Lindsey Stirling - The Arena (Official Music Video)

Someone GET HER on Dancing with the Stars please! <3

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt

No matter how many times I listen to this, it has no lyrics and yet you can hear every single word. That’s how you know your art is legendary.

as a young violinist, Lindsey Stirling inspires me to never give up on my instrument and always try hard. I am now in third chair because of my private violin lessons and listening to Lindsey play so wonderful.

America’s Got Talent 2010: You’re not good enough Lindsey Stirling: Hold my violin and watch me

Everyone who has disliked this video is clearly jealous of her talent

Her and Derek, match made in heaven. So much talent.

Anyone from 2024 I am famous never got these much likes

Yas Queen!

The metaphor is quite literally 'The only person who is watching you is yourself'

I don't think Lindsey Stirling knows just how amazing her dancing is, her dancing is just out of this world... I've got a 20-year Plus dance background... Lindsey Stirling's dancing is beyond anything I've ever seen!!!

The more I watch this woman, the more I'm convinced she remembers everything and is trying to wake up.

Can we have word on symbolism of this video? I find the abstraction of the video to be just the right amount for something like this. My view: the start of the video starts with a quote about critics and the arena. Then The Lovers appear and beautiful dance in the arena. The crowd doesn't care, they look bored, and are not interested. The Warriors who were in the crowd are now those in the arena, fighting. Crowd goes wild with excitement, they don't care about the beautiful dance, but they love the fight to the death, they cheer. The Mother, cheering for the fight, is now the one in their place, in the arena. She and her daughter are being attacked for being different (they are the only ones wearing horns). At the end, everyone sees them self. They are the crowd. And when they realize that, The Lovers continue to dance, fighters drop swords and do capoeira, and I am not sure what exactly The Mother does. A strong message about how people care less about the truly beautiful things in this world. How we care more about brutality, war, pain, and we are eager to judge and change others. BUT when we are in the place of the ones being judged, then we blame the society, the crowd. But we are that society, we are that crowd, if each of us would change themselves, stop trying to hurt others, and stop being such hypocrites, everyone life would be so much easier, and we could commit to more important things in this life.

Always remember, as you stand in the arena, that you were once part of the crowd cheering for blood, and you saw nothing wrong with it until it was your blood they cheered for.

She has the best imagination by far when it comes to composing her music you feel the intensity, the drive the sorrow, the passion I really think she should make a movie bc she’s so creative and the music can be her violin pieces!!!!!

Was a violinist when I was younger (nothing special) & didn't have many violin heroes to aspire to. 30 years later & this girl has awoken something in me that I thought long dead. Lindsey doesn't just play music to your soul. She reawakens it

Lindsey doesn't just play the violin, she plays your emotions, and her heart is the bowstring.

_____ A weird steampunk fantasy where Ballet, Salsa, Capoeira, and Eskrima take place in an arena which seems to be a metaphor for the struggles of life against the backdrop of the vicious crowd... only to find that you are your own greatest enemy. And champion... And each fight, each war, between each embrace. ______

2024 listeners?

It sad that a huge part of the world doesn't even know this beautiful music exists 😢