What does it take to make it as a 13-year-old ballerina?

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6 жыл бұрын

Lilia Greyeyes takes you through a day in the life at Canada's National Ballet School.
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Lilia Greyeyes's day starts bright and early at Canada's National Ballet School. After a full set of courses, she heads straight to ballet class for another round of practice. But this is nothing new to the young student - she's been dancing since she was only two years old.
Clearly, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree: Lilia Greyeyes is the daughter of famed Canadian actor, director and choreographer Michael Greyeyes. He's also a Canada's National Ballet School alumnus. Lilia's mother, Nancy Greyeyes, is an award-winning dancer who's worked with ballets in Canada and the United States.
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What does it take to make it as a 13-year-old ballerina?
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@olivxa_aa 6 жыл бұрын

and here i am falling onto the floor after attempting a double pirouette on ballet

@AlisaForestHillsBrigades 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@azraelamaya8985 3 жыл бұрын

@azero8078 5 жыл бұрын

When I was about 5-7 years old, I took ballet, I was overweight, and the girls in my ballet class used bully me for it. So I quit class. I really regret quitting, so I am joining back soon. I’m super excited.

@tulipft1344 4 жыл бұрын

How did it go

@damsie64 3 жыл бұрын

Omg we’re like the same! I am still overweight tho but I still take ballet lessons. I’m now in grade 6 but I am not selected to go for competitions because of my weight but my teacher said that I am doing great! ☺️ (Just happy that she complemented me :) ) Oh and i started going en pointe last year but I’m not doing great in it cuz for some reason my toes hurt.....I think I need thicker padding but I won’t be able to fit in my shoe if I do so.... sigh

@carleighmay 6 жыл бұрын

I love the widows in the studio beautiful view to do some dancing

@rents1033 6 жыл бұрын

so inspiring!

@velophora 3 жыл бұрын

She was in the same dance class as me when we were about 3 years old. It’s super cool to see her still doing ballet

@hannah7351 6 жыл бұрын

i thought she was actually a professional dancer by reading the title but she’s still training in a school

@graceodonnell2688 4 жыл бұрын

You can start ballet at any age once you believe in yourself!!!!

@analuciagonzaleznoriega110 3 жыл бұрын

You can't be a professional when you're 13

@sabrinayang5824 6 жыл бұрын

I FREAKING KNOW HER!!!!!! SHE GOES TO MY BALLET SCHOOL FOR ONE PERFORMANCE!!!!! OMG!!!!!

@claireelise3125 5 жыл бұрын

That’s cool

@wannaplayagame7484 4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@tammicollier7647 4 жыл бұрын

Are you SERIOUS 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

@lucydolenkoo 3 жыл бұрын

i go to the same school as her lol

@michaeladesimone7388 6 жыл бұрын

Their bodies are perfect 😭

@sydiekitty 3 жыл бұрын

I have no arches and a weird archy back 🤗 imagine having natural ballet bodies and flexibility 🤯😭

@audreysullivan1940 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr 😭😭😭

@azraelamaya8985 3 жыл бұрын

Nah your face is perfect 😌

@alexandraespinoza8974 6 жыл бұрын

if your 15 is it too late to be a 13 year old ballerina

@islahidham5315 6 жыл бұрын

Unless you have dreams and passion

@jeanienguyen1543 6 жыл бұрын

well if ur 15 then yes it’s too late to be 13😂not too late to start ballet though!

@myuna5757 6 жыл бұрын

Jeanie lol

@johnlesmi 6 жыл бұрын

alexandra espinoza nah, all you have to do is become the flash, time travel back two years and convince yourself to become a ballerina, easy

@bettycakesweet4352 6 жыл бұрын

Iam 12 years old so i might get a chance

@marialindell9874 6 жыл бұрын

Im 14. I used to dance at the max fir 2 and half years activly. We didn't have the money for the classes anymore, but im considering to try and return to the world of ballet and horse riding.

@moonraccoon6493 6 жыл бұрын

i only started ballet at the end of last year. and i'm 14 😅

@liliannaweber3379 4 жыл бұрын

I'm starting ballet this year an im 11

@emavelcikova8970 4 жыл бұрын

I am 14 now and i can't find class in my country, city , area.. i would love to dance

@stephaniecely1236 4 жыл бұрын

J, I started ballet at 12 and before ballet I also did gymnastics. It’s never too late to start ballet 🩰. I’m now 13 and I personally think that the flexibility I had from gymnastics such as splits really helped me improve in ballet.

@mariamkavt7504 3 жыл бұрын

@J hey!I i know your comment is old but i had same problem as you (I am same age,was gymnastic and my flexibility was fading too)and I started by learning splits and be flexible again then i searched some ballet for beginners videos in KZfaq .I become flexible and can do elementary ballet and I will start ballet classes this year,so it's never to late if you want something ❤️(sorry for my bad English)

@caraohearn9681 6 жыл бұрын

Lilia! Look at you go- all grown up. It’s great to see a beautiful VIBA student like you succeed so well. I’m so happy for you and wish you all the best in your future endeavours! Keep inspiring

@iloveseaslugs 6 жыл бұрын

She is so pretty! 😍✨

@Molly_Belle 4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing her father is the gorgeous actor Michael Greyeyes. He was a ballet dancer before he was an actor.

@sydiekitty 3 жыл бұрын

Dude what she’s amazing 😭

@elizabethwilliamson7373 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your career choice. Like mother/like daughter! Ms. Greyeyes you are a beautiful young dancer.

@sumobob2 7 ай бұрын

This is Michael Greyeyes daughter :) Cool that she is following in both her parents footsteps. I bet they are very proud.

@billiesavocado1843 5 жыл бұрын

The studio looks amazing! Those windows😍

@sydneykustra8952 6 жыл бұрын

I remember dancing with you so long ago now at Academy of ballet and jazz glad to see you're doing well if you read this say hi to Nancy for me and my mom

@evelyn-gp1kp 6 жыл бұрын

Ive been doing dance since I was 3 but Im fat and all ballerinas are so skinny and beautiful and talented but I’m pretty sure Im good at dancing but yeah.

@cass8446 6 жыл бұрын

Evelyn T. Same, and I feel bad sometimes bc it makes me feel like I'm not trying hard enough and I tried to lose weight, but i have very low metabolism so I can't lose weight easily and I have thick bones like my wrist bone is so much bigger than my friends and i don't know why and my muscles become very stiff quickly. Anyways I'm sorry for ranting haha

@ninidolidze2317 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my god same. I tried so hard to lose weight but my classmates are so skinny and when I stand with them I look soooo thick. I have low metabolism and it is so hard for me but I am trying until I will be happy with my body

@comprendersi1444 6 жыл бұрын

Evelyn T. You should watch 15 year old ballerina “stereo types were meant to be broken”

@jtagoc0 6 жыл бұрын

lol me 2

@valarieheart1805 6 жыл бұрын

Same :( I have a Vaganova Ballet Examination tomorrow and Im the only fat girl in class and it’s just frustrating looking at myself in the mirror

@charlescortez7652 3 жыл бұрын

what a nice girl she is.

@lelaniejoubert1089 Жыл бұрын

WOW, Amazing!!💞

@Max-un7qt 5 жыл бұрын

unrelated but her voice is so pretty

@kirrasebastian7419 6 жыл бұрын

My sister dances at a professional studio. It takes a lot from her. She is constantly stressed from the pressure and struggles from bad anxiety and panic attacks from it. I don’t know why she continues, because the life of a professional ballerina is not very promising. I wish she would quit so she’d be herself again.

@ne_yil824 5 жыл бұрын

I cam imagine why she keeps dancing. As some ballerinas say, ballet is euphoria and pain. It is hard.VERY hard. But it’s not having a premising job. It’s about having their dream and passion as their job. I guess It’s hard to see your loved ones being stressed and constantly ubder pressure but if she loves it so much and if she is passionate she will continues. Cause she loves it. I guess the love and passion for it is stronger than the pain. I hope she is doing fine no matter which path she choosed. I am sure What she accomplished is still beautiful and impressive.

@emilka7494 4 жыл бұрын

i dance in ballet 22 hours a week i dance in the national ballet school in sweden(:

@gracieghost1236 6 жыл бұрын

:'( My mom won't let me achieve my dreams, yet her and her friends are complaining about me not doing anything with my life, even though my mom is the one who is holding me back, I try tell her that it's her but she isn't owning up :( It's not just that but everywhere I go to a group of people have to call me fat, and then everyone laughs *except school which I am actually popular, such a coincidence ;-;) even my siblings ridicule me and they both don't know that I take it to heart :'( I don't know what I can do anymore..I want to do something but I can't

@lauracrimson 6 жыл бұрын

Keep faith, work hard and follow your dreams. The only one who can live your life is you. So if you find something you enjoy work on it, you'll find your path. Don't give up! :-) XoXo

@raiynora 6 жыл бұрын

That's weird that you want to be a real ballerina but your mom says you're not being productive!

@janetrose908 6 жыл бұрын

Grace's DIY Factory remember, anyone is beautiful the way they are. prove that you are human too. stay strong and never give up.

@svetx4889 6 жыл бұрын

Do what you want!!! And if your mom absolutely refuses to let you take classes then try being self taught...trust me it works you just have to believe in yourself. I have faith in you:)

@zoeladd1023 4 жыл бұрын

get a new mom :)

@nazihahere 2 жыл бұрын

February 25th, 2022 Reading on how people want ballet as their full time career even if it's not the most promising and is a lot of pain/dedication because of their passion for it makes me really happy :)) It's not my dream career but I would love to try it !!

@madarasausa5600 5 жыл бұрын

Dance is wonderfull. I' ve always loved dancing. I dance something extremly similar to ballet. Our cultures folk dance is like ballet but the only diffrent thing is that we dont have point shoes but pastalas. They look like pointe shoes but they are 100 times more comfy. Also we dont stand on the tip on toes but on half on our foot.

@Lynnyyy 6 жыл бұрын

My school starts at7:15

@laurakaysmith5848 6 жыл бұрын

That is NBS I trained there under miss L'amy as well!

@anja8762 3 жыл бұрын

When I was about 6-7 I went to ballet for about 3 years and now I’m 13 and I’m thinking of starting ballet again

@katarzynahahn2846 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...

@littleghostie 5 жыл бұрын

I quit ballet and now I miss it, could I ever relearn at the age of 13?

@washingmachinesworklongerw8233 6 жыл бұрын

What many don’t understand is that every body is different so it takes different people more or less time to learn things like this

@Yumi-zc4zy 4 жыл бұрын

Omg that’s so cool you know her anyway Keep it up ur guys are great at baller

@evelynhenri6982 4 жыл бұрын

You wi!I do it you are an awesome young lady ..keep on keeping on

@ioanaganea5570 6 жыл бұрын

Agree♥️

@tillie1749 6 жыл бұрын

If someone asked me why I dance, I’d just say I want to be the cool kid who can do flips and stuff 😋

@Jesssend 6 жыл бұрын

I used to go to the National Ballet school.

@flowerpower1492 Жыл бұрын

shes so lucky! :)

@jungshook8734 6 жыл бұрын

I could've been a successful ballerina until I suffered a knee injury in soccer 😑

@aqueen5148 6 жыл бұрын

we almost have the same life except I don't live in a cottage

@lottiewalkerbroose4258 6 жыл бұрын

My day is the same I go to palates from 7 to 8 then I have academy from 8 till 10 and then I have rehearsal until 12 and then I have a 10 minuet break and then I go to repertoire in till 4 and then I have show rehearsal until 6 and then I go to body break (fitness) until 7 then I have dinner and go to bed ( I’m at a boarding school)

@noname-fo6pt 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 13 and I really want to do ballet, I’m really flexible but I have no experience what so ever, I just think it would be cool and fun to do but they say u need passion and I don’t know if I have that so I can’t really imagine myself doing it

@jadakiyoshk6948 5 жыл бұрын

I've tried out 3 times already and I can't seem to make it :(

@jaylenbarbieri2239 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have tips for nbs auditions? I have auditioned and thought I did good, but sadly wasn’t chosen, so I’m going to audition again and I really want to do it right this time

@fz1742 6 жыл бұрын

someone please tell me the name of the music at 3:06 !!!!!!

@PetDKK 6 жыл бұрын

I danced ballet since I was 5 and now I am 12, my ballet dancer is very sweet and will let me dance ballet, even tho I am close to be too high to be a ballet dancer :( And I need to get some special per of point shoes becouse I have a big foot xD But ballet is just.. It's me and I love it so im glad that I dance where I dance, thank you nicely ballet teachers

@bellaeliz07 3 жыл бұрын

She is very lucky because I know I don’t have the money to go to dance school but I wish I could!!!

@annaseavey2534 6 жыл бұрын

Watching this after I stretched for an hour and I’m ShAkInG😂😂

@mochiecat306 4 жыл бұрын

Oooo I wish I was a ballerina! btw I'm 12 and I've always liked to dance my parents don't know cuz i normally just stretch in the morning when no one is awake. I can do turns. Also in the future, I want pointed shoes.

@AlisaForestHillsBrigades 4 жыл бұрын

Good for her I'm so proud of her 👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷♥️😂

@ABBY-pk6cn 3 жыл бұрын

if im 13 can i still start ballet?

@janah2387 3 жыл бұрын

wow michael greyeyes daughter 😘😘😘😘

@ameliegrace2456 6 жыл бұрын

All,of the comments accept two are about which place you got on the video

@ImranKhan-le7qx 4 жыл бұрын

Woow

@donharrison2509 3 жыл бұрын

Does the age matter on studying ballet

@mzingamovies7157 4 жыл бұрын

It's not too late is it be 15 years old you can still and just trust in yourself

@comedyrpg5243 6 жыл бұрын

I can’t even do a double pirouette in ballet, and I’m 11 (it is probably because I just started dance again but still)

@dianewigell578 3 жыл бұрын

Is she Michael Greyeyes daughter?

@laneyspangle4474 3 жыл бұрын

Yes she is the youngest one

@BridgetSonobe 6 жыл бұрын

Well shot!

@twilight2073 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh, the TV shows weren’t lying this is how the fricking school actually looks like 😂

@marwa._.moonlight4786 4 жыл бұрын

and here i am can't even reach the rimote without falling off the sofa

@rose_x0x065 3 жыл бұрын

Me: In grade 2 nearly 3 does a posse turn. At home: tries a pirouette does one badly then does one again keeps trying. Me: finally does a full two turns at 10 yrs old :O

@graciahollyhutama1525 6 жыл бұрын

here I am watching KZfaq and eating Pocky...

@mayaholt4574 6 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks training for 19 hours a week isn't enough?

@emilka7494 3 жыл бұрын

Maya Holt Yeah i train 24+ hours a week and I’m also 13 yrs(in a ballet school)

@hathawaycinema 6 жыл бұрын

Them: What does it take to make it as a 13-year-old ballerina? Me: be thirteen and have ballet lessons? (Also don’t forget about school) Read more

@aisha6984 4 жыл бұрын

I want to star ballet but I’m 13 😐

@Amy-ro1qu 6 жыл бұрын

How I’m tryna be

@noramcnabb1361 6 жыл бұрын

Ok obviously an ameture wrote the title because a ballerina is a prima, or principle ballerina. Nothing else. Until then you are a ballet dancer

@oworosie931 6 жыл бұрын

Nora McNabb journalists don’t care about technicalities. The vast majority of non dancers think that all ballet dancers are ballerinas, they just chose a title that would catch attention.

@gracenoelle1755 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing and I thought maybe she might have been moved up a lot but at the end she talks about how she wants to be a professional.

@myuna5757 6 жыл бұрын

Ikr!!! I was like HOWWW

@itzmemyrdell270 6 жыл бұрын

Nora McNabb yeah I agree. The title is pretty misleading

@lucydolenkoo 3 жыл бұрын

nope thats not true i am a professional dancer and this is completely innacurate if ur training professionally or in a company ur a ballerina

@jasmine.m16 3 жыл бұрын

This is late timing, but is 11 too late to start?

@faraz737 6 жыл бұрын

Then there's me..

@jiwonsworld6331 3 жыл бұрын

Wow In comments,many people had started ballet when they were like 13,14.... I am 13 but I am a Korean so I can't start ballet.. In Korea,when you are 13,You just need to do nothing but studying...There's no time to play or do something you like. You should just study for your life. I wish I had never born in korea...

@coolballetkid1016 3 жыл бұрын

what about the prix, all the good dancers are korean!!

@ajuhuskey 6 жыл бұрын

Seventh

@kaitlyn791 6 жыл бұрын

How is she allowed to do pointe? She's my age, I doubt her feet have stopped growing.

@gracenoelle1755 6 жыл бұрын

Kaitlyn they don’t have to stop growing because you technically don’t stop growing until you’re 25. They just have to be strong enough so you don’t hurt yourself. Usually it’s smart to wait for a growth spurt around 12 or so. I personally don’t think any younger would be better but that’s just my opinion.😊

@michaeladesimone7388 6 жыл бұрын

Kaitlyn your feet don't have to stop growing to go en pointe, you just start dancing en pointe when your feet are strong enough. By the time your pointe shoes are too small for you, they will have been dead for a long time😂