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Ballet’s hardest moves in slow motion will make you appreciate the arts

Get some culture in your life. In extreme slow-mo.

Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

If you’re like me, the mere thought of ballet gets the song “At the Ballet” from A Chorus Line stuck in your head all day.

(What’s that? No one’s like me? Oh, okay, moving on, then.)

But if you’ve never seen Black Swan or thought about how preposterously difficult ballet is, this video of the Washinton Ballet showing off their most difficult moves is probably going to blow your mind:

If you don’t feel like watching that whole video, maybe this will suffice:

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Wow. Ballet: definitely sports.

(via The High Definite)

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