What Does It Take to Become Principal Ballerina?

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2016
  • Dancer Isabella Boylston is American Ballet Theatre's youngest principal ballerina. She joins Tanya Rivero to discuss her upcoming roles and her rise to the top of the ballet world. Photo: Karolina Kuras
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Komentáře • 55

  • @discontinuedpleasegoaway
    @discontinuedpleasegoaway Před 7 lety +192

    No, that first variation is Diamond Fairy. Not Aurora

  • @lys_ballerina
    @lys_ballerina Před 3 lety +25

    my dream is to be a professional ballerina 😍 i would love to dance at ABT one day!!!

  • @eduardasartorio8932
    @eduardasartorio8932 Před 3 lety +17

    Her smile is SOOOOO beautiful

  • @lojainnasr3574
    @lojainnasr3574 Před 7 lety +67

    That was not Aurora! What a disgrace to a so called professional media... (For the first ballet clip) It's Diamond Fairy (take note). However overall lovely video minus the error and bam perfect. :D Question about the reporter: How could she mistake that as Aurora if she was a dancer? Along with a few other rude remarks.

  • @Ballerinarose
    @Ballerinarose Před 7 lety +252

    "Well at least your married.." How inappropriate. Geez...

    • @natalielinden
      @natalielinden Před 7 lety +10

      I thought the same thing.

    • @NhiTran-dw8ij
      @NhiTran-dw8ij Před 7 lety +39

      Second that!!! Somehow I feel like the interviewer is not fit for interviewing an artist. She lacks that "going with the flow", being able to feel all the feels, and being versatile enough to follow whatever the conversation may unfold. It literally feels like an interview with some business figure. She just jumped from one question to the next, and wanted to get the answer out. It was apparent that Isabella was not at ease or at her most comfortable.

    • @younghyunjoo1564
      @younghyunjoo1564 Před 7 lety +24

      Agree- also the fact that she told her at the end of the interview. Damn. Oh and this whole interview made me feel like the ballerina was uncomfortable throughout.

    • @TheCerealluvr
      @TheCerealluvr Před 7 lety +4

      effing ridiculous

    • @Es9954
      @Es9954 Před 7 lety +46

      And she interrupted Isabella quite often which was bothering me the most i think

  • @zaila4271
    @zaila4271 Před 7 lety +126

    You're married so you do have a personal life???
    Marriage isn't the only way to have a personal life. I feel like the interviewer doesn't understand dance.

  • @avasmith8325
    @avasmith8325 Před 6 lety +20

    That's not Aroura! That's the diamond farie!

  • @defnegursel1446
    @defnegursel1446 Před 5 lety +16

    Did she [the interviewer] call Odette “swan lake”? At least educate yourself on ballet before you interview a ballet dancer

  • @breezter
    @breezter Před 6 lety +26

    4:12 was that Misty on the barre?

  • @TheCerealluvr
    @TheCerealluvr Před 7 lety +26

    She's such a cutie!

  • @lockheart619
    @lockheart619 Před 6 lety +8

    A ballet boarding school? How old was she?

  • @elleromanovafermanpevel2127

    ISABELLA !!!!😲🎈🎊🎉

  • @jensen1880
    @jensen1880 Před 4 lety +9

    Weight is vital if you need to be lifted by another dancer!- everything changes, a great ballerina takes the lead

  • @drewbach6073
    @drewbach6073 Před 8 lety +1

    First

  • @indraneelmore1130
    @indraneelmore1130 Před 3 lety +2

    She could just say she is talented 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @21whichiswhich
    @21whichiswhich Před 7 lety +9

    Is she the ex-girlfriend of Benjamin? Nathalie Portman's husband.

  • @karebu2
    @karebu2 Před 8 lety +3

    Lol. What's a principal ballerina anyway?

    • @classicalchance7831
      @classicalchance7831 Před 8 lety +59

      When you dance in a company, the principal position is the highest position you can reach as a ballerina.

    • @lockheart619
      @lockheart619 Před 6 lety

      Alexa Charbonneau does the company just choose them to be one or do they have to audition to do so?

    • @catalinaguzmancantante212
      @catalinaguzmancantante212 Před 5 lety +2

      @@lockheart619 the company promotes them, based on their performance

    • @evag1344
      @evag1344 Před 4 lety

      lock heart they start at the corde ballet (spelling error) then they might slowly get promoted to soloist and later principal

    • @mads5171
      @mads5171 Před 4 lety

      The top dancers in a company whom preform lead roles like Juliet and Odette etc

  • @celticeyesmorriganrising929

    ALL THE PRINCIPALS AT NYCB ARE BEAUTIFUL..i guess abt does not have that standard.

    • @vilebui8755
      @vilebui8755 Před 5 lety +13

      beauty comes from within

    • @kerrytakashi12
      @kerrytakashi12 Před 5 lety +2

      ABT has the UGLY standard. Or at least the company Board Members do. They would rather push this one with the limp wrists and claw hands over truly beautiful dancers like Sarah Lane, Christine Shevchenko or Skylar Brandt.

    • @DianaMoon11428
      @DianaMoon11428 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kerrytakashi12 Skylar may get that promotion. She did two Giselles.

    • @kkdoc7864
      @kkdoc7864 Před 4 lety +2

      Kerry Takashi I know very little about ballet, but based on your comments, I am paying a lot more attention to her hand movements which are different. Why is it that even dance is ruled by “who you know”.? Who should be the principal and why? I am trying to learn as much as I can.

    • @melissa0506
      @melissa0506 Před 3 lety

      @@DianaMoon11428 yup Skylar is now a Principal

  • @michelboudot2882
    @michelboudot2882 Před 4 lety +1

    Very very good dancer. Very plain. Too humble. No charisma..bad make up