Thank you for correcting me! I made this video a long time ago and obviously didn't do enough research, haha.

Sorry 2015**

Ballet is not a sport. It’s an art

@@jennykhenven3058 I don't think she referred to ballet as a sport. She swims, that's a sport, and she was talking about how she wishes to excel in swim (a sport) like how maria khoreva excels in ballet.

@@Ahjgf-L oh, makes sense. Thanks))

@@jennykhenven3058 ballet is also a sport

@@bellatciao Bo it’s not. Just because it’s physically challenging doesn’t mean it’s a sport. Playing tube is also physically challenging and it’s not a sport.

И продолжает работать🩰

Умница уже танцует на гл сцене!❤❤❤

where did you see any hyperextension?

agree. sometimes I think she mistakes ballet for gymnastics.

.Every ballerina has such a personal way of expressing. Maybe her way of expressing might be difficult to understand. She is passionate about dance. She even has videos where she says all about the history of ballet 🩰 Have a blessed day!

@@Vanilla-Sargeant I never doubted that, I just don't like her style of expression personally

Unfortunately I can’t say I disagree with you there. However, just in my experience, a lot of younger dancers do tend to focus on technique. Makes sense as they typically haven’t had much life, world or stage experience at that age. It’s usually in the corps de ballet that they start to develop stage presence and understand character. Maria’s high level of technique seemed to let her bypass the corps stage, but I have hope. She’s young and has plenty of time to improve - as well as world class Mariinsky coaching, which I imagine helps lol.

It's simply possessing skill but not talent, and determination but not passion.

Or maybe you’re simply and extremely wrong. The Vaganova academy puts girls in pointe during their first year in which they are all 10-11 years old, all the girls no matter if they have done ballet before or not work in flat shoes the first half of the year, after an exam in which they evaluate the girls they put them on pointe for the second half of the year, the ones who fail the exam because of lack of technique or strength are expelled. The first and second year are simple exercises on pointe which enhance the strength of the toes, the real rough stuff begins in the third year. Absolutely all the exams in each grade have exercises and combinations on pointe, there’s always an order and that is exercises at the bar, center in flat and finally center in pointe, this happens in ALL GRADES, you’ve clearly haven’t even bother to look at a complete exam before giving you’re opinion students of a professional school that has been doing this for centuries. The whole debate about what is the proper age to put girls on pointe is complicated, 11 will always be the best age to start with girls who have already been dancing for years, Vaganova for example is able to accept students who haven’t gotten a single ballet class before and are completely new to ballet, so as I said before they work for half a year in strength and proper technique, then present the said exam and the best girls who approve the exam will be introduced to pointe, the ones who fail and are simply not good enough or can’t catch up will be expelled instead of putting them on pointe. And as always, It depends on the person and the school, a girl who has natural good arches and learns quickly will be put in pointe faster than a girl who could have been doing ballet for a while, but is naturally weak in her feet and needs more time to learn, and of course you can’t compare Vaganova training to a local ballet school in your city,

Vaganova ballet academy puts their students en pointe in the first year when they’re 10-11🤦🏽‍♀️

lumpy?

that's the vaganova academy for you ... where your professional dreams are crushed by every other 10 y.o. student who's already better than you'll ever be😅

Well that’s kinda rude to just call them downright bad at dancing it’s a school they r there to learn if you think your better than them why are you going to the school

@@kyleekroh2181 yeah that's what I was thinking.

Just remember those you are referring to are not even in class 5 days a week and not taking a few hours of class a day. They are putting in a minimal amount of work just to tell someone "I have point shoes". If they cared they'd find some proper classes and instructors. 💗