# The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Arleen Sugano
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/arleen_sugano_the_physics_of_the_hardest_move_in_ballet)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/arleen_sugano_the_physics_of_the_hardest_move_in_ballet/dc35d73f69f1), 5 min (TED's player)