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Ballet
Ballet is a graceful method of dance that originated in 16th century France. Extremely technical, ballet is characterized by strength, flexibility and beauty. The most skilled ballet dancers use pointe shoes to appear weightless. Ask questions here about ballet techniques, history and famous ballet companies.
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What is the story of The Nutcracker ballet?
The Nutcracker is a dance done by many companies. Clara, the lead role is having a party on Christmas Eve. Her Uncle Drosslmire, who is a toy maker, gives Ckara a nutcracker. Late at night, after all the guest have gone home and everyone is in bed, Clara sneeks down stairs to cheak on the nutcracker. She falls asleep on the living room sofa and the evil mice, lead by the rat king come and attack her! The nutcracker then become as young, handsome prince and fights the Rat King. Just as the Rat KIng is about to defeat the Nutcracker prince, Clara throws her slipped at the Rat King and he is killed! The Nutcracker Prince then brings Clara to the land of sweets were the Sugar PLumFairy and many other beautiful dancers preform for Clara and the Prince. Then, Clara wakes up, relizing it was just a dream, and lives happily ever after with her Nutcracker! I am actually working on a sequal to the story, scince my Great Grandfather wrote the music for the original Nutcracker, and this is my 6th year dancing in the Nutcracker.
Hope this helps!
I'm a dancer myself, and I'll try my best to explain. As Brandon Harrell once said, "Dancers can dance their life story better than they will ever be able to tell it." Whenever I'm sad, I dance. It makes me feel like nothing matters. It makes me want to dance forever. I get this feeling, that I can't explain. It's like I'm flying, and I never want to come down again. It's a great thing, a beautiful thing.
Where can you buy cheap ballet shoes?
Black ballet flat shoes can be purchased as specialty sites on the web. Currently, the most common options are Lulu's and Toms. General sites like Amazon, Target, Overstock, and Macy's also have them available.
What is the theme in Swan Song by Christopher Bruce?
the theme of swansong is realy powerful, it has loads of meaning in it for example, human rights, humiliation, victimisation, under mining emotions and the brutality of political interrogation:)
Well, Ballet is without doubts a beautiful art. There are 5 basic arm positions and 5 basic feet positions. Often the two are combined.
Positions of the arms:
C'est tout!
Was George balanchine ever married?
Yes, five times--all to ballerinas who were muses of his, inspiring his artistic bent as a choreographer and ballet-master.
Tamara Geva (1921-1926)
Vera Zorina (1938-1946)
Maria Tallchief (1946-1952)
Tanaquil LeClercq (1952-1969)
You're welcome....
Is Confucianism still practiced today?
Yes, it is. Today, Confucianism is mainly practiced in China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Vietnam. There are over six million adherents of Confucianism.
Dance was used by Louis XIV and other high ranking officials as an expression of power during the Renaissance era. Members of the court felt that by performing uncommon dances they proved their superior status in society.
What are the keyboard notes for Swan Lake?
b e C# g a b g b g b e g e c g e------------ means hold for a 4 or 5 seconds
Why is it important to warm up before a dance class?
You have to stretch. Its the only way to warm up your musscle. If you don't you get cramps and could lead to hurting yourself. Do some splits do some push up sit up crunches etc....... So always stretch before dance!
Is The Nutcracker considered a ballet?
Selections from The Nutcracker Suite were featured in Disney's Fantasia. Also, the House of Mouse special "Snowed in at the House of Mouse" starred Mickey as the Nutcracker, Minnie as Clara, Goofy as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Donald as the Mouse King.
However, the Walt Disney Company has never released a Nutcracker film.
Are ballerinas the strongest athletes?
They may not be the strongest, but they certainly are strong. Ballerinas often have great control over their bodies and how they move, along with being strong. After all, their legs have to be able to support propelling them into the air on leaps and holding fast on turns.
Ballerinas are incredably strong and probobly are the strongest athletes out there
How do you break in ballet shoes?
Massage them everyday, this may sound weird but it is a great technique.
Step on the toe part of the shoe, not too hard or you may break them.
Also keep bending them back and forth.
Have fun pointe-ting !
Why do some people like ballet?
Social dancing has been around for centuries in varying degrees of popularity. What we know now as "ballroom" is a group of dances which have come back into style after nearly 80 years due to popular television shows such as Simply Ballroom and Dancing With The Stars.
While now more popular than ten years ago the Ballroom dances have always been strong! Schools all over the world still teach ballroom dancing and probably will continue to for a time.
Arthur Murray has been around for 100 years teaching ballroom style dances and their website has a good history of the subject:
www.arthurmurray.com/Ballet is a complex mixture of technique and basically a fair bit of coordination and musicality (which is feeling and moving with the music). You have to perform it confidently and it has to fit the mood of the dance and music. It is a very beautiful dance when it is done properly. But much more beautiful a 'Pas de deux en pointe'.
It takes years and years to perfect and you have to be fit and flexible and also very committed.
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Aside from the answer above...
Ir's a form of classical dance that's seemingly gymnastic and acrobatic to formal classical music--usually referred to either as "the girliest, most gayest thing there is" or the "most demanding, exhausting, consuming and difficult sport there is." Traditionally done in tights and slippers, ballet seems so impossible, yet so feminine. And it's the one sport totally dominated and just better done by women.
What is ballet, really? It's everything, really. It's a form of exercise, a body sculpting. It's as an athletic sport as football. Only the players all work together to create something together instead of trying to stop the others efforts. It's an out-of-body, ESP spiritual experience. It's an art form. It's a happening. It's an event. It's everything and anything at once. Ballet is even therapeutic because it gets a lot of excess energy, thought and worry off your mind and body and replaces it with a pleasantly released serene feeling.
Like climaxing or releasing stress. Many misconstrue that you need to be rich, posh, snobby, female, intellectual, upper-crust and thin as a wafer to get it. That's just narrow-minded stereotyping idiocy. All ballet really requires is that while you're doing it (every minute you're doing it), you to give everything about yourself every moment.
The sight of the empty dance studio early in the morning... no one is around... it's a little drafty, but a little warm at the same time... a pair of worn, battered, beaten ballet slippers on the hardwood floor... the old, weathered, but still hard and durable barre' on the wall... the dust floating through the air by the sunlight at the window.... it's all so d***ed beautiful, you know. It makes it all worth it.
Well, that was my OWN PERSONAL ANSWER. But... Hell, thanks for asking!"
What is the ballet in the movie the game plan?
It was written especially for the movie. I was disappointed, I wanted to go see it.
What do wear when your doing contemporary dancing?
At my class we wear tight fitting black dance clothes but all schools are different. If you mean on stage it is what ever the costume may be. I have seen some amazing costumes. If this isn't specific enough check with your nearest dance school they can tell you.
A fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon, used especially for veils, tutus, or gowns. That's what Tulle is. So I bet that a tulle dress was made out of tulle.
Who is the dancer in the Ricola commercial?
Her name is Maria Cecila Vicencio. She is from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What is the salary for a professional violist?
It all depends on several factors:
* the number of years the violinist has been playing * the number of public venues (and where) he or she has been playing * which groups (orchestras) the player has been a member of * geographical location (some regions can pay more, some less than standard) There is no cut and dried starting salary for most musicians. It's based primarily on experience.
