– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(piano music)

- That one was the best we've done.

Ballet baby!

- We're here at the Los Angeles ballet

to finally do what you've been asking for

for years.

- There's a reason we have not done it.

This is impossible.

- My sister is a ballerina.

She did dance ever since she was four years old

and so I've picked her up from practices

so I kinda get the lingo.

- I went to a school of theater and dance.

I'm the only TryGuy with a dance diploma.

College educated motherfucker!

I did not take a dance class

- I have a stupid Benjamin Button old man baby body.

I am the most brittle inflexible man

that has ever lived.

- I'm not ballet trained at all.

I'm actually only pretty great

in the hip hop realm, so I'm going

into this as fresh as the other guys.

- We're going to be graceful, we're going to be poised

and we're going to fall on our butts.

(laughter)

- It is your fault. You wanted this.

You requested this video.

When I'm in pain it is your fault, Leslie.

(TryGuy theme music)

- So my name is Bianca Bulle.

I'm a principal dancer with the Los Angeles Ballet.

- That means you're one of the best ones?

- I'm actually the only principal dancer.

- So that means you're the best!

- So you're the best one!

- [Bianca] You guys are going to learn a few ballet routines

and then finally you'll get to perform them onstage.

- So we're going to be training with seasoned professionals.

- Young ones.(laughs)

We have first position.

Our heels are touching and knees are squeezed together.

Your bottom is also squeezed.

You're lifting up and your toes are turned out

as far as they possibly can be without being behind you.

- [Ned] Owww!

- [Bianca] Good!

Second position you turn until your arm

reaches to the side.

Your a foots distance away--

- [Zach] What?

- That's right.

Third position is half--

- Yahhhh!

(laughs)

Let's run it from the top!

- How could you do that Keith?

- I don't know how I could do it I just can.

- Wow!

That's impressive!

- Thank you, I'm the best!

- How long have you both been dancing?

Seven years?

- Were you born into ballet?

- I thought you guys were seven.

- That's 70% of your life has been plieing.

- [Bianca] We usually start young just because it is such

an intricate thing to learn and to form your joints.

- I'm sorry, what?

- Side. Tu fe. Side--

As you're growing you want your joints to be open

and your feet to be flexible because--

- So you're like beautiful dance mutants.

- I was gonna say mutants!

- I'm not allowed to sit down?

I just got yelled at by a ten-year old for sitting.

You're not allowed to sit in ballet because it not proper.

I hate everything about this.

They're lovely children.

- It's the cool part.

- It's the cool part.

- This part's pretty cool too.

I don't know about this part.

Actually those two are doing really well.

It's just those two.

- Did a little warm-up with barre

so we're ready for center and we're going to do

a couple of exercises across the floor.

So you step out and you pique

and start again.

Pique.

And start again.

Pique.

And start again.

- [Ned] How do you not get super dizzy?

- You use your spot.

So we spot our head.

- [Ned] Okay, I didn't do that.

- [Eugene] Oww! (laughter)

- Is it a good idea at age 30 as a male to start trying

to open your joints?

- (laughs) No.

- Great let's do it.

- Wait that's just the warmup.

- That's just the warmup

- Bianca!!

- Ahhh!

- Ahhh!

- Quick question.

Do you sleep in a giant music box?

- I do not.

- You're wearing pointe shoes now.

- Oh my god!

- What!

- What!

- So you crunch up your toes and you're like

you're on like your toe knuckles?

- No, you're actually dead on the tiptoes.

- How do your toenails not fall off?

- They do.

(choking)

- Do professionals get hurt?

- Yeah professionals get hurt

all the time.

- Ah! I gotta toe cramp.

Gyaaa!

- [Keith] Ned what are you doing?

- [Bianca] It's hurting underneath it all but we're

trying to make it all look beautiful on top.

- How much fried chicken do you say you eat in a week?

(laughter)

- I hate fried chicken.

(needle screeching on album)

Sorry!

- Can you demonstrate a few

classic pointe moves for us?

- So this is a sus-sous.

And then we can go to passe.

(oohhhh!)

And we can do a little arabesque.

(wowwww!!)

And a soutenu.

- Why is everything in French?

- History.

- It's effortlessly graceful.

- Well you guys can try if you'd like.

(ballet music)

- Yeah I can't get in.

- [Ned] Get in there baby!

- [Keith] Ned you got it in!

- I got it in!

- You have a tiny foot.

- I have dancer feet.

- I don't want to do this.

- I know I don't think we can.

- I don't think I can either.

- Oh boy!

- Now try and straighten your knee.

- What are you talking about?

- I know but that's why I'm whispering.

I don't want to do this.

- (oohhhhhh!!)

(yeahhhh!!)

- I'm gonna hurt myself.

Are we gonna hurt ourselves?

- I hope not.

- Ohhh God!!

- I do feel like my ankle's about to snap.

- Ahhuhh!!

- Oh that's so painful!

- Owww!

- Owwww!!

- No!!

- Aww, calf cramp.

Calf cramp.

Stretch it out.

Stretch it out.

- Well this was just awful.

Thank you for sharing.

- Let's get to the routine, yeah?

- So now we're gonna do a condensed version

of Waltz of the Flowers.

Great so we're on our knee.

There's four waltz...

Pom pom pom, pom pom pom.

My day begins with rehearsals for the ballets

that we're performing.

So that might be two or three

or just the one if it's a full-length piece.

- This sorta feels like we're doing a limp Jesus right now.

- You're just gonna be still for that.

We rehearse that until four-thirty in the afternoon

and we go home and recover, and ice, and eat

and do it again the next day.

Tan leu.

Sus-sous.

Turn around.

- Wait ice?

- Ice our bodies.

We get lots of injuries or--

- What's your ice budget?

- (laughs)

Like a lot?

- Three, four, pique.

- (sneeze)

(laughs)

I told you.

I told you it's coming.

- Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

- [Ned] Is it fair to say that

if you keep a good face and move the hands,

people won't pay attention to the feet?

- Could be.

- We are actually really trying.

It just looks like we're parodying the moves.

Because we suck!

(dramatic music)

- That was it!

- Weep woop!

- Exactly.

- Weep waap!

- Oohhhh, I only did hip-hop dancing.

I'm not gonna be good at this.

(laughter)

- [Ned] This is exhausting me fully.

I'm done.

I'm wrecked already.

- How about to make you feel how a ballerina feels

in our rehearsals

we put on some tutus for you?

So you feel like it's the real deal.

(harp music)

- Woww!

- Woww!

- Woww!

- Yeahhhhhh!!

- Does this mean we're in the Los Angeles Ballet?

Thank you so much for getting us in.

That's incredible.

- Congratulations.

- This will mask all of my bad feet moves.

- I totally understand the appeal of tutus now,

because all I wanna do is try the routine again,

with this, moving.

Yeah, with the tutus.

- Put it all together.

- [Bianca] (mumbles)

(Waltz of the Flowers)

Soutenu.

(mumbles)

(mumbles)

sus-sous.

(mumbles)

(mumbles)

Nice and soft.

- It's like you do all these complicated moves and then

you also have to look graceful.

(music swells)

- [Bianca] (mumbles)

- It's about like which leg is doing what and then

you're trying to keep your arms and your torso

from looking dumb.

It's very little and yet it's so much.

Yeahh!! (music ends)

- My glasses totally snapped and broke.

I balleted too hard and my glasses broke.

- We're gonna learn the Russian Dance,

which is a male dance full of tricks, fun,

exciting things.

Big jumps.

- Whooo! He almost kicked me in the balls.

- And lots of turns,

flying across the floor.

- [Zach] Stuff that's gonna be too hard.

- It's gonna be hard.

It's gonna be very different from the Waltz of the Flowers.

It's much sharper in the movement.

You don't have to be flowing soft,

it's almost better to look like you're really

putting your effort into it.

You're gonna touch your toes both in the air

so you go, jump and (mumbles).

It's a personal journey and you're constantly trying

to be perfect.

- Like Black Swan.

- Noooo, no it's not.

- Am I not going to become a beautiful bird-person

at the end of this?

- Is that what happens at the end of Black Swan?

- Yeah she becomes a,

did you not see the movie?

- Something much darker happens at the end of Black Swan--

- It's a crazy movie, bro.

- It's crazy.

(Russian Dance)

- Jump.

And one, two, three, four, jump.

Try and get those legs straight.

- This is easily the hardest dance we've ever done.

I'm the most tired I've ever been.

I thought I was in shape but, I'm not.

- [Eugene] Five. Six.

This is a, a pure exhaustion of every joint.

- This is hard work.

- I think, this might be the first time

in a TryGuys video where people say,

"That really sucked!"

- Aww Eugene hit me in the nuts!

- Bianca what is your final words of advice for us?

- Just give it your all.

You gave it a really good go.

- All right guys let's head to the stage.

Elegant-wipe.

(wewwwwwww!)

So elegant!

- That was really, not elegant--

- You wiped that right?

- So here we are, a couple weeks after our rehearsal

with Bianca and the LA Ballet.

I can guarantee that there's no way we can fake this.

You are gonna see every single fault.

Ned basically has very little rhythm.

- Hopefully everyone's just basically distracted

by me roguish good looks and fierce contour.

- Zach has physical disorders

that prevent him from moving properly.

- I feel like I'm going to disgrace the art form.

- And Keith is a gangly giant klutz.

- I think the Russian Dance is too hard.

But you know our current relationship with Russia

isn't that great, so I think that's okay.

I really don't wanna pay respects to Russia.

I'd rather not do it right.

- Alright comrades we go back and do NutCracker, yes?

- Oh yes.

- Oh yes.

- Cracks nuts on three.

One! Two! Three!

- Crack some nuts!

(Russian Dance)

- Almost! (laughter)

- That was really, really hard.

- Yeah, the men's dance is so athletic!

Its like we had to jump so much.

- Could we put on those tutus?

- [Makeup Person} How do you Feel?

- I hate eye stuff.

- You look like a 50's librarian housewife.

- [Zach] You look like such a bitch.

Grumpy!!

Yeah looks like a bitch!

- [Eugene] Look like such a bitch in makeup.

- Yeah!

- I look like the evil popular girl at the (mumbles).

- Yeah! We hate you!

- I'm deaf in one ear.

- She's also deaf in one ear.

- Ohhh my God!

You are sooo pretty!

- Huh!

- They talk about the discipline of ballet.

They never talk about, the fun.

- Fuckin have fun!

(yeah! Fun!)

(Waltz of the Flowers)

- Yeah!!

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

- Wooh! Woohoohoo!

(mumbles!)

- I consider myself someone who can dance but ballet

is on a whole nother stratosphere.

Send much respect to all the ballerinas out there.

Cuz you all are much tougher than any other expert

that we've ever come across.

- You have to grow up with your legs facing this way.

You have to be a spider-human,

and then be graceful with your spider body.

- The first thing I want to do is call my sister

right now because I kind of understand what

she had to go through.

- My legs hurt.

I tried to go upstairs earlier and I screamed.

- [Keith] Ballerinas are superhuman.

They make it look so graceful.

And they are masking, pain.

If you ever run into a ballerina just start bowing to them.

- [Eugene} I'm actually really proud of the other TryGuys

because, as bad of dancers as they can be--

- [Keith] They gave it their all.

- Even though no one can do ballet

unless you're a professional,

you can at least gain an appreciation for it.

- We'll see you next time!

Thanks for watching!

We tried and got hurt a lot instead.

Thanks a lot everybody!

Thanks for suggesting this (mumbles).

It was too hard!

Fuck you!

(laughter)

- Welcome Carly, I'm Madison.

It's a pleasure to have you here.

This is Amber.

- Hi Amber.

- I'm deaf in one ear.

- Oh I'm sorry to hear that. (laugh track)

- Yeah.

And I'm--

(audience woohs!)

- Oh this is Sasha.

- Okay factory dildo rejects.

Let's get into position.

- What a bitch!

(laugh track)

- I have better people to be around.

- What a bitch!

- She's my best friend.

- No I'm not.

- Carly, are we gonna be best friends?

- I hope so.

- Let's start the music before I die.

- Go!

- No I can't hear the music

- That's for me!

I can't hear the music.

(laugh track)

- Yeah!!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ballet bæˈleɪ A1	noun - a classical dance form characterized by grace and precision
ballerina ˌbæləˈriːnə A1	noun - a female ballet dancer
graceful ˈɡreɪsful A2	adjective - characterized by elegance or beauty of movement
poised pɔɪzd B1	adjective - having graceful and confident manner
routine ruːˈtɪn A2	noun - a sequence of actions regularly followed
rehearsal rɪˈhɜːrsəl A2	noun - a practice performance of a play or piece of music
pirouette ˌpɪrəˈwɛt B1	noun - a ballet turn on one foot
arabesque ˌærəˈbɛsk B2	noun - a ballet position with one leg extended backward
soutenu suːt(ə)ˈnuː C1	noun - a ballet step involving a turn on the supporting leg
plié pliˈeɪ B2	noun - a ballet exercise involving bending the knees
barre bɑːr B1	noun - a horizontal bar used in ballet for support during exercises
tutu ˈtuːtuː A2	noun - a skirt worn by ballet dancers
exhausting ɪɡˈzɔːstɪŋ A2	adjective - extremely tiring
intricate ˈɪntrɪkət B2	adjective - very complicated or detailed
mutants ˈmjuːtənts B1	noun - organisms that have undergone genetic mutation
superhuman ˌsuːpərˈhjuːmən B2	adjective - having great power or ability beyond human capability
appreciation əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃən B1	noun - recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something

Key Grammar Structures

• There's a reason we have not done it.

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense (have not done)

  ➔ The Present Perfect indicates an action that started in the past and continues to have relevance in the present. The phrase 'have not done' emphasizes the lack of prior experience. The word is **have not done**.

• My sister is a ballerina.

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (is)

  ➔ This sentence uses the simple present to state a fact about the speaker's sister. The verb **is** links the subject 'sister' to the noun 'ballerina', defining her profession.

• I'm the only TryGuy with a dance diploma.

  ➔ Relative Clause (with a dance diploma)

  ➔ The phrase 'with a dance diploma' is a prepositional phrase functioning as a post-modifier to 'TryGuy', specifying *which* TryGuy is being referred to. It adds essential information. The word is **with**.

• You're lifting up and your toes are turned out as far as they possibly can be without being behind you.

  ➔ Conditional Clause ('as far as they possibly can be')

  ➔ The phrase 'as far as they possibly can be' expresses a limit or maximum extent. It's a conditional statement describing the degree to which the toes should be turned out. The word is **as**.