What music is used in ballet?

Ballet has always used classical music like today. Usually its a CD if you see a ballet you rarely come across dancers performing to a Live Orchestra;.

Um yeah all the time. Yes, classical music is I think the only music used in ballet. For any other question about dance ask me as I am a talented dancer. I specialise in Hip-Hop, Ballet and Contempory.

Classical ballet is usually danced to classical music. Contemporary ballet is danced to variety of music.

thickosky (sorry about spelling)

The Nutcracker is an immensely popular holiday season ballet written by Tchaikovsky. Virtually all of the music is ballet music. You might also call it programatic or program music.

For the following reasons: * It was the music of the time when ballet was first being danced. Classical music was the "popular" and "cool" music of the time. * It's beautiful songs really connect with ballet. * Even after classical music was not the popular music of the day, everyone thought of ballet with classsical music. * Older ballets were already written to classical music, it wouldn't make sense to rewrite the music for those historic and beautiful ballets.

Lyrical ballet is like ballet but dancing and feeling the music.

Ballet is used, how ballet is used!

Not sure what the ballet was, but the music was the Waltz from Khachaturian's "Masquerade". You can find it on You tube. Great music! He also wrote "Spartacus" which was used years ago as the theme music for "The Oneidin Line".

Ballet Music usually refers to classical music Ballet Music is the music that ballerinas dance to. It mostly consists of piano but can also include harps, flute and violin. Ballet is a very strict style of dance that girls often pursue at an early age. Just letting you know That I dance ballet and I am in a very high grade so I think I know alot about these type of questions. The top answer is not from me.

ballet can symbolize gracefulness or the music and the art of dancing

A dance (ballet) accompanied by music played by a piano only.

ballet is about expressing feeling through movement, music and costumes.

It's music for a ballet.

Pianos are typically used in classes, but a full orchestra with winds and strings is used for performances.

Tchaikovsky raised ballet music to a new level with lyrical melodies and rich orchestration.

they dance to classical music

The music was written for a ballet.

most of the time ballet dancers dance to the orchestra ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ in class it might just be piano, but the music for shows is almost always ochestra

Yes, by the Sadler's Wells Ballet

The dance from the nutcracker is classic ballet. The music for the ballet is also classic.

They are performed to music.

Your pelvis is used in ballet..

peter tchaikovsky is the composer of the nutcracker ballet. Sources: I have dance in the nutcracker since i was 7

He likes hip hop music and sometimes ballet music!