The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet

Name: The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet
Uploaded: 2017-09-07T20:26:35Z
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Description: In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around ... thirty-two times. How is this move — which is called a fouetté — even possible? Arleen Sugano unravels the physics of this famous ballet move.

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Arleen Sugano |

TED-Ed

• March 2016

In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around ... thirty-two times. How is this move — which is called a fouetté — even possible? Arleen Sugano unravels the physics of this famous ballet move.