Have you seen this video? Two dancers from Staatsballett Berlin are shown in slow motion at 1000 frames per second, to the song Radiohead's Everything in Its Right Place. I actually danced ballet in junior high and high school, and it's a super precise athletic endeavor that's a million times harder than it looks. (Plus, the teachers are terrifying!) Bravo, beautiful dancers! xoxo
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I dream of living in Berlin. So many brilliant people live there. It's like an unspoken hub of cool! & of course, I'm a bias au pair. ; )
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so beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. They are so precise. Great song too. xx
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. Ballet looks incredibly hard. When I was younger I definitely wanted to be a ballerina. Honestly, I still do. ha.
ReplyDeleteAww, sorry to hear that your teachers were terrifying! Mine have always been very nice! This is beautiful, you can really see their good technique.
ReplyDeletewatching it in slow motion is even more beautiful than real-time. Stunning!
ReplyDeletePerfection! *applause*
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ReplyDeleteJust today I was watching the final scene from "Center Stage" just for fun (not that it in any way compares to this) I just love a good ballet scene ;)
Gorgeous! I, too, danced ballet. This is so phenomenal! They're precision and grace is unbelievable. My jaw actually dropped watching this!
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enough to have a very lovely teacher growing up as a mini-ballerina.
ReplyDeleteI love the music; this video reminds me of Vitalic's video for "Birds" with slow-motion dogs.
Anna, you should be (a bit) lucky not living in Berlin. I wanted to watch this video but because of the music rights Germany won't let me. Bohoo! I was so excited because I have seen it floading around on several blogs, so it must be a really pretty video!
ReplyDeleteI am obsessed with this video. The slow motion really lets you appreciate the form of the moving body. I watched it all day today and yesterday, and how perfect is that radiohead song accompaniment.
ReplyDeleteAck! So beautiful. I feel ashamed of being slumped over on my computer watching this.
ReplyDeleteHauntingly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteEverything in Its Right Place is one of my favourite songs.
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That was so awesome. I took ballet for seven years, and while it wore me out and gave my toes a lot of grief, it was my favorite style of dance.
ReplyDeleteGeez, louise, those are some talented and athletic dancers! Their bodies are so impressively trained- it almost looks like the camera moves around them instead of the other way around.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI take ballet, and I love this because you can really see the alignment and how the dancers move through one of the five positions with every step. Gorgeous.
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ReplyDeleteSo precise and beautiful!
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Gorgeous! I have even more appreciation for ballet now. Thanks!
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I did ballet for ten years...Yes, harder than it looks indeed. And ditto on the terrifying teachers! But I still get a bit wistful when I watch things like this. Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThis video is amazing... I couldn't even imagine how hard it would be to be a ballerina. Such a beautiful art form that I appreciate so much...
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Incredible. It is amazing in slow motion to see their muscles working! Wow. Thanks for sharing. Love the song too, of course!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing. I wish I was a ballet dancer!
ReplyDeleteI love when you post ballerinas!! I took ballet for years (along with tap, jazz, lyrical - you name it) but didn't have the discipline to continue. I miss it though and can't believe how effortless it looks!
ReplyDeleteMy aunt was my teacher which you would think would be fun... but I was still terrified of her, haha.
Absolutely breathtaking! I can completely relate with the seemingly effortless but strenuous perfection. And ditto on having intimidating teachers...I had one (or several) of those. When I watch ballerina videos, wistfulness and nostalgia definitely kicks in.
ReplyDeleteThat was insanely rad. I danced for ten years (jazz, ballet and hiphop). I always wish I had continued on and studied it in school. Instead I just dance goofy in the kitchen to make my 3 month young smile and hopefully think I'm a cool mom :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous... You don't miss a thing when it's slowed to that level. So pretty.
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you will exactly love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxhjVRiozK8&feature=bf_next&list=PLAD49982D916D4EDB&lf=mh_lolz
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That's beautiful in so many ways. I've always wanted to go to a traditional ballet! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the open air series at the Lincoln Center last summer! Did you see all those slow-motion films? The summer before that featured just dance ones like this! loved it :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool. It makes me wonder how many takes it took to get just the right leap in each shot.
ReplyDeleteBallet is heartbreakingly beautiful. Those dancers are amazing.
ReplyDeleteDid you see http://www.slowdancingfilms.com/? The artist, David Michalek, is brilliant. I actually had him as a professor at Yale one semester. :-)
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I danced from age 4 to 16, then took adult classes a couple times in my 20's. It is definitely a lot harder than it looks!
ReplyDeleteI've got to say that I loved all my teachers. they were fabulous- never terrifying.
It's wonderful to see that people still appriciate ballet! I was a professional ballet dancer and am now a ballet teacher, who's trying to break the "terrifying teacher" mold. Every one of my teachers were scary to say the least.
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This is amazing! And my fav Radiohead song too!
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Here's a really similar slow-motion ballet video by a Canadian dancer. I became obsessed with it and watched it over and over!
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Beyond amazing! So beautiful!! xoxo
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Ballet dancers are incredible. To make something so complicated and intense look so effortless and stunning is mind blowing. My good friend in high school was a ballerina and I was always in awe of her (on stage and off!)
ReplyDeleteYou mean they were filmed at 1000 frames per second and shown in the typical 24 frames per second.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so cool! I loved watching this, thank you for sharing. They are such beautiful dancers. x
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Super gorgeous! I love a good fish dive. Makes me miss my scary Russian teachers! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteThat was so magical. It's amazing what the body can do and the beauty it holds.
ReplyDeletewow, it's so perfect- it almost doesnt seem real!
ReplyDeleteI was never interested in ballett at all. but after watching this I would love to go see the Staatsballett perform. Luckily I live in Berlin at the moment :)
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I did ballet forever as a youngster, and am now getting back into it in a big (read: obsessive) way as an adult. It's all in finding the right teacher (read: not terrifying). I am totally in love with it all over again. This video is beautiful, and it reminds me of these "living portraits" by photographer David Michalek. Did you ever see this:
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I wasn't in nyc at the time, but I saw some of the videos online and they blew my mind. Breathtakingly beautiful.
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I love this video so much! Stunning! And , yes, very hard work :) know first hand - made me want to go back to the studio :)
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so pretty, i am going to forward this to my ballerina niece..she is in ballet boarding school so she will love to share it with her class mates
ReplyDeleteWow! Unbelievable. The only time I attempted ballet was when I was a 4 year old...I got fed up because I was the youngest in the class. Kinda wish I had kept with it. Maybe I wouldn't be so clumsy!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a ballet dancer but for some reason it always makes me cry. And this gave me some serious goosebumps. Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteequally beautiful, if not more. for all ballet lovers out there!
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