I LOVE the way I have no idea what they are saying in French but I understand it from the ballet terminology and the movements themselves. Ballet is a universal language xxx

The best thing about this documentary is the way they contrast the students with the professionals, showing how each exercise is designed with specific goals in mind. It's lovely!

I love how the boys in partnering class haven't really developed their skills yet. It's cute!

I swear I've seen this clip a hundred time...I LOVE this particular clip. Esp when they are doing tendu, it makes my eyes spin. The coup de le pied also very impressive.

BRAVO...I could watch classes at this studio all day long...now that's ballet; in any language!!! C'est magnifique!

Monique Loudieres magnifica estava no prix de lausanne como professora e treinadora dos bailarinos. ♥♥

Un véritable sacerdoce ! Merci pour ce magnifique travail artistique...

Les images au ralenti de Elyzabeth Platel sont impressionnantes !

I looove their dancing, and adore their little dresses!!!

wow the barre work was soo fast. great stuff. I love how when the dancer in white is demonstrating for the younger dancers, how the younger dancers are discussing the move the dancer in white performing. it looks like hard work but the dancers look amazing.

Ottima l'idea di presentare il grande lavoro che sottende a quella mirabile impressione di leggerezza che poi apprezziamo nei balletti. BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

the leaps of the girl in white are absolutely magnificent i hope i can start doing ballet again so that i may learn to do those beautiful dance steps

Waw !!!!! Les deux jeunes filles sont juste impressionnantes !!!

wow they are awesome! and notice they all have really really good arches!

I love in the beginning how you can understand what she's saying even if you don't speak French. Haha. I love POB, they're always so fantastic.

excellent! thanks for letting us in. Ballet is better than just kids sitting doing nothing.

I love this documentory too!!! i absolutly ahve to get it!!!

soooo cool please upload the rest!!!

Beautiful!

of course its not too late. i started when i was about three and i loved it. and when i was twelve there was a fourteen year old i my class dancing for the first time ever and there were some points where she outshined me. follow your dreams and go for it.

the girl in the middle at the end is Ghislaine Fallou. She was 14 at the time but already a graduating student. She had to repeat the year, however, in order to join the corps the ballet because at 14 she was still too young. I think the other girls are a bit older than her, between 15 and 17.

j'adore aussi se documentaire

She told her to push herself harder with each step, that it's at that moment of exhaustion that she can work through the tiredness and make real progress, but that instead Aurelie lets go when she is tired...

are you kidding me? have you ever seen a ballet before? these are fabulous.

thank you for sharing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is amazingg *goes green with envy*

they are all so amazing. makes me wish i wen to dance school

Amazing Ecole del'Opera de Paris !! Thank you King Louis XIV for this gift to human civilization !!! ♡♡♡

C'est magnifique.

Aurélie Dupont est un pur produit de l'Opéra et c'est une personne très intelligente! Je pense qu'elle sait plus que vous si on l'humilié! L'une des plus étoiles depuis longtemps je ne veux sous estimer les autres étoiles mais sans doutes ses profs on du voir en elle une future étoiles et donc sans doutes l'on bcp poussé à aller plus loin!

omg they're so graceful! wish i could dance :( !

The 2 little girls at the barre in the light blue leotards are amazing!

c'est magnifique. Tres bien.

Reconnaissez vous Aurélie Dupont à la 3:09 minutes (danseuse étoile)? Elle a dit qu'elle avait été humilié, qu'on lui avait dit des choses affreuses. Eh bien son regard en dit long.

It is a cultural thing that is a little difficult to explain. The way your explain the translation however is very accurate and your key to understanding them. To fully be in total control of your body is not only a physical excercise but a mental one. In Russia (and with Russian teachers) in order to do well and not injure yourself you have to work smart not just hard. They may never say this but they want you to draw that conclusion. You know your limits and how to push yourself beyond them.

This was uploaded a few --- before I was born......

AMAZONG! i would die to be that good at ballet class

Cette vidéo est superbe! Avoir un tel coup de pied, une telle ouverture de jambe, une telle souplesse, une telle grâce... C'est magnifique. C'est pour ça que l'Opéra restera toujours une grande école.

Oh wow ! D: That's amazing.

trop belle !!!

the best classical ballet academy in the world only from here sublime and unparalleled dancers have come out ... the other schools churn out high-level dancers a common product for an academy

Maravilha !

wow their footwork !

wow they are good i wish i could do that i guess i have to keep practicing luv this video:)

Thank you very much! :)

it reminds me my childhood learning experience.

vraiment tres belle!

I really admire the french training, it produces these amazing dancers, but you dont see the mean teachers who insult their students to tears

C'est magnifqieu de danser toute sa vie! iT'S AMAZING TO BE a great dancer!

Aureliiiiiiiie 😍😍😍😍

well good!!

C'est MAGNIFIQUE, moi qui était Ballerine de l'âge de 6 ans à 14 ans J'adore cette video

very nice

Did you recognize young aurelie dupont. At one moment the headmaster claude bessy says : i know it's hard but you must push till the end. It' when you are getting exausted that you are improving ! All is said.

quelle merveille

Ce "allez pousse Aurélie" est culte :D

ahhhhh, makes sense. thanks!

@renagarc This documentary is a part of the dvd Coppelia from the Paris Opera Ballet School. You can get it by amazon.

verry nice !!!!

i just hate it when my teacher gets pissed. ^^ i try 2keep her happy. lol

wow amazing. they're so advanced. and the little kids point their feet too when they jump for their sotae(idk how to spell it)

OMGGGGGGG this depresses me...

Ankles don't hurt during jumps, but ankles can often feel strained on pointe when transition from flat to releve. That's why dancers on pointe are required to acquire significant ankle strength first.

Um, well, with work comes progress... One of those girls in the purple is the young Aurelie Dupont, a Etoile dancer with Paris Opera. She's fantastic now. Look her up.

Wow... And I thought my class had fast combinations.

I would really like to know where I can get the video for the whole thing. Most inspiring!

Je trouve que l'on voit clairement que Aurélie Dupont a le petit truc en plus qui fait la différence par rapport à l'autre fille (qui est très douée aussi hein^^)

Theese chields are ALL!!! gonna be the worlds greatest dancers if theire movin on like "This" !!!!*löl*

anyone know whether or not this documentary is for sale still. and if it has english subtitles...or would i have to fully learn french?

wow!!

@xSugarplum Yes you are right that anyone what can point their foot correctly, but what she is saying is that there are people who have a high arche (" coup-de pied") and then she asked the girl to curl her foot to try to imitate how people without a high aches may seem when their foot is pointed, demonstrating that the line is cut. She is not talking about pointing your foot correctly.

im quite sure they were telling her not to stop working when you get tired becuase when u r tired is when u sart to learn

yeah she basically says that ... and that it affects the line of the leg

what 49 goof balls don't like this....?

@jessicacarmon It's a dance belt

What is the title of the full length documentary?

Même les exercises sont très gracieux.

Does anyone know where we can buy this documentary in the US?

Is this Vaganova method?

my ankles are hurting just watchin this. I have a question. Dont yall ankles hurt after doing that en pointe or watever? especially when u are jumping from one leg to another?

what is she saying at 3.00? is it bad or good?

Not impossible... Their instructor is giving them a good rhythm to follow, try it!

ghislaine fallou, ex-principal dancer at POB. But she leaves dance in 1997

Can anyone tell me what is this teacher name in the very begin.. (:

is this on a dvd???? where can i buy it??

gosh. this is like damn ancient.

wich one of these girls are you tzlking about? it was about 20 years ago

Who is the girl in purple beside Aurelie Dupont? (If that is Aurelie...)

C'est beau

gosh they're good. very swift feet. but when was this taken?

Someone knows de song of 1:47?

@balletkido She wanted her to "push" more, i think she wanted her to jump higher, which is why she said:" Je vois rien (i don't see anything).

@DreamsontheWater welcome to the world of ballet :)

they're kids.... and THEYRE GRREEAATT

how old are they?

could be a great film if the quality wasn't that bad!

Thank you :) I'm wearing bloch triomphe at the moment that aren't too bad, they don't have too many different brands round where I live cause there's only 2 ballet shops :/ only a few blochs and grishkos, apparently grishkos are really hard though

Who are the girls in blue? Have they managed to get in the Paris opera house?

J'ai mal a la tete parce que ils sont très très belle!!!!!! Et très mince….je suis grosse par rapport à eux…. MAGNIFIQUE

CLAUDE BESSY très belle danseuse et fondatrice de l école de danse! La Passion !