Not the bobby pin still on the computer😂

@49ers.for.life.lorax.slays.

8 ай бұрын

Stopppppp it bugs me so so Much

@MooshroomDragonzArt

8 ай бұрын

Ok wow 324 likes ty!

@PreppyAjooni

8 ай бұрын

@@MooshroomDragonzArt*cough cough* 549 *cough cough*

@annaluciaschmitz

8 ай бұрын

@@49ers.for.life.lorax.slays.Same, it reminds me of the one bobby-pin that’s still left in my hair after a performance…..for like two days after 😂(every ballet dancer knows, what I mean 🥲)

@hhhii234

8 ай бұрын

@@annaluciaschmitzreal 😭 i can never get it out whatt

6:05: as a violinist I gasped. It was surprising to see someone crush rosin like that… I guess the string players have a place to donate their busted up rosin now lol

@Silverity

8 ай бұрын

That was my reaction too!!

@susancorlett3856

8 ай бұрын

When I was in middle school a good half of the dancers in my class also played violin or Viola and would bring their broken rosin blocks to the studio

@izzybeth

8 ай бұрын

SAME 😅

@IamStillrich

8 ай бұрын

That's funny because we use to actually collect it in an old shoe box from the music hall. lol

@hannekezijlmans6578

8 ай бұрын

Same! 🤣🤣🤣

I'm willing to bet the little girl dancing Esmeralda has dancers in the family, if not her own parents. She is SUPER impressive!

@Caroline-jt6ez

8 ай бұрын

Her name is Ileanca Bedac, she was 7 years old, she's Romanian.

@Caroline-jt6ez

8 ай бұрын

Her name is Ileanca Bedac, she was 7 years old, she's Romanian.

@GoldenLion8

8 ай бұрын

@@Caroline-jt6ez The name is Ilinca Bendeac.

@skehleben7699

8 ай бұрын

I see a lot of tears in that child's life.

@HManis-kr5uf

8 ай бұрын

I can’t even do that at 16

Omg I wanna see Josephine in a pointe shoemaker shop getting a full tour and making her own!

@betseygirard8878

8 ай бұрын

I loved the baby.

@dinkvjr

8 ай бұрын

Yesssss, you know hers would be PERFECTION since she understands dance, the dancer, and more importantly FEET and issues with feet!!!!

I cannot tell you HOW BADLY I want to see a full hour long video on Josephine learning to make pointe shoes! It's literally only a suggestion at this point(e heehee) and I'm already HOOKED. I come from a family of jewellers, it's so freaking cool that the shoemakers have their own stamp, just like a hallmark 🤩

@annaluciaschmitz

8 ай бұрын

I love that you inserted a ballet pun into your comment 😂💖

That little Esmeralda has to be an old soul who was a ballerina in her past life. The precision and control she has there is other worldly even for a child who trains every day. I just hope her instructors do not put her in Pointe shoes until she is several years older for the sake of her feet! When she gets there though, she will be one of the best out there for the time!

Josephine calling a recorder a clarinet was my cups as pointe shoes moment :o

@Omi-of9ed

8 ай бұрын

Literally though that hurt me inside

@BestiesInFive

7 ай бұрын

i felt like i was going to melt 😭😭 - an ex recorder, now flute player

@SunX_Beach

10 күн бұрын

Real oml😂

That little girl is already on a professional level! Wow!!

@twinsies3511

8 ай бұрын

I know right

@BeatriceBeat-rice

8 ай бұрын

She hurts my ego and is so much younger than me, adorable tho, I hope she keeps dancing tho!

I watched that clip with that ballerinas dancing on the church building and I was like... "wait, I recognize that glass stain window" so I looked up some images and I was correct. So I can inform you that the clip was filmed in Aarhus, Denmark (specifically they are dancing on the side of the bell tower of Aarhus Cathedral) and the performers are from a Spanish ballet company called Delrevés who specializes in "vertical dancing".

2:59 - Josephine is amazed by how cute and how good. I'm over here hoping someone isn't making the child train for 8 hours a day 😱

@gracesun9825

8 ай бұрын

She seemed a little worried about that too

@robopecha

8 ай бұрын

that is for sure what is happening. i found it a bit disturbing how often she said, the child is talented. while it's more like, that child is well trained. it's child abuse.

@classicalballetschool451

8 ай бұрын

VERY DISTURBING (early burnout predicted)

@chloemakesvideos3889

8 ай бұрын

From a Romanian news article, it says that Ilinca started dancing 2 times a week four years ago. Now she goes to the studio every day, has individual and group ballet lessons, gymnastics (hence the flexibility and strength in jetes) and contemporary. She is definitely talented. There are just some things that not all 7 year olds can do no matter how hard you train them. In Dance Moms, Mackenzie and Lilly definitely danced a lot and were highly flexible but both couldn't do a grand jete at that height and with

@KatisWritingStill

8 ай бұрын

So what people do not realize with a talent like that I I guarantee you wasn't all just the parents I bet you the child is deathly in love with ballet. I know that's all I dreamed of from the time that was like five and I saw a ballerina for the first time on TV all the way until I was 18 and I had to get a real job. No one could have stopped me from putting on those point shoes and getting out on that stage I wanted to practice 6:00 to 7:00 hours a day. I wanted to and I was going to do it whether I was tired whether I'd other obligations whether it meant that I didn't get to spend time with people I was going to do it.

For a second that tiny little girl at 2:51 tricked me into thinking she was in point shoes and I thought to myself that she was too little for that! She was so good!

@diver0115

7 ай бұрын

No because like she's not even 8 and I've been dancing for 8 years and she's better that me its just so sad😭

8:20 Just to clear things with everyone and Josephine, these little girls are undergoing a really painful part of moving to pointe shoes, this skill is more commonly learnt is Japan because there are a lot more children willing to learn ballet. So basically to explain what is happening in this video, is little girls standing on their toes, having their toes curled up underneath their feet and walking on them. To master this skill, these girls would have to be able to walk like this for an extended period of time. And I see you made a comment on the comfy looking socks, this is because they have to wear something under their toes for comfort and pressure expansion so their tiny little toes don't break under their body-weighted stress. This skill is taught to have them learning to point their toes properly and to simulate what pointe shoes are to feel like, so they introduce and master this skill early in ballet so they can get used to it whilst they weigh less than if they were older. I hope this clears concerns, and I also hope this makes sense. ✨✨

@glimmerofhope3074

8 ай бұрын

Omg thank you for explaining

@karaantonsen7524

8 ай бұрын

Thankyou for explaining

@glauvie

8 ай бұрын

I was looking for a comment like this.

@cookiesncreamx6089

7 ай бұрын

But that is not how pointe work, though. Curling and crushing your toes under your body weight does not help you to learn how to properly pointe your toes nor how to work your toes in a pointe shoe. It surely grants a great deal of passive flexibility in the metatarsals, but once again, not really useful for pointe work. Maybe useful for RG, not for ballet.

@barbaradps828

7 ай бұрын

Ahh thank you! But what is the name of this torture device? I would like to search more about it it’s really interesting

The dancer saying "I think I danced to this." is me with the carousel music boxes. Every now and again I listen and go "I think I played that." 😅 Watching the pointe shoes being made... ❤ Thank you for saying how physical making the shoes is.

@Illyrian5

8 ай бұрын

I have those moments with songs, especially sung by choirs in Latin. I can remember all of the words but not the title nor where I may have sung it before. It's an odd feeling.

So i researched who the kid in 2:54 is. She is Ilinca Bendeac and she is 7 yo at the moment. Best to you all ❤

@azuliakitten9197

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@lydwinaofschiedam2685

8 ай бұрын

Yes. Thanks for researching that. All ballet fans watching this now will be looking out for her in a few years.

@JMA864

8 ай бұрын

@@lydwinaofschiedam2685Yeah, need to put a note in my calendar for Prix de Lausanne in 8 years when she’s 15!

5:28 The child playing Suzume no tojimari on the flute was the best thing I've seen today😂

@sl33pw17h4ng3l5

8 ай бұрын

It's a recorder :) Thanks for the song name though!! Imma look it up.

@ThatWeirdo04

8 ай бұрын

@@sl33pw17h4ng3l5 A recorder technically is a flute

I have also seen that video of the baby Esmeralda. The wee lass has no business being this good.

The girl doing the esmeralda solo was competing in the Alana haines dance competition which is held in New Zealand every 2 years. The red background shows that it is the finals. It is very famous in NZ and dancers from Australia come too. Only 120 dancers can do it an there are set variations to learn. Also love the video ❤❤❤

I remember seeing a video of that little girl dancing Esmeralda a few months ago! From what I read in one of the comments on there she's only SEVEN YEARS OLD?!

@oxoelfoxo

8 ай бұрын

whoa! do you have a link or search details?

@TheBusyJane

8 ай бұрын

Oooh, I guessed right! She probably started young and is on the shorter end for her age. She's amazing!

@andersen6422

8 ай бұрын

Yesss. She is missing her front teeth! Oh the cuteness! and the Talent!

@Kwildcat13

4 ай бұрын

But does she know how to do basic math or any subject 😮 the amount of time I bet her parents have her train is not right

When my daughter was a baby we watched a lot of ballets. I have a video somewhere of her applauding at the end of one of the fairy variations in Sleeping Beauty and then trying to mimic the dancer in the next variation. While wearing a pink onesie with a strawberry on the butt.

That toddler that mimicked the dancer on the telly had the opposite energy of how I was when I was a kid. Mom told me that when I was about 4 the was a river-dance show on the telly, and I was leaning against the table watching it, and suddenly I said "I'd never have the energy for that" lmao (slightly paraphrased cause translation)

THAT CHILD IS EVERYTHING I watched with my jaw dropped ☠️

I forgot my knee-high black spats for a competition once, and someone found black electrical tape and taped up my legs so we would all look the same. I lost circulation to my feet, and by the end of the 6 minute number, I barely had the strength left to get my legs up in the air.

@kerriemckinstry-jett8625

8 ай бұрын

😳😬

That little Esmeralda ❤ isn't only very talented (and appears to be enjoying what she does!), she must have incredible teachers too. She gets all the little nuances right, in fact, this is one of my favourite performances of this variation and I have seen plenty! 😍

@foxicle89

Ай бұрын

Ilincana bendeac from Romania. She’s very skilled and talented!

I genuinely died when I saw the Rosen as a cello player seeing them just step on it kills me! 😮😅

3:36 literally- I’m 16 and I’ve been doing ballet for 12 years and this child is better than me help

Missy I don’t do ballet, I don’t go watch ballet, I don’t have kids that ballet but I can’t resist watching you cause you are so sweet and kind. Never a bad word . Just sweetness to all . Everyone could learn from you .❤❤❤❤

I wasn’t expecting this to be so engaging. For example, the young girl… I can only appreciate cuteness for 2 seconds… but her TECHNIQUE! And your reactions! I’m going to follow you.

2:58 Such props though for keeping the kid in age-appropriate footwear instead of pushing pointe shoes on them before they’re developmentally ready even though they’re so advanced

@imweakfordeaky

4 ай бұрын

I seem to remember reading in the legendary Maria Tallchief’s biography that she (and perhaps her sister Marjorie) were almost ruined by their first ballet teacher putting them in pointe shoes way too young. When they switched to a different, better studio, the new teacher was *furious* to know they’d been allowed en pointe at the old one. The new teacher made Maria and Marjorie switch back to the slippers for a few more *years* before even thinking of letting them go onto pointe again. It’s been almost 50 years since I read that book (I’m turning 58 this year) - but that still sticks out in my memory after a half century.

I love watching variations of Esmeralda, and that child is amazing!

I really want to see her reaction to that one episode of Supernatural with the haunted pointe shoes 🤣

@SimpleDesertRose

8 ай бұрын

Omg! What season and episode was that? I haven't seen much past season 6.

@propio2957

8 ай бұрын

@@SimpleDesertRose It's season 7, episode 16. The shoes aren't a huge part of the episode (basically one of several haunted objects they're tracking down), but Dean does take a certain liking to them 🤣

@SimpleDesertRose

8 ай бұрын

@@propio2957 lol that hilarious. Thanks ❤️

@propio2957

8 ай бұрын

@@SimpleDesertRose I think she'd be torn between traumatized and admiring the dance moves, which is the perfect combo for these videos, lol

@SimpleDesertRose

8 ай бұрын

@@propio2957 does Dean get out some serious dance moves while Sam huffs and pouts? I stopped watching after Robert Singer stopped writing. It felt like every episode Dean would be out picking up women and Sam would huff and pout and Bobby would be yelling at them and Cas would just hang out and be stupid for a while. I heard it got better for a while after season 6 but I never made it that far.

the weird training is Chinese teachers making kids walking on their toes, like on pointe but without the support of point shoes, but the joints hurt so they wear socks to prevent the brusing.

@ShiningAndStarstruck

8 ай бұрын

Poor kids are gonna grow up with walking problems. Not worth it. They're gonna have a limp.

@susannetaylor9668

8 ай бұрын

That's harsh!

@LyraPyxisVT

8 ай бұрын

they gonna have feet problems along with spinal issues

@decodolly1535

8 ай бұрын

There I was thinking it was mildly amusing that they looked like old fashioned Chinese ladies who had bound feet, but now I think I'm going to be sick.

@stephgreen3070

8 ай бұрын

Coming from a country that, for a millennia, routinely bound the feet of little girls until the practice was finally abolished for good around 1911. This training seems crazy cruel, but I’ve seen the way they “help” tiny gymnasts do the splits, too. Pain, pain and pain. Just cruel.

The last segment of the last dance reminded me of my dance instructor. I asked her for a primary role as the Snow Maiden and she replied yes. It was magic. She was happy with my performance and much to my delight, so was she. Such good memories.

I've never danced ballet in my life, nor do I know any dancers, but I love this channel. The other day I was on the bus I regularly get home from work and as I looked out the window I saw a building that said Freed of London and thought "I know that name! I've heard Josephine talk about them!" so I guess I'm a person that knows ballet shoe companies now?

I’d be willing to bet that if you put out feelers to the makers you could score an invite to make a pair!

My mum used to do tap on point when she was 14 yrs old. She’s 79 now. Still loves ballet xx

I think at 8:35 they are walking on the knuckles of their toes (if that makes sense). Think the big socks might be for padding. I know some rhythmic gymnasts practice walking like that and some other places teach it.

@padfoot374

8 ай бұрын

Ah thanks

I'm not a dancer, I'm 100% not built for it, but for some reason I'm addicted to these videos

I never got that far in ballet but I love these videos . Thanks Josephine and the countless ballet dancers that did the tiktoks

omg at 5:05 that’s mr leonid he teaches at the royal winnipeg ballet school

The instrument the boy at 5:48 is playing is a recorder.

Josephine is so disappointed in us pointe dancers lol 😂

Your reactions are always so fun to watch and also informative. Just as a side note about child dancers, Shirley Temple was three years old when she started dancing and by age six was considered a master tap dancer. Her duet with Bill Bojangles in The Little Colonel is something to see. She was six years old! (Sorry for the rave)

I love how proud dancers are to be dancers. Forever taking the relaxing stand, even as a retired child mediocre hobby ballerina 😂😂😂🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

Had to laugh at the "I just stand like this". I apparently stand like a dancer. I have never danced XD I've had several people, including my daughters dance teacher, ask if I danced when I was younger. Nope, I literally just stand like that!

@johannaholmgren8088

8 ай бұрын

Funny, your comment reminds me of all the times I was asked about my running training. I had never run but my quads were so naturally prominent that I got asked All. The. Time. if I was a runner. I finally started running since I was already looking the part, lol

Omg! The forgotten hairpiece gave me flashbacks to the time my dance team was doing a parade at an amusement park. We got to spend the day at the park beforehand. But when we were changing, I, for a truly panicked 30 second, thought I forgot my uniform shorts. (Luckily I just put them down somewhere weird but I almost had a heart attack.)

OMG i just got PTSD from the "forgot the hairpiece" clip! LOL!!!

3:43 she really went from "oh My gOd sO CUTE" to " what the f-"😂

The little girl around 2:30 is very impressive but the only thought in my head was "Is she ever allowed to relax and have any fun or is she in rehearsal 23.5 hours per day?"

@katherinemurphy2762

8 ай бұрын

Surely there are other dances she can do that are a little more appropriate for her age??!

@Ecapsora

8 ай бұрын

​@@katherinemurphy2762 most likely it was chosen to show off the child's amazing flexibility. I don't know many dances that have high kicks in them other than Esmeralda's.

@trirain146

8 ай бұрын

My first impression when seeing this video was "wind up key doll"

@robopecha

8 ай бұрын

yeah its bad. i think this level of child abuse should not be given a platform.

@shannon4386

8 ай бұрын

I was hoping channels like this would break the stereotypes about all ballet dancers having eating disorders and being beaten like cattle in order to be successful, but I guess you can't get through to everyone.

My old dance teacher competed at Miss Dance in the 60’s with a jump rope toe tap routine ... in a strapless costume.

Stahhhp, the ballet boy’s were sooo accurate 😂😭😂I’m crying and laughing at the same time

6:15 it’s cool to see how the same thing is used in different arts! Rosin like that is used in orchestras on our bows!

As a child athlete...whenever i see an amazing kid like that my heart also hurts for them because i know what we went through to get that good...

0:20 I do not and never has thought this 😭 CUS IN SOCCER OR ANY SPORT I WILL BE THE WEIRDEST FOR NO REASON

no child should be this talented😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂puts every teacher out of work; so baby we’re done, next week Swan Lake!!!!

That was so much fun, made even better for me, because we seemed to pull the same faces at the same time! That wee ballerina was EXTRAORDINARY. I struggled to convince myself that it wasn't adult legs photo-shopped onto a child's body. 😊

Motivated to gear up after putting the shoes aside for 40 years. Shout out to On Stage in NYC for helping this old girl get her gear on.

I would like to start a partition for Josephine to react to figure skating tiktoks!!!!!

5:13 - as a hip hop dancer who has many other dance type and sport friends, I walk like this and we all walk differently

3:45, that’s not “talent” that’s a kid who’s been drilled in those dance moves to the point of perfection. Not sure if healthy but definitely beautiful.

@pinkpanda5696

8 ай бұрын

I think there has to be a level of talent there too though. I'm not sure most children could be drilled into that level of control.

@natashazlobinsky4662

8 ай бұрын

Definitely some of both

@doomse150

5 ай бұрын

My thought exactly, this screams of overly ambitious parents forcing their child to train every minute of every day instead of having an actual childhood. Is that healthy from a physical standpoint, probably. From an emotional standpoint, hell no.

@doomse150

5 ай бұрын

​​@@pinkpanda5696 If their parents are determined and frankly cruel enough, they can drill their kids into pretty much anything they want. Especially in countries where homeschooling is a thing so they can have full control over their child 24/7.

IM FIRST OMG HIIII❤ I literally live ballet and have been doing it since i was 3 (im 15)

Seems to be a very common practice to stand "pointe" that way, since I've done this at ballet classes through all my childhood

@ClaireyElizabeth

8 ай бұрын

I’ve never come across this being taught in school before? If you don’t mind sharing, what country are you from? The ankle, foot & toes aren’t in the same position as they are when en pointe, so it really has no valid use I can think of off the top of my head? It just seems the dangers outweigh any benefits it may offer. Did the teacher tell you why you were doing it? Or does anyone else know? I’m curious to know the reasoning behind it?

2:42 the little smile LOL!!!😂

girl like ur my Idol now! I never seen someone that beautiful ^^

This is a great video! As a non-dancer/coordinated person, I find the poise and grace so fascinating. It’s also interesting to see ballet dancers doing routines to other styles of music.

Ive seen this little girl dancer before and she is amazing!

This was so interesting. I've never seen this side of ballet. It was really fun to hear your comments too. Thank you for this. I want to see and hear more.

The ballroom one is so accurate tho! I'm a ballroom dancer and I literally chacha walk or rumba walk everywhere!

Love your energy! You seem to be a very likable person!❤

The dancing child knows how to dance gracefully 👏👏👏

2:50 The little girl is called Ilinca Bendeac, 7 years old from Romania. She has done Cupid, Graduation Ball and Kitri as well and the videos are on KZread.

Regarding the little girl in the black and gold tutu: do not conflate skill with talent. While it is entirely possible to be talented, it will still take a tremendous amount of effort and time to become this good. She's so good that while I applaud her skill, I worry that she has outside forces pushing her further than is truly healthy for one so young. Dancing, particularly ballet dancing is extremely hard on the body.

the rosin tiktok made my inner violinist cry

I think the ballet master is my favourite clip ever!!

❤😂 first one. 😮 the girl dancing the Bayadere dance unbelievable. Resin Rocks I remember those days.

Your amazing just completely in happy place watching!!

MY FAVORITE SERIES IS BACK

My first pointe shoe was made by a maker so perfect for my feet that I didnt have to tape my toes (and I have a roman second toe) at all as long as I always bought the same maker's signatured pointes. Then Gamba removed individual maker marks and my toes blistered and I lost toe nails despite taping them. The pointe then was never narrow enough nor perfect length enough for my feet like that "W" Gamba maker's did. That maker's pairs hugged my feet like a partner. I didn't even have to really break the shanks in.

I would love to see a video of you touring a pointe shoe factory and giving it a go!

I remember I was in class and there was this loud banging sound so my teacher steps outside to see what’s happening… It was a girl breaking in her pointe shoes 😂

I dont do or even watch ballet, but sharing in Josephine's reactions is so priceless!

Please keep doing these TikTok reaction videos! I love them!

One time my friend forgot her headpiece but we all had it and it was made from feathers so everyone donated a feather and we just glued feathers into hairpins and put them in her hair

Omg. That kid was just.... my mouth was open her whole dance. She's amazing!!!!!!

Hi Josephine I just started pointe 2 weeks ago! These videos make me laugh so hard as I am a dancer!❤❤❤

I have such a different toe ranking. It never even occurred to me that other people would have such a different toe hierarchy.

love the tiktok reacts ♥

Josephine's reactions are so funny lol

these vids are the highlights of my week

@0.15, "Let's see what traumatizing videos you tagged me in. " 😆😉😈. It's so true and I mean that in the best way possible. It shows that you aren't just a business woman but you know your sh**, (pointing out that someone's arches are breaking low...in a CARTOON DANCE OFF), had me LMAO. The one's that make you gasp in horror- shows that you actually care about people in general potentially hurting themselves, despite not knowing them or any details about them. You care as one human to another and it's very charming, endearing and genuine. Wow! The pregnant ballerina was amazing! And the baby mimicking the dancer on TV @2.36 was adorable. OMG, was that tiny person doing Kitri's variation? She was so good but I hope she just looks younger than she is because that alarms me too! OK, I just realized she was not en pointe, but her extension and control was amazing.

the first one is so funny the teacher turns her back we start spinning around cluelessly on half flat and releve

I would love to see a video of you making a point shoe!

LOL .. I'm laughing at myself, now assessing myself at how I walk. 🤣

I love these so much

Brought back such good memories

baby ballerinas are too tier content sooo cuteee and smollll

The walks!…so accurate and so funny!

I’ve sen every video of that Esmeralda variation on KZread and that child is a damn prodigy

Best one ever...That little one that was using the tambourine, I've seen adult ballerinas do that not half as good. Really enjoyed this video...looking forward to the next one. ❤😊❤

The little girl was soooooo goooood! WOW!

I just got my first pair of pointe shoes!!! I’m so excitedddd