The sound of her preparing her shoes is pure asmr

They are actually extreme athletes, those ballerinas.

"When u woke up in the morning and you don't have pain- ur not dancer anymore" and "pain is like my friend already. It's always next to me." I'll remember theses lines then you ❤

”Pain and Euphoria”. Finally two words to descrube ballet. People are always confused why I dance, when I complain about being sore they always ask why. Now I finally know how to explain the feeling with words. Pain and Euphoria.

I think the pain the dancers go through makes the dance even more beautiful. They really put their blood, sweat and tears into their dance

I'm a nurse. Sometimes I have to tape up my fingers before and after work. Hands dry out from hand sanitizer, then I collect micro-cuts and broken cuticles, which will SEAR in pain if they come into contact with hand sanitizer the next day. So.... 1. neosporin 2. small square of gauze. 3. Skin barrier wipe around the intact skin. 4. Mastisol. 5. Tegaderm 6. Waterproof tape. I think of these ballerinas every time.

This video left Black swan the movie shook

I've done ballet for 15 years now and its not all beauty and grace. There is so much pain and sweat that goes into it all my life my family has done ballet and passed it on for so long. But the thrill is amazing. I am always in pain and one day I hurt my feet so bad I couldn't walk for 3 days. Everyone around me is like "Oh how does it hurt i'm sure it doesn't your just sensitive!" But it does yet I still love it

my mum had a friend whose daughter was already skinny as it was but she barely ate a thing when she started ballet you weigh almost nothing and the reason you can see men lift the girls in the air so easily is not only because the men are strong but the girls are apparently taught how to manage their muscle so that they make themselves as light as possible it's a very difficult sport. and sometimes i think the end result isn't actually worth all the mental, physical and emotional strain you put yourself through each day. but as long as you're happy with what you do, _that's_ what really matters.

So much time necessary to prepare their shoes. Of course it's absolutely necessary, but what patience these women have!

i cried? im not even a dancer?

I was a dancer for 12 years before I had to stop because it became too much to balance with school. Anyone who says dance isn't a sport is an idiot. I had pointe shoes and I'm not even kidding it hurts so bad. Your toes get pinched together like no tomorrow and just staying balanced and upright is a feat in itself. Actual dancing is extremely hard, and I knew girls that would come out of rehearsals with bloody feet. Dancers deserve the utmost respect for their dedication to their craft!! This was such a beautiful video, makes me miss when I was a dancer.

I am shook one of the poeple in this video was my teacher for two private lessons😂

I don't feel sorry for this people. I feel so much respect and admiration. This is so beautiful and I wish I had their amazing talent, grace and excellence. This is pure art. And sorry for my bad english

En Pointe! I’m a ballerina. I don’t think of it as pain. To me it’s absolute pleasure the toe doesn’t even measure up. And it’s not the applause that keep us going, its the art.

Went back to ballet class last night for the first time in nearly ten years. There's something otherworldly about moving your body for the sole purpose of creating beauty. I know I'm too old now to be a "real dancer" but it will always have a place in my heart. Thank you for sharing the insight of these powerful artists

Ballet is so unappreciated

i've prepared myself for english video and then what the hell? czech? :D just surprise to hear my own language :D awesome btw

yall im just an intermadiate ballet dancer and i do relate those "Pain and Euphoria" of ballet. i started to dance ballet since i was 2 and a half years, and it's been 11 years and counting since i started to learn ballet. now im preparing for my "Swan Lake" show. being a ballerina isnt easy at all, i've been through depression and anxiety because of it. however, ballet is in me.

And people say that dance isn’t a sport.

i’ve watched so many dance videos and ballet docs / movies , read about it ... i’m 20 and i really want to get into dance and do ballet it’s so beautiful i just want to dance and perform and feel like my life and everything is dance. i’m so scared to get out of my bubble but this really inspired me i might just take my first class soon for beginners ballet / dance

I'm no longer going to complain about the pain after my workouts at the gym! These dancers are true athletes!

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Dancers, especially ballet dancers, are true athletes... Imagine doing a pirouette on tiptoes. Tiptoes. First of all, toes are incapable, or should not be used to sustain all weight. There’s the pain factor. They have to push behind the pain to find the beauty. To feel the beauty on tiptoes. It’s a short-lived beauty that results in pain. Endurance marks a true ballerina/ballerino. I had a friend who was a ballet dancer, He was a perfect. His body was symmetrical. Strong. Powerful. Could leap buildings in a single bound, LOL.

This is truelly beautiful. Loved every second of it!!!

before anyone feels sorry. they chose this life. they wouldn’t keep doing it if they didn’t want it.

Beautiful film, adequately named. Really just lovely, and incredibly relatable for me as a dancer... but did anyone notice how they put 'on point' instead of 'en pointe'?

"Applause is a drug" - so true...i was in depression for 4 years after I left dancing school...luckily my boyfriend helped me to find a taste for a life

*pointe. en pointe

My ballet teacher used to say "pain is weakness leaving your body". At a point you embrace the pain...it becomes your friend to becoming better version of yourself!! Now I miss the pain....

Such humbling and inspiring spirit of a ballet dancer. I’m practically sobbing just watching this, I respect them sooo very much and they deserve every bit of the “euphoria” they earned!

I am 13 and I do Ballet since I was 2 years old😊 But it really hurts. Like really bad. It takes your energy and gives you pain but I still love it cause I feel proud of the pain right after I have had my lesson😊 I started to go on point like a month or two ago I loooooooove it so so so much!! ❤️❤️

I had wanted to be a prima ballerina when I was younger. The reality is hard work, money to spend 6 to 7 days a week and hours each day sculpting your craft. The elegance and beauty of ballet is breathtaking. I wish I had had parents that were as dedicated and supportive to ballet as I needed to achieve Prima ballerina status. The dedication, sacrifice and time it takes to be an amazing ballet dancer is incredible. Practice, practice practice.

I’ve done dance since I was 3. Even though there are times were I just want to quit and not try anymore, watching these videos make me remember why I love it so much.

Have been doing classical ballet for about 10 years now. I still have my first pointies, I always look at it and think where I was and where I am now. I'm not perfect, but I'm getting to the point where I've wanted to be. The first pointies still have blood on them, still some bandages stuck them etc. But it's such a good reminder that I've never gave up.

this video got me good, like i know how it feels (or maybe not as much as them). i'm not a ballerina but i used to join an organization that includes dancing and performing. i still remember the euphoria i felt when i learned the moves, even though it's hard i always love it. we practiced always in the field, no matter how hot it is or even rain. it will makes us sick, have a fever, fainted, but we will be okay as long our friends will always be around us. that's another thing i love when i joined the organization; friendship. i will never forget the nerveousness and how fast my heart beated when we about to perform; there's so many "what ifs" exploding inside our mind, but the cheers -the scream, the "woah" voices, it's what keep us believing to finish the performance no matter how bad it is, even though after that we always cried because of our mistakes or how bad our performance is. i already left the organization, but not gonna lie, i fucking miss it.

Truly beautiful, as a 14 year old male ballet dancer I only dabble in pointe work but I cannot even begin to fathom the work that my female peers put in during our performances. The amount of effort that is put in to make somthing stunning is tremendous. And I quote from Gaynor, "It's amazing what goes into making something effortless."

this is beautiful. i really appreciate seeing people appreciate the work us dancers do and what we go through. it honestly is pain and euphoria.

literal feels

Inspiring... as a designer it did bring tears to my eyes to see other creatives talking about the complete investment they put into their work. All creatives who are truly passionate and gifted in their chosen form of expression experience some level of pain and hardship in their work. It is part of the life of a creative. This film so succinctly expresses that phenomenon. thank you.

Wow, just wow. I so very much admire the ballet dancers. Their discipline is extraordinary. Their bodies are literally a work of art that is sculpted and molded to fit whatever dance and routines are given to them to perform. And their performances are a moving work of art. Absolutely astonishing. They demand so very much of their bodies, I am sure always perfecting their craft with constant pain but always pushing themselves to perfection. It takes very, very special people to be able to undertake this challenge everyday of their lives. Bravo to the very beauty, love and emotion they bring out of the audience. They truly bring me to tears just watching them. 🕊🌹💙🌺👌🏻💫

A lot of sports have these type of feeling: “Pain and Euphoria.” I am an athletes (runner) and a dancer. They’re incredibly painful, mentally and psychically. Yet, the results are stunning.

Finally something in Czech language ♥👌

Love ballet with a passion! Thank you for sending!

So so beautiful. every fucking frame!!

From ice dancer to ballet dancers. Respect to u ladies, from one art to another.

This is a brilliant video. I did ballet seriously for a long time. Nobody talks about the real pain though and that’s the poor mental health that ballet brings out in many dancers. In many ways, its an addiction as no sane person would tirelessly torture their bodies and mental health for the sake of an outdated art form only like 3% of the human population actually enjoys watching. The abuse of power from many teachers stuck in old school nazi ways, using manipulative and volatile tactics, instils fear and causes anxiety, panic attacks and an unhealthy perfectionistic desire where dancers forget to listen to their bodies and know when to stop. It’s exactly like a trauma bond between ballet and the dancer, just like an empath keeps going back to a toxic narcissistic relationship. Then there’s the obsessing over food, feeling guilty for having a piece of cake or a bowl of ice cream even if you’re already slim, teachers will mock you the moment you gain weight or too much muscle. There’s the toxic masculinity amongst some heterosexual males involved in the industry because it’s such a rarity (I’m sure most people are aware of the Chase Finlay NYCB Lawsuit) Once you come to the realisation that ballet is an addictive trap due to its thrill but it cost your physical, emotional and mental health, you make it out the other side a much happier person. That’s my take anyway, there’s not many ballet dancers I know with good mental health.

The moment the pain everything you've worked for goes on your performance . It's tiring it's painful but it's worth it. Those few minutes of glory , can't be described.

I’ve danced for 17 years, only been en pointe for almost 4 years.... it’s my second home. During the class my feel hurt to bad especially because of the way they’re shaped and I don’t have naturally good arches... but I look forward to it every week

i absolutely loved this. I give so much respect to any ballerina out there

She's so beautiful

I don't even realize sometimes how my pointe shoes feel when I take them apart. They're so beautiful and angelic- *AND THEN I RIP THEM APART AND LIGHT THE RIBBON ON FIRE, AND CONTINUE THE TORTURE BY DANCING IN THEM FOR 4 HOURS*

Thanks for talking about pain in the morning thought it was just me as I'm trying to get back in training

Beautiful short documentary

i'm a dancer and i'm litterally crying. that's all real. the pain and the euphoria of the rehearsal and then of the show,the anxiety,the chaos behind the scenes, ballerinas that runs here and there bc they have to change their dresses or bc they have to perform,the smell of lacquer...it's all messed up and painful but at the same time very beautiful and exciting,that makes you feel free.

Wow this video is so amazing I'm a dancer too

This is beautiful. And to end with Odile - perfect!

Its absolutely Stunning

This video was absolutely beautiful

"When you wake up in the morning and you have no pain- you 're not a dancer anymore." More-less my life, though I'm not a professional. It explains everything. I 've seen it several times and it always moves me as much as the first time. This video is a grat job that proves what it takes to be a dancer.

I'm in awe of how well they know their bodies, every muscle, really. I've come to know my back pretty well since I started having back trouble, but they know all their muscles.

This is so true.. I've been a ballet dancer for 10 years now and I still didn't quit it..

Krásne

Thanks for this amazing video NOWNESS. I love this videos so much and that you made one about the discipline that gives meaning to my life -ballet- is such an amazing gift. 🖤 Love you guys.

So not only is this beautiful, they also provided us with asmr. The music, the languages, the prep of the shoes and the sound of dance and movement. Wowza

Even though the pain is so bad I love it so much and I don’t know why.

*You are the cause of my euphoria~*

I loved this, also when I heard czech I got so excited because i came here to watch the video about ballet but then I didn't realise it was about a czech and got really happy and that I understood because I'm Australian but my mum is czech and it's my other home and we speak czech so it makes me really excited and i got really happy :)

I’ll always remember my first time working as a stage hand when a traveling ballet company loaded in to the theatre. We got the floor down to their satisfaction. Then the dancers asked for 5 gallon paint buckets filled to the brim with ice cubes. In between the solos, dancers plunged their legs up to the knee into the buckets of ice. And stayed that way for up to a half hour. I’d never seen a pain threshold like that before.

This is the reason why I love ballet.. A place where you can mix ur pain .ur Feelings.ur beautiful .ur moves and ur hard work .... That is what makes it the best ❤️

You have to live with it, be strong and be determined to keep going through the pain!

Her saying we always wake up with pain bcs that's like natural for us is a mood and that sometimes we can't feel our muscles.....and feeling like we always can be better and improving is spot on I felt that.....🙌🙌🙌 Dances on pointe for 2 hours= In pain 5 hour's later I love dancing 😌

This was absolutely lovely

that gave me chills~ with beauty comes pain

i wish i could be strong and brave just like them. never give up and keep on trying. while me, i cant even stand myself to be strong and face it. yall are one of the awesome ppl.

Such dedication to the art form.

The aplause at the end of a performance truly is a drug it gets you addicted you never stop

ballerinas amaze me in so many ways

I may not be a ballet dancer but I am a dancer. The things these wonderful women said in the video is true. I am a hula/Tahitian dancer and it is true to not, always about being graceful and beautiful. The pain that we as dancers have to take in is absolutely out of this world. I also love how she says that pain is her friend cause it is true for a dancer pain truly is her/his friend. Every morning I would wake up and feel pain and it was every morning routine. My thighs burned with agony but not as much as my feet. Not only that by she also mentions that when the audience, claps it's like an addiction that we can not get rid of. Just knowing he audience appreciates our dance is wonderful. And when it's over, everything disappears so fast. I still remember that my whole entire dance group performed at sea world for the whole day and only had a 1 hour to rest and get ready. They wouldn't even offer us free food for performing there and our own dress room. But I still remember our 7 number was the hardest one. Our dance was for 6 minutes straight and that may not belong to other dancers but we were freak in basically shaking our butts and going really fast the entire dance And it would be so scary if we messed up cause then the next day we would get yelled at and be dancing solo for the class the entire time

I don't do ballet but love everything about it and especially appreciate the art of ballet. I think it's wonderful ❤👍

I love this! Great job!

This video really motivated me. I remembered why do I want to dance again. Thanks.

That was brilliant. Wow.

Velmi pravdivé video. Miluji tenhle typ videí❤❤

Been a ballerina and I felt this video so much

I truly respect ballet dancers. I have understood how hard is what they are doing and still doing it so well.. im so proud for them and they deserve all of our respect🍓

The embodiment of Grace. Beautiful in dance, and speech, and manner. A Lady. Lifts "Strictly" by 95%.

“If you wake up in the morning and you don’t have pain anymore you are not a dancer.” ❤️

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

Fascinating interview ❤️

Is amazing to watch but never ever I will let my daughters go through it - too much sacrifice,pain,stress and pressure :( I know nothing comes free but is just too much for me

Nečekala jsem, že uslyším češtinu 😄 a tenhle důvod způsobil, že si videa vážím ještě více. Úžasně natočené, balet je podle mě to nejlepší, co lidstvo má. I didn’t expected to hear czech, and this is also the reason why I value this vid even more. Filmed beautifuly, ballet is in my opinion the best thing humans have.

I was a ballerina on point when I was young now I have no regrets as I probably wouldn’t be able to endure that life but I am greatful for being a ballerina at least I can write it off my bucket list💜

Very emotional video!!

this is so beautiful

Krásný

ahh i loved this. so beautiful

Woww.. i love ballet

So inspirational

watching this while on quarantine...i need keep myself inspired and not lose myself..coz i miss dancing