I'm fascinated by this video and am so thankful you made it. Are you still accepting donations? I'd love to donate if you are still accepting donations at what's in your description
@beljw14 күн бұрын
So helpful!
@deborakruk18 күн бұрын
Your tutorials are the best ❤❤❤
@eleshalife520 күн бұрын
wow you are so amazing truly. breathtaking to watch. one of the best ballet dancers i’ve ever seen on you tube. thank you for you videos.
@Nimwae23 күн бұрын
Thank you Salty!! I love the way you break things down and explain them! So helpful 😊
@AddictedToEmotionsАй бұрын
Oh it's beautiful! I plan to use some ballet moves in my exotic pole dance choreo since we are often en pointe 😍 I'm going to be a butterfly 🥰
@Gigis_PoemsАй бұрын
Thank you. So helpful. I love how you break things down and make them so doable.
@BeingAnnaАй бұрын
The only helpful and pretty complete video on youtube about this❤❤❤
@Gigis_PoemsАй бұрын
So helpful. Thank you for breaking it down into tiny steps!
@edenalexandriab9120Ай бұрын
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@spiralout89Ай бұрын
Thank you for clarifying
@joyj5447Ай бұрын
Great videos~ Thank you^^
@joyj5447Ай бұрын
Very helpful. You are a great teacher!🥰😍
@yqy8388Ай бұрын
Very precise, appreciate your explanation and than you for your effort!
@weirdspirit25072 ай бұрын
You have a gift for explaining things. So glad I found your channel. I subscribed and will be watching! Great supplement to my classes in person. Thanks
@weirdspirit25072 ай бұрын
this was so helpful thank you
@Gigis_Poems2 ай бұрын
So helpful! I am a new adult beginner and really appreciate you breaking this into the tiniest of steps!
@belkyhernandez82812 ай бұрын
I would love to see a Xena ballet or ballet opera. Is that a thing?
@belkyhernandez82812 ай бұрын
These are great. Each of these videos are a master class.
@DuquesaLa2 ай бұрын
Hi! This is so helpful! I always thought that épaulement was a very specific movement that happens when you’re in second arabesque or tendu derrière with your working leg downstage. Say you just came from first arabesque arms and you roll your upstage arm back so that your downstage arm comes forward, forming a diagonal line with your arms as your head faces the audience. The whole movement kind of causes your spine to form a spiral. Anyways, this was the only movement that my teachers called épaulement, but now that I’m preparing to teach ballet myself it’s good to know that it’s not the only instance of épaulement. Thanks! 😊
@ChristaWilliams-Collett2 ай бұрын
Thank you! This is the most comprehensive breakdown I've seen. Really helpful.
@jutta33782 ай бұрын
Thank you for talking about hypermobility. I have very bendy "rubber feet" with very high arches and this causes me a lot of ankle instability. I have to do a lot of strength training and work with a physiotherapist to learn not to overstretch. You are the first dancer/teacher I've encountered who is aware of EDS and how it affects the body. I wish there was more awareness of this condition in the dance community.
@onealericcisan8052 ай бұрын
<3 <3
@jutta33782 ай бұрын
Love how you explain the steps! Great tutorial. You make pas de bourree less "salty" to learn!
@CarlRatner2 ай бұрын
Lovely explanation. I’m not understanding your pronunciation of this word. Maybe it has a unique pronunciation in American ballet terminology? In French it is a three syllable word and the middle syllable is pretty close to the English word “pole.” Or you might hear a little shadow vowel between the L and the M making it almost 4 syllables. It seems like you are saying the second syllable like the Italian word “puoi” rhyming with “boy.” In normal French there couldn’t possibly be any Y sound at the end of the syllable. Maybe in ballet it is somehow pronounced the way you are saying it.
@SaltySugarPlum2 ай бұрын
it's probably a combination of hearing my Russian teachers say it with their accent, in addition to me being Italian and instinctively putting an Italian accent on anything from the romance languages.
@CarlRatner2 ай бұрын
@@SaltySugarPlum Good reason! You come by it naturally! Yes, it definitely sounds like a combination of Italian and Russian. Or lets say Fracci and Makarova. Keep doing it your way, it works for you.
@alfcnz2 ай бұрын
The explanation starts at 3:00.
@paolachavez64722 ай бұрын
So clear!!! Thank you ❤❤❤
@weirdspirit25072 ай бұрын
awesome. I subscribed. thank you
@chalkedlines89602 ай бұрын
I so wish the general public would stop appropriating black queer culture. My white nieces who have attended a private conservative christian school since they were very young use this same terminology. At the last family gathering I heard one of them say to the other, "You do you, boo," and thought I was going to lose my mind right then and there. This video got an immediate like and subscribe. I started ballet at the late age of 14 back in 1995. I danced six days a week all throughout high school and then two or three days a week through college and into my mid-twenties. I was away from it for over a decade coming back at 36. I'm now 43. I often find myself longing for the respectful and disciplined classes of my youth. The difference between 2005 and 2024 seems surreal at times.
@Minimeowzilla3 ай бұрын
Thank u so much for breaking it down in so much detail!
@candycottrell64693 ай бұрын
I like the stepping over the puddle for a slight push, and I need to pay attention to where my arms are, a very helpful video!
@julijepp3 ай бұрын
I found this video and saw "4y ago" and sighed thinking "man, a great channel and I'm late to the party, she probably doenst post anymore" so Imagine my delight to see you are still uploading, its like finding a treasure trove of knowledge delivered in such a clear way, youre awesome!
@SaltySugarPlum3 ай бұрын
aw, i'm so glad this s helpful! i still post when i can. but currently, i work a ton and don't have many days off. as of right now, i'm lucky if i post even 1x a month! but i'm still around, and still teaching. just busy, and i can't prioritize youtube like i used to!
@julijepp3 ай бұрын
@SaltySugarPlum I follow some people who seem to only post once or twice a year and even then it's worth the wait! Besides I have a lot of your videos to catch up on. Your upload rate is very impressive though for balancing work with KZfaq, so kudos! It can't be easy! (Especially being ballet centered lol)
@shirleytao43 ай бұрын
Did you make a follow up video?
@SaltySugarPlum3 ай бұрын
no, but i used my new virtisse shoes for a nutcracker, and they were really beautiful and comfortable!
@Maiyabanks3 ай бұрын
@@SaltySugarPlumI recently switched from Nikolay to Virtisse Violette and haven’t looked back. I would love to hear what shoes you got or see a follow up video. Thank you for making this video!
@khazermashkes23163 ай бұрын
Very helpful!
@ronid84813 ай бұрын
Thanks, so helpful.
@jennasmit18753 ай бұрын
Makes me a lot faster , thank you❤
@coffeewithmilk7.3 ай бұрын
Tysm!!!
@ioanagrancea60913 ай бұрын
Yes, the explanation I was looking for. May God bless you.
@user-sm6qu2yh4w3 ай бұрын
I can't subscribe so remember me
@sorceryofmind3 ай бұрын
Your videos are exceptional. Really fantastic. So clear in instruction and helpful for all level of dancers . Good clean technique. A true artist and brilliant educated instructor. Your body and lines are aspirational. You remind me of the Louise Brooks quote "if you want to learn how to act look at a dancer, and to dance an actor" You have totally grasped and honed your craft. Hope to see you perform when you are next in production. ❤
@Emma78323 ай бұрын
Awesome explanation. I started taking a once a week class a couple months ago. We had a substitute teacher for one class and she gave us center combinations with a ton of pas de boureé. I couldn't stop getting tripped up. Glad i found this video
@Bornahorse3 ай бұрын
This was so helpful! I loved this move as a kid because it felt so effortlessly graceful but had completely forgotten the name!
@patriciaalarcon41673 ай бұрын
Thank you for this helpful information 🩰♥️💙😊
@coffeewithmilk7.3 ай бұрын
I'm from Brazil and I wanted to thank you for the video and the subtitles. I finally managed to understand my legs. I thought I would need to keep my heels apart in first position. And I also didn't know how to put the patellas up. Once more, thank you!
@barbarasmith75104 ай бұрын
great tutorial, thanks!
@flightydancer4 ай бұрын
You are a beautiful teacher and dancer. Explaining and demonstrating so clearly with lots of love.
@SipMyCharlatte4 ай бұрын
Small but weird tip for anyone with vision problems: I literally HAVE to wear contacts when dancing. Wearing glasses or dancing blind always hurts my head faster. I can last much longer dancing if I'm wearing contacts.
@saccarois4 ай бұрын
hey, actually how to learn to twist legs more from the hip? sometimes I twist my knees and ankles too much and then I feel pain. yesterday my teacher told me to do tendu to the side, carefully shuffling the outer edge of my foot, and grabbed my thigh, rotating it more with her hands. It is very difficult for me to recreate it with the strength of my muscles, will just strengthening the muscles responsible for the turnout solve my problem? I greet warmly
@SaltySugarPlum4 ай бұрын
if you hold your leg out in any direction (like the height of a dégagé) flex the foot, and practice turning in & turning out again, rotating from the thigh, slowly, over and over. you will start to feel the muscles you need for more turn out coming from the thighs... and because your foot is not touching the floor, you should not need your knees or ankles to rotate the whole leg. this feels like your inner thighs reaching forward, and the top muscles around the sides of your hips and under your glutes pulling backwards... all you have to do is reach for more turn out every time. it is both a squeezing, and a pulling. and then you can lower your leg to tendu. and practice from there... already feeling the thigh rotating at the beginning of your tendus.