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i should look for a playlist of G/PDDs and have a marathon viewing session...

Fun! I am curious what ballet is at timestamp 7:17-7:21? Do you find most all of your ballet videos on UA-cam? Thanks!

I really prefer the 1950s version. I think something has been lost in modern ballet compared to the older style of performing … yes, the technique and extensions are beautiful and stunning, but at what cost to the body and artistry? A sort of athleticism has entered ballet that makes dancers look the same and so sterile. A quality of feminine softness is missing, and whenever I see a dancer’s entire bony rib cage as they lift their thigh next to their ear I wince in sympathetic pain. It’s not as transportive to be so focused on the body itself instead of the character, emotion, or story….

From someone who knows nothing about ballet, these educational videos are really good. I like your sense of humor.

Now I want someone to create a Mario ballet specifically so the male variation can be to the Star power music. Also, 'Petipa pas de deux' is quite fun to say.

Tell me more!!!!

I did not know i needed ballet "sportscasting", geekery and commentary until i discovered ballet reign! Brava!

Me wanting to try the princes sleeping beauty act 3 variation but knowing I can’t do a few of the steps and would probably breaking an ankle

Loved your crash course! I learned from my Texan father to always put salt on watermelon (and cantaloupe and grapefruit)!

Have you guys seen Mathildes Pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillans Anastasia?? One of my new faves i think, something about Marianela in a more sultry and technical role just makes so much sense 😭

306 caught my eye from the very first moment of live-streamed class. And in the variation she has the BEST pique manege of them all!! She should def have been in the final and got a scholarship. But...

This made me so happy! The video randomly popped up on my fyp and this happens to be the exact piece I’m doing for my summer intensive! I have the part where there is 12 consecutive turns from fifth and I’m super nervous… I love this dance so much! ❤

Brava! You two are superbly educated/knowledgeable in ballet history/performance, & charming, eloquent … food for the experienced, while maintaining an accessibility to the newcomer. I’m a big fan. I did ballet for a decade. I pursued a Masters degree in dance … techniques, aesthetic philosophy of dance, choreography, labanotation … though my primary interest was Ballet History. … & you two could have superbly taught my grad-school class in dance history. My focus was the turn of the century Nijinsky/Diaghilev in the background of the broader artistic changes of the period. Though … your analysis of the classical/romantic ballets is quite excellent. As you’ve characterized the Bluebird variation as one of the most difficult of male pas de deux. I was once tasked with this variation, depending on the particular version of choreography, The first male section is really not that difficult, unless one includes many extra beats. The 2nd male Bluebird Coda section is very difficult with quick changing beats. I’ll never really know why as 6’2 dude, I was tasked with bluebird, it’s really a role for a more compact ethereal type dancer. I was a taller, long-limbed dancer, better suited for different roles. There is this consideration in casting male parts. It’s helpful, essential to cast to the dancer’s strengths … to the role. Also think matching the heights is aesthetically advantageous. My 6’2 height gave the taller gals a better match. I was fortunate to have excellent, relatable instructors … (pictured in dance history books). … Though … cause males were scarce in ballet, it allowed my mediocrity. teaching male technique … Thou my female teachers were brilliant, accomplished, completely familiar with essential training & challenges of the different male roles/choreography/interpretations. It helped, I think, to have enough guys around the facility … to allow for specific mens classes … which consisted of mostly (completely) of turning & jumping. Men’s classes = Non-stop … Big turning & big jumping … & practice of some of the classical male variations. Anyhow, seeing the Ali variation does sadden me, cause practicing that Saut de Basque broke my ankle badly, ending the whole dance adventure. Putting me back into traditional sports coaching. My sports coaching was greatly enhanced by my days in dance. Such a great activity … Maurice Bejart was quoted as saying that Ballet was combination of “sport & film” … perhaps in translation from French, I dont recall now. Though I believe I know what he meant. The body awareness which one gains from dance training … is a lifetime’s gift. Thanks for the excellent videos, I look forward to future adventures.

Our ballet teacher taught us this, if the teacher says to do this, you gotta do it no matter what. 😅

Dear Jordan and Eden, I love your videos, they are very enjoyable and highly informative. I am 55 and thanks to you I am going to my first ballet class tomorrow! I will be wearing my BALLET REIGN hoodie :) Many thanks and best wishes! <3

Yes on the salt. Same with apples. Great post.

As a ballet teacher, I really love your content and occasionally even learn something I didn't know before, so thank you for that. But every time you pronounce Petipas, I cringe a little. The e is pronounced as de e in pas dE deux, it sounds really awkward your petty pas😅. I really don't want to be mean. As I said, I LOVE your content, keep on giving us your witty and amusing view on one of the most beautiful art forms! Lots of love and good health from Belgium! ❤

The switched sides was a jumpscare 😅

I’m excited to watch this later-I’m currently at a performance of Jewels, it’s the first intermission 💎 it’s beautiful so far

I learned a lot today! Thank you very much! 💜🎶🩰🌧🦌🌛

yessss salted watermelon! 🧂🍉

Thank you so much, interested in different types of structures of ballet, full length? 1 to however many acts? I like salt n watermelon

So the Grand Das-de-deux are Petipa's fault? Learned something new today, I did! Btw, thanks to you I'm developing my inner ballet nerd fast and furious, so here's a thought about a possible subject for a video: what about ye olde arms? Or Port-de-Bras, as they say in ballet ... I've found that modern dancers, male and female, seem to have sharp elbows. There's one dancer - sadly mostly unknown in the West - whose arms and hands are immaculate. He's of the generation after Nureyev and Baryshnikov: Nikolay Tstskaridze, now director of the Vaganova Academy. Here's a wonderful video of his Siegfried when he was 27 - it's wonderful not just for his arms and hands but fro all the rest as well ...: ua-cam.com/video/7WZgmFw3n3Y/v-deo.html Thanks as always, without you and your instructions I'd not be delving into the ballet archives ...

As a non ballet dancer there's something I've always be curious about. This is probably a really dumb question, but can you be a professional ballet dancer and still have hobbies outside of dance?

Hello! I love you guys so much I’m 13 and my dream is to become a pro ballerina but I feel like I’m starting to late and I’m having trouble finding somewhere where I can train to get to my dream, so f course u guys are my biggest inspiration and I’ve watched every single one of your videos! If you have any tips or anything that can help me I would appreciate it SOOOOOOO much!! Love u guys❤

You should make a part 2 that lightly goes over the rest like pas de quatre, pas de six, and pas de trois!

Definitely WOW'D. Thanks for another amazing Saturday!😊

Ahhh I hoped so bad that you would do a video like this one day. I don't really understood the sections yet :-) I´m so here for it today

I really need this!

Im part of En Pointe School of Ballet As both a dancer, teacher, and co-artistic director Been trying to help implement some more classical ballet etiquette. This video helped me learn we're doing pretty well on this. Thank you!! (For those wondering we're in utah near the slc area. We have beginning + pointe adults, mens & boys program, normal ballet ages 3+ as well as beginning classes for teens who want to learn ballet for the first time! 💕💕

;) lovely

wheres Simkin😝

Whoa. Wasn’t expecting that tragedy.

Just watching this now (a year after you made it). My first "Swan Lake" was the glasnost Swan Lake in the early 1990's performed in Boston by the Boston Ballet and soloists from the Bolshoi doing the Bolshoi's version. It was just around the time of the dissolution of the USSR. The leads alternated, a Russian swan with and American Sigfried, an American swan with a Russian Sigfried. I saw it twice, the first time in dress rehearsal sitting in the exact center of the front row. (Where you could hear the thump of the toe shoes all hitting the floor in unison and could see the perspiration glistening on the dancers.) It was absolute MAGIC! I've seen it done about three more times since then, and I still love it. The last time I saw it, when the swan and Sigfried leapt to their deaths at the end, the woman sitting behind me screamed. (Guess she didn't read the program notes.) Thank you for a wonderful "explication du texte", as the French would say.

As someone with asthma who grew up dancing, bring your inhaler into the studio with you and set it somewhere out of the way- whether that's at the front by the mirror, or the side of the room, or the back corner, wherever, put it there. You can ask the teacher, and usually, there's a spot they'd prefer you to put your inhaler in. I've been in some classes where water bottles in the studio were encouraged to keep people from actually leaving the room when they need a drink, and there's a space to put the water bottles. If your class is like that, put the inhaler there with the water bottles.

I’m so exited for this! Pas de deux is one of my favorite things to watch in ballet 🩰 See you tomorrow 😁

Full midsummer analysis please 🫶🏻

I love La Bayadere. I danced in it with my school this year. So fun. ❤

You should rank lifts in a video!

I hope one day to see you as principals dancers cause you know so many things and you love dance so much

This is the most perfect version of this PDD I've seen. They are both so perfect for these roles!

I'm so glad Don Q was mentioned! And the bonus clip is 💯😄 My most watched ballet clips are Don Q Kitri's Variation specifically Nunez.

I hope u do a full deep dive on this ballet! It’s so beautiful

one extra thing you didn't say was that you never mark your arms.

I've often wondered how hard it is to come up with a name for every costume! I suspect that it doesn't always have to make sense.

started with natalia??? are u fr?? FAN GIRLING HERE SOO BAD!! 😍😍😍

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Acteon performed by Osiel Gouneo is one of those swoon videos I will watch on repeat and not be tired of it after the 10th watch.

Great job, ladies! I really enjoyed your knowledge and delight in all these variations. The ones that I was less familiar with were particularly fascinating. Thanks for all the work you do to give us these videos.

Love your channel, thank you, and yes, yes, yes to Part 2. But just wanted to add Reece Clarke (Royal Ballet) as Espada. He was superb - part Gaston, part Superman, totally gorgeous!