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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 should the weight of a dancer be when she is 5'4?
I do believe that a dancer who is 5'4 normally weights 110 to 125. but, as long as you are happy with your body don't worry too much on what the pro's tell you.
It depends on how old you are. If you are too young, your bones are too soft and they warp. You should be at least about 11 before you go one pointe.
Second, it depends on how strong you are. Some teachers will do tests with you where they have you sit down and point your foot. They will then apply pressure left, right, and up to see if your ankle gives. There are exercises you can do to get your ankles strong enough for point. It is hard to describe without showing but you can ask your teacher for some of those excercises.
If you do not feel ready of course, wait, but if you are old enough and strong enough it doesn't matter that you have only been in ballet three years. If you have talent then three years might have been enough to get you the technique you need. If you are unsure you can always go take a class at another school (most schools let you try at least one class free) and ask the dance teacher there for a second opinion without going into detail about your other teacher. Just ask that person after class if they think you will be ready for pointe soon.
dragirl:
ok up there they pretty much covered everything but also you can ask your ballet teacher if you can do demi-pointe/pre-pointe sometimes you can take a normal pre-pointe class or do it in pointe class. also if you luv how pointe shoes look (like i do) you can get demi-pointe shoes you CAN NOT DO POINTE IN DEMI-POINTE SHOES! i do normal ballet and pre-pointe in them they are a stiffer shoe
i wish you luck
The first ballet dancers were men?
Yes, in King Louis XIV's court.
...Yes.
See, about five or six centuries ago, ballet wasn't really ballet. It was nothing like it is now. It was more like ballroom dancing with big, clunky, heavy costumes--including bulky shoes with heels. There was a time when women weren't allowed to do ballet at all (seems impossible, doesn't it), act or virtually anything else.
Over time, ballet has become more athletic. More acrobatic and gymnastic. Everyone was allowed to dance (though dance is the sport that seems best-suited for the woman--especially ballet). Ballet started to evolve past the weighty clothing and now employs such as leo-or-uni-tards, tights and very soft, light slippers. The dancers don't just move about now. They seem to fly. They literally do the seemingly impossible. So now... ballet really IS ballet now. And it appears to be predominantly a woman's art. Women came over and just made it theirs. For the longest time, anyone with a Y chromosome could b killed for having anything to do with ballet whatsoever. But in 2000 when movies like "Center Stage" and "Turn It Up" started coming out... men were welcomed with open-arms back into the universe we call "ballet." And... all dance for that matter.
--Eternally Grateful (As I'm One Of Them), Dane Youssef
How old should you be to dance on en pointe?
It doesn't always depend on age it is usually dependant on how strong ones ankles are. But do bare in mind that one should never let a five year old on pointe that would be pretty stupid. If you yourself want to dance on pointe and think you are strong and sensible enough then if you have a dance coach/teacher then why dont you ask them ? And if you are aloud on pointe then make sure they are properly fitted at a local dance shop and not just bought off the internet!
From Eden
(Dancer since 2 and a half years of age) xx
What is the difference between the Original Romeo and Juliet and the Ballet version?
Words. Shakespeare has them. Ballet does not.
Who created the 5 position of the feet in ballet?
I may be wrong but I believe it was created by Enrico Cecchetti
Karl Singletary has received numerous honors in classical worldwide.
He has studied classical ballet in Berlin, Paris, London, and
Australia. In 1967 he became the first African American
ballet dancer to receive a scholarship to the American
Ballet Theater in New York.
In 1971, Singletary founded the Buffalo Inner City Ballet Company. He has taught throughout the United States at various dance companies and performing art academies. He is recognized as a knowledgeable consultant in the Russian Ballet Vaganova Syllabus. In 1991, Singletary shared his Russian knowledge with the Australian dancers by teaching at a prestigious ballet camp in Perth.
Each year Singletary travels to Brazil to teach ballet at FIDA, the Festival Internacional D' Amazonia. While living in Buffalo, Mr. Singletary
became a lifelong supporter of the Missionary Sisters of our Lady of Mercy. Every summer for two months, he teaches ballet classes to the underserved youth served by this order in Brazil. For the past two years, he has invited Ms. Susana Prieto and Mr. Pedro Acosta, of Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Inc. to accompany him to FIDA and the mission's ballet classes as guest teachers and choreographer.
He now serves as a long term artist-in-residence with the AIE Grant Program
through the South Carolina Arts Commission and Florence County School District Three. Mr. Singletary travels through the more rural parts of South Carolina teaching ballet to elementary and middle school students in his home state.
What primary school did Darcey Bussell the ballet dancer go to?
Fox Primary School It is a primary-school-1for boys and girls of age 4 to 11 years, in the kensington-1district of london.
It is located in [Edge Street], off Kensington Church Street near the junction with notting-hill-gate.
It is housed in purpose built premises constructed before 1950, with a playground on each side of the three-storey building.
It is named after the Fox family formerly seated at holland-house-london. Teachers at the school have included ivor-cutler. It featured in the london-weekend-televisiondocumentary, Alive and Kicking - British Poets: Ivor Cutler and Friends.
Prior to the 1960s the school was infants only, aged 5 - 7. The Junior School was adjacent, a C of E school called St George's School. St George's had no playground and shared the Fox School playgrounds. Pupils from the school were evacuated and taught at Laycock Abbey, Wiltshire during the Second World War.
He is a former principal dancer with Turkish National Ballet and currently runs his own ballet academy in Texas, USA
