Ballet

She was born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pembleton Crittle.However when her parents divorced she was adopted by Philip Bussell her mums new husband therefore making her name Darcey Andrea Bussell.

it is called pointe (or toe, by some people). Pointe shoes allow dancers to dance and stand on the tips of their toes because of the hard box of the shoe. Dancer's feet are also very strong to do this safely and well. And yes, it does hurt (not too badly though)

1. Plié - bending the knees

2. Ronde de jambe - moving the foot from devant, to side, to derrière

3. Tour jeté - a type of jump

4. Grand jeté - another type of leap

5. Pirouette - turn starting from fourth or fifth position and ending in the same place

6. Piqué - travelling turns with foot in passé

7. Battement - kick

8. Tendu - extending the toe on the floor from a starting position

9. Pas de chat - a small jump

10. Pas de basque - a small jump bringing the foot through first position

11. Pas de bourrée - tiny travelling steps with feet together in fifth position, en pointe or relevé

12. Tombée - a step landing in plié, 'falling'

13. Fouettées - turns, extending the leg with each turn to gain momentum

14. Faille - a type of jump

15. Soutenu - turns with feet remaining in open fifth position and arms in a constant position

16. Changement - jump, changing feet and landing with the opposite in front

17. Royale - a jump beating in front first before landing and changing feet

18. Entre chat trois - a jump that changes feet

19. Assemblé - a jump, feet coming together in air and landing in fifth position or first

20. Entre chat quatre - a jump that beats twice and lands how it started

There are many more ballet steps, these are some of the basics.

You are never 'too heavy' for pointe. This is because you are keeping yourself up there not the shoes. The shoes help but the main thing is to have strength in your calfs and thighs as well as the ability to use the core of your body. If you can do this then you can do pointe. The best thing to do is to ask your ballet instructor if she/he thinks you are ready.

Ballet is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries. It quickly spread to the French court of Catherine de' Medici where it was developed even further. In the 17th century at the time of Louis XIV, ballet was codified. The predominance of French in the vocabulary of ballet reflects this history. It also became a form closely associated with the opera. Ballet then spread from the heart of Europe to other nations. The Royal Danish Ballet and the Imperial Ballet of the Russian Empire were founded in the 1740s and began to flourish, especially after about 1850. In 1907 the Russian ballet in turn moved back to France, where the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev and its successors were particularly influential. Soon ballet spread around the world with the formation of new companies, including London's The Royal Ballet (1931), the San Francisco Ballet (1933), American Ballet Theatre (1937), The Australian Ballet (1940), the New York City Ballet (1948), the National Ballet of Canada (1951), and the Delhi Ballet (2002). In the 20th century styles of ballet continued to develop and strongly influence broader concert dance, for example, in the United States choreographer George Balanchine developed what is now known as neoclassical ballet, subsequent developments have included contemporary ballet and post-structural ballet, for example seen in the work of William Forsythe in Germany.

Gather all hair into a ponytail and hairspray every wisp back. Use bobby pins too. Proceed to do a normal bun, wrap hair around and bobbypin it around the edges.

Par terre means on the ground. It is used often for "ronde jambes par terre" because they can either be on the ground or above the ground.

Ballet first started in the early 1600's

I'm in middle school and I started dancing at 5 about to be 6, although some kids are younger. I only started dancing because my older cousin was on the drill team for the high school and I wanted to be just like her! I took ballet, tap, and jazz. I continued dancing until I was 8 years old. The next two years where hard for me. And I quit for two years, and let me tell you those two years are one of my biggest "what if's." I love dancing so much and I really shouldn't have quit those years. Because when I started up again when I was 10 and it was as if again I was a beginner. So my advice is you start your kids dancing young. Maybe 5 if you want them to be a serious dancer. Also if they start taking ballet classes, ballet is not something you can drop and pick back up again. Hope I helped!!:)

By age 13 girls who want to start pointe are mostly through puberty. Their bones in their ankles are strong enough to support themselves on pointe. They will not stint the growth of bones in their feet, because (again) they are mostly through puberty and done growing. Also, by age 13 (if they started ballet when they were younger) they should be strong and have good turnout. At 13, girls should really be able to decide if they actually want to start doing pointe or do ballet at all.

No, Michael never took any sort of dance lessons.

The Nutcracker

It requires prior experience on pointe and that you are comfortable with balancing en pointe as well as turns themselves. You will learn to combine the two, use the right muscles to propel yourself into your turn and keep your hips and shoulders in line. Depending on the turn you'll learn different techniques for making sure you rise completely onto your toes and don't turn in a half-pointe that will hurt your feet or bend your knees.

Regal, very royal style- used in Character and Ballet itself.

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Probably The Nutcracker

ballet has an older history and is more classical. normally you dont have tacky music with words with ballet.

It also deals more with elegance and gracefulness. Requires flexibility and strength. And you need to stand on your toes.

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Ballerinas wear buns to keep their hair out of their face while dancing. it is also because unless it is the maid dancer ballarnas like to look uniform

Well you can always take french. learning french will really help you with the positions of dance.

You can also become a dance critic, journalist/reviewer, physiotherapist, dance teacher, choreographer, set designer-if you want to work in theatre... the list is endless!!!

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You cannot really categorize demi plies, they are a ballet move. a demi plie is half the size of a full plie. most people see it as a bend of the legs but it is really an opening of the thighs to form a diamond shape between your legs.

long neck short torso and slender figure

Ballet is so pretty i would know i do jazz hiphop and tap and ballet!! its fun and i can teach anyone skill and grace!!