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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.
3,516 Questions
How do you prevent ingrown toenails if you are a dancer and dance en pointe?
Cutting them neatly and regularly will help but sometimes people are prone to them naturally.
I am a dancer and had ingrowing toe nails. I had to have them removed but it was fairly painless and there aren't usually any problems after it has been done.
Is there supposed to be a bump at your ankle area if you do ballet and don't quite have a good arch?
ballerinas don't have special bumps on their feet or anything they are not chosen by their feet type they have normal feet like any other person maybe a few blisters here and there in fact some dancers even have flat feet (they have no arch)
What grade should you do pointe?
There is definatly NO CERTAIN GRADE, it depends on the strangth and tecnique the student has.
Genreraly students go on pointe when they reach Intermediate Foundation but this isn't a definite limit.
The student must be doing ballet for at least 3 years and doing 4 classes a week.
(I am in grade 5 and have been doing pointe work for a year now, but i think it was way to early and i am causing damage to my feet. i have also only been dancing for 1 year.)
What are male ballet dancers called?
"Danseurs, Ballerino or just... male ballet dancers.
Some just call them heroes, pioneers... or very, very brave for what they do."
The 20th century russian composer of some of the most popular innovative ballet music is?
Igor Stravinsky!
What term refers to a basic bending movement of the knees in ballet?
don't know how you spell it but it sounds like plee-aye :L if that's any help
they are pink so that the blend in with your tights and skin tone, but
mostly tights
Do you have to be flexible to be a ballet dancer?
Yes. Flexibility is the ability to move a joint through it's complete range of movement and the degree of flexibility is specific to each joint. Flexibility is very important to avoid injuries during activities. Also, a lot of things ballet dancers do require flexibility. You can become better at everything from arabesques to leaps with more flexibility.
However you don't necessarily need to be flexible to start ballet. Improving flexibility is relatively easy compared to improving strength or extension or turnout.
Who is a famous ballet danceR?
Some of the famous Ballet Dancers are :
Galina Mezentsevent, Marai Tallcheif, Sylvie Guillem, Nina Ananiashvili, and Alicia Markova.
Sheet music Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy?
when i was in the nutcracker i found that music on you tube you should try looking under sugarplum fairy music or nutcracker sugar plum fairy i hope i helped.
