What’s the point(e) of ballet? - Ming Luke

[@Aphelia.]

The animation would be so painful to draw with all these ballet movements, respects to the animator 👀

[@acsoj4375]

「 Heaphilian 」 now think about every video they make for us. Now that’s dedication.

[@bigsmoky4729]

Can we all just appreciate how well the animator made this piece of art

[@VEE727]

I can't imagine how difficult that must've been

[@ghostderazgriz]

Incredibly fluid and beautifully composed. It's honestly breathtaking how gorgeous the animation is.

[@insaynejayne]

sorry but as a dancer it doesn’t replicate what ballet looks like at all :/

[@codingtime1711]

Jayne Romero Awww, a hand drawn 24fps animation doesn’t perfectly match the form of highly trained dancers? Such a travesty let us disregard how well drawn and beautifully animated it is just because of that.

[@zeddnl6514]

@@insaynejayne lol it's not supposed to be perfect. It was well-animated and im saying it as a former BBA summer-intensive trainee. get off your high horse sis

[@lilliansmith690]

THEY DUD THE CORRECT CHOREO FOR THE SCENES THEY WERE TALKUNG ABOUT !!! usually ballet animations just have them leap and twirl around the stage but this was accurate!

[@meg-tan]

right??

[@Ell_lovell]

I love this

[@kiranjitKaur61]

Yes.

[@scarlettassassinator6192]

Me: *tries to dance ballet My feet: So you have chosen death .

[@J11_boohoo]

so you have chosen death* is the real meme

[@scarlettassassinator6192]

@@J11_boohoo My bad (• ▽ •;)

[@J11_boohoo]

@@scarlettassassinator6192 I just wanted to say hopefully so you can change it HAHAHA

[@scarlettassassinator6192]

@@J11_boohoo thanks for the correction. And sorry for not fixing it earlier :-P

[@mawscage3057]

And when you stopped dancing.. your feet hurts 😭

[@MC_lupin]

Ballet: when music, drama and dancers’ toes, all converge into a single *point*

[@jxupiter1]

Mafia C_ Sirius Lupin I finally found the earliest comment!

[@moonaa4495]

Yes, their toes

[@moonaa4495]

🥀

[@gracified4671]

Pointe* lololol

[@thangtrinh5602]

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[@hael2514]

Me: *tries to dance ballet* My feet: *_I'm gonna have to stop you right there!_*

[@vigneshsurya2504]

My feet: We don't do that here.

[@kass_09]

you copied some one

[@hael2514]

@@kass_09 Sorry for the late reply, may I ask who?

[@troto7735]

Copie

[@janeli5014]

You copied Scarlett Assasinator

[@jaderobinson2489]

I love how the narration and animation portrayed the difficulty and beauty of ballet. Often times it’s put off as easy or sometimes mocked, but you guys showed off the beauty in an amazing way!❤️

[@warrenkeystone5195]

So ballet is just sign language but dance?

[@HelgaCavoli]

Not just. Also.

[@thalousedenchor9390]

Helgali This

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

Maybe more like sign language of music?

[@warrenkeystone5195]

Thang Trinh wtf

[@alisagalloza9328]

@@thangtrinh5602 whats wrong with you, dude?

[@angelosumugat6653]

Ballet: The art of breaking shoes feet and imaginations

[@sugarcougar1185]

Can we just talk about how beautiful this video is animated? Wow

[@phoebebackup4060]

Carlos DelaCruz some of the animations gave me anxiety

[@s29nv1sr1]

It would be so cool if you had a playlist of traditional dances from around the world (sort of like how you have a playlist of myths around the world)!

[@kristinbreinholt4270]

i know right

[@jhope4552]

yes please!!

[@sebastianelytron8450]

My Polish grandmother used to perform for a ballet company... It was always awkward listening to her Pole Dancing stories.

[@senbebe3320]

Sebastian Elytron 😂wait wha-

[@texaspoontappa2088]

I love ballet. When I was first getting into Tchaikovsky, I used to listen to the music and enjoy it of course, but I was very curious to see the dances that went along with them. I started watching Swan Lake one night with no intent to watch the entire ballet but I was so entranced I watched it all. Ballet is so beautiful and expressive.

[@cat56789]

Couldn't agree more 💖💖

[@cat56789]

And not just ballet but dance in general is powerful💝 you don't speak but your still able to make people feel emotion is incredible

[@mysryuza]

I'm impressed by the smoothness in the animations

[@LO-qs3sp]

Good thing about quarantine is that I'm awake at 1am to see all my favourite channels upload brand new videos

[@heyryanisonx3141]

Ted-ed is a mind reader! I was just watching a ton of ballet videos 😂

[@elik5872]

i was in the middle of practicing ballet

[@ABCEDFGH]

Same :D

[@craftycrayon9283]

Me too literally right now.

[@Mr_MadZac]

Same with aphids and waps videos uploaded recently, i was explaining how wasp clear the garden eating the aphids, and then Ted-ed releases 2 videos about it xD

[@theazbuz]

Same😄

[@MarkFilipAnthony]

The animation is on point in this one, would love to see an animated ballet! imagine the possibilities

[@heyryanisonx3141]

It's only a few minutes, but I recommend Nephtali, a collaboration between the Paris Opera and Glen Keane. You can find it here on KZbin :)

[@natbug6312]

Me as a dancer being stressed by the animations I just looked back at dis o-o I did not expect dis many likes but thanks •>•

[@JubileeBloom]

same

[@HelgaCavoli]

Stressed?? Why?

[@mrflip-flop3198]

I'm gonna make a wild guess here. You're a ballet dancer.

[@MariaJLara]

Those animated arms hurt my eyes

[@thisbrightsky]

her attitude is worse than mine and that is a feat

[@korpvit5177]

I now wanna watch a ballet. I swear I was never interested in my life until this point in it. Also, if I could watch an animated ballet in that art style, that'd be great:>

[@rachelradient]

There are a ton of ballets available on youtube, and if you dont have 2 hours to watch a full one, there are dozens and dozens of 3-4 minute videos of variations (single pieces) also available! The royal opera house puts out a lot from swan lake/ sleeping beauty and they're all so beautiful

[@colleenrawson8477]

The accuracy of the choreography of the animation was very satisfying

[@hael2514]

What is the point(e) of Ballet? I don't know, maybe to flex on all non-ellegant people?

[@MC_lupin]

Ethan Troy De Los Santos Oof

[@hael2514]

@@MC_lupin OOF.

[@CS-kb2ui]

I'm an amateur. And I did ballet for six years. But whenever I see the more elegant professionals... Yeah, they're all flexing on me.

[@kevintrang3007]

Quite literally in this case

Or to grace them😌

[@sapphireelkins6209]

Okay, so I know everyone's complimenting the animation, but, let me just say, that echape needs some serious knee straightening . . . Also, that "x" thing? That's mime. You can have conversations in ballet using mime. A scene that captures mime? In Giselle where Albrecht and his adviser talk about maybe not going to Giselle's house (we all know how that turned out).

[@insaynejayne]

Sapphire Elkins THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT

+ swan lake, la bayadere, the nutcracker and don quixote + a lot more but I'm tooo lazy to list them all :)

[@jamielaw4749]

"see the music, hear the dance" - Balanchine

[@mbcdpl]

What's the point of ballet? Hmmm. Might as well ask: What's the point of art in general?

[@_Omar_]

Nothing! Literally nothing! I never get peoples' obsession with art. For example, some artist sold a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape for $120k!

[@abdu2s]

Waste of time and money :definition of art

[@mbcdpl]

@Gang Wu Agreed.

[@_Omar_]

@Gang Wu Okay, let me rephrase the question: What is life? Why am I here? Just why?????? I didn't ask for this! Just why!?!?!?!?!??!?

[@darkregion]

Everything is art. For example, buildings are art, your device is art, youtube is art.

[@nothingtoseeherefolks6911]

This makes me think about the argument I had with one of my close dancer friends about whether or not dance was a sport..... Good times, good times.

[@cheesetee3420]

I guess all dancer atleast have that one conversation huh? Because me too 😂

[@LO-qs3sp]

Celia The Ravenclaw there's no way it's a sport. A sport has to be a game with an objective and a chance of failure or loss

[@nothingtoseeherefolks6911]

@Lachlan 420_ that was my side of the argument. It ended with a different younger friend insisting that chess was also a sport, to which the table erupted in gales of unquenchable laughter, mostly mine.

[@cheesetee3420]

@@LO-qs3sp Ballet has competition too. Just like sports. But ballet don't fight against each other at the same time at the same spot. They take turns, then dance on the stage while being judged

[@thanksiguess7828]

@@LO-qs3sp Ballet has an objective, that is to carefully yet swiftly performed each movement using strength and balance. There is a chance of failing an completely throwing the show. As you would throw a football to someone and they fumble. A ballerina could be carried by someone and they let go making them both fall

[@janvierkim892]

The pun on the title alone convinced me to watch this.

[@stan3rdgenkpop]

The animation is beautiful at showing the beauty of ballet. This is a great video! :)

[@HAZRDLyrics]

The point is: To break your body.

[@Pjayysan]

stop telling to break your body

[@Krone37Io]

and your mind.

[@Frondoof]

If you want to make the most amount of pain in your feet, dance ballet!!

[@therhythmictale5574]

I wouldn’t put it that way, to me it’s more like “to bend your body to its extremes, almost to the point of breaking it, but never doing so.

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

@@therhythmictale5574 I was young when I was forced into doing ballet. Needless to say, it sucked the life out of me. I dropped out as soon as possible

[@gracenoelle9426]

i love how this video ultimately came down to the real purpose to of ballet is to tell stories. and that is just beautiful.

[@fady.g5739]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the animations and overall the quality of this video?

[@avaharker3554]

I got so excited when I clicked on this video. People don’t get how excited dancers get when we are actually appreciated, or when people want to learn about what we do

[@jamesmalarkey388]

You're animations are getting more vivid, appreciate it. Keep it up.

[@RingPop14]

I’d love to know more about the history & “rules” of ballet

[@gokcegurcavdi6421]

the most delicate art form

[@PotatoSmasher420]

and the most damaging to human body

[@RockyScience]

PotatoSmasher Not if you look after your body. Train smarter not harder from the beginning.

[@hmmhm6620]

Animating

[@cat56789]

@@RockyScience i agree if your in pain don't try to dance through it stop and take a break. And you can also do exercises to strengthen your body so you aren't in danger of career ending injuries

[@justinx3537]

Been binging Ted Ed videos since quarantine, thanks for keeping up with more content during these times!

[@osse1n]

This high end art is out of reach for now, but as soon as I become a "snobby" aristocrat, I will be attending lots of opera and ballet shows.

[@heyryanisonx3141]

There are lots of free recordings on KZbin :)

[@moonaa4495]

@@heyryanisonx3141 wasgoung to say same LIVE would be amazing!

[@alassante]

You don't need to attend the theatre to watch a good ballet show! There are countless recordings available on youtube. If you're new to ballet, I recommend you try Don Quixote. It's a fun, energetic ballet full of Spanish influence that's bound to cheer you up, if you aren't fond of the overly dramatic and long ballets such as sleeping beauty.

[@osse1n]

Thanks for suggestions guys

[@heyryanisonx3141]

@@alassante yes, exactly! There are so many ballets that aren't the stereotypical pink sugary frills (like the Nutcracker or Sleeping Beauty, though I enjoy those too) that are often glossed over. I mean, the Mayerling is about a drug-addicted prince and his suicide pact with his mistress, Anastasia is about Anna Anderson's time in a mental institution, and that's not to mention adaptations from books like Frankenstein, 1984, The Winter's Tale...

[@mariamabiyou7611]

The animation is always so beautiful.

[@elisabethholm3259]

can we just take a sec to appreciate HOW WELL THIS WAS ANIMATED

[@GingerBun]

Did anyone see the metaphorphosis by Kafka by the royal opera house. It was amazing

[@rimisen1829]

ballet is something that connects a person from music it's vibration and body express it ...and it's really beautiful!! When u feel and express the music💜

[@cat56789]

Such a gorgeous style of dance 💖

[@tired7632]

Hope everyone at TedEd stays safe and healthy ❤️

[@katec3896]

Really, really well done, Ted-Ed. Accurate choreography in the animation and a message that conveys the diversity of this art form. Hoping you'll explore some modern dance, too, in future videos!

[@camisun3395]

I love how you TED have videos for and about dancers/dance. Thank u

[@califuldance]

1:01 So glad the notation's correct and not just random aesthetics. Kudos to the animator!

[@StarMidnight]

Ballet is not that easy. You have to deliver each move with grace and elegance.

[@FrenchMapper]

Just saw Sleeping beauty on Bolshoi Teatr's channel a few weeks ago. Awesome ballet and great video, Ted!

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

Oh wow, what a great Birthday Present! One day after my birthday this was uploaded.... anyone else here after watching The Australian Ballet's At Home Season's upload of David McAllister's "The Sleeping Beauty"?

[@galileaalvarez4262]

My favorite ted ed video. As a ballerina its so cool to see a whole video dedicated to ballet

[@manolingz]

the elegance of the animation!

[@lauracarter7536]

i wrote an essay almost exactly like this’d couple of years ago!! it’s like seeing my essay come to life with animations

[@Daace94]

You guys have the best animation story ever the number 1 story channel for kids ever👆🏻

[@feruzaj]

The animation is wonderful 🥺 it captures classical ballet so well

[@timezone5259]

TED-Ed Amazing animation, I know that this episode would have taken a long time to fully finish this episode

[@DefaultSeaTurtle]

Shout outs to the animators.

[@luciagil9008]

Tamara Rojo's Rose Adage is incredible

+Marianela Nunez and Evgenia Obraztsova😊

[@PsychoSocialCreation]

Such a beautiful art form that takes incredible discipline! Princess 👸🏽

[@BuddyL]

I not only 💓 ballet, but I've recently begun the reviewing the SF Ballet officially. It is truly a thing to behlod live.

[@cheesetee3420]

What is the pointe of ballet? Ladies and gentlemen let me elaborate 1. It is one of the product of marriage between ART and SPORT (the other product? Other dance genre of course) 2. If you are telling dancers that dance is not a sport, or in this case Ballet. Try walking on this shoes called Pointe, on your tippy toes, and tell us if your legs doesn't feel like cramping and your toe nails doesn't feel like falling off. 3. Just like reading, you can escape and experience variation of stories. You can be a marionette, a swan, a princess, a witch, a queen, a fairy, a soldier, and so many more. 4. Ballet can be enjoyed by many people. From early age such as 5 year old even until you are old At least there are those. There are ups and downs, but ballet will always be one of the best part of my life 💛

[@humixmusic4lyf]

After watching 'The Game Plan' as a kid, I have never not appreciated ballet ever again. Every time I watch a rehersal vid I'm legit amazed at their stamina in doing all those leg moves for hours >~< #respect

[@cheesetee3420]

@@humixmusic4lyf thank you. It requires a lot of stamina indeed. Sometimes my legs shake after using pointe for too long 😂

[@hkferoze]

This came in my English Language and Literature IB MYP eAssessment Examination yesterday

[@th13year35]

Same

[@hkferoze]

@@th13year35 how was it?

[@tanishachandra6928]

Here comes a video from my favourite teachers again!!!!

[@juliannevogt8325]

2:24 I would be that one ballerina to be out of sync.

[@leosaduck7205]

Julianne Vogt lol I’m a ballerina and we’re doing that variation (that’s the ballet way of saying that dance) now and I’m that one person looking the wrong way

[@rayowls4228]

The animation is so beautiful woah...

[@merriellegatlin2714]

Props to the animation team

[@nazadave4542]

This is my first comment although I've been watching this channel for years and show them to my smaller cousins you inspired me to learn more and it changed my life thank you

[@schnieti]

Oh that video got me so excited!! This is such good educational, entertaining and visually pleasing content. Thank you!! Also the illustrations remind me a bit of Matisse's "La Danse". They have the same dynamic and emotion but matching to that wonderful piece from tschaikowsky.

[@ar3125]

In the midst of pandemic, this chanel redefines beauty, knowledge and peace.

[@long-timelistenerfirst-t-us2yy]

*_uprated. simply, uprated._** brilliant video, ballet is the best :-)*

[@jollychew9733]

Others: Ballets gracefully Me: Chicken having seizures

[@ElChicoBush]

The animation of this was godlike. Congratulation to all the team, you're awesome!

[@rajeshmohanty2070]

"The art form is always experimenting with centuries-old set of rules, making it the perfect medium for stories old and new." ♥♥♥

[@crimson_sunn]

I've been a training ballerina for 13+ years and i can say that this this video doesn't explain how hard ballet really is not to mention that a very very small amount of dancers make it professionally

[@humixmusic4lyf]

yo the animation for this so on point(e) ^3^ and I love this narrator, glad they used his voice for this clip.

[@Andrea-fz3pm]

I love the pun/wordplay the most lol

[@magdalenakiljan4555]

Thank you for this lovely film

[@bruhmcbro2704]

This animator deserves so much love, my god

[@megany.1911]

Fun tip for drawing!: Draw ballerinas to help with drawing bodies. The practice of conveying movement and grace while trying to get the body proportions correct will help you draw better people over time!

[@claireschweizer4765]

ISTRUISSATRUEE!!😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@annalolasnow9579]

me: yes I like ballet ballet: you like PAIN?

[@victoriac8563]

Once again the animation is breathtaking

[@ashnahkhalidkhan2244]

Hats off to the animators 👏👏👏 They've certainly outdone themselves here!

[@alur_chip8271]

The animation!!!

[@katekelly6603]

Absolutely LOVE the animation here 😍

[@memelordgacha6846]

me: *tries doing ballet* mom: *from the other room* who's making popcorn?

[@monasaad7611]

TED ED really knows how to animate Every video they do the animation would be lovely ❤❤❤❤

[@YokoshimaOfficial]

These graphics and animations... soo good and well done. Impressive o_o

[@Afnaneva]

Thank you ☺️❤️

[@jeeuhmong1629]

The animation is so amazing

[@aliciah8250]

EKKK thank you ted ed ballet has been canceled (i have to try and do it at home) and this makes me happy!!

[@GiddyGherkin]

Thank you, i just saw sleepin beauty ballet and this clarify more on the story.

[@Umeed806]

I was wrong thinking this video will tell "what is the point(purpose) of ballet".😂 But then again in these difficult times of coronavirus you try to question the necessity of everything.

[@Luckyy227]

I never knew the deal with ballet, or that it had any sort of depth! This is new to me

[@maxii6254]

This is very strangely fascinating and enlightening.

[@claireschweizer4765]

I saw the title and went OMFG YAY THANK YOU OMG OMG YAY YAY YAY WHOO!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@xaviermantha63]

Thanks for the video.

[@mayln163]

The animation is amazing

[@joaocarvalho4305]

Great video but just to pinpoint: the drawing you present of an echappé actually is representing another jump: changements :) An echappé would have the first landing be on a open position (either 2nd or 4th) and only the second landing would return to the original position (in this case, and most commonly, 5th)! But thank you for promoting our beautiful art form

[@joel3536]

1am trying to beat a deadline TedED : what's the point of ballet? Me: Well, I was never going to meet the deadline anyway

[@randall.chamberlain]

Well I just realized I need to learn to speak ballet if I really want to avoid missing out on such a sophisticated form of communication.

[@kiranjitKaur61]

This was enlightening.

[@glitterunicorn9043]

If you think ballet is a sport please like. If you dont, please explain in the comments. I dance, and I think it is a sport, but please tell me if you disagree.

[@eldergeek6077]

One could say it's an elegant combination of sports and art.

[@paulakatigbak8818]

ballet definitely requires atheism. i just think its more of an art than a sport.

[@nadialopez579]

I think it’s an art that requires the same or similar determination and commitment that a lot of athletes have. Why do you think it’s a sport? I’m curious.

[@glitterunicorn9043]

Nv Loz you know, while i disagree with the fact that it is a sport, I want to thank you. You gave a very good reason. People have told me the following, dance is not a sport because it is easy. Or that dance is something anyone can be amazing at, so it is not a sport. The definition if sport is a competitive physical activity. Ballet can be competitive. You could also play soccer non competitively, and it would still be a sport. I know this is long, but I think It does an ok job at explaining.

[@Arttojisannn]

What beautiful graphics, Ted-ed is on point 👌