MISTAKE BALLET? pointe shoe fitter reacts!

[@DaydreamingThroughBooks]

Dancing “wrong” on purpose is so hard. There’s a line of making it obvious but not ridiculous. I love it.

[@annaluciaschmitz]

Absolutely true, but if you are past the stage of finding the right amount, you have fun while dancing this hahahaha I love this one so much 😌😂

[@LeeBeeDeeTree51]

Indeed, it is very hard because you have to fight against the natural instinct to get in step with everyone else.

[@DudeEM]

The goal is to make the audience laugh so timing & proper amount of elements is important. I’ve seen a lot of performances of the Mistake Waltz and they’re a miss. Some exaggerate the facial expressions and some just couldn’t do the comedy right.

[@blueqiqi]

We also once had a piece like that in orchestra

[@frojo9]

We've all done the last move. The "Maybe if I move slowly enough the audience (and my teacher) won't notice my mistake". Like they're my arms and they're in the air, everyone sees them kid.

[@Iselo45]

Yes! That was my favorite bit! I’ve definitely struck the (entirely wrong) ending pose and tried to ooze to the right one

[@annaluciaschmitz]

Same hahaha Hahaha the mistakes I’ve done in ballet class are all represented here and takes me back to good memories. Now, I’m a professional ballet dancer/ ballerina and I still do mistakes, but oh well it’s funny 🤭😂

[@livetodance30]

For me, that's the best part of this ballet. I feel like Josephine missed that at the very end. It's so hilarious.

[@annaluciaschmitz]

@@livetodance30 Yeah, I did that too, when I was younger and sometimes….I still do it hahaha 😂🤭

[@gretslie]

This was actually choreographed in 1956 by Jerome Robbins, so not exactly new! 😉 It is part of his ballet The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody) that he made for the New York City Ballet company.

[@SoCaillat]

Yep! And has been done many times since kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXWzY5Zoe6h7d68

[@saarxddd]

That’s also why she recognized it at the beginning, she just loves the performance and reacts to that

[@AnnaEmilka]

I'd imagine in ballet just like in classical music, everything post 18th-19th century is regarded as "new"

It's so new, it's older than me. ;-)

[@PoisonedApathy]

This is The Mistake Waltz which is a part of a ballet by Jerome Robbins called The Concert, which actually premiered in the 1950's! One of the first comedy ballets!

[@theredrover3217]

The concert is fantastic!

[@hensku.3000]

We learned this choreo at school and the whole process was hilarious. Plus it has so many little detail that make the dance so much fun to do. Truly one of my favorite ballet choreos out there 😂❤️

[@sophia0249]

Same, i performed this before

[@Me-su2bu]

Ohhhhh I wanna dance thiissssss 😖

[@theredrover3217]

I'm glad to hear it's fun, not a dancer but it looks like it would be, hard but really fun. 😆

[@annaluciaschmitz]

Same, it was so fun doing it hahaha

[@annaluciaschmitz]

@@sophia0249 Same hihi

[@bruresende]

Not a dancer of any kind, so I might be giving a far-away shot, but to me seems a lot harder to make a "mistake on purpose" them knowing a choreography by heart and making one or two little mistakes on stage... I know it happens "spontaneously" in classes, but it's two things you have to learn here, the actual steps and the missteps... Kudos to this ballerinas, they are amazing!

[@ellie-iy8yp]

It is!!

[@KateandBree]

I did ballet and do horseback riding, it is so hard to NOT follow the music as a human being.

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

There was a very popular gymnast coach that taught girls in the 80's. So during intermissions during competitions, he would perform skits for the audience. Of course, he was a male doing women's gymnastics on the uneven bars or the beam or even a floor routine. His name is Paul Hunt. It's so great listening to the commentary as he performs.

[@ItsJustLisa]

@@SandrA-hr5zk, I love Paul Hunt! His routines as Eastern European gymnasts are hilarious, especially when he’d put his hair on Olga Korbut-esque pigtails. You have to an incredibly good gymnast (national level, in his case) to pull off such ridiculous routines.

[@heatherarneson3814]

@@SandrA-hr5zk i remember watching him when i was younger! so funny!!!

[@meganjaime7728]

I love the mistake waltz. It’s just so great! The organized chaos, while still being beautiful. 😄

[@TinaHBeautifulJourney]

I did this with for my advanced pointe class recital dance a couple of years ago and they had SO much fun. We only had 3 dancers, so I had to modify a bit, but it worked wonderfully and the audience loved it. Fun to watch your reaction.

[@andreawallenberger2668]

👏👏👏👏👏 standing ovation👏👏👏👏 Primas every one. ⚘️⚘️⚘️⚘️⚘️ too fun. TY Josephine 😊

[@Indah_Lusion]

My favorite comedy ballet is the Queen of Hearts in The Royal Ballet Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Itziar Mendizabal had me in tears and my stomach aching watching her perform. She was just hilarious.

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

YES!!!! The Tart Adagio is one of my favorite KZbin clips EVER!

[@ushere5791]

adorable! can we talk about how they nailed the leap? every toe landed at the same exact time!

[@hanneehallem3000]

I really recommend you watching Ballet Magnifique - ballet gone bad. It is simmaral to this but with even more ballet jokes. It's somehow one of my favourite pieces just of the details in the humour alone. It's amazing 10/10 and I would love for you to see it

[@claireschweizer4765]

I started crying with laughter watching that!!!

[@MrsWheezer]

Yes! I watch this when I need a laugh. Every time I watch it, I see something new.!

[@scarletbailey6086]

That is my absolute favorite out of the humorous ballets that I've found so far!!

[@the.geekghoul]

Ommmgggg you have got to watch Ballet Magnifique - Ballet Gone Bad. It’s like this but with a dozen more dancers

[@Ghostie_Cat]

I would not be able to make it through without laughing but yes it’s my class every rehearsal 😂😂😂

[@DragonFox84]

i know this has been a round a long time like 60 years, and its turned into a fun piece to do. i feel this is harder then it looks since they are used to having to all be in sync and not making mistakes. so having people not do things right or on times etc....has got to be difficult.

[@kitsidale]

Ive seen this before, it must be difficult for disciplined dancers to make deliberate mistakes. Love it x

[@goawayleavemealone2880]

With this piece it probably isn't considering that everything they do is technically correct. It's intentionally choreographed to be wrong, but nothing is performed incorrectly.

[@theredrover3217]

One of my most favorite ballets. Think it must be an absolute blast to perform.

[@annerumery9888]

I love that you don’t have to be a ballet dancer to relate - I’m a tapper and I’ve done all of these things in class! 😂

[@tink6225]

this is one of my favourite ballets. I feel like it's easy to overdo the "mistake" aspect to where its overdone but the choreography is perfect😌

[@meredithrose5529]

hii! In a couple months, you are going to be fitting me. I’m so excited I love your vids

[@mollymollie6048]

This is awesome and so funny! Glad to see them get to have some fun instead of it being so serious all the time…however, seriously, their dancing is amazing! Love how they seem to enjoy the choreography…and great that their students…I hope they go on to great careers/lives, they are fantastic!!! Bravo!

[@catferreira5598]

I'd been waiting for you to review this one! 😂😂 They're amazing!

[@mehhudson]

This is when you miss one day of dance class and everything changed

[@skyefirenails]

I love this. Jerome Robbins ' Mistake Waltz is one of my absolute favorites.

[@shaodowofmidnight]

My favourite comedic ballet routine is Tart Adage from Alice's Adventure in Wonderland performances that the Royal ballet does. It takes a well-known classic from from Sleeping beauty and turns it into something so funny.

[@claireschweizer4765]

An oldie but a goodie!!! Love watching other groups do their own spin of this choreo!!! (No pun intended)😍😍😍

[@lucyrakauskas]

Alice in wonderland when the red queen has her main section. I think it’s Christopher Wealden‘s ballet

[@mehhudson]

Yes! The tart adage is so good

[@lucy2steele]

Yes!!! Or the Alice in wonderland with mad hatter, alice and the door mouse! That is pure genius but also so fun in parts!

[@sweetpuff22]

Oh yes!! I love it too.

[@JelMain]

The Choreography That Goes Wrong. Every performer's had it happen, it's amazing the audience rarely spots it.

[@allisonduke4837]

Our Academy does this almost every year for Spring Showcase. 😂 It’s always so fun.

[@autisticdancer]

One of the lower level classes at my studio did a variation of this dance for our Spring concert this year too! They didn't do it en pointe because they were too young to have pointe shoes yet but still. 😄

[@jazallison8606]

This is actually one of my favorite ballets. It's beautiful it's fun. The dancers are talented and I live when artists can laugh at themselves

[@austin.luther]

I love this! It's not new, though. I saw a recording of, I think, New York City Ballet performing the Mistake Waltz back in the 90s. And it's older than that. This piece is a classic.

[@matabong7108]

Were learning this for a showcase tommorow and 1 thing i realised was that its harder to plan mistakes than to actually do them😂

[@WS102]

The PNW piece was awesome. So hilarious and always fantastic to see and hear Josephine!

[@seangeoffroy98]

Got to watch if you haven't already - Ballet Magnifique - ballet gone bad

[@shespeex8413]

The mistake waltz is my favorite single piece ever! Yay!!

[@sparklestheraccoon3397]

This is the definition of “if you mess up just pretend it’s part of the show”

[@josephine9502]

The girl who slowly moves her arms at the very end is so me! I ave literally done that before 🤣🤣

[@Stephanie-yk6dz]

This is exactly what me and my friends look like during ballet class 😂

[@JessBonomo]

This whole ballet (The Concert) is AMAZING, I love it

[@AbstractlyMe83]

I LOVE Mistake Ballet!!!

[@EllaTyme]

Josephine is a ray of sunshine ☀️❤️

[@KelseyDavison]

I like that every dancer makes mistakes and it’s not just one person “getting blamed” for screwing up.

[@isabellamadrigal4785]

Lol I’m definitely the dancer that stays in a pose too long and doesn’t realize we moved on 😂

[@cal1763]

This is my favorite version of the mistake waltz! I’ve watched this video so many times.

[@Z26production]

Pleeeaaase react to “The tart adage from alice’s adventures in Wonderland” from the Royal Ballet! I’m not a dancer, never did ballet in my life, but LOVE this ballet and the fun the dancers have!

[@Becky-uz8em]

I wish you had also reacted to how the dancers come onto (and exit) the stage - it's hilarious too!

[@lilliankarpewicz8441]

u guys should definitely react to ballet magnifique - ballet gone bad

[@Faolair]

There's another mistake ballet that's actually my favourite, it's on KZbin under the name "Ballet Magnifique - Ballet gone Bad" and my favourite character is the pink leg warmer

[@MrsWheezer]

I’m partial to the ballet shoe nunchucks.

[@Faolair]

@@MrsWheezer True, they're a close second to me, I just feel like it could have used a bit more screentime to really flesh out the character development

[@MrsWheezer]

@@Faolair 😂😂😂🤣

[@oreganook]

this is genuinely funny. i love it

[@shilohpetersen2468]

I was wondering, not sure if this is the place to ask, but could you do a video of all the different ways you can sew ribbons and why each way is good for different people? For example: why are crossed elastics better for this person but not for another, or why are regular ribbons ok for some but not everyone?

[@breakingpointe727]

The slow change of the arms in the final formation is 100% me LOL

[@rogan.callahan]

This has always been my favorite dance, i am always entertained by the mistake waltz!!

[@Haileyb613]

One of my favorite ballets! I saw it at the Joffrey years ago and have come back to it over and over since then! Slaughterhouse on 10th Avenue has some great comedic bits too

[@sarahk2308]

Oh I've seen this whole ballet at PNB and it is just hilarious! I also got to see a bit in rehearsal pre covid and that was even more fun

[@moonlitlake4945]

Omg we did one of these for recital this year!!! It was so fun y’all need to try it

[@natakatsivalis]

I looooooove this one!!!!!

[@_fxiry5377]

The second I saw pacific northwest ballet I knew it was going to be the mistake waltz

[@lizlilliman3644]

It must be so hard doing that. I must admit it's nice seeing ballet now appealing to a new audience. My daughter when she turned 11 we went to the cinema to watch the recording live of Alice in wonderland. We then this year did the same and watch Swan Lake. My daughter doesn't do ballet, she is training to be in theatre either acting or musical theatre. The school she goes to once a year does a week long at a local theatre, its an audition to be in it piece. They did singing in the rain last year so she is now starting tap in September . (The school was established in 1904 to be a school for the arts and it has its own theatre and they do shows each year with their class. She did summer school and in a week they did Peter pan and had around 100 pupils on the stage from 3 to 23 in age)

[@roxxandra]

this inspires me to finally choreograph a musical piece that makes me think of three dancers and their teacher. the three dancers keep trying to upstage each other but they all just end up annoying their teacher. it will be bellydance though (which draws plenty of inspiration from ballet). oy! NEEDS to do it!!

[@karend169]

I wonder if it is difficult to dance the wrong steps. I am sure these girls know this ballet by heart, but then dancing it in different steps, might be difficult.

[@zoecatrina8979]

you guys should check out the quiner sisters😊💕❤️

[@FallawayCorte]

I have seen San Francisco Ballet perform the entire Robbins Ballet multiple times. It is very funny. Hopefully, it will be performed again.

[@jade_littlebodybigfan]

LOL I watched this before and I was dying for u to see it and you did!!

[@maatkoala9919]

The Tart adage (Royal Ballet) is very funny !

[@DudeEM]

I love comedic ballet especially those done masterfully. It’s a good thing these are choreographed mistakes as actual mistakes in a ballet routine could injure the dancers. I also recommend Grand Pas De Deux, DAS ORIGINAL by Christian Spuck & the Dance of the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland. I don’t need heavy comedies so these comedic ballet are enough to brighten my mood.

[@Ruma_Kaalis_Camoran]

I'm the stiff dancer ballerina 😅🥰 gotta go stretching, ballet class starts in 2 weeks again😁🤩

[@su96su]

So it’s like “The Play That Goes Wrong” but ballet

[@Kytti-not-kitty]

Yep exactly haha

[@natalienicole1172]

OMG MAKE THIS A NEW SERIES!

[@Loona_g.]

i loved the pne where a girl had a pink legwarmer and a soe went flying and it was just a mess

[@_aiko020]

The last girl slowly switching her hands always gets me lmfao

[@phadenswandemil4345]

This ballet really cool because quite a few viewers in the comments didn't even know it was choreographed mistakes. And for the people who could tell, it's a very entertaining comedy.

[@veragiraud1908]

Love it! My favourite ballet parody (I know that here it is not a parody) is from Dortmund ballet, with the dance if the four swans :)

[@arzadu1138]

alright i have no idea if there's a video for this but i saw a ballet at BAM called the hard nut, which was the most hysterical parody of the nutcracker i've seen

[@ardianworld777]

If you like this comedy, I can recommend the Grand Pas De Deux from choreographer Christian Spuck! Also a hilarious and fun ballet to see :) There is even a video here on KZbin with former Mariinsky superstar Ulyana Lopatkina

[@kemis3307]

Ah! I was going to recommend the same piece, it's so hilarious!

[@ElizabethPell]

You should also react to "Ballet Magnifique - Ballet gone bad" it's even funnier

[@Bunnykeny2]

I remember at old dance recitals I had to take my glasses off before going on stage so I couldn’t see anything and our recitals probably looked just like this

[@london1961]

Omg I’ve watched that video so many times

[@buttercupgeorge]

The Dying Swan by Ballet Trocadero de Monte Carlo. One of the funniest pieces ever.

[@yosunakverdi4860]

Eric Gauthier's "Ballet 101" is also so much fun. Recently seen it from great Vladimir Shklyarov of Mariinsky on KZbin.

[@MadiBendy]

I am not a ballet dancer but I have always been interested in the art of ballet . But if I were a dancer I would probably be the girl with the glasses lol 😂

[@MarianaA6]

Anyone have suggestions on what to wear to a pointe shoe fitting? Also awesome video Josephine!

[@coraconrad3808]

I did this dance it was so fun!! I was the one that went down down up up😂

[@Sophie.loves.flowers]

I don’t take ballet but I did take modern but if I wasn’t putting my biggest fear would be leaning on my ankle wrong and breaking it or like twisting my ankle

[@TamaraWagle]

i am the one with the glass 🤣

[@kristimitchell5749]

The TART ADAGE!! PLEASE do the Tart Adage!

[@deirdrecoughlan4339]

Me being confused bc they are so good it looks intentional.

[@hannahmcnulty8279]

#earlysquad !! 😍

[@lilie578]

Can you react to the whole Leap movie? But you can make a part two if it's too long please🙏

[@jennyanne]

I ❤️ love it!

[@annasahlstrom6109]

I would be the girl in the glasses! I've never been a pro though.

[@lilguy3]

I really hoped Josephine would see this. I first watched it four years ago and I'm obsessed😂

[@samanthawatts8147]

Love queen of hearts comedy ballet

[@ItsJustLisa]

I also love troupes like the Trocaderos. Like any other art form, you have to be incredibly good to pull off deliberately bad and ridiculous.

[@MaxNevarmare]

Have you seen Rodarte fall 2022 ready to wear spread?

[@amberrr7265]

I’m definitely the sunglasses ballerina

[@laneyhubers6330]

You should react to the Quiner Sisters and Carissa Campbell!!!

[@katiejames736]

I am so the one in the glasses, in class.

[@goofglu]

Have you watched the Tart Adage yet?

[@ileanacardona2248]

Always the glasses wearing dancer 🙋🏻‍♀️😬

[@jadeaquilina406]

Oh yes im totally the glasses dancer