pointe shoe fitter reacts to MASTER BALLET 2

[@Seldarius]

Fun fact: Maya still comes “home” to train with MBA in her breaks from the Swedish Ballet. Says something about the school when the graduates keep coming back for more even while having a great job.

[@laisa6580]

this

[@nenya3273]

i love how josephine went so quiet while maya was dancing. girl, same. she's phenomenal.

[@juliavandermerwe5384]

even with her nasty toepads, she slays so beautifully. 😂😂

[@Appaddict01]

That was stunning.

[@CosmicAlliance03]

An apparently she started ballet at 12 💀

[@sofia.vidsss]

@@CosmicAlliance03ikr? For a lot of dancers that considered old to start ballet. Shes amazing.

[@SilverDraco]

​@@CosmicAlliance03SHE'S the one who started at 12??? 🤯🤯🤯 I've only been watching Eva's videos for a month or two and still get people mixed up. That's just wild! ❤️

[@SimpleDesertRose]

Usually if Eva is focusing on one dancer she has their name up at the top. I always enjoy Eva's videos. I love that she also takes classes. She's such an inspiration to anyone who starts late . She's awesome like that.❤

[@Maspets]

She didn't start late. And there is nothing weird about starting "late" when you're not trying to be a professional.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

​@@MaspetsShe's literally done videos of herself learning how to do basic ballet, & contrasting herself with those who have more experience. Her bio indicates a history in DANCE, but doesn't specify which style.

[@SimpleDesertRose]

​@@Maspets I never said she started late I said she is an inspiration to those who start late. I myself started late. I danced and trained as hard as my budget would allow until I an accident took my dream away from me. I admire her cheerful disposition and enjoy watching the videos of her learning differnt steps from the master class students. If I were still dancing I would find them helpful. I wish her the best with her upcoming role in the Nutcracker this year.

[@Maspets]

@@iloveprivacy8167 Because she "literally" likes to make it look like she has less experience to impress literally gullible people.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

@@Maspets I think you're discounting just how much training the dancers she compares herself to have. From what I've seen, she's pretty much as good as a dedicated-but-has-an-outside-life adult beginner can expect to be - & it's great to have that representation.

[@kizzia6564]

Maya is no longer at MBA she graduated a couple of years ago and has been dancing with Royal Swedish Ballet and recently (last week or 2) got promoted to 1st soloist

[@ilznidiotic]

She still comes back to train at MBA on her breaks

[@guppy0536]

Vaguely seen Maya knew who it was immediately 😊

[@Alethophobia]

Did she get new toe pads tho

[@Mochimimi-hp9xb]

good to know

[@guppy0536]

@Alethophobia last I seen was no

[@reikanart]

We need an Eva x Josephine collab asap! I even think she talked about wanting to get fitted for new pointe shoes 🩰

[@PaigeBartholomew]

She talks about HATING all her pointe shoes… she’s never had a pair that allowed her to get on her box. Please reach out to Eva!

[@adelinelantz4029]

YES she needs the Josephine touch to finally get her shoes to fit as best they cannn!!!!

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Please, it needs to happen

[@kailachock-nihi2617]

Please please make this happen a reaction and talk story while getting Eva fitted

[@bcgrote]

Maya made first solo already???? AWESOME! She way deserves it, her hard work and attention to detail never waver.

[@Appaddict01]

She posted a video on her channel. It just happened.

[@andream9470]

Yeah her resume that's posted on the Royal Swedish site is already more exceptional than a couple of the principles. I wouldn't be surprised if she's promoted again by next season.

[@MegumiMoo]

You should react to Eva's photo shoots with the MBA kids. Some of them are so funny, yet the photos Eva gets are gorgeous

[@milabach8097]

especially the one with Parker on pointe! It's gorgeous!

[@wendehoogendoorn9193]

​@milabach8097 oh, those ones are so much fun to watch!

[@MegumiMoo]

@@milabach8097 agreed.

[@kmart1396]

I support continuing this as a series and I will put back out there that the vids where Slawomir is up and example dancing the flow of his muscle memory when it just clicks back in is magical to watch!!

[@PaigeBartholomew]

I LOVE when Slavomir dances! (I’ve only seen him dance twice…)

[@Appaddict01]

Honestly, outside of Mya dancing they could have chosen much better videos.

[@Melly01]

Can we appreciate Eva for a sec? I love her photography! It's so funny to see some of these goofballs (the guys, mostly) look so freaking artsy when she's done with the pics! (Yes, the dancers are all fab, but I just wanted to give Eva her flowers, too! 🌻🌹🌸)

[@Maspets]

She gets way more appreciation than she deserves.

[@loveisreal4296]

Love this comment. Eva is so talented🥰She knows how to get the most out of dancers with the skill she has with her camera her knowledge of dance and her wonderful personality🩰📸🤭She makes it look easy…love her♥️ (from a fellow Eva☺️)

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

​@@Maspetshow so?

[@Maspets]

@@loveisreal4296 🥾 Here you go

[@trilikvlt]

@@Maspets……..

[@mv_03]

3:12 not a dance therapist but I asked a physiotherapist bc my joints are nuts. When you hear joints cracking it's just an air bubble in the fluid that pops (literal joint farts) and they're mostly not dangerous. They are more common in people that move a lot or in joints that we move a lot, like fingers or ankles, because the fluid develops more microbubbles that could pop. That being said, if you manipulate a joint too much, like strongly pulling on your finger to make it crack, then it could hurt you. Another thing is when joints crack over and over and don't stop making sounds, it could be just an anatomical anomaly that doesn't create problems or it could be a piece of broken cartilage floating around and making the sound and it can hurt. Generally speaking always go with the rule: if it bothers you, it came out of nowhere, or changed from normal, ask a doctor.

[@Lythea]

Do you also have the thing where literally every single joint in your body cracks?? Some more often than others (my left shoulder will pop every time I move it a certain way) but I don't think there's a single joint that hasn't at some point.

[@mv_03]

​@@Lythea pretty much, yes. I could just take a step forward and my hip would crack because my joints are quite loose. Also different parts of my body make different sounds and not all pops are pleasant, the same goes with certain movements or positions. In my case it's some slightly weird anatomy and genetics but I don't really mind it as it doesn't give me problems, just some fun party tricks, yet I still got it checked out just in case.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Sometimes cracks are subluxations occurring or reducing though, particularly if you’re hypermobile

[@g5rearea]

@@Lythea I get that. I'm double-jointed, so pretty much every time I stretch it's like twisting bubble wrap. My husband is a little jealous every time I crack my knuckles cuz he has exactly one that will pop. I've asked more than one doc and none of them were worried about it unless I feel pain. So far so good (knock on wood).

[@lolroque]

I don't think I ever cried watching ballet...I'm not ballet inclined apart from watching Josephine in The Pointe Shop. Lol But Maya Schonbrun had me in tears.

[@Midoriventure]

Same 😂 I never cry at this stuff but this time...🥲

[@TheTimHall]

I know nothing about ballet, but that Maya lady made me feel quite emotional. Came for the cup-shoes. 😂

[@PaigeBartholomew]

Maya “lady”? She’s 19!!! These kids give the impression that they are so grown up. But most of the kids at MBA are between 15 and 18 years old. Unbelievably talented!

[@TheTimHall]

@@PaigeBartholomew 19 is an adult, and I try to avoid calling people kids because it can be seen as a bit condescending, especially when it is an old man saying it. 😀

[@harrypotterfan2634]

This many talented artists in one room is so incredible to watch

[@Hulachowdown]

K I haven’t danced since baby ballet but MAYA IS AMAZING!!!! GO MAYA! The algorithm for real shows me their videos all the time

[@CorruptedSiren]

Maya has really come so far! Also, if anyone remembers Darrion Sellman the medal winner from 2022 Prix de Lausanne he's currently with the Royal Swedish Ballet as well as a 2nd Soloist!

[@helenwright413]

6:15 Maya Schonbrun 🥇👑🏆👏😱😍 Oh my goodness. That was incredible! Her performance then just brought me to tears ❤😭 So beautiful, elegant, and controlled. Stunning! Simply marvelous! 👏 Bravo! It's been so long since I've seen a ballet, I miss it. This clip just warmed my heart. Honestly, my eyes were as big as saucers and my mouth was agape! ❤ I LOVED every second of it! Big love from Manchester UK xXx

[@notyourchauffeur]

All of the dancers at MBA are so talented and beautiful, I could never ever do what they do. Maya, however, is just on another level. Her dancing gives me chills and brings me close to tears sometimes! I have never been to the ballet to see a performance, but I would love to see a show starring Maya

[@Thatclimbingirl]

6:37 is maya shes now a soloist at the royal swedish ballet.

[@TigerofRobare]

I love the videos Eva makes of the classes she takes. They've inspired me to start taking classes myself.

[@PhoenxFire]

I'm so proud of Eva! She has her first role in the nutcracker this year as Main mother two (correct me if I'm wrong) and I literally squealed. She has come so far!

[@Tonya-sn6dr]

Maya is one of those ballerinas that somehow manages to keep her shine just a little bit dulled in the studio so that she can truly dazzle you when she is on stage. Love MBA and all their beautiful ballerinas! It is their hearts that make such beautiful dancers! It’s a true phenomenon, I think. Plus Vagonava trained ballerinas are a rare and precious commodity in America.

[@glimmersbytanya]

Maya is like a beautiful fairy when she dances… it’s just stunning the amount of talent she holds in her soul. In awe every time I get to watch her dance.

[@luishernandezblanco2118]

Maya's dance was just exquisite!

[@conniehopkins6105]

Watching them stretch and turn out reminded me of how badly I wanted to be a dancer. I started when I was 4 but unfortunately, my body was not made for it. I grew to be 6ft tall and my hips just wouldn't turn out. I began having pain in my right hip and a loud click in that hip. I only found out recently I had torn the tissue that stabilizes the hip into the pelvis. It healed on its own over the years but I now have hip pain caused by the scar tissue and bone spurs that formed around the pelvic opening. What I wouldn't give to have been able to dance like these truly talented people.

[@magdawszeborowska]

Can we appreciate more Sławomir Woźniak and his family who are actually the owners and main teachers of this Academy? Incredible dancers and teachers from Poland 🫶🏻

[@Seldarius]

I think Eva is taking classes in NY (where she lives), but regularly heads back to Arizona to work with her friends at MBA (and probably visit family).

[@Christina-vs6cl]

Dance physio here - cracking is not bad, it in fact doesn't really do much at all other than provide temporary relief. Bodies clicking/cracking joints is fine unless it causes pain. There is evidence to say that cracking your neck could be risky and lead to cervical arterial direction which can be fatal. I would recommend talking with a doctor or physio face to face to manage neck pain.

[@katieramos5868]

As an EDS patient, I've been told to avoid cracking, and I know more and more dancers are being diagnosed. (I was one of them until my condition became disabling. Now I do plies and tendus at the kitchen counter while I'm waiting for my air fryer to preheat. 😄)

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@katieramos5868fellow EDS kitchen ballerina Sometimes cracks are just bubbles and sometimes it’s a subluxation occurring or reducing…

[@user-el2nh5uo1w]

I found Master Ballet a few years ago when Maya was the star. Then she left and I thought, no more Master Ballet. Nope, there are dozens of amazing dancers there. There must be something in the water. It’s not just talent, but they seem to be well grounded.

[@lollylula6399]

Goosebumps watching Maya dance 🖤

[@miaketron7544]

Maya's solo was absolutely incredible! I usually watch a lot of this ballet company and is usually blown away but this was another bar. I hope that I will be at that level some day.

[@ingridkj3229]

At age 10, Victoria Carrillo won the bronze medal at the 2023 YAGP final. Victoria Carrillo was yagp phoenix 2024 hope award pre-competitive classical (age 11). I'm enjoying watching her grow up.

[@ebony7177]

Josephine, just wanted you to know in case you didn't: The Master Ballet Academy said they are live streaming Nutcracker on Dec 15. I've been watching their youtube shorts of their practices.

[@firebird2]

Josephine, it was great to watch your reaction to these incredible dancers! I danced ages ago and have ended up doing a neuromuscular optimization body work technique. The training of these dancers is so precise. They are both flexible and strong. The display of humor is very important in a studio with such demanding technique. I am so impressed with MBA and their elegant, intelligent students!

[@WS102]

Great video, and it's always awesome to see Maya in studio. She's so talented.

[@heatherjane910]

I watch all their content and what Eva creates, as well. Love it!! ❤

[@Purplerobloxvids]

Melanie is such a good spinner, I literally lover her❤

[@porcupine_cake]

Maya just premiered Cinderella at the royal swedish ballet. She's so divine!!

[@Becky.Ray14]

Yes do a part 3!!!! and Maya got promoted really recently to soloist I think. She is such a stunning dancer!

[@rileyjoyly3950]

She got promoted from second soloist to first soloist! Which is crazy because she's only been in the company for two years

[@Becky.Ray14]

@rileyjoyly3950 I agree! It's insane! So proud of her

[@ivyarianrhod]

She'll be a principal in no time. I give her a year!

[@rileyjoyly3950]

@@ivyarianrhod You are probably right!

[@sophialw]

We need moreeee reactions to masters. All the dancers are sooo amazing!

[@harrypotterfan2634]

Even when they're just messing around it's so much better than anything I could ever do LMAO

[@pioneercynthia1]

The section beginning at 6:13 ... Oh my Goddess... how everyone is all casual, but Maya just owns the entire place. So lovely. Her beauty made everything fade into the background. That "Ballet Cringe" part was awesome. 😂

[@silkeijntema8798]

Yeahh, so nice! Two of my favorite KZbinrs! When is part 3, kidding.. but would love to😝❤️🥹😊

[@sineadsmyth846]

Am I the only person that actually likes watching the dancers performing in class more than on stage? I feel like I can see their movements better.🤷‍♀️

[@SilverDraco]

You're much closer in the classroom. On strange they're so far away and they have to adapt their dancing to fit the stage size.

[@tokkina6611]

I love Maya. I could watch her dance all day long 😍😍

[@Hamelie-v9n]

Omg i have been waiting for this 2nd one pls make this the new series and do the full vids

[@Spellbound_Rose]

Everyone at MBA is so talented!!! I always love these reactions!!! You should react to Sophia Lucia next!!! She used to attend MBA and broke a world record by doing 55 consecutive pirouettes at age ten.

[@Darapsa]

I love that passe is at the knee again; for a little while it was below the knee to allow more spins. Not Master Ballet. This is the correct way for passe and the turns are gorgeous!

[@j4v4x]

Maya made me weep Thank you for dancing, Maya

[@shaharluzon7115]

OMG I've waited for thissssss

[@sharimeline3077]

Victoria Carillo is 11, I think, maybe 12 by now. You should see her dance the Harlequinade variation! She's so talented.

[@ThatWeirdo04]

Can confirm, dance teachers wear jazz sneakers all. the. time.

[@Taylor-mz2nb]

2:17 sawyer is sooooo controlled and beautiful

[@gymrat39999]

As long as there's no pain with cracking it's not a bad thing, just air escaping from the joint cavity :)

[@georginareid3828]

Maya ❤❤beautiful …. So happy she has found a Wonderful company and many congratulazion s on her promotion 🤩

[@MusiccutsbyLisok]

Maya is so talented she started dancing when she was 3 but started ballet at 13!

[@rylinhansen9019]

The dancer you were remarking on later in the video, Maya, is just incredibly talented. Eva will sometimes show her a video of a variation, and Maya will just memorize it, then dance it flawlessly on the first try. It's no wonder she was tapped to dance with the Royal Swedish. I've seen several of MBA’s students get invited to go and dance or study with troupes and schools overseas. Have you seen Leo? He can dance rings around the other guys at MBA. He's the one with curly hair. Like several others of their best dancers (Maya,Tessa, Melanie and Amber) he also has his own channel on KZbin. It's fun to follow individual students as well as Eva's and MBA's channels. That way, one can be provided with endless amazement every day! I think the reason that there are so many really good students at MBA is that their teachers are really inspiring, but really warm and funny people too, and they motivate by inspiration and encouragement rather than by bullying their students into rigid, exacting form. You can tell that the students are just really having a blast a great deal of the time, and yet they seem to go above and beyond what I've seen accomplished in other schools. I hope that the public exposure surrounding the school might actually encourage change in the way ballet is taught, after it has been for so many decades a dance form that was long on discipline and short on enjoyment and compassion. Their teachers prove that you can be a good teacher, and yet caring toward your students, and having a lot of fun with them at the same time. 💖 I've been following Eva for a couple of years now, and she just amazes me with her perseverance and her progress (she does a lot of Pilates with machines also, and I think that's really helped her with her form, pushing her flexibility and strength). I'm so impressed with how far she's come: when I saw videos of her first efforts, I just kind of cringed, but at the same time I have been pulling for her to grow as a dancer all the while, too. She is dancing the role of first mom in NBA's Nutcracker this year. It's not a really strenuous role, but like any role in a ballet it's still exacting. (Last year she danced as one of the mice, and she cracked me up with her joking with the students about how the inside of the costume smelled like butt! 🤣) I am just so impressed that she has come this far, since she was 27 years old, I believe, when she first started studying ballet (she had taken some other dance classes before). I think that her ability to laugh at her mistakes and go on and try again is how she has come this far. Go Eva!

[@TheBalletDancer]

MBA IS LITERALLY MY INSPIRATION🎀

[@emiliannaMac4401]

Jazz sneakers are life. I taught baby ballet/creative dance in them. I teach pilates, reformer and barre-fit in them instead of the sticky socks. Joint saving genius creations. 10/10.

[@wildflowermag]

Maya used to be in Nikolays but since she started at RSB she switched to Freeds

[@Leslie-wb8cb]

They make it look so easy!! xoxo

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

In horse back riding, particularly in advanced dressage, a riding instructor will move your body around, very much like shown in this video.

[@Cent4man]

Maya is phenomenal

[@meganboyd2993]

You should react to MBA’s behind the scenes vlogs! They do nutcracker ones every year and you get to see the dancers personalities off of the stage as well as some of their performance.

[@katieramos5868]

Eva's Nutcracker videos are pretty great, too.

[@Taylor-mz2nb]

1:35 YESSSS VICTORIA ❤

[@madilynmae605]

Master ballet academy is in Arizona but eva is in NYC

[@KimClarke777]

Tori will go far and is super adorable.

[@kassandramadill8373]

I recently got to watch her live videos you would love it, it feels like you are in class with them

[@DarlingDaintyfoot]

I could definitely use a video devoted to reacting to Schonbrun at MBA. Edit: Does Josephine know she began ballet at thirteen?

[@IsabellaSabala]

Hey Josephine, I'm back with my extra long comments! The what are you feeding them? LOL The "me during everything after plies and tendus" is very relatable. Like I love dancing butttt... there are some days where I feel like that I LOVE THEIR BALLET CRINGE Watching Maya do that one dance, after a little bit of watching her, all's I pictured were her...what she likes to call toeepadds?! lol The "Sofi: I need to stretch" Your reaction was just 🤌lol I love your videos can't wait for the next!

[@chuuu4610]

Maya is probably MBA’s star student (of all time). She’s brilliant.

[@meganboyd2993]

You need to visit MBA and meet all of these incredible dancers! Not only do they teach Ballet there, but they also give their dancers a media training so they can use their platforms to promote themselves and create content like this! (At least they have in the past as it was mentioned in a video)

[@lizlilliman3644]

You need to react to evas photo shoot with parker wearing pointe shoes, especially when he was doing the very masculine body builderesque poses on pointe just stunning.

[@loveanddreambig]

Victoria was 11 in that balance challenge video. She’s 12 now. Crazy!

[@melodyleong]

Wow that Odette was amazing! Her entirely upper body especially! Was this a recent video of Maya or from her student days? I remember her being extremely good even then already but can't remember offhand if she already had the performance part down to this level.

[@ivyarianrhod]

I believe it was from last Feb/March(?) when she was back briefly before debuting Odette/Odile with RSB. (Right before she was promoted to 2nd soloist.)

[@MartenDahlqvist]

You should react to Maya’s latest(last?) vlog, she hates doing them so they are rare gems. It’s about preparing for Cinderella.

[@ivyarianrhod]

And it shows her promotion to 1st soloist!

[@jeonguggie_.]

Where do I find that Maya vid omg i would watch that 1 million times and never get sick of it

[@emica_810]

WE NEED A LONGER PART 3!❤❤❤

[@sophiam3923]

It took 18 years of my life to get my leg to my ear and these children make such a fool of me showing how easily they can do it.😅😅😅😂😂😂

[@clary98]

I’m from Spain and yes, my teacher wears those sneakers 😂

[@ReyOfLight]

Being Swedish, though not living in Stockholm (almost 3h by express train away), I so need to see Maya dance live sometime! She's just such an incredible dancer!

[@DancelifeofAria]

1:44 It’s funny because we do the same exact thing every single class

[@jinsoulsbetta]

5:50 YES! my teacher wears them all the time :)

[@kassandramadill8373]

OMG I loved we both had the same reaction to that stretch

[@sianchild]

That school must be doing something right to create so many talented dancers!

[@elnoralouisa1]

I love listening Master Ballet videos.

[@ivyarianrhod]

You should try watching! 🤣

[@elnoralouisa1]

@@ivyarianrhod yikes I was tired when I wrote that.

[@starleencooley7773]

Watching this instead of getting ready for full dress tech rehearsal lol

[@ThePointeShop]

relatable lol

[@lbazemore585]

Maya is one of my favorites!!!

[@BlueLotusLife]

Wowsa ! That Maya!

[@TheJetJJ]

Please get Eva for a fitting collab! Girl needs different pointe shoes desperately

[@pjkhunold]

And Sofia Rutova is at Vaganov now

[@Lilly-f9w]

I mean at this pointe I'm convinced they're CGI

[@ilznidiotic]

I see what you did there

[@annettefournier9655]

I danced for 11 years then rode dressage for 35 years. I'm in my late 60s and I still crack my hips morning and right before bed.😅

[@grass-zh1us]

we need part 3!!!!

[@jelli898]

7:43 which variation is this? I loooove the music

[@gracepoint3]

Amazing MAYA is EXQUISITE, and she started late, believe it or not. ❤❤❤

[@Crazy.animals.lady.]

why are they so good

[@ruedamarcelo]

Yes, my teacher wears the jazz shoes

[@katir.5701]

I love MBA, it seems like such a comfort place for so many children and even the ones that graduated

[@annlidslot8212]

Hi, So many with Ehler-Danlos Syndrome. I always thought it was a very rare diagnosis, but according to these videos any researcher could casually walk into a ballet studio and find so many cases to do long term studies on. I hope they take the opportunity. Also trying to stop those that are most susceptible to severe injuries when the grow up. Yours, Ann

[@helenaparker5662]

O M G you are hilarious! Love your videos!!!