Falling on beat is the mark of true professionals

And then you go backstage freaking out because you think everyone saw it and you have a panic attack

this pains my heart because the dancers must be so upset over just that tiny mistake!! dancers are so under appreciated

2:16 she's hitting the floor for being too slippery

2:17 ballerina punishing the floor after her fall

OMg that fall Anastasia Lemenko... that looked painful and she just kept going!

As a dancer, I feel a lot of pain right now

who are the dancers in the first clip? so professional!

I dancers in the first clip did such a good job correcting that!

Anastasia’s recovery gave me chills! I could never go on from something like that so beautifully. Wow!

Some of these mistakes look better than what they are supposed to

1:52 she fell right on beat

2:16 she was getting revenge on the floor 😂

Also to add to the shock there is usually pain and you have to keep smiling and keep going

1:52 The amount of strength to get up and keep smiling oml

Actually I saw Zakharova fall in one performance of Giselle, during the pas de deux in the 2nd part with Sergei Polunin as Albrecht. She recovered instantly.

I feel so bad for laughing at 1:52 everytime... The poor woman, that must have hurt so much! It's just hilarious to me how she gets on up smiling super wide like nothing happened. A true professional

Accidents are just part of live theatre, I've come to realise. I just finished out a production of Romeo and Juliet as Benvolio and during the first fight scene between Tybalt and myself, my sword cracked clean in half (they were wooden and painted since some of the performers were very new to stage fighting). So we threw them down and started fighting with our fists instead, just whispering to each other before the next move came. XD The crowd loved it and the chaos of the other fighters covered our whispering.

1:52 made me laugh it loud for like 5 minutes. She continued so well! I’m a ballerina so I understand what it feels like to fall.

I fell on stage while dancing and it was pretty embarrassing but I carried on and we placed 1st in our category and 1st overall we then made it to the final !!!!!!! So moral of the story is ... don’t give up !!!!

that poor girl who faced planted out of her tour jete🥺

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I just imagined in 2019 dance teachers are like: you can go wrong now but there is NO second chance on stage! In 1980 dance teachers be like: You made it up now but if you were dancing for the Kings and queens your head would be chopped off!

*_Being a dancer, every time I saw someone falling or something from their wardrobe malfunctioning my heart just felt so much fear for them. I know the emotional pressure they have._*

1:16 that stumble looked almost gracefully to he honest haha

And then when you get back stage you freak out and repeatedly say, "Abby's gonna kill me!"

People don’t realise how hard it I actually is to be a ballerina. Like the strength these people have is just amazing

Omg the one who faceplanted on the hard floor but got right up and continued dancing is incredible! She must've been in a lot of pain!

I was in a colorguard in high school. I was the rifle captain and standing at the front of a v formation in the show. It had been a rough year for me. I had lost my dad suddenly to cancer and was exhausted. We had slight variations of our show based on if it was being done inside, outside or in a parade formation. Well at one point I zoned out and started doing the entire wrong version of the show. Without missing a beat, the rest of the rifle line switched to the version I was doing until the next break in the music when our formation moved again and I realized what I did. No one in the audience even notice. The only time we were out of sync was when I did a double toss the others didn’t. And since I was at the front the audience just thought it was a spotlight moment. Your team members always have your back.

also amazed by the Corps not flinching when she fell, they’re so used to doing the choreography, not a flinch. I’d probably freak out for a second like “u good ??”

for all the dancers out there, i appreciate you

1:53 that was amazing! How did she keep going? And she never broke her smile!

WHEW ZAKHAROVA AT THE END 😭 I screamedddddddd. Her Carmen is one of my absolute favorites I recognize the set, probably the same video

Nikolai is such a gentleman...... Bravo, Nikolai!

1:52... I hope that she was alright

Not only Zakharova, but also Sylvie Guillem and Margot Fonteyn! I don't think any dancer has got through a career without making mistakes. Carrying on afterwards as if nothing had happened is a true art!

1:53 that gave me flashbacks to middle school......

Yikes, Zakharova’s ankle is as flexible as the rest of her, clearly

Always impressed how well people bounce back

What a job! You need to be 100% all the time, hundreds of pairs of eyes are focused on you and you are supposed to give us perfection, nothing less. How can these people take the pressure, not break? My respect, the highest respect. They can be shot and they still smile, gracefully going down.

i think it humanizes them and i think psychologically it makes people like the performance even more, seeing how even the hardest workers can make mistakes.

The first one and the one where Kitri fell are absolutely legendary!

Limenko is so professional the way she recovered so gracefully, i would surely be crying after a fall like that 😭

01:53 I amazed how she smiled and carried on like nothing was wrong. Because I swear I saw her jaw hit the stage also.... Bravo miss....BRAVO. 😂😂😂😍🤩

1:54 I had to laugh..it was even on beat but that looked painful

1:53 my flat chest would probably fall off 💀

Thanks for the video. It only made me admire and respect those dancers more. I am curious, if anyone would be able to tell in the first Nutcracker part, was Nikolai Tsiskaridze dancing his original sequence while the ballerina was off the stage, or was he actually dancing some of the ballerina part, or maybe even some improvisation?

As a dancer (though not nearly as professional as everyone in here), I can relate to Anastasia’s fall so much. I remember face planting on the stage once (like her). Another time, I cartwheeled into a wall. Ouch.

Slippery floors and slippery shoes..mostly

oh god you always know what’s coming in the kitri variation.. also happened to have broken my fan onstage doing that one !

I love the fact the the person who did this focused on how beautifully they recovered not how bad the fall was. Thank you...keep doing that.

That rush of adrenaline and gut feeling you get when you fall on stage is something else man

This is what our ballet teachers want us to do, don’t get flustered if you mess up because you just have to continue

Wow they are all soo beautiful she even looked graceful falling !!

That shows the skill toughness, and professionalism of these dancers! To make a mistake, or have a wardrobe malfunction, fix the problem quickly and go back to dancing and carry as if nothing happened ! I have nothing but the highest respect for these dancers!

I’ve had this happens to me so many times, but I’m no where near as professional as these beautiful dancers are. They take their mistakes so well!

This is great and I agree: such errors only gives me even *more* respect for the incredible skills these dancers possess. It reminds me exactly how difficult this art is to execute. To slip and fall flat on your face, get up swiftly and gracefully and keep going -- if I was in the audience, I'd clap twice as hard for her professionalism!

I've pointed out to my daughter when dancers make mistakes on stage. She's a ballet student, and seeing professionals make errors has helped her not worry about it.

I feel so bad for Anastasia and even worse for laughing at the incident, but bruises to her ego and body aside, the grace and poise with which she recovered from that mishap is truly admirable. Well done!

I gasped when the fourth dancer fell.

Remember, kids: “The show must go on!”

I love these videos, they really help me realize that even the best dancers make mistakes. I find it hard to realize that not everyone is perfect and it’s completely fine to make mistakes. You should always try to do something and not worry about making a mistake.

1:53 I felt that in my soul. It rattled my bones. PTSD flashbacks to the one and only time I fell like that and I’m just thankful it was in a rehearsal. 😂 That being said, I fell on stage a few years ago during an incredibly fast and high energy tap dance but not during the difficult steps. No. The music slowed down for a minute and we had two slow, sexy walks and I rolled my ankle and fell on my face. Walking.

My heart hurts so bad watching this because as a dancer myself I know how dancers can be such perfectionists. They probably practiced these dances hundreds of times in preparation, plus years and years of training, and even the ones with small little stumbles probably were so hard on themselves after the performance was over, but amazing job keeping it together and continuing the performance until the curtain dropped, that takes a lot.

Bless their hearts! They work so hard, and their human....

I really appreciate your spirit. They are human .

I love watching people recover from mistakes. It's the best thing ever!

these aren't mistakes, these are just accidents...of course they happen to anyone

I think it probably really helps to be able to put yourself in the mindset of an actor, because at the heart you're just playing a character in a story, so when you make a mistake you can view it as breaking character and recover better than if you viewed it as *oh god everyone just saw me mess up* because you're just the body of a character for the story you're telling, it adds a sort of security blanket

I once had an ice skate boot lace come undone in a competition. I didn’t handle it with the grace these dancers do. They are to be commended.

One of the things I love about dance is non dancers think you dress so gracefully at practice and blocking but really you dress in sweat pants pointe shoes and a sweatshirt

As a dancer myself, a lot of people don’t know how hard it is to go en pointe. But these people are all amazing dancers!!!❤️

1:53 I felt that! I admire the way she picked herself up smiling broadly,as if nothing had happened!

The best artists have/had an infinite amount of messy canvases, performances, and many more mistakes along their journey

This is amazing!!! They're really the best dancers in the world!!! This made me so happy to watch a more confident about being a ballet dancer despite my tall figure and wide chest

Us dancers go through years of intensive training to hopefully bring a smile to your faces so when we make a mistake it hits us hard. But we keep going for the audience and the joy we gain from your happiness!

Even the best people can run into trouble. Every day on stage is a new adventure.

Although I know nothing about ballet. I still think it’s a precious dancing style. Ballet gives me such nostalgia, especially the music they use. Unsure how it does but besides that, ballet is absolutely amazing. It’s fantastic how they do it and I bet it can be hard as a ballet dancer. Probs to that! Really!

1:52 I actually gasped out loud! I'm glad I didn't wake my son up. 🤫 I've always had the up most respect for any dancers. Great video 💙🐝💙

I ADORE Nikolai Tsiskaridze! Not many people I know know him and I got really excited when I saw him! He is incredible! I love him in Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty and we'll littearly everything he is in

Life is like a ballet/play/performance: if you make a mistake and fall, don’t worry: just get up and keep going like the beautiful artist you are (and don’t forget to bow and thank your audience!!!) ❤️

I think it’s the nerves that gets to them while performing either way they finish it beautifully.

I love watching videos like this because you see how professional they all are

Omg would love a dance mom themed video!!🤩

As a dancer watching these kinda makes me want to cry from second hand embarassement (and pain), yet the recoveries are always amazing

I love how the first few videos transition so perfectly into each other.

GREAT RECOVERY TO THE FIRST DANCERS ! Well handled.

This reminds me of something I learned that gave me insight into the brilliance of Nijinsky's choreography for the "Rite of Spring" (which you can see reconstructed in a few videos on KZfaq). Throughout the ballet he has dancers throw themselves to the ground, and in the sacrificial dance he has the Chosen One hobble about as if with a broken leg, touching on a ballet dancer's worst nightmares. And of course, the Chosen One gets chosen for death because she stumbles in a dance. (I was horrified the first time I saw the reconstructed ballet and learned that she is chose by the other girls!!)

1:51 god what a hard slam i hope she’s alright it must’ve hurt so bad props to her for still going

In the first clip I have to laugh at the grace and beauty juxtaposed with the sheer rage and panic that probably ensued the second the ballerina got offstage

I didn't even notice the ribbons unlace on the first dancer! How amazingly skilled and professional.

I cant even begin to imagine how hard it must be to continue a routine having just fallen. It must hurt so bad

Professional mistakes happen... love the recovery !

They all recover so well

wow the belly flop is iconic BRAVO! BRAVO!

i did ballet for 11 years and i once had a solo, where i forgot the steps for just a few seconds so i just covered up by just dancing a simple step we always did during the warm up and not even my teacher noticed so i was pretty glad i covered up so well xd

That fall right flat on the face by Anastasia Limenko must be so painful and it must've knocked the wind out of her. I can't believe she just got up and continued to dance as if nothing has happened. That is a lot of strength!!

1:18 and then we have me tripping over the extra space in my jazz shoes and falling off stage

1:53 I really felt that fall in my nose 🥺

drumul spre performanta! The way to Performance!