Jasmin and James reveal the helper behind a floating ballerina
A green-suited performer supplies the lift, while the finished illusion plays above the deliberately visible backstage work.
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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 10,988,105 views a day, 62 times a normal first day on this channel (177,452).
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Jasmin and James put the polished dance and its less graceful mechanics on screen together. In a small inset, the ballet illusion plays as intended. Below it, a person in a full green suit does the heavy lifting, quite literally carrying the dancer through her apparently weightless routine.
The Short reached about 9.5 million views in 17 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for this format. Several other Shorts posted on the same date also drew unusually large audiences, but this ballet reveal had the most views among them.
The dancer wears a pink ballet dress and pointe shoes, fluttering a matching fan as the helpers work around her. Assistants use cardboard to conceal the supporting performer's legs and click pieces together in rhythm to imitate foot tapping. The sound itself gets a mention in the comments.
There is no spoken explanation. Instead, the side-by-side presentation lets the mechanics explain themselves: the green-suited helper raises the dancer for a high leap and supports her rapid turns. The joke is that Jasmin and James leave all that effort visible while the little inset keeps the illusion intact.
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What viewers say
This one got a giggle from me. Very cute!
@DeanieGirlSee it on YouTubeThe sound is so satisfying
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- Channel
- Jasmin and James
- Subscribers
- 43,400,000 ▲ 200,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 711,362,121
- Channel views, pace per day
- 75,774,168 (on a normal day: 100,289,430)
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 9,548,332 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 10,988,105
The numbers
The ballet reveal is well above Jasmin and James's usual Short start, alongside several other fast-moving uploads from the same day.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which ballet features the Sugar Plum Fairy?
The Sugar Plum Fairy appears in The Nutcracker, set to music by Tchaikovsky.

