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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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Who created the 5 basic positions in ballet?
No one person created the positions. Vaganova, Petipa...
Many people have different styles such as Balanchine. The basics are just like the constitution. They are just the basics and then people can add their own twist and make it world known if they want it to.
Pictures for non locomotor movements?
Non locomotor movements are those that are not voluntary. Non locomotor movements do not involve the bending of a joint. They involve tics or twitches that the human has no control over.
Poor posture puts stress on back and neck muscles, and stresses the spine - when the spine is twisted, it affects the nervous system, and stiff muscles can be painful.
What is the accompaniment like for christopher bruce's swansong?
Electro-acoustic with digitally sampled sounds, vocals, a reed pipe and popular dance rhythms. Unaccompanied interludes enable us to hear the tapping of feet
What do basic ballet terms mean?
Here are a few. Words in quotations indicate English translations.
Arabesque- balancing on 1 leg with the other leg stretched out behind you
Attitude- standing on 1 leg while the other leg is lifted & bent
Battements- "beats"
Battements Fondus- "melted beats" lift leg up slowly & stretch it out
Battements Frappés- "struck beats" beat one foot against the leg & extend it out
Battements Tendu- "stretched beats" foot stays on the ground; point it when you extend it out
Grands Battements- "large beats" kick leg up high
Petite Battements- "little beats" beat foot against leg in a quick & small motion
Batterie- beating the legs in the air
Bourrée- quickly switching weight between your 2 feet, on your toes
Changement- a jump from 5th, switching positions of your feet
Chassée- lean on one leg & shift your weight to the other leg, which moves in the direction of the first leg (one foot "chases" the other)
Croisé- "crossed" crossing your legs in 4th or 5th position
Developpés- "to unfold" the leg
En Face- "facing the front"
Glissade- a gliding step; brush your foot out to the side, land on it, & bring your other foot in front of it
Jeté- a leap
Grand Jeté- a large leap
Pirouette- a turn, weight is on 1 foot
En Dedans- a front turn
En Dehors- a back turn
Plié- bending your knees
Demi-Plié- half knee bends w/ heels touching floor
Grand-Plié- complete knee bends w/ heels off floor, except in 2nd position
Port de Bras- movements of the arms
Promenade- turning while in arabesque
Relevé- rising up on your toes
Ronds de Jambe- "circles of the leg"
Ronds de Jambe a Terre- "circles of the leg on the ground"
Ronds de Jambe en l'air- "circles of the leg in the air"
What kinds of injuries can you get from pointe?
The most common is where your toes curve in because you went onto pointe before you were ready.
Which foot position has the feet turned out with one in front of the other with a space between?
Fourth position
Is ballet harder than football?
yes, yes it is. if u want it in short words there u go :)
but if u want to feel us ballerinas pain, here u go
we spend atleast 18 hours training a week, we can barely walk because se over stretch , we have to watch what we eat, we also have to wear super painful shoes and if we are in a professional performance, if we sprain our ankle we have to keep going no matter what.
football is a grueling sport, but ballet is harder
What type of shoe do ballet dancer have?
a ballet shoe may be made from soft leather, canvas, or satin, and have flexible, thin soles. Ballet shoes must fit very closely to the foot, for safety and to retain maximum flexibility.
What is the future of the ballet shoe?
Long explantion of pointe shoe history (skip this if you already know about pointe shoes ) I haven't heard anything about ballet shoes (canvas or leather soft shoes) changing besides companies maybe finding better (lighter and more durable) materials to make them out of. Pointe shoes on the other hand are consistently changing. Originally, pointe shoes used to be made out of wood and very hard materials. This was okay at the beginning of pointe work just because dancers didn't have the feet and strength dancers have today. Over time though, the pointe shoe has become relatively soft compared to its ancestors. Now pointe shoes are made of layers of fabric and paste. This allows the pointe shoe to be softer and more flexible.
New advances in pointe shoe technology
Gaynor Minden
Recently new advances in pointe shoes include a flexible plastic shank introduced by the pointe shoe company Gaynor Minden. They advertise this new shank as long lasting and a pointe shoe that it has the feeling of an already broken shank (leather sole that supports the foot). I personally know a girl who has amazing feet and has worn both Russians and Gaynor Minden pointe shoes. She said that Gaynor's really require a lot of foot strength via the flexible shank, versus the Russians which have support, but die easily.
Nike
The most interesting advancement in pointe shoes (and probably why you wrote this question) is Nike's concept idea of a sport pointe shoe. Released last year, this concept sports a black pointe shoe made of some durable, yet flexible material that can supposedly last way longer than normal pointe shoes. As i said earlier, this is a CONCEPT. As we have seen this year, Nike has already started to dabble in the dance field, by introducing their "Studio Wrap" shoes. If Nike indeed decides to pursue this concept, I think there will a lot of resistance. Ballet is know as a graceful and classical sport/art form, and bringing in a modren looking shoe might upset people. In addition, most pointe shoe companies have been making pointe shoes for around a hundred years. This has lead to multiple versions of pointe shoes and extensive knowledge of the pointe shoe. Unless Nike gets some very knowledgeable pointe shoe manufactories on its side, I think no dancer will take the product seriously.
How much money does a ballet dancer at earn?
Well, if you are dancing at a Major ballet company (ie. American Ballet Theater) you can be paid at least $100,000 or much, much more a year...
What should a dancer who has an injured knee do to recover quickly?
Where a support band, which you can get from your local chemist, it will support your knee and if the injury isn't too bad, you should be able to still carry on with your dancing until your knee has fully recovered. If after a fortnight, at the most, your knee still isn't feeling better, go to your doctor and tell her/him because there could be some further damage involved.
Should you only buy your child pointe shoes if they know how to use them?
They should be involved in ballet classes, and the teacher or instructor is the one to tell your child that she is ready for pointe. If she is taking ballet classes, she will learn how to dance in them overtime, but if she doesn't have them yet or has never worn them, of course she won't know how to dance in them.
