What Does It Take to Become Principal Ballerina?

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What Does It Take to Become Principal Ballerina?

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Dancer Isabella Boylston is American Ballet Theatre's youngest principal ballerina. She joins Tanya Rivero to discuss her upcoming roles and her rise to the top of the ballet world. Photo: Karolina Kuras
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@discontinuedpleasegoaway 8 жыл бұрын

No, that first variation is Diamond Fairy. Not Aurora

@zeda8589 7 жыл бұрын

ImGray p

@bellaenpointe 4 жыл бұрын

I’m late but yep

@muffin_heart 3 жыл бұрын

I KNOW, RIGHT?

@lys_ballerina 3 жыл бұрын

my dream is to be a professional ballerina 😍 i would love to dance at ABT one day!!!

@eduardasartorio8932 3 жыл бұрын

Her smile is SOOOOO beautiful

@Ballerinarose 8 жыл бұрын

"Well at least your married.." How inappropriate. Geez...

@natalielinden 8 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@NhiTran-dw8ij 7 жыл бұрын

Second that!!! Somehow I feel like the interviewer is not fit for interviewing an artist. She lacks that "going with the flow", being able to feel all the feels, and being versatile enough to follow whatever the conversation may unfold. It literally feels like an interview with some business figure. She just jumped from one question to the next, and wanted to get the answer out. It was apparent that Isabella was not at ease or at her most comfortable.

@younghyunjoo1564 7 жыл бұрын

Agree- also the fact that she told her at the end of the interview. Damn. Oh and this whole interview made me feel like the ballerina was uncomfortable throughout.

@TheCerealluvr 7 жыл бұрын

effing ridiculous

@Es9954 7 жыл бұрын

And she interrupted Isabella quite often which was bothering me the most i think

@lojainnasr3574 7 жыл бұрын

That was not Aurora! What a disgrace to a so called professional media... (For the first ballet clip) It's Diamond Fairy (take note). However overall lovely video minus the error and bam perfect. :D Question about the reporter: How could she mistake that as Aurora if she was a dancer? Along with a few other rude remarks.

@zaila4271 7 жыл бұрын

You're married so you do have a personal life??? Marriage isn't the only way to have a personal life. I feel like the interviewer doesn't understand dance.

@defnegursel1446 5 жыл бұрын

Did she [the interviewer] call Odette “swan lake”? At least educate yourself on ballet before you interview a ballet dancer

@avasmith8325 7 жыл бұрын

That's not Aroura! That's the diamond farie!

@breezter 7 жыл бұрын

4:12 was that Misty on the barre?

@l.h.3804 6 жыл бұрын

breezter Yes

@n.a.8189 6 жыл бұрын

breezter Yup :)

@icarrus4u 6 жыл бұрын

Yup! Looking gorgeous.

@jensen1880 4 жыл бұрын

Weight is vital if you need to be lifted by another dancer!- everything changes, a great ballerina takes the lead

@TheCerealluvr 7 жыл бұрын

She's such a cutie!

@lockheart619 6 жыл бұрын

A ballet boarding school? How old was she?

@elleromanovafermanpevel2127 7 жыл бұрын

ISABELLA !!!!😲🎈🎊🎉

@indraneelmore1130 3 жыл бұрын

She could just say she is talented 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@21whichiswhich 7 жыл бұрын

Is she the ex-girlfriend of Benjamin? Nathalie Portman's husband.

@walshiel3533 7 жыл бұрын

21whichiswhich bi

@Marusamaisnotagirl 5 жыл бұрын

@karebu2 8 жыл бұрын

Lol. What's a principal ballerina anyway?

@classicalchance7831 8 жыл бұрын

When you dance in a company, the principal position is the highest position you can reach as a ballerina.

@lockheart619 6 жыл бұрын

Alexa Charbonneau does the company just choose them to be one or do they have to audition to do so?

@catalinaguzmancantante212 5 жыл бұрын

@@lockheart619 the company promotes them, based on their performance

@evag1344 4 жыл бұрын

lock heart they start at the corde ballet (spelling error) then they might slowly get promoted to soloist and later principal

@mads5171 4 жыл бұрын

The top dancers in a company whom preform lead roles like Juliet and Odette etc

@drewbach6073 8 жыл бұрын

First

@celticeyesmorriganrising929 6 жыл бұрын

ALL THE PRINCIPALS AT NYCB ARE BEAUTIFUL..i guess abt does not have that standard.

@vilebui8755 5 жыл бұрын

beauty comes from within

@kerrytakashi12 5 жыл бұрын

ABT has the UGLY standard. Or at least the company Board Members do. They would rather push this one with the limp wrists and claw hands over truly beautiful dancers like Sarah Lane, Christine Shevchenko or Skylar Brandt.

@DianaMoon11428 4 жыл бұрын

@@kerrytakashi12 Skylar may get that promotion. She did two Giselles.

@kkdoc7864 4 жыл бұрын

Kerry Takashi I know very little about ballet, but based on your comments, I am paying a lot more attention to her hand movements which are different. Why is it that even dance is ruled by “who you know”.? Who should be the principal and why? I am trying to learn as much as I can.

@melissa0506 3 жыл бұрын

@@DianaMoon11428 yup Skylar is now a Principal