pointe shoe fitter reacts to RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

[@_melstay]

Hi everyone! The discipline showed at 1:25 is actually Aerobics Gymnastics and this competition was celebrated in Spain. The gymnast is Miquel Mañe and he placed 1st :D

[@giovannabellatin]

thank u

[@BMass83]

Thank you!!!

[@karenz3853]

I wish there was more of that in men’s artistic gymnastics because right now their tumbling is great but the rest of the routine is boring

[@sebumpostmortem]

*GERARD LOPEZ* if you want to see a rhythmic gymnast😉. In Spain, men can offically compete. He is a delicatessen🙌🏻🖤

[@casey2459]

YES I DO AEROBICS GYMNASTICS not as good as that but I’m happy to see it included as not a lot of people doing even know what it is

[@minnie9140]

It was so interesting to hear Josephine say that she remembers gymnasts coming to do ballet and killing it! I know that in Russian ballet schools they heavily look down upon gymnasts, they barely let little girls with the gymnastics background enter the ballet academies or classes, and there's a very harsh separation between those two worlds there. I'm sure small non-competitive commercial dance studios that teach ballet classes don't mind, but on a more professional, mainstream level.. Yeah, gymnasts coming to try ballet isn't a rly a thing there, at least it wasn't 10 years ago 🤔 So I'm curious is the gymnast girls in the States can make a switch easier?

[@lizazakharova2257]

Actually, Maria Khoreva and Angelina Vorontsova, the principle of the Mariinsky theater and the prima of The Mikhailovsky theater both started as rhythmic gymnasts and I'm sure they are not the only ones. But many people do tend to assume that if a ballerina came from rhythmic gymnastics she is only tricks and no artistry for some reason, but that's of course not always true

[@ballerina7342]

To be honest, I don’t think they care too much about whether or not a ballet dancer used to be a gymnast in the US. I took ballet classes and trained very seriously for many years and I used to dance with this girl who was a former gymnast. She was also really good as Josephine said.

[@EllieGibson-kj2mv]

I think the reason Russian schools don’t like rhythmic gymnasts because they will be quite short, they also have quite muscular silhouettes so that can make a less nice line 😊

[@Hi-Phi]

Hannah Martin, from the UK did it beautifully and now dances with Birmingham Ballet and has her own You Tube Channel, HannahMartin RG, where she talks about this switch.She was in the UK team for the Commonwealth Games in 2018, I think.

[@IreneWY]

Because, like anything that comes from that cesspool of a country, Russian ballet schools are toxic af. My parents were born in the soviet union and they have friends who were both professional dancers and athletes. Let me tell you, state sponsored mandatory doping isn't even the worst they do. Not just one had a lot of reproductive health problems later, from all the chemicals they were pumped with for competitions. And as we saw from the last 2 Olympics, it's still going on.

[@awanna-bechristine9324]

This is only vaguely related, but I would LOVE to see Josephine's reaction to Olympic level figure skating and ice dancing - solo and partner work. I know there is a lot of cross training in the figure skating world and I'd love to see her thoughts on that - especially some of the jumps, lifts, and turns that they do.

[@arenia6303]

and Ice dance too! Shoma Uno, Yuzuru Hanju, Kevin Aymozes Bollero from GP America, Any Jason Brown WC Programm, Any top ten ice dancer (and also any Virtue and Moir Programm) --> I would choose videos of those Figure Skaters.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

I have a playlist of ballet inspired skating programs I would love to see her react to Sasha Cohen or Oksana Baiul’s Swan Lake (or Dying Swan) swan routines. Also Katherine Healey! She did both!

[@CrossoverGenius]

I’d love to see her react to Nathan Chen - his port de bras is to die for 😮‍💨 He did a ton of ballet as a kid.

[@katebirch1207]

Oh ice dance would be wonderful! And there's definitely a lot of cross training. I used to do figure skating when I was like 7 and one of our 3 practices per week was ballet

[@annellle]

would love her to watch the junior/2019 circuit of Alena Kostornaia (specifically her Angel program as a junior - the long sleeves costume - then as a senior in the sleeveless costume). and Ekaterina Kurakova (not the best in the world, but she has the best facial and bodily expression of the music and it’s perfect). Also the French skater (Stephen or Adam something, the Asian guy representing France at the China GP assignment recently). Yuna Kim, VirtueMoir (2018 Olympic Moulin Rouge programme - at this point, i literally know what part of the music is playing when i chance upon clips of the programme without my sound on hahah). Cizeron/Papadakis’ free programme at the 2018 Olympics too, Ashley Wagner, Sasha Trusova (her Frida programme specifically). Hana Yoshida at the GP Cup of China assignment recently. From Korea besides Yuna Kim - Lee hae-in, Kim ye-lim, and you young. i’ll have to think of more over time, it’s somewhere in my brain but I can’t remember right now hahaha

[@permissiongranted1206]

As a rhythmic gymnast I'd love to see Josephine react to more!! A huge reason a lot of rhythmic gymnasts who come to ballet absolutely kill it is because ballet technique is very important in RG! Most of us have years of secondary ballet training to strengthen our technique for jumps, balances and turns, as well as how to hold ourselves effortlessly :)

[@christina.t_h]

Former national level rhythmic gymnast here👋 Now have transitioned to doing dance competitively! Having a background in gymnastics has truly helped with my dance career as we would train 6 days a week and have a ballet teacher come twice a week to do ballet for an hour each time. I used to hate having to do ballet but now that I’m doing dance, ballet is one of my favourite styles now! A lot of the turns, balances and jumps are used in both dance and gymnastics but we just might use different terms for them. Anyways thank you Josephine for reacting to gymnastics!❤

[@lillyrainbow8407]

Wow! ❤❤❤ knowing rhythmic gymnastics is sooooo cool!

[@RitaSkrypko]

Hi, I'm a rhythmic gymnast for ten years and have recently joined ballet to improve artistry and balance. It is so funny to look at what u think about these videos, absolutely love this video. And about the "props"(apparatus), when I ballet, I didn't know what to do with my right hand, because I always threw something with it😂😂😂

[@icarusbinns3156]

That last one… using the ball shows extraordinary balance and body control

[@sebumpostmortem]

Josephine missed the last GLORIOUS seconds of the routine. Jaw on the floor. It' s "Yulia Barsukova Sidney Ball" if you wanna see it😉.

[@annabellerevell6888]

Saw that routine live 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was exquisite.

[@icarusbinns3156]

@@annabellerevell6888 I will have to look it up. I remember very little of those Olympics. Mostly just the Ring Of Fire Torch getting stuck

[@kballet2001]

You cut the best part out! Where she holds the ball on her foot and does a 180 turn on flat and then points her foot to let it slide down and catches it. She’s a legend. Check out Anna Bessamova too! You will be stunned

[@minimini550]

I just left a comment suggesting Bessonova too lol. She’s my all time favourite

[@Rogue_Pepps]

The girl with the ball at the end id simply stunning! So beautiful!

[@marisa768]

The gymnast at 4:35 is Yulia Barsukova, used to compete for Russia. She was immaculate in her days of this sport! One of my favorites of all time!

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

Way more artistic than alina kabaeva. both are great but IMHO Barsukova was more artistic

[@JustMe-ks8qc]

I think Josephine needs videos like this to react to so she can cope with the dreaded cups.

[@Braedcrumbs]

✋😩🤚 YES

[@b0nk_h0nk]

I would love to see Josephine react to color guard. For those who don't know what it is, it's a part of the marching band and is like dance with a flag, rifle, or saber

[@JoyandSerenity.]

I have always loved that its named colour guard, because it sounds like a little fairy dance, for little fairy women, who do twirls and gymnast stuff, and then you watch it.

[@b0nk_h0nk]

@@JoyandSerenity. I would love to be a little fairy but instead Im a chess piece or a door

[@ruthan3370]

@@b0nk_h0nk lmaooo I haven't marched since 2006 and "Im a chess piece or a door" took me RIGHT back 😂😂

[@cheezits5069]

Omg I totally agree! I’m in the guard at my school and I love it so much!

[@magdolyn]

​@@JoyandSerenity.That's so funny because I always think of the military color guard first, which is the furthest from cute fairies that I can imagine. 😅 I think the matching band one started from military tradition, if I recall correctly.

[@AbstractlyDelen]

We NEED more of Jo reacting to gymnastics!!! I’ve been waiting for this for so long!!!

[@SobrietyandSolace]

This! I’ve been waiting for gymnastics and figure skating (Oksana Bauil, Sasha Cohen, Katherine Healey)

[@Yang_gie]

YES

[@mismonsta]

Me too!!

[@DesertCoral]

My coaches were from the Ukraine and one being a former rhythmic gymnast. I learned all my dance and ballet from her when training gymnastics. I still compete and coach today, I have all my girls do basic ballet. Makes a huge difference in how their lines look and their turns especially.

[@SilverTundra_410]

'they have more talent in their pinky toe than i do in my whole body' no Josephine, you have the talent to always make me smile

[@amandas2986]

Josephine you NEED to watch Jason Brown’s skating, he’s one of the most flexible & balletic male skaters ever!!! Love him 🥹💕

[@RSPerez]

I did rhythmic gymnastics for about 10 years and our training is highly influenced by ballet (or at least that’s how our coach did it) there was also some technical jazz in there. My training definitely made the transition to ballet smoother. As for the apparatus, it always felt as an extension of my body rather than a foreign object.

[@mafchik25]

so true

[@robyn2124]

As an ex rhythmic gymnast who is now trying to go pro in ballet, this was delightful to watch.

[@vanessacoakley8173]

"The talent available in this world... and I got none of it" I feel that to my soul😂

[@Yang_gie]

I would love to see more Rhythmic Gymnastic videos like this Josephine, you are great!

[@Cheyenne-qh6ci]

Josephine should do a reaction video to color/winter guard routines! Similarly to rhythmic gymnastics it uses props (although they’re different, guard uses flag, rifle, and sabre) alongside dance, which draws heavily inspiration from contemporary dance. A lot of members on my guard squad are former pointe ballerinas or gymnasts, so that contributes to a lot of our choreography. I would definitely recommend checking out some of the professional winter guard squads as they are literally breathtaking!

[@overgrownkudzu]

high level rhythmic gymnasts have ballet training regularly, that's why they can transition so easily

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

olimpic champion yulia barsukova, she is actually impressive

[@Chelle89]

Rhythmic gymnastics is different than just gymnastics. When you say some people are all tricks, that’s because in gymnastics, that’s where the points are. In rhythmic gymnastic they put more points towards the artistry.

[@minimini550]

Please call it by its full name - artistic gymnastics- instead of just gymnastics 😅 just calling it that implies that it’s the “correct” gymnastics and the other types are something less gymnastics-ish

[@michellekurtiscole9407]

I don’t usually like reaction videos but Josephine you’re adorable, so fun and spot on! Thanks for taking us along with you! 💕

[@KnawedOne]

Rhythmic Gymnastics is incredible! Love watching it (didn’t know men also participated). Wish we saw more of RG …. The artistry is breathtaking

[@evancopes5799]

Josephine needs to react to color guard, especially Winter Guard and WGI! It combines the quality of some of these great dancers with the prop manipulation on an entirely different level!

[@andigrimes8325]

100%

[@Ian.D.]

Very fitting to react to Yulia Barsukova. Her program with the ball is legendary. 2000 Olympic Champion, BTW... 😁

[@eljj7968]

I’m a figure skater and started ballet about a year ago to try and improve my upper body carriage. Definitely great cross training! And yes you can totally tell those at senior level who had ballet training, even if they eff up all their jumps it’s still always a beautiful programme 😅

[@miriamneff2586]

I remember watching a program in one of the major Russian dance schools and how incredibly dismissive the test panel was regarding a girl who came in from a a background in rhythmic gymnastics. They accepted her, and she did well in the school, but they were very harsh about the kind of training she'd had in her gymnastics program.

[@alliterationUK]

Khoreva came to Vaganova from rhythmic gymnastics when she was 10.

[@mojovr5003]

Maria Khoreva but also Olga Morgulets. She did well at first but was sent away after the fourth grade. She's still dancing though!

[@sarahwaterland945]

Yes I remember this! Olga was my favourite. They said she was too muscular and stiff if I remember correctly

[@Vasilia4]

Why?? What was the reasoning?

[@mojovr5003]

@@Vasilia4 it's not entirely certain but it was either a ballet technique issue or a body shape issue. that happens sometimes at ballet schools

[@Becky.Ray14]

id love to see Josephine react to some rhythmic training videos. i think shed be surprised at the style of barre etc they do in training. All rhythmic gymnasts seem to have amazing feet. Id love to see her react to Dina and Arina Averina

[@TheGPFilmMaker]

Okay I now officially want to see Josephine react to Karate kata competitions!!

[@prubroughton1864]

When elder daughter was do national level rhythmic gym she did gym 6 days a week and ballet one day so very full on😊

[@mariesargymnast4912]

Hey there. Awesome to see some rhythmic gymnastics on the channel but there were also some aerobic Gymnastics and Japanese men's rhythmic mixed in there. So a few different types of Gymnastics just to let you know ❤

[@aussiesoccerchic]

4:12 Yulia Barsukova who won the gold medal in Sydney. Supposedly she took part in displays at Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet and this routine was choreographed to the music from ‘The Dying Swan’ which would earn her the nickname’Ms Bolshoi Theatre’

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

Im glad you see the guys doing RG the usual way and not only the Japanese MRG which is not dance-heavy like usual RG!

[@tjdime]

I'm still mesmerized watching both. The movement, the strength, the balance, the precision. Also like ice skating pairs.

[@tylermorgan3230]

You NEED to watch and recast to Winter Guard!!! You could be gagged by it! It’s that mix of rhythmic gymnastics and ballet that you WANT!!!

[@dancer1195]

You should react to Hannah Martin, she's an amazing ballet dancer who used to be a rhythmic gymnast

[@jessaglenny]

She's also been having pointe shoe issues. How about a collab about pointe shoes rather than a reaction?

[@AbstractlyDelen]

It took me more time than I want to admit to realize you did not, in fact, write “Hannah Montana” 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

[@dancer1195]

@@jessaglenny that'd be great! ❤️

[@dancer1195]

@@AbstractlyDelen 😂😂

[@eljj7968]

Yes, was going to write this too!

[@hanamelknerova6688]

Aerobic gymnast here!🎉 2:15 thats an aerobic gymnast. Thoose moves are on whole different level. You should react to aerobic because there is even better! We also have ballet classes then tumbiling and the main aerobic.❤ ❤

[@Accountforstuff]

Omg, I love that you are digging Rhythmic! I started at 10 and still coach in the same club now over 20 years later. As you can tell, it's essentially ballet on steroids haha, but as I live in the middle of nowhere I've never taken a real ballet class before (despite having to try and teach my kiddos...!) so get all my info online, which is what led me to you! People like to shrug off rhythmic as not real gymnastics, not a real sport, I've heard it all many times, but to make it look as effortless as they do takes serious hours of repetition until you can do these tricks and skills every time flawlessly. Let's get the world into Rhythmic, it is beautiful and awe inspiring and deserves more love!

[@aliceragone9224]

I loved this video. I did rhythmic gymnastics for many years after ballet. I really appreciate you reacted to this sport in such a nice way. I feel some times athletes/artists tend to brig down athletes/artists of other disciplines. Once a week we did ballet because our teachers considered it essential. Thank you so much for this video!

[@abigailgerlach5443]

Gymnasts who don't take ballet training seriously perform like mechanics, those who do incorporate ballet training display greater grace, body awareness, and fluidity.

[@ThatBirbThing]

i love watching you talk about feet for several consecutive minutes. thank you for your service.

[@americangirlbliss]

I did Rhythmic gymnastics for 7 years, and now I'm a Rhythmic coach! It's so cool to see how you react to it!!

[@Annikidiary]

This makes me so happy as a rhythmic gymnast 🥹. The reason why rhythmic gymnasts are so good at ballet is because ballet is a big part of rhythmic gymnastics

[@ericaleak3170]

Wow, just wow. Those people are all so amazingly talented. The years of training that have gone into that to make it look so effortless. Stunning. I could have watched that for hours. ❤

[@minimini550]

You NEED to watch Anna Bessonova (a now retired rhythmic gymnast). She will blow your mind. Also, the very uptempo guy with shoes on was doing aerobic gymnastics - that’s why it was so different :)

[@Dr.Nagyonfaj]

The most gorgeous ballerina to come out of a gymnastics background was Sylvie Guillem - and she set a new level for others who came after her.

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

natalia osipova was also a rhythmic gymnast, she had an injury that stopped her from RG so she switched to ballet, that's why she enter vaganova so late (15 years old she was)

[@Homerun153]

Guillem was about 10 when she stopped gymnastics and started ballet - not exactly a big deal as many children switch from one activity to another whilst still very young. Darcey Bussell won swimming comps before switching. There is a reason gymnasts cannot become professional ballet dancers - it is called years of full-time professional ballet training. Back in the (Communist) day, Vaganova and Bolshoi schools would send their 'rejects' off to gymnastics.

[@straw8burry]

I did Baton, and my studio employees a Ballet Teacher and we had 2 days a week Ballet, and 3 baton.

[@bloodrainicorn6193]

Ball is my favorite rhythmic apparatus!

[@melodyleong]

Anna Bessonova, Sasha Cohen & Johnny Weir got me into rhythmic gymnastics & figure skating (as an audience. I would die if I ever had to train in either of those). They are all so graceful.

[@alliterationUK]

Khoreva was also a rhythmic gymnast first and Baryshnikov and Osipova were gymnasts first.

[@bogdanafilonich33]

Bessonova is absolutely the best !!

[@thisisalice4178]

You should react to a more recent rhythmic gymnastics competition, for example the world championship in Valencia 2023! ❤

[@katesimpson9294]

You should react to "Dancing on Air" -The Making of Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses! It's a really interesting video with an interview of the dancer who danced as Barbie and it shows how they translated the dancing into animation :)

[@deserabailey8500]

IDK if you have done this before, but id LOVE to see your reactions to DCI or WGI!!! Or just colorguard in general! That took up almost my entire life from like age 4 (started dance) to age 24 when i coached last!

[@gwillis01]

hello there I'm glad you enjoyed the video

[@kara7197]

Please do more reactions to rhythmic gymnastic! Also training videos, you should check out some athletes like Soldatova, Bessonova, Kanaeva, or the younger generations

[@palemich]

Hello. Just your local ex- rhythmic gymnast, coach, choreographer and judge. Thanks for actually being respectful about our sport. Most reaction videos are so catty and insulting honestly. It is 100% true that ballet is at the core of rhythmic technique and very important. Artistry is something that is becoming more and more valuable to the evaluation of routines, and it’s beautiful that you can see that reflected rather than just marvelling at our apparatus difficulties. It is the unity or dance, gymnastics, technique, apparatus and heart that we aim to keep the balance between. I’d love to see you react to more routines. Gymnasts like Boryana Kaleyn especially I think you would really enjoy❤

[@Cadence082]

You need to react to colorguard!!! It combines dance and props and has ballet based moves. Winterguard is like colorguard but it is more dance based! We use ballet positions and moves throught all of our choreography along with jazz, lyrical, and contemporary styles.

[@kitsidale]

Usually I watch Josephine for her reactions, this time I was mesmerised by what she was watching 😆

[@madmudd96]

Hi Josephine! Figure skater who grew up dancing here! (Also former skate fitter) common misconception is we have strong feet/ ankles- while it certainly helps MOST of our strength comes from the stiffness of our boots!

[@oliveandjollers1009]

I used to take Rhythmic Gymnastics and we were required to also take some ballet classes as well as normal classes.

[@WyeyeLeong]

I am a rhythmic gymnastics girl too and it still suprises me .even though I have been in the industry for like 5years I haven't went to International comps or city and town

[@timsparrow244]

"She could cut a steak with that foot" What? Love you Josephine ❤

[@alliterationUK]

They are amazingly skilled athletes. Baryshnikov and Osipova were in gymnastics first and Khoreva was in rhythmic gymnastics first. All of them only moved fully to ballet when they were age 10+.

[@decodolly1535]

Sylvie Guillem too - another amazing dancer with incredible lines & extensions, who started out as a gymnast.

[@TamOsh244]

If you loved the last video, you would love Linoy Ashram. She won all of the categories in the rhythmic gymnastic competition in the last Olympics. She is known for her jumps.

[@mermaidopulence8539]

I remember when I was younger there were some kids who were gymnast and literally said that they could easily do ballet because it was "too easy". Long story short, they tried one of our classes, keep in mind this was only like a level 2-3 class at that and they couldn't keep up at all.

[@MarijeK]

As a ballet teacher, my experience is that the RG kids had one very overstretched leg, and the other not at all. And they were very angry about the fact that we do everything on both sides 😂. Mind you, this is a local amateur school, and also just amateur RG athletes. But still...

[@camilla8511]

Pls do a reaction video on figure skating! You would love Yuzuru Hanyu!!

[@bessonovafan6454]

I would looooove to see you react to more rhythmic gymnastics! Your input is so interesting!

[@flaggspinn]

Just to add as others have, check out winterguard and drum corps. Would love to see your reaction

[@ΕύηΑυλωνίτη]

You should TOTALLY react to the averina twins or Lala Kramalenko they are some of the greatest gymnasts. You could do a part 2 with their full routines!😊

[@le_gouvernement_ouzbek]

Not the averina twins 💀💀💀

[@Yang_gie]

Yees, also Yana Kudryavtseva

[@Annikidiary]

Not the twins but I agree with Lala

[@NiinaMariaMaria]

@@le_gouvernement_ouzbek Why not?

[@le_gouvernement_ouzbek]

@@NiinaMariaMaria theyve turned into absolute circuses, horrible

[@LLieeeeee]

We love you Josephine ❤

[@AbbyMaskell]

Now I really want to see Josephine do a pointe shoe fitting with a rhythmic gymnast

[@kaylah9206]

My favorite rhythmic gymnasts were margarita mamun, yana kudryavtseva, and aleksandra soldatova And if you wanna talk about crazy feet yana had them

[@sebumpostmortem]

Vera Sessina Olga Kapránova Yelena Shamatulskaya Liliya Podkopayeva (WAG)

[@НияТомешкова]

please make this a series

[@Diana-ru6mt]

Russian rhythmic gymnasts are truly out of this world I’ve been following them for years now

[@lunasvsf6603]

i was a rythmic gymnast beforw i changed too ballet! helped alot with glexibility

[@leoswift6938]

The dying swan one omg

[@CrisSelene]

The girl from the Olympics gave me goosebumps. Also, I was today days old when I found out that boys did rhythmic gymnastics, too.

[@9sasa8]

The man at 1:25 isn't doing rhythmic gymnastics, but aerobic gymnastics. This is another subtype of gymnastics.

[@gs11201]

I’m also a rhythmic gymnastics and u have to make more of these videos! They’re soooo interesting

[@sophiawei4518]

This is crazy, because the second video features Freedom Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy, and I go there for gymnastics!

[@livboone7649]

Josephine, please react to winter guards!!!!! ITS SO CRAZY! Tossing flag, Sabre, and rifle is no joke!

[@El_Ophelia]

I THOR-ally enjoyed this as well! 😃 I'd like to know who the young gymnast was dancing with the blue ball. Does anyone know? This is absolutely beautiful to watch!

[@bookworm3756]

Hey Josephine you always mention that theres a lot of research on stretching, could you maybe have a guest video where you talk to an expert about the new stretching research and maybe how its affected how you refer clients and whatnot?

[@alexandriawest]

That male aerobic gymnast sneaking into the video like 🕺

[@wickeddance93]

I did dance/ballet as a child and teen, and then started figure skating as an adult. You can really tell who has had dance training and who hasn’t. I’ve had coaches & other skaters ask me if I’ve done ballet, must be something in posture/flexibility/how quickly you understand movements!

[@BarbaraHeins]

That gymnast you said would be scary to fit in pointe shoes...doesn't need pointe shoes! Omg! Amazing!!

[@Cantetinza17]

I love watching gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics because I wish that my mom put me in it, but it was too expensive. So as an adult I do Pole and we have barre classes to help with lines and such.

[@drewhenson7286]

Here to stop people from saying first

[@LLieeeeee]

tysm

[@DanceLife-ic6jv]

I would love to see Josephine react to some more dance competitions!

[@MurderOfSuburbia]

I would be super interested to see you react to martial artists and weapons/kata competitions. Also our training, in my experience our flexibility training is pretty hard core too, we also have to learn how to fall properly without hurting ourselves. People hear Martial Arts and think MMA or the UFC but they don't understand that we have to be as flexible as we are strong. Having a strong kick is cool, but if that kick can't hit your opponents head its usless

[@beasotelo4759]

this was such a fun change and seeing the reaction to other sports, im curious to see what josephines reaction to pole/areal acrobats would be like

[@davidalbro2009]

The aerobic gymnast at 1:25 is Miquel Mane from Spain. He took gold at his first senior world championship in 2021.

[@songmarysmith]

I'd love to get some of these people in shoes and see what they can do! Classical, Modern, Improv, Whatever!🥰

[@PoppyMapletoft]

as a competitive cheerleader i would love to see her react to competitive cheer leading

[@ΡεαΟικονομοπουλου-κ5ξ]

now i wanna see her react to figure skating she would like it so much

[@davidalbro2009]

The last performer is Russian, Yulia Barsukova. She won a gold medal for this performance at the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. Interestingly, what shot her into the spotlight which led to shot at the Olympics is that she performed this routine at the celebration of 15 year anniversary of Ballet Magazine. She was met with such acclaim she was nicknamed "Miss Bolshoi Theatre".

[@shondig]

this has the same energy as me traumatizing my dance teacher w/ how we used to stretch our toes in synchronized swimming

[@austinluther5825]

Love that rhythmic gymnastics is being opened up to men as well! Everyone should get to pursue their passion. I only did regular gymnastics. I didn't even know about rhythmic gymnastics until I was a teenager. Then my mom was like, "Remember when you did that entire ribbon dance routine for the school talent show? Where do you think I got the idea?" It was literally a really long streamer taped to a butter knife.

[@cheyennelu3367]

Living for Josephine's facial expressions!