21 Levels of Ballet: Easy to Complex | WIRED
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Published 2023-06-26
Director: Maya Dangerfield; Katherine Wzorek
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Joy Womack
Creative Producer: Katherine Wzorek
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Kameryn Hamilton
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Alden Nusser
Gaffer: Alfonso
Audio: Jeff Gaumer
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Hair & Make-Up: Yev Write-Mason
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds/Courtney Karwal
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All Comments (21)
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She is one of only a handful of Americans that have studied at the Bolshoi in Russia. She was the 1st American woman to graduate. She was so good they gave her a contract to dance with them.
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Love her final message! Ballet is for everyone. I dance for a non-pro adult ballet company and personally find there is nothing more freeing :)
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This was SO interesting. Not only is Joy a great natural public speaker, but the way she explains everything in detail made it SO easy to understand exactly what she was talking about. She's such a GREAT teacher!! Please have her on again Wired! ♥
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“Perfection doesn’t exist so be the best version of yourself you can be.” That advice is gold!
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Ballet is at its core a study of the human anatomy and its movement. It's amazing how after dancing it for years, it sculpts the body and creates an illusion of lightness and harmony.
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Hats off to the editing team, you supported her words with visuals so eloquently and it was noticed. Joy thank you for sharing your talent with us, I will share this video with my 4 year old quite soon! I only got a few months of classes when I was her age and I'd love for her to have the opportunity to dance if she wants. Keep slaying legend! ❤
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Just like opera singers, Ballet dancers are just so incredible.
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For those of us who have followed Joy's journey, this video is heartwarming! I wish nothing but the best in her career. She has fought for her place in the ballet world and seeing her dancing at the Paris Opera makes so much sense considering her desire to master her technique
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Interesting that she admits that pointe is destructive to the body. It's amazing that ballerinas are able to willingly put up with the pain and destruction for the love of their art/sport.
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Joy Womack, After watching your interpretation of 21 Levels of Ballet, I started watching Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet, for the first time. In fact I have never watched any ballet before. I am very pleased with the way all the elements of music, dancers, costumes and scenery tell a story in such a unique expressive way. As a computer scientist myself, I made information exchange my profession. And its delighting and humbling to feel what machines may never be able to understand.
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I appreciate her ability to take something that seems so complex to a non-ballet dancer like me and break it down into its smaller components. She made it feel approachable and increased my appreciation for this art form. I loved her dance sequences and the scaffolding teaching technique she employed in her explanations. I hope she takes up teaching after future retirement. I can definitely see her being an incredibly effective teacher for future generations of ballerinas.
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She was my teacher in a summer intensive i did years ago..once i didn’t bring lunch and she gave me her mango.. She was soo nice
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As a figure skater and an adult gymnast who is taking a beginning adult ballet class (I took some ballet in college about 20 years ago, and taking class again), I'm really beginning to see how so closely connected ballet is to these sports. I'm really hoping to see some big improvements when I get back onto the ice in August, and when I'm able to get back to get back to my gymnastics gym in a few weeks. BTW, her fouttes (sp?) at the end were beautiful!
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Why did the end make me cry? First the 30(!!!) Fouttes made my heart swell, because ballet has always spoken to my soul, but then she turned around and said that ballet is for everyone and 😭
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A friend attended adult ballet classes at a local adult ballet school and told me about it. I have been doing stretching for a year and fell in love with ballet. So I have started adult ballet classes recently. Ballet is a unique and beautiful dance, and I respect all of you professional dancers.
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A scholar is a genius of a human mind, a ballet dancer is the prodigy of the human body. Great respect to these creative and brilliant athletes. The level of discipline, commitment, and GRIT makes them a genius with the human body and its mechanicst. This woman was a great dancer, teacher, and speaker. She would make a great and brilliant physical therapist.
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I absolutely love Joy Womack. I have followed her career over the years and to see where she is now is inspiring. She emotes and performs with such strength. Well done Joy Well Done God Bless!!
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I took intro ballet classes this past year and alignment was something I had never even realized was part of ballet lol it was exhausting. I have so much respect for the art of ballet. This was so great to watch and learn!
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Thank you Joy and Wired 🙏 I am a 47 yo ballerina, only for leisure, and I confirm that one can enjoy oneself very very much practicing ballet, even at a beginner level :)
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BLESS you, Joy! This was so clear and easy to follow! At seventy years old and only having taken up ballet at sixty-one...my level is not very high! But my HEART is through the roof!! I've followed you for many years. You're SO inspiring, Joy! Sending you so much Love, Sweetheart! 🙏💕🤗 Janie 🇬🇧
