you guys.... me damage brichialis plexus..... i ve been studying snatomy and chiro..... for 8 years now.... trying to get better...... i will get it...... and then i will fix you.... nerve system in our body!!!!!

Off topic, but Meghan looks like Jennifer Carpenter lol

I broke my leg my father get really angry at me like Kim why u didn't tell me u broke your leg he was not happy with me

Ehh, beat it. You'll be all right

the good thing about snapping your achilles tendon is that it's supposed to make you jump higher, most dancers snap their's at some point. I've even heard of some you get their achilles tendon snipped so that you can jump higher without the many year wait of waiting for it to snap.

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Of course dancers are prone to injury. Look at their physique, they need more muscle to prevent injury for the athletic moves. They should look like athletes, but they are way under devoloped in muscles

is Sarah Jessica Parker narrating?

Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles and madness in this world today, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. Christ says in John <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="993">16:33</a>: I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.] - (AMPLIFIED version) NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus. If you have any questions let me know

NYCB often skips impeccable technique. That makes a dancer prone to injury, especially when turnout is fuzzed.

I love Georgina Pazcoguin, Claire Von Enck, Giovanni Villalobos, Chase Finlay, Megan LeCrone, and Craig Hall.

NO! Most moves should be very natural...and overflexing your back is unnatural. So apparently, a course in what's natural and not needs to be everyone's refresher....yah, flexing your hip back is actually locking it into place and thus injury prone if you land in that flexed position....with the first and only jump...you add butt padding if you want to look like your flexing back...haha..not much of a curve it should be and the natural S curve of the back should be doing the work but not hipflexing backwards...that won't absorb shock as well. BTW, guys shouldn't really be flexing their backs at all...while a slight flex or the lumbar is actually helpful if your lumbar area is flat and not as curved. Injury is usually muscle fatigue and not only that not using the given part correctly as you turn not in that order...but the more tired and less rested you are the more prone to injury everyone gets...the max per day of rehearsal is really 2 hours every other day...and during those two hours half that time is actually planing the moves visually...per equity I think...that was the rule 40 plus years ago...to avoid injury..so you are expected to work smart using memory and with boards like futball or soccer. Whats the point..we use sports physiology and normal physiology to determine the parameters as has been done 40 years ago...to make the injuries go away and turn into ZERO injuries...unless the theater or company wants to pay for injuries..whats their injurance policy like...they don't assign a role to have you rehearse all day and then turn around and say your fired because they broke the rules of physiology. Yah, after a bad injury you don't go back...you go into training or something else. I think after aging out you may be out of luck...that's usually in your thirties and the roles you take are up to your discretion because the chances of injuries increase signifcanlty in your 30's...so most the jumping and lead roles are discretionary...and on your insurance rather than the theaters. Old rules not sure why I remember.

Ballet moves are unnatural to the body. Ballet choreography should change so the body has a way to move naturally minimizing injuries.

The small income is so not worth the expense, injuries, and mental health problems. Try a different style dancing .