i’m sorry but there is no way you could have stopped me from standing on my chair and screeching like a banshee if i saw this live…
What
how
HOW
“ballet isn’t a sport”
The thing about this is, you can barely see their muscles straining from effort. The effort to keep each other and themselves balanced, definitely, but that guy’s hand is barely shaking. The amount of training and strength and balance to go into this is fucking insane.
Ballet is raw AF
Reblogging again because I had to look this up on YouTube and it’s honestly mindblowing. She actually does en pointe on his head at some point 😱
Ballet dancers can very easily ruin their bodies doing what they do. I used to do it, I know what it can do. But it’s also one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen and experienced
