The genius ‘mistake’ ballet, where everything goes wrong

Mistake Ballet

When you miss the dress rehearsal and your choreographer forgets to show you the new moves…

This dance routine – ‘When Ballet goes Wrong’ – is a genius piece of comedy.

A group of ballerinas at the Vienna State Opera in Austria performed the routine, officially called The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody), which was created and choreographed by NYC ballet master Jerome Robbins.

Robbins is widely considered the greatest American-born choreographer of the 20th century. He played a crucial role in the New York City Ballet and has choreographed some of the greatest Broadway shows including West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof.

In the parody video, ballet dancers fall out of time with each other, forget their moves, stand in the wrong place and passive-aggressively elbow each other.

The best part? It’s all performed to the sound of Chopin’s ‘Mistake’ Waltz in E minor.

Top marks to the pianist for holding it together.

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/ballet/vienna-state-opera-mistake-performance/

Neil Oliver Live

Neil Oliver Live

Notice the patterns. Good advice!

https://www.gbnews.uk/gb-views/neil-oliver-world-leaders-think-the-unvaccinated-are-next-door-to-idiots-racists-and-misogynists/201013

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word “despotism” in the political lexicon. His anonymously published The Spirit of the Laws, which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States in drafting the U.S. Constitution.